Charlie finally gets to host the baby shower she has been planning for Heart. She is definitely in for a surprise.
Ch 63: Baby Shower
(Heart's POV)
With another month gone, it was starting to become harder and harder to believe that things were happening. I was in my third trimester...holy shit. I was honestly so happy I had gotten this far. Never would I think I'd be 28 weeks along. My mind just couldn't fathom it. At the same time...I was just so happy about the whole thing. Sure, I had my aches and stuff but that didn't stop me. Made me appreciate this pregnancy more. I was doing it; I had made it.
After that night of our anniversary Alastor was starting to help me out more, not because I was asking but because he wanted to make sure I was taken care of. Especially when it became harder for me to bend down. Even Rufio started to help when I dropped something. He was such a good boy and helped me when Alastor wasn't around. I didn't even have to teach him, it's like he already knew.
My childbirth class went well when that time came around. We met Dr. Talon's friend at the hotel, and we sat alone in one of the rooms by his office that day. To say we learned a lot was definitely the case. Alastor and I learned so much from that day. We had so many questions for her and lucky she answered them all and we were a lot calmer about things. What I wasn't looking forward to: was the pain. Sure, my demon body might lessen the pain, but I will still feel it when it becomes further along. She taught us different techniques and stuff that could help with pain as well as medications that could help.
Alastor learned a lot too, how to help me when the time came. She also told us to not freak out during that time, freaking out just makes things worse for not only me but for the baby too. It was nice to actually learn about all this instead of going in blind.
She told us that one class wasn't enough. When I asked if she would be ok coming again to have a private lesson, she was happy to. So, for the last four weeks, every Tuesday, the teacher came to the hotel and taught me and Alastor what we needed to know. I also made the decision that I wanted to give birth at home. The teacher told me all the risks of doing that, but I had already made up my mind because I didn't want to go to a hospital just to not be taken care of. I knew Dr. Talon would be able to help me more than any normal hell doctor could. She understood that and wanted to get me ready for doing such a thing at home.
I would say my confidence in everything was way better than before. Of course, the video she showed us...kind of scared me. I think even Alastor was a little freaked out by the whole thing. She answered any questions we had and anything that was concerning us. These classes definitely helped, and I still had a few more left to take to make sure we went over everything.
Glenn had let me off on leave from work, so I didn't have to worry about standing on the stage to sing. I would miss it, but I knew I'd be back eventually. I wanted to take some time after to be sure everything would be ok. That and I could leave Alastor alone with the baby when I had to go to work. I probably wouldn't go as much the first few months until I knew everything would be ok. That didn't mean I wouldn't worry. We also figured out that the days I went to work that morning Alastor would do his broadcasts at night. He was ok with that and I figured we could put it on a schedule for the time being when the time was needed.
As much as I wanted to walk, I couldn't really. My back pain would not even let me do so. Alastor basically had to drive me everywhere. I was ok with that though, was nice to go around in the car when needed. He drove me to the hotel when it was my day to go. Since I didn't have to worry about singing, I could spend every other day at home.
Ever since Alastor went back to doing his broadcasts its honestly the best thing I could experience since I couldn't when alive. I'm sure it was different back then, but it was still nice none the less. Those days I listened to Alastor do his broadcasts, it honestly made the day go by faster and it was nice. Especially since I could finally hear him over the radio now. Make me calm just to hear his voice. It's all I would have on in the house when he wasn't home. He'd give me little messages now and then because he knew I would be listening. Sometimes in the form of poems or sayings, plus some other ways and I loved it. It was honestly cute to hear. He never said directly who it was to or what it was for, but I knew he was aiming the words towards me. He would even play my favorite songs as his last one of the day and I thought it was so sweet of him.
Once or twice I caught his massacre broadcasts, I would listen at first but that's when I would turn the radio off and wait for about an hour or so. I'd check to see if it was still going on. If it was, I turned it back off. If he was done, I would leave it on and just go about the rest of the day. He mainly did those in his afternoon broadcasts.
