Author's Notes: First and foremost, I do not own trademark copyright or anything of Moonlight.
Second, and possibly more important, is that this story uses the background of "The Fledgling" written by ErisFury here on the Moonlight FanFiction area. Eris is an amazing author, and I am truly honored to have her permission to use some of her ideas and layout. I recommend anyone reading this to definitely read "The Fledgling" to have a better understanding of the character relationships.
This is also my first writing for FanFiction. I appreciate feedback, positive, negative (constructive preferably) but most importantly, honest. All people starting a skill are sometimes terrible at it, at first!
Chapter One: The Delivery
Beth and Mick had been together for about five years now. Beth has settled into her new life as a vampire, after being turned by Josef on one fateful day when she was burned severely while doing a report on a fire.
Beth had adjusted to her life, but leaving her own family behind, BuzzWire had found the charred cameraman and gear after the fire was over, and had reported her death too. Her whole family believed she was dead, her sister and her twin niece and newphews were some of the people closest to her. It broke her heart when she realized she could never see them again.
In the years that followed, Mick had renovated his loft by some of Josef's finest workers, a space to allow him and Beth to spend their time together. Having Mick has closed that small hole in Beth's heart, and she feels totally and completely happy for the first time she can recall.
For being five years old, in vampire years, she had just presumed that she'd be a fully adult vampire, but vampires aren't bound by time. She wishes she had the discipline of Mick sometimes, and she tries to control her rages, but they still crop up.
It was about 7pm when Beth first started to wake from her slumber. She and Mick had been married for a few years, and though he slept naked, from time to time she'd still feel modest and need a lightweight cotton shirt. She laughed to herself at one thing that Josef said about fledglights, that they had three priorities now, eating, sleeping and sex. Maybe its true, especially when she was a fledgling, but some nights she just wants to cuddle and be close to Mick while the sleep. Being near him feels safe, he's been her rescuer on more than one occasion, and heck, she's been his own.
Beth stretches out, loving the subzero. For being a small little room, it has more than enough room for the two of them.
Mick stirs, wrapping his arm around tighter around Beth, murmuring softly at her. She kisses him, and gently nips his ear before untangling her golden tresses, and her arms from his grasp.
Mick was up late, working on a case of a wanna-be-vampire group of friends, committing crimes that they believe that only vampires would do, killing small animals, dogs, cats, but Mick is concerned that they'll soon find a defenseless human and kill her or him, to further validate themselves. The backslash on the true Vampire community could be catastrophic, and Mick is trying to get to the bottom of this before there are serious implications for the vampire community. Beth was up with him earlier, going through pictures, evidence, but as a young vampire, as soon as the sun came out, she found herself sleepy and went to bed.
She finishes untangling herself from Mick, and steps out of the subzero. She takes a quick shower, she loves the way the water feels on her body, the rivulets dripping down her back. After her shower, wrapped in her favorite bathrobe, she contemplates what to wear, she opts for a more casual day, her favorite pair of black yoga pants, a simple white shirt, and a pink cardigan hoodie. She puts on a pair of black socks for now, she'll find her sneakers later.
She's still upstairs when she hears a noise outside Mick's front door, a soft clatter, followed by a soft sigh. She knows his door is locked and almost impenetrable,
"Its probably a late UPS delivery." she tells herself.
Late deliveries by the men in brown is not an uncommon event, Mick's home is at the end of the route. They however, didn't buzz the door.
"That's kind of odd." Beth thinks to herself, but doesn't pay much attention as she finishes brushing her hair and teeth.
She's getting ready to go downstairs and get Mick's package, when she hears another sigh. It certainly isn't Mick. She concentrates, and realizes there's a living human still on the other side of the door, also softly snoring in addition the sigh.. There is no trace of vampire, asides from Herself, Mick, and having Josef and Sara over yesterday, their scents are faint, but detectable.
She pours herself a glass of blood, then goes to Mick's door security camera, rewinding the tape slightly. She takes a deep drink of the liquid in her glass, barely paying attention to it. The clatter at the door was by a person, a woman, Beth was guessing, wearing a dark hooded shirt, concealing herself from full view of the camera. She sets something down, sets down an envelope, and leaves. Beth finishes her drink, and sets the glass down in the sink, running some water through.
Beth takes another deep breath, she still smells human, a close human, on the other side of the door.
Feeling slightly fearful, she opens up the door, and is met by a shock. Outside the door is an infant car seat, with infant inside, sleeping soundly. Beside the car seat is some sort of bag with cartoon zoo animals, with her sister having twins, she realizes quickly that this must be a diaper bag. At the top of the diaper bag is a note addressed "Mick St. John"
Initially, she's furious with Mick. She's ready to go upstairs and attack him for his infidelities. How could he have a relationship with another woman, while they're married. How could he go and decide after all this time that he wanted to parent a child, and keep the entire thing secret from Beth for so many months? Her fury turns to bewilderment, as it occurs to her that a vampire can't make babies. Whoever this baby belongs to, it doesn't belong to Mick.