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Chapter 10: The Manila Envelope
Five more months past since that not much had changed other than Raven whose stomach was big and swollen. She was relieved that she was not as big as she was with the twins, but all the other normal symptoms associated with pregnancy still came with the package. Nebula lost track of how many pieces of furniture had gotten blown up within the last five months.
Raven and Nightwing still had not worked out their marriage and seemed to be drifting further and further apart. They never showed how much it bothered them when the twins were around even though they knew what was going on.
Raven sat in the kitchen trying to keep cool with Nebula's wind powers. Nebula was sitting across from her eating a vine of grapes. They were both waiting for Jhun to return back home with the twins after a weekend at Titans Tower.
"I hate heat!" Raven complained fanning herself impatiently.
Nebula looked around her kitchen which was covered in frost. She clicked her tongue. "Yeah, I hate it too," Nebula added sarcastically. "You're grumpy when you're hot."
Raven chuckled as the front door opened.
"Hello, we're back!" Jhun announced.
Raven waddled to the front door.
"Hey, Big Baby," Jhun greeted with a deep velvety voice. He did this once before when Raven was pregnant with the twins.
"Hi," Raven returned sternly. She turned to the twins. "Have fun?"
Rin rubbed her mother's stomach lovingly. "Hi, baby," she whispered.
"Dad can be so lame," Jason explained. "I think he needs a crash course in parenting." He went into his black backpack on his back and took out a large manila envelope. He handed it to his mother. "Dad told me to give you this. He didn't tell me what it was though."
Raven took it from him looking at it curiously. She then opened it taking out a hand-written letter from Nightwing.
Raven,
I'm sorry that Isent this through Jason and Rin, but I did not know how to do this without hurting you. I want to be honest with you; we have been separated for over five months and things between us had not been resolved in any way.
Who are we kidding? Maybe we're not supposed to be together like we thought. Enclosed in this envelope are divorce papers. The marriage consultant I had been speaking with suggested that I send copies to you just in case you felt the same way.
Eternally Sorry,
Richard
Raven felt sadness consume her being, but forced herself not to show it in front of her children.
"Mommy?" Rin called noticing her mother's changed expression. "Are you okay?"
"Fine, Rin," Raven lied.
Nebula and Jhun walked into the room.
"Raven," Nebula began, "Jhun and I need to run a grocery errand; you killed all my good snacks. Do you need anything?" She noticed Raven's sad face. "You okay?"
"Fine," Raven replied quickly. "Do you think you could bring back some tea?"
Nebula's eyes narrowed. "All right…" She said slowly. She then placed her hand on Raven's stomach suddenly being pulled into a premonition.
She saw herself and Nightwing arguing about something.
"Nebula, it's my responsibility! Not yours!" Nightwing shouted to her angrily.
"Then stop making stupid choices!" Nebula yelled back.
Nebula was forced back into reality once again feeling dizzy from the rush. Her husband wrapped his arms around her so she would not fall over.
"What is it?" He asked her. "Did you have a vision?"
Nebula inhaled deeply. "Something big is going to happen because I was on the verge of killing Nightwing," She explained suddenly remembering the twins were still in the room, "Metaphorically speaking."
"Why?" Raven asked.
"When you find out, tell me because I want to know too," she replied. "Actually, judging by how mad I looked, it may not be a good idea to know."
Raven sighed. "I'm going to take a nap," she told everyone. She then traveled up the stairs to her room, shutting the door behind her.
"Okay, now I'm worried," Nebula said straightforwardly. "The shopping trip is off!"
"I'll go," Jhun said adding a smile. "I know how you are about unsolved visions." He kissed her on the cheek and left out of the house.
Nebula smiled and looked seriously up to Raven's room. "I don't like this," She said to herself. "Not one bit."