When Alastor did his night shows he would do a story before he ended. Reading something scary or something with a bad ending. Every now and then he would put in something cute or romantic in but only when I asked him to. Mostly it was a scary story since those were popular back in the days. He always put so much emphasis and emotion into his readings. It showed how passionate he could be about it all. More than once had he come home to me sleeping in the study on the couch after those nights of his storytelling. I couldn't help it, was calming for me and I knew the baby enjoyed it as well. He would wake me up and get me to bed, sometimes I don't think he could even get me up, but I still woke up in bed somehow.
My fatigue came back and hit me hard when I was entering this third trimester. It was annoying to have to be tired again, but I took a nap in the middle of the day and that helped. When I was doing stuff at the hotel I would nap in my room after my projects were all finished. Usually I was woken up by Rufio when he had to do his business. We mainly ate dinner at the hotel those nights. Alastor would cook for everyone when he would be done with his broadcasts for the days. I told him he shouldn't be running himself down doing all that in a day, but he said he was fine and didn't affect him at all.
I noticed my stretch marks appearing more and it made me a little worried and it brought on some unwanted self-confidence I didn't want to put on myself. I'd look at them and hate myself and it usually put me in a down mood. When I asked Dr. Talon what I could do about it or if there was something that could help. All he mentioned was to use something with Shea Butter if I could get my hands on it. Lucky Charlie had some and she said I could borrow it which I was very thankful for.
I'd usually put some on before I went to bed and in the middle of the day. As for saying Alastor enjoyed putting it on when he was home was an understatement. He wanted to do it every chance he got. I'd let him because it felt nice and sometimes relaxing. Although he mostly wanted to be a jerk and use his claws to tickle me across my stomach. I had to beg him to stop that sometimes, but he just had a smirk on his face afterwards.
My back pain was starting to become more prominent, but I was told to just keep my feet up when I was resting and that did seem to help. Although standing for long periods of time was almost impossible now. There was no way I could stand for a good ten minutes without having to sit down. Some days it was worse than others or it just wouldn't be around at all. Had to have the up and down days I suppose but I got through it.
Clumsy should have become my new middle name because I felt like I was all the time. I broke dishes, dropped cups, spilled paint on Rufio and even tripped a hotel guest by accident one day. It was all crazy and emotional, so I apologized up and down for it all. Plus, I realized I was forgetting some things now and then. When I asked Dr. Talon about it, he just said it was a normal thing when pregnant. With being clumsy and forgetting somethings, he just called it 'pregnancy brain' and it just all had to deal with hormones. With the third trimester they were more in an overdrive state.
As for my dreams, well, let's say that lately they are becoming weirder and crazier. Not so much as nightmare inducing but just straight up weird. I had the normal dreams here and there, but the weird ones didn't make sense. Then again, dreams didn't have to make sense. For me I was lucky I didn't have any nightmares filled by these weird dreams yet.
The key word was yet.
Unfortunately for me, this night was not my normal night of weird dreams. I did have a nightmare and I was not enjoying it.
When I woke up, it was with a jolt as I sat up in bed. My arms supported me a little as I felt a light sweat on me and I knew it wasn't just from my high body temperature. It was a little difficult as Alastor had his arms wrapped around me and that caused him to wake up from my movement.
"Sweetheart, what's wrong?" I heard him ask as he was still half asleep.
I looked down at him as he picked his head up and took his hand away from around me, "Nothing. Nothing. Bad dream. I'm going to get some water."
Pulling back the blanket I stood up with some difficulty but managed to get off the bed and head to the bathroom to get some water. I saw Rufio lift his head, but I commanded him to stay so he went back to sleep. I walked into the bathroom and went to the sink. I splashed my face with water first and the cold felt good on my warm skin. I rested my hands on the counter and gave a small sigh.
When I looked back up, I saw Alastor standing there. I knew he was there as I felt him giving off a small static that made my hair stand up. I knew he was worried by the look on his face. He walked up closer to me and placed his hands on my shoulders.
"You seem really shook up dearest. Are you sure you're alright?" He asked me.
I bite my lip. I was honestly afraid to even tell him what my dream was because it involved him.
"I told you, I'm fine." I gave a small smile.
He didn't seem to believe me, "You know you can tell me anything, love." Alastor reminded me as he rubbed down my arms.
