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While sorting out meeting up with Liz's parents hadn't been too much of a hassle, trying to find a time to meet his family was proving to be more difficult than it really should be. They ended up having to take a shuttle over to Scotland - a fairly quick trip, though of course not so quick as the transporters would have been - where they'd be staying with Scotty's sister for a few days before heading back to California. Of course, traveling from one side of the world to the other meant they'd had to get time zones sorted out, and in order to arrive at Scotland at a reasonable time, they'd had to leave California at a very unreasonable time.

The trip was uneventful, and when they reached their destination, the worst they'd have to contend with was a bit of jet lag. For once - miracle of miracles - it wasn't raining, and while the air was definitely cooler than in California, it wasn't half so bad as Scotty had feared it would be. And although it didn't exactly feel like home, not anymore, he realized he'd missed it more than he thought. "Well, love, this is it." Now to go find his father, who was supposed to be picking them up.

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And in an instant, she had tears in her eyes and she smiling, feeling like something she'd always wanted had just fallen into place. It was within reach. They could have children and she wouldn't feel like she was pressuring him, because he was the one who mentioned it. He meant it. He wanted to. And sure he wanted to make her happy, but she knew that at the end of the day, he wanted this too in some way. "Thank you," she said softly, "I love you." Liz wrapped her arms around his waist and hugged him tightly.

He slipped his arms around her and held her tightly, resting his head against hers. He didn't bother to tell her that she didn't need to thank him; she'd already know that, and if he said it, she'd argue that she did need to thank him. Instead, he simply accepted her thanks without comment, and only replied, "I love you, Elizabeth." Nearly five years, she'd had to wait before the two of them could even consider starting a family. No matter what apprehension he might feel about the matter, he didn't want to make her wait even longer.

He was and always would be the most incredible man in her life. She knew that beyond any doubt just as much as she'd known when she first told him that she was telepathic. He was always putting her first and between the two of them, they had more love than any one person could handle. She had every intention of having kids and she would someday look back and they'd wonder why it even had to be discussed at all. She wanted to ask again if he was sure but she knew he was. Instead she just kissed him again before pulling back. "After the wedding?" she said, making a sort of time suggestion.

"After the weddin'," he agreed. "With any luck, we'll have a house by then." He trailed off a moment, pulling Liz close again to rest his head against hers. Maybe this was a weird thing to talk about while they were showering together, but he didn't care. Like they'd ever been 'normal' anyway. "Which reminds me - not only do we have tae find a house, it'd help if we had somethin' tae actually put in it."

"We still haven't decided where to live," she said, looking kind of distant for a second. She had no idea what they were going to do about that. It wasn't going to be easy, of course. The decorating she figured would be fun, but that would come next anyway. If they could just figure out where exactly to live, that would be a plus. There wasn't any pressing matter at the moment, since they had some time, but they'd have to come up with something soon. There was still a wedding to plan, though she was starting to like the sound of a smaller wedding.

"Mm. My vote's still for California. Somewhere close enough tae the Academy I won't have far tae go tae get there." They could live elsewhere, true, but he wasn't sure he wanted to put up with the hassle of having to use the transporters to get to the Academy - not to mention having to figure out time differences. Living with Liz on the Enterprise had got him rather used to a regular, set work schedule.

"How close to the Academy? It's cold in San Francisco," she almost whined that at him. She had gotten used to a normal schedule as well and she didn't really want to set herself up to be living and working at strange times. She'd done enough of that already in her life when she had to run night shifts. That always took a toll on their relationship. She didn't want to have to repeat that. Besides, she wasn't even sure what her next job was. She could start working as a psychiatrist, possibly with children, but she still had a lot of work left to do on her research.

He laughed, because he didn't want to live somewhere cold any more than she did. And although using the transporters might be a bit of a hassle, at least it wouldn't be much of a hassle if he didn't have time differences to sort out. "In the same time zone close," he answered her. "I don't fancy havin' tae get up at some ungodly hour tae get tae work."

"So, somewhere south of San Fran, then," she said as if that was the final answer. They still had to decide how far south, of course. She didn't know much of the area down there. "San Diego is said to have great weather year round," she offered up. It wasn't too far, well, not for a transport and it was nice weather and in the same time zone.

They were still standing in the shower as of the moment and she started to laugh before she could do anything else. "I'm getting out," she announced, slipping out of the shower and grabbing a towel to wrap herself up.

He followed her out of the shower, laughing along with her; they had spent probably more time in the shower than they should have and it was entirely likely that Will would come looking for them soon. "San Diego. You know, I don't think I've ever been tae San Diego." Not that that had anything to do with it. As long as it was warm - or at least pleasant - all year 'round, he'd be happy.

"It's pretty. I've visited a few times," she said while ringing out her hair. The doors were locked, so they weren't going to get interrupted just yet, but it wouldn't stop Will from trying. She looked over at him, still just wrapped in a towel and pulling her hair up to tie it back in a loose bun of damp and unruly curls. "When we get back, we could go look," she said, "maybe take a day trip. We might even find a pretty location for a wedding."

He shut the water off and spent a few minutes toweling off before going to get dressed again. "Sounds like a plan." Maybe it was weird to have that conversation in the middle of a shower, but he didn't care. At least they were getting this out of the way. All of this planning would be one less thing to have to worry about when they got back to where they were currently staying in San Fran. "An' now that that's out o' the way, have we got any more plans for today?" If Liz didn't have anything in mind, chances were Will would think up something he would want to do.

future!verse: A Quick Visit

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