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Now that the cat was out of the bag andand the upcoan in earnest Mom wanted to help out, so I put her in touch with Alanna, and the two of the plans for flowers andover such a happy event, and tried not to worry aboutTeren&039;s faood people, and they would surely get along, despite their differences

The only thing that had started to bother er I nearly fought withto keep it just immediate friends and family, but she swore that she&039;d promised such and such a cousin that they could coone to theirs and after a dozen or so incidents like that, the guest list had grown to nearly a hundred That thought started giving me panic attacks The reater the risk of exposure Alanna and Teren kept assuringout Saturday evening, for the actual cere But it still made me unnaturally nervous

Sothe location But, have you ever tried to reserve a spot with only a couple weeks notice? Yeah, it&039;s surprisingly difficult, even in Dece that I&039;d hurt his ave up It would just have to be at the ranch and I&039;d have to find a way to relax Teren re me that Halina could do mind wipes, if needed, helped a bit with that

When the wedding planning looked on track, etting in to see a doctor, insisting that prenatal care was vital, and I should have gone in as soon as I&039;d suspected I sighed and told her everything was fine and I didn&039;t need to go, but she gave o&039; face and I&039;d finally told her I would make an appointment as soon as I could

Honestly, I wanted to ht about nurses and doctors poking and proddingas they didn&039;t directly test the e would look normal to humans, as my blood had no trace of vampirism in it I bit my lip, but conceded to the expert andthe heartbeats like Teren could Plus, I could finally tell everyone that ere expecting twins I couldn&039;t exactly spill that fact without seeing a doctor first I couldn&039;t exactly tell everyone - &039;How do I know? Oh, well, Teren can hear the different heartbeats&039;

Teren caet to hear the heartbeats, and of course, I cried Teren s what he could sometimes hear anyway, clearly happy that my senses could experience it now too Then, the doctor surprised us both by doing an ultrasound Even though I was only a couple ofand the babies were only about the size of kumquats (or so the doctor told me), they had a machine that could take a look-see from the inside It was cold (but then, I was used to that) and slightly uncoe popped up on the screenit was beyond any feeling I&039;d ever had before

I twisted lued to the black and white monitor, his mouth dropped open in awe The doctor pointed out a section of the grayness that was , fast and fluttery - a heartbeat I knew Teren could still hear the heartbeat in the near silent rooe His very faintly glowing eyes started to water as he watched the screen Then the doctor twisted the device and confirmed what Teren already knew, that there was indeed a second heartbeat We acted surprised, which wasn&039;t hard foron the screen and told us I was around ten weeks along, putting ht around the time of our abduction, and my due date near the end of June He also toldthat Not that I&039;d been worried so wasn&039;t normal (aside from a little nausea and maybe somea trained professional say that is wondrously cal

As we left, I immediately called ht, going to the doctor had been one of the best ideas she ever had

Trying to not let ourselves get overwhelmed by all the newness in our lives, not too ethers with Tracey and Hot Ben, so nicknaeous He was surprisingly sweet though, and definitely a good match for Tracey I was still nervous about it, the first time ere all slated toart?

"Are you sure about this, Teren?" I flopped down on his bed - our bed, as we&039;d officially moved in all my stuff last weekend - and stretched out on the covers

He glanced back at ed in his drawers for a casual shirt I smiled at his new dresser set Since all of my clothes had pretty o buy him some new furniture He smiled atwith his quest

I sighed and flopped over to ether as I restedout with Tracey and Ben I mean, you&039;re only a couple months old, isn&039;t it a little early to be social"

Finding a shirt, he straightened and gave me a wry look "I&039;m not an infant It will be fine" He slipped the shirt over his body, hiding thatit out over his chest, he added, "Besides, we&039;re not going out to dinnerit&039;s just a ed and then walked over to sit on the bed

I stretched out one hand to hiht the back of his hand to ave me a momentary shiver "Yeah, I knowbut still"

He leaned over and gave it will be fine" He pulled back and s important to ask them, remember?" He tilted his head and raised an eyebrow and I s, or the babies We&039;d wanted to wait until we could get theether and ask theing the back of his hand to ined he could probably feel reat I guess I&039; part"

He s my hand up Tracey&039;s shirt, she&039;ll barely notice"

I shed "You better not" I srabbed his hand onthe dead skin vigorously

He tilted his head and furrowed his brow "What are you doing?"

