Part 8
Five years later
San Francisco
Condo
JJ stared at the pregnancy test in astonishment. If this was right she was pregnant, something she hadn't been expecting to happen for another 65 or 70 years, since both Dave and Emily had told her that Immortals didn't get pregnant easily.
They would have to have it confirmed of course, but she couldn't help hoping that the pregnancy test was correct. She had wanted children so bad with Dave, but she had put it to the back of her mind knowing what it would happen or it wouldn't. She had been feeling sick for the last few weeks and knew that she couldn't be coming down with anything because Immortals didn't get sick, so there had to be another explanation. Finally it occurred to her she might be pregnant, but she hadn't dared hope, because it was much too soon, decades too soon, but if the pregnancy test was right then Anthony was going to grow up with a sibling.
She couldn't wait to tell Dave and Emily and she knew they would insist that she go to the doctor to have it confirmed. She knew that Dave would be ecstatic and probably spoil her rotten just like he had Emily when Anthony was on the way.
She wondered briefly why she had gotten pregnant after just five years. Maybe Ilithyia was watching over her and knew that she wanted children so badly with Dave, that she had decided to grant her one much sooner then would have otherwise been possible.
JJ exited the bathroom and looked around at what had been her home for almost six years, but knew that if she was indeed pregnant they would have to get something bigger, as there was only one extra room that was for their son.
"Everything okay sweetheart?" Dave asked in concern.
"Everything's fine," JJ promised.
"You were in the bathroom for a long time," Emily said studying JJ, seeming to be able to see into her very soul.
"I know and there was as a reason for that," JJ said.
Dave look confused, as there was no way JJ could be sick as she was Immortal now after all, but Emily caught on almost immediately and stared at JJ as if asking for confirmation.
JJ winked at her when Dave wasn't looking and Emily got a massive grin on her face.
"What…" Dave began, then stopped suddenly when JJ pounced on him kissing him passionately.
"What was that for?" Dave asked with a dazed expression once the kiss had broken.
"Because I'm pregnant," JJ told him, producing the pregnancy test.
Dave stared at her and then at the pregnancy test that had a little plus symbol at one end.
"You're pregnant?" Dave asked actually stuttering. "You're pregnant?" Dave repeated, as if he couldn't understand what he was hearing.
"Yes, I am, at least the pregnancy test seems to say I am, so I know we'll have to go to a physician to have a confirmed," JJ said.
"But how..." Dave began.
"Do I need to explain the birds and the bees to you?" JJ teased him.
"That's not what I meant and you know it," Dave said finally beginning to recover from the shock he had just received, though it was certainly a pleasant shock.
"Yes, I know that's not what you meant," JJ said more seriously, her eyes sparkling with love and happiness.
"The pregnancy test could be wrong," Emily said. "They are usually pretty reliable though, since this is the 22nd century after all, and such things have been improved on from when they were originally invented."
"Which is why we're going to have it confirmed by a real physician," JJ said. "I would like you to come with me sweetheart."
"Of course," Dave immediately agreed. "I'm as anxious as you are to find out if the pregnancy test you used is accurate. If you are pregnant though, it doesn't explain how it happened so soon as you've only been Immortal for five years. I'm not complaining mind you if it's true, I'm just trying to figure out why it happened."
"Well, I do believe it's true, because I've been throwing up for the last few weeks," JJ admitted.
"And we haven't noticed?" Emily asked with a raised eyebrow.
"It doesn't happen often, and not always in the morning," JJ said. "It never occurred to me that I might be pregnant until last week, so I managed to pick up this pregnancy test to check."
"Of course, it didn't occur to you, because we told you that you shouldn't be able to get pregnant for at least another 65 years," Dave said. "I'm not surprised it took you so long to figure it out."
"I am, because I can't get sick anymore with a cold, the flu or anything more serious. I mean me being pregnant is really the only explanation left, you know?" JJ said. "I really should have come to my conclusion sooner."
"She does have a point," Emily told Dave who nodded.
"Well, you can't be more than three months along. Maybe a little more," Emily said. "You would really be showing otherwise."
"I haven't noticed any pregnancy bump, so I don't think you could be more than three months as Emily suggested," Dave agreed. "Why don't you make that doctors appointment, preferably for today as I'm really anxious to have a confirmed."
"Me too," JJ and Emily said at the same time causing all three of them to laugh and relax from the excitement of the last few minutes.
"I will," JJ agreed. "Right after breakfast I'm starving."
"Now why does that sound familiar?" Emily snickered.
"Probably because you said the same thing quite often when Anthony was on the way," Dave told her smiling.
