Now that the honeymoon is over its time to go to a normal hell life. Or so Heart would like to think.
Ch 47: Back to Hell Life
(Heart's POV)
Our week and a half away was now over and I will say that it's been a very wonderful time. Alastor seemed to just smother me with cuddles and kisses whenever he had the chance. I was ok with that. Who knew The Radio Demon could be such a softy, but I knew he just was like that for me though. With being secluded out here with Alastor in his own territory, no one was around to judge him. He could be himself around me, the side he kept hidden. The side that was only for me. I was going to miss this little cabin, but he told me that we could come out here whenever we wanted. It was mine now just as much as his. I smiled at that.
Back on that sixth day, after our little bayou trip, Alastor had made dinner for us both, he was too sweet. He told me he was going to make dinner anyway but added saying it was because of the news I had told him. Plus, the good that would be following this honeymoon when it was over. The rest of the days I managed to at least make breakfast for us without him stressing out. Most of the days we just hung around the house. Each lunch time we seemed to share a dance together and it was so relaxing and calm.
We sat in his tiny study slash trophy room and Alastor would read a book. I asked him to choose one he could read out loud to me that I would enjoy, and he found no harm in that. So, I would cuddle up next to him while he read, and it was relaxing. His voice was soothing when telling stories, no wonder he was a good radio host. He put a lot of work behind his words. Made it more exciting. At least with a story I was ok with that wouldn't put me to sleep. Well, at least not right away.
The girls have been keeping me updated on Rufio with sending me pictures and he looked to absolutely adore them. He was so cute, and he was enjoying himself at the hotel. He had a lot of room to run and have fun, Nifty seemed to be the only one to keep up with his energy. Rufio also seemed to take a liking to Angel Dust because even he was sending me selfies with the hound. I was glad Rufio was ok and having fun. He probably won't want to come back home.
I was getting all my stuff put together back into my suitcase and bag. Alastor managed to send my dress back home already and it was back in its protective plastic covering. I finally got the last article of clothing folded up and put away. The last thing I needed was my notebook that I had on the nightstand. I walked over to the bed and sat down, I grabbed the notebook and pen and wrote down how I was feeling this morning so Dr. Talon could see it. I was feeling alright, although my stomach pain had gotten a little worse, but it wasn't anything too crazy. It was something I could bear with. I don't know when I would go to see the scientist. It would probably be as soon as I got back because we had to get Rufio at the hotel. Alastor probably wouldn't want me to go a day without the hound around.
I heard Alastor come into the room then, "Darling, are you ready?" I heard him as he opened the door.
I looked up at him from my notebook, "Oh yes I have everything together."
He walked further into the room, "So I can send it back home then?" He asked as he raised his fingers.
I nodded, "Yes. I'm holding onto my notebook. I figured we are going back to the hotel first to get Rufio?"
"Yes, we are going to pick up the hound first." Alastor answered to say I was correct.
"Good, I figured while we are there at the hotel, I could talk with Dr. Talon. Plus, I told him I would come visit him once I got back." I said with a smile as I set my notebook down on my lap.
"Kill two birds with one stone." Alastor sated.
"Yep." I nodded.
Alastor snapped his fingers and my bags disappeared and they were most likely now back at home. I looked as he stood there for a moment looking at me and I saw a lot of love behind them. I could only imagine what he was thinking. Alastor then walked up to me, standing in front as I looked up at him. I put my notebook to the side as he leaned down to kiss me gently on the lips.
As he parted from the kiss, he asked me, "How are you feeling today my wolf?"
"I'm doing ok. Just some pain but nothing to worry about." I answered.
"I guess that's good then." Alastor then placed his hands on my shoulders. "I don't want to seem like I'm being too overbearing already. I just want things to go smoothly."
"I understand my buck, don't worry so much. Everything will be ok. You'll see. Once we get back home, we'll know everything." I reassured him.
Alastor flashed me a bigger smile, "You know me dear, I'm impatient."
I giggled at his words, "Boy I know that for sure."
Alastor leaned down to kiss me again. He then started to push me back gently until my back hit the bed. He broke the kiss in that moment but once I was down, he came back. He kept himself hovering over me as we kissed for a few moments. He went away from the kiss and went to my neck and laid a small peck there.
"My wolf." I heard him breathe against my skin.
"Alastor," I laughed. "We are getting ready to leave. We don't have time for this."
"I know." He kissed my neck further down. "I'm just enjoying you at this moment." He moved his hands down my sides and rested them on my hips. "I love you."
I wrapped my arms around him. "I love you too."
Alastor kissed his way back up my neck to my lips. He lifted himself up a little and just looked me in the eyes a moment. I moved my hands to find his hair and just played with the short strands on the back of his head.
