Chapter One: The Beginning of the End
Disclaimer: I do not own HP or any of it's original characters.
On another note, this story is a sub-story to my Phoenix Files stories. It comes from some of my own experiences with my cat, Emily, who I love to death, but she seems to have MPD, for real, and some stuff I made up. I hope you enjoy and that I have lived up to the kind of story you are used to getting from me.
Kiss kiss,
Annie
"Hey babe, I…What the hell is that?!"
Phoenix looked up from her book at her husband of two months, who was frozen in the doorway to the living room. She scratched the ears of the blue furred ball in her lap and smirked.
"This is Marx. Fey sent me an owl the other day, I told you about it. Some of the girls found a stray cat in their dorm and they all had pets, so it needed a home. I told her we would take it."
"What?! Why the hell didn't you tell me?" Ian dropped his bag and shoved his hands through his hair. He glared at the cat, which looked at him with narrowed, peridot green eyes.
"I did, Ian! I told you last night, when we talked. You said fine, keep the damn thing."
"Phoenix, I was in Madrid last night, I had just finished up a major op, of course I said yes! But I didn't mean it! You know I hate cats, why the fuck do you think I would agree to getting a cat?"
"Ian." She stood, still holding the cat and scratched it behind his ears. "Marx is staying. At least until Fey comes home from Hogwarts. I promised her we would take care of him, and I don't mean to start our life with her lying, even if it is about a cat."
"FINE!" He threw up his hands and turned away. "Keep it! But as soon as Fey comes home, that thing is out of here."
Phoenix scratched the cat's chin before placing him on the floor and walking past Ian. He sighed and followed her into the kitchen, catching her hand and drawing her as close as her pregnant belly would allow.
"I missed you, babe," he whispered, kissing her gently, rubbing a hand over her belly. "I'm sorry I'm such an ass."
She smiled and put her small hand over his large one. "I missed you too. And you are an ass, but that's okay, because you are my ass."
"I love you," he said, leaving a trail of kisses across her brow. He smiled as the baby kicked under his palm. "Both of you. And if keeping that…damn…cat…will make you happy, than keep it." He sighed but smiled when Phoenix grabbed his head and pulled him down to kiss him hard.
"Thank you, Ian. I know Fey will be happy."
Ian sighed. "Well, as long as we can make the brat happy…"