More honeymoon stuff. Just didn't want the last chapter to be so long as the other ones have been so far. Don't want to overwhelm you guys.

Songs:

You Are My Everything by Al Bowlly

Ch 46: Bayou Adventures

(Third Person POV)

[Four days later, 6 days into honeymoon]

Alastor woke up that morning before Heart did. To his surprise they weren't cuddling like he remembered when he fell asleep. At least that's how they ended up after their activities they did last night. She had fallen asleep on top of him, just like she always liked to. If Heart could be on top of him all the time, she would find the opportunity because she just liked being in his arms and falling asleep on his bare chest. Except this morning his arms were empty when he finally woke up fully.

He lifted his head to see that Heart was still asleep, but she was sitting up on her side of the bed. Her back against the headboard, the light on the nightstand was on and the covers were pulled to her chest. Alastor assumed that she woke up in the middle of the night for some reason and couldn't fall back asleep right away.

Alastor sat up and gave a stretch before looking back over to the sleeping girl next to him and saw that she had a notebook open and laying on her chest. A pen still laying in her right hand.

He shook his head at her. He wasn't sure what she was doing with the notebook, but he figured he should put her back down on the bed fully. Otherwise her back will hurt. Alastor stood up and put on his Boxer briefs that laid on the floor beside the bed. When he stood up straight, he stretched again.

Going around the bed to the other side, Alastor went up next to Heart. He grabbed the pen out of her hands and placed it back on the nightstand. Alastor reached down to lay her down flat on her back. Heart was definitely tired because she woke up a moment, she mumbled something under her breath, but she let him fix her to lay down.

Alastor grabbed the notebook out of her hands gently and was going to close it and put it on the nightstand, but he noticed his name a lot in this notebook. He knew he shouldn't be nosing into her stuff, but his curiosity got the better of him. He looked at the sleeping girl in bed and saw that she moved onto her side, facing away from him.

Should he do it? Look at what she has been writing? Was it some kind of diary that she kept? He wasn't sure. It only looked like she had just started writing in it so who knows what it could be. She could just be keeping track of their honeymoon that was happening and just writing down memories, although there wasn't much to really write. Unless you want to count love making a handful of times.

Giving in, Alastor opened the notebook fully and looked at the note she seemed to write last night, the date was written next to the note. 'I'm starting to feel pain in my abdomen. It's nothing I can't handle and doesn't put me in a lot of pain, but I feel it's just my body getting used to the change it's going through. My lower back hurts but I am not sure if that's from what's going on or having too much rough sex. Alastor said that the smell I've been giving off is slowly starting to fade but it's still around. I'll see if he says anything else about it. That's all I have for today.'

Alastor got done reading the note and looked back at Heart to see she was still asleep. Now Alastor was really curious so he started to read backwards to other entries of the notebook, it was only the first 2 pages, front and back, filled in so far, but it seemed like a lot. He almost laughed to see that she was indeed keeping track of how many times they were making love. Seeing it on paper and out in front of him almost made him blush with slight embarrassment. Maybe he should cut down for the next few days, but it didn't help when that smell around her was strong and he couldn't ignore it. He still couldn't put a finger on the smell, but it was hard to not want to jump the girl and make him hers repeatedly. He wasn't in heat either, so it was weird to him to experience it.

When he got to the front of the notebook, he saw the original writing of Dr. Talon, he recognized the wolf demon's handwriting. 'PDS Experiment 00297' He seemed to stare at the writing a moment. Below that Heart wrote her name in bubble letters with a heart around her name, it seemed like she was just doodling on the page as well with other little heart's and just random swirls. When he looked back to the numbers on the page that the wolf scientist had written he was trying to remember, it took Alastor a moment to try and put the pieces together.

Alastor closed the notebook and put it back on the nightstand next to the pen gently. His ear tuffs fell back a moment as he tried to think. Did she take Dr. Talon's injection without telling him? If so, then why did she keep it a secret? There must have been a reason as to why. Did she want to surprise him? He figured he should just talk to her about it later, he didn't want to draw conclusions about it.