Our moment was interrupted as we both heard a loud roar type sound outside. Alastor stood up and left me on the bed as he went to the window. He looked down.
I sat up in bed. "What is it?"
"It's Wyatt." Alastor answered.
"Wyatt?" I wondered and stood up. "Why is he here?" I got to the giant window and looked down.
I saw the giant gator on the bank of the yard for the house. Half of his body was on land, half in the water. His mouth open. He gave another hissing type noise and snapped his jaws shut.
Alastor chuckled, "He knows we are leaving. He probably wants to say goodbye to us dear."
"Aw that's cute." I said as I wagged my tail.
"I always say bye to him when I leave the bayou, so he knows." Alastor said and walked away from the window. "Come on, let's say our goodbyes to him before he tries to get closer to the house. He has tried to get into the house once before."
I followed Alastor out of the room and down the stairs. We walked out the front door and onto the porch. We went down the steps and headed to the gator that was laying on the front yard. As soon as he saw us, he splashed his tail against the water. I jumped back in surprise a moment but knew the gator wouldn't hurt me. I went closer to Wyatt, got down on one knee and reached my hand out. I heard him let out a hiss in his throat. I then laid my hand on top of the reptile's nose. I petted up his nose to his eyes then back down to his nose and repeated. The gator seemed to not be as tense and went almost flat on the ground.
"Aww you're such a good boy and so handsome." I smiled, cooing a little at the reptile.
The gator closed its eyes and slapped its tail again.
"He definitely likes you sweetheart." Alastor chuckled at the gators action.
The gator moved its head forward until it was very close to me. He touched his nose to my chest, and I reached out and scratched under his chin. He seemed to like it as he let out a humming noise.
"You like your chin scratched huh? What a handsome boy." I cooed to the gator.
He tapped his front foot a few times on the ground, like a dog would when finding that right itch spot when you scratched them.
"Never seen him do that." Alastor said surprised.
"See even he can be full of surprises." I said looking up at Alastor.
I then heard the gator sniff me and he continued to do so. It freaked me out a moment, but I stayed still.
"What's he doing?" I asked in a whisper.
"He is remembering your scent dear. Imprinting it into his mind so he remembers you fully." Alastor explained.
The gator continued to sniff me until he pulled away. The gator looked to Alastor a moment then back to me. He put his head forward again and nuzzled his nose just above my stomach.
I laughed at the reptile. "He is like a giant dog."
Alastor laughed as well. "He seems to know before we even do." Alastor pointed out.
I looked up at Alastor confused. "Knows what?" I asked.
The gator stepped away from me and I took that moment to stand up. I turned to Alastor waiting for an answer.
Alastor leaned down to be close to my face. "That's something we will have to wait to see before I say anything." He had a giant smirk on his face.
Huffing I pushed him playfully. "I have a feeling I know what you mean but I'll keep my mouth shut."
We both turned to the gator. "Well it was nice to meet you Wyatt. You behave and be a good protector of the bayou for Alastor." I said to him.
Wyatt snapped his jaws and let out a hiss. He must have understood. He slowly started to back up into the water until he completely was submerged and disappeared.
I turned to Alastor and the deer demon grabbed my hands, "Ready to go now?" He asked me.
"I need my notebook." I told him.
Alastor snapped his fingers and my notebook appeared in his hand. He then handed it to me. "Anything else?" He asked to make sure.
I shook my head, "Nope. I'm all good."
"Well we need to take the boat back to the main dock on shore. So, we have another little adventure in the bayou before we leave." Alastor said as he held my hand and started to walk towards the boat.
"Makes sense. You want it to be there for the next time." I said, holding my notebook to my chest.
Alastor got into the boat and then helped me. Alastor started up the little engine and we headed on our way back to shore. As we went away, I looked back at the cabin one more time as it disappeared.
Alastor must have noticed my mood as I saw him out of the corner of my eye. "Don't worry dear. We can come back whenever you want."
"I'll make sure to take you up on that." I said to him as I turned back around to face the front of the boat.
As I enjoyed the silence, I just took in the scenery one more time before leaving. We were going back to the city. The very loud, stuffy, and crowded city. I lived all my hell life in the city but after living in the forest with Alastor it was amazing how much I loved the quiet forest compared to the loud concrete jungle. I almost sighed but held it back. I held my notebook to my chest as we went through the murky waters.
We soon reached the land again and Alastor parked the boat. He got out and then helped me as well onto the dock. I walked with Alastor to the end of the dock and looked out into the forest that laid out in front of us. Alastor wrapped his arm around my waist. I looked up at him and I saw him looking out into the forest as well. I moved closer into his side and wrapped my arms around him, holding my notebook in my one arm.
Looking up I said, "What's going on in that dark and twisted mind of yours?" I asked.
