Now it's time fir Elena to turn one! Sorry for the time skip but I did have her birthday planned next. Nothing really actiony going on.
Also, i am posting this chapter early because it the anniversary of Hazbin! It makes me happy to be part of this fandom and for it to get me back into my creative writing again after a long while. Plus writing the longest story i have ever written in my life. Lol.
So i hope you enjoy this chapter :3
Happy one year anniversary to Hazbin Hotel!
Ch 72: One Year Old
(Heart's POV)
After four months it was coming up soon to Elena's first birthday.
During the time before, we went through the extermination. It was the baby's first and she honestly didn't seem to enjoy it. I tried to keep her as distracted as possible if I could through the time. She slept a little bit at least but it wasn't easy. Made me glad the room was soundproof because she cried a lot. I had to keep her calm, Alastor did the best as well by reading to her and that seemed to help. Even so, we all didn't get much sleep except for Rufio.
After the extermination was over, I felt that the girl slept a lot more the day after. It was probably hard on her. It was a very different day and very stressful. So I didn't blame her for wanting to sleep a little more. I know I certainly slept in a little the next day myself from being up a lot with her.
After that day, at least things went back to normal. I was glad I didn't have to explain anything to the young girl just yet about the day we always feared. The only day we could ever die, and I think that shocked us all. She didn't have to worry yet about the extermination. Either way we would make sure she would be protected. There was no way the girl would be out of my site during that day.
Our two-year wedding anniversary also came up. We didn't do anything like we did last year. Although we did stay home and Alastor made a very nice dinner for us. It was a nice day where we both stayed home and just spent time together and spent time with Elena. Just some needed family time and it was a nice change of pace.
Plus we got to practice with her trying to say more words. She finally started to say mommy now which I was happy about. She even got a little further saying Rufio, it was now Rufo. Close enough. That and she was learning things with her hands and trying to communicate better with us. I was trying to teach her some things so that she could tell us what she needed. She could do it most of the time, but she just liked to point.
As for her walking, she had attempted to try, but she didn't get far. She was able to stand on her own, but she couldn't find her balance when she started to walk. So most of the time the girl fell back onto her behind. She was slowly getting there though. I feel it wouldn't be long though.
She was learning to hold a spoon and tried to feed herself. Some days that was very messy and most of the time she needed to be washed after. I was glad to see that she was learning things like that. She was getting better with playing games and enjoys when one of Alastor's little shadow's plays with her. Of course she always wanted her stuffed deer and she played with him. The poor guy already had to get washed from being dirty and she drags him on the floor with her.
Since Elena was getting closer to being a year old, she was learning things and her personality was coming out a little more. She was also starting to show her likes and dislikes of things. Especially food and some Alastor was not too pleased with and most of the time tried to make her eat it, but that never ended well. Most of the time it ended up on him and it would make me laugh.
Plus she could understand simple commands from things we said. She would come when we asked her to. She knew her name by now at least. She still had to learn the meaning of the word 'No' though. She would always get our attention by saying babbled words or words close to something. Elena just wanted our attention. One day she even threw a toy at my head. That really hurt.
The baby would even copy some things we did. Like one day I found her sitting on the kitchen floor, looking up at Alastor as he stirred stuff in a pot. She was imitating him stirring everything around and it was honestly so cute to see.
When we went out, she seemed a little shy. She also didn't like to sleep alone most nights. Even with Rufio there in the room with her, she still wanted us either way. In the end, most of those nights ended up with Elena sleeping in between us in bed. That didn't sit well with Alastor, but I told him a few times won't hurt her. She was still young, and she was starting to get afraid of things.
I wanted to believe she was afraid of the dark. I got her a night light for her room and she seemed to be ok with it once I put it in. That seemed to be a normal kid thing, being afraid of the dark. I don't blame her, I used to be afraid to.
She still didn't get out of her tail grabbing faze and unfortunately for Alastor, she had finally found his. He couldn't get away and most days he just sat on the floor and gave up, letting the baby play with his fluffy tail that she could easily grip onto.
