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This story may seem familiar at 1st, but I assure you that it is different. I took parts from (Deep Dark) and combined them an entirely different plot and have added much more detail into it.

From here I've pretty much taken the story to where my twisted mind has decided that it needs to be. While at the same time trying to keep the Characters as close to original as I can. I hope that everyone has enjoyed the story so far and will enjoy the chapters that will follow. And please leave me some reviews, let me know what you think of the story and if I'm not doing justice to these characters that we've all come to love so much, please let me know and tell me what you think needs to be changed. And I will change what needs to be changed, add whatever should be added or deleted.

Vicki stands at the window of her office and can't believe that Henry's only been gone for one day. How could she miss him this much already? And it's the time that he'd usually show up, not that that was helping make things better. Running her hands down her face she realizes that they still smell like Henry even though she'd taken a shower this morning. How was she ever going to get through this? It's been less than a day and she's already on the edge of a breakdown. She knew that she'd never be able to handle him being gone for good. Groaning, Vicki moves and sits down on her couch, places her face in her hands and starts sobbing. Why the hell was she so damn stubborn? Why didn't she just leave with him like he'd begged her to? How the fuck had she actually let him go after the night that they'd spent together? She knew that he wouldn't completely disappear from her life, and she wanted nothing more than to call him, just so she could hear his voice, but she couldn't bring herself to admit to him just how much she really needed him. Vicki started to reach for her phone, and stopped herself. She just couldn't do it, not now when her emotions were running so wild, because there was no telling what she'd say to him if she actually talked to him. No, she'd wait a little while and hope that he'd called her first. Was glad that Coreen had went home early, just knew that if she saw the state that Vicki was in now, she'd never leave her alone about it. She'd already gotten an earful over her decision not to leave with him. If Coreen ever found out what had actually happened between them, the damned perky Gothette would never shut up or give her a moment's peace. Not that the events that had taken place between her and Henry last night would ever be far from her thoughts, it was all she could think about anyways. The demon could walk in on her right now and here she'd be, lost in her thoughts and missing her Henry. And if it wasn't for the hope of seeing Henry again, she'd gladly let the demon take her, no way hell was worse than the misery she was in now. But thankfully the day had been unusually unexciting. Not the way she'd pictured the day at all. "Fuck It" Vicki thought, before something did happen she was getting the hell out of there, she was ready for this day to be over and was more than happy to just go home and crawl into bed, knowing that she'd end up having to hold Henry's shirt next to her before she would be able to sleep.

The next few weeks went by before Vicki was even aware of it. Thankfully the demon had yet to make an appearance, which was a damned good thing as she had been feeling weird here lately, all she wanted to do was sleep, she didn't want to even bother going to the trouble of eating and only did so when she knew that she had to, had even stopped going into the office for several days at a time, and just to top things off she was going to need new glasses, there must be something wrong with the prescription because everything just looks fuzzy now. So since she was home and knew her way around she just stopped wearing her glasses completely, knowing she needed to either make the call herself or to get Coreen to do it for her, and make an appointment with her ophthalmologist. Praying that after everything that has happened, she's not losing even more of her eyesight. And after all this time there's still been no word from Henry, no calls, no letters, nothing at all. While she couldn't stop thinking of him, obviously he'd been able to move on as soon as he'd moved away. And Coreen just would not leave her in peace, knowing that she was only trying to help kept her from screaming at her, and only knowing only that she was really depressed but not knowing the real reason for it. Which was something Vicki was in no way prepared to do, she just wanted to keep all the memories of that wonderful night all to herself for as long as she could. She just wished that Henry would call her, or at least attempt some form of contact. More and more doubt crept into her mind each day that went by without hearing from him; did he only say those things just so he could get what he'd wanted from her all along? Vicki decided that if that was the case, then the very religious Henry had some serious praying to do, because she'd happily cause him bodily harm when she finally did see him again. Her mind kept telling her that he had to have a good reason for not contacting her, she'd heard the truth in his voice when he said over and over how much he loved her, and she'd seen the anguish on his face when he'd finally left her that night. After all that they'd shared with each other that night, she'd believed him when he told her that he loved her and always would. She knew that she'd meant every word she'd said to him, and that's what was causing her heart to break. Just the thought that he'd moved on and found someone new and was happily moving around his new town with her brought an ache to her heart like she'd never experienced before.