Alastor took a few minutes as he put his chin between his fingers. After thinking about it, it made him excited. His ears went back up and he felt his tail gave a flick, well this was a new feeling to him. With what they have been doing these past few days it was hard to think that it wouldn't work. Alastor had to wait though, he had to hold back his excitement if it was possible. If he was going to be a dad then he wanted to actually hear it come from Heart. He almost wanted to picture her telling him that the serum had indeed worked. The deer demon gave a chuckle at the thought. He looked down at Heart again and leaned over to kiss her on the temple.

Alastor decided to let Heart sleep and he went to go jump into the shower. He has a plan to take Heart out into the bayou today to show her around his second home. As much as staying in bed sounds nice but he figured they should go out and do something today. There wasn't much out there but he figured a nice boat ride would be enjoyable. Maybe have lunch out there as well. Plus, he might make dinner for them both later. Have a nice romantic evening.

(Heart's POV)

I was waking up from my sleep and my ears flicked as the bedroom was silent. I blinked open my eyes and sat up onto my elbow. I gave a yawn. Looking next to me I saw that Alastor was not there in bed. Perking my ears, I listened for any clues of where he was. He wasn't in the shower, but I saw the mirrors were still steamed, so he must have gotten out not long ago. I listened again and it was silent. The whole cabin just seemed quiet. I almost got worried.

I was trying to recall last night. Besides our love making, I then remembered that I woke up in the middle of the night and wrote in my notebook. I was trying to remember if I fell asleep like that with me writing but I honestly couldn't remember. I decided to push it aside for now and I figured I should get a shower to clean myself off from our deeds last night.

Getting out of bed, I just saw a bunch of clothes everywhere on the floor. I sighed. What was the point of wearing clothes if they all were just going to get taken off not long after? I didn't worry about it for now and headed into the bathroom to take my shower.

Once I was done getting washed off, I stepped out of the bathroom feeling refreshed. I sat on the bed and pulled out my phone, I had a few messages from Charlie and Vaggie. They were all pictures of Rufio. He seemed to have taken a liking to the girls and was having fun. They took him on walks, he slept with them at the foot of their bed. He liked to terrorize Husk it seemed as the hound was behind the bar with the cat demon in one picture. I was just glad he was behaving for them.

I put my phone down and got dressed. As I was getting dressed, I then heard music being played downstairs. I quickly threw on my pants and headed downstairs. I looked to see Alastor in the kitchen as he was sitting at the table. He had his button up red shirt on, with his sleeves rolled up. I saw that he was wearing suspenders with black pants.

He must have heard me come down the stairs because his head was turned towards me, "Morning my love, how did you sleep last night?" Alastor asked me when I walked into the living room.

"I slept ok I guess." I answered as I got into the kitchen.

Alastor stood up quickly and walked over to the counter. "Here, I made something small for you. I didn't know when you would be down, so I kept it off to the side." Alastor returned to the table and set down a small plate for me.

Sitting down at the table I noticed that he had gotten a bagel ready for me and already had jelly spread on it. "Aw thank you Al. That's thoughtful of you."

"Of course, dear." Alastor kissed the top of my head and sat back down.

I took a bite of the bagel and hummed in content. I didn't want to tell him, but my stomach had been hurting me lately so something light like this should be ok for me. I hoped.

"So, you have anything planned for us today?" I asked and took another bite.

Alastor took a sip of coffee and nodded. "I do actually. I had the idea of taking you out to show you the bayou today. A nice and slow boat ride. Plus, I figured we could have a little picnic for lunch while we are out, if you're up for it?"

My tail wagged at that. "I love that idea! It sounds perfect." I flashed Alastor a big smile.

"I am glad you are excited for it then my little wolf. I thought it be a nice evening for us." Alastor said as he took my hand to kiss it.

I giggled and my tail still wagged. "I can't wait."

