La Vie Bohème

Beating Forever 27 || Greer and Graham

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“Well I’m sorry I’m such a bummer, and haven’t done enough for you for your birthday.” Greer retorted, but the smile on her face gave away that she was just playing along. “Next year I’m just gonna have to aqua equipt this thing so we can sail it to Japan. Keep it up Shecky.”

Graham shook his head. “You’ve done more than I ever could have dreamed of, and I love you, but Moondoggie and I are gonna stay on dry land, we’ll soak up lots of sand though, promise. What’s the next turn, Miss Mystical?”

Beating Forever 27 || Greer and Graham

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“Har, har.” Greer responded, with a roll of her eyes to her brother. Once he took the right, she looked at the directions again, memorizing the next turn. “I’m not taking you to Japan, the bus is not aquatic, and did you really just mix The Beatles with Star Trek the Next Generation?” She was laughing so hard, she’d nearly doubled over.

Graham thought that over. “Bummer, times two, but more so on the submarine thing, ‘cuz that could be cool. And yeah, I totally did. because that’s just the sort of weirdy beardy I am.” He grinned at her laughter. “Thank you, thank you, I’m here all week.”

Beating Forever 27 || Greer and Graham

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“It was about two weeks, actually, and I still don’t know what sealed the deal.” If anything, Cal was fun company while she worked. “Turn right up here.” Greer quipped, keeping Graham’s curiosity on the high setting. “Japan? Really? And as for it being hard to drive in the ocean…maybe I turned the bus into an aquatic vehicle. Did ya ever think of that?”

Graham grinned, and joked, he couldn’t help it. “Are those 8 day weeks?” He nodded, taking the right turn when instructed. “Yes, Japan, and no, but I sure as Hell am now! ‘Engaging Submarine Mode’, ‘Make It So!”. He cracked up after that.

Beating Forever 27 || Greer and Graham

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“He magnified the Sgt. Pepper album cover about 50 or so times, and still didn’t catch everything. Next? 9\11!!” Greer had to snicker, because it took her about two weeks to turn Cal into PID convert. How long might 9\11 take? No matter. She made sure all boxes and bags were securely closed, and peek proof, knowing how Graham was when his curiosity was through the roof. She just grinned when he asked if he got any clues on this one. “Sure, you can have a clue. It’s west, so start driving that way.”

Graham rolled his eyes playfully about Greer trying to convert Cal. “That must’ve been a night and a half.” Okay, okay, he just drove when she said to drive, but his birthday curiosity was in top gear. His brows rose at West. “Um, are we talkin’ like the ocean, or I don’t know, what’s even more West, Japan? I’m pretty sure I only know like one person who’s even been to Japan, so it’s probably not there. It’s hard to drive in the ocean too.” He’d just sillily ramble along as long as she would let him.

Beating Forever 27 || Greer and Graham

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“And that’s the way it always will be.” Greer cocked her head in thought for a moment. “I already have him won over, but restoring the bus tipped the scale. That, and convincing him Paul McCartney was dead. I’ve never seen a man use his phone so much to look up info in all my life!” With a laugh, she went to unlock Baby’s trunk, transferring three boxes, and two duffle bags, before she locked everything back up, and hopped up in the cab of the bus again, closing the door. Pulling out her phone, she brought up Google Maps, and the directions to their last destination. “Off we go, into the wild birthday yonder!”

“I know.” Graham grinned about Cal then, laughing softly about her story. “I can see that in my mind.” He sat up a little, but he tried to not get too curious about everything she was loading in the back, otherwise he’d bust. He pulled out of the parking spot, glancing from the corner of his eye at his navigator. “Do I get any clues on this one?”

Beating Forever 27 || Greer and Graham

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Greer lit up at her brother’s exuberance, as her parked in the lot on the other side of the building, next to baby. “Yeah, it won’t take me long. Pop the back hatch though…there’s a knob down between the seat, and the door.” She nodded back, unbuckling her seat belt. “You jump, I jump. That’s all there is to it.” Opening the door, and hopping out, she shook her head again. “Only a couple of times, and nothing major. He got that this was my project, but he’d hang around just to become more impressed with my auto, and restoration knowledge.”

Graham nodded about it not taking long, then looked down to find the right knob to pop the hatch for her. “I know, that’s the way it’s always been.” He was able to smile softly now though at the thought of she and Cal bonding over cars and other things. “Is that how you won him over?” He was curious about their next adventure, but he sat back and waited for her.

