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Imprinting Is Like Getting Punched In The Face

Breathe in. Breathe out. In. Out. Deep and slow is the key. No need to hyperventilate right now, it's too important of a moment to pass out. Slowly take in a breath again Ian then exhale in one second. Very good, repeat.

"Oh my God! How long does this take?!" I yelled from my plastic chair. My mom and Chloe's mom glared at me. Mr. Sanders didn't seem to hear my outburst while my dad wasn't even aware what was going on since he was asleep next to me.

"Giving birth can take a while, Ian. Don't be impatient with the miracles of birth," Mrs. Sanders scolded me. I rolled my eyes and ran my hands through my hair again. I swear I was going to pull all my hair out before this day was over.

Chloe's screams suddenly echo down the hall. I jumped up and apparently dad had been waiting for me to make a move because he grabbed my arm and pulled me back to my seat.

"I'm guessing she chose not to use the pain meds," mom mumbled. I tried to jerk away from my dad's grip but he held on tight. Remember to breathe my lungs screamed at me.

It was an hour later when a nurse came out of Chloe's room. We hurried to meet the nurse before she could even guess which group was Chloe's.

"Mrs. Walker is fine and so is her baby. We can let the father in and one other person to visit her," the nurse exclaimed and dodged me as I ran into the room followed closely followed by Mrs. Sanders.

Chloe was lying on a bed; her face was bright red and sweat made her hair cling to her forehead. She had her eyes closed and had her hands resting on her now baby free stomach. I took a shuttering breathe of awe and relief. My woman was fine, exhausted, but fine by the looks of it.

"How did it go, Chloe?" her mom asked, sitting in the chair beside of her. Chloe peeled her eyes open and smiled tiredly at he mom and yawned.

"It went fine but next time I'm using the pain medicine," she exclaimed. Chloe's eyes flickered up and rested on me for a moment before getting pulled back into her mother's conversation.

I didn't bother with talking with them but entertained myself by looking over Chloe again and again. Something was missing though, like something huge was missing.

"Where's our baby?" I asked, panic leaking through. How had I missed that? Both of the ladies rolled their eyes and looked towards the ceiling in a silent pray for me.

"He is in the nursery getting cleaned up before we show him off to everyone," Chloe exclaimed.

"A boy? So the ultra sound was right?" I asked. She just nodded and closed her eyes again. I grinned and let myself get used to the idea of having a son to play with and teach him all I know about girls one day……I'd just send him to Danny or Uncle Jake for the later.

My mother-in-law left then to tell the news to everyone else while Chloe and I stared at each other. I took the chair next to her and kissed her hand before grinning up at her.

"Your face looks like it's about to crack from how hard you are smiling," Chloe stated. I just grinned bigger and leaned my head on my hand. I was just at a loss of words. No wait I take that back, I had three for her.

"I love you," I murmured, leaning in to kiss her softly.

"I have a feeling that I'm going to be having more grandchildren from the two of you," dad said from the doorway, standing there looking at us. He winked at me before walking back out in the hallway.

Chloe sighed and patted my head before leaning back against my pillow.

"I guess I love you too. You entertain me, that's for such," she said, peeking at me out of one eye. I smiled and kissed her again.

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"Andrew, don't pull on the dog's tail like that!" Chloe scolded our two year old son. We were visiting the family and we were having a picnic down on the beach. I grinned and went to check on my mother since she was watching our other child.

"Don't put that in your mouth!" mom screamed, grabbing the baby off the ground and grabbing whatever Jackson had put in his mouth.

Jackson had just learned how to crawl and was now getting into everything. Chloe and I were having a hard time keeping up with the baby and our toddler. Now we had family to watch them for us so we could relax a little.

Chloe marched up to me with Andrew tucked under her arm like a football as he giggled and laughed since this was such a new angle for him.

"Your son needs to be taught a lesson about how to treat animals. He just won't listen to me," Chloe panted, setting him down in front of me. I hesitated, not sure on how I should do this. Chloe stood, waiting on me with her hands on her hips.

I glanced at her before taking Andrew's hand and leading him off so no one could hear us.

"Listen, if you hurt animals, they could hurt you back and mommy and I don't want you to get hurt. Besides you never know when you'll need an animal on your side for a fight," I said, thinking back to when Danny and I would run around looking for a fight with a vampire.

Andrew nodded with a thoughtful look on his face. "Are you talking about the giant wolves that hide in our backyard?" he asked, hugging my leg as I walked back to the party. I stiffened and looked down at him.

