Richard slammed his head against his desk and sighed, right now he was imaging himself in a warm bath with his stereo blasting at maximum volume but for now he was stuck at work and signing more papers

"I really don't know why you are complaining so much I mean you're not the only one who has to stay here" Victor sat on one of the couches in Richard's office drinking his coffee and reading the sports section in the newspaper

"You're lucky you are my friend if not I would have fired you" Raising his head slowly he smirked and continued to sign forms

"A little birdie told me that you have two new house guests" Richard's smirk turned into a smile

"And who is this little birdie might I ask?" Victor glanced over at Richard and smirked " Wouldn't you like to know"

"Let me guess it was Nikki" Victor chuckled and resumed reading " Since when did she get here and how does she know all of this? That's what I want to know"

"Well I mean she is eight and has your daughter for a friend and she's been here for four days" Richard stood up and began to stretch

"Yeah they work at Amari's new school" he looked out the window and smiled gently "One of them is her teacher she's very nice and beautiful, has a free spirit and loves kids" Victor looked over at Richard and grinned

"Oh and does Richard have a thing for this teacher?" Richard turned around facing him " is it bad for me to appreciate beauty when it's right in front of me?"

"No man just asking, but what about the other one?" Richard raised an eyebrow "The other one.....she's difficult to explain in words"

"Difficult?" Victor raised an eyebrow wondering where this was going "Difficult how?" Richard used his index finger and thumb to hold his chin and looked out the window once more.

"She's so different, everything about her is graceful the way she moves, they way she handles her books"

"Books?" Victor asked lost

"Yes she loves to read, she's a librarian....very graceful and calm. She doesn't like to talk much though and Amari has taken quite a liking to her...the other day she chased her around the entire house just because she wanted her to read her a story" Richard smiled gently and Victor only chuckled

"Did you know that She called her mommy once?" Victor almost fell of the couch "Yeah she called her mommy and ran away crying....."

"So you are telling me that Amari calls this librarian mommy?" Richard nodded his head "And how do you feel about this?"

"Honestly I don't know...I'm happy that Amari has someone she can consider a mother but what happens when she leaves? What will happen then? I don't want to see Amari hurt"

"Why don't you just make sure that this librarian stays at your house?" Richard face victor

"But how? I can't force someone to do that" Victor stood up and began to stretch

"How about you marry her?"

"ARE YOU CRAZY?!" Victor began to laugh "I can't marry someone I just met...and plus I don't even think she likes me....I mean she calls me an irresponsible idiot half the time"

"I'm liking this Librarian already" Victor sat back down onto the couch and began to read the funny cartoons "She sounds tough"

"Well she is....and whenever I try to talk to her she just picks up a book starts reading it and ignores me....I get along better with Kori"

"Kori is the other one right?" Richard nodded

"And how does Amari get along with her?"

"She likes her....but not as much as she does with Raven"

"And Raven is the librarian....I see"

"I really don't know what to do......I feel so helpless at times" Richard sat back down at his desk and began to sign more forms

"....Richard when is your brain going to start working again?"

"What do you mean?" Victor sighed and placed the newspaper onto the coffee table "You know what I mean....you haven't been the same, you spend more and more time here at the office than you do at home"

"That's one of the many things Raven has told me"

Torture continues.....

Raven walked down the street next to a park admiring the scenery and feeling relaxed. She had just finished her day at work and felt the need for fresh air on such a beautiful summer day. Though she missed her old home she had to admit this place had it's advantages. Closing her eyes she let a smile grace her face.

....it's so quiet and peaceful.....

"Mommy Raven" Raven sighed and opened her eyes looking down at the creature that had attached herself to her hand "Can we go sit down my legs hurt" the headed inside the park towards a bench and sat down

"Tell me something where does your father work?"

"Oh he works at this big company....it's a really big building in the middle of the city, daddy took me once"

"Once?" Raven looked down at the little girl who was dangling her legs back and forth from the bench

"Yeah only once then he said he couldn't take me and he also stopped taking me to school"

"Amari how do you feel about that?" Amari looked up at Raven and smiled

"At first I was very sad....but now I have you" Raven smiled how could this little girl make her feel so weird inside....there was just something about her

"Let's head home I think Kori has a surprise for you" Raven stood up and offered her hand to the little girl who took it happily.

"Raven?" Raven turned around only to face Garfield "Whoa didn't know you were babysitting either"

"I thought people said hello when they were greeting someone else" Garfield rubbed the back of his head and smiled

"Yeah uh hello" Raven sighed "I was just walking around when I spotted you and with this kid"

"Hey don't call me a kid" Garfield laughed and apologized "Mommy we need to go now I want my surprise" Garfield raised an eyebrow

"Mommy?" Raven smiled

"Yes mommy"

end....Gomen nasai I didn't mean to make it so short but I only wrote this because I had a YUME about it........but this is how I really feel:

"Todokanai mama naita watashi wa doko e yuku"