And still in all this time Mike hadn't contacted her either. Vicki guessed that he'd meant what he'd said and wouldn't have anything to do with her because she wouldn't and couldn't, give him the commitment that he'd wanted. But she never thought that all of those years of friendship would count for nothing, that he couldn't even see her like he used to, just as the Vicki who'd been his friend for years and for a while something more. She'd found out that he'd gotten his job back, after all if it hadn't been for him that little girl would never have been found. So he'd been out following a hunch, all cops well the good ones anyway know that you follow your hunches and go wherever the case takes you. Still she had no idea if he was happy or not. Knowing that Crowley had had to leave him alone because of what he knew about her past and was keeping it quiet made Vicki smile. But she hadn't seen Mike either, not that she really went out much these days, but they'd always gone to the same take-out places and she'd thought that she would've seen him at least once in all this time. She missed Mike, she really did. They'd been friends for too long for her not to. And she was sorry that things had ended so badly between them, he hadn't even let her try to make peace with him, he'd been too angry. Maybe one of these days he'd calm down and come knocking on her door with way too much Chinese and a smile on his face. She doubted it, but she still had hope.

Coreen just chalked Vicki's attitude of late all up to the night with the demon, with both Mike and Henry acting the way they did, and then Henry's leaving. If she really knew what had happened the next night, what all had happened between Vicki and Henry, she'd either be begging for details or demanding that Vicki go and find him, to be with him. To do whatever it took so Vicki would be happy again, because out of all of her boss's attitudes, this I don't care anymore and have just given up attitude was making her insane! Yes Mike had been horrible to Vicki when she'd gone and tried to make peace with him, and Henry leaving the way he did, she knew that Vicki had not only lost two of the people closest to her that she trusted, but that Vicki had actually let the one she really loved get away. Vicki might not be willing to admit it, talk about it, or say a word about it, but deep down Coreen knew the truth, because nothing less than that would have left Vicki in the mood she was in. Coreen just wondered which of the men Vicki had let get away. She was willing to bet it was Henry because if it had been Mike Vicki would have already gone to see him, to make up and try to start their relationship over again. It was killing her not being able to tell Vicki that Henry had been calling her to check on Vicki and how everything was. He was calling her at least twice a week now and she could tell how much he missed Vicki, how much he cared for her and worried about her. He was glad to know that the demon had left them alone so far, but Coreen couldn't bring herself to tell him about the state Vicki was truly in. She always told him that everything was just fine that yes Vicki was alright and no they hadn't had to deal with the demon, yet. Everything was normal, or as normal as things ever got with them. She always wondered why he called her, and on her Cell at that, she knew that he hadn't called Vicki yet, but she couldn't bring herself to ask him why not. Why did he never call the Office? Or call Vicki at any of her numbers? And why did she have to keep it secret anyways? She'd never been any good at keeping secrets and so far Vicki's lack of interest in the cases that kept coming in was, and her strange desire to just stay home was the only way she'd been able to keep this secret this long.