Alastor looked down at me from the corner of his eye and then back to facing forward. "I have a lot of things always going on my dear. My main thought right now though," He turned his head down to me. "I have to get used to sharing my land with you. My forest is now ours and so is the bayou. We command it together."
I smiled up at him, "I won't be much help in defending unfortunately. I'm not used to that much responsibility. That's why you're the overlord, not me." I chuckled.
Alastor chuckled too, "I guess that's true. Besides," He leaned down to kiss my forehead, "You have the little fawn to worry about, so I'd hate to put you in any danger." His arm around me tightened.
A blush came to my face, that was going to be new to get used to. I knew he was excited though, he was hiding it. His little nickname for the baby was so cute though. I could get used to that after a little time.
"You have a point." I finally said. "We will have to share more then just this to ourselves you know." I looked back out into the forest. "It won't just be me and you anymore."
Alastor gave out a happy hum. "Yes, I know and just that makes me so happy as well." I felt his hand on my side reach around to the front of me. "As long as you are by my side, I know I can do anything."
"We can do anything." I corrected him, looking back up at him as my tail wagged.
"Absolutely." Alastor then let out a breath, "Well I guess it's time we head back. We still have to go pick up the hound at the hotel."
"Yes, let's go get Rufio. Hopefully, he will be excited to see us." I smiled as my ears stood up fully.
Alastor nodded, "And hopefully he will want to come home." He chuckled as he remembered the photos I showed him thanks to our friends.
"He will, I'm sure." I kept my arms around him and double checked my hold on my notebook. "I'm ready when you are."
Alastor wrapped his arms around me. "Now if you get sick or something like that, let me know and I'll stop."
"Got it." I answered and snuggled into him.
After a few seconds I felt the world around us going fast. We were shadows moving as Alastor took us to where we needed to go. I felt fine as we went, luckily, we didn't have to stop for my sake. After a short time, we stopped and when I opened my eyes again we were both standing in front of the hotel. I flicked my ears at the sounds around me now. They were filled with the annoying blaring noises of honking cars and the screams and yells of demons.
"Never gets old." Alastor said as he took a breath in.
"I'll miss the quiet." I sighed, my ears going back.
"Well once we get back home we can be back in the nice calmness that hell can provide." Alastor reassured me and he unwrapped his one arm from my waist.
Looking at the door of the hotel it was hard to believe that only a week and a half ago we were last here for our wedding. I smiled at the thought.
"Well let's go." I said excited as I quickly went to the door.
I opened the door to the hotel fast and ran into the lobby. I definitely shocked everyone that was in there with my sudden burst in. Angel was down there on the couch by the fireplace while Husk was behind the bar, he almost dropped the glass he was cleaning when I came barging in. Some other guests were at the bar, but they just ignored me. Nifty was in the lobby as well; she was cleaning off a statue. I didn't see Charlie or Vaggie there though and I didn't see Rufio.
"Hi everyone, we're back!" I announced as I did a small twirl.
"It was quiet in here." Husk grumbled.
Nifty ran up to me, "Oh my gosh Heart your back! I've been so excited. I have been going through your wedding photos I took, and I have been working on editing them the whole time you were gone! I am so excited to show you! They are all so cute!" She looked at me up and down a moment. "Hey, did you do something different! You seem different! Oh goodness you aren't sick, are you?"
I put my hands on the little cyclopes girl's shoulders to calm her. "I am fine Nifty, don't worry." I gave a chuckle. "I'd love to see the pictures but let me handle everything with Rufio and Dr. Talon first."
Nifty nodded. "Well I'm going to go grab my laptop anyway!" The girl then ran off.
Angel stood up from the couch and walked up to me. He wrapped all four of his arms around me, "Ah babe it's good to see ya." Angel let me out of the hug. "How did ya enjoy your time away from this joint?"
Smiling wide I answered, "I had so much fun Angel. It was nice and relaxing. Plus, I got to be in a different area of hell, it was cool."
Angel looked at me then looked up. I felt that Alastor was right behind me as my skin tingled from his static he gave off as he got close. Then the spider demon looked back at me. "Relaxing sure." Angel winked.
I rolled my eyes at his statement. "Yes, relaxing. Even THAT was relaxing."
"Hopefully, there was no one for miles around?" Angel elbowed me in the arm lightly.
"No one at all." I smirked.
Angel just laughed. "I guess you are here for the hellhound?" Angel asked to be sure.
"We are. Have you seen him?" I asked as I looked around the lobby again.
"Yea, Charlie has him in her office with her. You can go look there first."
Alastor then laid a hand on my shoulder, I looked up at him. "Dear why don't we go see that scientist first? We can grab Rufio on the way out."
Impatient that man was, he just wanted news. I didn't blame him though; I was just as excited and nervous to find out. After I thought about it for a moment, I guess it would make sense to see Dr. Talon first. Especially if the hound would be excited the whole time we were there.
