Teddy and Raven

Chapter 2

Earth, 2013.

Mimi and Pipi's house.

Teddy woke up on the blowup mattress on the floor of Mimi and Pipi's living room. He blinked a few times and glanced at the chairs in the living room and saw Da sleeping in one of the chairs. Mumma was already awake and was making coffee in the kitchen.

Teddy looked to his side and saw Raven snuggled up next to him while she clutched her pink blanket. Raven's breathing was soft and rhythmic.

Suddenly, Da stirred a little after smelling coffee from the kitchen. Da opened his eyes and looked at his kids. Teddy lightly rubbed Raven's arm.

"Raven. It's time to wake up." Said Teddy.

Raven shifted a little and opened her eyes.

"Good morning." Said Teddy.

Raven smiled and snuggled with Teddy.

"Morning." Said Raven.

Da got up and put his hands on both Teddy and Raven and bounced them a bit on the blowup mattress.

Raven giggled while Teddy was more annoyed. Da laughed as he went to get a cup of coffee.

Teddy and Raven sat up just as Mimi and Pipi came from their bedrooms.

"Good morning!" Said Raven as she got up.

Raven went up to Mimi knowing there would be lots of kisses.

"Good morning!" Said Mimi as she kissed Raven's cheeks.

Raven then went to Pipi to hug him. Pipi hugged Raven as tight as he could.

"Hey, guy." Said Pipi as he hugged Raven.

Teddy got up and started getting kissed by Mimi too.

Mumma and Da stood in the kitchen and sipped their coffee.

"Will we have time for breakfast?" Asked Mumma.

"We have plenty of time. Don't worry." Said Da.

"I'm just making sure we're not late for the moving truck." Said Mumma.

"I've got it handled. Don't worry." Said Da.

They looked to the living room as Mimi and Pipi had sat in their chairs while putting on cartoons for Teddy and Raven to watch.

"The moving truck shouldn't be at the house until about noon. We should be fine." Said Da.

Mumma walked into the entrance to the living room.

"I'm gonna make some breakfast." Said Mumma.

"Oh no, you don't have to. I'll make something." Said Mimi.

Mimi stood up and went into the kitchen while Mumma followed her own mother to help however she could.

Later that day.

Teddy and Raven once again stood in the empty house they would be living in now. Mumma and Da were talking about the plans for where the furniture and boxes should be placed. Raven clutched her pink blanket. The red gem in her golden necklace shone in the light from the window.

"Are you excited?" Asked Raven.

"To have all our stuff back? Yeah." Said Teddy.

Raven smiled and looked out the window. Raven's eyes widened and she ran up to Mumma and Da.

"It's here! It's here! I saw the truck coming!" Said Raven.

"Good job, Raven. Thank you for checking." Said Mumma.

Raven smiled feeling she did well.

The truck pulled up as Da walked out of the house to meet the movers. After a while, the movers had been moving most of the furniture and boxes into the house. Teddy and Raven were in Raven's room working together to try to put Raven's bed back together after the movers put all the parts in the room.

"Alright, that's the last screw." Said Teddy.

They looked at Raven's pink bed frame now finished. Teddy and Raven lifted up the mattress and put it on the frame.

"Now it really feels like my room!" Said Raven.

Raven jumped onto her bed and curled up. Teddy picked up Raven's pink blanket from the floor where she put it down and covered her up with it. Raven giggled as she was covered.

"Feeling comfortable?" Asked Teddy.

Raven sat up and pulled her blanket back a bit to where it was on her head. It looked like she was wearing it like a cloak.

"It will be more comfortable when we find my bed sheets, other blankets, and my stuffed toys." Said Raven.

"Well, we're surrounded by your boxes. Why don't we unpack and find them?" Said Teddy.

Raven smiled.

"Let's go ask Mumma or Da to cut our boxes open." Said Raven.

"Actually, maybe we shouldn't yet. They're still busy with the movers in the basement." Said Teddy.

"Right. Yeah, we should wait." Said Raven.

Teddy sat next to Raven on her bed.

"How do you feel now that we're more moved in?" Asked Raven.

"I guess I feel better." Said Teddy.

Raven smiled and tossed one end of her blanket around Teddy to cuddle with him.

"I mean what's not to like? We're near our family, there's so much nature, the town seems nice, and let's not forget the lake!" Said Raven.

Teddy nodded.

"Yeah. I just miss our old home. That place meant a lot to me, you know." Said Teddy.

"Yeah. It was nice. I think I'll mostly miss the trails." Said Raven.

"Oh yeah, the trails were one of the best things about that place. And I'll miss the art class a lot." Said Teddy.

"Oh yeah! I loved that art class!" Said Raven.

"Yeah. There's lots of things I'll miss." Said Teddy.

Raven looked at Teddy.

"You're talking about her, aren't you?" Asked Raven, but she already knew the answer.

"Yeah. I really liked her you know. I mean, we were just kids, but I really liked her." Said Teddy.

"You two were really fun together. I liked her too, just not the same way you did." Said Raven.

"Yeah." Said Teddy.

Raven placed her hand on Teddy's leg.

"I'm sorry you had to say goodbye to her, and that the goodbye was so brief." Said Raven.

"Thanks, Raven." Said Teddy.

The two kids hugged each other.

"At least we still have each other." Said Teddy.

"We always will." Said Raven.

As they hugged, they heard the sound of glass breaking from the kitchen.

"Oh, Donald!" Cried Mumma from the kitchen.

"My fault, my fault! I'll clean it up." Said Da.

"No, it's fine. I'll take care of it." Said Mumma.

"No, it's my fault. I'll clean it up." Said Da.

Teddy and Raven continued to listen to their parents going back and forth about who should clean up whatever glass broke.

"Maybe we should stay back here in our rooms for a while longer." Said Teddy.

"Sounds like a good idea." Said Raven.

Teddy and Raven snuggled together as they looked out the window and were surprised to see the first few flakes of snow fall from the sky.