Chapter Three

"Lily, does my stomach look bigger to you?" I asked, twisting in the tall mirror with my shirt flipped up to underneath my breasts.

She came out of the bathroom, using a towel to rub the water from her hair to help it dry.

"No, just a little bit less toned", She returned to the bathroom while I frowned and let the shirt fall back into place.

It has been almost a whole month since Remus and I mated and the full moon was in two days, meaning that Remus and I were both suffering from PWS. I, of course am suffering from a hormonal imbalance because of my pregnancy as well.

"I'll see you down at breakfast!" I yelled, I heard her shout an answer before running out and downstairs.

I ran straight into Remuses arms and giggled when he pulled me closer.

"How are you feeling Connie?" He asked as he took a deep breath of my hairs scent.

"A little tubby", I replied as he moved so we could walk to breakfast.

"And why is that?" He asked as we exited the portrait hole.

"My muscles are getting hidden by my baby bump", I groaned, pouting heavily.

"Let me see", he demanded, dragging me over to a secluded corner.

He pushed me up against the wall, lifting my shirt and running his hands over my stomach.

"I don't see it", he husked into my ear.

"My muscles are usually more prominent", I whispered back, leaning my head back to show my neck, a werewolf show of submitting.

He breathed on my neck heavily. "We have to get to breakfast."

He smirked and pulled away, fixing my shirt for me and pulling me along with him to the great hall.

"You're so mean", I pouted as he sat me down and he began to get my breakfast ready, I was allowed to eat more meats now.

"It's my job to take care of you, even if you don't like it at times", he replied, putting the finished breakfast down in front of me.

I kissed his cheek noisily before digging in. he kissed the top of my head before sitting next to me and getting his own breakfast.

Classes went by quickly and I was doing homework with Lily in the common room.

"I still can't get over how adorable you and Remus are", She said as she set her work down, unable to think about anything else at the moment.

I sighed, putting down my potions essay.

"I know, and I also know what it entitles being his girlfriend", there was two meanings to my statement.

She frowned, scooting over on the couch so she could be closer and took one of my hands to play with it in her lap.

"I want to tell you something about him, but I don't want to at the same time…" She started, her brows furrowed.

She knew, and she wanted to warn me.

"It's okay Lily, I already know."

"No, I don't think you know he's…"

I leant in to whisper in her ear.

"I know he's a werewolf, I'm one too."

I sat back and waited for her reaction. I watched the clogs turn in her brain before she finally snapped out of her thoughts and hugged me tightly, crying into my shoulder.

"Do you want to go to the dorm room so we can talk in more detail?" I asked her, shifting, ready to pack up and move.

She nodded, sitting back and wiping tears of happiness off her face. We packed up and moved to the dorm quickly, dumping our things on our respective beds before climbing onto mine and drawing the curtains shut, casting a spell to keep eavesdroppers from hearing.

"How long have you known?" I asked her when she finally settled down.

"Since second year, he isn't too great about hiding it", she replied, wiping off the remnants of her tears and flashing me a cheeky smile. "When did you get turned?"

I laughed before answering her silly question.

"I was six."

Her eyes got sad and she sat closer to me.

"What happened?"

"I was with my dad at Mt. Laguna on a camping trip with him, my younger brother, my uncle and two cousins. They went hiking to lightning strike ridge and I stayed at camp because I had tired myself out riding my bike. They stayed up there longer than expected and I was attacked while they were coming back down. The wolf was gone before they got there, and they took me to the hospital. In the hospital, I was visited by Professor Broom, who I view as my dad now. Apparently, he and his organization were looking for the werewolf who attacked me, and they were coming to tell me what I was and tell my parents", tears began to fall from my eyes, but I wiped them away quickly. "My parents freaked and said I wasn't their daughter anymore. Daddy took it to heart and was angry with my parents, so he adopted me, bringing me to his home in New Jersey where I met my brothers Abe and Hellboy. I have a new family, and I don't care about my old one."

She hugged me, letting me cry one her shoulder for a minute or two.

"You can keep asking questions you know", I said, wiping away the last few tears and smiling at her sheepishly.

"Does it hurt when you transform?" She asked, settling back and grabbing a pillow, watching me like a five year old listening to a story.

"Insanely, but you get used to it eventually."

"You said your dad had an organization? What is it and what do they do?"

"I'm not supposed to tell you… But I suppose it doesn't matter. He works for the BPRD, the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense. He studies 'fictitious' monsters and when they show up in a normal community, he sends out a specialized team that consists of myself and my two brothers."