"Sure, that sounds like a good idea." I looked at Angel. "If you see Charlie just tell her that we are here, and we are going up to see Dr. Talon for a few minutes."
Angel nodded. "No probs. I'll have ya covered. The guy should be up there, never leaves." He crossed his arms. "Eh, if ya don't mind me askin'. Why ya going up to see him anyway?"
Smiling, I said, "That's for you to know once we come back down." I gave him a wink.
Angel just had a confused look on his face, but just shrugged. "Alright, keep ya secrets."
I looked back up at Alastor, "Let's go."
We started the walk up to the steps and into the elevators. We pressed the button and headed on our way up. As we stood in the elevator, Alastor had his arm wrapped around my waist and I was just close to his side. As we got closer to the floor, I felt his grip on my side tighten a moment. This was just something big for us and it was going to be life changing. Not that marriage really changed anything except my status as an overlord's wife, but other than that Alastor never really gave me any roles to fill. I didn't mind that, and I don't think I would even be up for that kind of thing. I'd rather him just handle everything.
My mind went to wonder. I then started thinking of my dreams, thinking of Elena. If everything added up, then I could finally get to meet her in no time. Of course, she has been older in my dreams, but I couldn't wait to experience everything that she had to offer as a baby. My tail wagged behind me with excitement. I held the notebook tight in my hand as I had it on my side.
Soon we arrived on the floor and we stepped out. I walked up to the door and knocked. A few seconds later it opened to show the red wolf demon. His glasses sat on his head and he had his lab coat off.
He put his glasses on his muzzle, "Heart! It's you. Your back already?"
I smiled, "Yes I am. I came to see you first thing. Just like I said I would."
"Wonderful! I am glad, please come in." Dr. Talon said as he opened the door for us all the way and stepped to the side.
I walked in, but Alastor stayed in the doorway. I turned around to look at him. "Al? What's wrong?"
"I'm going to wait out here if that's ok darling." Alastor said.
"But don't you want to be in here?" I asked him.
He shook his head, "I want you to tell me directly love."
I gave him a concerned look, "Are you sure?"
The deer demon nodded. "Absolutely."
"Ok, if that's what you want." I then had an idea. "Well hey, why don't you go back down to the lobby and look over those pictures with Nifty? I'm sure she is dying to show them to us."
"That's a wonderful idea my dear!" Alastor leaned down to place a kiss on my forehead. "I'll see you in a short while then." Alastor then closed the door to Dr. Talon's lab.
My ears went against my head as the door closed. I wanted us to be together when we found out, but I can understand if Alastor wants to hear it come from myself rather than Dr. Talon. It was him who told him the first time. I think he would be better hearing it come from myself.
I felt Dr. Talon put a hand on my shoulder. "Come on, let's get this going."
Nodding I walked over to the table, notebook still in my hand. I sat down and handed the wolf demon the notebook. "Do you want this?"
The scientist ears stood up more and wagged his tail. "Yes please, but I'll take your blood sample first. That way it can do what it needs to while we talk."
Setting the notebook beside me I watched the wolf demon go around the room to grab what he needed. He came back with the supplies, putting them on the little table and sat down on his chair.
"So, how did your honeymoon go anyway? Where did Alastor take you?" Dr. Talon asked as he started to prep a spot on my arm.
"It was wonderful. I've never been so far away from the city before." I watched as the wolf demon tried to find a vein in my arm. "We went to another biome and it's another territory Alastor is in control of. It was a bayou. I've never been to one. It was very pretty once I got used to it."
Dr. Talon got a needle ready as he put the tube on the end of it to catch my blood, "A bayou huh? That's cool. Didn't know those were down here."
"Me neither. It was definitely cool to experience." I said excited, my tail wagging.
The scientist pushed the needle into my arm "Small pinch." He didn't take his eyes off what he was doing, "Well I am glad that you two had a good time at least."
"Absolutely." I breathed out, almost in a dreamy way.
The scientist laughed. Once the tube was full, he took the needle out and treated the small puncture wound. He got up and went over to his little machines.
"Hopefully, what I wrote in the notebook so far will help you out." I told him.
Dr. Talon pushed a button on his machine and walked back over to me. "Well let's check it out then."
Handing the notebook to him I said, "If you need me to write in more detail or less detail, anything just let me know."
"I understand, thank you so much for wanting to help me." The wolf demon took the notebook from me and sat back down on the little chair. "Now let's see what you have."
Dr. Talon adjusted his glasses and opened the notebook, he glanced up at me from the top of his glasses. "I see you had a fun time doodling."
I rubbed the back of my head embarrassed. "Sorry, I couldn't sleep one night so I just was kind of drawing stuff."