"Yeah, I did," Emily laughed. "It's pretty amazing that you got pregnant so soon and this means that Tony will grow up with a sibling."
"Breakfast is ready," Dave said, as he served up pancakes, bacon and eggs and fruit.
Everybody sat down and enjoyed their breakfast and none of them could stop smiling for some reason.
Finally breakfast was done and Dave waved JJ and Emily away saying he would do the dishes.
"You go make that call," Dave told JJ gently, excitement in his dark eyes.
"I need to look up some doctors in the phone book first. I never bothered to find me a physician, since I never get sick anymore," JJ said.
JJ got the phone book out of the drawer in the desk and begin flipping through it looking for doctors.
Once she found one, she called and made an appointment for that very day in just a couple of hours.
"We have an appointment in two hours," JJ told Dave.
"I think it's better if I stay here, as we don't want to give the doctor the wrong impression," Emily said. "Just let me know as soon as you do is all I ask."
"As much as I hate her reasoning she's right," Dave told JJ. "You don't bring your wife and another woman to a doctor's appointment unless they are both sick."
JJ and Dave had gotten legally married over 5 years ago now, shortly after Anthony had been born actually, so technically, Dave had two wives now, even if he and Emily had married almost 600 years ago and nobody but them and their close family and friends, all Immortals, remembered it.
"We'll call you as soon as we know," JJ promised. "I would love for you to come along, but unfortunately, I can see both your points of view."
"Yeah, I know," Emily said. "Next time I get pregnant it'll be me and Dave at the doctor's office while you wait."
"And I'll anxiously be waiting for the confirmation, just as you are now," JJ said.
"Well, why don't we all get ready," Dave suggested then added. "Perhaps, you can meet us for lunch after Jennifer's doctor's appointment."
"That sounds like a good idea," Emily said. "Why don't I make reservations at somewhere nice, for around 1 o'clock or 1:30 as you should be done by then."
"Yeah, we really should celebrate," Dave agreed smiling. "I just know the doctor's going to tell us that Jennifer is indeed pregnant."
"I think that too," JJ was happy to agree.
The three of them made arrangements and then headed off to get dressed for the day.
~~~Dave, Emily, JJ, Penelope~~~
"So what did the doctor say?" Emily asked anxiously, as soon as all of them was seated in a semi private booth, at a very nice restaurant.
"The pregnancy test was right," Dave said with joy and happiness sparkling in his dark brown eyes.
"I am indeed pregnant and almost exactly three months along," JJ added with a humongous grin, as she was so happy.
Emily tried not to squeal at the information, as she didn't want to draw attention to them, but the massive grin on her face told her two mates she was incredibly happy at the news.
"I'm so happy," Emily said. "I never imagined that Tony would grow with a sibling since Immortals have such a hard time conceiving."
"I know, I never imagined this either," Dave agreed smiling rather sappily and JJ nodded smiling hugely.
"I like to believe that Ilithyia is smiling down on us and gave us this special gift," JJ said. "I expected it to be another 70 years, before I had even one child."
"Well, at least this proves that either me turning you Immortal repaired the damage done or the doctors of the time were wrong," Dave said, as he gave JJ's hand a gentle squeeze.
"Yes, that's true, and I'm so happy to be carrying your child," JJ told Dave. "I might've been shocked that I was pregnant so soon, but I'm certainly not unhappy about it."
"All of us were shocked," Emily commented. "I mean I only had Anthony a little more than five years ago after all.
"We are going have to find a bigger place to live," Dave said. "A bigger condo maybe."
"I say we leave California altogether," JJ proposed. "To tell you the truth this is a little too close to home for me, even though we've been here for years. I've always been so afraid of running into someone I know and though it hasn't happened and it probably won't, you never know."
"It won't matter if you do run into someone you know, so long as they don't see the two of us together," Dave said. "Still, I understand where you're coming from, so perhaps, it's time to leave California altogether. It will have to be a decision that we all make though."
"Leaving California is alright with me," Emily said. "We could settle somewhere else, like another big city or perhaps, we can choose somewhere smaller like Chula Vista this time."
"We're going to be to noticeable in a place with only 20 or 30 thousand residents," JJ said. "If it was just me and Dave or you and Dave it wouldn't be a big deal, but two women living with the same man is going to be commented on. Even if we kept our relationship low-key like we're doing here it's going to be more noticeable."
"JJ's right," Dave told Emily who nodded. "Small town people tend to be nosy and love to gossip and while I admit 20 or 30 thousand residents is not that small we're still going to be more noticeable, then a big city like New York for example."
