Quietly the young woman made another turn around the bend, her eyes briefly looking at the map on the navigation system, she didn't want to miss the correct exit. As she drove her mind wandered as she started to replay that terrible scene of the ship sinking to the bottom of the ocean. This devastating scene played over and over again whenever she had a quiet moment to herself. The Ark was the only place where she actually felt like she was in a home, surrounded by a pack that treated her like family. Seeing that cargo ship vanish was simply heart breaking. Did she always think she would be living in a cargo ship? No, she hardly even gave her future another thought, because as far as she knew, she wouldn't have anything to live for. All of that changed after that one, terrible night. Who knew a tragic event could help her start a new chapter. In a way losing the Ark would be quite similar, because this time around her new chapter would be starting her own family. The young woman couldn't help, but smile as the thought of having her own child made that devastating scene of the ship sinking start to fade away. With an anxious sigh she started to turn the car down that familiar bumpy path up to the cabin in the woods. Would this be their new home? Tetradore had mentioned it would be a temporarily place for the two of them while he sorted out finding them a new ship, a new place to call home. Raven hoped he would find something. It felt odd being so far away from the pack. That invisible tether between her pack mates was still there, she could pluck it anytime she wanted to, but at times it felt...ragged. Reaching the cabin she put it in park and started climbing out of the car, clutching some paperwork within a manila folder. Walking up the steps she took a deep breath and opened the door, steadying herself for this, hoping it would all go very well.

Opening the door she quietly peered inside finding everything...surprisingly in order. Leaving Tobias by himself for a good part of the day wasn't the best plan in the world, but if she had taken him to a Doctor he would have just...well it probably wouldn't have gone well. Too many possible scenarios where it would end up with the Doctor being terrified. A small frown would creep up on her face as she didn't see him. He wasn't in the kitchen, breakfast nook or the living room. There wasn't much space for him to hide. Heading on over to the backdoor patio she saw through one of the windows her mate happily tearing up pieces of bread and throwing them at the ducks that had wandered from the nearby pond just a few yards away. With a small smile she shook her head and moved over to the bookshelf in the living room, grabbing the black leather bound photo album. Setting the manila folder on top of the bookshelf, she shifted through the pages and inserted a particular photo in a certain section. With the photo album she headed back towards the patio opening up the door and making her way on over to her mate. It was actually kind of cute to see him sit on the ground and gently toss the bread over to each duck, making sure each one got a bite. One would think he would be a bit rougher, tossing the bread at the ducks to hit them. He could have been in his leopard form chasing them around. And yet, here he was showing his gentle side...a side that would be greatly needed later this year, and well...every day for the rest of their life. Heading over to him she allowed herself to sit on the cool grass next to him, watching as the three little ducks scattered a little bit, but still stayed close enough for them to grab a bread. Leaning in she gave him a gentle kiss on the cheek to gain his attention. As soon as he looked her way her smile widened a bit.

"Are you having fun with the ducks? They seem to like you...and the bread. I guess I should have bought more bread when I went into town."

As the ducks softly quacked, craning their heads to see if they would be getting any more bread, Raven went very quiet for a moment and looked down at the ground. She had been thinking for quite some time on how she would explain this to him. When his focus returned to the ducks, she bit her lip and gently brought one hand up to stroke his arm, letting her fingers trail down to his hand. Squeezing his hand gently to get his attention again, she spoke up, but this time there was a bit of worry in the tone of her voice. Maintaining eye contact she explained herself, pausing every now and then to allow him time to process it.

"So...I drove into town to see a doctor. Doctors are kind of like Alexis, they can heal you. I-Im not hurt, don't worry. But there is a special kind of doctor you see when you might be having a puppy or a kitten."

It was at this moment she paused, giving him time to process this and if he had a question. Letting go of his hand she brought her own hands together and started her familiar nervous routine, grabbing onto her fingers over, and over again.

"Y-You know how I've been sick and spending some time in the bathroom? And...and you know how sometimes my nose hurts because some scents are too much?"

Before the Ark sunk he had acknowledged a few times that she had been spending too much time in the bathroom, and she had been making odd noises. Trying to hide from him that she had been throwing was not easy. She appreciated the fact that he was curious and at any other time it would be great, but not particularly at that time. For a moment she stopped wringing her hands and picked up the photo album that had been resting in her lap. For a moment she started to trace the lettering of their names and then slowly opened up the photo album towards the page that she had shown him on their anniversary night with the stork. On the page with the stork there was a photo of the ultrasound she had taken when she visited the doctor earlier that day. Her lips would pull back into a wide smile as she shakily told him some very good news!

"Well, the Doctor checked on me and confirmed that I was okay, and it was time to share that I am pregnant, and being pregnant means I'm going to have a puppy or a kitten. This means we can start filling in these blank photos. This is a picture of the baby that is inside me, I know it doesn't look like a baby, but it is...I promise."

Well, she finally admitted it. In her blue-grey eyes there was a mixture of worry and excitement. Would he be happy? Would he be mad? Would he know what she was talking about? Raven couldn't hardly wait to see his reaction! She bit her lip, quite anxious.

Raven Cain.