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Life and Times of a She-Wolf

The Wolves of Beacon Hills

Knocked Up Part I: Andromeda Lyn Hale

Erica had just miscarried and she was having mixed emotions. She could not bring herself to speak to Derek about her feelings because her feelings confused her. On one hand, she was relieved. She was not ready to be someone's mother; she barely knew who she was as a person, an alpha and mate, she didn't need to add another role to fail at right now.

On the other hand, she had just lost a child. Her heart was broken and she wanted to cry. There had been potential for a little baby girl or boy that was half Derek and half her and their life was gone before it even started. It was devastating, and the heartache was only made worse when she felt Derek's grief and the rest of the packs sadness.

She had cried herself to sleep in confusion.

Erica became aware again standing in a foggy field. She heard a tiny growl followed by happy barks and noticed a little black wolf leaping toward her. The wolf shifted into a little girl (no older than six) while she was running toward Erica. She was beautiful; tan skin, long black curly hair tied back in a complicated braid, and the most enchanting hazel eyes. Her smile was big, her laugh reminded Erica of her mother's laugh and she ran into Erica's arms liked she had done it a million times before.

Erica caught the child but the impact sent them tumbling onto the grass. She rolled around and laughed with the child until she finally let the child pin her.

"Hi Mommy."

"Hi Baby."

"I'm sorry you're sad. The ancestors say it just wasn't my time yet." The girl said, her little hand reaching for Erica's and smiling back. "But I really want to meet you and Daddy."

"It's not fair." Erica sighed.

"Grandmother Talia said you and Daddy must find yourselves first. That you aren't ready to be my Mommy and Daddy right now."

"I think she's right Baby."

"Well hurry up Mommy." The child demanded.

Erica laughed and kissed the girl on the forehead. "I will do my best."

The dream began to fade and her daughter smiled. "I love you mommy."

"I love you too Baby."

Erica woke up in tears but confidant that she was travelling down the right path. She would have time to be a mother one day. But right now she had to figure out how to be herself.

Erica tried not to think much about her daughter the black wolf. The dream had been disconcerting because it had felt so real. It hurt to think about her, knowing that she was just a figment of her imagination created from her own grief.

She began thinking about her again after she died and was brought back to life. Derek's ancestors called where they were when they died the in-between. It was a space between life and death; a ghostly waiting area. It was there she saw a mini-pack of wolf pups that avoided the ancestors, herself and Derek because they weren't allowed to interact with them. Derek's parents had explained to her that the pups in the in-between represented souls of the next generation of the Hale Family. There had been a black wolf pup that looked exactly like the pup from her grief filled dream and when a voice responded to Derek Sr's scolding, Erica wanted to cry. The voice sounded exactly like the girl in her dream.

Her daughter was real. She was not a hallucination. She was real and waiting for the right time to be born.

Erica was almost disappointed when she woke up and the pregnancy test the hospital gave came out negative. Before the Hale ancestors resurrected her, the little black wolf had lunged for her yelling a plea into the wind.

I wanna come too!

Erica had hoped her daughter had been successful and had come back with her, but she hadn't. The timing wasn't right just yet.

Towards the end of their wedding reception Derek had told her why people had been smelling her all day. She had been giving off pheromones that only pregnant she-wolves gave off. She was finally going to have her pup. Once a she-wolf began to give off the scent of pregnancy there was no longer a chance of miscarriage. Unless she wanted to abort the pregnancy she was going to be a mom in eight months.

There was no way in hell she was aborting this pregnancy. She was ready to be a mom. There was no doubt in her mind. She knew who she was and she knew what she wanted now.

She wanted her pack, her husband, and her child.

Derek had been concerned about her silence after he told her but she gave him a big smile to reassure him. She then insisted that they wait to talk about the pregnancy until after their honeymoon. She wanted to spend a week with her husband without having to worry about the extra responsibility they were about to undertake. They needed this honeymoon as a couple.