"Well then, why not somewhere overseas?" Emily suggested. "We were living in Rome for awhile and I don't know why we can't go back there. I really loved Rome."
"There's always England or Australia," JJ added.
"Getting a visa isn't going to be too hard if we do decide on another country," Dave mused.
"Doesn't that usually take awhile depending on country?" JJ asked.
"People always respond to money," Dave told her. "We can't really get visas the legal way because we are listed in the computer system and while we could change our names..."
"You don't want to," JJ realized.
"Of course, there's more than one person I'm sure named David Stephen Rossi or Emily Lauren Prentiss or Jennifer Elizabeth Jareau, but still, it's just safer for us to bribe someone. So long as we behave ourselves and don't cause any trouble nobody's going to look too deeply into our backgrounds."
"It's very dishonest, but on the other hand, I knew that this kind of thing would be part of being Immortal, since we need to keep our race secret," JJ said.
"We're not hurting anyone," Emily reminded JJ. "We're not murdering or torturing or stealing peoples life savings. We just can't move to another country the normal way, because we need to keep ourselves low-key."
"We're really not doing any harm," Dave added and JJ nodded.
"No, I suppose not and I know we can't stick to the States for the rest of our Immortal lives," JJ said.
"Well, we could, but then we wouldn't be able to explore the rest of the world and there're so many things out there to see and do," Emily said.
"Well then, I guess I vote for Rome since Emily likes it so much," JJ decided smiling.
"Which is fine, as it's a fascinating and ancient city," Dave said. "Emily and I already have visas and passports and they are still good for another few years, so we'll just have to get them for you."
"But that will still take awhile or at least the passport will," JJ said.
"Well, it will if we do it the normal way," Dave said. "Or I could bribe someone to get it faster."
"I say do it the normal way this time, as it's not like we need to move right away," JJ said.
"Alright, if that's what you want," Dave agreed easily. "You're right, we're not in any hurry and it will give us time to put things in storage and everything else that goes along with moving somewhere new."
The three of them finished their lunches, discussing more normal subjects, although it was mostly based around JJ's unexpected pregnancy, but still, it was a happy mood the saturated the atmosphere of their booth.
~~~Dave, Emily, JJ, Penelope~~~
237 years later
New York
A blonde woman lay in bed tossing and turning as she watched a scene that played before her sleeping mind
The scene was of a man with black hair and a goatee that was trimmed and neat along with another blond woman, except she had blue eyes and another woman that had dark brown hair with dark brown eyes much like the man's. Suddenly, she herself, joined this pleasant scene and soon the four of them were talking and laughing.
There was no sound just the scene playing before her sleeping mind, but Penelope also felt very welcomed there. She felt loved and cherished and knew that her destiny was finally upon her.
Several other scenes played out in front of her mind's eye, but finally hours later she awoke, feeling rested and relaxed despite the fact that she'd had dreams all night.
Her dreams had started almost six months ago now and they were always beyond enjoyable and she knew that she and this man whoever he was were meant to be. She knew that her ancestors were showing her, her destiny. A destiny that she would grasp with both hands, as she knew she would be incredibly happy with those people that kept appearing in her dreams.
Some of her ancestors had been seers including her grandfather, but until nearly 6 months ago she had never had a vision. That wasn't to say that none of her children with the man in her dream wouldn't have the talent, but she was really glad she did not. She knew her ancestors were sending her visions of what was going to happen in the very near future, which she wasn't about to avoid since she knew she'd be miserable without those three people in her life.
"Yes," Penelope said to the air speaking for the first time since he had woken up. "I understand. I will happily grasp my destiny with both hands."
The air seemed heavy, as if somebody was listening and when she verbalized her response the very air in her bedroom seemed to lighten considerably.
Penelope then knew that she had given the response that those listening had expected and so that heavy, ponderous feeling had disappeared.
Penelope smiled happily, as she rose for the day as it was about time for her to get up anyway and besides, she needed to pee badly.
Penelope whistled cheerfully, as she used the bathroom, as she prepared herself for the day knowing that her destiny was going to be a very happy one.
~~~Dave, Emily, JJ, Penelope~~~
"Well, ladies we have arrived," Dave said, as he put the final suitcase just inside the door of the hotel they were staying at.
"Yeah, we have," JJ who was just as young and beautiful as she had been when she had first met Dave and Emily said.
"We should find our third mate somewhere in the city, but it's probably not going to be very easy," Dave said.
"With over 36 million people, no, we'll be lucky if we find her in 10 years," Emily snorted in a rather sarcastic mood.
