Rick nuzzled Gigi's neck, placing several kisses up the length of it as she giggled. They lay on his couch, Leah in her cage being remarkably quiet.
The past few days had gone along blissfully. Now that he had come to terms with his own feelings towards her, and hers for him, it was much easier to spend time together.
"Ricky, I'm ticklish!" She giggled.
"Oh really now? You probably shouldn't have told me that." He nipped her neck gently.
"Mmmm." Gigi groaned softly.
"Gigi?"
"Yes Ricky?"
"I think I know what I want." Rick said cautiously.
"What is that?" Gigi adjusted so she could look Ricky directly in the face.
"I want to see your home. Can I do that? Before it was torn down, I mean." Gigi stared at him wide-eyed and doe like. Rick tried to piece together her reaction. "I would like to know more about you, and the way things were..." He paused and tried to find the right words.
"Is that what you really want?" Gigi looked at him hopefully. He could tell she was trying to not be too excited.
"Yes, that's what I really want. You seem to know so much about me, but I don't really know about you. I mean I know what you've told me, but I don't think it's enough. I want to know how you lived, what your family was like. I want to see the woods the way they were. It's been awhile since I got out in the wilderness. I guess yours would be a good place to start."
Gigi jumped up from the couch and threw her arms in the air. "Oh Ricky! You made me so happy!"
She pulled her arms in and giggled as she floated. "One blast from the past coming up!"
She raised her arm in the air and pointed to the ceiling. All at once the room seemed to dissolve around them. Rick watched her from the couch. He was afraid to move.
The walls fell like paint melting, the items in his apartment seemed like part of the picture. At once everything was gone, nothing but trees surrounded them. Before he could react, the couch disappeared and Rick fell to the ground.
He landed hard, the breath knocked out of him. Gigi rushed to his side. "Oh! I'm so sorry Ricky! I have got to work on my landings." She helped him up.
Rick brushed leaves and dirt off of his black pants. He looked around. Forest surrounded him on all sides. He was caught off guard by children running with some fawns. Rick blinked and wiped his eyes.
"Did... Did I just see what I think I saw?"
"Yes you did. As a matter of fact, that one was me." She pointed at a particular blonde child. Gigi smiled as she watched the children play.
"What about the time-space continuum? Won't this change history? We can't be seen here!" Rick stammered.
"Oh relax would you? Mortals." Gigi rolled her eyes. "I swear it." She fluffed her hair. "You don't have to worry about any of this Ricky. This is all in my memory. We aren't actually in the past. Nothing we do here will change anything. It won't even change my memories. You asked to see how I grew up; I'm going to give you a living slideshow. That is all. Stop being such a worrywart."
"I am not an anxious blemish!" Rick exclaimed.
Gigi looked back at him and blinked. She stared for a moment before erupting in a fit of giggles. "Oh Ricky was that a joke? A pun perhaps? From you? Oh the hilarity!" She fell back and laughed.
"I make jokes a lot, you just never noticed." Rick said defiantly as he crossed his arms.
Gigi looked up at him. She floated back up and leaned into his face. "Wow, I never realized how cute you look when you pout." She grinned at him.
Rick took a step back and dropped his arms. "IβI umm... that is..."
Gigi burst into another fit of giggles. "Come on Ricky, I want to show you everything." She grabbed his arm and tugged him along.
They approached a rather large grouping of trees. Within the trees he could see little windows and doors. Each tree seemed to be a different house. The tallest and largest of the trees was in the center of a circle. Surrounding the tree were mushrooms of every shape, size, and color. Everywhere he looked; there were more and more people. None of them looked like they belonged in the woods. All in the same type of flity dress as Gigi, most of them in earthy and flower colors, all of varying lengths. The men seemed to wear a similar type shirt and loose pants.
The part that confused him the most was the fact that all of people were various sizes themselves; some as small as a mouse, some a big as he and Gigi.