Don't know what this chapter will be. More baby stuff so I guess be ready for that. Also fluff because i love fluff.

Ch 60: Notice of Change

(Heart's POV)

I was glad when the extermination was finally over. I was surprised I lasted through the whole thing by only taking naps and a few little distractions. Alastor didn't really leave my side. He was almost glued to me or more like his hands were glued to me. The deer demon wouldn't stop now that he had more courage to touch my stomach. Caught him in the act once when I woke up from a nap, but he played it all innocently. It was kind of cute to be honest. I enjoyed it.

When it was all over and we finally exited out of Alastor's safe room, Rufio went running out and did his business. The hound was so energized, and I honestly didn't think I could keep up with it. I let him run around the backyard, get out all his zoomies. He went running into the trees now and then, but he came back. The hound was crazy, and he was excited to finally be outside.

We made sure to go and check up on everyone as well. We stopped to see Lizzy first and thankfully the house was safe and they both were as well. Lizzy was glad to see I was ok too. While Alastor helped Kota take the wood down I talked to my sister and told her how cute Alastor was when under the house in his secret room. She honestly didn't want to believe it was the same person I was talking about. Of course, her version of Alastor was different than mine. She didn't know how he could be behind closed doors most times. She was just happy I was safe.

After we were done at my sister's house, we headed to the hotel to check up on Charlie and everyone else. Unfortunately, when I got there the princess was in tears as she held onto Vaggie for dear life. Once she calmed down enough, she told us how one of the patrons snuck out of the hotel and got killed last night. It was so horrible to hear and it broke Charlie's heart to see it happen. It made me sad just to see her the way she was. She truly cared for the people of the hotel and it hurt a lot for her to see someone dead.

Once we calmed down Charlie, we helped everyone else clean up and take apart stuff to get the hotel running back to normal. Thankfully when I went up to check on Dr. Talon, he was safe and sound. It gave me relief because I would be afraid to do the rest of these next few months by myself without his help. Other doctors would probably turn me away if I tried since it wasn't normal for me to be pregnant in the first place.

Thankfully once it all was calm Alastor and I stayed, and he made dinner for the hotel that night. We talked to Charlie to get her mind off things and it was just nice to relax after the crazy day. I even decided to show her the sonogram pictures Dr. Talon took for me yesterday. That seemed to brighten up her mood a bit. Saying how glad she was that everything was going ok for me. Alastor, of course being himself, decided to show off my small bump I was forming. It embarrassed me so much, but I tried to let it slide since he was excited. He kept lifting my shirt without me realizing and I had to quickly put it back down and push his hands away. I didn't mind it but then people wanted to touch me, and I honestly wasn't liking it. If they asked me sure but when they go and just try and reach for me, I wasn't enjoying it. I told them to nicely ask first before I ended up losing my cool. Thankfully, they all respected my wishes after that was said.

Once that day was gone and past, it was just back to normal and back to work. Unfortunately for me, I was getting to the point where my baby bump was getting noticed under my dresses. The first one to notice was Chicka, who was joking around at first asking if I ate a kid or something. I trusted her enough to tell her, so I took her to the back behind the building and told her that I was expecting. To say that she was excited was something of an understatement. She was happy for me and then asked me how I was able to accomplish this. I then told her about Dr. Talon's experiment and how I agreed to take part in it. I did leave out the part of how me and the scientist met though, and she didn't ask about it so I didn't worry.

When she asked me if I was going to tell everyone else, I told her I wasn't ready and that I was too afraid to. I didn't know how anyone would react. I asked her to promise me to keep quiet about it for now and she crossed her heart that she wouldn't tell a soul. It was something I had to talk to Dr. Talon about because I knew I wouldn't be able to hide it for long. I had to ask the wolf demon if it was ok for me to tell people how I actually was pregnant. Tell them I was some kind of experiment, of course if I told them that I might get a few words thrown at me, but I was willing to accept that.