Elena had a toy that played music and she always liked it; she would get so excited playing with it. She claps and even try to do a dance of some kind when she sat down. It was honestly the cutest thing. She was also learning to push things around, like a little horse with wheels that she had. She would put it and watch it go speeding down the hallway. She liked to play with bouncy balls, that got a laugh out of her a lot.
We started to drink formula now. Mainly because my milk isn't enough for her anymore and she needed a lot more. I eventually stopped giving it to her all together, but unfortunately that didn't stop Alastor from making my body think it still needed to make it. He was devilish with that. Either way, she was starting to hold bottles on her own as well as trying to teach her to drink from sippy cups.
Elena even helped me when I dressed her now and then. She would put her arms up for me when I put something on her. Sometimes she didn't want what I was going to put on. She was already telling us what to put on her. So picky I tell you. The one thing she liked to wear was a pair of overalls and she grew out of those fast.
My baby was growing up to fast and it was so exciting and sad to see.
Kota and Lizzy were happily settled into their new home and they honestly loved it so much. Lizzy says that she still loves Kota and that his appearance didn't make a difference. She still hadn't accepted his proposal yet, but I felt that in time she will. It was a big step for her. Something she never thought about having. It was a big decision and she just needed to think. I just hope she doesn't leave the poor man hanging forever.
Russ and Angel were all settled as well. I was glad that the two had been ok in the house so far. It was just big enough for them. I am sure they also enjoyed the new freedom they had as well. It's not like there were any neighbors close by. Angel still came to the hotel, mainly to help, but he honestly didn't seem like he wanted to be redeemed anymore because he wanted to stay with Russ. Even so, he still went to go help Charlie and that just showed enough that he did still care for everyone in some way.
As for the moment, I was planning on hosting Elena's first birthday. Alastor didn't want the party at the house, which was understandable. He didn't like a lot of people over the house, so I decided to plan for it to be at the hotel.
It was three days away and I was going over stuff with Charlie. We didn't want her first birthday to be big, but I at least wanted it to be special. Just having close friends invited and a handful of hotel guests I trusted. I was honestly excited to have my baby turn one. Not only was I excited but Dr. Talon was happy about it as well. I knew why Elena was something great and a miracle down here in general. It makes me happy that she made it as long as she did.
Speaking of the scientist, he was doing great as well. No one else was part of his experiment yet only because the King asked him not to. He wanted to just monitor Elena for the time being before he gave a green light before having others added to the project. There was a process that the king would have people go through beforehand and Dr. Talon was ok with these rules. To me it at least seemed fair. At least for the time being the scientist was focusing on another part of the serum as for who his test subject was; he just focused on some animals for the time being. Rats or mice that liked to hang around the hotel. I was hoping that he would be successful soon in this new step.
Going back to the task at hand, Charlie and I went over the last few things. Just to keep the stuff organized, the princess put the papers in a folder and put them inside a drawer of her desk.
"Thank you so much for going over the last-minute stuff Charlie. I appreciate it." I thanked her.
"No problem. I was happy to help. Have you got anyone that has RSVP'd yet?" Charlie wondered.
We had made invitations and I went around handing them out to the respective recipients.
"Oh yes I got a few. Was happy to see that some of my coworkers wanted to come and a few friends." I informed her.
"Oh that's wonderful." The princess said as she clapped her hands together. "I'm glad to hear. I'm sure Elena's first birthday will be successful."
"Let's just keep our fingers crossed." I said with a chuckle.
Charlie nodded, "This will be good. Plus we made sure not many would be there like you asked. So it will be ok."
I gave her a thumbs up. "Sounds good." I stood up from the chair. "I'm going to be heading home now ok. Everything is done for today. Plus I need to get my child from Nifty and Dr. Talon. I'm sure she is driving them crazy." I said that last part with a laugh.
The demon princess also laughed. "Oh I'm sure they are fine. Go ahead though. I'll see you later."
I nodded and stood up from the chair in front of the desk. "Later Charlie and thanks again."
I headed out of the girl's office and down the hall back to the lobby. When I got there, I headed up the stairs and into the elevator. I stepped inside and headed upstairs. While I was with Charlie, I had the two watch over the girl so that she wouldn't be a distraction. That way we could focus and get it all situated.
