CH41
It is now 4 months later:
Kate was blindfolded again and laying on her back on that very same table only this time Kay had something on her belly and suddenly there was a new sound. It was fast and rhythmic sounding. "That is your baby's heartbeat Katherine. According to my research she is perfectly developed for a four month old fetus. Also blood tests suggest that she is a Hybrid just like you are, so just keep doing what you've been doing and we're going to have the very first baby born from a vampire, ever." Kay removed the device. "I'll take some pictures so you can see for yourself what I see."
"She? I'm having a girl?"
"Oops, I did let that slip didn't I? I'm sorry Katherine if you didn't want to know and wanted it to be a surprise."
"No, no, that's fine. I'm glad to know. I have something to tell Castle now and we can start working on names."
"How have you been feeling Katherine?" Kay had been following the pregnancy almost weekly. Her husband had blown a fuse just like she suspected right up until she told him that Kate was pregnant and that got him to shut-up instantly.
"You're sure?" Hunt had asked softly.
"Pretty sure, the system is a little out of date by now, but still state of the art around here. We'll know better in a month or two," Kay had told him.
"You know you're showing now Katherine. You can't keep it a secret much longer. Soon your pants aren't going to fit you if they haven't stopped fitting you already."
"I know. I already can't fit into my tightest clothes and my bras don't fit me very well anymore either." Kay ran something over her chest. "It looks like you're almost one cup size larger now."
"Mistress what do I feed the baby? She's going to be too small to eat like a human or Lycan."
"We'll know better after another 3 months, but for now based on the increase of your breast size I would say that you will be breast feeding like any normal human would. I'll run some tests of the fluid that your breasts will be creating for the baby to determine what's in it."
"For now, just keep doing what you're doing. Hasn't Richard noticed the size increase of your breasts?"
Kate began smiling since they had made love to each other for over an hour just this morning and she was sure she was still glowing from it. Even worse, she was horny again already and was going to go see Castle when she got back for another round.
"He hasn't said anything about it if he has noticed."
"He's probably too happy about the change to mention it." Kay was smiling while Kate turned her head towards where she heard the voice with her mouth hanging open.
"Don't look at me like that child. Jackson and I have been doing what you and Richard have been doing for a lot longer than you have or likely ever will. And for the record I love Jackson as much today as I did the day I lost my virginity to him."
"Jackson was so tender and considerate. I remember that day like it was yesterday. If you must know you and Richard are about to do something that Jackson and I will never be able to do and we're both jealous," Kay admitted. "Now up Katherine, it's time to go home and get your speech ready to your house." Kay helped her up and jumped her home.
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"What did she say?" Rick was all over Kate the second she stepped into their bedroom.
Kate was smiling and wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him softly and passionately. "I'm four months along and she says our baby girl is doing fine."
"So is she a Lycan, a vampire or, …you said she. …We're having a girl!?"
"You don't want a girl?" Kate teased him.
"What?" Rick looked at Kate like she had just lost her mind. "Of course I want a girl, or a boy. The point is we're having a baby, Mistress." Rick crushed her in a bear hug causing Kate to start laughing.
"Castle, make love to me. I need to feel you, all of you including inside me. Now Castle." She nibbled on his ear causing it to bleed just a little giving her a chance to taste his blood yet again.
It was one of the things that Kate was happy for. She still loved his taste. The taste of his mouth, the taste of his come, and the taste of his blood.
It was an hour later and Kate found herself shoved up against the shower wall with her legs wrapped around Castle as she cried out in pleasure, feeling his erection sliding in and out of her willing herself to have her fourth orgasm.
She could feel him suckling on her neck and almost willed him to bite her and taste her blood for the first time, since she couldn't remember him ever doing that. Still it was enough for her to scream out her orgasm as she held onto him for dear life.
When Kate unwrapped her legs around him she almost fell to the shower floor, her knees were so weak. "I'm glad you got mugged that day Castle or I might never have found you," Kate told him while holding him close letting the shower water flow over both of them.
Suddenly Rick pulled his head back. "That was you wasn't it? I thought I was dreaming it. Those five guys were pounding on me and then suddenly they were gone. I only caught a glimpse of long brown hair and it was all I could ever remember."
"I decided to find out just what kind of man you really were. And then you scared the hell out of me."
"That will never happen again Mistress, I promise. We're having a daughter together and I'm not leaving her like that." Rick kissed Kate to seal it. "Or you."
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It was an hour later and Kate had assembled the entire house in their new home. Sirene's home had been closed up for winter. Everything in her shop was over here. A lot of her handmade furniture was also over here. She had jumped her two refrigerators to the new home and room was made in the utility room for them as emergency storage. At the moment Irene was using the freezer section to store food in.
