Fate & Fur

@ Sweet.Persephone

Aiden grinned as she said that she loved him, leaning down to press a gentle kiss to her lips. "I love you too. C'mon." He murmured, taking her hand and leading her inside. The entry way was small but cozy, and he rubbed Bailey's back soothingly as she cried again, pressing a kiss to the top of her head. "I'm thrilled you like it. I was sure you were onto me a couple times, and then it wouldn't have been a very good surprise." He smiled, squeezing her hand as they walked to the living room.

"It definitely wasn't easy to pull off, by any means, and I entirely have James and the rest of the pack to thank for all of their help. Without them I'd still be here working on it." He smiled, giving her another kiss. "Anyway, this is the living room. The kitchen and dining room are through there, there's a bathroom over there, and then upstairs there are three bedrooms, a bathroom, and a little office or storage space, I didn't really know what to do with it, so I figured I'd leave it up to you. The extra bedrooms are also empty, so we can always turn those into a space for you to work or whatever." He smiled, carefully wiping a tear away from her cheek.

@ katahdin

"I had no idea that you were up to anything like this, Aiden." Bailey told him as she squeezed his hand. She looked around, trying to take it all in but all Bailey could think was that it was breath taking. How he managed to do this, all of this, and figure out what she wanted in a house was insanity. Especially since she didn't figure it out or even think something odd was happening. "I can't believe that you were able to do all of this...it's just, so perfect."

Bailey made a mental note to thank the pack later for all of their help. Though she turned to Aiden, her smile growing a bit as he mentioned the extra bedrooms. "We'll figure out something for them." She said softly as her head rested against his hand for a moment. "Lets go look upstairs." Bailey lightly tugged on Aiden's arm. She knew there was more to see downstairs but she was curious about the upstairs now. Bailey made her way towards the stairs. "Which one is the our bedroom?"

@ Sweet.Persephone

"I was sure you'd figure it out when I kept coming home with bruises and cuts, but you believed it when I said that I kept running into things and having accidents on patrols." Aiden chuckled, pressing a kiss to her forehead as he hugged her close, smiling down at her. "I'm glad that you like it. Relieved that you love it. If there's anything you want to change, please tell me and I'll do it as soon as possible. I had to guess on some things, like colors of furniture and what style in some cases, but those would be easy to exchange for something you prefer. Plus there's the stuff at our apartment, which I figured we could put in the little second living room area upstairs, but it's entirely up to you."

He nodded when she asked to go upstairs, letting her lead the way up the stairs, helping her lift the skirt of her dress so she didn't step on it on the way up. "Sorry the stairs are a bit narrow, James measured wrong and by the time I realized he was halfway done, but I kind of like the smaller stairs, since it gave me room to put that bench there, which James made as an apology for messing up on the stairs." He chuckled, pressing a kiss to her cheek at the top of the stairs. "Our room is first on the left. The other one on the left s the living room I told you about, and then the extra bedrooms are all on the other side, with the bathroom at the end of the hall." He explained, moving around her to open the door to their bedroom, smiling as he gestured for her to go in. "I figured you'd rather have the backyard as a view rather than the road, which is why it's on this side."

@ katahdin

"I love everything so far." Bailey assured him. At the moment, she could not imagine changing a thing. The house, the decor, it was all so lovely. Though, she supposed, that she might want to change some things in time so it felt more like them. So it was nice to know that the option to do so was open. But she certainly planned on making any changes she wanted by herself. Aiden certainly had done enough at this point. "And we will figure out everything together. What to do with all of the furniture and such." Bailey smiled up at him widely.

"Oh, I wouldn't have even noticed that about the stairs if you hadn't said anything." Bailey teased him lightly. Though, in truth, she didn't find the stairs all that narrow. It was rather nice as it gave more room to the downstairs. She followed him into the bedroom, looking around with a smile on her face still. "That was wise of you. Plus, when we have kids, we can see them playing in the backyard from our window." Bailey told him with a small laugh. She turned and wrapped her arms around him, pressing a kiss against his lips as she did so. Though her hand slowly slid down and grabbed onto his suit, grabbing it lightly to bring him with as she headed out of the room and into one of the empty bedrooms that he had pointed out.

Once she waited into the room, she released his suit. She glanced around the room for a long moment, which was odd as she barely glanced at their bedroom. Bailey then looked back at Aiden with a long hum and curiosity in her eyes. "This room could make a great nursery someday, wouldn't you think so?"

@ Sweet.Persephone

"The narrow stairs are kind of nice, but it probably won't be easy if I ever have to carry you up." Aiden teased, wrapping his arms around her as she moved into his arms and kissed him, returning her kiss as he caressed her cheek with a smile. "Exactly. Gotta keep an eye on them and make sure they don't get into trouble." He teased as he kissed her again. They'd talked a few times about having children, and had come to the consensus that they both wanted kids but wanted to wait a bit before having them, but that conversation had happened quite a while ago at this point, and he figured if she was bringing it up now that meant that she might want to have another discussion about it.

He chuckled as she grabbed his suit and led him out of their room to one of the other rooms across the hall, wrapping his arm around her waist as he looked around it, nodding in agreement. "Yeah. I just used leftover paint from downstairs for the wall, so it can be decorated however you want. Until it's a nursery I was thinking you could use it as an office while you finish up the last bit of your degree, I know you're close to being finished, and figured you'd want your own space where I'd leave you alone when you're working."