When the elevator stopped, I stepped out to see the blocked off hallway as Dr. Talon was busy writing stuff on a clipboard and sitting down in a chair as Elena played with her stuffed deer on the floor. When the elevator sounded, he looked up to me and smiled.
"Hello Heart, good to see you." The wolf scientist said as he stood up.
"Hey Doc, how was the pup for you?" I asked him as I watched her play on the floor, lost in her own world.
"She was fine. Quiet as we played with her stuffed animal." Dr. Talon told me.
"Get any more words out of her?" I wondered as I looked back up to him.
The wolf demon shook his head, "Not really. I see her talking to herself though, but it's all babbling."
I chuckled, "Right, but at least she can get some words though. Has she tried to walk at all?"
"Oh yes she did but She kept falling. She is so close I think."
"That's wonderful." I said with a big smile and a wag of my tail. "I'll probably try more with her later."
Soon the girl stopped playing and looked over to see us. She smiled and cheered as she spotted me.
"Mommy!" The girl said as she clapped and held arms out to me.
That made me chuckle and I crossed the baby gate and walked over to the girl and picked her up. "There's my girl." I nuzzled my nose into her cheek, and she laughed. "Were you good for Dr. Talon."
Elena pointed to the wolf demon.
"Yes, Dr. Talon. Can you say his name? Can you say Talon?" I encouraged her.
"Pa." The girl said.
Dr. Talon turned to us and walked back over to stand beside me. He had his ears back in confusion. The girl seemed to be trying to say something different. As to what I wasn't sure.
"No Elena. Try again." I said to her.
"Pap pap." Elena cheered as she reached her arms out to Dr. Talon.
My ears went up fully in surprise. I was not expecting that to come out of the girl. I looked to Dr. Talon and I saw a look of pure shock on his face. He obviously wasn't expecting that either.
"Elena sweetie, Dr. Talon isn't-" I started.
"No Heart. Its' ok." The wolf interrupted.
I looked over at the scientist as he just had this wide smile on his muzzle. His tail was wagging, and I saw the look in his eye. They just seemed to light up. Something must have sparked in him and it must have been a good thing.
"You sure Doc? She is still a baby so we can teach her not to call you that." I told him to be sure.
"Yes I know, but I promise you, I don't mind." He then gave a chuckle. "I might as well be a figure as such. Even though I am your friend, Heart, I feel that I could have been a father figure. I did walk you down the aisle after all."
I looked at him and just had a small smile on my face with a blush. "Well, I guess that's a point. I will agree. You've probably been more supportive of me then my father ever would have been."
"All in all, I don't mind her finding me as a grandfather figure. She does see me a lot either way so I can understand. As to where she learned it, I will not know, but she is a smart kid after all." He told me.
Dr. Talon reached his arms out and took the girl from me a moment. She happily hugged him around his fluffy neck as he hugged her back. I was surprised the wolf demon was ok with this, then again, he always wanted kids of his own when he was with his wife. This was probably as close as he was going to get. So I wasn't going to go and rip that chance away from him.
"Ok doc, if you say it is ok then I won't change a thing." I announced.
The wolf demon looked up at me, "Thank you." He whispered, looking like he was about to cry.
Elena took the wolf demon's muzzle and her hands and then planted a kiss on his nose. Dr. Talon's ears went to the side in content as his face softened. He nuzzled into the girl's face which made her laugh.
Eventually we got the baby to let go of the wolf scientist and we were able to say our goodbyes to leave. She wasn't happy to be leaving but once we got back into the car, she was perfectly fine. Alastor was still at the station for a little bit longer today. So I turned the radio on in the car and it was already on his channel, so I left it on as a song was busy playing. Alastor always enjoyed jazz so he played it a lot.
As I drove back home, I heard the girl in the back cheer slightly when she heard Alastor start to talk on the radio. Her car seat was still facing the back of the car for her safety so I couldn't see her expressions. The girl just says 'Daddy' repeatedly and I watched her clap her hands together.