The only problem with their plan is that when they arrived back home after a week in Hawaii the whole pack wanted to discuss the pregnancy. Derek and Erica didn't get a chance to get out of the car before their pack swarmed them and started shouting in a not so orderly fashion.

"How was Hawaii?"

"Who cares how their fuck-cation went Kira! I want to know about my future niece or nephew!"

"Laura is right! Tell us more about little Cora."

"They are not naming it after you Core! They are naming it after me. Malia Reyes Hale!"

"If they don't name their kid Derica, they are dead to me. Cora and I are leaving the pack and never coming back."

"Thank goodness, we'll finally be rid of Stilinski."

"How are you taking the news Erica?"

"We need to get her to a doctor, just to check that this pregnancy is going as well as it should be."

"Dude you all were right. That smell makes me want to impregnate people. Ethan, which female pack member do you want to have my love-child?"

"Danny, go back to being quiet. You act like Stiles when you're horny."

"Mama, what does horny mean?"

"When do we start putting the nursery together?"

"Who are the godparents?"

"Is it a boy or a girl?"

"She's a month along, they don't know yet."

"Why do you guys not look excited? Get excited!"

"When the new baby comes will you all still love Connor, Diego, Raul and me?"

The sentence from Juliet stopped them all in their tracks. Everyone stopped questioning Derek and Erica on their baby and started cuddling, kissing and reassuring the pups the pack had already. After Raul, Diego, Juliet and Connor were assured they would be loved no matter how many babies were born into the pack, everyone looked like they wanted to continue their interrogation of Derek and Erica.

Thankfully Derek put a stop to that. "Guys, calm down. Its still early, we have time to figure things out. All we know is that we are very happy about this pregnancy. Lets go celebrate and relax at the lake."

At Derek's suggestion everyone dispersed to get ready for an afternoon at the lake.

"Thanks, husband." Erica smiled hugging him. "I love you."

"It was my pleasure wife. I love you too."

"Derek, promise me one thing."

"Anything."

"That we will never in a million years name our child Derica."

He laughed. "Deal."

Erica entered the sheriff's station late that day. The morning sickness phase of pregnancy had finally passed. Erica and her husband spent the morning celebrating a whole week free of vomit and her screaming obscenities at him. They celebrated by giving into her most recent pregnancy symptom; being horny all the time.

She plopped down at her desk and glared at her partner who had a big grin on his face. "Reyes got laid…Reyes got laid…" He sang.

Erica growled at him and snatched the donut he was holding from his hands.

"Hey!"

"My last name is Hale." She sighed, "And you don't smell like you got lucky this weekend. A lesser person would think you are jealous."

"Of course I'm jealous. I have needs." Bill sighed dramatically. "It doesn't help that my partner is a badass pregnant alpha, who is three months along and looks like some sort of fertility goddess who could kill you with a look if she so pleased."

Erica rolled her eyes at him, and put her feet up on the desk. "Charming."

"Oh, you're just grumpy because you are on desk duty. Any other day you think I'm hysterical."

"I never think you're hysterical." She groaned, "I'm so over these human rules. Maybe it's dangerous for pregnant humans to be in the field but she-wolves are resilient."

Bill grinned and stood up. "Well, we have to play by human rules. Now if you'll excuse me my temporary partner and I have a squad car that's calling our name." he said heading for the door.

She glared at him until he and his temporary partner were out of sight. At least she didn't have to spend the day in a police cruiser with that clown…who was she kidding she missed being in the field! She should have never told the sheriff she was pregnant!

Okay, so he already knew and he had let her work as a cop until she started to show. So really if anyone was to blame for this it was her baby for growing so fast, and she couldn't be mad at her child for growing at a healthy rate for a wolf pup. This was only her first day of desk duty…she could do this for six months.

"Eri…what the fuck was that?" Derek mumbled sleepily.