"That sounds fun and dangerous! Do you have any scars from it?"

I laughed and pulled off my shirt turning around and letting her look at the scars on my back.

I heard her gasp and laughed when she grabbed her wand and used lumos to view them better.

"Some of those are from my transformation, but most of them are from the boogies we fight", I informed her, "I've got a burn on my boob from one particular nasty we fought last year."

She laughed, "I want to see it!"

I laughed too, and turned, popping out the scared part of my right breast for her to see.

"We're so lesbian", I giggled as I put my shirt back on.

She giggled too, un-casting the spell and opening my curtains.

"Oh, it's time for dinner", she said as she climbed out.

I looked at the wall clock and laughed.

"It is, I'm going in my PJ's", I grabbed the blue mass from my trunk and closed my curtains again so I could change in privacy as the other girls flooded in to redo their make-up and hair.

"See you at dinner!" Lily called out after laughing a little.

I slid out of my bed and took a quick look at myself in the mirror, doing a small twirl to make the knee-length satin gown flow out a bit before smiling and running down to dinner with a pair of matching night-shoes on my feet.

I entered the hall and ignored the few snickers and teases thrown as I sat next to Lily.

"Oh my gosh!" I said, turning to Lily with a huge smile on my face. "I can choose what I want to eat!"

Lily laughed and shook her head, turning back to her own plate. I pouted at her reaction for a second before turning back around to see a plate full of foods that Remus had been forcing me to eat lately and turned to my right and saw him smirking at me.

"Yay", I said with false enthusiasm. "Just what I was going to choose…"

"You wouldn't have chosen that and you know it. Now eat, I want to show you something", he turned to his own plate and began eating, using his free hand to pat my thigh.

I glowered at him and began to eat the food begrudgingly. He was gonna pay for this.

- - -

I sighed before calling out to Remus who was downstairs in the shack.

"I'm bored!"

"I'm not coming up!" He shouted back.

He made me stay upstairs so that he wouldn't see me naked, saying that that was for after we reached a certain point in our relationship, which he wanted to happen after marriage. Which was sweet, really, but sitting in a dust bed was really boring.

"Then play twenty questions with me!"

It was silent before he shouted back hesitantly.

"Wh-What's twenty questions?!"

I laughed loudly before replying.

"You ask me twenty questions, which I have to answer truthfully and then I ask you the questions!"

It was silent for a long moment.

"What's your favorite color?!"

"Black!" I replied easily.

"What's your lucky number?!"

"Seven or Thirteen, not quite sure yet!"

"What flower do you prefer?!"

"Snap Dragons or Love In The Mists!"

"What do you do as a hobby?!"

"Read books, talk with Abe, write stories or hang out with Hellboy!"

"Who are they?!"

"My brothers!" I lurched forward and let out a gasp of pain.

I started to scream as we transformed together, our roars mingling together.

Third Person

The girl wolf bounded down the stairs and pounced on her mate, growling at him playfully. He growled back and pushed her off before heading over to the couch and starting to tear it apart. She whimpered and lay down, watching him put the stuffing and fabrics in a corner, building it into a nest for them to share through her pregnancy.

He finished and circled over to her, nipping her ankles to get her up and moving. She whimpered and scampered over, nestling into the destroyed couch pieces, looking up at him with her head down.

He climbed over her and sat with his head across her neck.

The two wolves sat like this for an hour or two until the stag, dog and rat returned. The male stood and started to growl, taking up a protective stance in front of his mate.

The three animals stopped moving and lay down to seem small, and not threat to either wolf. The male stalked forward and sniffed at them before looking behind him. His mate stood and walked forward cautiously, lifting a paw and swatting the dogs head softly when she reached them. She did this a few more times before moving to the other animals and giving them the same treatment.

She snorted and turned back to the nest, settling into it again and curling up to go to sleep.

The four male animals then romped around for the rest of night with the occasional angry snort from the female when they got particularly loud.

First Person

I yawned as I sat up in the hospital bed, surprised when I felt no aches or pains. When I finished stretching I looked around the room and smiled when I noticed that Remus was in the bed next to me. I crawled out of mine and over to his, sitting on top of the covers and watching him smile in his sleep.

I brushed his hair out of his eyes and sighed lovingly. I know that I like him because we're mated, but I think this is purer than that. He's so perfect and nerdy and dashing and polite and nervous. I sighed again and closed my eyes, laying my head on his shoulder.