That next day, when I went to the hotel, I talked to Dr. Talon about what happened and how I told Chicka at work about me being pregnant, he didn't seem to mind. I was honestly glad he wasn't mad at me. When asking him what I should do and tell people, he told me that maybe I should keep it a secret that I was an experiment. Just say that I was special, and I was one of the first demons to have this happen to them. It wasn't a total lie I guess because deep down I did feel special. We were both ok with that and just hoped people believed it.

The pool at the hotel was finally finished. It was exciting for sure for the hotel. They were going to have a grand opening for it since its completed and it was exciting. Lizzy told me she bought me a new swimsuit for the occasion, and I'm worried about what she got me. I tried not to think of it though, I feel it will be ok. I was just excited to swim. Part of me still couldn't get over my excitement of the pool though. The opening day was going to be held in two days so part of me was excited about that as well.

I was now 19 weeks along and it was amazing for sure to see my belly grow still. I started to take selfies to keep track of myself. Charlie gave me the idea and I liked it, so I started doing it. I mainly kept them to myself because I was too scared to share them with others. I know I shouldn't be self-confident in myself but part of me was. I was honestly afraid to show off my stomach and it was growing harder to hide.

I had an appointment with Dr. Talon today. Alastor was going to try and stop by later because he didn't want to miss me getting the ultrasound done. He was silent through the others, but he seemed to really enjoy it. He told me he didn't want to miss them. I didn't blame him though; he was excited to see them as much as I was.

My project class with the hotel patrons was today as well and we were finally starting a new project, and some were excited to keep doing stuff like this. When it was over, they packed up their stuff. Although two of them stayed behind. Besides Vegas there was another demon as well, she was new, but she's been around the hotel for a while. She was an arctic fox demon named Veronica. She had been talking to me since she started, and she was fun to talk to.

The two demons walked up to me and they both looked to have something on their minds.

"Mrs. Heart, can we ask you something?" Vegas started.

"Well it might be a little personal, but we'll understand if you don't want to answer." Veronica added.

I put my notebook down and looked up at them with a smile, "Well I am all ears. What's your concern?"

"Don't take this as mean or the wrong way, but I noticed that you've gotten...bigger." Vegas said as he rubbed his arm.

"Yes, like...rounder. Sorry that's not meant to sound mean." Veronica stated.

My ears went down as I looked at them with a sigh, "Well, I was waiting for someone to say something. I knew I wouldn't be able to hide it forever." I ran a hand through my hair. "Can you close the door please? I don't want others to hear right now."

Vegas went over and closed the door for me. Now that it was closed, and we were alone I felt it was ok to tell them. People were bound to find out eventually. I wouldn't be able to keep it hidden. I figured I'll just tell people when they ask me. They can come to me instead of me saying anything to them first. Made it easier and not as stressful.

"First off, don't worry because there is nothing wrong with me. I'm not sick or anything like that if that's what you guys are thinking." I told them right off the bat.

"I just thought you were getting out of shape and wanted some tips." Vegas said honestly.

The dog demon was a fitness nut so I could understand where he was coming from.

I gave a chuckle. "No, I'm perfectly healthy."

"Well now you have us confused." Veronica said with an ear down in confusion.

"If you promise not to tell anyone else, I'll tell you. Ok?" I said.

"We promise." They both said together.

I took a breath and let it out. "I'm pregnant."

Their eyes went wide after I said that. They looked at each other and back to me. I could see they were confused.

"How?" They both asked.

"I'm sure I don't need to explain to you how sex works." I answered with a giggle as they both shook their head wildly in response. "Dr. Talon isn't sure how it happened, he just said I was a special case. Which is why I go up to him so much. He checks on me to make sure everything is going ok."

"Well, that is weird. Especially with it not being normal for sinners."

"Either way though, at least you put out the fires of our worries."

"I am glad. Just please don't let others know please. I'm trying to keep on the downlow with it."

"We won't tell anyone." Veronica said.

"You can count on us." Vegas smiled.

"Ok good. Now get going, I have somewhere to be soon and I don't want to be late."