"Think positively," JJ said in a gentle chiding tone. "A well known seer led us here and he was sure that our third mate is here in New York. He said something along the lines of you won't have to find her, she'll find you."
"Yeah, but all he could get as was the last name Garcia and do you know how many Garcia's there are in New York, ones that are female and probably around 30 or a little older or younger. New York with over 36,000,000 people?" Emily asked rhetorically.
"Probably thousands," Dave said. "New York is a lot bigger than Chula Vista was when we found Jennifer."
"I would say so, as Chula Vista was only a little bit over 260,000, so it was relatively small at the time," Emily said.
"You didn't think it would be easy to find Jennifer then either, but then she kind of just fell into our laps," Dave said, as he kissed JJ's cheek affectionately.
"So you expect the same thing to happen two times in a row?" Emily asked an eyebrow raised skeptically.
"Of course not, but we have to go by what the seer said," Dave reminded Emily. "He said that she would find us. Also I think we can eliminate ones under or over 30 and that should whittle the Garcias down quite a lot."
"I think for today, that we just need to relax," JJ suggested gently. "It wasn't that long of a flight true, but still, it wouldn't hurt us to relax, maybe order room service, take a nap, go to bed early. We've all been on edge for awhile, because we all knew we were getting ready to find Dave's final mate, as all the signs pointed to it, but still, nothing is ever easy and it isn't meant to be."
"Yeah, you're right," Emily said. "We'll find her. It might take us the next year or even two, but we'll find her."
"I really don't think it'll take that long," Dave said. "Call it strong intuition. I truly believe the seer when he said that she'll find us, so I think we need to be out and about once we've had a good long sleep and a decent meal."
"Remember any task that is worth doing is worth the effort we put into it," JJ told Emily.
"Yeah, that's true," Emily agreed more calmly.
"I'll order room service while you ladies relax," Dave said.
"Sounds good," JJ said, smiling.
"Yeah, you know what we like," Emily added.
"Yeah, I do," Dave agreed smiling. "You two should go unpack, maybe take a shower, the food should be here in half an hour."
"I do have this new novel I've been wanting to start," Emily said.
Emily Prentiss loved to read whenever she had time for wait and usually she had plenty of free time just to read the latest mystery/thriller or romance, but not lately.
"Well then, you go an do that, as I know that's one of the ways you relax," Dave said smiling. Emily had discovered mystery and thrillers way back in the 19th century and had been hooked ever since. Of course, those early mystery and thrillers had been improved upon in the last several centuries so Emily had no problem with getting lost in a good story. Some of our favorites though were those written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who had created the character of Sherlock Holmes. Even though Emily had read them countless times she always reread them every few years and always enjoyed them.
"I have the newest romance book by one of my favorite authors too," JJ said. "Curling up with a good book for a few hours sounds wonderful."
"Well then, that's what we'll do," Dave said smiling. "We'll have dinner together and then we'll all lay on the bed or somewhere else and enjoy a good book."
"It sounds idyllic," Emily said with half a smile. "We haven't had much of a chance just to sit down relax and read a good book lately."
"No, we've been too busy," Dave agreed. "Still, this is a good time for us to do so and we can even lay on the rug in front of the fire and read our separate stories if we wanted to."
"Clothed or unclothed?" JJ asked mischievously.
"Oh, either is fine with me," Dave said also grinning mischievously. "Just remember if either of you ladies is buck naked I'm more than likely to attack you, so if you want that to happen go right ahead and lay on the rug with no clothes on. Just because we've all been together for well over 200 years, doesn't mean my libido has died down any where you two are concerned."
Both JJ and Emily giggled at that, because it was so true. The three of them had been together for almost 243 years, but that didn't stop Dave from making love to them as often as humanly possible.
"I have enough trouble controlling myself, even when you are clothed, as you deliberately dress provocatively just to get me interested, even if it's unnecessary," Dave added.
"We dress like modern women," JJ told him with a smile. "It might seem deliberately provocative to you, but that's only because you love us and you want us all the time anyway and would even if we dressed like Puritans. You know long sleeves, long dresses that go all the way down to your feet, covering your head with a bonnet to hide your hair. To anyone else we are just normal women dressed for the times."
"We also don't dress half as slutty as some of the women we have seen," Emily added.
"No, you don't," Dave immediately agreed. "You dress with taste and style and some of those women I've seen walking around in public are barely decent and in poor taste at the very least."
"Which a lot of men respond to, because they think more with their dicks then their brains," Emily giggled.
"Now that's the truth," JJ gave a hearty laugh. "That's not Dave though."
