Tale One
"Alec-" his mother said, calling for his attention. She eyed him carefully as he looked up and was trying to locate the source of sound. She chuckled when she saw how fast his eyes darted around, desperate to find his mother. "I am here my baby kitten." She said with a smile while setting a step forward to make herself easier to find for him. Their bedroom was after all a large place and she imagined that it must seem even larger to an infant. The moment Alec had caught sight of his mother he started rushing to her with his small legs, all the while laughing wholeheartedly because of the rush of going so fast and going to his mom.
"Come here love." She said while giving him a hug. She grabbed him up and together they took place on the maroon velvet couch in front of the bed. She started stroking his hair and tried to style it a little. Again she was reminded of how lucky they were with such a beautiful child.
Alec on the other hand, was on an entirely different place with his head. He was still thinking about the book he was looking at just a moment ago and of the dog who made those funny faces. He looked his mother right in the eyes and struggled to replicate them. As far as he was concerned he had done an incredible job at copying the yellow dog. His mother however seemed to be confused at what Alec was trying to do. All she saw was him struggling really hard just to narrow his eyes a little bit. "What are you trying to do?" She questioned in baby talk. He laughed, only to continue trying to do those faces again.
She admired his eyes. Every time she was amazed at how fast his facial construction was developing. It was clear that he had her eyes and his fathers nose and her mouth but she could have sworn that his ears used to be a little bit more narrow last week. They clearly were still an almost copy of his dad's, they'd only changed so slightly that unless you looked very carefully, there was no possibility for someone to see the influence of her genes.
The sun was setting down and the sun rays were hitting the child's face as they travelled through the colored glass of the bedroom windows. Alec didn't seem to be bothered by the sun falling on him he rather enjoyed the sudden invisible warmth. From time to time, when Alec was still busy trying to make his mother laugh, his eyes were in such a position that the sun could pierce exactly through the sides of his lenses resulting in a gold and greenish circle around his pupils and it looked beautiful. Maryse could stare for hours at her son.
"What this?" Alec inquired with a smile and a cocked head as he ticked on her stomach. Maryse was surprised that he had noticed her stomach growing bigger. She didn't expect that she would have had to tell him now. "Well Alec." She put a hand on her stomach and with the other she held Alec's small hand. "Mommy is going to have another baby real soon sweetheart." She explained with a calm voice. "Baby?" Alec wondered. He stared at her belly wondering what exactly could be inside. "What is baby mommy?" Maryse smiled as she thought of a way to explain it to him. "A baby is like a child, just like you, only a lot smaller." Alec thought about it a little, he tried to comprehend how a child could be in his mother. He made a confused face, trying to construct a sentence. "Baby here?" He spoke before his confusion turned into joy when she nodded. The joy of realizing a new kid was coming whom he could play with. "Name?" He asked his mother. "I think her name is going to be Sophia." She whispered as if it were a secret. "Do you like it?" She asked. He nodded and very gently stroke her belly. Protectively. As if he knew how fragile she was.