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To say Mrs. Brown was excited would be an understatement. When Sadie woke up the next morning, yawning and drowsy, I walked her to the kitchen. I was used to only eating two meals a day (I wasn't really a lunch person), but apparently Sadie was not. She'd slept through dinner last night and was ravenous. She ate like she'd never seen food before. I, myself, sat across from her to avoid having my arm ripped off if I got too close to her breakfast.

"My, my," Mrs. Brown chirped. "Someone's hungry. Or two someone's I should say."

"Four," I corrected.

The color drained from my old nannie's face. For a second I was concerned she would be mad.

"YES!" she crowed. She jumped up and down and clapped her hands, simultaneously making the floor shake and our eardrums shatter. "I'M GETTING GRANDCHILDREN! I'M GETTING-"

"I'm getting a headache," I muttered.

Sadie looked at Mrs. Brown, dancing around. "You know, one might almost think they were your kids."

Mrs. Brown threw her arms around Sadie, startling my mate so much she nearly dropped her cup of tea.

"Oh, I knew you were just perfect the moment Anubis brought you in," she Mrs. Brown gushed, squeezing Sadie.

"That's nice, but I think that cracking sound was my spine," Sadie wheezed. Mrs. Brown let her go and Sadie sucked a breath into her bruised lungs.

"Are you full?" I inquired, hoping I could safely reach across the table for the orange juice.

Sadie nodded and yawned, "'m sleepy too."

I nodded. Tawaret had informed me that that was to be expected. Even though Sadie wasn't very far along at all, it was still draining a lot of her energy to sustain the babies, so she was likely to be drowsy often. The way Tawaret explained it, Sadie was basically maintaining a constant spell. She had to grow three other individual's organs, bones, skin, etc., and also whatever powers they might have. It was a wonder Sadie was even awake. She had no idea how long Sadie would carry, but she was just going to more easily tired out the farther along she was. The mere idea of it all was enough to exhaust me.

I stood up and offered Sadie my hand, "come with me, my love. You need rest."

Sadie smiled weakly and raised her arms like a small child. I rolled my eyes and picked her up.

"You are spoiled," I teased, carrying her out of the kitchen. Mrs. Brown was still celebrating, dancing with her pots and pans. I shook my head and rolled my eyes.

"You, my love, have just made Mrs. Brown the happiest woman in the world," I said sweetly.

Sadie rolled her eyes. "I can't imagine why. If I were in her shoes I would shudder at the idea of having three Anubis's running around."

"I will remember that comment when you're pining for me to pleasure you," I said dryly.

She scowled, "I don't pine. "

I rolled my eyes and let her slide. Arguing with Sadie was next to impossible and it usually ended up worse for me anyway. No need to set my tail on fire this early in the morning.

I put her down on the bed and she crawled in my lap. She looked down at her stomach and frowned, her hand brushing the curve of it. She was starting to just barely show.

"I still look okay, right?" she asked.

I could simply tell her yes, but she would ask again in five minutes, I thought.

"Hm," I said, pretending to think. "I don't know. Why don't you lie down so I can see better?"

Her eyes clouded with so much self-consciousness and anxiety that I almost told her it was just a joke.

She lay down on her back and I decided to stick to my plan. I gently brushed her shirt up till it was at her ribs, revealing her tummy. I smiled and leaned down, placing my lips at her waistband.

"Mm, I don't know," I murmured against her skin. "You're quite beautiful…I don't think 'okay' really qualifies as a description of you." I began to give slow, soft kisses up her torso. "Such soft skin, so pretty. You are quite amazing, my love. Growing godlings isn't something every mortal could do." I reached her ribs and I slid my hands to her small stomach. I rubbed gently and brushed my lips up her chest, along her neck. I kissed the line of her jaw and nibbled teasingly on her lips. Her breathing had turned ragged and she arched up eagerly as I touched her lips.

"So impatient, though," I teased.

Sadie squirmed, shimmying her shirt down.

"I think you're beautiful and I always will," I promised.

Her face was bright red. It warmed my heart to see her get so flustered by my attention.

"I love you," she said, tucking a piece of hair behind her ear.

I pressed my lips to her forehead, "I love you too."

Sorry this is a short chapter. Next week, I will have a longer one, promise! also, i am working on 'theories', which explains a lot of my theories and connotations pertaining to the Kane Chronicles. Hopefully a Tuesday posting. Pretty much a bunch of headcannons and such, perhaps a few short one-shots that i don't think are worth a whole new story. so...mayhaps a long posting next week. Look forward to it!