"Shut up Der, I'm sleeping." She groaned holding him tighter. Yeah, it was difficult being the big spoon with her baby belly, but Derek and her both liked being the big spoon so they switched every night since they started sharing a bed. She knew that her belly would allow her to do this for much longer so she was savoring her last few nights as a big spoon while she had them.

"No, you're not. You are poking me in the back." He said getting up and turning on the lights.

Erica groaned and checked the clock. "Derek it's three a.m., I don't need your hallucinations right now. Some of us work…"

"Yeah, we both work. That's my point. Stop poking me, woman."

"Liar." She said grabbing a pillow and throwing it at him before standing up to go to the bathroom. As soon as the morning sickness stopped, the need to pee constantly set in and Erica was not a fan.

She got halfway to the bathroom before she grabbed her stomach and let out a gasp. "Holy crap."

Derek rushed to her side with a look of pure concern on his face.

"Husband, is this what you felt?" She said bringing his hands to her stomach.

He nodded, and a grin broke out on his face.

"She's kicking you dummy. You felt her first kicks."

His grin turned into a full smile and he picked her up and twirled her around before setting her back down. "Wait…she? I thought Mel didn't tell you the gender? She wanted us to be surprised."

Erica sighed; she didn't know how to explain her dream and her experience in the in-between to him. "I just know Der. I know it's a girl."

Derek looked skeptical, but kissed her forehead and nodded his head. "I guess that will narrow down my name list."

Erica glared at him. "We just agreed last night that you would handle first names for our children and I would do their middle names…you're telling me you already have a list?"

He simply shrugged and headed back to bed. "You can look at it while you're in the bathroom… its in my briefcase."

Erica glared at her husband and went towards the closet to rifle through her husband's briefcase.

She'd done this a hundred times before and she found the same old stuff; boring company reports…more boring company reports… memos galore…a note from Slutty Assistant about a lunch meeting tomorrow with the partners…and Derek's personal folder that held his legal pad and calendar.

Erica ripped up the note from the assistant and walked to the bathroom to throw it in the trash. She then used the bathroom.

After she was done she sat at the vanity seat and added the lunch meeting with the partners into Derek's calendar before flipping through his notebook looking for his list of baby names.

Baby Names:

Derek

Erik

Talia

Amory

Etta

Nadine

Avery

Lyn

Jonah

Julian

Aubrey

Emery

Andromeda

Kendrick

One name stood out on the list. Once she read it she knew it was the baby in her belly's name, and when she paired it with her mother's first name her child kicked again.

She closed the folder and placed it back in the briefcase before climbing back into bed. She curled up into her husband and whispered their child's name to him; seeking his approval. "Andromeda Lyn Hale."

"It's perfect." He said turning around and giving her one of his heart-stopping smiles.

"She's going to be perfect." Erica said turning around and pulling her husbands arms around her.

"But it's your night to be the big spoon." He said puzzled.

"Derek, don't ruin the moment. You've been dealing with my hormonal mood changes for four months. Just roll with it."

He laughed and rubbed her stomach. "Yes dear."

Did people forget she was an alpha werewolf? Or did people think her ability to kill them with little effort went away as her belly got bigger?

She couldn't run simple errands without townspeople of every species coming up to her and patting her belly. At least most of them had enough sense to show her a bit of respect by calling her Alpha Hale or Deputy Hale. She was getting irritated. She just wanted to be able to walk around town without being accosted, having her belly felt up and being questioned about all things baby.

Ever since the whole town knew of the supernatural, the Hale Pack had gotten more respect. They were the biggest family/group of supernaturals in Beacon Hills and the town's protectors. Now the all whispers and gossip about them were positive, unlike when she first joined and the whole town thought they were a cult. So, it made sense that her baby would be big, exciting news. Andromeda would be the next leader of the Hale Pack if all went according to plan, it would fall to her to lead the pack in protecting the town. Her impending birth was big news in Beacon Hills. Erica just wished that they could have a bit of respect for the current alpha of the Hale Pack while paying their respects to the future alpha that was currently tap-dancing on her bladder.

