4. Trent Phoebe{ManxMan}

•CHAPTER 29

I was sick, not sick like in my bed and unmoving, no, I was nauseated and for the life of me I couldn't tell why.

I was with Adriel and Xavier, my brother in the pack kitchen and they wanted to make a cake for themselves because they just suddenly felt like something sweet and homemade.

I was helping and being supportive, you know? Because since when does Xavier wanna bake. I was cracking the egg and the smell of it filtered through my nose and I just couldn't deal with it.

Adriel watched me gag and then he was gagging and shaking his head, pointing his finger at me accusatory, "no, no, don't, don't do that!"

I did and I couldn't hold it. I found the nearest toilet and I emptied myself out, my throat burned and my stomach tightened and I was pretty sure I was dying. Adriel wanted to help, shame, the poor guy wanted to support me and keep my beard safe but no, he joined me and it became one big vomit fest.

"What's wrong with them?" Linus spoke from behind up, eating a bag of chips like the smell, the sight, did nothing to him and as I looked at the grossed out look on his face, Xavier shrugged holding his hand to his nose.

"I don't know, but I don't want it."

Adriel and I looked at one another and he looked almost panicked, as if he knew I was about to gag again. We gagged at each other, our bodies curving and nothing coming out and I stood shaking my head and went to the basin because this is not okay.

"Like, how can you eat watching this, are you okay?"

"Honey, I'm in love with a snake, there is nothing I can't do if I really want to." I swear his statement deserved some kind of hair flip. I looked at Adriel and I wondered and shook my head.

I needed to get whatever cat flu was in my system out.

I got Adriel to rinse his mouth and we went back to the kitchen and I had to block my nose. I got orange juice and poured myself a glass and him aswell which he Downes without worry.

"I just feel like a big brother to siblings I didn't ask for." Harkin was saying as Amelia patted his shoulder almost understandingly and I had to wonder why our children grew and matured so fast because I didn't know how to look at them.

My brother Xavier was in Christian's lap in the living room, staring into his eyes and touching his face. The sight was one for the books because I had still recalled how much he fought against it all. There was so much love that I could almost see it. No seriously. There were like ribbons of purple and black almost weaving between them as they smiled at one another with so much overwhelming love.

"You're pregnant." Amelia was pointing at my stomach and giggling and I looked at her.

"What?"

"You didn't know?" Harkin tilted his head then as Idris ran in and tackled him to the ground. "Get off!" He practically screamed and Idris went and smacked his lips against the kids mouth. We all gapped at it, Idris laughed and stood over a stunned Harkin whose eyes were so wide they were probably going to fall out of his sockets.

"Never! You are mine Harkin!" Idris gave an almost cynical laugh, staring up at the ceiling like he'd conquered something and Harkin, unmoving vanished into thin air. "Where'd he go?" Idris looked around and shrugged before skipping off. "I won!"

I touched my stomach then completely unable to process. "Weird, I haven't sensed anything." Xavier said from his place in his mates lap.

"Him too!" Amelia giggled pointing behind me where I turned and my mouth fell open at Adriel's wide eyed stare.

"Wait, both of us?" Amelia nodded, bobbing her head, her little bun in place. The turned and skipped away and I turned to Adriel because I was in shock and I was filled with something.

My heart was beating so fast and I was still feeling the need to puke but I was determined to hold it down.

"Babe," I reached for his stomach, unable to stop the smile from my face.

"I should have said something." I blinked at him.

"What?"

"I have this dream," he looked at the floor around us almost bewildered. "She said it, over and over but..." He shook his head. "It was only you she said it too."

I had learned that over the months, his dreams often came true, they just weren't always complete, they just weren't always straight forward. Sometimes, he'd see the event before it happens, however not completely, there would always be some part missing, some aspect left unsaid almost as if it was a variable, like what I'd begun to refer to as the blindspot of it, hadn't yet set into place.

I pulled him into my arms. "We're pregnant," I laughed. "Literally."

Everyone was happy for us. So happy that our house was built within two weeks and was furnished and ready for us before time. It was beautiful, two story home with a master bedroom and three seperate bedrooms and two bathrooms, a kitchen, dining room and living room.

"This is bigger than I thought." Adriel gushed as he looked around at all the furniture we had got together and I was just so proud of my pack and their help I wanted to cry. Maybe it was the hormones but I just wanted to cry.

I sniffed as I touched everything like I never would get the chance. "It's beautiful." My voice cracked and Adriel came to me, wrapping his arms around me and snickering.

"Are you crying?" He pouted looking at my face and I cleared my throat and puffed out my chest.

"No. I never cry."

"Babe, I watched you cry over High School Musical, it's okay, your a softie."

I glared at him and bared my teeth and he rolled his eyes and kissed my hand. We walked through the space already talking about how since we're both pregnant, the two can share a nursery until they are old enough to decide on their own. We thought since three bedrooms, one could be a study until we decided to have the third.

We made love in every room and passage for no reason other than we could.

Xavier and Christian came by as Adriel and I struggled to get into our clothing as Amelia was on her Papa's shoulders.

"Well, we seem to have caught you in the middle of something." Xavier blushed and looked away. We were in our boxers mostly and we laughed sheepishly.

"Are you off?"

"Yeah, Amelia has Ballet in the morning and we have work, so.." he was grinning.

"See you soon?"

"Every holiday, definitely. Amelia says she wants to babysit her cousins when they're born." Christian supplied and the girl bobbed her head confidently.

"I'll be good big sister!" She was a gem, honestly.

"We'll visit you too, sometime."

"Oh, yes, the local Alpha there has been dying to meet the whole Phoebe pack. Apperently we're legends." Xavier opened his mouth wide and pumped his hand beside him in this weird head motion and I had to push his shoulder so he'd stop looking so creepy as we laughed about it.

Xavier and Cyrus also then bid us goodbye, their two little adopted kids who were both human and only 7 years old, Seraphina and Leo waving enthusiastically and also promising to visit more often. Leo and Elias were particularly emotional.

"You better text, or write. Writing is old but it's fun, my dad says so." Elias told him holding the older guys hand tightly.

"We can Skype too! You play video games?"

"I do now!" They hugged tightly and Pat each other's back. "I'll miss you little guy."

Leo laughed and nodded. "I'll miss you too big guy!"

Adriel and I were crying, why? Because Kathryn's little girl gave us cupcakes she made the next morning and somehow we were too touched to let her go as we took her into a group hug that eventually turned into a love fest as anyone close by joined us.

"See, this is why I can't have children. They do this." Linus said shaking his head. "crying over a cupcake, madness."

I pulled him into the love and he cringed and shook his head again. "Madness."

A\N
Written: 6 April 2022