Henry was miserable. He hated his new city, his new apartment, he just hated everything! He no longer found the joy in the night like he always had. He knew that his mind was playing tricks on him because everywhere he looked, he saw Vicki. And he knew from his ritual calls to Coreen that Vicki hadn't left so there was just no way that she was here, in this city looking for him. Oh, but how he wished that she was! He missed her more than he could possibly describe, he knew that she was the love of his life and being away from her was tearing him apart inside. When he'd first seen his new apartment and saw the bed that they had laid upon so many times, all the times that she'd stayed next to him just watching over him during the day. And then on that final night when they'd made such sweet love on that bed while telling each other how they really felt. He couldn't look at the bed without seeing her lying there holding out her hand to him, telling him to come to her. And how they'd pleasured each other, each of them telling the other "I Love You" over and over again as they'd made love and she'd let him feed from her while they both had reached the pinnacles of their own orgasm. Every part of it reminded him of her, most of his furniture did, because she'd touched almost all of his things. The first night he saw the bed he'd laid down where she's last lain and let the heartache and tears loose. He'd ended up crying for hours, missing her, wanting her with him, not knowing if she was ok, and praying to god that she was still alive. If something had happened to her and he hadn't been there to stop it, he'd never get over the regret and loss. And in that moment he decided that if that were to ever happen, he'd let the sun take him because without her he had no reason to keep on living. When sunrise came he'd closed out the coming sun just as he had in his old condo, but could not bring himself to lie on the bed for his day of rest, instead stretching out on the floor and spending his day there. As soon as he awoke the next night he'd immediately called Augustus and told him to have the movers come and get most of what was there and take it to whatever place had been secured for him back at his former home, no not home because home meant Vicki, he just wanted these things taken to back to his former city. Henry couldn't even get dressed without picking up some article of clothing that Vicki had either seen him wear or had touched him while he was wearing it. He started throwing clothes in a pile to be sent back with the bed and other items. When he came to his red silk robe, he just buried his face in it and was both happy and saddened that her scent still lingered on the garment. No, he could not keep this either, so it was added to the very large pile of clothing on the floor. Once he was finished he realized that not only did he have very few pieces of furniture left but hardly any clothing either. Oh well, since when had he ever had a problem spending money buying new things for himself? Henry called Augustus back and told him that there would be a large amount of clothing that was to be sent back as well, and to make sure that the movers had everything he'd mentioned earlier out and new items in their place before he returned before sunrise. And no, the clothing he could replace himself. Hanging up the phone, he just looked at it, needing to hear her voice more than he'd ever needed anything before his all his years. But he knew that he couldn't, not yet at least, because he knew that the moment he heard her voice he'd be rushing back to her. And he didn't know if she had regrets now that it had happened or if she was as miserable as he was, missing him just as much as he missed her? But the primal urge to feed finally took over all his other thoughts and he knew that he had to go out hunting. He left once he was finally dressed in something that Vicki had neither seen or touched. After all, he'd picked this city for it's nightlife and now that he was here he might as well explore it. It always felt strange being in a new city on the first night, but he kept catching himself looking for buildings and people that wasn't there. Finding a victim was easy enough, after all his charm had never failed him before. Once the advance was made, he took her into a darkened alley and after a few honeyed words, he let the beast in him take over, eyes darkened he sank his fangs into her neck and drank hungrily. He caught himself before he'd drained her completely while making sure that the wounds were healed, not knowing what had come over him. He held her against the wall of the building behind them and told her, "You're very tired, it's been a long day and you're sorry but you really must go home now, and sleep. You will not remember me, other than you'd meant to give me directions or anything that's happened here." Letting her go, hearing her excuses as to why she needed to leave, saying she was sorry that she hadn't been more helpful to him, she left quickly. Standing there he tried to figure out what in the hell had just happened. He'd almost drained her and yet he was still thirsting. Running his tongue across his bottom lip it hit him….it wasn't that girls blood he was thirsting for, it was Vicki's! After all the time he'd known her, she'd never refused him, and it was her blood he was craving. The blood that was Vicki's alone, the blood that had it's own sweet taste and satisfied him like no other's blood ever had. He was in Hell and he knew it! Worse even, he had put himself there! Well the thirst was he was just going to have to endure, he had other things that needed to be done this night, buying new clothing being among the first of them.