"Hi. I'm hopeful that everyone loves their room. Sirene and I have done what we can to give everyone what they need to be comfortable with. I particularly love this room. I think we could put three of the old living rooms in this one room and have space left over."
"The Hungarian language classes will continue until each of us, including myself are comfortable with it. Speaking and reading it. This is our home. As part of that home Sirene and I have agreed to give each couple a credit card that will have a limit of $1 million in each account. How you decide to spend that money is entirely up to you. All we ask is that you keep the security of this house in mind. None of us want a repeat of what happened to the last house. You can pick up yours on the way out."
"Our junk guy has picked up everything we have taken out of the basement and has thanked us for all of it. Just what he is going to do with all of that escapes me, but he's happy and Sirene and I are happy to see it gone." Kate motioned to Sirene and sat down next to Castle.
"We have arranged for a very large delivery of roofing material that will arrive during the day tomorrow. We have estimated just how much plywood we will need, along with some 2x8's and 2x10's to laminate together to repair damaged structure that we anticipate having. If it is too bad we will bring in a structural engineer and possibly need to hire another contractor who will know better than us what to do."
"There will also be a large dumpster for us to throw the old roofing material into along with a number of tarps that we will have to put up at the end of each day to prevent the rain from getting in. We start the removal of the roof tomorrow night."
"Tonight however we are all going somewhere, provided that you want to. We are going to walk around the corner and look at buying Harley Davidson Motor Cycles for you to use to get around the city."
"Now you do not have to use your new credit card for you to do this. This is our treat to each of you. For those that decide not to partake in this purchase we will think of something else. Kate and Castle will be going out next week to look at purchasing a couple of cars for the use of the house as a whole. These cars will need to be parked on side streets, which means first come first served. Meaning today they may be close while tomorrow they may be 3 or more blocks away."
"The other house is presently on schedule in terms for the timeline that we think it will take to finish restoration of the building. We already have a lot of stuff in the basement, locked up nice and tight. Completion is still several years away."
"Between the money that I have obtained, the money that Castle has earned from his earlier book sales, and I hear through the grape vine that his next book has been sent into his publisher, though he has been tight lipped about the name of it." Sirene glared at him as Castle just smiled back.
"I mention this because if you find a motorcycle that just speaks to you, it is yours regardless of the cost. This applies to you my Lord and Mistress. I can't begin to thank you for agreeing to join us in this home. It means more to me than I can express in words." Sirene motioned to them.
Kay simply held her hands over her mouth and blinked back tears while Hunt kissed her head. She didn't want to be anywhere else. It felt like they had their home from long ago all over again, just that they didn't have to worry about everything this time. Sirene and Katherine were in charge now and it felt good seeing them working so well together.
Kate stood up and took a hold of Sirene's hand and looked at Castle and then at Irene followed by everyone else. "I have one more announcement for all of you. This one is a little more personal and means a lot to me and Castle."
"I've been keeping a secret from all of you and I did it for purely selfish reasons. I had great fears and still have a few fears about what this means and what is going to happen."
"I know that all of you know that Castle and I are now Hybrids. Part vampire, part human, and part Lycan. We have worked hard to keep the Lycan parts hidden in the background and not be an issue. There is no one in this room that hates Lycans more than me and that hasn't changed since I ended up adding Lycan cells. In some ways it makes me hate them even more."
"I'm a vampire and damn proud of it. However having said that I don't think I would be able to say what I'm trying to say without being a Hybrid. My secret can't be kept a secret for much longer since everyone will notice soon." Kate didn't know what else to do, so she simply lifted up her shirt and exposed her belly and her baby bump.
"Castle and I are presently 4 months pregnant," Kate told them as she rubbed a hand over her obvious baby bump.
Suddenly everyone except Kay, Hunt, and Castle all started talking at once while everyone who wasn't standing jumped up. Sirene stood next to her firing questions at her as Sirene reached down to place her hand on Kate's who simply placed her hand on Sirene's hand and held it on her baby bump.
Kate soon found herself in Alexis's arms followed by Paige, Irene, and finally Sirene.
"Okay, okay, one at a time," Kate asked them and waited for them all to get quiet.
"Sweetie?" Kate decided she deserved to be first since she was her daughter.
Alexis didn't know what to say. She knew like everyone else that a vampire couldn't get pregnant, it just wasn't possible. "Boy or girl?" she decided to ask.
"A girl and she's perfectly healthy so far."
Paige however had noticed that Kay and Hunt didn't seem surprised by this. "You knew didn't you? Somehow you already knew."
"I've been keeping track of Katherine's progress since we both found out she was pregnant. I can assure everyone that the baby is perfectly healthy at this point in time," Kay told them.
"I even have pictures." Kate walked over to a table that she had left the pictures on face down when she entered the room and handed them out. Since she only had three they were forced to share.