I gave a chuckle from her. "Yes that's daddy. You're so energetic today. You should stop hanging out around Nifty."
Eventually we got back home, and I got the girl out of the car seat and we headed inside. I left Rufio home today and he was excited to see us return. I greeted the hound and managed to get the girl situated in the living room, setting the girl down in her little safe area. I turned on the radio that was in there and listened to Alastor as he did the last bit of his show today.
Leaving Elena with Rufio I decided to start dinner, it was my turn today since Alastor was doing an afternoon show. The baby was usually satisfied with listening to Alastor on the radio so I knew she would be ok and Rufio would bark to alarm me.
After I put some water in a pot and onto the stove, I looked to check on Elena and she was standing up and holding onto the edge of the play gate that was set up around her. She just looked at the radio in the room and smiled as she heard Alastor's voice coming through it. I smiled at her and went back to cut up something.
Before I knew it, an hour had passed and Alastor's show was over, I knew because Elena would start crying afterwards. I let her cry it out though, as hard as that was. Plus Alastor would be home soon so she wouldn't be crying long.
Dinner was almost done when I heard the door open and close. I knew it was Alastor plus I heard Elena cheer as she saw her dad walk into the house.
"Ah there is my little light! Always so happy to see me!" I heard him exclaim with excitement.
I left the stove on low a moment as I walked over to greet Alastor. He was already by Elena who held her arms out to him. He picked her up and held her as she wrapped her arms around him.
My eyes softened at the sight. "I think we missed you." I said to make my presence known.
"Always my dear. Don't tell me that you don't miss me as well." Alastor said jokingly.
I chuckled. "No, Al, I missed you. I always miss you." I walked up to the deer demon and wrapped my arms around him from the side, so I didn't disturb the baby hugging him around his neck.
"So how did the things go at the hotel today?" He asked me as he let go of me slightly.
Looking up I told him, "All went well. Charlie and I even got the rest of her birthday stuff planned out."
"Oh that's splendid darling! I'm glad to hear. The fawn is going to have such fun and I know it." Alastor smiled as he rubbed my back slightly.
The girl around his neck laughed as Alastor had to fix her in his arm.
I laughed as well. "Oh I hope so, but I'm sure it will be fun."
Alastor leaned down to kiss the tip of my ear. "If you and Charlie planned it. I have no doubt that it will be wonderful."
That evening we went on with dinner, I told Alastor how Elena started calling Dr. Talon 'Pappap.' The deer demon was surprised but when I told him that the wolf demon was ok with it then Alastor seemed to be alright with that. We'd let the girl keep calling the scientist that as long as he was ok with that.
We finished eating, cleaned up and tied to get the girl ready for bed. When she was soon asleep me and Alastor spent some time together before we ourselves headed off to bed.
[Three Days Later]
The morning of Elena's party had me excited. It wasn't my birthday, but it was hers and that made me so happy. It was a major milestone in my eyes. Plus she was just growing up to fast and it make me sad and happy at the same time. Was amazing how fast a year could go. I was just glad that nothing had happened during that year.
Besides her getting sick now and then, that always made me worried. She always got better though. Other than that, no big fighting happened. No big overlord to cause trouble. That or old flames that would want to cause a ruckus either. Calm. Just how I liked it. Plus with Alastor at the Radio Station now I didn't have to worry.
I got up when Elena got up for that day. Her party wasn't until a little later, so I just enjoyed the morning with her.
I walked into her bedroom to see her standing up in her crib. She saw me and sounded excited as she jumped a little. "Mommy!" She smiled, showing off some of her new teeth that had recently grown in.
"Morning little pup." I greeted her as I walked over and picked her up. "Whose birthday is today huh?" I said as I kissed her cheek.
All Elena did was laugh. Such a happy girl she was this morning. We must have slept well then. I decided to get her changed and into something comfortable for now. I would change her into something else before heading to her party.
I took her out of her room and into the kitchen. I decided to make breakfast. I knew the girl would be ok with pancakes, so I made those. Plus some little ones her tiny hands could handle. I made sure they were cooled off a little before handing them to her. As I was in the middle of making some for myself, I heard Alastor come downstairs.