We just talked a little while I ate my bagel. Eventually when I was done Alastor took back the plate to clean it. Luckily, my stomach was being good for me this morning and it wasn't hurting after I was done eating. My stomach pains were annoying the last two days, but I didn't think anything of it as I figured it was just my body adjusting to stuff. I didn't tell Alastor because I didn't want him worrying over it. I wrote it down in my notebook last night just in case for Dr. Talon.

The music was still playing, and I heard a song end, and another was starting. I thought it would be fun to do a little dance. I walked up behind Alastor and wrapped my arms around him from behind. Alastor looked over his shoulder at me.

I looked up at him, "Will you dance with me?"

Alastor smiled and cleaned the wetness off his hands. "I would love to, my love."

I smiled and wagged my tail. He turned around in my arms and he set his hands down on my shoulders.

"You're my everything underneath the sun

You're my everything rolled up into one

You're my only dream, my only real reality

You're my idea of a perfect personality"

I felt Alastor pull me closer to him and I put my face into his chest.

"You're my everything, everything I need

You're the song I sing and the book I read

You're a way beyond belief and just to make it brief

You're my winter, summer, spring, my everything"

There was a small break from the lyrics and Alastor gave me a small spin. I chuckled at the action. When I was back up against him, I wrapped my arms back around him, holding onto the deer demon tightly as we danced. I looked up at him and he looked down at me, he leaned down to rub his nose against mine then laid his forehead against mine.

"You're my everything (everything I need)

You're the song I sing and the book I read

You're a way beyond belief and just to make it brief

You're my winter, summer, spring, my everything"

When the song ended, we pulled apart a little. Alastor decided to lean down and kiss me quickly before he unwrapped his arms from around me.

"Are you all dressed for our little boat ride, my dear?" Alastor asked me.

Looking down at myself a moment I was making sure I was dressed in what I wanted. "Yea I am all dressed and should be ok." I answered him.

"Good, want to head out now?" He wondered.

"Sure, let's go." I said excited as I wagged my tail.

Alastor chuckled at my enthusiasm and kissed my forehead. "Let's go then." He went and turned the music off from the small radio in the kitchen.

The deer demon took my hand and led me to the front of the house where he left the boat. Alastor got in and then helped me in as well. We settled down into the boat and Alastor started up the little engine and we headed on our way into the water.

I was surprised that the dark little bayou looked creepy at first, but it did just look beautiful. I had to give it a chance. I feel it would be nice to come out here now and then to just get time to ourselves if it were possible. Although after this who knows if we would have time together like this again if a baby was going to be involved soon. I wouldn't know fully if I was really pregnant until I got back home to see Dr. Talon, but I knew for a fact that my body felt different now. It felt odd and hard for me to explain but I knew I was changing. In a good way, I think.

I looked around the landscape as light came in through the thick treetops. I then saw ahead that there was an opening. We went out of the gap in the trees and was almost blinded by the sudden light as we made our way into an open clearing of the bayou. I looked around with a smile on my face at the way this opened like this. Made me wonder if there were more area's like it. I heard Alastor turn the engine off.

I turned around in the boat to look at him. "Why are we stopping?"

"Well there is someone in this open water I want you to meet." Alastor told me.

"Who is it?" I wondered.

"A friend. He protects this place when I am not around." Alastor answered.

I saw him then put his hand in the water and I watched as his hand glowed red a moment. The light then died, and he pulled his hand back out. We stayed silent a few moments until I heard water splash not far off, I saw the water was disturbed by the tree line. I was almost afraid. What the hell was he showing me?

I reached over and grabbed Alastor's hand, my ears going back a little. He didn't take his hand away, so I just held onto his hand with dear life. I heard another splash and it was closer to us. I felt my pulse rise a little. After a few seconds I felt the boat rock a moment. I yelped in surprise, my ears going flat against my head with my tail close to my legs. I went across the small boat and wrapped my arms around Alastor. He wrapped his arms around me to hold me still and to keep me calm.