Beating Forever 27 || Greer and Graham

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“From Gidget?” Greer asked, Her smile getting even bigger, if that were possible. “I think that’s adorable! Very San Francisco!” Chicken Little was sure to get a laugh, and oh did she have quite a bit to transfer for this wind down. “Yes I do. I also know how grateful you are to actually still be here to appreciate it. As for Cal, I may have let him help me tune things here and there. He was dying to get his hands on it.”

Graham nodded about the name with a big grin. “Yep!” He drove around to where she had parked Baby, pulling in to a stop, figuring she wouldn’t let him help with her secret car to car mission. “Should I keep it runnin’?” He nodded then. “I am, and I know how grateful you are that I’m here.” He grinned then about Cal. “I knew it!”

Beating Forever 27 || Greer and Graham

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“Nope. In fact, I referred to this lovely monster as a he, the entire time I was restoring it. So name it after whichever one you want, just don’t cause it to have a gender identity crisis. Whatcha got brewing?” Greer giggled about the crisis, grateful that her brother loved his bus, and she buckled in and sat back as he started the engine. “Promised to purr like a kitten until you and Logan are old and grey.” She said, watching him. “Sorry, Chicken Little, I don’t have a piece of the sky for you. You’re next gift is more of a wind down, relaxing adventure, and you get to drive. You’re welcome, GA. You deserve it.”

Graham grinned sheepishly. “Um, I was thinking maybe ‘Moondoggie’?” He smiled even more at the purr of the engine, and at her phrasing about it. “Sounds like the perfect plan.” He laughed about Chicken Little, pulling ahead so that he could drive her back to her car to transfer whatever it was that she had to transfer. “Winding down sounds good. You don’t know how much I appreciate everything you and everybody else has done for my birthday and my life in general. Did you let Cal get his hands dirty on this beauty?”

Beating Forever 27 || Greer and Graham

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“I only watch Wheel when I’m bored, but we’re definitely past the big hair and disco ball dresses.” Greer snickered when he beamed at the key chain, and started to follow Graham, thinking better of it. Instead she went to the passenger’s side, opened the door, and climbed in. “She doesn’t have a name yet, that’s for her owner to decide.” Being compared to Happy Quinn hit her right in the heart, and she was sure she was flashing 1000 watts by now. “I LOVE that compliment! So…do ya think you can get in, and drive us around to my car? This isn’t over yet, and some things need to be transferred.”

Graham laughed softly about the change in styles. “Good to know.” He thought for a moment, trusting Greer’s opinion when it came to cars. “Do vehicles have to have girl names? Lemme drive it a bit, and I’ll let you know, I think I have two ideas brewing.” He returned his sister’s grin at the compliment. “I knew you would.” He nodded as he shut his door after officially jumping in, and buckled in, sliding the keys in to give it a ceremonial startup of the engine. “You do realize that I’m expecting like a piece of the sky or something now, right? Everything has been so big and fabulous so far. Thank you, I can’t say thank you enough for everything.”

Beating Forever 27 || Greer and Graham

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Greer nodded about the mutual magic between Graham and Logan, then shook her head. “Vanna White? Hell no. And kudos to whoever got her out of sequins.” She joked, and waited for that second, even bigger reaction, it seemed all the work had paid off. “Well, I say you take these…”

“…and go check out the inside.”

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A look of confusion crossed Graham’s face for a second. “Clearly, I need to catch up on my Wheel of Fortune watching, and her wardrobe department’s choices.” He beamed at the cute little key chain. “I love it!” He then moved to open the driver’s side door carefully, checking out the beautiful creamy, greeny interior. He grinned eagerly at his sister. “It’s gorgeous, what’s her name? You’re like some kind of Happy Quinn mad mechanic genius!”

Beating Forever 27 || Greer and Graham

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“Okay, sure…but weird. I thought you two were Disney princes, or something…” Greer let her brother ponder for a moment, a smirk crossing her lips as Graham gave an utterly perfect reaction. That was exactly what she was going for. “Uhhh…well…” She took him by the shoulders, and slowly turned him around. “Because I wanted to turn you…”

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Graham laughed aloud. “He and I can be lots of things, thus is our mutual magic.” He grinned. “Are you Vanna White? Because I think I know how some of those letters feel now.” His eyes got really huge as he took in the perfect present, taking in all the hard work and love that clearly went into fixing it up. “Oh, GB, I- I don’t know what to say----it’s perfect!!!!!!!”