She was going to stake him herself! Vicki could not believe that Henry had not tried to contact her at all, not even once in the 9 weeks that he'd been gone. Hurt was no longer a strong enough word to describe how she felt when she thought of Henry, she was damned pissed and planned on telling him exactly that when she finally did see him. So she tried not to think of him at all! Coreen had finally managed to get her out of her apartment and interested in some new cases. And she'd been hard at work on them for several hours when Coreen had popped her head in to ask if Vicki was hungry and would like for her to go out and get her something, or order take-out. Strange but the mere mention of food made Vicki sick to her stomach, and when Coreen started listing off her favorite Chinese dishes the sickness won over all Vicki's strong attempts to control it. She jumped up and ran to the bathroom and heaved out what little there actually was in her stomach. Odd, but afterwards she felt strangely better. Sitting on the bathroom floor trying to figure out just what the fuck was going on with her body she suddenly realized that she'd left her glasses lying on her desk. But she could see much better without them. And they were the new pair that she'd gotten once Coreen had forced her to keep her appointment, the doctor having told her that he did see some improvements, slight ones, but improvements nonetheless. She'd gotten a script for several pairs of new glasses and hadn't thought about it since. But sitting there now, her brain was putting all of her strange symptoms together regardless of if she was ready for these thoughts or not. Because it was just simply not possible. Thinking harder about it, she realized that all of these things had started happening right after her night with Henry, but it was impossible! Yes they'd made love but Henry was a Vampire and Vampire's could not produce children. Yet the longer she thought about it she realized that somehow she and Henry had defied all the laws and had created a child together that night. Not realizing what she was doing she started to smile and placed her hands on her stomach, marveling at the life that was growing inside of her, knowing that it was impossible but also knowing that it was true. Being so lost in her thoughts she never even noticed that Coreen had followed her and was standing there watching her, realizing herself what had caused all the changes in Vicki. Vicki looked up at Coreen and asked, "No, I don't think I'd better eat anything, but could you run to the drugstore for me, please. It would seem that I need a pregnancy test." Vicki didn't realize that she was both smiling and crying at the same time. Coreen looked at her, "You need a what????? Vicki I know that you've been depressed lately and that you haven't been eating, and running yourself down like you have it's no wonder you got sick when I mentioned food, but how could you possibly need a pregnancy test?!?" "Well Coreen, I would've thought that in this day and age you would know why a woman would need a pregnancy test." "Vicki, stop trying to be funny, I'm serious here, are you being serious?" "Yes Coreen, I am. And I know that you have a million questions, but please go get the test for me and once we know the result, if and only if, I'm pregnant I'll answer all your questions then." Vicki barely got the entire sentence out before Coreen was running towards the door, telling her not to move and that she'd lock the door behind her, and for Vicki to just stay put. Which was not a problem because Vicki was sure that she wouldn't be able to get up by herself as it was?

She didn't need to see the test results because she already knew, she was pregnant with Henry's baby, how it happened she did not know, but that really didn't matter as there was no doubt in her mind. Holy Hell how was she going to tell Henry? Should she even tell him? It's not like he'd kept in touch like he'd promised that he would. She didn't even know where he was for fuck's sake! "What the hell's the matter with me? How can I even think of not tell him? This is really more his miracle than mine, he has the right to know, but will he believe me? Of course he'll believe me, well he'll believe that I'm having a baby, but convincing him that he is the father would take a little work. Will he care? Of course he'll care….but what will he do? How will he react? Is this what I finally need to bring him back home to me? But he left knowing how much I loved him so how can I think that with this news he'll want to move back here. What if he wants to move me to Vancouver?" Vicki was way over thinking this, where the hell was her rational detective mind when she really needed it? She was just going to wait until Coreen got back with the test and once she knew for certain what the result was, well she'd just go from there. No sooner than she'd finished thinking the thought, Coreen was running back into the office, thrusting the drugstore bag at Vicki. Taking it from her Vicki realized that it was far heavier than it should have been, taking a look inside she saw at least ten different types and brands of tests. Looking up at Coreen with a puzzled look on her face, Coreen just looked at her and said "Well I've never bought one of these before and each one of them either offered a faster result time or was said to be more accurate, and since I wasn't about to take any chances I just got them all. So now you just do what the boxes say you have to and if any of them show a positive result, then we've got a lot of talking to do!" Having said all of that in one breath, Coreen shut the bathroom door and flung herself into the nearest chair. While she was trying to catch her breath she was also thinking a mile a minute. She knew for a fact that Vicki hadn't even went out on a date with anyone or even seen a man since that night at Henry's Condo. So either Vicki was keeping one hell of a damned good secret or she was seriously over-reacting! Coreen just couldn't honestly say which she preferred! Vicki, a mother? The woman couldn't even keep the few plants that were in office watered, Coreen had to make sure that they were taken care of. Not knowing what else to do, Coreen started to pray, to several different deities and in several different languages.