The scientist chuckled. "No worries." He looked back down into the notebook. "Wrote the date for every entry, good. That's what I like to see." He took a moment to read over a few things, and I watched as his eyes got bigger. I sat there patiently as he read the first two pages of the notebook. He looked back up at me and pushed his glasses up his nose. "You two certainly left no room for a missed day. I'm surprised you can still walk considering how many times I have seen you say that you made love."
A blush came onto my face and I looked at my lap a moment. "Well you did want me to write down every time." I reminded him.
"Yes, I know, but was not expecting that." He cleared his throat. "Anyway, at least it seemed like you did at least something the whole time the serum would be active so that's good. Everything you wrote is perfect, it's just enough for me. So, keep up that good work and keep doing what you are doing." He handed me back my notebook and reached over to the little table next to him and grabbed his clipboard.
I let out a breath, "Good, I was worried I was being too wordy or something."
The wolf demon laughed, "No worries." He then looked down at his clipboard. "Now these stomach pains you have been having, can you rate them on a one to ten scale?"
I put my chin in my hand for a moment to think. "They aren't anything bad. I'd say lately they have been like a two or three. In the mornings though it can feel like a five."
Dr. Talon nodded and he wrote something down. "I see, that should be normal. Your body is still adjusting to everything being changed around. Now have you had any sick feelings, nausea?"
I shook my head. "Not anything like that no."
"Ok, at least for now." He wrote something else. "Now have you felt any fatigue, tiredness or soreness at all?"
"My lower back has been sore." I answered and paused to think. "Alastor had to wake me up the other day because I slept in later then I usually do."
"I see." The wolf wrote again on his clipboard. "Now I do have a theory about that smell you said that Alastor said was coming from you. I do believe you are correct from your hypothesis that you wrote for that entry."
"What is it?" I wondered. "I know Alastor said that he doesn't smell it anymore on me if that helps."
"Well from what I can understand and sorry to get into this from an animal standpoint but, I have to consider your demon forms. Since none of you were in heat, but he was attracted to you through this smell. From what I can understand is that after that first time of making love he claimed you as his and only he could smell what you were giving off and nothing else. The serum must have just accepted him as your mate at that point and put you in a state of heat anyway, but not your own." Dr. Talon explained to me.
I tilted my head in confusion, "Not my own? What do you mean?"
"He is a deer, correct?" I nodded. "Well then even though you are part wolf and go into heat. My theory is that the serum put you in heat of a deer instead, to attract him."
"But don't you think he would be able to tell that?" I asked.
"Not if he has never experienced or smelled another female deer demon in heat before." He pointed out.
That honestly made sense to me. Alastor has never really been one to engage in stuff like that. Plus, I have never really seen other deer demons before so who knows how often that would be. If so, then Alastor wouldn't really care for it or he would have probably ignored it. I looked at my hands a moment. "I guess that makes sense. Usually that kind of stuff doesn't get to him. Sex isn't usually his cup of tea if you know what I mean."
"I understand. He only gets that pleasure from you and only you. You're the only one he will allow to get that close to him. That just means he loves you very much." Dr. Talon said as he gave me a smile.
I giggled, "Yea. I know. We had a whole thing about it in the past, but I've told you about that."
The wolf demon nodded. "Indeed. I am glad to see you guys happy now though."
"We're in hell. Something always goes wrong." I said with a roll of my eyes.
"Don't we know it." Dr. Talon agreed with a huff.
The scientist ears flicked at the sound of the machine going off. "Ah, it's done. Perfect." He stood up and went over to the machine as it started to print out a paper.
He ripped off the paper once it was done and started to look over it.
I don't know why but I had a nervous feeling wash over me. What if everything was in my head? What if my mind was just playing a trick on me? Maybe the serum didn't work but maybe it did. I had a constant battle in my head of 'what ifs.' If it worked or didn't. I felt my heart racing a moment, even though I was nervous I was excited.
My thoughts stopped when Dr. Talon walked back over to me. I looked at his face and he didn't show anything to give me a hint of what he was going to tell me.
"So, what you got for me doc?" I asked as I played with my hands.
"Well, the good news is that there is no more serum in your system anymore, so you don't have to worry about that. It worked its course and did what it needed." He looked back down at the paper in his hand. "The better news, you are in fact pregnant."
I felt my tail wag with so much excitement as it started to hit the table. "Really?"
The scientist flashed me a smile. "Hundred percent." He handed the paper to me. "Look for yourself. I even highlighted it for you."
I took the paper and looked at it. Finding the yellow spot on the paper it did say positive for the pregnancy test. I put the paper down on the table next to me and threw my arms around the wolf demon. He was surprised by my action. He took a moment, but he did return the hug. I let go of him and got out of the hug, but I kept my hands on his arms.