That got Elena's attention as well, "Dad!" She said as he walked into the room.
Alastor smiled and went over to her first. "Looks like the little fawn is having some fun already." He placed a kiss on her forehead and that made her chuckle.
"We are." I said as I turned back to my pan. "I figured we could have something different for breakfast today."
I then felt Alastor was behind me and he wrapped his arms around my waist. "She's just like you. Even for the love of pancakes."
I giggled from that. "Can't help that they taste so good."
Alastor chuckled and leaned over to kiss my cheek.
We spent the rest of the morning eating our pancakes and then playing in our room for a little while. When it was close to having to leave to set up for the party, I got the girl ready. I told Charlie I would come a little early to help her set stuff up. I dressed Elena in a little red dress with some black polka dots on the top half of the dress. Then put a cute little bow in her hair. I made sure we had everything we needed in her bag. Then got Rufio ready and we headed out to the car to drive to the hotel.
When we got there, I had Alastor watch over the girl in the lobby while I went to help Charlie. He was ok with this and even was ok with Rufio there. So I went to the one meeting room and walked into see Charlie putting up some streamers with Vaggie blowing up some balloons.
"Hey, sorry I'm late. It's hard to get everyone out of the house on time." I apologized.
"No worries, Heart. We have it all covered." Charlie said with a smile.
"Well, what do you still need help with?" I asked.
Charlie then pointed to the table on the far side of the room. "The table still needs set up for the gifts and stuff."
"Ok. Did you guys get the cake?" I wondered.
"Yes, it's in the fridge at the moment so it stays ok. Didn't want the icing melting or anything." Vaggie answered me.
"Awesome. You guys are great." I smiled as I headed to the one table to get it all set up.
After about another hour of work we finally got the room all set up and people were hopefully arriving soon. I went to go check on Alastor who had now went to the fireplace of the lobby and was busy showing her a book to keep her occupied. It was a cute book that she liked about a Fox and a Chipmunk being friends. She liked to look at the pictures.
I walked up besides the couch. "Well we are already in there"
"Ah wonderful. I'm sure it looks amazing dear." Alastor said as he looked over to me.
Smiling with a nod, I asked. "Anyone shown up yet?"
"No one yet unfortunately." He told me.
"That's ok, people will know where to go. How about we take her in and see what she thinks?"
Alastor chuckled, "I don't think she will think anything dear, but we'll see."
All I did was roll my eyes and Alastor stood up with the kid in his arms. We walked down the hall and went down to the room. We entered the room and Elena just looked around the room in awe. She must have liked it a bit.
Elena wanted out of Alastor's arms, so he put her down but held onto her hands. With him holding her hands she was able to walk around the area a little. She cheered and was then excited when she saw Charlie.
Charlie kneeled in front of the girl and held her arms out.
"Hey there birthday girl." Charlie greeted. "Come over here."
Elena tried to walk faster over to Charlie, but she felt onto her knees a moment but Alastor helped her back up. I was off to the side watching and it was so cute to see. Plus to see the girl so excited to see the princess. Soon the baby's hands slip out of Alastor's hands. He tried to grab them back, but she managed to keep her balance and walk the last few steps on her own over to Charlie.
The princess was surprised but still managed to grab the girl in her arms. "Oh my goodness. Did she just walk on her own!?" Charlie wondered as she stood up with the girl in her arms.
"I...I think so." I answered out of shock still.
"I believe she did darling. Although I will apologize for her slipping through my fingers." Alastor said.
"Don't worry about its Al. She just took her first steps by herself!" I said with excitement as I walked up to Charlie. "I'm so excited. This day just got better."
Elena just smiled and clapped her hands while Charlie held her, probably unsure of the accomplishment she just did.
"My girl is getting too big." I cooed as I pinched Elena's cheek. "I'm so proud of you."
After a few more minutes guests started to arrive at the party area, and it was nice to see everyone arrive and come for Elena's sake. Although some are people, she hasn't seen at all, so she was very shy with them. Sometimes it was a hit or miss when it came to meeting new people with her. She instantly loved Chicka but was a little afraid of my friends that showed up. She was used to Victoria since she was always talking to her before and after our project lessons started. She warmed up to Vegas eventually.