Well Coreen had only done what she'd asked her to; still she had to laugh at the sheer quantity of tests that Coreen had bought. There had to be ten at the very least. Well now was not the time to wuss out she told herself. No matter what she thought she knew, she could still be wrong and given that she was drowning in home pregnancy tests, there was no time like the present time to find out for sure. So Vicki carefully read the instructions on each and every test box, and figured what the hell and took them all. Vicki started out fine but as more and more tests started to show immediate positive results she knew that the full impact of what it really meant hit her. She was actually carrying Henry's child. Good God, how such a thing was even possible she did not know. And what about the child? She already knew that this would not be a mortal baby, because obviously her failing eyesight was being healed by the baby's Vampire blood, but would it be a Vampire like it's father or some kind of mix between the two, a breed of some sort? She shuddered just thinking of even thinking of this child as some kind of breed, as there was no doubt that she would love this child, loved it already in fact! This was definitely new territory for them, as she had no idea if she would continue to have a normal pregnancy or how did a woman actually give birth to a Vampire baby? Coreen was going to have to get into serious research mode and try to find out everything that she possibly could on the subject. Morning sickness she was already having, she knew that that was one of the normal phases of pregnancy, but what about cravings? Would she start to crave blood? Just thinking about that made her feel like heaving again. Well every single test had showed a positive result, not that she should have been surprised, but was all the same. God help her, now she had to go and tell Coreen.

Coreen sat waiting for Vicki to come out of the bathroom and tell her what exactly was going on! It seemed like she'd been in there forever and just as she was about to get up and go knock on the door when it finally opened and Vicki stepped out and slowly made her way to the couch to sit down. While Vicki seemed to be calm as if nothing was going on, Coreen was hardly able to sit still. "Well? Vicki, please just stop sitting there and not say anything, talk to me! Tell me what's going on! What was the result of the test?" Chuckling to herself Vicki looked at Coreen "Test? Don't you mean tests? I took all of them and each and every one of them had the exact same result… they were all positive. Coreen, I'm pregnant." And for once Coreen was speechless, but she was full of questions. "Ok Vicki, you can't just drop something like that on me and not tell me who the father is. And I know that you haven't seen anyone since, well you know, not that you were really seeing anyone before that! So spill it….who's the Daddy?" "Coreen, try to remain calm while I say this, but Henry is the Father." "That's just not possible!", Coreen finally blurted out and started to rattle off a list of all of the many reasons that Vampire's could not have children, when it finally dawned on her that she was missing the most important piece of the puzzle. "But you and Henry never, I mean I know that he wanted to and it seemed like you did too, nothing ever happened! So there is no way that Henry is the Daddy! And if something did happen and you didn't tell me…." Vicki managed to stop her mid-rant. "Coreen I promised that I would tell you what happened and if you'll only be quiet long enough for me to talk, I'll tell you." Once Coreen quieted down and showed that she intended to stay that way, Vicki told her about her drunken visit to Henry's before he left. Only telling her that they'd fought and had eventually revealed their true feelings for each other after which they had made love. She kept the details of all the several times that they'd made love to herself, just telling Coreen that it had happened and that while she had not drank any of Henry's blood that he had fed from her. So just how exactly they had managed to create a child she did not know, but the proof that they had done just that was more than evident. All of the tests she'd just taken proved it and it finally linked all of her strange feelings together. So basically neither of them had any more knowledge than the other at this point. Vicki was pregnant, and had been since the night Henry left 9 weeks ago. And she needed for Coreen to start researching this now! See if there were any other cases of such a thing happening being documented anywhere, and what she might expect the rest of her pregnancy to be like. At this point all Vicki knew for sure was that the baby's Vampire blood was starting to heal her eyesight, it was the only reason for the improvements that she could think of, as even the doctor's had been unable to give her any answers. But the fact that her eyesight was improving every day could only be happening due to the baby growing inside of her. And if Coreen still meant what she'd said earlier about going out to grab them something to eat, Vicki was suddenly wanting a steak, cooked rare.