Dave smiled at seeing his two mates laugh so freely, as this was the way he loved them best when they were happy and carefree.
"Soon we'll find this Garcia or she'll find us as Randall indicated," JJ said.
"And when we do you'll have your time alone with her just like you did JJ when you first met over two centuries ago," Emily added.
"Meeting Garcia will likely be very different if what Randall said is true," JJ added. "Perhaps the Dave and her can even bond much sooner then we did."
"First off, while I wouldn't mind that at all, this Garcia will have to agree to it," Dave said. "And second I did spend about four days alone with Jennifer, but that was only because we had just been reunited after a week apart."
"You are correct," Emily said with a smile and Dave knew then that Emily memory wasn't faulty, but she had deliberately gotten her facts wrong just so he could correct her, in order to release some of the tension that all three of them were still feeling.
"Still, you'll have your time alone with her, whether that happens right after you meet or later is the only thing up for debate," JJ said. "You had Emily to yourself for 600 years after all, and I know I only got four days, but that's only because you had other obligations and I understood that. Besides, it was very intense and pleasurable four days."
"It certainly cemented the bond between us, made it much stronger much earlier in the process then you and I had any right to expect," Dave smiled broadly, as he remembered that four days so long ago now. He and Jennifer had gotten much closer over the last 243 years, just as close as he and Emily were and the bond between Emily and JJ was just as tight, just in a platonic, sisterly way instead of sexual.
And the reason I was turned Immortal much sooner then a year. Also a few days alone with Dave while one of us is elsewhere is something we've repeated every so often over the last couple of centuries," JJ grinned.
"It's easy to get stuck in a rut, where we're snapping at each other," Dave told the two women. "These little breaks with one or both of you are very much needed every now and then."
"It's a way to keep our relationship fresh and exciting," Emily said smiling, remembering the last time she'd had a few days alone with Dave while JJ did her own thing.
"It gives us a way to relax and it just be two of us for a few days," JJ added.
"Exactly," Dave said. "We'll just add this Garcia to those little breaks where she gets her time alone once we locate her."
"I really hope this Garcia fits in with us personalitywise," Emily said a little worriedly, biting her lower lip.
"I really don't think that Ilithyia or the other gods would set me up with someone that was just going to clash with you and Jennifer," Dave told her positively. "She has to fit all three of us personalitywise and not cause constant confrontations. No, if she's going to be a mate to me she has to get along with my other two mates. I really don't think you need to worry Emily, because I would hardly be happy and neither would you two, if I was standing between you and Garcia just because you had been at each others throats. I know that she'll fit in with the three of us splendidly, even if it takes her awhile to become fully integrated, just like it did Jennifer."
"Yeah, you're right," Emily said finally thinking about what Dave had said. Dave was right on the money, as she couldn't see Ilithyia setting the three of them up to being at constant odds with this Garcia, so she should fit in with them.
"Well, not always, but in this case I am," Dave told Emily with a teasing smile. "Mates are supposed to fit together, in personality, in their mental processes to where they think similarly, but not exactly the same and in their attitudes. This Garcia will not cause problems between me and you two, because if she does I'll show her the door mate or not, but I really don't believe that will happen. No, we might have a few, bumps along the way, but that's to be expected, especially when we first meet and we are getting to know each other, all four of us. I suspect that you two and Garcia will share many similar interests, although what those interests are at the moment I don't know."
"You're not supposed to know as that's something we need to discover for ourselves," JJ said finally speaking. She had watched as Dave had calmly talked Emily down, from worrying herself to death about what Garcia would be like. Dave was correct in everything he had told Emily, but it had also made Emily think instead of worrying that Garcia would ruin their dynamics.
Personally, she wasn't worried about that at all, because she knew that the gods would never choose someone to be their final mate if she wasn't going to fit in with them in a number ways. After all, she had fit in with Dave and Emily when they had met way back over 200 years ago with little trouble and it hadn't taken long to become integrated into their dynamics that were well-established from over 600 years of being in each other's pockets. In other words, constantly together.
"Well, I'm going to put in that order for some dinner," Dave said smiling, as he watched Emily relax.
"Yeah, that's a good idea," Emily said feeling much calmer.
"Well, let's go unpack, shall we?" JJ suggested. "Once we do we can relax and get started on those books we've been wanting to read."
"Yeah, sounds good," Emily agreed smiling a little as the two of them walked into the master suite where Dave had put all the suitcases.
~~~Dave, Emily, JJ, Penelope~~~
A week later
"Sir, there is a woman named Penelope Garcia here and she says that you are expecting her," the waiter murmured in Dave's ear.
