I hope you enjoy this chapter , this one is a little short , but the next chapter will be extra long I promise .

After I had left grandmother's room , I had returned to my room and started jotting down notes of everything that had occurred , I only wrote the strange things like the accident and Brittney's feeling about death ( that freaked me out a little ! ) .

After I had finished jotting down notes I looked at what I had writing and realized that there were so many clues if I had looked for them , so my grandmother was doomed to die I though helplessly .

I petted Frey who was sitting on my lap while I sat on my ( assigned ) desk , the Raven on the other hand was content by sitting on my left shoulder so that I could write with my right hand .

I stood up from the desk and went towards the bathroom with the Raven and Frey trailing close behind me, when I reached it , I went inside and wash my face with the cool water before drying it off with the towel.

When I got out of the bathroom I found my mother standing next to the bathroom door sweating tiredly , I went over to her and helped her up , all the while muttering things like '' fate's unfair '' and '' not mom too '' .

My mother thanked me and told me that she had discovered that she might be pregnant so she might bring relatives over to celebrate , I looked at her stunned and then I asked her a question '' if you do have a baby when will it be born ? ''

She looked at me smiling all the while '' well … if that was to happen it would be nine months from now, so we've got a lot of time till that happens! '' I smiled at her , but inside I thought about what kind of stories we'll tell the child about grandmother when she dies and how the new baby will respond to it all .

I left mother and went to my room to get some rest , if possible that is with Frey and the Raven all excited, but I managed to fall fast asleep somehow all the while thinking about the (maybe) arrival of the new child and grandmother.

When I awoke I found Frey licking my face eagerly , so I petted him on the back and looked for the Raven (it liked sleeping next to me and on high things that overlooked the room , namely ; the dresser , the closet and etc...), I found the Raven perched on the big closet and picking its feathers.

I smiled and whistled to it to come down which it did (Ravens are really intelligent birds) with great pride, after I fed the Raven I suddenly decided that the Raven needed a name , after all it was kind-of-my-pet sort of thing.

So I opened my red covered laptop and searched up how to tell male ravens from female which gave me little information , enough for me to guess that the Raven was female , so next I went through book after book until I reached the book I hoped for ; The Raven's Quest .

I read a little from the book before deciding that when I choose a name for the Raven , it will be from that book ( Kaa maybe ? ) , I changed into an orange tank-top , tight blue jeans and orange combat boots .

Upon deciding it , I got out of the house and decided to make a secret call to Jenna but it didn't work . Damn the connection I thought, I decided to try again when I saw grandmother wave me over from the kitchen window.

I sighed and went over to her , when I reached she whispered to me '' Rose , I will ask you for a favor , will you please agree on calling your uncles , aunts , cousins ( father's side she didn't know mother's too well ) and friends of your family for me ? ''

I nodded and she smiled before giving me a kiss on the forehead , I raced out of the house and started calling random aunts , uncles , cousins and 'friends of the family ' . When I finished calling all of my dad's family (who agreed to come of course!) I was quit exhausted.

I went inside the kitchen and told grandmother that they would be arriving soon, she smiled at me and handed me a cup of cranberry juice (one of my favorites) which I drank eagerly. After washing the cup I went back to my room so that I could organize everything before my somewhat nasty cousins came.

I had two uncles and three aunts (father's side) who were really kind to me , the oldest of them was Uncle Augustus who had a slight beard and shorter hair but other than that he looked the same as dad.

Next came Aunt Jennifer who looked like dad but in a more … girly way , except she had her hair Cleopatra style without braids and her eyes were amber ( same as grandfather they say ) and she was very thin .

After her came Uncle Simon who was a year older than dad , he looked all the same except his hair which was golden blond ( grandfather had black hair so … I guess he got it from another family member ? ) and his skin was darker than dad's , but he was the closest sibling to dad next to Aunt Sandra .

Aunt Sandra otherwise took everyone by surprise, she had black hair, hazel eyes, and her skin was darker than Uncle Simmons's. She was older than dad with ten months , which wasn't much if you ask me.

I had a little trouble with my cousins' though because a lot of them were … let face it jerks! So … yah you get the idea. Uncle Augustus had one teenager who was eighteen and looked the same as him , except for his hair which was auburn, but he was quit and never said anything to anybody. But when angered he would call everyone ''kid'' and he always called me Rosy , so he wasn't my favorite cousin .

Aunt Jennifer had boy twins who were both fourteen and a girl my age; the twins had blond hair (like their father), crystal blue eyes, and pale skin while the girl had amber eyes (same as her mother), brown hair, few freckles and pale skin. She was okay I guess but the twins … well, they were … inappropriate).

Uncle Simon had three daughters Mary's age , which is sixteen , they all have blond hair and emerald eyes just like their dad , but they were the most meanest group of girls I had ever seen ! Really they all say words together and all act like they are the same person but torn into three bodies * shivers *.

Let's skip dad ( cause were his kids ! ) and get to Aunt Sandra , she has a girl who is my age and a boy who is fourteen , the girl looked like Aunt Sandra only her hair was golden-brown while the boy had crystal blue eyes and bright carrot like hair ( all his father ! Loll) but they were awesome cousins and not nasty like some of the rest.

I wandered inside my room looking for something to get my mind into , unfortunately there wasn't much to do , so as usual I went to my sister's ( assigned ) room . And just like the other times I found her sitting and playing Angels VS Demons . While she said this was a different game I didn't really believe her.