"You've seen the wolves?" I asked, hoping no one was listening in on us. Andrew nodded, smiling up at me like he didn't know about one of the biggest secrets in the world.

"Mommy told me not to talk about it. She said to just let them run around wherever they wanted. I think I'd like a pet wolf for my birthday next year," he said before running off to play with Grandpa Sanders.

I walked back over to my wife, thinking hard for the first time that day. "Hey, did you know that Andrew knew about the backyard wolves?" I asked, waiting for her to admit to hiding something from me.

"No," she stated but her guilty look gave her away. I raised my eyebrow at her, waiting for her to break down. "Okay but like I didn't tell him anything except not to talk about it. I didn't give anything away," she said.

I rolled my eyes and wrapped my arms around her tiny frame. Chloe sighed and wrapped her arms around my waist, leaning in against me.

"I was thinking earlier that maybe we should go for number three now," Chloe mumbled against my chest.

"What's number three?"

Chloe sighed at my ignorance. "I think we should have another child," she snapped.

"What? Jackson isn't even one year old yet. How will we keep up with up another one?" I ranted. Chloe giggled and poked my sides. "What?"

"When have started saying no to sex?" she snickered.

It was my turn to laugh. "I'm not saying no to sex. I'm questioning your thinking ability on the subject of another kid," I exclaimed, hoping this conversation wouldn't come back and bite me in the butt later tonight.

"I think I'd like a little girl," she said like I hadn't said anything to her about another baby. I tensed at the word girl.

"I don't want a girl. I couldn't go through her dating and boys looking at her. And I shudder to think when she got married. What if someone imprinted on her? We'd have to share and-" Chloe covered my mouth, still laughing at me.

"My, my, my, have we been doing some thinking on the matter?" Chloe exclaimed, pulling back from my hug. I rolled my eyes, but secretly hoping she wouldn't hurt me or something like when we were kids again and she didn't get her way.

"We'll talk about this later," I murmured, hoping she'd just drop it and let me relax again.

"I guess," she stated. I looked down at her. She was giving up to easily and it frightened me. Chloe just smirked and grabbed my hand, kissing it before leading me off into the forest, away from our family.

Chloe let go of me hand and leaned against a tree, looking me up and down like someone does before hitting on someone else. I stood there waiting for her to make the first move to start a fight.

"I love you," Chloe said, smiling slyly at me.

"Huh? Aren't we about to fight?" I asked totally clueless.

She just shook her head and walked over to me. I swallowed, watching the way her hips were swinging and how beautiful she was in surrounded by nature. She stopped right in front of me and rested her hands against my chest, looking up at me through her eyelashes.

"Are you trying to seduce me?" I whispered, staring down at her lips. She didn't answer but stepped closer to me, making sure her thighs were up against me. I trembled and twitched, enjoying her closeness. I swallowed thickly, trying to keep my head above water.

"Chloe, we are in a forest and our family might be looking for us soon," I choked out. She ran her hands over my arms and chest, barely concerned at what I had said.

"I already took care of everything. I let them know that we might slip away for a little while. They'll watch the kids for us," Chloe whispered before slipping two fingers under my waistband.

"Okay," and I let myself be swept away.

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The two of us put our clothes back on and made sure we looked presentable to go back to the party. I took her and led her back through the forest. She just kept smirking smugly and I couldn't figure out why.

"Why are you smirking?" I asked.

"Today would be the easiest time for me to get pregnant during the month and we didn't use a condom so I might be getting my baby after all," Chloe said, grinning up at me. I gasped and let go of her hand.

"You were trying to seduce me! I knew there was a motive behind the sudden sex!" I exclaimed, pointing at her like she was guilty. She just shrugged, grabbed my arm, and pulled me after her.

Why? Why did I have to get the genius for a wife that outsmarted me by a land slide? I just couldn't keep up with her sometimes.

"I love it when you're deep in thought. It's so cute!" she giggled and kissed my shoulder. My body betrayed me and a shiver went down my spine.

"Darn you and your beauty! I can't even be mad at you for this," I said, running a hand through my hair.

"I know, don't you love it?" Chloe stated, smiling at me. I sighed. Yes, yes I do.

I have learned something today and I wish I had known years ago. Imprinting is like getting punched and sometimes you just can't duck quick enough to avoid it but you learn from it.

Author's Note: Well, that's the end people! I hope you enjoyed the series and such. Check out my other stories too and let me know what you think! Review please!! :)