"I am," Dave said immediately. "I didn't expect her until later though, which is why I didn't inform you, so would you please escort her to our table?"
"Immediately," the waiter said walking swiftly away.
Dave, JJ and Emily were in a high class five star restaurant enjoying a very nice dinner. They had been in New York for precisely a week and suddenly this Penelope Garcia showed up out of the blue. The two of them had been exploring New York for the last few days, as they hadn't been for sometime and all of them had enjoyed seeing the buildings and business that hadn't been there the last time they had visited. New York had grown considerably since the last time three of them had been, which was over a hundred years ago and was even more crowded than it had been back then.
"Well, Randall was right when he said you won't have to find her she'll find you," Emily said in a soft voice. "I just wonder how she did it."
"I'm sure we'll find out," JJ said, as he watched the waiter escort a woman with long blonde hair and who was considerably bustier then her or Emily. She wasn't fat or anything she was just shaped differently, probably bigger boned was all, JJ decided, as Penelope got closer. No, Penelope's weight fit her frame, as there didn't appear to be any extra fat on her body at all, so no, not fat.
"Here you are, Ms. Garcia," the waiter said courteously.
"Thank you," Penelope told the waiter with a beaming smile.
"Yes, thank you," Dave said subtly passing the waiter 50 bucks.
"Thank you sir," the waiter bowed, subtly slipping the 50 into his pocket before departing.
"Why don't you sit down?" Dave suggested.
"Thank you," Penelope told Dave politely.
"Now is time for more formal introductions," Dave said, joy sparkling in his eyes, as he immediately felt the connection that he had with this Penelope Garcia, just as he knew JJ and Emily did, through their connection to him. "As I'm sure you know I'm David Rossi, but you can call me Dave and these are my mates Emily Prentiss and Jennifer Jareau, but she prefers JJ."
"Penelope Garcia," Penelope said, "but you can call me Penny."
"It's very nice to meet you, Penelope," Dave said, thinking it was a lovely name.
"Yes, it is," JJ said, as she shook Penelope's hand and Emily did the same.
"A pleasure," said Emily meaning it.
"Why don't I order you some dinner and you can tell us about yourself," Dave suggested. "That is if you haven't eaten."
"No, I haven't," Penelope said, not admitting that she had been too nervous about meeting her mate to eat.
"Order anything you want," Dave told her sincerely. "The three of us have been waiting a long time to finally meet you."
"After you eat we can talk," Emily said.
"Sounds just fine," Penelope agreed easily.
She had known for six months about Dave, Jennifer and Emily, even though she hadn't known their names. She had been led here, by her visions. Oh, she wasn't a true seer, not really, someone who saw visions on a regular basis, but she did have the gene for it due to her mother through her grandfather on that side of the family.
Her mother hadn't inherited the gift, but since she did carry the gene for it had passed it on to her. She had been getting feelings for years that her destiny was going to be very special indeed, so she had been waiting as patiently as she could as she lived her life. Finally about six months ago she knew it was finally time when she started getting visions of these three.
Normally, she didn't get visions just feelings, feeling she always listened to because they had led her away from getting involved with dangerous characters, like a man who would abuse her for instance. She had always listened to her finely tuned intuition, but she had never expected to start getting visions like her grandfather, as being able to see the future happened by the time you were 11 or 12 and hit puberty.
She supposed it could be said that she had just a bit of the sight, just not a full blown talent. Really, she only had enough to read people and their intentions more accurately then even truth testing could do. She had known that her ancestors were sending her the visions, letting her know where she was to meet this man known as David Rossi and the two women, she now knew were Emily and JJ and that she would be incredibly happy with the three of them, as the visions had told her that much.
Since she had been seeking happiness, since she was a teenager she planned on grasping this opportunity with both hands and she knew she would be treated like a queen as her foresight had indicated as much and it was never wrong. People might ask why she believed in such strange things like ghost and ghouls and she would answer that she was just opened to supernatural things being real.
The real answer though was the fact that her family from her mother's side had had the sight for centuries and that left you open to believe in things that most people would scoff at. Most people couldn't see ghosts, but she could, due to her partial talent. She had never revealed these things to another living soul, well, except her parents, as most anybody else would have considered her delusional at the very least, but she knew she could be totally honest with these three, because while they were human they weren't mortal.
This was something she had come to understand from her visions, but considering her ability to read auras it had confirmed what she already knew as they were much too bright and radiated out several inches from their bodies. Human auras tended to be darker and dimmer, and also various colors to indicate their life experiences and what kind of person they were. That's what her grandfather had told her and she had since proven what he had told her as a teenager was true. Penelope had no trouble remembering what her grandfather had said when she had only been 15, as she used it everyday to read the people she worked with.
