Adam adjusted his jacket as he stood in front of the door taking a deep breath to hype himself up before going in. Sunny was standing behind him.

He turned to look at her, "Before we go in, I just want to say that I am really sorry.

She tilted her head to the side, "What?"

"You know I am under the impression that instantaneous warp drive was probably one of the worst things to ever happen to the human race because it gives me literally no excuse not to come home for family reunions. I mean, if we did long warp like the Tesraki use, then I could be like, on no, I will have to miss the reunion by a week, but oh no, when I try to use that excuse that have to point out that short warp is totally a thing." He sighed and turned back to look at the door, "To think, yesterday I was in another galaxy."

She crossed both pairs of arms, "Why are you sorry."

"That you had to come, that you have to suffer."

She rolled her eyes.

"I offered to come with you, Dr. Krill went with Katie to visit her family, Conn decided to stay on the ship to annoy Maverick. Ramirez invited Kanan to his place to meet his Abuela, so I offered to come with you."

"Bad choice in my opinion." he grumbled.

"Why?"

He turned to look at her with an apologetic expression on his face, "I.... Just so you know.... My uncle Ben is a bit.... weird , and my grandparents.... Well I am pretty sure they are slightly xenophobic.... And they aren't exactly a fan of LFIL affiliates.... So."

Sunny didn't look perturbed and rested a hand on his shoulder, "Adam you have met my mother haven't you,I think I can handle xenophobic since my mother was..... daughter'o'phobic ."

He sighed but nodded, "Alright, alright, but don't say I didn't warn you."

The door they were standing in front of was a much larger door than the one at the Vir family home. This one was apparently owned by The parents of Vir's mother. The house wasn't a mansion by any means but it was far bigger than the small house in the suburbs, which is the reason he had been allowed to invite a friend. The Virs, while not without their faults, were a generally welcoming people. Sunny noted the uncommonly well kept grounds and an apple tree in the backyard. Sunny liked apples, though she could only eat them in small doses.

There were a few flowers in the flowerbed nearby that she eyed rather hungrily as Adam reached up to knock on the door.

She could hear children shouting in the backyard and the murmur of voices from the inside.

"I'll get it!" Someone called

She didn't recognize the voice, but Adam made a face.

The door was thrown open a moment later, and a heavy-set blond man opened the door. He was very tall, almost as tall as Adam, though without his neo-spartan physique which he had been religiously maintaining.
"Addie! Back from space. So where are those hot alien babes...." The man began, stepping forward to embrace Adam in an uncomfortable hug, though he stopped midway his eyes raising slowly from her chest to her face, smile falling into a look of awed shock. Sunny could hardly blame him, she was pretty magnificent, even without her saint armor.

She had been trying positive self talk recently, more as a joke than anything else, but weirdly enough it was kind of working.

She watch his eyes as they trailed up to her face, necked craned back lips stammering.

"W-wha-"

"Well Uncle Bem," Adam said wryly ."you wanted to know where the hot alien babes were, so I brought one."

The man almost choked on his own spit, and Sunny rumbled a laugh deep in her chest. The man's eyes flicked downward to the breathing holes on her neck, which flexed lightly with her laughter.

"I uh-"

Adam motioned to her as the fat little man continued to open and close his mouth like a fish, "This is Sunny, My weapons specialist, and Saint of Anin.... Which kind of makes her Space Moses."

The man remained speechless as Sunny extended a hand to shake one of his. His handshake was loose and floppy like a dead fish, either out of shock, or just because he had a weak handshake, "A pleasure to meet you, Ben."

He blinked rapidly as if he had expected to hear an alien language come from hre mouth, though her integrated translator was almost seamless. Adam had picked her human voice, which she found she liked very much. It was a female voice for sure, but a powerful one. She couldn't help but think he had probably found the voice attractive, which is why he had picked it.

They stepped past Uncle Ben, who still stood with his mouth open and eyes wide, and into a small room before a hallway.

Adam kicked off his boots, though Sunny wore no shoes.

Adam Wisteled and Waffles, hurried off into the house, Jeffery wrapped around her neck. The two of them were almost inseparable these days. They followed the sound of voices into a large main room with flors of polished ed wood in a rustic sort of theme. Rustic, that was an interesting human word they didn't have on her plant.

She had to duck ever so slightly to avoid hitting her head on a hanging light, though the ceilings themselves were high and vaulted, which allowed her to stand at her full seven feet, short for a Drev, but very tall for a human.

As soon as they stepped into the room, everything went very quiet. All eyes were turned and fixed on her as she stepped into the room. Sunny was used to such behavior now and decided to take it as a complement. Hands were raised to mouths though a few hands were raised in greeting, mostly those of Adam's brothers. She was surprised to find Jim Vir and Thomas there as they usually hide from family gatherings.

