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(A/n- Cass's POV)

I was stuck in the middle of a forest, and this kid had to chose now to make its first appearance in the world. Needless to say, I was not happy. There was no doctor around (which might have been considered a blessing, because I was in werewolf form), and I was in a lot of pain. I was hoping, praying even, that Lori would be the first one to show up, if anyone even did show up. but contrary to my prayers Merton's head popped out of the bushes, and no one else was with him.

The first thing I noticed was that, he was solid again. I was slightly cheered by that fact, but it didn't really help the fact that I was about to have a baby. Already I could see a small foot emerging.

Merton looked around, assessing the situation, and trying to figure out where to begin.

"Ok, first," said Merton, regaining his senses. "There's a foot sticking out of your ass."

"I swear to god, when this is over I'm going to smack you upside the head with a piece of ply wood." I said through gritted teeth. Then I let out a scream of pain.

"You might want to push a little." Merton suggested. He looked at the emerging body.

"Where're Tommy and Lori?" I asked. "And stop looking down there!"

He looked properly chastised, and averted his eyes. "They're looking for you too. We split up. And seriously Cass, you need to push!"

"I am!" I yelled at him. "Do you think I want this thing in me forever?"

"Do that funny breathing thing they're always doing on sitcoms." He suggested.

"Lamaze, Merton. It's called Lamaze." I said in the middle of a scream. "and I don't think that's gonna help much if I don't know how to do it!"

Merton looked at the baby again. "It should only take one more push. Hand me your robe."

"Hand you…!" I growled. He got the message and picked it up himself. It was luck I had it. The only reason I did have it was because I'd been unconscious in it for four weeks.

"He's out!" Merton yelled. Suddenly I heard a baby scream. (A/n- let's pretend for Merton and Cass's sake, that magically the umbilical cord was cut. I'd feel pretty bad if in this story I had Cass and Merton walking through the woods with the baby still attached to Cass. So the magic umbilical cord leprechaun has just come through and cut the cord, back to the story now…)

"It's a he?" I asked Merton urgently.

"Uh huh." Merton busied him self with wrapping the baby in the robe. "Can you get up?"

"I'm really exhausted." I said. Merton nodded, and handed me the baby. I peered down into the robe. He had creamy tan skin, and two honey brown eyes, which flashed yellow once or twice as he continued to wail.

"He's a werewolf." Said Merton looking over my shoulder. "And quite cute. He looks a lot like you."

"Thanks." I rocked the baby in my arms.

"Does he have a name?" asked Merton.

I shrugged. "Tommy's not here."

"I don't know how I'm going to get you back to Pleasantville." Merton changed the subject. "I'll assume you're still exhausted, right?"

"A bit." I admitted.

"D'you think I could carry you?"

"No." I said firmly. "I don't, and I'm not going to let you try."

"Oh thee of little faith." Merton muttered looking for anther solution. "We're just going to have to wait for Tommy and Lori then."

"Uh, Merton," I said nervously. "We're just going to wait? It's getting dark and I'm not sure if the syndicate has given up looking for me yet."

"Well you can't move, so we really don't have any other choice."

"True." I said. The baby wasn't crying as loudly now. He calmed as I rocked him. I looked to the west were the sun was setting.

"I want to go to sleep." I moaned.

"We'll be out of here soon." Merton assured me.

"They should've heard us." I said. "I was screaming."

Merton nodded and looked around. To the west the sun was setting in it's purplish haze. I bit my lip as the first spots of darkness settled.

"Wait, listen…" Merton cocked his head. "I hear crunching, and I'm just gonna pray that it isn't our syndicate buddies."

I listened closely and heard what Merton was talking about. It got closer, and louder.

"Cass?" I heard a muffled voice coming from the bushes.

Merton pushed clumps of bushes away and walked through to greet whoever it was. he came back through with Lori, and Tommy.

And then they all lived happily ever after.

(a/n- ok, stop throwing the tomato's. Ew, what was that? Rotten egg? ugh, you over there…you just put pumpkin insides in my hair! Stop it! I'm just kidding, that ending was a hoax, there's another one, and here we go…)

Merton pushed clumps of bushes away and walked through to greet whoever it was. He came back through with Lori, and Tommy.

"We've gotta get out of here!" Lori said breathlessly. "the syndicate is crawling through here."

"But I can't…" I started, but Tommy picked me up. Merton took the baby.

"C'mon." said Lori. She held back the bushes for Merton and Tommy.

"They're over to the west." Reported Tommy. They quickened their pace. Pretty soon we were at the clearing by my house, but my house was defiantly not the place to go, so we continued through the back woods to Merton's Lair; probably the safest place because neither his parents or his sister liked to venture down there.

I will admit, I absolutely despise those prissy girls who faint when they break a nail. I also hate girls who faint because they want attention, or because they want to get away from the world, so they feign a faint. So in conclusion people like Scarlet O'Hara make me sick. I wonder if I was thinking all this as I faked fainting on the couch in Merton's lair.

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(A/n- well that's the end of that story. I'm very serious when I say that. The next story I write about the BWOC crew will take place when they're in their last year of…college. OMG, they actually got that far! Sorry, ok now back to the real authors note. Anyway as I was saying they'll be in their last year of college and they're graduating in three weeks but as usual some supernatural force is disrupting they're normal and happy lives. Also Tommy and Cass's son will be four. This is soooo cool! I've always wanted to write about them all grown up. and when I write this story please don't ask what's happened in between, because I can say right now, I DON'T KNOW! And the other story's almost done so just don't ask.

I guess I'll see you in about a week when I upload the next story. Until then…

Yours,

Loonybin (6/19/01)