Red was the color of fire and blood, so it was associated with energy, war, danger, strength, power, determination as well as passion, desire, and love. It was a very emotionally intense color, as it also enhanced human metabolism, increased respiration rate, and raised blood pressure. Light red represented joy, passion, sensitivity, and love. Pink signified romance, love, and friendship. It denoted feminine qualities and passiveness. Dark red was associated with vigor, willpower, rage, anger, leadership, courage, longing, malice, and wrath. Brown suggested stability and denoted masculine qualities. Reddish-brown was associated with the harvest and the fall.
Orange was associated with joy, sunshine, and the tropics. It represented enthusiasm, fascination, happiness, creativity, determination, attraction, success, encouragement, and stimulation. Dark orange meant deceit and distrust. Red-orange corresponded to desire, passion, pleasure, domination, aggression, and thirst for action. Gold evoked the feeling of prestige and meant illumination, wisdom, and wealth. Gold symbolized high quality.
Yellow was the color of sunshine and was associated with joy, happiness, intellect, and energy. It produced a warming effect, aroused cheerfulness, stimulated mental activity, and generated muscle energy. Dull or dingy yellow represented caution, decay, sickness, and jealousy. Light yellow was associated with intellect, freshness, and joy.
Green was the color of nature and it symbolized growth, harmony, freshness, and fertility. Dark green was associated with ambition, greed, and jealousy. Yellow-green could indicate sickness, cowardice, discord, and jealousy. Aqua was associated with emotional healing and protection. Olive green was the traditional color of peace.
Blue was the color of the sky and the sea and was often associated with depth and stability. It symbolized trust, loyalty, wisdom, confidence, intelligence, faith, truth, and heaven. Light blue was associated with health, healing, tranquility, understanding, and softness. Dark blue represented knowledge, power, integrity, and seriousness.
Purple was associated with royalty. It symbolized power, nobility, luxury, and ambition. It conveyed wealth and extravagance. Purple was associated with wisdom, dignity, independence, creativity, mystery, and magic. Light purple evoked romantic and nostalgic feelings. Dark purple evoked gloom and sad feelings and could cause frustration.
White was associated with light, goodness, innocence, and purity. It was considered to be the color of perfection and meant safety, purity, and cleanliness. As opposed to black, white usually had a positive connotation and could also represent a successful beginning.
Black was associated with power, elegance, formality, death, evil, and mystery and was a mysterious color associated with fear and the unknown like black holes. It usually had a negative connotation such as sayings blacklist, black humor, black death. Black denoted strength and authority; it was considered to be a very formal, elegant, and prestigious color.
Penelope knew that these three were good people because while there was a little black in their auras, there wasn't very much. Dave had a lot of dark red, which meant he was passionate, had a lot of courage, strength and power and probably vigor, but also likely knew how to love and treat a lady right.
There was also a little bit of pink, which meant he was very likely a romantic soul and knew how to truly love someone. He also had quite a bit of blue in his aura which meant he had true depth and wasn't shallow in his personality like so many men and woman were. Also she saw Dave as stable, trusting, that he had integrity and was loyal to a fault to those he loved.
She had no doubt that he had wisdom, confidence to spare, intelligence and knowledge and would always be truthful with her, JJ and Emily, even if he could likely still lie with the best of them when necessary. There was also a lot of white, which told Penelope that he was a good person particularly when combined with the dark blue.
Both Emily and JJ had all the colors she had noticed in Dave's aura, but in smaller quantities for the most part. JJ's had a lot of olive green which me she was the peacemaker of the three, although Penelope didn't doubt that she could be confrontational if the situation called for it. As for Emily she had a lot of red-orange in her aura, which meant desire, passion, pleasure, domination, aggression, and thirst for action. There was also a lot of purple, which signified wisdom dignity, independence, creativity, mystery, and magic.
She was less nervous now that she had gotten a solid read on their auras and she knew that she was definitely a lucky lady.
Penelope ordered her dinner and then once the waiter was gone, she said, "Why don't you go ahead and ask me a few questions as I know you're curious. Dinner's not going to be here for a few minutes anyway."
Dave, JJ and Emily looked at each other and then JJ asked, "How did you find us? Or better yet how did you even know about us?"
"Well," Penelope explained sipping the drink she had ordered. "The sight runs in my family, but my mother didn't inherit the gift from my grandfather. However, I do carry the gene for it due to my mother. I'll never be a full seer, as I've never had visions at least not until six months ago. I can however, read your auras and the various colors associated with them tells me a lot about you just from sitting here. I, also a lot of times get a very strong gut feeling about people, which I suppose is part of the gift."