I heard Alastor chuckle. "Darling, it's ok. There is nothing to be afraid of." He started to rub his hand up and down my back.

"Nothing to be afraid of? What the hell is in the water then?" I asked with my face still in his chest, my voice was a little shaky.

"Look." Alastor whispered as he kissed my ear.

I slowly lifted my head off Alastor's chest. I peeked over the side of the boat and I saw four sets of red glowing eyes that were in the water.

"What is it?" I asked in a whisper, my ears going up.

"This is my gator friend, Wyatt. He protects this place when I am not here. I figured it would be nice of you to meet him finally." Alastor explained to me.

Alastor reached his hand down into the water and saw him pet the animal between the eyes. The gator made a growling type noise and I saw it pop more out of the water. The hell gator had to be at least 20ft long, four eyes of deep red stared at me, small horns poked out on top of its head. Its spikes that went down its back were larger and looked to be a lot sharper. At the end of its tail looked to be like a giant spear. It opened its mouth a moment and I saw two rows of razor-sharp teeth that looked like daggers. I've heard of hell gators but have never seen one up close, each one can be a little different than the other.

Lifting my head up I looked at the gator in the water.

"Pet him." Alastor said.

Quickly I shook my head and put my ears flat again. "He might hurt me."

"He knows better than to attack what is mine. I've trained him since he was young. He won't hurt you." Alastor reassured me.

The deer demon took my hand and leaned it over the boat. He sat it down on top of the gator's nose and he held it there for a moment. Alastor moved my hand down the gators nose and then back up to the front and back down again. Slowly he took his hand away from mine and I continued the action of petting the large gator. The animal let out a little hum, I assumed he was enjoying it.

"There see. He already likes you." Alastor pointed out.

"How can you tell?" I asked.

Alastor chuckled, "Because he hasn't tried to bite you yet."

I nodded in understanding. I looked down at the gator and it gave another breath exhale. I smiled and gave a chuckle. My ears slowly stood back up and my tail wagged a tiny bit. I went on top of his head and scratched between its small horns. I then felt it slap its tail a few times in the water.

Alastor then chuckled at the animal's action. "He must really like you then. I've never seen him so happy."

"Maybe I'll be the new favorite." I said sticking my tongue out at the deer demon.

Alastor crossed his arms, "Don't think so darling. I've raised Wyatt since he was young."

"So, you're a gator daddy?" I chuckled.

I then heard Wyatt let out a growl that sounded like a laugh.

"Sure, sure laugh it up." He looked over the boat at the gator. "Why are you taking her side?"

Wyatt did another huff noise and water came out of his nose, spraying us both with water. I let out a yelp and went backwards, if Alastor didn't have a hand on my back I probably would have fallen off the boat off the other side.

I let out a sigh of relief.

Alastor reached his head down to pet the gator again. "Time for you to be off my friend. Don't be afraid to come around the house for the next few days we are here."

The gator opened its giant mouth and let out a roaring type noise. Made me think he understood. The gator looked at me one last time before disappearing under the water and I wasn't sure which way he went. I then heard the sound of a log being hit off the side of the clearing and I guess it was letting us know he was leaving.

I laughed, "Well that was interesting." I looked to Alastor. "Why didn't you tell me you had a pet gator?" I asked.

Alastor shrugged, "Never came up."

"Ok you got me there." I chuckled.

Alastor took my hand and laid a kiss on it. "Come my dear, let's keep going along the way. There is still some stuff to show you."

Nodding I sat back where I was in the boat and we went on our way again.

For about an hour we went around the bayou. Alastor was showing me almost every animal we encountered. It was an amazing place for sure. It almost had a different beauty to it. I felt that Alastor's eyes never seemed to leave me though. I almost felt a blush come to my face.

I saw a grassy clearing up ahead and that's where Alastor was heading. There was a gap in the trees so that light shines on the patch of land. I saw a few small flowers there. He parked the boat right on the land. He stepped out and then gave me his hand. I stepped off the boat and onto the grass.