"Thank you, Dr. Talon. Thank you so much. I promise to make your experiment a full success all the way through."
The wolf demon smiled at my words. "Thank you, Heart. I appreciate that. You're very welcome. Well you already did better than last time. You lasted over three days and nothing bad happened."
Smiling wide I said, "That's true. Of course, the circumstances are different this time around."
He chuckled. "Yes, I agree." I let go of him. "Now, why don't you come by next week and I'll do another check up on you. Sound ok?"
"Sounds good." I answered right away as my tail wagged.
"Perfect. Keep writing in your notebook like you have and it will be good for my notes."
I turned around to grab the notebook off the table. "Can I take this to?" I asked him, holding up the results page he had printed.
He nodded. "Yes, you may. Now why don't you go down and tell that husband of yours. Don't keep him waiting."
Quickly I walked over to the door. "I won't. See you next week doc and thanks again!" I opened and closed the door behind me with so much excitement.
I made my way into the elevator and went down. As I was in the elevator, I just kept looking at the paper in my hands. Looking at the highlighted part, almost like I was burning a hole into the paper. It was just so hard for me to believe. Dr. Talon's experiment had worked again this time and I made it longer than three days so that was a blessing right there. My body had gotten used to the slight change last time. This time though, I planned to go all the way. I would be as careful as possible. I'm sure Alastor would see to that as well. It was happening and nothing was going to stand in my way this time. This was Alastor's kid and it made me so excited just to even think about it. I couldn't wait to see his face when I told him.
As the elevator stopped, I walked out onto the landing of the stairs and looked out into the lobby. Angel went back to the couch and I saw him taking a few selfies. Nifty was at the bar with her laptop as Alastor stood behind her. She must have been showing him the wedding pictures. Even Husk seemed to be looking at them as well. I wanted to see them too, but I had to deal with this first.
"Alastor." I called out down into the lobby.
That caught the deer demon's attention. I saw his ears flick as he stood up straight to look at me with a big smile. "There you are my wolf. I was wondering how long you would be."
I smiled down at him, "Al, can you come here a minute?"
"Of course, my dear, I'll be right there." He answered me and turned to say something to Nifty.
Alastor walked up the steps until he stood in front of me. I didn't let him say anything as I took his hand and led him down the hall. He didn't ask any questions yet as we walked, I was practically dragging him behind me. I stopped when I got to the end of the hallway.
Alastor put his hands behind his back. "Now would you like to tell me why you dragged me all the way down here?"
"Because I want to talk to you, and I wanted to make sure we had privacy." I told him.
Alastor looked around a moment. "Well we seem to be alone now darling, so what is it you need to talk to me about?" He leaned down a little over me.
I sat the notebook down on the windowsill and held out the printed paper from Dr. Talon out to him. I was so excited to just blurt it out, but I figured he could look at the paper first.
Alastor took the paper but didn't look at it yet, "What's this?"
"Shut up and look at the highlighted part." I snapped at him.
Alastor shut up at that and looked down at the paper. I watched his face a few moments as he glanced down, and his eyes searched for the highlighted part. I watched as his crimson eyes went wide. I tried to hold back laughter as I watched his jaw drop a moment. He slowly looked back up at me.
The first thing he asked was, "This correct?"
"Hundred percent." I answered right away.
Alastor wrapped his arm around me, bringing me close to his chest. His eyes never left mine, "I want to hear you say it." I heard him whisper.
I let out a giggle and I almost felt like crying because I was so happy, but I was holding it back. I placed my hands behind his neck. "I'm pregnant." I finally whispered to him.
Alastor's smile just got so wide as he started to chuckle, almost in disbelief. I felt him wrap his arms more around me and lifted me off the ground and he started to spin me a little.
I started to laugh from his action. "Alastor."
He stopped his spinning but didn't put me back on the ground, except he leaned in and gave me a really big kiss on the lips, and I was not expecting it. Once it clicked in my head that he was kissing me I closed my eyes and kissed him back. I couldn't hold back anymore as I let my tears finally escape my eyes.
When we finally broke apart for air Alastor leaned his forehead against mine. "My wolf." He whispered.
When I finally opened my eyes, I looked into Alastor's crimson ones and to my surprise I saw tears as well. "Al." I whispered and placed a hand on his cheek, I wrapped my wings around us as well. "What's wrong?"
The deer demon laughed and pulled his head away. "I'm just so happy. I have never felt this happy before. Is it weird for me to say that? I'm always happy but this...it feels different. I don't even know how to explain this happiness." He slowly put me back on the ground.
"Maybe because we are getting something we have been wanting together?" I assumed.
"That must be it. It's so weird that I want something that I never thought about before, but with you...I want everything I have ever missed out on." Alastor leaned in a little. "I never thought I would fall in love, but here you are. I never thought I would get married, but here we are. Now...I never thought I would have a kid of my own. That thought never once crossed my mind...until I met you." He unwrapped his hands from around me and placed them on my sides. "Here it is. Right in my hands."