Jim was slouched in a seat by the fireplace squeezed next to his wife who seemed to be holding him in place by force of will. Thomas was sitting on the floor at their feet and raised a fist to them as they entered.he was looking much better than even the last time she had seen him. He was clean shaven with short buzzed blond hair, and the ort of sickly thinness that had been common with him (caused by an addiction that Adam had mentioned to herein confidence) was gone. He looked healthy.

The silence was only broken by a squeal of delight and a small blond tornado came whirling across the room. Sunny's combat instincts were the only thing to save her as the small shape bolted at her front the center of the room, leaping towards her with arms outstretched.

Sunny caught Kimber with her upper arms and hefted the girl into the air with a a shriek of delight. Kimber wrapped her arms around Sunny's neck.

The family started as Kimber began to talk.

"You Came, you CAME!. My cousins didn't believe me that I was friends with you, but I am. You are my friend right."

Sunny rumbled low in her throat, "Why could say no to being your friend."

The little girl beamed as Sunny held her.

Adam was smiling as he walked them a bit further into the room.

He turned to look at his family, his face a perfect mask of politeness showing no hint of the nerves he was surely feeling. Sunny knew what this was about, very few people knew of their involvement with each other, and it had never come up considering as they had broken up before that conversion had ever been made, but not things had only gotten more complicated.

They had.... Gone back to doing a lot of the stuff they had done when they were dating, and she wasn't entirely sure if they were just friends.... Or something more. She was ok with it either way, granted she would have liked it if they were back together, but she had recently become happy enough with herself that she would be ok if that didn't happen either.

Either way only Adam's brothers knew about their relationship as it was.

She stopped behind him still holding Kimber.

Adam motioned t her with one hand as Uncle Ben finally unfroze himself from out in the hall and followed them into the room.

"Everyone, this is Sunny, my weapons specialist."

Martha and Jim smiled at her, and she couldn't help but notice Another figure lurking in the corner behind Jim and Martha's chair.

Eris was here too, though based on the family reactions around her, no one knew what she was just yet.

His grandparents remained quiet, though Maya, Jeremy, David and Jordan, David's husband, greeted her with proper enthusiasm. Adam took a chair offered to him by his brother Jeremy. Next to him the Pretty redhead with grey eyes nudged Jeremy in the ribs. He lit up as soon as she did.

"Adam, guess what!"

Adam raised an eyebrow, "What?" He glanced between Jeremy and his Girlfriend who was smiling mischievously..

She held out a hand to display her shiny ring. Humans like that sort of thing, small bits of dangly metal and shiny rocks, it was kind of cute, like watching a bird or a raccoon. Adam's eyes went wide, "You're engaged!"

The room lightened up then with laughter as he took her hand to examine the ring, "That's a nice rock."

She shrugged, "It's one of those lab made ones. I told him that if he spent too much money on a ring I would skin him and wear him like a coat." Sunny sat on the floor next to them, her legs crossed. Kimber sat in her lap happily playing with her handheld video game. Her younger brother, who Krill had had the pleasure of delivering, was now walking and talking, and stumbled over to sit in her lap too, though he hardly knew her. It wasn't long before Sunny was surrounded by a small army of children, hanging around her neck, tugging on her arms and climbing on her back.

Sunny didn't mind in the least though. Human children were rather fun. The small one had dozed off in her lap next to his big sister.

One of the older humans, who Sunny though was Vir's grandma piped up, "It's so nice," SHe turned to look and, Thomas and Adam Very pointedly, "Just two more grandsons left to go."

Adam and Thomas exchanged a long suffering look."

"Aren't the two of you dating yet, I know Thomas you were for a while."

Thomas sighed, "Just been working on myself lately, Grandma."

No need to bring up his addiction. The last time Thomas had been involved with a woman she hadn't exactly helped him out. Adam was under the impression she had been a part of what made his addiction so bad the last time around, enabling his habit."

She then turned her eyes to Adam who wilted in his seat, "And Adam, you seem so focused on your job recently. You really should think about settling down and meeting someone."

He groaned.

"You're 25 and I haven't heard of you even dating anyone."

"Maybe that's because It's my business, and I just haven't told you yet."

"Who are you going to date on a spaceship?'

"Bet Ramirez would date me if I asked." he mumbled under his breath. Sunny snorted with great amusement."

"Mom, leave the kids alone." She Rested a hand on Thomas's shoulder.

Sunny listened to the conversation for a while and played with the kids who seemed fascinated by the fact she had four arms.

"So Is Sunny your REAL name, or just a nickname." She looked up to see one of te oldermale humans looking at her."

"It is A direct translation. My given name is Chalan."

"Ch-al-ane."

Adam looked like he was hurting inside.

"Chalan." She repeated, "But Sunny will do just fine."

"That seems like such an odd name, are all your names so strange."

"I suppose all names seem strange when looking at them from the outside. Drev names always mean something. To us human names are just a combination of random sounds. My brother is named Kanan, which translates to Noble."

"So you name your children after, what? Ideas aspects, or just the first word that comes into your head."

