"Poor Battler almost knocked me out when he hugged me." Rosa wiped her eyes with one hand. "I probably would have freaked out wondering what happened to Maria, but seeing him crying and apologizing for our argument made me more worried about him."

"You really don't remember anything?" Shion asked.

"All I remember was being wheeled into a hospital room." Rosa dropped her shoulders. "The next thing I knew, Battler was holding my hand and crying."

"Why did you want him gone though?" Rena frowned. "Didn't you want his help?"

"No, because I'm very stubborn." Rosa sighed. "I didn't want anyone thinking I needed their help, and I also didn't want him focusing on me instead of his own life. Ironically, he stayed for another two months, making sure Maria and I were fine."

"Did you two ever argue again?" Shion crossed her arms.

"It was the first and only time the two of us ever argued." Rosa smiled as she patted Maria's head. "When I told him it was finally time for him to go, he cried, asking what if I needed help and he wasn't there. I hugged him and told him taking care of Maria was my job, not his."

"How was he compared to Rena in taking care of Maria?" Keiichi giggled. "Does Maria think he's her brother?"

"Stop being mean to me," Rena whined as she blushed.

"That's actually a funny story." Rosa smiled. "Because I was 27 at the time, and he was 13, they thought he was my little brother at first. One nurse asked him if he got to hold his niece yet, and he didn't know how to react."

"Awe! That's kyute!" Rena smiled. "I'm sure he was amazing taking care of Maria."

"He was." Rosa smiled as she looked down at Maria. "He also spent Christmas with us and came for her birthday."

"He sounds sweet." Shion smiled. "We should ask him to help with selling your dresses."

"That reminds me," Rosa said as she turned to look at Shion. "You were going to tell me something about that during the game."

"I figured she couldn't keep her mouth shut." Mion giggled as Rosa turned to her. "We took your dress idea and showed it to our family. I told them if we gave it enough support, it could be a big money maker."

"You did all that for me?" Rosa asked, her eyes wide.

"Of course." Shion smiled. "You're our friend, so why wouldn't we go out of our way for you?"

"You kids really are something else." Rosa smiled as she blushed.

"Anyways," Mion continued. "They liked the design but want to meet with you to talk more about this."

"Should I go meet them right now?" Rosa asked.

"They're busy today and tomorrow." Mion sighed. "Sorry, other things came up that they had to take care of."

"That's fine." Rosa giggled. "That happens a lot when you're an adult."

"We're on our way to starting your own business!" Shion wrapped her around around the back of Rosa's neck.

"Let's not get ahead of ourselves, Shion." Rosa sighed. "I've been in pitch meetings where they decided not to go with it after it was over."

"Oh, stop worrying." Shion smiled. "If they say no, we'll make them change their mind."

"Shion," Rosa groaned. "Don't do anything illegal to make your family say yes."

"Rosa," Shion gasped as she frowned. "You think I would do something like that?"

"Yes." Rosa immediately replied. "Yes, I do. And if I asked everyone here, they'd probably say the same."

Rosa and Shion looked at everyone, and all of them nodded. Shion sighed as she took her arm back.

"Well, Maria doesn't think that." Shion grinned as she crossed her arms. "If she did, she'd say my name."

"Shion," Rosa sighed as she turned to look at her. However, before she could continue,

"Shion." Maria smiled as everyone's eyes went wide.

"Maria." Rosa looked down at Maria and smiled. "Another word so soon."

"She said my name." Shion stared at Maria, and Maria stared back.

"Even Maria has to admit she knows the real you." Keiichi giggled.

"Shut it." Shion held her fist as she glared at him.

"Maybe she'd say Mion since their names are close." Rena giggled as she stood up and got next to Maria. "Can you say, Mion?"

"Shion," Maria replied.

"No," Rena giggled. "Mi-On."

"Shion."

"Maybe she thinks they're the same. I still have that problem, too." Keiichi grinned before Mion light slapped him on the back of the head.

"Next time, it will be harder." Mion crossed her arms as Keiichi held the back of his head.

"In his defense, I thought they were the same person when I met you all at the clothes store." Rosa giggled. "Not sure I like Keiichi comparing himself to Maria, though, considering he's not that bright."

"Hey!" Keiichi frowned as everyone else laughed.

"All of you are still here?" Irie asked as he walked up to all of them.

"Irie!" Shion waved. "Come look at Maria!"