Soon everyone had arrived, and the party was in swing. People were around and talking to each other. There was a pile of presents on the table. I had Rufio at the front of the room to watch over everyone and he stayed like a good boy. Alastor was by me as we talked to everyone. I had Elena and I was trying to get her to walk again but I guess we didn't have the motivation again to do it.
Charlie and Vaggie were getting the food ready with help from Nifty. Soon that was out and on the one table, so everyone started to eat. Angel also showed up with Russ eventually and gave an extra hand. When I talked to Angel, I asked how it was living with Russ and he said that it was enjoyable. Saying it was nice to live in a house for once and not an apartment. Although he did miss the hotel a lot, but he came by at least every day for Charlie's sake. I was happy to hear the spider demon was doing better.
Lizzy and Kota showed up as well. Although Kota had a hard time getting into the room, he managed to fit, and I was glad to see them. Elena was happy to see them as well. At the sight of Lizzy I tried to get the girl to walk again and to my surprise she took a few steps towards her before she fell onto her butt. Lizzy was happy to see that she was starting to walk. I know I was just as excited to see her do it again.
We tried to not have this party be big and I'm glad of that, it was only the important people that mattered. I could tell Elena was enjoying herself, she was shy with the new people, but she warmed up to them.
Soon Charlie brought out the cake and it was so cute with the pink and red flowers on it. The words were written in pink, 'Happy 1st Birthday' and it was adorable. As I remembered the birthday kid got a smash cake for their first birthday. It was just a small round cake like the bigger one and it just had the number one on it.
I didn't want Elena to ruin her dress, so I took her off to the side and changed her into something else I had in her bag that I didn't mind her getting dirty. Once she was changed, I took her to the highchair that was at the front of the room. Once I sat her down, she didn't want to sit in there, but we managed to get her to sit once Rufio sat by her chair.
We decided to sing happy birthday to her and as she looked around the room at us all she just smiled and clapped her hands as well. Once we were done singing, I sat the smash cake in front of the girl. She wasn't sure what it was, but she stuck her finger in it. I think she liked the feeling of it because she started to get both her hands into the cake. She realized that she could eat it too and started to put some in her mouth as well. Eventually the girl's face was covered in icing and cake as well as the shirt I put on her. It's a good thing I decided to change her clothes.
Nifty went and cut the main cake, and everyone had a piece that wanted one. I know I certainly loved the cake. It tasted so good and it was nice and moist. Everyone went back to talking and some just wanted to watch Elena as she tore apart the cake and ate some of it. Of course with Rufio right there he was able to get a few pieces that would fall.
Elena soon was done with the cake and I took her out of the highchair and tried to clean her of the icing. She didn't want me to, but I tried my best to clean her off. Once I thought she was good enough I took of the onesie I put on her and put her back in her dress.
The girl found the table with her presents on it and managed to stand by the table and tried to pull a present down.
I caught her just in time. "No no, sweetie. Don't pull everything down. We can open your presents now if you want."
Elena just whined and looked to me while pointing up at the table.
She wanted to open her presents, so I decided to take a chair and sit down with her on my lap. "There we go. Now we can open the presents. Mommy will help you."
The birthday girl just clapped and tried to reach for the table again.
With help from Alastor, he handed me the presents and Elena wanted to get into them.
The first one she opened was from Charlie, it was a cute little electric kid drawing pad. I was interested to see what was going to be on this. Elena already wanted to play with it, but I managed to pull it away from her and give her another present.
Next was one from Vaggie and it was a cute little musical toy that looked like drums and you hit the top of them to make music. As well as little other buttons that were on the toy.
We opened a toy from Chicka next, and it was a cute little pull along animal, it was in the shape of a crocodile. When you pulled it, it makes a cute clicking noise and it wiggled as it went. The girl that was still trying to walk wanted to try it out, but we wouldn't get very far.
The gifts from both Dr. Talon and Nifty were a handful of books and big puzzles that had animals on it. There were also a few stacking toys as well. It was all part of learning.
