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I had stashed the basket in the furnished basement, between two spare mattresses. Although it was funished, no one went there.
This was a good thing.
My next line of action was to rush upstairs as if the devil was at my heels, to Chloe and Tori's room.
Tori and Simon had come downstairs while I was in the basement, and were now probably munching on chips and bickering over the T.V. remote. This was also good because they didn't see the panicked expression that had probably made its home on my face.
I skidded to a halt in front of Chloe's door and painted on my neutral/ slightly bored mask.
Okay. Evil scientists- I could deal with them.
Changing into a werewolf- also deal-able.
Living with Tori- God only knows how I survive.
But a werewolf baby? That was new.
I hesitated, arm poised to knock, then quickly mustered up some courage and went ahead with it, knocking urgently. I heard some shuffling, and Chloe stubbing her toe on something and muttering curses. Then the knob twisted and the door opened to reveal a slightly ticked off Chloe. At times like these, she still took my breath away.
"Um, Derek?" I refocused to see Chloe reaching to wave her tiny hand in front of my face.
"Oh, uh, yeah. I need to show you something." I mumbled and grabbed her hand, dragging her downstairs to the basement. I closed the door and locked it, ushering Chloe down the stairs. When we reached the bottom, Chloe sat down on the couch and looked at me quizzically. I made a "just wait" gesture, and quickly pulled the basket out. The basket squealed in protest at being man handled, making Chloe jump almost a foot in the air. I chuckled to myself, but she caught it and glared at me. I smirked at her and set the basket down on the floor between us, with me kneeling next to it.
"Derek..." She said cautiously. "What's this?"
"It's a basket." I deadpanned.
Chloe didn't appreciate it, and was about to tear away the blanket with I caught her hand.
"Wait." I gulped. She raised an eyebrow at me, urging me to quickly spit it out or else she'd sic a zombie on my butt. Sighing, I let the event unfold, until the part where I removed the blanket. I wanted her to see that for herself.
She nodded. "Okay. So can I get rid of the blanket now?"
I nodded my consent and bit my lip in anticipation. What if she freaked out? I needed her help. I valued her opinion deeply, and the way I was feeling- I didn't want to make the wrong choice. Chloe would keep me level headed about the situation.
She slowly peeled back the cover, revealing a pair of tiny feet. She gasped, but still plowed on, determined. Next, a diaper, a stomach, and finally, his face. He giggled, growling sightly, reaching his arms up to Chloe.
She looked up shocked. "D-derek. H-how, w-when-"
I cut her off. "I don't know. I'm as confused as you are."
Nodding, she slowly picked up the baby. It looked like it was sniffing her.
"D-derek...?"
"He's catching your scent."
The baby wiggled a bit, grabbing a small fistful of Chloe's silky strawberry blonde hair and tugging on it with the strength of a werewolf.
Oh yeah, forgot to mention that part.
"OUCH! Derek. If he's catching my scent... does that mean he's a..."
"Werewolf." I finished for her, wincing.
She held him at arms length and examined him. I took the opportunity to scooch over next to Chloe and look at the baby too.
There was no doubt that it was adorable. He had jet-black hair, kind of like mine, and the biggest blue eyes. It had sort of a cheeky look to him, very mischievous.
"I think he's just the cutest little wolfie ever. Aren't you, Blue Eyes?" Chloe cooed, tickling the baby. It giggled happily. "So why are we referring to the baby as a boy? It could be a girl for all we know."
"I-uh... I don't know."
She handed the baby to me. It smelled me, too. It's skin was silk soft. "Check."
I looked at her, alarmed. "You're kidding, right?" I said, trying to hand back the baby to her. Being stubborn, Chloe crossed her arms tightly over her chest.
"You found it."
"Well, it likes you more."
"You're the same species."
"It...you... you're better with little kids."
"Derek, check to see it's gender."
"But...how?" I asked in a small voice. Well, as small as my voice could get.
Chloe didn't fall for it. "You know well enough, Souza. Check."
I sighed and laid the baby back onto the basket, which happened to be padded. My hands hovered over the diaper. At the last moment, I turned to Chloe, my puppy eyes on full blast.
"Can't we just assume it's a guy?" I tried once more.
Chloe sighed. "Fine, we'll check together."
After much bickering as to who goes first, we verified the baby to be what I expected. A boy.
I barely heard it, bit I knew what it meant. The squirming around. Meant he was about to let the siren blow. That kid has got some pair of lungs.
DANGER!
"Chloe. " I nudged her. "Your turn." We were sitting on the couch, Simon and Tori across from us, watching the trailer to some movie called, "Never say Never". Tori had squealed excitedly, but Chloe had rolled her eyes.
"Chloe, c'mon. You have to admit. Justin Bieber is cute." Tori persisted, trying to get Chloe to crack and admit her deep dark secret love of Justin Bieber.
"Tori, I'm sorry. Sure, I'll go watch the movie with you, but I'm not into his type of music, or even his so called 'cute-ness'" She made air quotes. "Anyways... I have to go... do... something..."