"Alright. See you later Mrs. Heart." Vegas waved bye and headed to the door.

"And congratulations." Veronica added as she walked with him.

"Thank you. Have a good day you two." I watched as they walked out the door.

I gave a sigh and put my face in my hands. This was going to become so hard and I had a feeling I wasn't going to enjoy it. Rufio nudged my leg with his nose. He could see that I was a little stressed. I looked down at him and smiled then reached down to pet his head.

Wrapping my arm around my stomach I said, "Things aren't going to be easy with you, are they?" I whispered to myself, but part of me was directing it to the baby.

It was a habit I was starting to pick up and Dr. Talon said that it was ok if I did so. She can hear slightly as her ears develop and stuff and said it was ok to start talking to her. She can find it soothing.

It surprised me at first, but soon I felt a very tiny push against my arm. I chuckled from the feeling. I knew I wasn't imagining it because I could feel it. It was honestly weird to experience. That was the first time I ever felt her move or make herself known to me. It was honestly exciting because that let me know that she was ok, and she was growing fine. Made me excited to go up and see Dr. Talon so I could tell him about it.

Soon I felt a static in the air, and it made my hair rise on my arm. Then there was a knock at the door. I looked up and I saw Alastor there. So, he was able to stop by. I'm surprised he knew where I was, but I was positive he had a shadow to find me first. Rufio saw him as well and started to wag his tail in excitement from seeing him.

"Hi Al." I greeted him with a smile.

The deer demon walked into the room and over to me. "Afternoon my love, how are you feeling? You seem stressed over something."

A sigh went past my lips, "It's nothing. I just had two of the hotel guests ask me why I was getting fat. "I gave a giggle at it, I thought it was funny thinking back on it now.

"Did you tell them?" Alastor asked as he stopped in front of me.

"Of course. I wouldn't want to lie to them." I admitted.

"Well as long as the heathens keep it to themselves." Alastor said with a stern tone.

"They promised they would. I believe they will be ok so don't worry." I told him.

"I'll take your word for it." Alastor then kneeled so that he was almost face to face with me. "How is the little fawn doing?"

"She's fine. You came just in time; I was just about to head up to see Dr. Talon."

"Wonderful! I am glad I could be here." Alastor said ecstatic.

"Also, I don't know if she'll do it again, but I just felt her kick me."

"You can feel it?"

"Yea, it was honestly weird but also exciting. Want to see if she'll do it for you?"

Alastor seemed to be hesitant for a moment. Eventually he nodded. I grabbed his hand resting on his knee and brought it to my stomach where I felt the kick not long ago. He probably didn't realize it, but I knew that his tail was wagging as I saw the back of his coat moving. I thought it was cute and gave a small chuckle. He didn't seem to pay any mind to me though as he was just looking at his hand. He wasn't like that long as there was another kick. That was a little harder than the one I had, and I definitely felt it more.

Slowly Alastor took his hand away, "Life is a very interesting thing to see take place."

"Indeed, it is." I said. "I am just glad to see that she is ok."

Alastor said nothing as he looked up at me with half lidded eyes. He was trying to wrap his head around it all, but I knew he was happy too. I leaned in and captured his lips in a quick kiss. I pulled away but Alastor pulled me back in for another kiss and he was using a little more force this time. He laid his hand on my neck as we kissed, his hands were gentle.

Soon we pulled apart.

"Sorry about that darling. I just, really wanted to kiss you longer." Alastor admitted to me.

A laugh escaped me. "It's alright. I enjoy kissing you. We could keep going but we have to get upstairs. Dr. Talon is expecting us."

Alastor nodded and we both stood up. I made sure to grab my notebook and we headed out of the room and down the hallway to the elevator. Rufio was on one side of me and Alastor was on the other. We reached the elevators and stepped inside. Once the doors closed Alastor wrapped his arm around my waist. I leaned into him a little and I felt him lean down to kiss my ear.