"Alright, we accept that," Dave said finally. "We do believe in seers unlike most people today."
"That was how we knew you were in New York," JJ added, "though Emily figured we'd have a hard time finding you considering that there are over 36 million people in this city."
"Randall who is the seer we went to, told us that we wouldn't have to find you that you find us," Dave added grinning
"Which proved true," Emily said, smiling.
"I knew where my destiny lay," Penelope said simply.
"Alright, you said earlier that you never had visions until six months ago, why the sudden change?" as JJ genuinely interested.
"Well, normally, if someone is going to be a seer the talent wakes up in puberty, you know 11 or 12, or sometimes 13. For a woman that's usually when her menstrual cycle starts, which starts people changing from kids into teenagers. That never happened to me and I'm kind of glad about it, because I've heard having visions, even if it's only every once in awhile can be a pain. In any case, I started having vision and they were always centered around the three of you and also myself. That had never happened to me before then, but it didn't take me long to figure out that my ancestors were likely sending me visions of the future, so I would know about it and accept it when it happened," Penelope explained.
"Alright, the obvious question is, how can you accept so easily the fact that we are not exactly mortal?" Dave asked finally.
"Well, being a seer or at least having seers in your family opens you up to believing in things that others would call you delusional or insane for," Penelope explained honestly. "I believe in a lot of things that other people think are just fantasies from somebody else's imagination. So realizing that you were Immortal, wasn't as hard for me to believe as it would be for other people. I've learned to keep my opinions to myself, so I don't get teased or scoffed at and I do have a rather unique personality according to some people anyway."
"Does that mean you're going to accept eternity with the three of us?" Dave asked. "You don't have to make a decision right now if you don't want to though. It certainly took JJ awhile to really believe what we were telling her and I subtly courted her first."
"Yes, he did," JJ laughed easily, kissing Dave's cheek. "I tried to prevent myself from falling in love with him, because it was obvious that he and Emily were together, as Emily was pregnant at the time."
"We could understand her reservations," Emily said quietly. "Threesomes were not exactly normal back in the 22nd century, you know?"
"They are not exactly normal now either," JJ told Penelope who nodded.
"Yes, I am aware," Penelope told me. "As I said I can read aura and what I see tells me that you are good people with true deep depths to your personalities, which I know comes from your life experiences."
"We could date for awhile, just like I did with JJ, as she had to get used to the idea of a threesome," Dave explained.
"Me and JJ are just the best of friends, sisters really, but there's nothing sexual between us," Emily promised Penelope.
"To me, sex was a private thing and I wasn't sure I could ever do it with anyone watching, much less participating," JJ said, smiling as she remembered. "It took months of us being together to work up to having Emily in the room when Dave and I were going at it and I always left the room when they were having sex. Oh, we slept together and everything, but that's as far as it went for months. That was how I had been raised and it took me awhile to see how they interacted with each other as well as me before I agreed to give it a try. After that though, I've never looked back."
"Well, I'm not going to have that problem," Penelope promised. "I've always been the adventurous sort and I have participated in threesomes several times. I have no problem with showing my assets to others."
"Good," Dave said smiling happily. It was obvious he was extremely pleased at how this first meeting was going.
Penelope ate her dinner while the other three had dessert, but soon they were ready to leave.
"If you're ready, we can take you back to the place we bought just a few days ago, as we've only been here about a week," Dave offered. "It has an extra bedroom you can use if you're not ready to take that final step or we can just take you back to your car and you can go home."
"I'll come with you," Penelope agreed without hesitation. "I'm ready to take that step now and have been for months."
Dave smile beamed at her and Emily and JJ also looked very pleased.
"Good," Dave said his voice incredibly soft and tender on that one word, causing Penelope to shiver in delight at the love and lust in Dave's voice.
Dave gestured to their waiter and asked for the check quietly.
"I can't wait to get you to our home," Dave told her. "I have been waiting a long time to find all three of my mates and that has finally happened. I will love you forever, just as I will Emily and Jennifer."
"I already know you will," Penelope promised him with a tender look in her brown eyes. She was already so in love with this man, and had been for several months, about three months after the visions started actually. She loved JJ and Emily to just not in a sexual or romantic way, but she was looking forward to having two sisters for eternity.
"Well, let's get home," Dave said quietly smiling. "We can take your car and Emily and JJ can drive the other one."
~~~Dave, Emily, JJ, Penelope~~~