I grinned as I continued the friction on his hand "An experiht maybe I could warm you up before you touch Ben and Tracey"

He rolled his eyes and shook his head, then gave rin "I could think of warmer places to shovehis hand and debated whether I should s we didn&039;t have tihed while I brought his hand to htly war me "There, nearly human"

He shook his head, adoration in his eyes "That&039;s my motto," he et lost in it for atoo lost in it and I had to push hi away from his mouth, I muttered, "We have a show tiainst hed and pushed hihed harder, pushing hiiggled as he helped rabbed his wallet frohtstand "I&039;ll have you know," he pointed down to his jeans, "these are actually very difficult to get into" He gave hed and walked over to hi hi, just a bit too mischievously "Yeah, I proht my arm back to smack him soundly in the chest, but he blurred out of the roohter answer me, but he was probably already downstairs "S full well he heard me

We pulled into the theater lot ahands, strolled into the lobby We spotted Tracey and Hot Ben instantly, as they had their , alked over to say hi

Tracey waved hello to us when she noticed our approach and I clenched Teren&039;s hand tighter We approached the eerily, equally attractive couple, his sculpted face and highlighted hair a coto look at when they stood together Tracey&039;s big blue eyes brightened when she took in Teren; she hadn&039;t seen him in awhile Ben either, for that matter, and, as he and Teren were sort of friends, he was the first to greet hilad you&039;re back" He clapped Teren on the shoulder, one are

Tracey giggled and leaned over to give Teren a quick one-ar "Oh," she squeaked, "cold outside, isn&039;t it?" She brought her hand to Hot Ben&039;s chest and rested her head against his shoulder "I&039;lad your dad&039;s okay, Teren," she said, and Ben nodded beside her

"Yeah, if he ever needs help again," he s on a ranch"

Teren grinned and shot me a look "Thank you, but I think that, uhprobleh, and switched it to a cough into my hand Teren squeezed my waist and I relaxed into his side, happy that everyone was oblivious to what that really meant, and happy that the horrid moment he&039;d just joked about, was a ratefully over "Shall we?" Teren indicated the ticket line and laughing at being together again, we bought our tickets

After the movie, we headed to a bar, where we all sat in a noisy corner and Teren faked sipping his dark bottled beer As you couldn&039;t see through the glass at how much was left, no one suspected that he wasn&039;t actually drinking it Relaxing eveneasier, and honestly, Tracey and Ben started getting drunker, I decided it was ti

To interrupt the conversations around ainstinto each other&039;s sides and turned their heads to look at rinned and chuckled as he knehat I was about to do

"Uht we ive them a ride home "Teren and I have sorabbedback at Tracey and Hot Ben, I said to Teren, "We&039;re getting married"

I heard the incredibly loud shriek from Tracey and watched Teren wince and close his eyes; that probably had been exceedingly loud to hi my head, I watched a half-drunk Tracey try and, and every head in the bar turned at the couys to stand up with us"

At that point, she collapsed into ; I took that as a yes Ben irlfriend, and then clasped Teren&039;s hand, as now standing by rin on his face Ben congratulated us both and said he&039;d be honored Tracey finally pulled back at that and slurringly said that she&039;d be honored too Then she looked behind o of me and reached out for him I tensed, but honestly, she was so tipsy, he could have had icicles dripping fro to hiratulations, until Ben finally pulled her back to her seat

Sniffing and wiping her nose, she hiccupped and asked, "When are you guys going to do it? Spring? Surinned in my excitement and said, "The nineteenth"

She looked at me blankly "Of which month?"

I frowned and furrowed my brow "Of this month"

He face dropped as her mouth fell open "This month? Jesus, Eer heads up" She shook her head and took a sip of her drink Pausing, she ?"

I flushed and attempted to shake my head, but she saw the color in my cheeks and sputtered on her drink "Holy shit, you are!"

I sighed that I was a couess I was just too thrilled about it Giving up, I shrugged and grinned as idiotically as I wanted to "Yes, I am"