Beating Forever 27 || Greer and Graham

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“No, you’d be a super cool superhero.” Greer retorted, scoffing at Graham’s tongue. Once she had him in just the right place, she stopped him, keeping the blindfold on for a few seconds longer. “Now, I want you to know that I drove all the way to Palo Alto for this thing…by myself!” Reaching into her blazer’s inside pocket, she fished out a photograph, placed it in his hands, and removed the blindfold. “Look at the photo, DO NOT turn around.”

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Graham grinned like an idiot. “Can I be Logan’s ‘Boy Wonder’ instead?” His brows raised behind the blindfold. “I’m trying to even think what could be in Palo Alto right now, and I’m comin’ up blank.” He was a little disoriented for a moment, blinking after she took off the blindfold, then looking down at the photo, beaming after he looked at it. “Oh Greer, you didn’t! Wait, why can’t I turn around?”

Beating Forever 27 || Greer and Graham

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“Oh, they will be.” Greer chirped happily. “Hopefully you’re never any City villain…” She said, tying the blindfold over Graham’s eyes, and behind his head, sure that he couldn’t see anything. “…but yeah. And we’re not pinning anything on anything. Trust me, damn it.” Snickering, she slowly led her brother out of his new work space, and relocked it, then led him down the hall, and out into the parking lot. “Ready? I’m gonna give you something, but you can’t turn around yet when I take the blindfold off, okay?”

Graham stuck his tongue out at his sister. “If I was, I’d be a super cool villain, and you know it. I trust you.” He let himself be led through the hallway and out into the parking lot, holding his hands out as instructed to be given whatever it was. “Okay.”

Beating Forever 27 || Greer and Graham

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Greer grinned back, and nodded. “Those signs are next on my to do list.” Every little, or not so little expression Graham gave her was nearly comical, and she kept internally telling herself not to laugh. “The Batcave would be somethin’, wouldn’t it?” She wouldn’t confirm, nor deny… “Put your trust in me, come here, and turn around, so I can tie this thing on.”

Graham nodded, pleased about the signs. “Cool.” He laughed about the Batcave. “Yeah, especially since I’m not a Gotham City villain or anything.” He took a deep breath, turning around so that his sister could put on the blindfold. “We’re not gonna pin the----something on the----something, are we?”

Beating Forever 27 || Greer and Graham

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“If I weren’t weird, I wouldn’t be a Larson…or part of this perfect pseudo-family. But that is what they claim on Ancient Aliens, I just repeated it.” And all of that was true, normal just wasn’t their station. Greer nodded back about her best projects always being a labor of love, and just…love…everywhere. “South parking lot.” She said, pointing the opposite of the way they came in, and picking something up she’d planted on a nearby table days ago, just for this moment. “But I’m afraid…” She held up the scarf. “…you have to be blindfolded for a minute, or two.”

Graham grinned at his sister’s turn of phrase. “You’re still gonna get those signs painted up for us.” His brows raised suspiciously again when she said parking lot, then nodded slowly in the direction she had pointed, brows raising again when she said he had to be blindfolded. “Are you takin’ me to the batcave or somethin’?”

Beating Forever 27 || Greer and Graham

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She was just happy Graham was smiling, and during their conversation, she noticed that she’d traveled around the vast space a bit too. Big brother certainly wouldn’t feel closed in here. “Half angel, half human giants…the cause of the great flood…maybe.” Greer shrugged, unsure if she believed that part of it all yet. Watch enough, and everything was aliens, for goodness sake. Then she nodded at Graham’s comment. “A lot of work…but a labor of love.”

Greer loved the sound of ‘love personified’, and thought it summed up her brother’s new work space perfectly. “Love from everyone you love, oozes out of the air ducts in here, or at least it should. As for setting things up, I’ll let you know when I need it, and I’m sure Theresa will be grateful.” She bit her lip hard at his question, finding the way he put it funny. “Mmmmm……yes. Would you like to see?”

Graham beamed at Greer as she theorized. “You, my sister, and I say this with the most love in the world, are weird.” He smiled more softly about the work she had put into her surprise. “Your best projects always are.” He nodded about helping each other. “Love all around, love at work.” He gazed as she bit her lip, brows raising. “I would, do we have to go far?”