After getting through all her toys there was the last one that was from me and Alastor. We got her a few things. One was a table that had many activities on it, and she could do lots of learning puzzles and other things. Alastor also got her a little toy piano which she automatically wanted to start playing with. We also got her a little red wagon that she could play with. I'm sure she would find something to put in it and drag around the house. She was liking all her gifts and I didn't want to put them down.
Soon the party was starting to die down and everyone that came to the hotel had to leave. The ones that stayed behind started to help break down and clean up the space. Charlie and the rest of us were happy the others wanted to help.
"I have a feeling she is going to crash as we go home." Alastor told me as he stood next to me, watching Elena play with her toys.
"Oh I have no doubt. She didn't take a nap today either. She'll be out like a light tonight." I said with a small chuckle. "I'm glad that it seemed she had fun at least."
"Of course she did. I wouldn't expect her not to. Everyone that came seemed to enjoy themselves too." Alastor pointed out.
"That makes me happy as well. I'm glad today went well." I smiled.
Elena was busy looking at the pictures in her one book and I saw her give a yawn. That was our hint that we should probably leave soon. I watched her rub her eyes a moment and tried to look down at the book again.
Looking around the room I spotted Charlie as she was wiping off a table. "Charlie, I think we will have to take our leave. Someone is very tired."
Charlie looked up at me and Alastor. "Don't worry about it. If you guys have to go, go ahead. We don't want to keep you here, especially with her. We can finish up."
"Are you sure?" I asked.
"Positive." She answered with a flash of her smile. "You guys go home and get her to bed."
"Thanks Charlie." I gave her a smile in return.
I looked back down to Elena to see her ears had gone down to the side now and she yawned yet again. I walked forward and kneeled by the girl. She looked at me and then reached her hands out to me.
"Mum." She said softly as I could see how tired she was.
I reached down to pick her up, "You're ok birthday girl. You partied too hard. "I chuckled as I gave her a kiss on her head.
She leaned against me and wrapped her arms around my neck. Yep she was tired. Turning to Alastor I nodded towards her new presents. He nodded and snapped his fingers. They all disappeared from the floor and he most likely put them back at home in her room.
We said our last goodbyes to everyone, and we headed out of the hotel and to the car. I put the still tired girl into her car seat and sat in the backseat with her. Rufio sat on the other side. Alastor started up the car and we drove home.
Once we got home Elena was now fully asleep and I managed to get her out of the car and took her to her room. I took the girls dress off and while I was redressing her, she woke back up a moment but once I sat her down in her crib she went right back to sleep. Rufio decided to stay in the room with her and I closed the door slightly, making sure to turn her nightlight on before walking out into the hallway and sitting on the couch.
"What a day." I breathed out.
"It was a very wonderful day if I do say so myself." Alastor said as he sat down next to me with a glass half filled with bourbon.
I sighed. "Al, our daughter is a year old now. That's just so crazy in my eyes. Before I know it, she'll be like five."
"And we'll be by her side the whole way." Alastor took a sip of his drink. "To think she is a true gift in our lives."
I gave a small chuckle as I looked over at him. "I will agree with you on that. After everything that happened. I think we needed her."
Alastor leaned over to place a kiss on my lips quickly. "That's why she is our little light, my wolf."
"I wouldn't want her to be anything else, my buck." I said in return and leaned over to kiss him again. I could now taste his drink slightly on his lips.
Alastor put his glass on the coffee table and he pushed me down to the couch. He laid on top of me slightly as he kissed me. My arms wrapped around his shoulders and my hands tangled in his hair. His hands laid at my sides.
Alastor pulled away a moment, "Ready to have another?"
My face felt hot really fast, "Alastor no! It's to early!"
The deer demon chuckled. "I'm only joking, my love. She is enough."
I rolled my eyes. I grabbed him by the collar of his shirt. "Shut up and kiss me stupid."
Alastor's smile widened. "As you wish. L'amour de ma vie" (Love of my life)
The Radio demon leaned down and kissed me deeply.
Happy first birthday Elena. Such a good girl she is.