Once we got to where we needed, we stepped out and walked up to the first door. I knocked.

The door opened and the wolf demon stood there with just his nurse's scrubs on. "There you are Heart, was thinking you would skip out on me or something."

"Never doc. You know I like to keep you updated on things." I reminded him.

"Yes, I am well aware." He looked up to Alastor. "Good to see you too."

"The pleasure is mine." Alastor greeted.

The scientist turned back to me. "Come in and we can go over the usual."

Giving Dr. Talon a nod I looked at Alastor, "You ok staying out here with Rufio for a little bit?"

"Of course, dear. I'll keep an eye on him." Alastor reached his hand out for the leash.

Putting the hound's leash in his waiting hand I walked in and Dr. Talon closed the door behind me. I walked over to the table and sat down. The first thing we did was go over my notes for the week, so I handed him my notebook. He sat down and looked over everything I had written. When he was done, he closed it and put it to the side.

"Oh, doc, before I forget. I didn't get to write it yet because it just happened, but I felt her move for the first time." I told him with a smile on my face and my tail was wagging.

"Oh really? That's fantastic news. That's a good sign. Very good." Dr. Talon also seemed to get excited once I told him that as his tail wagged. "Do you mind if I do a small exam?"

"No go ahead." He was the doctor, so I wasn't going to let him not do what he needed but I appreciated him asking.

"Lay down please."

Doing as he said I laid down on the table and he did his exam quickly. I was correct at what I was feeling because he felt a small push as well. He gave a small chuckle from it. He even took some measurements to see how big I actually was. I honestly didn't want to hear the numbers because I was already self-conscious as it was. All he did tell me is that all was well, and everything was good. When he was done, I sat back up.

"Already trying to be an active little thing. That's good." Dr. Talon said.

"I'm happy to hear that." I felt my tail was going to fall off from wagging so much.

We went over everything else that was needed and soon he was ready to take me over to get my ultrasound done. He was excited to see, because of the kicking it made him happy to see everything going well. He just wanted a better look. When we walked out of the room Alastor was there with Rufio, the hound sitting nicely by the deer demon. We told him to follow into the next room. Alastor left the hound there, commanding him to stay and followed us into the next room.

We walked in and I sat on the exam table while Alastor sat in the chair. Dr. Talon taking his seat by the machine. I lifted my shirt as he put the gel on and started looking around on the screen. We were both silent as the scientist did what he needed to. I looked up at Alastor and reached my hand out to him and he was glad to take it into his own.

Dr. Talon was soon done looking on his end and he turned the machine around for us to look. It was honestly amazing how different it looked compared to those few weeks ago. Everything was easier to see and more prominent than before. The scientist pointed out her head and you could see the arms and legs more than before.

"Everything seems to be in the right place. All looks well. Also, I looked again just to be sure and I was correct that it is a girl. You can even see her move a little." He pointed out.

Looking at the screen I saw that one hand was by her mouth and the other was out and it looked like they were practicing making a fist. It made me chuckle from the action, and I was very amazed.

"Is she sucking her thumb?" I asked.

"Yes, she is. Got to practice right?" Dr. Talon answered with a chuckle of his own.

"That's so cute." I continued to look at the screen with my ears to the side.

"Is that the heart?" I heard Alastor ask as he stood up a moment and pointed to the screen, but he didn't touch it.

It was kind of hard to notice at first, but you could actually see the little heart beating, it was kind of weird and cool to see.

The wolf demon nodded. "Yes, it is." Alastor stood there instead of sitting back down. "I got to record her heartbeat right now. So, we get to listen together." The scientist said.

Nodding I watched him hit a button and heard the heartbeat fill the room. I felt a wash of relief come over me to hear it. It was still strong, and it made me relax from the thought. She was going to be ok. I looked at Alastor out of the corner of my eyes and I could see that he had his ears down a little, but he had a soft look on his face. He must have been feeling the same. Of course, at the same time he probably was confused on what he was feeling.

