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The Chemistry In Darkness
Chapter Seventy-One
Thursday 27th February 2025
Chloe reluctantly pulled herself away from Aster as she sat up on her elbow to look down at the floor next to the bed, she'd spent the night curled up with Elly, "Elly?"
Having just revealed to Elly that the baby she was carrying was her baby, Chloe anxiously found Elly sprawled on the floor, having fallen off the bed, smacking her head violently against the bedside table on the way down.
"You okay, baby?" Chloe asked in concern.
As she laid on the ground, Elly held the back of her head in her hands, the bump on her head physically there, even though it took a lot for a werewolf to feel any pain. A human would've done enough damage against the bedside table that they might not have survived cracking their head against it as Elly had.
Chloe's use of the word "baby", after telling her about the baby, made Elly smile cautiously, not wanting to believe Chloe just yet because that just wasn't possible that she was the baby's Mum.
"Ow, my head hurts," Elly complained.
"I can't believe you hit your head so hard," Chloe grimaced, "Though I guess I did...take you by surprise..."
Elly eventually got to her feet, her right hand still held to the back of her head and the bump that felt like it was going to be there for days, "Surprise? Chlo, I know how much you never wanted to carry Pierce's baby and as I said, I will love this baby like he or she is my own, but the baby isn't mine, you know that."
"You're the one whom told me werewolves can have werewolf babies," Chloe pointed out, happy enough to remain calm in Elly's disbelief.
Elly scoffed, "Well, yeah but we can't defy the mechanics of creating a baby for two women to...I mean...that's not possible. You are not having a...werewolf baby, Chlo...a baby that will grow up wanting to wear suits everywhere and a painful look on their face courtesy of Pierce but not a...werewolf."
Chloe placed her hand over her belly, glancing back behind her for a moment to see Aster still sleeping despite Elly falling off the bed loudly, "Aster's going to have a baby sister or brother...I think the baby is going to have your eyes...probably your fashion style...no suits or painful looks..."
Feeling the pain in the back of her head subside, Elly shifted her hand to her hip, "Chlo, that's just not possible...you and I can't have...made a baby together."
"We did, Elly, it was magic our night together and now I'm pregnant with our baby," Chloe insisted patiently, then reaching out her hand, "I had a backpack with me...did you see it last night when I...before I passed out from the tiredness...?"
Elly bent down to the ground for a few seconds, picking up the backpack that Chloe had with her and handing it to the blonde whom was still lying on the bed with Aster sleeping soundly next to her, "Here."
Elly resisted the urge to crawl back into the bed with Chloe, even though part of her was screaming to hold Chloe in her arms and not to let her go.
Chloe leant back up on her elbow as she started rifling through her backpack, pulling out the clothes she'd packed.
Suddenly catching the look on Elly's face of slight horror, Chloe glanced at the pile of clothes she'd removed from the bag, then pouted her lips, "It was before 3am when I packed my clothes, the bedroom was dark and I wanted to be gone in less than a minute because I was terrified of waking Pierce and not been able to leave him to come find you and Aster."
Elly couldn't resist smirking at all the mismatched clothes that didn't look like they would ever suit Chloe, "I wasn't going to mention the fact that you look like you're dressed in your pajamas when you turned up here."
Chloe looked down at her t-shirt and trackies, "Yeah…I…am…wearing last night's pajamas still…I'll find some new clothes in here I can wear…who needs colours to match when the only people out here are…a bunch of wolves…? I mean their kinda like your…family…and I'm just an embarrassment meeting them like this…I didn't even think about the fact I was wearing my pajamas when I was at the café last night…"
Elly giggled at the blonde, unable to believe Chloe wanted to meet the other members of her family and was embarrassed about not having the right clothes to meet them in, "You can borrow anything of mine. We'll take you shopping in a day or two, get you off the Island for some time to go get some new clothes," then screwed up her nose as she reached out for a piece of clothing, "You will not be needing these, we are burning these. I'll light the fire myself."
"Sounds good to me," Chloe agreed, shaking her head when Elly flung a pair of Pierce's boxers to the other side of the tent, wondering how she managed to pack something that wasn't even an item of her clothes.
"So, I hope the boxers weren't what you were planning on showing me," Elly pointed out, realizing Chloe had gotten sidetracked, when there was something much more important that she was trying to get to the bottom of, Chloe's belief the baby was hers.
"Oh, right," Chloe suddenly realized what Elly was getting at, as she continued rummaging through her backpack until she pulled out what she was looking for.
Chloe silently passed Elly the photo of their baby's ultrasound. She'd gotten two photos of their baby from her doctor, seemingly wanting as much proof as she could get of how far along her pregnancy was. Having two photos allowed Chloe relief in leaving one of them with Pierce without feeling like he was taking anything more from her than he already had.
Elly stared at the ultrasound, gently taking a few steps back towards the bed to reach out for it and take the image Chloe was holding out to her, "Chlo, your baby is cute but I don't see how this baby can be mine."
"Have a look at the date when our baby was conceived," Chloe quietly replied, then chewing on her lip as Elly's eyes fell to the written info on the edge of the photo, "I swear to you, Elly, I was never with Pierce or anyone else around the time that we were together. I hadn't slept with Pierce for over a month before we did. I swear…this baby is yours. We're having a baby together…I need you to believe me…this baby was made when you and I were together…do you believe me?"
Elly opened and closed her mouth as she continued staring at the date listed on the ultrasound photo, "I believe you weren't with anyone else when we were together, that you haven't been with Pierce at that time either and that this…date matches when you and I spent the afternoon in one another's arms…but…it's just not possible…"
"Isn't that what you said when you were told you're a werewolf? What I first thought when I saw you transform from a dog into your human self?" Chloe argued gently, "What if the impossible is possible?"