Henry having no idea what was going on, or of the impact of what was about to happen was going to have on his life, was living a life that was hardly worth living. He missed Vicki more than he'd ever thought possible yet he still could not bring himself to call her. He knew that she probably hated him and wished that they'd never met now that she'd had time away from him. And he knew that his life would never be the same again. He fed when he had to but the mere thought of being intimate with anyone besides Vicki repulsed him. After all the years he'd lived and all the lovers he'd had he had never imagined being so overtaken by one. So much so that he could barely bring himself to feed most nights, especially if the woman looked like Vicki in any way, smelled like her, talked like her or even wore the same style of clothing that Vicki had preferred. Even his infatuation with Christina had never been anywhere close to this. Once they had separated he had been able to put Christina out of his mind for long periods of time, but Vicki never left his mind. He longed for her, wanted more than anything to just be able to see her again, to be able to go back in time and hear her tell him how much she loved him. He could not recall ever being this much in love with any woman, not during all his years, either when he was still human or after he became a Vampire. He wandered the city streets not seeing anyone; he was too lost in his misery. He was so tempted to just go back and try to catch at least a glimpse of her knowing that to see her and then to not be able to touch her would be torture. Cursing himself for many things as he walked along, he mainly cursed himself for leaving Vicki alone and unprotected. And without him.

Knowing that after close to three weeks worth of researching and reading everything and anything that even came close to what they were dealing with, Vicki and Coreen both were out of luck. There was no mention anywhere of a Vampire having a child, let alone creating that child with a human woman. With the one exception of an old Balkan legend about what they called Dhampires, which really wasn't all that helpful, especially since no where in the legend did it mention the offspring being able to pass on any of it's own traits to the mother. And since Henry had no problem with crosses or water, they were both considering that one weak possibility a bust. While Vicki's eyesight continued to improve at a surprising amount of time, and despite her most recent need for rare steaks or rare meat of any type, she'd also developed sensitivity to light. At close to 12 weeks, there was no longer a reason to doubt it, as her stomach had started to swell slightly and she was only comfortable in loose fitting clothes. Both women knew that Vicki had to go and see a doctor. While Vicki was reluctant to go Coreen was extremely adamant about it. So much so that Vicki finally relented and let her call and make an appointment for her. And of course Coreen had to go with her to the appointment. With the exception of being scolded by the doctor for not having made an appointment earlier, thankfully most of it went very well, the doctor telling her that there was no telling what else she might start to crave and to just expect it and try to be prepared for it. For her stage of pregnancy her weight was fine and there was nothing at all to worry about in any of the blood work that had been done, then the doctor asked Vicki if she'd like to hear the heartbeat, and despite being so anxious over it all, Vicki very much wanted to hear the heartbeat, hopefully a sign that everything was going well and more importantly, normally. The real surprise happened the doctor applied the device to Vicki's stomach and they heard not one but two separate heartbeats. Since Vicki was still stunned at being pregnant at all, and was just trying to get used to that, the possibility of twins had never once occurred to her. Wanting to make sure that they were hearing what they thought they were, the doctor took Vicki and Coreen into the ultrasound room, and what Vicki saw brought tears to her eyes. There on the screen was two tiny babies cuddled closely together. The doctor started to record the ultrasound only to find that she once she had measured the babies and got very good pictures and sounds of their heartbeats, the babies started to move away from the device, no matter how close she tried to follow them, they continued to move around, and away from the ultrasound paddle so that the she was literally using the device to chase them until she decided that something had upset them and removed the ultrasound paddle away from Vicki's stomach and started to remove the cold ultrasound jelly. It was very much apparent in the rise of their heartbeats that they had not liked this experience, so the doctor just thought that the babies were happy and her disturbing them had upset them causing them to move away so much. Still despite the babies being un-cooperative, the doctor had actually managed to capture several beautiful images of them, both cuddled together and moving around. And she knew that movement was a very good sign that both babies were very healthy, and was surprised herself that both babies were the same size, and a very good size at that.

