After two days everybody that was going to come had shown up. Aradia and Sollux, Feferi and Eridan, Dave, Jane, Roxy, Dirk and Jake, Rose and Kanaya, and last but not least John and Vriska all straggled in slowly as time passed. They came to visit a few at a time, and as the date of Nepeta's release drew nearer they began to plan for where the couple would stay while they figured out where they would move to.

Nepeta sat in the center of a circle of girls, all of which were gushing over how excited they were for her, and also how worried they were as well. Vriska seemed the calmest, lounging in a chair next to the bed only piping up when she needed to, and Feferi was the most animated; speaking out loudly and often. The rest of the girls ranged from quiet to loud, and Nepeta had to constantly be reminding them that they were in a hospital.

When the day came for Nepeta's release from the hospital Aradia helped her pack up the small bag of things she had gotten from her neighbor.

"So you told him didn't you?" Aradia put the bag over her shoulder and watched as the other girl looked around the room one last time, "was he excited?"

"Well yeah I mean who wouldn't be excited. We talked about it for a long time, I know we weren't exactly ready for an, ah, addition to the family but it will be nice. This gives me something to look forward to now, since we have to move we might buy a house so I can decorate the room accordingly," Nepeta smiled happily as she signed the discharge papers at the nurses' center. The two girls walked the other direction from the elevators though, because they were heading over to see Equius. Nepeta had been going over to see him regularly, and he had been doing well, so he would be released from the hospital soon as well.

They peeked in, but it looked like he was sleeping, a nurse was checking his charts and she smiled at them, telling them that he had been in a bit of pain so the doctor had given him a sedative. Nepeta smiled softly and shut the door, and the two headed away to the elevator.

"Well that was a shame I wanted to say hello to the guy," Aradia stretched up and looked over at Nepeta, "as long as he's getting better though we can soon have him to baby and stuff. Now then, I arranged for a small, pre-furnished house in the next town over for you two, but that won't be used until he gets out of here. For now you'll be staying with me and Feferi."

"You guys have the extra space at the hotel? Are you totally sure about this?"

"Well of course! If I wasn't I wouldn't have offered silly. Where else are you going to go though? It isn't like you can go home yet right?"

Nepeta thought about her home. Last time she had seen it there was blood everywhere. She shut her eyes and wiped them with her sleeve before looking up at Aradia, "yeah I wouldn't want to go back anyways. Maybe only to pack, but I don't want to live there anymore."

"No one can blame you! After something like that I wouldn't be able to stay in the same house, let alone the same city. Until he's caught again I want you both to live close to somebody else understand? Even if you had to move to the Mid-West with Vriska and John I don't care I just don't want you living around here understand?"

"Of course I understand," Nepeta hung her head sadly, "we had a good life here. Equius was loving his job and I really loved that house. We really made it our own, but I guess leaving it and actually buying one will be better. We can do more with it!"

Aradia put her arm around the other girl's shoulders as the doors of the elevator opened and they walked out, "that's the spirit sweetie, that's the spirit."

They made their way safely to the hotel where they met up with the rest of the group. From there they all went to a small diner where they all sat in a U-shaped booth.

"It's nice to all be back together again like this, even if it is under such dire circumstances," Jane smiled cheerfully as she surveyed the group that was all there. Her, Roxy, Jake, and Dirk all sat together again for the first time since they had all graduated and it felt nice to be back again. Aradia sat in between Sollux and Feferi with Eridan beside her, Dave sat next to John and Vriska, and Nepeta had ended up in between Rose and Kanaya. All of them seemed cheery, despite the heavy theme of the visit. Nepeta didn't want them to get down trodden with emotion so she kept herself as upbeat as she could.

"It really is wonderful! It feels like freshman year all over again," she blinked and cursed herself for her words, for a silence had fallen over the table as everyone was reminded of the first time this had happened. She shook her head and grinned, "remember that time we all went to that all-you-can-eat pizza buffet and got kicked out because you boys got into an eating contest?"

Dirk let out a bark of laughter, "oh yes I remember that. We ate so many pizzas they almost made us pay for another meal didn't they? That time right Jake?"

Jake nodded, his bucked teeth that ran in the Egbert/Crocker/English family showing through his grin, "yes that time. We also almost got kicked out because you and Dave thought it would be a great idea to start a food fight in the kid's zone."

Dave shook his head at the memory, "yeah Egbert and I hid in the playground thing and bombed you with cheese pizza bits. He got in trouble when he hit Vriska though so yeah," he cocked an eyebrow at the couple in question, "didn't seem to scare her off any."

Vriska ran her hand through her long dark hair, "it would have taken a lot more than cheese pizza to get me to stop loving this nerd and his silly pranks and his crappy movies," she put her head on his shoulder and let out a sigh as he blushed clear to his roots.

"Well thanks I guess, for the half compliment."

"Any time dear."

Everyone chuckled and the waitress came and took their orders. Feferi was looking at everybody and she turned to Dave, "where's Jade?"

Both John and Dave perked up at her question, "she's travelling across the south pacific studying flora and fauna for her degree," John supplied, "yeah she was going to try to break from it to come but I don't know if she'll be able to," Dave shrugged coolly, "she was just visiting me in Texas a few months ago."

"So she'll go and visit her boyfriend but she won't come visit her brother? How rude of her," John teased.

"Fiancé, actually."

"WHAT?"

"Well what did you expect John? We've been together for a long time, you married Vriska already so come on it was only bound to happen sometime," Dave shrugged again as John sputtered in disbelief.

"Well I just can't imagine a cool guy like you getting tied down by marriage that's all," John shrugged, trying to look nonchalant, "she's my big sister but it still weirds me out to think she's marrying my best bro."

"Big sister by about ten minutes John, chill out."

"You know what us girls need to do? We need to have a shopping trip for Nepeta," Feferi's eyes glittered viciously as she smiled at the smaller woman, "all of us, shopping for new things for your new family!"

Aradia nodded excitedly, "this is a good idea! I mean, I hear Nep isn't the only one up and coming," she turned her gaze on Vriska and the girl in question scratched her head shyly.

"Well yeah but we don't have to worry about me here," she muttered with a scowl.

Jake slammed his fist into the table and almost jumped up, "we men will also shop! But for manly things! Like build it yourself furniture and other manly things like that!"

Dirk patted his arm and gave him a little look, "calm down bro we got you. Don't go crazy on us now."

"That's a really good idea Jake. Thank you for thinking about Equius like this. You guys have been so good to us this whole time I'm really happy to have good friends like you," Nepeta looked to all the smiling faces around her, "you guys are wonderful."

((Short chapter is short. Sorry for the massive delay between chapters! College is a pain and writers' block is too. I have two chapters lined up to be written right now so it shouldn't take very long to get them completely finished and out to you guys. Thanks for being patient!))