"She's so tiny," Alexis commented while looking at the picture.
"She's a four month old fetus, of course she is tiny, but that will change soon as she continues to grow," Kay pointed out.
Irene stepped up to Kate and hugged her. "Paige and I are in medical school. I'm sure Paige and I would be happy to help during the process, delivery or just as babysitters."
"Thanks Irene, that means a lot." Kate hugged her back. "You've been quiet Sirene."
"I guess I'm still in shock Kitty. It's well known that vampires can't have children, and yet here you are. But I am happy for you." Sirene hugged her tight.
"What about you guys? Solomon, Michael, Allie, Jenny. I know this is a shock and if you don't want to be a part of this house anymore I'll understand. I'll even give you the money to relocate to a place of your choice. Just chose a place and send me all the bills and I'll pay them."
"And miss out on the most important day in vampire history? I get to tell everyone that I lived in the time of the first vampire pregnancy, giving birth to the first vampire baby. Be it the first or the fifth," Solomon told her as the others nodded their heads.
Kate tried to blink back tears. Castle stepped up behind her, wrapped his arms around her, and placed his hands on her baby bump.
"Thanks guys." Kate wiped at her tears. There was a time when she was so in love only to have her heart crushed. Now here she was, pregnant and surrounded by people who loved and cared about her.
"Five?" Rick questioned.
"Don't even think it Castle. You're not the one that has to carry them or give birth to them." Kate was sure that some pain at birth was headed her way. One didn't try and pass a bowling ball through a small tube and not have pain.
"We'll see." Rick said, only to cry out in pain when Kate took a hold of his ear and gave it a light twist, causing some laughter.
"How about we pick up our credit cards and go Harley shopping on my credit card?"
Irene shot her hands up in the air. "YES!"
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Irene was the first one out the door, down the stairs and around the corner and into the store. There were only 2 salesmen to suddenly handle 12 customers. It took them some time since there were so many people and not enough salesmen. Still they came home with (2) 2001 Harley Davidson FXDL Dyna Low Rider. One for Paige and one for Jenny since they were the shortest of all the women.
Rick settled on a 2001 Harley Davidson FLSTF/FLSTF1 Fat Boy. Kate and Sirene came home with a 2001 Harley Davidson FXST/FXST1 Softail Standard. Hunt came home with a Harley Davidson FLHTCUI Ultra Classic Electra Glide. Michael, Solomon and Allie all came home with 2001 Harley Davidson FXD Dyna Super Glide. Irene and Kay settled on a 2001 Harley Davidson FXDXT Dyna Super Glide T-Sport.
Vivid Black, Diamond Ice Pearl, Luxury Rich Red Pearl, Concord Purple Pearl, Chrome Yellow Pearl, Bronze Pearl, New Jade Sunglo Pearl, New Real Teal Pearl, Two-Tone Vivid Black/Chrome Yellow,Two-Tone Luxury Rich Red/Black, New Two-Tone Concord Purple/Diamond Ice, New Two-Tone Luxury Blue/Diamond Ice
Another of the problems was deciding on taking the color that was in stock or waiting for another color that might suit them better.
Kate stepped inside and jumped for one of the utility rooms that no one ever went into since that was where the indoor furnace was located along with water heaters for each floor. It was also the location for the main security system panel. It had an emergency generator on the roof serving it.
Kate picked up her bag and jumped back downstairs and started handing out cables and locks to lock down their bikes to the rods that had been pounded down into the concrete with a ring attached to secure their bikes to.
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Back upstairs Alexis pulled out one of their many laptops now and started doing research for where they could all ride their bikes to and see some of the city at night or even countryside, with Paige looking over her shoulder.
Alexis thought she had found something, something local for them all to do in one night.
The "Paris of Central Europe" is not only Hungary's capital and the gravitational center of the country in terms of history, culture and business, it is also one of the most beautiful and interesting cities in all of Europe. Its splendid location, its wealth in art and architecture, and its long and exciting history give Budapest its distinctive atmosphere. You can spend your day marveling at the beautiful, stylish buildings from the late 19th century, visit a museum or two, climb to one of the many viewpoints in the hilly western part of the city or just stroll along the Danube River. Highlight your day by attending a performance at the Hungarian State Opera House, a memorable event in the city's most beautiful building.
You might as well spend the day at Gerbaud, the famous 150 year old café at Pest's busiest square or go shopping in Europe's biggest shopping mall (over 400 shops).
Another popular pastime in Budapest is "taking the waters" in one of the numerous thermal baths. The city boasts 118 thermal springs, and some of them were used by the Turks in the 16th century. The Parliament building in Budapest resembles the one in London not by chance, but was intended by the architect as a tribute to the first democracy.
Alexis finally thought she might just like living in Budapest.