While printing out pictures of the babies and making sure that everything had been caught on the DVD device that was used in their practice, she started telling Vicki what she would need to do since she was carrying twins and all kinds of other little tidbits, such as what wonders a good body lotion could do to prevent stretch marks and to expect to be hungry most of the time, the best ways to avoid morning sickness if she even had any, and what foods were best for both her and the babies that Vicki neither heard or even tried to pay attention to. The doctor finally seeing where Vicki's mind truly was she asked Coreen if she'd gotten all of what she'd said, only to look over and see Coreen jotting down notes very quickly and was glad. Most new mothers reacted the same way.

Vicki was still enthralled by the images of the babies that she and Henry had created, and since she knew how ultrasounds worked, she knew that they already had their Father's hearing, which was why they had moved so much, they could already hear it and it had hurt them. In fact the only thing that the doctor said that actually caught Vicki's attention was when she started talking about the babies' movements, telling her not to worry that some babies were just like that, that they did not like being disturbed if they were comfortable and that their movements showed just how healthy they both were and both of them being the same size was good also. She cautioned Vicki to try to take it easy and to rest whenever she could, that carrying one child was one thing but carrying twins was a completely different matter. She also told Vicki to expect to get larger rather quickly. once again offering her congratulations to she helped Vicki down from the table and handing her the pictures, DVD, and several pamphlets concerning twins, she told Vicki that was free to leave, but sure that Vicki knew that she could contact her at any time, especially if Vicki started to feel strange or if she just had questions or even if she just needed to talk making sure that Vicki had her card with all of her personal information on it. Once that was finished they left. Thankful to have Coreen with her, because she wasn't as steady on her feet as she wished she was. Coreen drove them back to the office without either one of them saying a word. Once inside the office both of them sat on the couch and looked at the pictures over and over. Having a life growing inside of you is always a miracle, but twins fathered by a Vampire, neither one of them knew exactly how to deal with that.

Vicki recovered first and told Coreen that it was time. "Coreen, you have to call Henry and tell him to get back here now! I have to tell him, I have to show him! I don't know what he'll have to say, but it's not right of me to keep this from him any longer. Just make sure that he knows that I'm fine, just tell him that it's imperative that he comes back now, the sooner the better! And regardless of how happy Mike is not having to deal with my odd cases anymore and no matter how much this is going to hurt him, I have to tell him as well. And since we've not had any dealings with this demon doesn't mean that he's not out there causing chaos and if I'm going to protect my babies, myself, and you…well we're going to need Mike's help. Despite everything, he can stop being angry at me just long enough for me to tell him what's going on, and I'm going to have to tell him, and even though he means so much to me, Henry's the one that owns my heart, I know that he'll be mad as hell, I know that he's always only wanted me to be happy and Henry does make me happy. Hopefully he'll be willing to do that, just for all of our years of friendship. And who knows, maybe this will finally move on, find someone that can be all of the things that he deserves. All we can do is hope! Looking at Coreen she said, "Well? What are you waiting for? Call Henry, don't tell him what it is, just tell him that it's because of me and for him to get back here, and find out when and what time so we can have Mike here at the same time cause I sure as fuck don't want to have to go through this more than once!"