"I figured we could make a little stop." Alastor told me once I found my footing.

"It's a very pretty spot." I said as I walked a little way into the grass.

Alastor walked up behind me and wrapped his arms around my waist, "Want to have the little lunch picnic I promised?"

I looked up at him, "I think that would be a wonderful idea." I said smiling so wide.

Alastor kissed the top of my head. "Wonderful. I already have everything taken care of." He then snapped his fingers.

Once he did a blanket appeared on the grass with some sandwiches. Alastor took my hand and led me over to it. We sat down on the blanket next to each other. I grabbed a sandwich and took a bite.

I looked at the deer demon once I swallowed, "Al you are too nice to me you know that." I took another bite of the sandwich.

"Don't go around telling other demons I'm nice, they might get the wrong impression when I go to bite their arm off." Alastor said with a chuckle.

Looking down at my lap I said, "You always do such nice things for me, but I feel I never do anything for you in return."

Alastor shifted over next to me on the blanket and wrapped an arm around my waist. "My darling little wolf, just your presence alone is enough. You don't have to do anything great for me." He kissed my forehead. "You do a lot for me. Especially when I get to come home and see your smiling face every day." He flashed a big reassuring smile to me.

I let out a small giggle. "Well when you say it like that, I guess I do just enough huh?"

"That and much more, my love." Alastor kissed the top of my head.

We went silent again as I leaned into Alastor's side. We sat and ate the lunch he made. I was glad my stomach pains had gone away right now so I didn't have to worry about it. We didn't really say much as we just listened to the world around us and enjoyed each other's company.

When we were done eating, I just wanted to sit back and relax. So Alastor made the plates go away and we laid down on the blanket. We laid side by side and we held each other's hands. I had my one hand resting on my abdomen as Alastor's other hand was under his head. We enjoyed the warmth that the light brought down. I looked up into the red sky as some clouds hung above us. I closed my eyes and sighed in content.

Alastor then broke the silence, "Darling, can I ask you something?"

I opened my eyes and turned my head to look at him, "What's on your mind Al?" I wondered.

Alastor turned onto his side, letting go of my hand and he rolled till he was almost on top of me. "I found you asleep this morning with a notebook on your chest." I froze a moment from his words. "I noticed you were starting to write in it. I was wondering if you would tell me what it's for?"

Oh no, did he look at the notebook, god that almost felt embarrassing. I wrote a lot of our love making sessions over the last few days. I wanted that to be a secret and I wanted to tell him after we got home. I didn't want him finding out like this. Now he was going to get all worried about what I have been writing.

I took a breath, "It's a personal log." It wasn't a lie, but it wasn't the honest truth either. It was a log for Dr. Talon with personal stuff about me.

"Personal log?" Alastor made sure.

I nodded.

"I'm not going to lie to you dear, but when I was trying to lay you down flat on the bed again that notebook was still on your chest. When I grabbed it off you, I noticed your writing in it and I kind of took a peek at it." Alastor explained.

I sighed and brought my other arm to cover my face. Damn he did read it. I had no choice now, "I guess you want an explanation then?" I asked as I put my arm down to my side and looked at him in the face.

Alastor took his hand and laid it on my abdomen. "If it deals with what I think it does then perhaps, but if you want to wait till we get home I'll understand."

I took a breath and let it out, "It IS a personal log, that part is true, but it's not for myself...it's for Dr. Talon." I placed my hand on top of Alastor's. "I decided to take part in his experiment again and that log is for him, so he knows all that's going on with me. He wants to keep track of everything that is going on with me through this. How my body is reacting and my feelings. All that stuff that would be important." I explained.

"When did you get it done?" Alastor wondered.

"During our reception party. I went with him to his lab and had him do it then. He told me that he was able to have the serum last a week."

"A week?" Alastor made sure.

I took a pause and nodded. "Yes. I wonder if that is the smell you have been experiencing off me, but I don't know if that is was it actually is. So, I've been noting it every time you mention it so I can bring it up to him."