Soon Dr. Talon turned off the machine and gave me the towel to clean off while he wrote some stuff down on a clipboard.

When he was done writing he took his glasses off and looked to us, "Well you are free to go. Keep up the good work Heart." He stood up and patted my shoulder. "You're doing a wonderful job." He looked to Alastor. "And make sure she eats because I know she can be stubborn."

Alastor chuckled. "Yes, I know all about it. You can count on me on my end too."

He then handed new pictures to me and I happily took them from him with a thanks.

"Keep doing those exercises in the morning and before you go to bed ok. Your leg cramps will just get worse if you don't." He reminded me.

"I will, promise."

"And take your vitamins."

"Yes Marcus."

"Good. Now I'll see you guys during the pool opening in two days."

"See you there."

We waved goodbye to each other as the wolf demon left the room. Alastor and I were alone in the room now. As soon as the door closed Alastor was right up in my face and he leaned in to kiss me. I was surprised by the kiss at first but eventually melted into it. Alastor put his hands on my shoulders then pushed me back a moment until my back hit the table. Never breaking the kiss. He ran his one hand down my side to lay on my stomach. I tried to hold onto the pictures so they didn't fall, but my other hand went to his cheek.

He pulled apart a moment but went back to kissing me. He snaked his hand under my shirt and started to rub his hand across my skin. I shivered from his touch. His hand was a little cold compared to my warm skin.

Eventually he pulled away again for me to breathe, "Alastor." I got out to get his attention.

He stopped and just laid his face very close to mine. Our noses almost touched. "What is it dearest?"

"Ok one, I'd like to breathe. Two, where did this sudden kissing spree come from?" I asked him as I put my hand to his shoulder.

"To be honest with you my dear, I don't know. I was just so excited, I guess. I had to express it in some way. I hope you didn't mind." Alastor explained.

A smile graced my lips with my eyes half lidded, "I don't mind at all. I'm just as excited as you are. I'm just surprised is all."

"Now dear you should know you can always expect the unexpected from me. These are all new feelings to me, so I don't know how to go about them. So, I apologize if my actions don't correspond correctly." Alastor told me.

I gave a small giggle, "It's no worries Al. It's ok. I know it's all new. This is new to me too. Although I will admit, starting to feel her move is very strange to me." I took my hand off his shoulder and placed it down on top of his that rested on my stomach.

He let out a small radio chuckle, "You amaze me my love."

"How so?" I flicked one of my ears.

"Because you are doing amazing things that I can't even imagine myself going through." He kissed my nose. "Very beautiful while doing it too."

"But I'm not doing anything."

"Of course you are. You're doing all you can to keep our fawn safe and in return it shows by how healthy they are."

A blush came to my face from his praise, "I guess that's true. Al come on your making me blush."

Alastor laughed and there was radio static behind it, "Good." He leaned down and kissed me again quickly. "I love you."

"I love you too." I responded back with a smile. Alastor then ran his hand up and cupped my breast in his hand. "Do you mind?"

Alastor chuckled deeply and had a smirk on his face, "Not at all."

A sigh escaped me. He had so much excitement and energy he didn't know what to do with it. Of course, he was probably just enjoying me right now after all that. Even in my down moods when I didn't have much self-confidence, he always made me feel better. He would tell me how attractive I was and how much he loved me no matter what and that usually made me feel better.

"Are you hinting at something?" I asked him.

"Maybe, but only if you're up to it." Alastor said with one of his Cheshire smiles.

"Not here though." I said sternly.

"Why not here? It will be fun." He growled.

"Because I said no."

Alastor huffed in annoyance, "Fine. We can go to my room then."

"I'd be ok with that."

"Then let's get going."

Alastor got up off me and I sat up. I managed to put the pictures in the envelope so they wouldn't get ruined. He helped me up off the table to stand up. He held onto my hand as we walked out of the room. Rufio was still outside waiting like a good boy. I grabbed his leash and we headed downstairs.

In the elevator I laid my head on Alastor's arm, "Al, can I tell you something?"

