Loki, Ava, Thor, and Arisa soon arrived into the small town Ava had called her home for five years. They made their way to the small inn Loki and Thor had stayed in before. The woman behind the counter looked up at them and instantly recognized Ava. "Well, it has been a few months, but I see you have returned." She greeted.

Ava smiled at the kind elderly woman. "I just decided that I needed to come back and visit." She replied.

"I am glad to see that." The woman replied. "How can I help you?"

"We need three rooms." Ava answered. "Preferably as close together as possible."

"I've only got one room available, right now dear." The inn keeper replied. "It has two queen size beds."

"Would you happen to have any roll away beds?" Ava asked.

"The only one we have is broken."

"I guess that will have to do." Ava said. "It is only temporary anyways."

The woman gave them the keys to the room and then they headed towards the room. They walked inside the small space and looked at the beds. "How are we going to handle these sleeping arrangements?" Loki asked.

"There is no way that Thor and I can share a bed." Arisa agreed.

"There is only one solution." Ava answered.

"Thor will be sleeping on the floor." Loki said.

"I will not sleep on the floor." Thor replied, glaring at his brother.

"Arisa and I will take one bed and you two boys will have to take the other." Ava replied.

"What?" Thor and Loki asked in unison.

"It is just for one night. We will go find a place to stay first thing tomorrow." Ava replied. "But for now, you will have to deal with it. Either that or you can sleep on the floor, Thor."

"Why doesn't Loki sleep on the floor?" Thor shot back.

"Because if you sleep on the floor then I can share the bed with my wife and Arisa can have one to herself." Loki shot back.

A little bit of bickering later and they group was settling into their beds. Ava and Arisa in one and Thor and Loki in the other. Ava and Arisa quickly adjusted themselves into comfortable positions. Thor and Loki, however were having a harder time adjusting. "Stay on your side of the bed, Thor." Loki snapped in a whisper.

"I am on my side of the bed." Thor replied.

"Thor, it isn't that complicated. You take half of the bed and I take half. You are spilling over into my half."

"I am larger than you, Loki. Therefore, I should take a larger half of the bed."

"Half is a measurement. Anything more than half is no longer half." Loki countered. "You're trying to take up three quarters of the bed."

"Well, you're trying to take all of the covers." Thor replied, as he angrily grabbed at the covers and started to pull them over, trying to take them from Loki.

The two brothers were then engaged in a tug-of-war for the covers. Arisa sat up with a groan and grabbed her pillow and one of the blankets. She climbed out of the bed. "That's enough. I will sleep on the floor. Loki get in bed with your wife." She ordered.

Loki and Thor stopped their fighting and Loki got up out of the bed, taking his pillow with him. He then climbed into bed next to his wife. Arisa tossed her pillows down on the floor and started to get down on the floor to curl up beneath the blanket when Thor stopped her. "Wait, you take the bed Arisa. I will take the floor."

"Are you sure?" Arisa asked.

Thor nodded. "I can handle it for one night."

They then traded places, Thor laying down on the floor and Arisa taking the bed. Everyone was soon able to fall asleep.

The next morning everyone woke up and took turns in the bathroom getting ready for the day. Thor had a crick in his neck and his shoulders were sore from sleeping on the floor, but he wasn't about to complain. If he did he would never hear the end of it from his brother. Once they were all ready, they sat down or stood up in various places in the room.

"So, what do we do first?" Arisa asked.

"We'll grab a newspaper on the way out the door and head to the diner." Ava began to explain. "We'll eat breakfast and look for places to rent or buy."

"Newspaper?" Thor asked.

Ava sighed. "It has information we'll need." She said. This is going to be fun…explaining things every five seconds. She thought.

They soon left their room at the inn, bundled up in warm winter clothes and headed out, Ava picking up a newspaper on the way out. They walked the short distance to the diner and went inside. Ava felt nervous, walking inside. It felt like it had been forever since she had set foot in the diner for the last time. They walked inside and sat down at one of the booths Ava knew would be in Jen's section.

Jen was soon coming out of the kitchen and setting the orders for another table down in front of them. She then grabbed her note pad out of her pocket and walked over to them, not looking up to really see who it was. "My name is Jen and I'll be your server today. What can I get for you?" She greeted.

"Well, I know I've been gone for a while, but I didn't think that you would completely forget about me." Ava said, her tone light and playful.

Jen looked from her notepad to the group that sat in the booth. A huge grin spread across her face. "Ava! I can't believe it's you!" she then stepped back from the table and opened her arms up.

Ava wiggled her way out of the booth with Loki's help and stood up. Jen's eyes, of course, widened as she saw Ava's pregnant belly. Ava hugged her mortal friend and Jen hugged her back, stunned into silence. "It's good to see you again, Jen." Ava said.

"You, too." Jen replied. She then pulled back and pointed to Ava's swollen abdomen. "When did this happen?"

"Uhm...pretty much right before we left. We just didn't know it until later." Ava answered.

"I...I just can't believe it." Jen said, staring at Ava's belly. "Congratulations!" She then hugged her friend again.

Ava laughed as she hugged Jen back. "Thanks."

Jen broke the embrace and then looked at Loki. "Congratulations to you as well, Loki." She said.

"So, you do remember me?" Loki teased.

"I would never forget the man who took my best friend away." Jen replied, her tone teasing. "And you could just say thank you."

"Thank you." Loki replied.

Jen then looked at the rest of the group. "It's good to see you again, Thor." She greeted.

Thor smiled. "You as well, Jen."

Jen's eyes then found Arisa. "I don't believe we've met before. I'm Jen." She said extending her right hand.

Arisa reached out and shook it. "I am Arisa."

"It is nice to meet you." Jen replied. "Are you Thor's girlfriend?"

"Girlfriend?" Arisa asked, unfamiliar with the term. Loki and Thor didn't have a clue about the term either.

Ava just laughed. "No. She is my midwife."

"Midwife?" Jen asked. "Don't tell me you're going to be doing one of those home births?"

"I am." Ava replied.

"Why?" Jen asked. "I mean, from what I've heard child birth is painful."

"I will be fine." Ava replied. "Now, I know we have a lot of catching up to do, but we are kind of hungry...these three are as well, but they don't matter as much as the baby and me." She added this last part, her tone joking.

"Right." Jen replied, a grin on her face. "What can I get for you?"