A sighed escaped me again. I closed my eyes a moment and turned around to face him. He had taken my hands into his once I turned around.
Opening my eyes, I looked up at him, "If I tell you, do you promise to not get upset?"
"I promise. It is just a dream after all. I have nothing to worry about." He flashed me a reassuring smile.
"Let's go back into bed first." I started. "I just want to be comfy."
I pulled him out of the bathroom slowly and we managed to get back into bed. I managed to lay down and lay on my side facing Alastor. It would be better if I were laying down because of my back right now. The deer demon went into bed and laid on his side facing me as well. He laid a hand on my arm and started to rub it gently.
"So, what all happened?" Alastor asked me softly.
A pause was all I had now as I tried to think of what to tell him. Where to start.
"It was about you." I whispered, taking my eyes away from his.
"Me?" Alastor wondered, but he didn't seem surprised. "Been a while since you had a nightmare about me."
Taking a breath, I continued. "It was like you were just manipulating me this whole time. Everything was a lie, every word you ever told me. You had my heart on puppet strings. You never actually cared about me." I felt tears prick the corner of my eyes. "Then you took her from me. Right out of my arms." I took a shaky inhale of breath to calm myself. "All I can hear is her crying…and your laughter."
The tears did escape my eyes after that, and I laid there facing him with my eyes shut. I felt his grip on my arm tighten a moment before loosening.
"Do you believe this nightmare? That I would actually betray you like that?" Alastor wondered.
I opened my eyes and tried to clear away the tears. "No, because I know sometimes dreams can be misleading but other times, they can speak the truth."
"Darling, I would know this better than anyone that a mother is a very important piece to a child's life. I would never want to harm something as innocent as that. Let alone something that was mine." Alastor moved his hand from my arm down to the side of my stomach. "I would never take her away from you. Nor would I ever play with your heart. You know I love you dearly and I would never want to hurt you or Elena. You're my world. My everything."
"I know you wouldn't. It just felt so real and scary." I whispered as I put my head more into the pillow.
I felt Alastor plant a kiss on my temple. "Heart, look at me." He whispered as he kept his face close to mine. Peeking up to look at him, all I saw was him smiling. He kissed my forehead this time. "Don't believe any of that dream. It's a nightmare. Nightmares aren't real, but they are meant to feel scary sometimes. Elena needs up both though. So, I would never take her from you for my own selfish needs. I would protect her just as much as I would protect you." He wrapped his arms around me and brought me closer to him.
Tucking my head under his chin and he rubbed my back a little. I tried to be flush up against him as best I could, it was hard when you had a big round stomach in the way.
"I love you Al." I whispered against his neck. "I know you would never do that to us. I was just scared."
"I love you too, sweetheart. Don't worry about a thing, I'll always be here." He kissed my ear. "Now get back to sleep. We have to go to the hotel tomorrow for that meeting with Charlie."
All I did was nod and got comfortable in Alastor's embrace and closed my eyes to try and get back to sleep. He took his one hand and ran his claws through my hair and that seemed to calm me a bit. It was quiet now in the room. Nothing was really making a noise except for Rufio on the floor. I gave a small yawn and just enjoyed the embrace from him. Soon I was back asleep, and my dreams were clear the rest of the night.
It was about noon now as we walked out of the house and got into the car, Rufio jumping into the back. It was weird having to wear dresses most of the time now. I kind of had to because pants were getting to be too difficult to wear. Dresses just became more comfortable to wear and they were stretchy and soft. The one I wore today was purple and white swirled and it was probably one of my favorites.
Alastor wouldn't tell me what the meeting with Charlie would be. It's like it was a secret but it was ok. I'm sure I'll be filled in once we get there. Alastor got into the car and we headed on our way.
Unknown to me what Charlie had planned up her sleeve once I got to the hotel.
As we drove my mind went back to this last week. Alastor and I have been doing stuff for the baby's room downstairs. We painted it just like we wanted, a light purple. It was nice to agree on a color we both knew would be good. It was fun to spend time with Alastor painting the room.
