Keegan was as anxious to get out of the van as the rest of the group, and his driving for the last 5 minutes of their journey may have been a little bit riskier than usual. At last, after 6 hours and 32 minutes on the road, Keegan pulled into the driveway of a large house set into a hill overlooking the medieval village.
"We're here!" he announced, looking back to grin at the kids in the back. But Jez had already leapt out of the van, leaving the door open as she did two cartwheels onto the grassy lawn, transitioned into a handstand then fell onto her back, relishing the fact that she wasn't moving. "Sweet ground!" she cried, kissing the grass. "I missed you so much!"
Keegan shook his head as he got out and slammed the door. He glanced over at Des, who was leaning against the car, looking a little green. He couldn't help thinking that it was karma from cursing Jez with slugs.
The journey had been more taxing than Keegan had anticipated. He loved Muggle cars, but even he had to admit that that had been horrible. It had to have been, if it had even driven sweet-natured Pam to irritation. He'd fully expected Jez, Nate and Jordan to be problematic - they were all too energetic to sit still that long. Nate's unusual seating choices displayed that. Des hadn't been too bad - except for the slug thing, she'd been quite well behaved.
Even he felt like screaming out his thanks to Merlin for it being over, but he managed to keep his maturity. He walked over to the house, excited to see his friend Leigh again after 3 years of almost no contact at all.