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Christopher joined Mrs Tracy, Cherie, Alex and Tyler in the lounge.

"Thank you for offering to fly us to Christchurch," Emily said, smiling at Christopher.

"That's quite okay, Mrs. Tracy. To be honest, I have an ulterior motive. I'm doing some shopping for Kyrano."

Emily raised her eyebrows, "You are?"

Christopher was just about to explain, when he noticed Cherie and her brothers watching them. "I'll explain later," was all that he would say.

Taxiing along the runway at Christchurch, Christopher smoothly brought the plane to a halt. The small group went through arrivals. Once outside, Christopher hailed a taxi and they were soon heading for the centre of Christchurch and the shops.

"Grandma?" Alex looked at Emily. "Please may we have an ice cream before we start shopping?"

Emily hesitated, then said, "I guess it won't hurt or spoil your dinner. There's an ice cream parlour across the road. Let's do this now and get it over with."

As the children hurried on ahead of them, Grandma hung back to pace Christopher. "Now, Christopher, what's this secret shopping trip all about?"

Christopher shuffled his feet. "Well, Mrs Tracy, I want to prepare a special meal for Tin-Tin. I asked Kyrano what were her favourite foods, and he has given me a list, and will show me how to prepare the meal."

Emily gave him a thoughtful look. Christopher, thinking he sensed disapproval, said hastily, "Do you think she would like that?"

Emily smiled and nodded. "Oh, I'm sure she will, but I wasn't thinking of Tin-Tin. I was thinking of Alan."

"Alan!" Christopher looked startled. "But they finished a long time ago."

"True, but I think he is still protective of her. He wouldn't want to see her hurt." She paused. "In fact, all my grandsons are rather protective of her. They see her as a little sister sometimes."

"Mrs. Tracy, I like Tin-Tin. I want to get to know her better. I would never hurt her."

"Hm. Yes. See to it that you don't, Christopher." She smiled at him, and the trepidation he felt melted away. "I hope your meal is a success. Now, I have to appease these wild Apaches with some ice cream. See you back here in, say, two hours?"

"Okay, will meet you then." Christopher hurried away.

Emily watched him go. Well, he is a nice young man, and Tin-Tin needs a nice young man in her life. He certainly would be better for her than that Mr. Tallman we met in Afghanistan.

As she entered the ice cream parlour, Emily glimpsed a tall young man sitting in the far corner, accompanied by a tall blonde woman. She gasped.

"What's the matter, Grandma?" Tyler asked.

"Nothing... nothing, dear. I just saw someone who reminded me of someone else." The gentleman in question had looked so much like Mr Tallman that he had given Emily quite a start. He was one person that she never wanted to meet again.

Having finished their ice cream, they left the shop and headed towards the store to start buying their groceries. Soon their shopping cart was loaded with what they needed for John and Callie's homecoming dinner.

Christopher went round a cornucopia of shops, buying ingredients for the meal. He bought fish, vegetables, and a number of spices and sauces. Kyrano had given him permission to use his kitchen equipment, as long as he washed up afterwards of course.

Finally, he purchased supplies for Asterix as well. Paying for the goods, he headed back to the meeting place, but not before buying a huge bunch of flowers.

"Perfect," he chuckled to himself as he saw the others waiting for him.

"Who're the flowers for?" Tyler wanted to know.

"I bet they're for Callie, to welcome her home," Alex grinned. Christopher coloured slightly.

"Now, you two," Emily said, frowning at Alex and Tyler. "That's none of your business." She winked at Christopher, who smiled at her in return.

Post by Tawnyangel22 (with copious recent edits by Tikatu) on 26/01/2005

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