Adam looked ready to intervene, but Sunny shook her head at him.

"No, we name our children after attributes we wish them to possess. My father wanted me to be a light, like the sun, and my parents wanted their son to be a noble warrior."

"Is it true that your religion believes in animism." It was a genuine question but she could tell by the way that Adam tensed that it wasn't said in a polite manner.

"Yes, we do believe that everything has a spirit."

"Even rocks?"

"More like rock as a whole has one spirit. Rock is hard and firm, unyielding, but over time it can be shaped by the wind. Stone unto itself has qualities which might wish to possess a firmness, but an ability to be shaped by experience."

"But rocks aren't alive."

"I never said they were."

"But you said they had a spirit."

"Does something need to be alive to have a spirit."

"Well of course, what you are talking about is simply the characteristics of rock." Sunny remained calm and composed. If Naktan had taught her anything, it had been the ability to keep calm even when under the immense pressure of annoyance.

"Then perhaps define spirit differently? It might not be a direct translation. For us, a spirit is the true definition of a person or object. If you were to define every aspect of me, you would know my spirit, and so you can define every aspect of stone which means you can define its spirit."

The two older humans exchanged a look, "That seems a very primitive sentiment."

She could practically hear Adam grinding his teeth.

If she could simply have smiled, she would have, "Closed minded people often think that way."

The room went silent for a moment before Adam piped up, "I think the Drev religion makes the most sense out of anyof the religions I have experienced personally."

There was awkward silence around the room for a moment though theconversation soon moved on to wedding planning for Jeremy.

Adam suggested that Sunny and Thomas take the kids outside to play, and then Jim offered to go to, so they managed to escape with the kids.

Jim rested a hand on Sunny's shoulder.

"I'm sore about Martha's parents, they are a bit.... Old fashioned."

"Xenophobic more like." Thomas muttered

Sunny shrugged, "If they could bother me that easily, I can hardly consider myself a Drev."

Jim paused and took a seat watching the kids as they ran around in circles in the backyard.

Jim glanced over at her once and then twice.

He clearly wanted to say something but wasn't sure if he should.

Sunny tilted her head, "Go on?"

"Are you two still....."

"It's.... complicated."

He snorted a laugh, " I thought that was just a human thing."

She shrugged, "I guess not."

He shafted again, "May I ask..... How or.... It's ok if you don't tell me."

Sunny sighed, "We broke up a little after the trail. I think he was going through something rough, and.... well , we are sort of behaving in the same way we used to, but we haven't talked about it since things started to get better."

The man nodded, "Adam isn't going to make it easy," he paused, "For what it's worth. I am rooting for you, Because I like you and for Adam's sake. I think.... Well I think he needs someone around to mellow him out. I think he thinks too much and that gets in his way." She hummed softly.

She liked Jim. The man didn't talk much, but when he did, it was always something good.

"Thank you, Jim."

He grunted, "Make sure that boy figures himself out."

Sunny was in good spirits when they sat down to eat a few hours later. There was a lot of food on the table and as she sat Martha brought over a bowl of flowers lending down and whispering. "I just picked them from the garden, shhh don't tell my mother."

Adam, sitting on her right had shoved his plate full of potatoes but still grinned at her.

"Black hole." She muttered.

Off to his left Eris was sitting with her hood pulled low over her face. Adam patted her shoulder before shoveling more potatoes onto his plate. Waffles was under the table with her head on his lap not necessarily begging,but definitely hoping something would drop onto the floor. She soon moved across the table to where the kids were sitting and where she was having more luck. The conversation quickly devolved into many little conversations in varying degrees of exuberance.

It didn't take long for a good portion of the table to hone in on Adam and start asking him more personal questions. Sunny wasn't really paying attention at first as she was speaking with Jordan about something, when she suddenly noticed a good portion of the table had gone quiet while another portion gotten a little louder."

"Why does it matter so much to you. Maybe I just like my job."

"You're going to be old and lonely and miserable one day."

"How do you know that?"

"Because you haven't even tried."

Adam's cheeks were red with anger and most of the food on his plate had been left untouched.

"Maybe, I haven't said anything because I don't want you involved."

"We are family, Adam."

Sunny felt something snap. It was as if the air itself had shattered slightly.

Adam grew very quitey, "Sorry, I didn't find it likely that you would accept the fact that Sunny and I were dating. But since you seem to care SOOO congratulations, now you know!"
The entire room went very quiet.

They stared at him, they stared at Sunny.

Then Adam got up early tipping his chair over and walked out.

Sunny blinked once then twice then shrugged and continued to eat her flowers. The table continued to stare at her.

"Is that true."

Sunny shrugged, "Do you think he's joking"

No one answered.

Sunny finished her last flowers, stood and grabbed Adam's plate before sternly lookin at the rest of the table and shaking her head before walking off.

She heard uproar as soon as she stepped out, but ignored it as she went to look for Adam.