1 PART 14: Discoveries

"What do you think that's all about?" Hannah asked Thierry as she watched Phoenix run out of the room followed by Blake. She was worried about Phoenix, she hadn't been herself lately. It was probably because she had been separated from her soulmate, because now she seemed fine. Still, Hannah was worried that Blake would do something to hurt her even more.

"I have no idea," Thierry said not looking up from the paper he was reading. "Probably some sort of fight. It happens all the time with the soulmate couples."

Hannah shook her head. "I don't think so. Before they left it hadn't looked like they had got into a fight. It just looked like Blake had said something Phoenix was shocked by."

Thierry put down the paper and looked at his soulmate. "Don't worry about it Hannah, what they get up to is none of out business. You need to learn that you can't take on everybody's problems." He picked his paper up and went back to reading.

Hannah, however, was still troubled by what she saw. I'll ask Phoenix about it later, she thought, going back to her own breakfast.

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Blake walked into the room looking at his soulmate. He could feel her happiness even without using the soulmate connection. But by using the connection he could see what she was so happy about. She was pregnant. He had been right in assuming that she was carrying his child. Blake's eyes widened a little bit as he walked over to Phoenix. He had gotten her pregnant. How was that possible? He was a vampire, she was a witch. The odds were against them. His eyes widened even more at his next thought. What if her being pregnant with a half vampire child would harm her in some way?

"Blake, are you okay?" Phoenix asked. She was frowning at him because she had had to ask the question three times before finally getting response out of him. His eyes were wide and he looked as if he were about to go into shock. It was rather amusing actually.

"What?" Blake asked coming out of his stupor. "Yeah, I'm fine. How are you?" He came and sat next to her, bringing one of her hands up to his lips. "Everything okay?"

Phoenix nodded. She rested her head in his shoulder and closed her eyes. "Everything okay with you?" She asked his snuggling into his shoulder. He always smelled so good, like sandalwood and the forest, it was something she could smell forever and never get tired of it.

"I'm fine, I'll be fine. I'm worried about you. You're the one that has a baby in her stomach." Blake placed his hand over her stomach. He couldn't believe that his son was growing in there. It amazed him that something so small could be a child.

"How do you know it's a boy?" Phoenix asked raising her raising her head to look him in the eye and raised her eyebrows. "It could be a girl. With little curls and a cute smile."

"Or it could be a boy with a little rakish grin just like his father." Blake shrugged. "I don't care either way. As long as it has the required number of fingers, toes, eyes, etcetera, I really don't mind."

"Good, because you never know what you're going to get." Phoenix said putting her head back on his shoulder. "However, you do realise that you're going to have to help me with everything. The cravings, mood swings, getting fat."

Blake swallowed. "That doesn't bother me. What makes you happy will make me happy."

Phoenix grinned as a thought occurred to her. "And you do realise that when the baby's born, you're going to have to help me take care of it. Midnight feedings, crying, little sleep. Oh, and you're going to be there when I'm in labour, holding my hand, listening to me screaming that you'll never touch me again. Can you handle that?" She looked up at his and smiled sweetly.

Blake had gone a little pale. "Sure I can handle that. I'm a bad ass vampire. There's nothing I can't handle."

"Good, I wouldn't want you to faint or anything." She said wryly.

Blake snorted. "Me faint? Ha, ha, really funny. There's no chance of that happening. If I can see blood and guts flying everywhere, then I can handle my soulmate in labour."

When Blake had started talking about blood and guts Phoenix was the one to go pale this time. By the time Blake finished his little speech she was green. She tore herself out of Blake's arms and made for the nearest bathroom.

"What did I say?" He wondered to himself. He followed Phoenix to the bathroom, but found she had locked herself in. "Are you alright, baby?" He asked.

"Just great," Phoenix said sarcastically, her head hanging over the bowl of the toilet.

"What's wrong?" Blake asked, knowing something was. Then he heard something, Phoenix was throwing up. His eyes widened at the realisation. "Baby, let me in." he said jiggling the doorhandle.

"Just give me a minute. I'll be fine." Phoenix said. She sat on the floor of the bathroom, leaning her head against the cool tiles. She took a few deep breaths and blocked out all the sound around her. A few minutes later she felt better, and Blake was still pounding on the door.

"What's are you doing?" Hannah asked Blake walking into the room.

"Phoenix is in there throwing up and she won't let me in." Blake said in one breath.

Hannah's eyes widened. "Why is she throwing up?"

Blake answered without thinking. "She's pregnant."

"What?" Hannah yelled.

Just as Hannah yelled the bathroom door opened and Phoenix was standing there, a little pale, but other than that she was fine. She scowled at Blake who looked a bit sheepish now that he knew what he had said.

"You're pregnant!" Hannah said, in a bit of shock. "I have to tell Thierry."

"Hannah wait!" Phoenix yelled running after her. "Don't tell Thierry, at least no yet. I want to tell him myself. And that goes for everyone else in this house, I don't want anyone to know until we're ready to let them know. Okay?" She looked into Hannah's eyes. She knew that Hannah had the hardest time keeping secrets, but she hoped that she would keep this one. "Please?" She beseeched

Hannah bit her lip, nodded and walked off.

"Do you think she'll tell Thierry?" Blake asked Phoenix.

"There's no doubt about it." Phoenix said smiling wryly.

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Hannah walked back to Thierry's office in turmoil. It wasn't everyday that a witch got pregnant with a vampire. In fact it was unheard of. As far as anyone knew, Jez was the only vampire hybrid. They better tell everyone soon, she thought, I can't keep this to myself for very long.

She walked into Thierry's office, not really paying attention to her surroundings. "Where have you been?" Thierry asked his soulmate, frowning at the strange look on her face.

"What?" Hannah asked, her gaze snapping up to his. "Nowhere, why would I be anywhere? No I was just wondering around and I didn't run into anybody. No I was all by myself."

Thierry was the one frowning now. "Okay, what happened?"

"Nothing I-" Hannah started.

Thierry held up his hand. "Tell me what you saw."

"But I told them I wouldn't." Hannah said lowering her gaze to the ground.

"Since when have you been able to keep a secret?" Thierry said smiling. He remember all the times he had told her something in confidence, and twenty minutes later the whole mansion knew what it was. It was a good thing she never wanted to become a spy for us, he thought to himself, not that I would have let her.

Hannah chewed on her lower lip. "Okay, but you have to promise that you won't tell anyone."

"I can keep a secret better tat you can, sweetheart." Thierry said leaning forward in his chair.

"Remember when Phoenix ran off this morning, and Blake followed? Well I got worried about her, so I went to find them. It too me a while because this place is so big, but I found them. Phoenix was in the bathroom and Blake was pounding on the door. When I asked what was wrong, Blake told me." Hannah paused from a moment. He could see that Thierry was hanging on her every word and she enjoyed it.

"Well what was it?" Thierry asked, hating to be kept in suspense.

"Phoenix…she's…"

"What!" Thierry yelled, knowing she was now keeping him in suspense on purpose.

"She's pregnant."

"What!" Thierry yelled again, this time for an entirely different reason. "Phoenix!" He yelled with his mind. "Get down here right away!"

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"Phoenix, get down here right away!" Thierry yelled into her mind.

"Told you she couldn't keep a secret," Phoenix said getting up from the couch. "We better go see Thierry, we'll be in there for a while.