"Hmm?" He looked up as he jogged over and stood next to Rosa. He then looked down at Maria. "She seems the same to me."

"Come on, Maria. Say it." Shion smiled.

"Shion." Maria smiled.

"Another word?" Irie raised his eyebrows. "That's amazing."

"She is amazing." Rosa smiled as she kissed the top of Maria's head. "Anyways, we probably should be heading out. Have a big day planned with Satoko tomorrow."

"A big day?" Shion raised an eyebrow.

"I told Satoko I'd spend all day with her, and she could tell me every reason I should move here." Rosa smiled as she turned to Shion and then Satoko. "Isn't that right, Sa…"

As Rosa turned, she saw Satoko frowning and looking down. Before Rosa could ask what was wrong, Irie placed his hand on Rosa's shoulder.

"Sorry, but Satoko has a checkup planned tomorrow that will be all day." Irie smiled.

"A checkup?" Rosa turned to him.

"It's nothing serious," Irie lightly laughed. "It's just a normal checkup I make her and Rika do to make sure they're healthy."

"Oh, okay." Rosa nodded as she looked at Satoko. "Let's do it after I meet with Mion's family. Is that fine?"

"I'd like that." Satoko looked up and smiled.

"Good to see that's sorted out." Irie smiled as he turned away. "I'll see you two tomorrow then."

"Bye, Irie." Rika waved. Once Irie was away, Rika frowned as she thought of something. "Hey, Rosa?"

"Yes, Rika?" Rosa looked at her.

"Shouldn't we have told Irie about you hitting your head?" Rika asked. "Couldn't that be why you have nightmares?"

"That's a good point." Shion raised her eyebrows. "Maybe Irie should know just in case."

"I appreciate you kids being concerned, but I doubt it has anything to do with it." Rosa sighed.

"How can you tell?" Rena frowned.

"Besides the fact I had nightmare problems before I was even pregnant, they examined me a few times after Maria was born." Rosa looked down at Maria. "Not only did they show I was fine, they offered me a settlement so I didn't seek legal action for what happened."

"How much was it?" Shion asked.

"More than enough." Rosa smiled at her.

"Wait, you always had nightmare problems?" Satoko frowned as she looked up at Rosa. "Why?"

"I'll tell you later." Rosa patted Satoko's head. "I'm more focused on the fun we're going to have."

"Okay." Satoko smiled.

"And thanks for your suggestion, Rika." Rosa patted her head next. "As I said, I'd be happy if Maria grew up to be like you and Satoko."

"Nipah." Rika smiled.

"So what should we do now…" Keiichi stood up smiling but clutched his chest as he sat back down.

"I think you need to go home now." Mion frowned as she placed her hand on his shoulder.

"What?" Keiichi looked up as he tried to get back up. "I'm…"

"Mion's right." Shion placed her hand on his other shoulder. "Rena told us about last night, and that baseball to your chest didn't help."

"But it's still early," Keiichi whined.

"Yeah, we know." Shion rolled her eyes as she pulled him up. "Sis, you mind helping?"

"Of course." Mion joined in as Keiichi was up on his feet and dragged by his arms by the both of them. "We'll see you guys later."

"Bye." Rena smiled as she waved to them.

"Satoko and I have to pick up stuff for dinner tonight." Rika smiled. "Sorry, we'll be too busy tomorrow to see you, Rosa."

"It's fine." Rosa smiled. "I'd rather both of you make sure you're healthy."

"See you later, Rosa." Satoko smiled and waved as she and Riksa started to leave. Rosa waved back to them.

"I still can't believe they got to have a sleepover with you." Rena frowned.

"I swear it wasn't planned." Rosa sighed.

"Still, I would have loved having a sleepover." Rena looked down. "I was going to ask everyone about having one, but all of them seem busy now."

"In that case, do you want to spend the night with me?" Rosa smiled.

"Really!?" Rena's eyes got wide as she smiled. "We can have a sleepover!?"

"Since you've been helping out with Maria so much, it's the least we can do." Rosa patted Maria's head. "Isn't that right, Maria?"

"Rena." Maria smiled.

"This is going to be so much fun!" Rena grabbed Rosa's wrist and began dragging her. "We just need to pick up some things for tonight!"

"Rena!" Rosa yelled with her eyes wide as she tried to keep up with her. "You don't need to drag me around whenever you get excited!"