@ katahdin

Bailey rested her head against his as he wrapped his arms around from behind. She let out a long hum as he mentioned turning it into an office. In truth, she loved the idea of an office. After all, she was finishing up her degree and it would be nice to do her schoolwork away from Aiden, who, at times, was extremely distracting. "That would be so lovely. Plus I'll need the office once I start working full time. Luckily it seems there is plenty of room for us to do whatever we want." She turned her head and kissed his cheek.

"Perhaps it is time for me to give you my gift to you then." She knew there was plenty more of the house to see but she was growing both too excited and nervous. Bailey pulled away and turned so she was facing him, taking his hands into hers and laced them together. Her thumb rubbed the back of his hand gently. Half of her still thought that Aiden knew. After all, it was so much harder for her to keep a secret from him thanks to his reading her emotions. "I'm pregnant."

@ Sweet.Persephone

Aiden hummed as he spoke, giving her a little squeeze a she held her close. "Good point. And yeah, there's plenty of room. I figured we'd need at least one bedroom that could be James'." He laughed at his joke, grinning a bit as she mentioned that she had a surprise for him. "For me, really? It better not be better than my surprise, my surprise has to be the best." He teased, giving her hands a squeeze as he looked at her.

Her statement absolutely shocked him though, eyes widening as he stared at her in disbelief, looking between her face and her stomach for a moment before looking at her again, squeezing her hands tightly. "You're... Really?" He asked softly as he pulled her closer, eyes lighting up as tears welled in his eyes. "Dammit, Bails, that's a better surprise than mine." He said before pulling her into a tight hug, tucking his face into her hair as he held her close. "You're pregnant.."

@ katahdin

A huge smile came over Bailey's face as he pulled her close. And even though she had known that Aiden would be happy at the news, she still let out a small breath of relief. Her arms wrapped around his, holding him close to her. As he tucked his face into her hair, Bailey closed her eyes that were beginning to well with tears. "I do love your surprise though." Bailey told him with a small laugh. "I think I told you the only thing that could have topped it."

Her head tilted slightly so she could lay her head against his. "I'm pregnant." Bailey whispered back in confirmation. "I knew for a little more than a week but it was so close to the wedding that I thought I would wait until after. But I was so sure that you knew the whole time" Bailey hugged tighter to her as a few tears started to go down her face. "I'm surprised that you didn't find out before I did with those wolf abilities of yours."

Bailey pulled back a little so she could look into his eyes. "You didn't know did you?"

@ Sweet.Persephone

Aiden laughed as he held her close, wiping at his eyes as he hugged her close, rocking her a bit in his arms. "I love your surprise more." He murmured into her hair, looking down at her as he caressed her cheeks. "I love your surprise so much more." He beamed, letting out a shaky laugh as she said that she was pregnant again, pressing a kiss to her lips before hugging her close again. "I can't believe that you kept this from me. You're so bad at secrets." He laughed a bit, nuzzling his nose into her hair to breathe in her scent, shaking his head when she asked if he knew.

"I had no idea. I knew you were excited, but I figured that was just because of the wedding. And I didn't notice anything else off about you, so I just didn't think about it, especially since I was busy with last minute stuff for the house.. Oh my god, you're pregnant." He laughed, hugging her close as he spun her around happily.

@ katahdin

Bailey let out a giggle as Aiden spun her around. Her arms tightened around him and only started to loosen up once her feet were back on the ground. "I think the only reason I was able to keep it a secret was because of the wedding and the fact that you had your own secret." She told him as she leaned up and pressed a loving kiss against his lips. Her hands slid away from his neck and down to his chest, pressing against him lightly.

Slowly, Bailey pulled her lips away from his and her hands fell off of him. She reached into the top of her dress and pulled out a photo. As she turned it for Aiden to see, it was clear that it was an ultrasound. "I went to the doctor to confirm it and she was able to do an ultrasound." Bailey pointed out the black blob on it. "That's our baby."

@ Sweet.Persephone

Aiden laughed as she giggled, making sure she was steady as he set her back down, returning her kiss as he kept her close. He blinked a little as she pulled away, brows furrowing as she reached into the top of her dress, although his eyes lit up as he saw the ultrasound, slowly taking the picture from her as if it were made of glass.

"Wow... It's beautiful." He murmured, eyes getting misty again as he stared at the little blob, leaning forward to rest his forehead against hers. "I love you both so much."

@ katahdin

"I love you," Bailey whispered back before she leaned up and pressed a deep kiss against his lips. One hand slid down to her own stomach as she pulled away. "We love you," Leaning in, she laid the side of her head against his shoulder. Nothing was better than being close to Aiden. "I know you're going to make an amazing father."

@ Sweet.Persephone

Aiden gladly returned her kiss, one arm wrapping around her tightly as she leaned against him, his other hand moving to rest against hers on her stomach. "And you're going to make an amazing mother." He murmured, pressing a kiss to the top of her head. They stood like that for a while, just enjoying each other's presence and basking in their own happiness, before Aiden pulled back to carefully lift his bride into his arms, one arm supporting his back while the other supported under her knees, offering her a little grin when she gave him a confused look. "I figure that now we've both given each other our surprises, we should carry out that age old wedding tradition where I carry the blushing bride to our new room and make her blush even more." He teased with a little chuckle, pressing a loving kiss to her lips as he slowly and carefully carried her out of the soon-to-be nursery and down the hall to their bedroom, absolutely looking forward to the wonderful life they had ahead of them.

THE END