Tears fell down my face still as I smiled up at him from his words. "Oh Al. I am so glad that I am able to give you all these things." My tail was wagging so fast.
"That and so much more my love." He pecked a kiss on my forehead. "So much more." He whispered.
We stayed like this for what seemed like forever. I just enjoyed his touch and we were just swimming in each other's joy. I finally told him. I was not even expecting this kind of reaction out of him. It was ok though, he was happy. That's all I cared about.
Alastor pulled away. "We have to tell everyone."
"You want to tell them now?" I asked curiously, putting my wings back behind me.
"Yes now!" Alastor said happily.
He let go of me and started to run down the hallway. He left me behind for a moment as I tried to wrap my brain around what happened. He was way too excited. Alastor looked like a kid running down the hallway. I couldn't blame him though; he was just as excited as I was. I grabbed my notebook again and ran down the hall after him.
"Al wait up." I called after him.
Alastor paused a moment from his run as he held his hand out to me and I put my hand into his and we ran together. We laughed a little. We got to the stairs and stopped at the top. Alastor pulled me into his arms a moment to give me a kiss. As we pulled apart Angel noticed us.
"Gross, what's gotten into you newlyweds?" Angel asked as he hung over the couch.
I looked at Alastor, "Charlie and Vaggie aren't here. They need to be here before we tell everyone." I whispered to him.
"Your correct my dear, I feel they should be here." Alastor agreed.
Turning back to Angel I said, "Hey can you go get Charlie and Vaggie? We have some news and we want to tell everyone."
Angel groaned, "Fine." He stood up and walked down the hall to her office.
"News! You guys just got back, and you have news already?" Nifty asked.
I laughed, "Yes we do. You'll see."
"Well while Angel gets Charlie, you want to see some of your pictures?" Nifty asked.
"Yes, absolutely!" I answered right away.
Alastor and I walked down the steps and I walked up to Nifty at the bar and looked at her laptop. She showed me some of the pictures she took time to edit and all of them were just gorgeous. We all looked amazing. Even the ones of us in the garden were beautiful.
Us looking at the pictures were put to a pause as I heard the noise of claws against hardwood. I knew someone was coming. I walked away from the bar, leaving my notebook there, and looked down the hallway.
"Rufio!" I called out.
I heard a yip and the claws were faster. Soon the hound appeared from the hallway and I saw his tongue sticking out as he panted, his wings flapping a little behind him. His tail almost like a whip as he wagged it back and forth.
"There's my boy!" I cooed and got on my knees. "Come here!"
Rufio barked and ran at me. The hound barreled into me and knocked me back as he started to lick my face with kisses. I laughed from the action, but he didn't hurt me. I hugged the hound around the neck as he covered me in wet sloppy kisses.
"Ok ok, get off me ya big goof. I missed you too." I said as I pushed the hound off me and sat up.
Rufio was panting and making whining noises as he was jumping a little.
"Calm down boy. I missed you yes." I started to pet the hounds head to calm him.
I looked back to see Alastor had froze in place and was just looking at the hound. Not again.
Rufio then started to run around the lobby. Jumping on walls and couches and up the steps then back down.
"Oh, now we have the zoomies." I sighed. "Now he is definitely excited." I looked up to see Charlie, Vaggie and Angel all standing by the hallway. "Hi guys." I greeted them.
"Hi Heart. Alastor. How was your trip?" Charlie asked as they walked towards us, avoiding the hound running around.
"It was very enjoyable." I answered with a smile.
"Angel said you guys came back and have some news?" Vaggie asked to make sure.
That seemed to snap Alastor out of his frozen state and he walked up next to me. He wrapped his arm around me. "Yes, we wanted to make sure you were here as well when we announced."
Charlie smiled, "Well we are all here." Rufio then stopped running around and went up next to Charlie. "Even Rufio."
I laughed at the hound.
"So, spill it!" Angel said.
"Yes, tell us, I'm excited!" Nifty added.
At that moment I noticed that our friends made a semicircle around us. I looked up at Alastor.
"Well. I went up to see Dr. Talon as soon as we got back. And there is a reason for that." I started.
"Yea and?" Angel questioned, wanting more.
"You want to tell or me to tell them?" I asked him in a whisper.
"Together?" Alastor suggested.
"Together." I agreed.
A blush of embarrassment came onto my face. I felt my heart pick up again. I was nervous. I felt Alastor's hold on me tighten a moment to comfort me. I took in a breath.
"We're pregnant!" Alastor and I both exclaimed happily.