"I'll go get the car, sit down on that bench okay?" Rosalyn told her. She had taken Rosalyn shopping with her this fine Saturday morning because she was the only pack member that didn't seem to have baby fever. Yeah, Rose was protective of Erica and her child, but she didn't want to smother her with safety; she didn't try to tell Erica what she could and could not do; and she was interested in carrying conversations that didn't involve the massive baby to do list she had yet to touch.

Erica nodded and made her way to the bench. She sighed breathing in the fresh air and smell of strangers.

She had been a jerk to her mate and pack lately and they kicked her out of the den, saying she could take one pack mate for company. The rest of the pack was working on the nursery, baby proofing the den and finishing that huge list of things that they needed to do before the baby came. They were a good pack. She was a bad alpha.

Great, now she was crying.

She was seven months along in her pregnancy and she wanted her daughter to be born. Everything hurt, she was huge, kind people on the street interested in her life annoyed her, her loving husband annoyed her, her in laws annoyed her, her pack annoyed her…everything was getting on her last nerve. In the past few months she had gotten written up four times for sucker punching a fellow officer (Bill deserved it, he could have just kept his trap shut and not commented on her weight gain); she had lost control of her shift three times (once she was in public…that was bad); and had cussed out three innocent bystanders on the street. Pregnancy did not agree with her.

Her pack was lovely. They took her mood swings in stride and gave as good as they got; they did not take the verbal abuse lying down, which helped her feel less like crap when she was lucid. They helped her when she needed it, and did puppy piles with no complaint when her mood swung to feeling needy…even if it was the middle of the night. They deserved a better alpha than her.

Rosalyn pulled up to the curb and started to load their bags into the trunk. "Alpha if your crying and doing the same 'I'm a bad alpha' bullcrap routine I'm tattling on you."

"But I am. I've been horrible."

Rosalyn sighed and walked over to Erica, kneeling down in front of Erica so she could look her in the eyes. "Not all the time, and we expected it. You're getting better the longer you get used to it; no one blames you with all those alpha instincts and baby hormones living in your body…to be honest we were expecting worse. Peter said Talia was much worse while she was pregnant with Laura. You are doing great. Just a few more months left and you'll have a beautiful baby girl." She smiled, holding her hand out to help Erica up. "Look on the bright side… if you decide to get pregnant again it'll be a walk in the park compared to this."

Erica rolled her eyes and allowed rose to help her into the car. Another baby? She was going insane and her first hadn't even been born yet. "Slow down Rose, your getting way ahead of yourself."

Rosalyn laughed. "No I'm not. There is already a bet going on how long it takes after your first child is born for you to get knocked up again."

Erica growled. She loved her pack but they were ridiculous.

"I am never having sex again." Erica said, while trying to catch her breath after the latest contraction.

"Most women say that sweetie." Melissa said from her place at the foot of the bed. "They never stick with it. Now, focus and get ready to push. You are fully dilated."

Erica groaned. They had opted for a birth in the poolhouse's "wolf hospital" instead of the regular hospital. She wanted to do this at home, and trusted Melissa, Marin and Braeden completely to get her and her child through the whole process. If she were human and could have pain meds, she probably would have went to the hospital but she couldn't. She much rather be around the people she loved than strangers she didn't know enough to trust.

Derek had been with her the whole time. Through all fifteen hours so far. He was now pushing her up so he could situate himself behind her and help her through the birth. Marin, Braden and Melissa were the only other people present in the room. She didn't want the whole pack seeing this but she could hear them outside on the playground playing with the pups while they waited. It comforted her to know they were nearby.

Erica was exhausted. Her first contraction happened at eight last night and it had been nothing but exhausting since then. This baby was taking her sweet time.

"You can do this Erica. Just a few pushes and you can rest." Derek said, rubbing her back.