"It would make sense to me." Alastor agreed and leaned down to give me a quick kiss. "So, with how you are feeling lately you think it worked?"

I shrugged, "I will assume so. We have been pretty crazy this last week." I laughed at that. "I wouldn't doubt it, but I didn't want to say until we got home. I didn't tell you about it because I wanted it to be a surprise." I said sadly.

Alastor's smile became closed lip and I saw sadness flash in his eyes. "I'm sorry for ruining your surprise dear."

I flashed him a reassuring smile, "It's ok Al. I figured you would ask about the notebook sooner or later so it's ok." I squeezed onto his hand that was still on me. "Well at least you know now."

He took a pause to think a moment, "Well, if the serum lasts for a week that means we have one more day left." He pointed out.

"Well yes." I looked at Alastor and saw a smirk on his face. Oh no.

"Well if that's the case then maybe we should use this last day of yours to its full advantage." Alastor said with a playful tone. He leaned down and placed a rough kiss on my lips.

"Alastor." I whispered. "You're horrible."

"Yes, and you know this, yet you still married me." Alastor said with a laugh.

I laughed as well. "Very true."

Alastor leaned down to capture my lips in a kiss again and this time rolled himself fully on top of me.

After our little adventure in the bayou we were on our way back to the cabin. Alastor drove the boat back and I was trying to get the grass out of my shirt still, picking it off. Let's say that we did our dirty deeds on that blanket on that patch of grass. When he said that he would take full advantage of my last day of the serum working he wasn't kidding. It was nice though and I enjoyed myself, it wouldn't be the first time we did such a thing out in nature. Was nice to at least be out of the house.

Once we got back to the cabin Alastor parked the boat on the end of the dock again then stepped out and turned around to help me out of the boat.

"I had a nice time out with you today Al." I said while we walked down the dock.

"I'm glad you did my dear." He kissed the tip of my ear. "I enjoyed showing you around. Plus, you got to meet Wyatt."

My ears went back a moment at the mention of the gator. "I was definitely scared of him at first, but he seems like a good boy."

"He certainly is. He can be big and bad when he wants to be." Alastor said.

I chuckled at that. We walked into the cabin and I sat myself down on the couch with a sigh. As much as being out was nice, it was comfortable to relax on the soft couch. Alastor sat next to me on the couch and wrapped his arms around my wasit. He kissed the side of my head and nuzzled into my hair.

"You're being awfully cuddly today." I chuckled.

Alastor pulled his head away a moment, "I can't help it knowing what I know now."

I leaned into his chest a little more, "What? Now that you know I am feral at the moment?"

"Possibly." He nuzzled into me again.

After a few moment I heard Alastor chuckle, he breath against my ear.

"What's funny?" I wondered.

"Nothing." Alastor took a pause to kiss my neck. "I just had a thought is all."

"Care to share with the class?" I asked with a smirk.

"Well if you insist." He went to my lips to kiss me. "I was thinking how you wouldn't be my Little Wolf anymore. Someone else would be taking your little title."

I busted out laughing. "Well, I guess it would be rude to share, huh?"

Alastor let out a hum in content, "It won't just be me and you anymore. We'll have the little fawn to worry about."

A blush came onto my face from his words. "The rest of our lives together and I'm ok with that."

"And I'll make sure nothing happens to you this time." He held me tight. "I promise things will go ok. I won't act the same way I did those months back. I'll protect you even more now than I ever have." Alastor shifted his arms so that is hands laid on my stomach. "I say this promise not only for you but for our little fawn as well."

I felt my blush becoming warmer on my face as his caring words. I was honestly surprised with how caring he was already acting. "Everything will go smoothly." I responded back, enjoying his arms around me. "Don't worry."

Alastor put his face in my hair and I felt him let out a breath, "I love you."

I placed my hands on top of his, "I love you too."

The train is leaving the station, but will it make it up the mountain? *evil music plays* Wait what, why did that play? *shrugs*