Shout out to Serena Sterling and Bree for reviewing! Yes, Jade was very mad! And Derek was wolfing out, ready to protect his baby and his baby's baby :3
Jade's p.o.v
4 and a half months pregnant
"Why are you frowning?" Kira asks, snapping me out of my thoughts. I meet her eyes.
"Do you think I did what was right?" I ask her. "With my parents? Sending them away like that?"
"J" she sighs, coming to sit beside me on my bed. She crosses her legs, taking one of hands in both of hers. That level of calmness washes over me. Me and Kira, we have a strange connection. We've got a bond that we don't have with anyone else. I vaguely remember having this sort of connection with my Nana. It's because we're both kitsune. It's hard to explain.. It's like a family bond..but it's not. It's hard to explain. But it's brought Kira and I closer, she's a good friend. And she's good to Scott, she's a good girlfriend so that's good too. "You did and said what you felt" she says to me.
"But I made them leave and..and maybe it was a mistake?" I say, face drooping sullenly.
"Jade, do you really think that?" Kira asks me. I sigh.
"I don't know" I say. "No, of course I don't" I admit. "I just feel..unbalanced"
"It's the pregnancy hormones" she tells her.
"I know" I nod. "I wish they'd piss the hell off"
"I know you do" Kira says with a small smile. I return it.
"I know everyone's been treading lightly around me since my parents were here"
"We just don't want to upset you" she assures me. "I don't know about them, but I can see this whole pregnancy thing is alot harder for you than you show" I look away shyly. "I'm right, aren't I?" she asks.
"Yeah" I nod. "I just..I know i'm gonna love and protect this baby, I know I am, I already do.."
"But?" Kira asks, knowing there's a but.
"Argh. It doesn't matter. I'm being stupid" I sigh.
"Nope. You're not brushing it off. You're gonna talk about it" Kira tells me. I looks at her, suprised. "So, go on" she pushes. I nod.
"I've been having these dreams"
"Dreams?"
"Okay..nightmares" I correct myself.
"What about?" she asks me. I frown, not really wanting to say it outloud.
"They..they're about me either..losing the baby or something bad happening to them once they're born" I say quietly, looking into my lap. They've been horrible nightmares. Derek's over almost every single night and he knows something's up but I don't talk about it. I don't want to stress him or upset him. I know deep down he's had the fear of losing his unborn child ever since Araya came after us. And I think he still has it. So we don't talk about that happening, we don't talk about bad things like that, only good things.
"Jade, that's not gonna happen" Kira says softly. I look up at her with teary eyes.
"Remember when Aunty had those dreams about Araya and the hunters before it happened? What if..what if this is the same thing that's happening to me?" I ask.
"Jade-"
"What if I lose my baby?" I ask, tears filling my eyes. "What if something bad happens? Kira, I can't handle something like that happening" I panic.
"Jade, Jade, Jade" Kira says, grabbing my shoulders softly and looking in my eyes. "Look at me" she says. I look at her. "Take a deep breath" I take a deep breath, trying to calm mself down. "That's not going to happen" she says, looking right at me.
"But what if-"
"Jade. It's not going to happen" she assures me. I nod, sniffing back my tears. "You're upset, you're stressing, you're probably hungry" that makes me chuckle a little. "See? You're okay" she says. She takes my hand and puts it over my stomach. "You feel that? You feel that heartbeat? That's your baby and she is fine" Kira assures me. I nod, sucking in a deep breath and slowly letting it out. "Come on, we're gonna make lunch" she says, getting up. I smile, getting up with her and following her to the kitchen. Kira goes into the fridge, bringing out food to make something. I lean againist the counter, hands on my stomach. "You okay?" Kira asks. I look up at her. I nod.
"Yeah. Hey..thank you for that and just for being here" I say. She smiles.
"It's nothing Jade, I want to be here" she says.
"I bet you regret that decision now" I tease. She chuckles. I laugh too, feeling better. I know I should calm down and not stress about the dreams. I'm going to the hospital to see Deaton and Aunty Mel today so i'll ask them.
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Once Kira and I have something to eat and i've fully calmed myself down, we lounge on the couch and watch a movie. There's a knock on the door before it opens, closing again. Kira and I don't have to look. We both know it's Derek. He drops a kiss to my head, giving Kira a nod in greeting, before sitting down beside me.
"Are you ready for this?" Derek asks, a hand rubbing over my baby bump.
"Are you ready to have it rubbed in your face that i'm right?" I ask with a smile. He chuckles, Kira laughing.
"Weither you're right or not, i'm happy either way" he says, looking into my eyes like this is some cheesy romance film.
"Aw" Kira cooes.
"But he's a boy" Derek adds wth a grin. And there's the Derek I know and love.
"You've never been more wrong" Kira says. Derek turns to her.
"Oh really?" he asks, raising an eyebrow.
"Yes, duh" she says. "Clearly, it's a girl"
"Why? Because 'she's' high-maintance like a female?" Derek asks. I can't help but grin. Ouch.