"If you think that I'm going to sleep while you bond with our baby without me think again Derek." Erica growled. "I'm going through labor, I've been carting her around fro nine months, I get to cuddle with her first. End of stor-OH HOLY HELL I NEED TO PUSH."

Derek began leeching pain from her as Melissa and Marin coached her through the process of giving birth and Braeden stood nearby ready to clean off and examine the baby. The whole thing went quicker than the hours long first phase of labor but it was far more painful than she imagined it could be. When all was said and done, she felt her daughter enter the world with a loud wail.

Erica and Derek watched in awe as Braeden and Marin looked over the baby and cleaned her off, making sure she was healthy. While they were doing that Erica felt the link with her daughter form in the pack link. She gasped at the feelings she began to feel from the little girl. The link her and Derek felt with Andi was different than the link she had with the rest of the pack. This was unbreakable, she didn't feel this because she was Andi's alpha, she felt this because she was her mother and she never felt something so amazing in her life.

Erica and Derek were in tears when Braeden finally brought their daughter to them. Once Andromeda was in Erica's arms, Derek wrapped his arms around them protectively.

Andromeda was looking around perplexed, as if offended that she had to be in this new world. Erica laughed through her tears. "Hi Andromeda. I'm your Mommy and this guy behind me is your Daddy."

"We love you so much." Derek said grabbing one of Andi's tiny fists with one of his fingers

The baby seemed unimpressed and Erica felt the exhaustion her daughter felt as the girl closed her eyes. "What a good idea. Mommy needs sleep too. Derek take her, but stay close, I don't think I could sleep if I cant hear your heartbeats."

Marin pulled a chair up to the bed and Melissa rolled a hospital issue baby crib to them. Everyone left and Derek settled on the chair, taking Andromeda in his arms and looking at her in awe. "She's stunning."

"Well she takes after us." Erica sighed lying down on the bed. "I love you Derek."

"I love you too." Her husband said, his eyes not leaving their sleeping daughter.

Erica sighed and began drifting off to sleep. "I've waited so long for you Andromeda Lyn. I've wanted you since I first saw you in that dream. I cant wait to get to know you." she whispered.

"Erica, what dream are you talking about?"

"I'll tell you later Der. I'm tired. Watch over our angel while I'm asleep."

Andromeda was four when she first shifted into a wolf. Until this day Andi had only ever used her beta form when she was upset or on the full moon. Erica knew it was coming; all women born into the Hale family could shift into an actual wolf. She just didn't expect it for a few years. Laura first shifted at ten, Cora at seven and Malia at eight…Andromeda was way ahead of schedule. Seeing the wolf pup floored Erica because she was the same pup Erica saw in a dream five years ago, and her child (in human form) was looking more and more like that six-year-old girl each day.

"Huh." Derek said watching the tiny black wolf pup yip and run around the living room. "Well, she is your daughter Erica."

"What the hell is that supposed to mean?" Erica growled as turned away from watching Andi run circles around a two-year-old Aubrey to glare at her husband.

"I just mean that you did everything ahead of schedule when you became a wolf. You got hold of your abilities much faster than expected. Its not surprising that the same control was passed onto our children…" Derek said eyes widening as he observed the new sight. "Oh god."

"Me too!" Erica heard Aubrey say, and Erica turned around in time watch in horror as her two year old finished her shift into a tiny white wolf pup who then joined her sister in running around the living room.

"Oh god." Erica sighed before turning to her husband to yell at him. "TWO YEARS OLD! TWO! SHE CAN BARELY FORM COMPLETE SENTENCES SHE HAS NO BUSINESS SHIFTING AT TWO!"

Derek raised his eyebrow at her. "Its not my fault our daughters are powerful." He said before addressing the now whimpering pups, "Girls, Mommy isn't mad at you, she's just scared that you shifted so soon. Why don't you run outside and wait for Daddy?"