He shifted underneath me and a hand started to play with my dark brown hair. I smiled and lifted my head to peer into his honey colored eyes.

"We never did finish twenty questions." I raised my eyebrows at him as my view fell to his lips. "But I think it can wait 'till later…"

He smirked before sitting up against the headboard, making my head lay on his stomach.

"I think we'll finish it, let's see…." He looked up like he was trying to remember where we left off. He blushed before looking back down at me. "Was I really your first?"

I blushed and looked at the crinkled fabric on his stomach. "Yes."

I looked back up and saw his smiling face. There was a slight flush across his cheeks as he grabbed my hips and pulled me up closer, setting his lips on mine gently. I closed my eyes and pushed against his lips with a little more force groaning in displeasure when he pulled back.

"Do you enjoy Hogwarts?"

"Sort of, not really. Don't like school too much."

"Have you ever killed someone?" He said this like a joke, a large smile on his features as he tried not to laugh.

"Yes, but only because it was some guy who was trying to take over the world", I replied quickly, noticing the shocked look on his face.

"Have you ever accidentally turned someone?"

"No, thank god."

"Have you ever snogged anyone?"

"Not yet", I growled and lurched up, trying to catch his lips.

He laughed and stopped my attack by squeezing my hips and pulling his head back.

"Have you ever played a prank?"

"Loads of them", I grumbled, giving up and laying my head on his shoulder.

"Do you prefer baths or showers?"

"Showers, I occasionally take a bath though."

"Have you ever been burnt?"

I flushed. "Yes."

"Where?"

I flushed even more. "My breast…"

His eyes widened. "How?"

"Fighting a warlock who could manipulate fire."

"Are you going to keep fighting even though you're pregnant if they find you before you give birth?"

I actually had to think about that one.

"I have to… It's my duty. They won't make me when I get a little rounder, but most likely, they won't care."

"Will I be able to see our child at all?"

"I will absolutely be visiting you consecutively through out the rest of the pregnancy and babies life."

"What gender do you think it is?"

"A boy… or a girl. I'm not too sure yet."

"Have you thought up names?"

"If it's a boy, Vladimir, if it's a girl Jessibel."

"Will you go to Hogsmeade with me this weekend?"

I looked up at his flushing face.

"What's Hogsmeade?"

"It's a small wizard town at the beginning of the valley. And the older students get to go on a couple different weekends, and one just happens to be this weekend…"

I smiled and kissed him deeply pulling back to look into his eyes.

"Yes, I will go on a date with you. Can I get my snog now?"

He laughed before swooping down and pushing his lips against mine. He turned his head to the side and slid his tongue along my lips shortly before delving into my mouth. I could feel the flush on my face as I shifted to be more comfortable and played with the hair at the nape of his neck. Our tongues swirled together gently, pushing past each other to enter the other mouth. The kiss started to become rough as his hands slipped up the back of the generic pajamas the hospital wing provided.

We both pulled back and gasped for air, taking in large lungfuls of the much needed oxygen. I lay back down on his chest, tucking my head underneath his chin and cooing at him softly while I drew circular patterns on his chest.

Madame Pomfrey's screech made us cringe.

"I'M GOING TO HAVE TO GET ANOTHER WING JUST TO KEEP YOU TWO SEPARATE! I PUT YOU IN DIFFERENT BEDS FOR A REASON!" She screamed at us. I could have sworn I heard the windows rattling.

I whimpered and crawled off and back into my bed. Remus gave me a smile as we turned towards each other on the opposite beds.

Remus was released before I was, but he stayed in the wing because Pomfrey was checking on how the baby was growing.

"Your baby id very healthy, have you been reading about what to eat?" She asked as she peered at the spell that allowed us to see the baby.

Remus blushed and looked at the table at my feet.

"Remus wouldn't let me chose what to eat…" I grumbled, watching my baby with awe.

It still looked like a monster from the blue lagoon, but it was still one of the cutest things I had seen in my life.

"Now I know having the talk wouldn't matter right now, but in the case of pregnancy…" She cleared her throat as the spell was done. "Yes you can have sex, but having it too late in the pregnancy can induce birth."

We both choked and looked at her wide eyed.

"Wh-What?" Remus huffed, looking like he had been shot.

"Her hormones are going to be raging, and she will become aroused occasionally and want to have intercourse, I was just informing you it was okay", she replied before telling us that I could return to class.