To Grandma's House

Rest of the Week

The morning at the diner was quiet and Xael was able to get a lot done as she was the only one there. She had dropped off two things of coffee at the station then returned to start cooking. What Adam had for breakfast is what she made into the special for the day. She took three to go containers over, two for Adam and one for Beau who was already pulling up outside the station. He of course had to stop Xael to check out her eyes also. By the time she returned to the diner, her Grams and Skylar were there with Grams behind the counter fixing them each a plate.

Xael gave them both a hug.

"What time did you get here dear?"

"A little after 5."

"What did you do with the pups Pup?"

"Adam is going to keep them at the station for today.  After I'm finished here I need to check at the hardware store to see if they have one of the wire cage crate things."

"Milton's just has the small ones. The next town over might have the larger ones."

"Thanks unc."

"Puppers, you going to be okay with the others today?"

"I think so."

The morning at the diner was interesting. Chris, Eli and Houser came in for breakfast before the official opening time.  Xael was busy getting the prep and steam tables filled and had her back to them. Houser was the only one that didn't know about the change as Xael fixed their plates and set them on the counter for them to pick up. Houser picked up his plate after returning from washing his hands.

"Thanks Xael."

"Your welcome Chief Houser."

Not thinking since Houser was considered part of their 'family pack', she turned and smiled at him. Houser stopped and slammed the plate to the table. Xael turned, thinking he had dropped it.

"Chief?"

Houser didn't say anything as he stormed out the diner and across the street almost getting hit by an early morning commuter.  Skylar went to see what was going on.

Houser threw open the door to the station.

"SHADO!!"

"Yeah? Something wrong?"

"Holy merciful shit..."

Adam already knew what his issue was as Skylar entered.

"Hey Chief."

Houser stood and gave a brief bow then approached him when he heard growling.

"Boys." it was all Adam needed to say and the pups settled back down.

"Unbelievable. It is truly an honor to meet a Great Alpha."

"Come on Chief, I'm still Adam."

"Yeah, Adam the Great Alpha. Don't lessen your status son, either of you. You carry it proudly."

"We will."

"Unbelievable. Skylar, this little town is certainly something else. What time do the unicorns go on parade?"

Skylar laughed when one of the pups, Dozer, peeked around the desk. Houser caught a glimpse of him out the corner of his eye.

"Is that a wolf cub?"

"Uhhh, they're our new pups. Dozer, get back here."

The pup returned to his bed.

Houser just shook his head and left the station.

The rest of the morning was fairly uneventful. Most just thought Xael's eye color was due to contacts as did Vicki and Ester.  Xael was glad that lunch was over and once the diner was closed she hung out with her Grams, Skylar and her brothers at the larger booth. Houser and Ms. Ester had other things to do. She contacted a few hardware stores in the area and none of them had the cage she was looking for which meant making a trip into the city.

She didn't really want to go today. With tomorrow being Friday, one more day at the station should be fine for the little ones. Emma and Skylar had things to do also and left as Xael fixed up the guys something for lunch. Sandwiches, potato salad, chips and dessert.   A trip to the grocery store was indeed in order, Adam would eat them out of house and home in no time. Closing up for the day, Xael went over to the station to drop off lunch and take the pups home.

They had been cooped up all day so Xael thought walking home would be good for them and she could use some air.  Informing Adam of her plan, he wasn't having it.  Xael relented and agreed to stay at the station for the rest of the day but tomorrow, they were driving separately.

She took one of the empty desks and busied herself with stuff for the diner. Since the whole tourist thing was on hold till spring, that freed up some time. Winter, they would be only opened for breakfast and that was dependent on the weather. Grams let her know that it wasn't unusual to be closed for weeks due to the snow.  With nothing to do, Xael searched for stuff for the puppies and baby items. She already knew that she would be breastfeeding them and as far as diapers were concerned, she had to think about whether she wanted to deal with cloth diapers or disposable ones. The more she thought about it the more she wanted to tell Adam. Once she was sure that there would be no issues and started to show, she would share her wonderful news.

The rest of the week was uneventful. No one really paid attention to the change in Xael's eyes and if Adam was outside, he had on shades. The pups were fine spending half a day at the station. Friday, Grams brought her canners up to the diner as did Xael along with the rest of the empty jars they had. Seeing the jars, they had a better idea of what was needed and Skylar was fine with swapping vehicles so the ladies could take the truck into the city to run errands.

Friday, Beau decided he was done. Viv had been pressuring him to stay full time in the city. Adam was fine with it and understood even though it made for a bittersweet end to the week. The rest of the guys from Adam's old precinct, wouldn't start for another week, giving him time to get things in order.  Adam talked to Chris and Eli about starting on revamping the station first thing Monday which they were happy to do. From their sign being up at the diner, they were also starting to get jobs around town.  There was a lot of handyman jobs that people were wanting done before the winter months hit.