It's been a little while

But here it is part 9

And we turn our attention back to Rue's family life

I know I just brought Gaara back in and he doesn't get much attention

But Rue is a Civilian and he's, at the moment, A homicidal freak

But he'll be back eventually

Disclaimer: I only own Rue and her Family

Don't forget to look at the side series Rue Meets…

Part 9

"Hey. Honey, where's your father?"

Rue looked up from the book she'd been sketching in.

"In the shower. How'd your appointment go?" She asked while looking back down at her sketch. Without meaning to she'd drawn Gaara.

"All in good time my dear." Katya winked playfully as she went into the bathroom and spoke softly to Arin before coming out again. Smiling brightly, Katya draped her arms around Rue and looked at the sketch.

"Hmm… Who's he? Looks vaguely familiar." She mumbled as Arin joined them in the kitchen with a towel wrapped around his waist.

"It's Gaara… I saw him today." Rue said putting her pen down.

"What? What do you mean?" Katya asked straightening up.

"Apparently the Chunin exams are being held here." Rue said closing the book and quickly changing the subject. "Mom, didn't you have news from the appointment you had?" Rue asked. Arin looked somewhat worried.

"You had an appointment today? Why didn't you tell me? I could have gone with you" He said, upset that he was just now hearing about it.

"Thanks Rue." Katya said sarcastically before walking over to Arin and held his face sweetly. "All that happened was I had a feeling about something and wanted to be absolutely sure before I tell you. A few weeks ago I talked to Rue about it and then I waited to see if it would go away. It didn't. "Katya explained soothingly.

"Okay, so how did it go? What was it you were thinking?" Arin asked

Rue smiled at her father's interest in this. Though she had a feeling he'd go into a weird protectiveness mode and ban her from the shop and all poison making.

"Before I say anything I want you to know nothing is going to change. This will not be like when we found out about Rue." Katya said sternly moving her hands to her hips.

Rue couldn't help but roll her eyes. 'Yea right, you're pregnant lady. A lot will probably change" She thought as Katya told her husband the news.

Arin looked like he was about to have a panic attack. Rue had to bite her lower lip and exercise her self-control to keep from laughing. That's when Arin turned to her.

"Why aren't you freaking out? Your mother's pregnant and nothing…?!" He demands childishly

"I freaked out about when she told me she thought she was pregnant. Excuse me for having other things on my mind aside from your freaking sex life." Rue shrugged and Katya nodded in approval. Right now Rue wanted nothing more than to see Gaara again. She wanted to apologize for not saying goodbye to him properly.