Alastor then wrapped both of his arms around me and picked me back up against him. He was excited and was just expressing it in front of everyone. I laughed from the movement but wrapped my arms around his shoulders. We looked at each other for a moment and I leaned in to kiss him.
Charlie then started to squeal with joy. "Oh, my goodness! That's so exciting!" Alastor put me down and the demon princess went forward to pull me into a hug. "I'm so happy for you guys."
"Thanks Charlie. We both are so excited" I said as I hugged her back.
She pulled out of her hug, "This is so amazing! Dr. Talon must be glad to hear this."
Nodding I said, "He was. Now I have to come back in a week to see him. That wont be a probably since I come to the hotel almost every day."
"At least you lasted longer than 3 days." Angel chuckled lightly.
I chuckled as well, "That's very true. I'm sure things will go ok this time around."
Alastor kissed my head, "And I will make sure it does."
Looking over to the deer demon I smiled wide. "Thanks Al, I know you will." I hugged him again.
We ended up staying there at the hotel a little longer than we thought we would. I was ok with that but part of me was starting to get tired. We talked about the baby stuff and we went through more of the wedding pictures and I told Nifty which ones I'd like her to print out so I can have them physically and I can hang them up or display them. Just from all the events of the day it just all added up onto me. I gave a yawn.
Alastor seemed to notice as he turned to the group of friends around us. "My friends, I think it is time that we took our leave. My little wife seems to be tired from all the excitement today."
"Do you guys want to stay at the hotel tonight?" Charlie suggested.
Shaking my head, I said to her, "No, but thank you Charlie. I'll be ok to get home." I told her.
"Ok if you are sure. We better let you guys go then." Charlie smiled.
We all said our goodbyes. Vaggie had gathered everything that belonged to Rufio and had it all in a bag. I put my notebook in the same back so I wouldn't lose it. The girls all said goodbye to the hound. After waving bye we walked out of the hotel and headed on our way home. I held onto Rufio's leash as Alastor carried his bag of things. He had an arm wrapped around my waist and with his long arms he had his hand resting on the side of my stomach. He probably didn't have any thought to it, but I noticed, and I didn't mind at all. So I didn't say anything.
Alastor kissed the tip of my ear. "I love you my wolf."
"I love you too my great buck." I replied as I leaned into him more as we walked.
We were finally going home. So much had happened in the last two weeks that it was almost hard to think it was all real. We got married, we had an amazing time on our honeymoon and made love almost every night. Now that we are home, we found out that I'm pregnant as well and it was just amazing to figure out how everything was going to play out.
Finally, our lives were looking up now, way up. I was so excited to see what would be in the future.
(Third Person Pov) [One week after Alastor returned from his honeymoon]
A small green goat demon walked into an office where the lights were dimmed, and the smell of smoke filled the air. That morning's newspaper tucked under his arm as he approached the desk.
With a nervous clearing of his throat he tried to get the attention of the person behind the chair that faced away from him, "Ma'am, I have some news for you."
The person in the chair didn't turn around to face him. The feminine voice then asked, "News? What kind of news?
"Um, well, it might not be news you will like unfortunately." The goat demon told her.
She groaned, "When why bring it to me?
He held out the paper, "Because it deals with the Radio Demon."
Without a word the chair spun around and the woman in the chair viscously ripped the newspaper out of his hands. "Give me that! You should have said so in the first place."
The goat gulped, "You still aren't going to like what it's about."
"Nonsense, I was wondering what had happened to Alastor these last few days. I haven't seen him in the paper for almost two weeks. They always write something about him and his latest killings and all that fun stuff he does." The female looked at the front page of the paper.
Even though what the goat demon wanted to show her wasn't the main story of the front page, it still had a big section in the bottom left hand corner. The female almost seemed to have her breath caught in her throat at what it said and the picture at the top of the article. The title was, 'The Radio Demon Actually Ties the Knot?' The picture was a wedding picture of Alastor and this other woman standing next to him as they were linked arm in arm walking down the aisle.
"Is this a joke?" The female said with an exhaled laugh.
The goat demon shook his head. "No ma'am. It's all true. I heard the Radio Demon himself wanted that in the paper. The person who wrote the article is a friend of his and was there as the wedding. He wants everyone to know. You know how he can be. Always showing off."
The female looked down at the paper one last time to re-read over the article title. She felt her anger spike at this. She started to grip the paper tightly in her hands. How dare he do this to her. She loved him. Then he goes off and decides to marry someone else. This...skid rogue broad. Disgusting! She was having none of it.
"No one is allowed to have him but me! I'll get to Alastor, even if I have to chisel or knock off my way to him." She stood up from behind her desk and started to walk towards the door.
"Ma'am where are you going?" The goat demon frantically asked.
She turned around to look back at him with fire in her eyes, "To take back what belongs to me!"
Oh shit, more drama is about to go down. This is not going to be good.