The pups yipped and ran towards the back door.

"Sorry for yelling, they are just so young." Erica said pulling Derek in for a hug.

He kissed her and hugged her back. "They'll be fine. I'll teach them how to shift, and if I need help Laura, Cora or Malia will be happy to help."

They held each other's hand and made their way to the back door. Derek began stripping as soon as they were on the back porch. "You know there was a time when you blushed at me getting undressed." He told her before he shifted into his hulk-wolf form.

"Yeah, well it takes a lot more than you naked to make me blush Derek."

Derek growled, as if he was saying that he was talking her statement as a challenge. Erica rolled her eyes and walked ahead of him towards the field where her daughters were play fighting each other in wolf form. Erica sat down on the grass and Derek ran past her.

The girls began to bark and chased Derek around the training fields for a bit. Erica knew that Hale-wolves could communicate with each other telepathically and hoped that Derek was giving them advice on how to shift back, not just playing with them. It wasn't long before all three wolves stopped running around and started inching towards her. Erica laughed as Derek showed the girls how to crouch down, and he stepped back to watch their daughters attack. Simultaneously the girls sprang up from their crouch and began running towards her.

Erica smiled and let the girls tackle her to the ground and kiss her face. In seconds the wolf kisses turned into human kisses and Erica opened her eyes to see her giggling daughters smiling down at her.

"Hi Mommy." Andromeda said.

"Hi Baby."

"Hi Mommy." Aubrey imitated.

"Hi Baby."

Erica sat up and cradled both of her children in her arms. "Mommy loves you and is proud of you."

They both giggled. "Daddy said that we should stay here, he is coming back after he shifts and gets us all knew clothes." Andi informed, as soon as Erica noticed her husband was missing from the field.

"Mommy?" Aubrey said.

"Yes?"

"Are you mad?"

"Nope. Just surprised."

"Told you Duh!" Aubrey giggled. Erica bit back a laugh at how Aubrey pronounced Andromeda's name. The child could say 'Andi' she just loved the reaction she got from the entire pack when she said 'Duh' instead.

"You thought I was mad you shifted Andromeda?"

Andi nodded and cuddled closer to Erica. "You were upset when I shifted and then you yelled when Aubrey shifted. Then you yelled at Daddy. But Daddy told us it because you are worried about us being safe. He made us promise not to shift unless you or him were there to watch over us."

"That's a good rule. I was only upset because I don't want my puppies hurt. I love you both very much and don't want you ever to be hurt." Erica said.

"We love you too Mommy!" Andi said.

Erica held her girls close until Derek came back carrying a change of clothes for each daughter. They both grabbed a child and helped her into her clothes. Once dressed her children ran towards the playground. It was a Saturday afternoon and almost time for training. All the kids not old enough to train (or not werewolf) would play on the playground while the rest of the pack trained or watched over them.

Erica sighed as she watched her girls. "Andi is going to have to start training soon."

Derek sat down next to her. "She's growing up to fast. So is Aubrey."

"Before you know it they'll be dating."

Derek growled at the suggestion, and Erica laughed.

"Mommy! Daddy Come push us!" Andi yelled from the swing set.

Erica and Derek helped each other up and made their way to the playground. Derek ended up having Aubrey hold on to him while he swung on the swing set (because she was to tiny to be on by herself) as Erica pushed her eldest. She loved her family, she loved her pack and she loved her life.

She couldn't imagine how it could get any better.

"Higher Mommy!" Andi giggled. "We have to beat Aubrey and Daddy!"

Prompt(s): I combined three requests into one chapter- a) cerys132 on tumblr asked for a chapter on the birth of Derek/Erica's first child…and snippets of the pregnancy itself b) zerohero4376 on asked for Derek/Erica pregnancy/family fluff and c)DCT Won't Forget You Now on asked about the packs reaction to pregnancy

I am still accepting prompts for the "Life and Times of A She-Wolf" universe.