Now, he could have snapped his fingers and it would be done, but I didn't want that. I wanted to enjoy some time together painting the room. More than once had Alastor got paint on my shirt on purpose. By the time the room was done, I felt my shirt was just as covered. Although, he had put a smiley face on the front of my shirt where my stomach was and all I did was laugh from it. Good thing the white shirt I had was old and I didn't worry about paint on it.
After the room was painted, Alastor told me that we can get stuff a little later in the week. Said that he would take care of it all, so I didn't have to worry about going out. Which was true still, I was afraid to go outside the way I was, so I mainly had Alastor go out and do everything. He understood though and said he didn't mind it at all. I trusted him to go out and get what I needed. He even took up walking Rufio for me in the mornings because my back and feet would start to hurt too much if I walked down the road halfway.
When the car stopped, I got snapped out of my daydream and blinked a few times looking up at the hotel. Alastor got out and went over to my side and helped me out of the car. Then got Rufio out of the car so we all headed inside.
"So, what's this meeting for again?" I asked as we stepped into the threshold.
"You'll see darling, don't you worry." Alastor said to reassure me. "I think she said we are meeting her in one of the meeting rooms so let's not keep her waiting."
Nodding we headed down the hallway and walked a little way until we stopped at the first set of small double doors. The meeting rooms weren't that big but there were two and there was a wall that you could put down if you wanted to make it bigger. Alastor knocked on the door and I heard some shuffling around before the door opened a crack. I saw Charlie peak her head out of the room and greeted us with a smile.
"Oh, guy's you are here! Wonderful!" The princess cheered. "Come on in. We were just waiting for you." Charlie opened the door more for us.
We walked into the room past Charlie. To my surprise, there were balloons throughout the room. Small tables set up with little centerpieces that had purple flowers in them. I saw a small table with food and another with small deserts like cookies and cupcakes. I saw another table that had presents on it. Then I saw a banner put up in the front of the room that said, 'Welcome Baby' on it. I looked around the room and just saw some close girl friends, like Chicka and Aldavyz, and two of the hotel guests there, one being Victoria. I saw Vaggie and Nifty at the front of the room. Angel was even there as he was busy eating a cookie. It was a small amount of people but was just enough.
Soon they all threw their hands up and yelled, "Surprise!" When I walked all the way in.
Oh, my goodness! No way! I was in total shock. I couldn't believe they all did this for me.
They threw me a baby shower.
I honestly tried so hard not to cry, but I covered my face with my hand to hold back my emotions. I was surprised. I wasn't expecting this. A baby shower was something I didn't want to plan because I didn't want people to know. Looking around the room though, the group was small and only of people who knew I was pregnant. It honestly felt good to have them here.
Alastor put his hands on my shoulders, "Take breaths dear. Its ok. Charlie had this all planned for you." I heard him whisper.
Tears did eventually fall down my face, "I'm just...so surprised...and happy." I choked out.
"Are you going to be ok?" Charlie asked me.
I nodded, "Its fine. I'm just so shocked to see everyone here." I spoke through tears.
Chika then spoke, "Well of course we wanted to all be here. I wasn't missing your baby shower for the world."
"Same goes for me." Aldavyz added
Then everyone nodded in agreement.
Charlie then stood in front of me, "We all wanted to come together for you to celebrate. So, I hope you don't mind."
I then wrapped my arms around the princess, "I don't mind at all. Thank you, Charlie."
Charlie returned my hug, "I was happy to do this for you. I know you didn't want a big party, but I figured a small one with just friends would be nice."
We got out of the hug, "It is very nice. I appreciate this so much my friend."
"It was my pleasure, plus Alastor said you would like it as well." Charlie smiled.
Looking back at Alastor, "Al you were behind this to?"
"Slightly." Alastor smiled innocently.
"You guys are the best." I almost felt close to sobbing from all this. I had the most amazing friends.
Charlie wrapped an arm around my shoulders and led me to the group. "Well come on now. Let's get this party started now that the guests are here."
Like that, the small party started. It was honestly such a nice thing to enjoy with just the small number of friends that were there. Charlie was right that I didn't want a big party but that was only because I was still trying to keep my pregnancy on the downlow of everything. So just this small group of friends taking their time to be here for me was amazing. It definitely made my day.
