Chapter Twenty-Six:
Ava snuggles into her bed, enjoying the soft pillows and warm blankets that were placed on it. The Zanderian had just finished unpacking her clothes and started to feel the effect that jetlag was having over her. Ava quickly changed out of her hand-me-down Earth clothes and into some flannel pajamas that she had received from Gladys during her stay in America.
The pajamas are a light pink color and we're decorated with little white flowers all over them. The fabric felt very soft to the alien girl, making her feel even more drowsy than she was before. She begins to close her eyes when she jumps out of bed by the sound of barking and scratching outside her bedroom door. Ava opens the door to see a little fluffy white creature yipping at the girl. Ava reaches down and picks up the strange creature, using her scangem on the little white being to identify it. She receives another happy yip from the small animal her scangem revealed to be the Nordics' dog, Hanatamago.
" Hello there little Earth dweller. " Ava says as little Hanatamago wiggles out of her arms and bolts into her room. Hanatamago lepted onto Ava's bed and wagged her tail happily. The Zanderian was about to close the door when Sealand came running in in his pajamas with his favorite mochi blanket draped over his shoulders like a cloak.
" Hello Ava." The blonde micronation says with a smile. " I see you met Hana. She's a real good cuddle buddy for when it gets cold at night." Sealand holds his mochi blanket closer to his small body. " I-Is it alright if I can sleep with you? Just for tonight. Please?" Ava smiled at the young boy and nods her head in approval.
Ava steps to the side so Sealand can enter the room. " Come on in." She said. " If you want, we can look at some of the pictures that Tony saved from my escape pod." The micronation's blue eyes gleamed in awe and ran right into the room, hopping on the guest bed next to his dog. Ava chuckles at the micronation's hyperness. Sealand covers himself up in his blanket as Hana curls up into a small, white ball.
Ava closes the guestroom door and grabbed the box of photos by the end table. She jumped into the bed, making Sealand and the small dog bounce from the force. " So, what do you wanna look at first? " The alien girl asks quietly, opening the box in front of the blonde micronation. Sealand notices a scrap of paper among the layers of photographs.
" What is this?" Sealand asked and picked up the scrap of paper that Gladys gave her. " A cell phone number and web address?" Ava looked at Sealand and tilted her head in question. " I'll show you it in the morning. Can we look at the pictures now?" Ava nods her head and began going through the photographs with the young Sealander, telling the boy with his dog the stories behind the photographs. They go through a bunch of pictures before the three of them slowly fell asleep.
Finland woke up early next to his stoic faced husband. Sweden was still asleep, his glasses off and arm draped over his "wife's" small figure. In the past, Finland usually got scared and freaked out whenever he woke up next to the Swedish man. Now the Nordic nation couldn't imagine not waking up in his husband's embrace.
The Finnish nation gave his husband a soft kiss on the nose before slipping out of his lover's arms. The blonde man puts his fluffy white slippers before quietly leaving the shared bedroom. His first thought was the same: check on his sleeping son.
The Nordic nation started to make his way to his son's bedroom but stopped when he heard the micronation laughing downstairs. Looking quite puzzled, Finland heads down to the living room where he spots Sealand and Ava on the family computer in their pajamas. " See? This is what a website is." Sealand said with a smile. " The website Gladys gave you looks like a blog about you. She put up pictures of you and wrote about everything you did while you were in America."
Ava's brown eyes sparkle in awe. Finland couldn't help but find the pair adorable when they were talking about whatever showed up on the computer screen. " Good morning, Sealand.~ Good morning, Ava.~ How are you two this morning?" Finland said as he entered the living room. The good-natured man looks over at the duos' shoulders at the computer screen. " What's this?" The nation asked.
Sealand smiled at his parent. " This is a blog about Ava, mum." The blonde micronation tells the Finnish man. " One of her friends in America made this for others who meet Ava to write about all the fun things they do together." Finland's lavender eyes sparkle in awe at the thought of Ava's friends sharing stories about the other worldly being.
" That sounds like a lot of fun.~" The Finnish man said happily. " If you want, I could write things we do here for you. I know! We can explore Stockholm once everyone wakes up." Finland hugs both Ava and Sealand in his arms before letting go. " I'm going to make us some waffles for breakfast. Do you two want to help me in the kitchen?"
Ava nods her head as Sealand gave Finland a full blown grin at the idea of waffles for breakfast. " Come on Ava." Sealand said cheerfully. " Let's set the table while mum makes the waffles." Sealand took Ava by the hand and dragged her into the kitchen where they got everything they needed to set the table with.
Sealand and Ava began setting the table, talking about all sorts of things that they could do in Stockholm. As soon as the pair finished setting the table, Finland came into the dining room with a large plate full of homemade waffles. " Okay you two." Finland says sweetly. " Can you two wake the others up and tell them breakfast is ready?" Sealand nods his head and ran up the stairs to wake his family up. Ava blinks and follows Sealand.