So I sat next to her and watched her play for a few seconds , that was before she finally spoke her voice cold and strained somehow '' Hello Rose , I see you're here again what do you want from me this time huh ? '' I laughed and that seemed to throw her off guard, when I ceased laughing I said '' I'm simply here because I had nothing to do than come here '' she looked hurt which was quit unbelievable because sometimes I forgot she could get hurt too.

I looked at her for a while watching her look down in sadness before I decided to do something '' Hey, Mary what's wrong? '' if she was surprised by my question then she didn't show any of it '' Rose it's really nothing , I'm just bored that's all '' then she went back to her game and I went back to my room .

I sighed before reading more of The Raven's Quest; it was a really great book. I heard my phone ring so I went and picked it up without even a hesitation, it was Fiona. Her voice seemed worried before she started talking fast '' Rose , I need to talk to you about something really important … were coming me , Valera , Jenna , Carolina , Beatrice so … are you doing okay ? '' I sighed , Fiona was always so caring I thought before answering the phone.

'' No thanks '' I said to her adding a touch of boredom to prove it, when she seemed satisfied we hanged up and I went back to reading my lovely book. Mother came inside the house and said '' so Rose, you invited all our relatives from your dad's side and family friends over. Hmm … what's the occasion? '' she smiled jokingly so I smiled back before I saying '' nothing I simply thought that would be fun '' she nodded and left me a pretty startling blue dress after telling me that I can borrow it if I wanted to , which made me grin .

After I took an extra long bath I heard a knock on my (assigned) room, I went out of the connected bathroom with my bathing robe to open the door. It turned out to be Valera who always looked gorgeous to boys no matter what she wore. I smiled and gave her an open hug which she returned with a smile of her own.

Valera eyed the blue dress and said '' Rose that color will look beautiful with your hair but I think you would want a new kind of approach wouldn't you? '' I looked at her and said '' I think I might try another dress, before picking I will let my Raven see the color first '' I laughed jokingly and she joined in looking in wonder and awe at the Raven who cocked her head to the side before it pecked its food again.

Valera got out the room saying she'll be waiting for me with everyone else, because she wanted to see me in it as a surprise. I of course agreed smiling; the raven made it way to my closet and started to yank on something I couldn't place. So I picked it out and found myself holding a black dress with long see through sleeves and a long tight frame.

I held it against my body in the mirror and finding that it suit me quit well , I decided to wear it, wait till Valera sees this! I thought as I placed the beautiful dress on my figure. When I finished putting it on I almost marveled at the sight, it was a fascinating dress and made me look like … I didn't really know.

When I came out wearing it Valera gasped and said '' no offence Rose, but I think you like the dead bride , except with red hair of course ! '' I smiled at her but in the inside I was thinking what!? That's bad because Death is taking my grandmother to … heaven? So I watched as Fiona came over wearing a green emerald dress which suited her well.

Beatrice was wearing a silver sleeveless dress while Valera was wearing midnight blue, Jenna had a sunflower colored dress while Carolina had a violet long-sleeved dress which got her shining. I said hello to all of them and told them about my relatives coming over which made Valera gasp (she had a crush on Aunt Sandra's only son).

We laughed and talked until it was almost dinner time, the reason to why they came quickly was that yesterday they had already been on the road so they arrived her in the afternoon , so it made sense now. Mother and Grandmother prepared the food while we prepared the table for our '' guests ''.

Finally the door rang and in came all our relatives one by one , that was quit a lot for my taste, my dad hugged Aunt Sandra so much I thought she was going to burst but she didn't. Valera forced me to approach my cousin with her so she wouldn't feel embarrassed about going there alone.

When we reached Ryan , Valera told me to go say hi and introduce her, again. So I went up to Ryan and said '' Valera wants to say hi, is that okay? '' He gave me a smirk and said '' sure thing, How are you doing Rose? '' I smiled and said '' Fine, how have you been doing Ryan? '' He nodded before he said '' great, School isn't giving me a had time '' the comment made me laugh .

I left Ryan after Valera had said hi to him; she had decided to stay talking with him while I … well not so much. Valera had a crush on Ryan the first time she had heard about him, which was a long time since me and my friends knew each other from toddler years.

I said hello to a lot of my relatives, who in return either said hello or just smirked at me or winked. The twins (Aunt Jennifer's kids) came over to me, the slightly older and taller one (his name was Jonah while the other was called Jack) went right up to me before he said '' well Rose, you look smoking hot tonight, you would look really nice standing next to a pole and my hands on you '' he tried stepping in for a kiss but I moved away.

Jack and Jonah kept bothering me this way until Aunt Jennifer told them to stop , then their sister came over to me '' you look beautiful tonight Rose , I'm sorry for my brothers' behavior '' she said in a kind voice . I smiled at her and said '' you look great too June , and it's okay Aunt Jennifer took care of it ''

We stayed in this family meeting for who knows how many hours, grandmother was so happy to see everybody together again. At one point she grabbed my hand softly and whispered a thank you which I really didn't need, cause no matter what , grandmother deserved to see her family together for one last time like this.

At one point of the party I caught Valera dancing with Ryan, but I couldn't be truly sure. I was happy when Brittney and Madison came over to the balcony overlooking the fields of corn grandmother kept planting (with the help of other farmers of course); I had gone to the balcony to leave out of the party for a while.

I heard people behind me so I turned around, but when I realized that they were just Valera and Ryan I instantly relaxed. They said hello to me (which I returned of course) and then just stood next to me watching the full moon, stars and of course the beautiful night.

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