We ate first so that we could finally have lunch. I will say that it all was delicious and was glad it was all stuff I could eat. We played a game or two afterwards which was enjoyable. Plus, there were some small baskets for prizes when people won. There was also a bingo board for people to fill out when I opened presents. That would be fun to see for people. I'm was honestly excited to see what everyone got me because we didn't have anything yet and I'm sure that whatever we didn't get, we would make sure we did.
Alastor mainly stayed in the back of the room, this party was for me after all and he didn't want to steal my spotlight with everyone. That and not to scar anyone with his presence since he still was a pretty feared overlord. He didn't really partake but he did watch after Rufio for me while I had fun. He only came around when he knew I needed help with something. Sometimes his shadow would be with me instead. The Radio Demon seemed to be enjoying the day though. He knew I was having a good time. Every now and then he would sneak over to me to capture a kiss. I honestly would see a blush on his face from slight embarrassment when someone would catch him kissing me because they always went, 'aww' when they saw it.
I was having a wonderful day with this party. Talking with everyone and chatting. People asking me about the baby was very cute and I was happy to tell them. At least answer what I could. They were even nice enough to ask me to touch my stomach first before doing so. They got a little bit of action because she was very active with kicking already today. She must have known something was going on.
Soon we decided to open some presents that people brought for us.
Charlie grabbed my hand and started to pull me to the front of the room, "Heart come on. We want you to open some presents."
I laughed from her excitement. "Ok ok Charlie. Calm down. I'm excited to see what I got."
"Well here, we have your first gift for you already. You get to sit in it." Charlie told me.
Alastor was standing in the front and next to him was a rocking chair. It was made of dark wood. It looked to be very comfy from the nice red pillow on it.
Charlie spoke once we got up to it, "I know you're keeping your pregnancy secret, but I told my mom that a friend of mine was having a baby. I didn't tell her who, but she was nice enough to send this gift for you guys. I hope you like it."
"Aw Charlie thank you. It's so pretty." I said once I stood in front of it. "Please tell your mother thank you."
"I will. Go ahead and sit down. Try it out." Charlie told me.
Alastor held a handout to me and brought me over to sit me down in the chair. I sat down and it was very comfortable, and I let out a sigh of relief to finally sit down after standing for so long. I rocked a little bit in the chair to try it out.
"What do you think sweetheart?" Alastor asked.
"It's perfect." I answered with a smile. "I absolutely love it."
"And you look amazing with you in it dear." Alastor said softly then leaned down to kiss my head.
I gave a small chuckle and I felt a blush come to my face. "Well let's get going with these presents." I said excited.
Charlie nodded and went over to the table. Alastor stayed near me to help if need be, plus he wanted to see everything we got as well. He was probably just as excited but didn't want to show it.
Charlie handed me the first present, when I opened the card it was from Chicka. I opened the bag and inside was clothes. It was a mixture of onesies and footie onesies. Some had cute animals on them and somewhere just different colors and patterns. It was all so cute. I thank the bird demon for everything, and she was delighted by it.
Next one was from Aldavyz and she gave us some new blankets and towels we could use. One was a hooded towel that looked like a crocodile. One blanket even had deer all over it and looked so cute. I thanked her as well.
Angel wanted me to open his gift next, so I did. Inside there were a few baby shirts with some crude sayings on them. I kind of got a laugh out of them but Alastor didn't seem to enjoy them as much as I did. One even said, "My uncle is a hoe" and I about died of laughter. I thought they were cute. There were some serious gifts in there though, they were baby toys. I thanked the spider demon who blew me a kiss.
Charlie gave me Nifty's gift next and of course it was a bunch of cleaning things and a diaper bag as well. It was of no surprise to me to be honest with the cleaning stuff.
Charlie then gave me her gift and she was so excited. I then saw why because she got us a crib. All still in the box of course. It was honestly fantastic to see that someone got us one and I was so happy. The crib was black and had red trim to it. I thought it looked great. She even gave us a few clothes as well. One Alastor absolutely loved it because it said, "daddy's little princess" on it. I saw his tail wagging more from it because it was to adorable. I gave Charlie a hug for what she got us, after Alastor helped me up out of the rocker. Alastor even gave her a hug.
