Chapter 1
Maia~
Pregnant, I still can't believe it. Even after I was three weeks late, and the first test came back positive I didn't want to believe it. I finally broke down and went to a doctor, who just confirmed it. Though he seemed confused by my denial of an ultrasound to see how far along I am, though I'm sure the look on his face would've been priceless when he saw that the baby was, well, not exactly human. I'm leaving the office, my head buzzing. What am I going to do? How will I tell Jordan? How will we react. God, we're only kids how are we going to support a baby?
I decide I should tell Jordan as soon as possible, tonight even. I'll set up a nice dinner and we can decide together what to do next. The thought gives me some comfort. I reach in my bag for my phone and am just about to call him when my phone vibrates and I receive a text, it's from Jordan.
*I just got word from headquarters, can you meet me there in a half hour?*
Headquarters? What could the Praetor Lupus want? I send a quick reply saying I'll be there and get in my car. I'm not too far from the headuaters so I'll just have to wait for Jordan there. I spend the ride trying to figure out what could be going on, but I come up blank.
A half hour later I see Jordan's car pull up next to mine in front of the headquarters of the Praetor Lupus. I get out as he does, and he walks over to me and plants a swift, soft kiss on my lips, which I return eagerly. This is your dad. I find myself thinking to my stomach. It's still hard to believe there's actually a baby there. It's surreal.
"Hey, is everything alright?" he asks, obviously sensing my mood which borderlines between nervous and anxious. Though it's not like I don't have a reason to be.
"I'm fine, I just want to know what's going on" I respond, and it's half true.
"Yeah, me too, let's get this over with" he agrees, and takes my hand. We walk into the headquarters and down some hallways. We eventually wind up in an office area, we take seats in front of a desk and wait.
"Hey don't worry about it, I'm sure it's nothing" Jordan says, but something in his tone tells me he's not too sure. Then again we weren't thinking about the same thing.
"I know" I sigh, and we both turn when we hear a door opening. A tall, middle aged man enters the room. I've never seen him before, but I can tell by his demeanor that he's one of the higher ups. Jordan stands to greet him, and I do the same.
"Hello Jordan" the man greets him.
"Greg" Jordan replies in greeting, and shakes the mans hand.
"And you must be Maia" Greg says, turning to me.
"Yes, it's nice to meet you" I respond as cheerfully as I can manage, and follow Jordan's lead in shaking his hand. After shaking my hand the man goes to sit behind the desk and we sit back down.
"What's this about Greg" Jordan asks, getting right to the point. Impatience evident in his tone.
"Well, we have a situations of sorts" Greg begins. I have a feeling I'm not going to like where this is going.
"What kind of situation?" Jordan asks, echoing my thoughts. Greg shifts uncomfortably before answering.
"Well it seems that there have been some mysterious attacks down in Manhattan, it looks like werewolves may be responsible" he says finally.
"Well what does that have to do with us?" I ask, though I have a feeling I already know.
"Well we have reason to believe that the werewolves causing the attacks are newly created, and we wanted to intervene before the clave became involved" he responds, confirming what I thought.
"And you want us to be the ones to do this?" Jordan asks.
"Yes, this could get dangerous, we don't know how many wolves there are, or how strong they are, but we don't want to risk sending too many and making them feel threatened. All we need the two of you to do is talk to them, tell them about our organization, and that they are welcome here, tell them about the clave and that they can't cause any more trouble" Greg explains. Jordan looks at me for a moment then back to Greg.
"I'm in" he says simply, and then both of them look at me for my answer. I don't have much of a choice.
"I'm in" I repeat, I don't know what I'm getting myself into, but at least Jordan won't be going into this alone. Then a thought hits me. If I tell Jordan about my pregnancy now he'd never let me go with him, he already seems reluctant to.
"Great" Greg says, visibly relaxing. "We'll need you to head to Manhattan tomorrow" he adds. We nod and say our goodbyes. When we're out of the headquarters Jordan turns to me.
"You sure you're up for this?" He asks, his tone serious.
"I'll be fine Jordan, really" I say as convincingly as I can manage.
"Alright, if you're sure, just promise you'll try to stay out of danger" he says, and I want to roll my eyes, but I know he's serious.
"I promise" I say, and he seems satisfied by this.
"You wanna go grab some stuff and stay at the apartment tonight?" He asks "We can leave early in the morning" he explains.
"Will Simon mind?" I ask.
"Nah, he's probably staying with Izzy anyway" he says, and I nod.
"Alright just give me a half hour" I'll need to grab clothes and other necessities.
"I'll see you soon then" Jordan comes over a gives me a quick kiss before heading to his car and driving away. I go to my own car and start it up.