It was the first time they'd ever given Ryan a gift small enough to wrap, so she'd taken the opportunity to use her particular skills in gift wrapping, which were amateur but accomplished, on his first present.<br/><br/>She'd made the trip out to the armory shed, and retrieved the gun they'd picked out for him. As with all their gifts, it hadn't just been something they had lying around. It was a nickle plated colt 1911, with pearl grips. She'd even taken the time to spin scribe the slide, which had taken some time, and learning, on her part. All in all, she though it had turned out wonderfully.<br/><br/>It read "Love A&S." Love just always seemed like the thing to put on cards and gifts, so that was what she'd gone with. She did love Ryan, in a way, they were like family.<br/><br/>As she made the last fold in silver wrapping paper covering the box that held the gun, a holster, and three fully loaded clips for it, she smiled at her work. It wasn't practical to carry a 1911 really, not in the long run. The high caliber and low clip size wasn't ideal, as far as Sarah was concerned, but it was symbolic, really, something he could keep as his first gun. There would be time for him to take up something more practical later.<br/><br/>She walked back to the house, smelling lunch. She put down the present on a table outside the kitchen and went inside, sitting down and smiling at both of them.<br/><br/>"Sorry I'm late," she said. She was in a more talkative mood, and as she started to eat she turned her attention to Ryan.<br/><br/>"How does it feel to be 16?" she asked.