After that was Vaggie's gift, she said that she wanted to get us something as well by herself instead of sharing the gift with Charlie. To my surprise, she got us a changing table and had lots of storage for stuff underneath. It was so adorable and matched the crib. So, the two probably planned it all out but wanted it to be separate. It was so nice to see them plan that together either way.
Some other gifts we got were more toys, blankets, and clothes. Someone even got us a stroller which I was happy to see. Almost everything we really need, even when Elena got older with bottles and sippy cups. We basically got everything today, minus a few minor things but we would be able to take care of that. It was so great to have such amazing friends to get all the stuff we need.
I thanked everyone for the gifts and gave almost everyone hugs. We had some cake after all that, so we sat to enjoy it. It was a normal cake and was pink icing on the outside with some purple icing written on the top. It was honestly a cute simple cake and was really good.
We handed out the prizes that people won throughout the party and it was honestly so fun. I had a wonderful time today and I was happy to get all these things from my friends. To see everyone again. Before everyone left, they all wanted to take pictures with me. I was ok with it if no one showed anyone. Alastor even wanted someone to take a picture of us.
When everyone was gone, I asked Charlie if she wanted help cleaning up. She quickly told me no and that we could go home if we wanted to. I understood and was fine with that, I honestly was feeling tired from today. Luckily Alastor made everything easy by just snapping his fingers and sending everything back home. Was better than trying to fit it all into the car.
We said our goodbyes to Charlie and the gang to head on our way back home. I managed to get Rufio away from Nifty because the hound loved to play with her. We got back out to the car. Once we all got settled Alastor headed back home.
As we drove, I was in such a good mood and was just humming a tune that was on the radio.
Alastor seemed to notice my good mood, "You seem happy my dear. Did you have a good time today?"
"I had a wonderful time Alastor. Today has been amazing. I had so much fun." I answered him with a big smile.
Alastor returned my smile, "I am glad you had a great time my darling. It was all for you and our fawn." He laid his hand on top of mine that laid on my stomach. "I was happy to be there to experience it with you."
"It was nice to have you there to honey. Thanks for looking over Rufio."
"It was no trouble. He behaved so he was good the whole time."
"Maybe he needs a special treat when we get home."
"Definitely, but I think we should get you to bed first dear. You seem tired."
A yawn then escaped me, "Yea I had a very long and entertaining day. A nap does sound nice. I want to start to put her room together though."
When we stopped at a red light Alastor leaned over and kissed me on the cheek. "I'll take care of it sweetheart. You sleep."
"But I want to help." I whined.
"Don't worry about it dear. I don't want you to hurt yourself helping." Alastor told me.
With a small sigh I said, "Will you at least leave me something to do?"
"Of course, I will. Don't you worry." Alastor reassured me.
We made our way finally to the house. Alastor helped me out of the car and let Rufio out as well. We headed into the house and I gave another yawn. Alastor helped me up the stairs and into the bedroom. He got me into bed and just kept my dress on because I was comfortable.
Alastor kissed my forehead, "Ill wake you up in a little while ok? I'll take care of everything."
"Thanks Al." I smiled. "I love you my great buck."
"I love you too my wolf." Alastor kissed my cheek this time. "Now get some rest ok." He rested a hand on my stomach.
A yawn escaped me again and I nodded. I closed my eyes and tried to relax. I laid onto my side away from Alastor as I wasn't allowed to lay on my back. As I did, I felt Alastor move his hand and rubbed it across my stomach a moment. There was a moment he paused and then I felt him plant a kiss to my stomach softly. I kept my eyes closed but smiled so wide at his action. He lifted back up, took his hand off me and then I heard him walk out of the room. Not long after I was finally consumed by sleep.
I woke up on my own about 2 hours later. Thankfully, my dreams were calm, and nothing scared me like it did last night. I sat up in bed with a yawn and stretched the best I could. I managed to roll myself out of bed and gave a small stretch before heading into the bathroom. I did my business and then headed out of the bedroom. I was surprised to be greeted by Alastor's shadow. It crawled out from the wall and appeared in front of me.