Elly's mind was spinning, she so badly wanted it to be true that the baby was hers, but was too afraid of admitting that in case this all turned out to be some elaborate error by the doctor over how far along Chloe's pregnancy was, "I get what you're saying because the supernatural world really does exist and therefore a baby created between a werewolf and her human mate should be possible…but two women…I want to believe it but…I just can't see how it could ever happen."
Chloe reached out for Elly's hand, gently bringing her forward again until she sat on the edge of the bed.
Chloe placed Elly's hand under her t-shirt, on her belly, "Elly, this is our baby. There is no possible way this baby belongs to anyone else except you and I. We made this baby together…with our love and your…wolfy powers of been able to make a werewolf baby…although I'm not sold on the idea of our child growing up and been a werewolf…even though I know you been our baby's Mum means our baby could be a werewolf like you."
Elly felt all her nerves at touching Chloe the way she was, desperately wanting it all to be true.
Chloe reached out her hand, cradling Elly's face, "I know in my heart and every piece of my being that this baby is yours, Elly…but if you need more proof…my doctor did a paternity test against your DNA…we'll know for sure the baby's yours in nine more days…if I can find a way to bring myself to go back to the hospital to get the results."
Elly frowned at Chloe's mention of having her DNA as well as her unsureness over wanting to go back to the hospital but decided to leave it to talk to Chloe about them later, knowing they still had so much to talk about.
Looking deep into Chloe's eyes, finding herself curling back onto the bed next to Chloe, her hand still pressed to Chloe's tummy, Elly conceded, "I think…I believe that you believe something special happened between us that lead to your baby…I just…I dunno how I can be so sure like you are."
"Because you and I belong together. I know this baby is yours and the reason why you and I are gonna spend the rest of our lives together with our baby and Aster," Chloe declared confidently before kissing Elly softly.
Elly smiled at Chloe's confidence, knowing deep down it was their mate bond that Chloe still didn't yet know about, but prayed it was because of their baby that Chloe felt so sure of, "Well, I sure believe you and I belong together and will spend the rest of our lives together with Aster and this baby…I just don't know if I can believe this really is my baby."
"You, the werewolf, living with a pack of wolves and your daughter, whom might one day grow up to be a wolf like you, can't quite believe that this baby I'm carrying is hers?" Chloe replied simply, "C'mon, Elly, believe it in your heart like I do…this baby is yours. Take a chance in knowing we made this baby together and this baby has brought me back to you, where I belong…even though I should've been here all along."
Elly began stroking her fingers gently across Chloe's tummy, beginning to feel the connection between them, decided she needed to take a chance for Chloe, knowing that despite their mate bond, Chloe was still taking a huge chance on reuniting with her.
Elly whispered gently, "I believe you."
"Yeah?" Chloe was surprised, but still wrapped her arm around Elly's waist, pulling her closer, kissing her softly.
Elly nodded more confidently, feeling herself already connecting with the unborn baby, knowing Chloe could never lie to her about something like this, "Yes, I do. I know you're telling me the truth and I feel a connection to you and our ba-"
Elly was cut off and immediately kept her mouth shut about the baby when she heard Aster waking up.
Chloe frowned at Elly's sudden abandonment of their conversation but then noticed Elly's eyes look behind her and a moment later realized Elly's daughter had finally awoken.
Aster sat up on the bed, wiping her eyes from the tiredness still besieging her, then her eyes landed on the pair of women lying together next to her, "Chloe! You came home to us!"
Home…this is home now with Elly and Aster and our baby…living on the Island…I need to get used to this…
Chloe couldn't resist giggling when Aster shook off her tiredness and immediately launched herself on top of her, wrapping her arms around Chloe's shoulders, "I did come home to you both. I'm sorry it took me this long."
Elly reluctantly took her hand away from the baby, stroking Aster's cheek, "We're all together now and that's all that matters."
Unable to resist, Aster crawled over Chloe, finding herself separating Chloe and Elly a few extra inches to curl up in between the women. Smiling at the way they both allowed her to and how they wrapped their arms around her, whilst also resting their hands on the other woman's waist, "You two are finally back together!"
Elly paused for a moment, glancing at Chloe, "Well, we haven't technically…spoken about…all that."
"Right…we should talk about…all that," Chloe couldn't help but feel disappointed that it wasn't already obvious she wanted to back together with Elly romantically, then trying to focus on the positives of what had brought her back to Elly and Aster, added, "Aster, you should know that Elly and I are having a-"
Elly cut Chloe off quickly, "A bit of time together this morning to talk about what Chloe coming to find us and reunite with us means…and the other thing," Elly's eyes glanced at Chloe's belly, glad when Chloe's facial expression recognized her need for their baby to remain a secret from Aster for now, "We should talk to Abby about the…other thing."
"Abby?" Chloe repeated, trying her hardest to remember all the names of The Pack and whom each of them were, even though she'd only met Lexa and Clarke before.
"Abby's like our Pack Mum," Elly explained, "I think we need to talk to Abby about…the impossible possible…thing that I believe but still need to know…it's possible."
"Then we should go talk to Abby," Chloe agreed.
Aster stared between the two women, confused about what was going on between them, hoping it wasn't anything that would tear them apart again, "Okay…but can we just sleep here together for a while until we have to get up?"
"We can do that," Chloe and Elly said in unison, smiling at each other before gently closing their eyes to fall back asleep with Aster curled up in their arms.
Next time - Chloe meets another couple members of The Pack! Elly still needs some convincing Chelly baby is hers...