"No, because she's smart, unlike a male" Kira shoots back. Oh. Double ouch. I watch the two with a soft smile, playful banter being thrown between the two about baby's gender.
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"Are you ready for this?" Aunty asks me, Deaton at her side.
"Oh hell yeah" I grin, lifting my shirt up over my stomach. I relax into the hospital bed, taking deep breaths. All that baby equipment comes out, Deaton and Aunty hooking everything up. I jolt a little when the cool liquid comes over my belly. I giggled, squirming a little. All 3 of them stop, turning to look at me. "Sorry" I smile sheepishly.
"It's okay" Melissa chuckles. "Here we go" she says, bringing the probe to me stomach.
"What is it? A boy?" Derek asks immediantly.
"Give me a second Derek" Aunty says, grinning to herself out of excited and nervous actions. I can hear Derek tapping his foot on the ground, trying to wait for an answer. "Okay..I see something" she says, stopping over my stomach.
"What do you see?" I ask, very impatient and nervously excited as well.
"Hold on" she says, moving the probe a little more. "Here" she says. What Derek and I don't hear since we're so focused on the baby, is the door open behind us and a bunch of teenagers creep into the room.
"What?" I ask, looking at the screen.
"Wait" she says again.
"Aunty" I groan. She laughs.
"I'm joking" she grins. "Do you wanna know the sex of the baby?" she asks us. I look at Derek. He takes my hand and we both nod, looking back at her. She smiles widely. "You're both having a healthy, beautiful baby girl" she tells us.
"I knew it!" Derek and I both turn around, finding the entire pack, parents and all, standing behind us. Lydia and Kira high-five triumphantly. I look back at Derek with a wide smile. He smiles back with glassey eyes, kissing me. We pull back and I sit up so we can hug tightly.
"I told you" I whisper in his ear.
"You did" he smiles, kissing me again.
"Okay guys, you can congratulate them later. Out, out, out" Aunty Mel says, shooing the pack out.
"What? No, Mom!" Scott whines.
"You're not supposed to be in here anyway. Come on, just wait outside" she says. They reluctantly back out. Kira catches my eye, giving me a knowing nod. Damn..I have to ask Deaton about these nightmares.
"Derek, could you go help control them?" I ask. "I just need to talk to Aunty for a minute, just me" I say, hoping he won't question it.
"Everything okay?" he asks me, meeting my eyes. My mind goes into overdrive. I have to lie. It's not even really a lie. I am fine, I just don't like the dreams. And I don't want to tell him what I see because I know it's a fear of his anyway. If they don't stop, i'll tell him. If they get worse, i'll tell him. I'm not going to keep something from him for months again. But right now, while he's so happy he actually has tears in his eyes, I can keep it to myself.
"Of course" I smile. "Just baby..femaley stuff" I say. He cringes.
"Yeah, i'll wait outside" he nods. I chuckle. Men are just..Derek's funnily weird sometimes. He kisses me once more before slipping out the door to where the pack are emerged in conversation about the baby girl coming in about 4-5 months.
"What's up?" Aunty asks me. I sit up, crossing my legs.
"Uh..i've been.." I glance nervously at the door. "I've been having these really bad nightmares" I tell them both. "Derek doesn't know, only Kira does"
"It is a common thing is start having nightmares around 4 months" Deaton says, Melissa nodding.
"But um..what if they're like the visions you had?" I ask Aunty.
"What are the dreams about?" she asks me.
"Um..about me..losing the baby" I say, looking in my lap. "Or once she's born, something really bad happening"
"Okay, Jade, look at me" Aunty says, sitting down beside me. I look up at her. "Adelaide's fine. She's healthy. I'm not saying i'm 100% certian about anything but if something was to happen, we'd know and we'd help" she says, rubbing my arm.
"Okay" I nod, sniffing back tears. "I just can't have that happen" I admit.
"I know. Noone wants that. And we'll do everything we can to make sure it doesn't, okay? But she's healthy, and she's strong so don't even think about that anymore" she says softly.
"Okay" I say, feeling a little better. Deaton comes over to us.
"This is common in pregnant woman" he assures me. "I can tell you're not going to want to but next time it happens, you should tell Derek. He can help calm you down and it'll help you sleep better. This is a long process for you and you need your partner at your side supporting you at all times" Deaton says.
"I couldn't have said it any better" Aunty nods in agreement. "Just remember, you don't have to hide the way you're feeling from Derek. He's here for good, even I know that. He's here for you to cry on, talk to, hell hit him if you need too..just don't tell him I said to do that" she says with a smile. I chuckle.
"Got it" I smile.
"Now go on, get out there and get ready to hug everyone. We'll be out in a second" she says. I nod, getting to my feet. I walk out the door and immediantly, arms are wrapped around me.
"Congratulations J" Scott says, hugging me tightly but being careful of my baby belly. I hug him back.
"Thanks" I smile widely.
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Of course it was going to be a girl! I was actually really tempted to switch it up like 'You're having twins! A girl and a boy!' but then I thought about the future and I just couldn't. But a girl! Yay! Favourite, follow and review!