"Hello Shadow. Were you waiting for me?" I asked it.
It nodded.
"What can I help you with?" I wondered.
The shadow grabbed my hand and pulled on me a little.
"Follow you?"
All it did was pull my hand again.
"Ok ok, I'll follow."
With the shadow holding my hand, it led me down the stairs, past the living room and down the hallway. We stopped at the room we were planning on making the nursery. The shadow slid under the door and not long after the door opened a crack. Alastor stuck his head out.
"I see you are awake my love!" He exclaimed as he quickly walked out of the room and closed it behind him. "How did you sleep?"
"It was very refreshing." I answered him.
"Wonderful to hear darling." He leaned down to kiss my forehead. "I have something to show you."
"Let me guess. You did the baby's room?" I guessed as I crossed my arms with confidence.
"My you must be able to read my mind little wolf! However, did you know?" Alastor played along.
I chuckled, "More a hunch really."
"Well, I better show you then. Best not to keep a lady waiting." Alastor said as he took my hand. "I think you'll love it dear."
The deer demon opened the door and walked inside with me in tow. It was slow but eventually I walked in and Alastor had basically done everything in the room. Everything was set up and ready it looked like. When you entered the room, the crib sat in the far-left corner, the changing table a little ways down from it, the rocking chair close to the right corner by the window. Then a dresser sat closest to the door on the left and I saw a few toys in front of the closet. I was so shocked by how wonderful everything looked.
Walking in until I stopped in the middle of the room, I just took everything in. I started to have tears come to my eyes. It was just so overwhelming and now it just felt all real. The realization that this was happening, and it would be soon. I honestly couldn't handle it.
"What do you think darling?" I heard Alastor say happily behind me. He put his hands on my shoulders and leaned down to look at me over my shoulder. "Dearest what's wrong?" He asked with concern in his voice.
"It's nothing." I answered as I shook my head. "It just...it's all just kind of overwhelming and just real. This is actually happening."
"I can promise you that this is no dream." Alastor reassured me. "It's a little crazy for me to fathom as well. Especially when I was putting stuff together. Even so, I am just as excited."
"I am excited. It's just so hard for me to wrap my head around everything." I gave a breath and laughed. "Hard to believe I'm actually going to be a parent."
"We both will be, and we'll be fantastic parents through this, because we are doing it together." Alastor kissed my ear. "I won't leave your side."
A smile came across my face and I glanced at Alastor over my shoulder. "Thanks Al. I know you won't leave me."
Walking away from Alastor, he let me go as I walked over to the crib that was all set up and put my hand upon it. Looking down into it I saw that he also had it all ready. Although it felt like it needed something. Something to tie it all together for when she comes around.
"I feel that something is missing here." I said with a small frown.
Alastor walked over to me and wrapped an arm around my waist. "I couldn't agree more with you, love. I think I have just the thing."
Looking over at the deer demon I watched as he opened his palm and green fire appeared and soon the green fire poofed away and then sitting inside Alastor's hand was a stuffed animal. It was of a deer. Its fur was black and had red spots like a young fawn would, but it had small antlers protruding from its head.
"Aw, Alastor, it's so cute." I cooed from seeing it.
"You think so? I hope she likes it. It can be my little gift to her." Alastor said as he laid the stuffed animal inside the crib.
"I'm sure she will. Besides, we already have the best gift there is." I smiled.
Alastor chucked and turned to wrap both his arms around me. "You are more than right my dear." He leaned down to kiss my temple. "We should be considered lucky demons after all. Having this chance. So, I say it's a real gift indeed."
Turning in his arms I was able to face him better. "And I am glad I get to experience it with you." I whispered as I put my arms around him.
Alastor looked down at me with lots of love in his eyes. "I love you."
"And I love you." Leaning up I managed to capture Alastor's lips in a kiss and he kissed me back.
Now that this was all finished, we just had one big obstacle left and that would be very very soon.
Yay for chapters! I am still writing them, but I am being slow. Taking my time. I'm not rushing like I used to. It just wore me out. So, I hope you enjoyed this chapter