Lorelei walked out of her first exam, feeling a sense of relief. Thankfully her pregnancy brain had not impacted her ability to complete the exam successfully. She had a few days before her next exam, but she was feeling pretty confident. So confident in fact, that when Monroe called inviting her over for dinner, she had agreed. She couldn't be all work and no play. Lorelei arrived home, deciding to take a nap before she headed over Monroe and Rosalee's. She still hadn't received word from Sean, but that was to be expected. It still made her feel uneasy, however. She didn't know where he was or what he was doing. However, he had at least been honest with her about that, instead of coming up with some bogus reason, and she appreciated that.

After her nap, Lorelei pulled on one of her looser pre-pregnancy dresses, which was now a little tight, grabbed her things and headed to Monroe and Rosalee's. As Lorelei was getting out of her car, she saw Juliette's pull up. This was a pleasant surprise. "Hi! I feel like I haven't seen you in ages." Juliette said, a bright smile on her face as she hugged Lorelei. "How'd your first exam go? Did your baby brain make it hard?"

"It went pretty well. Thankfully my head was nice and clear. Although I am a bit congested, which I've read is normal for this part of the pregnancy." Lorelei said as the pair headed for the front door. "I didn't know you were coming. It's good to see you."

Rosalee let them inside. As soon as Lorelei stepped into the light, Juliette squealed. "Oh, you've popped." She said, referring to Lorelei's bump.

Lorelei's hand went to her bump. "I have. And my belly button has gone from an innie to an outie. The downside is that I can't put off buying new clothes anymore. This dress, used to be loose. Not anymore."

"Are you free on Saturday? We could do a shopping trip, get lunch and celebrate the end of semester?" Juliette suggested.

"Sounds great."

Juliette looked at Rosalee. "You in Rosalee?"

"Count me in."

Nick and Hank arrived not to long after that, a whole bunch of books from the trailer in tow. That was how Lorelei found out that they had weaselled a dinner invite out of Monroe when they came looking for information earlier. So, in addition to dinner, they found themselves looking through books trying to help Nick and Hank out with their case. Rosalee and Juliette were on the couch, Nick and Monroe on chairs from the kitchen while Hank and Lorelei had co-opted the armchairs.

"This ones from London, 1916." Rosalee said. "Having ventured further and further into the sewers, we were almost overcome by the fumes. It is easy to see why the gelumcaedus chose this place to live. Without the breathing apparatus, Anna invented, we could never have survived the fetid conditions." She finished.

Juliette glanced over Rosalee's shoulder. "Ooh, it looks like something out of a Jules Verne novel." She commented, as Rosalee continued.

"We were finally confronted by the gelumcaedus beneath Farringdon Road. The gelumcaedus emerged from a dormant period. Common for them in which they would retreat into the hell holes they fashioned for themselves, living off their plunder." Rosalee finished.

"I don't think our guy is in dormant period." Nick stated.

"I got something." Monroe said. "Says gelumcaedus is one of the oldest known wesen, served in the Pretorian Guard, under Caligula's reign, and they were hired to protect the newly built Aquaducts."

"Probably why they like the storm drains." Hank commented.

"Exactly." Monroe said, his eyes still on his book. "It says when Rome fell, they retreated to the underground waterways to avoid execution." He handed the book to Hank.

"Wait, hold on, there's more here." Juliette said. "I regret to inform that Reginald, one of our hunters we took with us, perished in the fight, his upper limbs torn from their sockets. Escaping this wesen's grip is virtually impossible. As a result, I have procured a vambrace should I ever do battle with a gelumcaedus again."

"What's a vambrace?" Hank asked.

"This." Juliette replied, turning the book around the show everyone else.

"Woah." Hank said.

"I think we have one of those in the trailer." Nick added and Lorelei hummed in agreement.

Hank looked at the both of them. "Well, of course you do."

"I just didn't know what it was for." Nick told him.

"Well, now you do."

"You can use it for more than the gelumcaedus." Lorelei told him.

"I know." Nick replied. "Anyway, if the kid and the sewer worker were killed by the gelumcaedus. He's still gotta be down in the tunnels."

Hank sighed. "We have to go back in."

"And not as cops."

Lorelei heard from Nick the day of her final exam, that he and Hank had tracked down the gelumcaedus. However, after arresting him, Hank was kidnapped, and they had come to learn that there were in fact three of them. Needless to say, her brother had won that particular battle, take out two of the brothers and kept the first one that had arrested. Probably would have been too hard to explain if they hadn't.

As with her first exam, Lorelei was blessed not to be affected by her 'baby brain' and had in fact, finished with time to spare. Satisfied with her work, and having to wait until the time ended before she could leave, Lorelei rested her head in her arms on her desk. She must have drifted off to sleep, because she was awoken by one of her classmates when the exam time ended.

"I remember falling asleep everywhere." Andrea said, smiling at Lorelei warmly as she stretched. She had given birth to her own daughter last summer. "A few of us are going to Mulligan's to celebrate the end of exams. Do you want to come? You can't drink but they do great mocktails."

"Sure." Lorelei said, as she packed up her things.

Less than an hour later, Lorelei was sitting with some of the girls she attended class with, a fruity mocktail in hand while they shared wings and discussed their plans for the summers. Two had internships, one was leaving the country to visit family, and Andrea, like Lorelei was having an uninteresting summer, just work. "What about you Lorelei?" Marina asked, taking a sip of her espresso martini.

Lorelei ran her hands over her belly. "It will be a quiet summer for me. I've had some issues with high blood pressure, so my doctor has me taking it easy. I'll just be getting things ready for the baby. I'm finally caving in, going shopping for maternity clothes this Saturday with some friends."

Andrea laughed. "Oh, I remember that. I held off because most of what I could find were so ugly and uncomfortable. I ended up buying some things online. You know I have a few things I could pass on to you. Saves you having to spend a lot on clothes."

"That'd be great, thank you."

Not long after that, Lorelei headed home for a well-deserved nap. She curled up on Sean's side of the bed, inhaling the scent of his cologne as Molly and Daisy joined her. As she drifted off to sleep, she prayed that Sean would return to her soon.