Coreen calls Henry, and tells him that he needs to come back. Assures him that no one's hurt but it does concern Vicki and it's important that he come back, and get there as fast as he can! Having to tell him once again that yes Vicki is fine he says that he can be there at sundown, about 8:00pm on Friday. After telling him that's fine and to just come to the office, Coreen hangs up. Wanting to make sure that he doesn't try to get to pushy with the questions and also not wanting him to use his "charm" on her to find out exactly what's going on. She then calls Mike, telling him the same thing, and asks him if he can come to Vicki's office on Friday at around 8:00pm, not telling him why the timing's so important, only telling him that the office will be closed then and it's really the best time. Once he agrees she quickly thanks him and hangs up. Well like it or not, both men were going to be in the office, together at the same time, in less thank two days. Coreen looks at Vicki and realizes that she's not even paid any attention to the phone calls, as she's too wrapped up in looking at the ultrasound pictures and rubbing her stomach, smiling and crying at the same time.

8:00pm on Friday came a lot sooner than either woman would have liked, but there was no changing it now…Vicki settles herself on the couch, planning on not having to move unless she's forced to. She just couldn't believe that she was actually going to see Henry again! Finally after all of this time she was going to be able to look at the face of the man she loved, the man who had somehow created the children growing inside of her.Suddenly she senses Henry. She looks up and there he is. She wonders just how the hell he managed to get all the way across the room, sitting on the edge of her desk, without her even knowing it even after she'd sensed him. Neither one of them say anything to each other, both more than happy to just look at each other. The look on Henry's face is one of pure love and longing, the fact that he's missed her was clearly written all over his face. Vicki could only stare at him, having gone so very long without any contact from him, let alone seeing him face to face. She knew that her love for him was more than clear on her own face, and while she would love nothing more than to fling herself into his arms, she was afraid of what he'd start to pick up from her before she could even tell him. Henry suddenly lets out a low growl and in walks Mike, neither man happy to see the other, and looking like they're going to square off into separate corners for whatever was about to happen, they almost looked like boxers, each in their own corners just waiting and almost pleading for someone to ring the bell so they could tear into each other. Vicki sighs and starts to rub her now throbbing temples, how could she have even though that this was going to be easy? The fact that Mike was still at the door and Henry was all the way across the room from him, the tension between them was paper-thin. Mike starts asking questions immediately…." What's HE doing here? And if He's here, then why am I? Oh for the love of god, what's Captain Canine doing here, didn't he move the fuck away? Will you just tell me what the hell is going on so I can get the hell out of here?" Henry remains quite, but on guard, he's just too happy to be looking at Vicki again, the woman he loves more than anything, and she looked so beautiful and so happy to see him, he could see her love for him on her face and was thrilled that she wasn't trying to kill him! And as far as Cellucci went, he could care less what was going on there, or why he was even there.

Coreen sees the tension between the two men, and knowing that while neither one of them would do any physical harm to Vicki, she still felt very protective and walked over to the left side of the couch and sat down next to Vicki, placing herself basically in front of Henry, but she knows that she has nothing to fear from either men, but if a brawl was about to take place, she wanted to be both as close to Vicki as she could be and being closer to Henry rather than Mike soothed her frayed nerves oddly. She smiled at him, and was amazed at the smile he gave her in return. But while still keeping Mike in his sights he never fully broke his gaze into Vicki's eyes. There were so many times that she'd wished that he would look at her like that, but she knew now that there was no doubting the depth of his love for Vicki, and she was glad. Mike on the other hand kept shooting her angry looks, which only made her even more grateful that she'd chose to sit next to Vicki away from him. Because she knew that what was about to be reveled was going to be one hell of a shock to both men, and she just wasn't sure that Mike wouldn't be tempted to shoot Henry, or worse, and if she had to she was in the perfect spot to place herself between them. Knowing that no matter how angry or upset Mike was going to be, he'd never harm her. Knowing that everything was now up to Vicki, she reached over and grabbed her hand, giving her support she didn't even know that was needed.

Just then Vicki looks over and gives Coreen that, prepare yourself "Get Ready, Cause All Hell's about to Break Lose" Look. And without moving, she just looks up, looks at both of them, letting her gaze linger on Henry for just a little bit longer, and then not able to look at either of them when she says it, she squeezes Coreen's hand, and just decides to get it said and over with. Taking a deep breath she says "Henry, Mike, I'm Pregnant." Her one simple softly spoken statement causes the reaction she thought that it would.