She disliked the Vatican visits beyond nearly all else, which was why she put that particular one off for so long. So when it was over her first instinct was not to go straight back to Waterford, but to Cardiff, shake off the opresiveness of the Basilica with life ( Read more... )

She'd done it every year, go see Canada for Canada Day, stick around for July second, then travel down to DC to spend the Fourth with America. After that she would go back to the British Isles, checking in on England on July 5. And by God, this year would be no different ( Read more... )

She was off that day. She wasn't thrilled about it, but it was the deal. She'd skip the EU meetings and she'd get to spend Canada Day and the Fourth of July with her nephews as she did every year. Though, if she was to be completely honest with herself, she didn't really want to be seen by all too many people right now, so being off was probably ( Read more... )

Ireland was woken that morning by a loud, heavy knocking and a voice that sounded... frighteningly like it had a Polish accent. He didn't, tell me he didn't.Well, whoever it was was going to have to wait until she managed to get herself out of bed, which would happen only after she found and had a few nibbles of saltines. Stomach thus settled she ( Read more... )

She'd thought, on the way to the doctor's earlier that day, that after the week spent with Wales that she could do this, that she'd already raised Northern Ireland and England after all, of course she could do it again. She might even get it right this time! So she'd walked in with a real smile and real confidence, certain that whatever she heard ( Read more... )

Oh he was going to be mad. So so mad. But he really was the last ditch option ( Read more... )

Oh this wasn't going to go well. There was no way it was going to, this was her family. It was going to end in tears, raised voices, certainly bloodshed, and possibly death. Possibly multiple times, there was no way to know for sure ( Read more... )

Well, telling Jack and Ianto had gone well. Actually, far better than she'd expected if she was going to be perfectly honest. Once she was certain she'd finally gotten her legs back under her and that she wasn't going to be sick on the way down, she made her way to the National Assembly building ( Read more... )

This? This was not supposed to happen. Not to put too fine a point on it, actually, but it couldn't happen. So why was it happening ( Read more... )