"What is it dearest?"

I looked up at him. "You're the best thing to happen to me besides this." I flashed him an innocent smile.

Alastor gave a small hum of radio static. "So are you darling. Because we both have this." He let go of my hand a moment to show me his wedding band on his finger. "That just means we are best for each other. Always."

"That's very true." I agreed. "Soon we'll have that next chapter."

Alastor kissed the top of my head. "And it's something I'm looking forward to." He started to get very expressive with his hands. "It will be magnificent! A chapter full of great things!" You could really hear the radio noise behind his voice. "Challenges still await but that doesn't mean we can't overcome them! No no, it will be a chapter full of even more amazing things to come!" He glanced down at me with a big smile. "Our little light at the end at the tunnel."

A small laugh escaped me, "Especially after everything we have been through."

Alastor looked at me with half lidded eyes, "I agree. We may be in hell but that doesn't mean we can't have something special."

"Took the words out of my mouth." I said with a small smile. A dreamy look came onto my face. "I love when you get like that though. So expressive you are with your voice."

"It's a habit my dear, but I am glad you enjoy it."

The elevator stopped and we stepped out, but I continued with the conversation. "Makes me wish I could have heard you on the radio when I was alive." My ears went down a little bit. "I used to really like listening to it as a kid. I was too far away probably for you though."

"It's possible, sometimes it can be a hit or miss." Alastor took a pause as we walked slowly down the hallway to his room. "I have been giving your proposition from a few months back some thought though."

"What? About you going back on the radio?" I asked.

Alastor nodded, but his eyes were forward. "I think I might take it back up again."

I soon got excited from his statement; my tail wagged as my ears went up. Did I actually hear him right? Was he really going to take it back up again? To be a little safer? It honestly made me happy to hear that he had considered it. Before he seemed so against it. Makes me wonder if something changed his mind. He has been probably thinking about it after I asked him. Hopefully, it won't be a bad decision. If he doesn't like it then he can always go back to doing what he always does.

Alastor continued, "I did build a tower a long while ago, and it helped me broadcast back in the day. I haven't been to it in years though. I can imagine the condition it's in. I can probably fix it if it needs it."

We got to his room and we stopped, when we did, I hugged him. He seemed surprised by it at first. "Thank you, Al." I whispered.

He placed his hands around me to return the hug, "For what?"

Putting my face in his jacket I said, "For considering what I said."

"I'll do it for you my love; if it will make you feel better. I'll try it out and see how it goes." He said to me as he put his head on top of mine.

I tightened my hold on him. I felt Alastor sneak his hand under my chin so I could look up at him. He leaned down close to me to whisper. "I'll do it for our fawn to because I want to be safe with her around. The last thing I want is for me to get injured badly again when I should be around to help you."

"That means a lot to me hearing that my buck." I felt tears prick the corner of my eyes.

Alastor kissed me again quickly then opened the door behind him and started to walk in, pulling me along. When we were inside, Rufio went over to the foot of the bed and sat down. Alastor grabbed the pictures out of my hand and put them to the side on a dresser not far away. When he came back to me, he gently pushed me up against the door and leaned down to kiss me. His hands wrapped around me and laid in the middle of my back and pulled me into him as close as he could. I wrapped my arms under his and held onto the back of his jacket while I hooked my hands on his shoulders.

When he pulled away from the kiss he went to my ear, "May I still make love to you, my wolf?"

A shiver went down my spine from his breath hitting my ear and the harsh whisper of his voice. I let a small chuckle escape me. "Of course, you can, my great buck."

I heard a small radio buzzing come off him as he leaned down to kiss my temple. "Just remember that you are beautiful." I then heard him let out a deep laugh. He looked at me with his eyes glowing and a smirk on his face. "I'll be your daddy today."

I met his smirk with my own. "Well then you better take good care of me."

"Believe me my dear, I will." I didn't get another word in as he leaned down and crashed his lips onto mine.

Sorry no smut here but have a small make out on your way out *Winks*