She quickly jumped over the arm rest of the couch and ran around the corner, probably to either spoon feed the baby milk, change his diaper with the ones I had snuck out to get, or rock him to sleep.
It has been a total of two and a half hours of having the baby in our custody and we were already exhausted.
"Bro? Are you and Chloe having... problems?" Simon asked suddenly, coming to sit beside me in Chloe's spot. Even Tori was looking at me, worried.
"What problems?"
"Problems in your relationship, Wolf-Boy." Tori said.
I gave them both a blank look.
"Listen. Chloe and you have never dated before this, but Tori and I have. If you need any help, we're here." Simon said solemnly.
I awkwardly got up. "Y'know... I think I'll go and check on Chloe. She's taking long... and stuff. Bye."
I raced out of there, and towards the basement. Can you say awkward? In my daze, I completely forgot that the door was locked because I'd given Chloe a five minute lecture on what can happen if she didn't. So I ended up having a head on collision with the door and landing sprawled on the floor. I swear I heard it crack a little.
As I lay there, staring at the ceiling, contemplating whether squirrels or rabbits were the better prey, Chloe swung the door open, looking around, alarmed. When her eyes settled on me, she tittered a bit, then cleared her throat. "Gosh, what happened, Derek?" she muttered, trying not to let a giggle escape. My siblings, on the other hand, were laughing their asses off. I didn't appreciate that.
I gave her a look, and got up from the floor. Without a word, I brushed past her and went down the stairs. That's when Chloe let it rip. She laughed as if there were no tomorrow. I love her laugh. It's like a bell, but more throaty, I guess.
"Knock it off!" I yelled from the bottom of the stairs. This made them laugh even louder. I rolled my eyes and looked back to see the baby propped up on the couch, wrapped in blankets. He grinned at me. That was kind of creepy.
Chloe ran downstairs, locking the door behind her. "Derek, can we keep him?" she asked suddenly.
I looked at her in surprise. "Of course. Where would he go? He came to us for a reason, and we have to figure out why he's here. Till then, he's ours."
Chloe pumped her fist in the air. "Yes!" she cried, and picked the baby up, dancing around with him.
"Chloe, we can't tell Dad or Lauren though."
Her face fell, but understand flooded her eyes. "They'd just send him to some orphanage." She winced and gave me an apologetic look.
"That won't happen. We can probably tell Simon and Tori, but not the adults. They'd take him in, sure, but this is a werewolf baby. It will be difficult to feed him and stuff. Just another burden." I stated, and stroked the baby's cheek.
"What do you want to name him?"
"Name him?" The thought had never occurred to me.
"What, were you just going to call him, 'the baby' for the entire time we have him?"
"Pfft... 'course not." I laughed it off.
"Mmmhhmm." She didn't believe me, but shook it off. "Timothy?"
"Nah. Um, Wesley?"
She made an, 'ick' face. " Angel?"
"Isn't that a girl's name?"
She scowled at me. "Any other ideas, genius?"
"Orion?"
"Like the constellation?"
"Yeah."
"No."
We glared at each other, the baby staring at us curiously. Finally, Chloe broke. "Okay, compromise. How about Sky?"
I mulled it over. It sounded nice. "Hello there, baby Sky."
Chloe squealed happily. A knock on the door shut her up.
"Hey, what are you guys doing down there?" Simon called down.
"Nothing!" Chloe sang back, happily. She thought they would go away without a fight. Hah, what a joke.
"Okaaay!" Tori sang back, and switched back to her snarky tone. "Then let us in!"
"Not by the hairs on..." Chloe looked around. "On Derek's head!"
I gave her a weird look. She shrugged, amused.
"Then we'll blast the lock off!" Simon replied.
Chloe panicked. She looked to me, then at the baby-Sky- and then back at me. "What do we do?" She whispered, alarmed.
I surveyed the basement.
"ONE!" Tori yelled.
If we put him down, he'd cry out.
"TWO!" Simon cried, almost giddy.
I waved Chloe to stand behind me. She did, and rocked the baby gently, trying to make sure he'd stay quiet.
"THREE!" They both yelled, and the door flew open. They bounded downstairs and stopped at the bottom, scanning the area suspiciously.
Chloe peeked out from behind me. "Hey guys."
I gave a small wave. Totally innocent.
"What were you guys-" Simon was cut off by a giggle. Darn. "...was that you Chloe?"
"Uh, yeah. " she covered, and then giggled for effect. It was almost the same.
Tori glared at us. "Were you and Wolf-Boy getting it on, so to speak?"
We stood there, stunned into speechlessness. Getting it on?
Chloe shrugged, unsure of what to say at this point.
"Move over Wolf-Boy. I want to see what you and Chloe are hiding."
"We might as well tell them." Chloe muttered from behind me, and I kneeled in front of her, sure to hide Sky with my broad shoulders.
"Get ready." I mutter back, and then turn around, so that I was almost at level with Chloe and Sky.
Simon and Tori looked like they'd been struck by lighting. In attempt to lighten the mood, Chloe waved Sky's tiny hand. "Meet Sky." Sky smiled, showing off his pink gums.
That's when Simon and Tori both let out equally high pitch screams.