Evaporate

chapter sixteen.

Grayson's POV

By 11:30 am, everything was perfectly set up for the reveal. Pink and blue ribbons were adorning every surface possible, but it somehow still all looks organized. Today is a very special day for my family and I.

To begin, Thalia is officially 20 weeks pregnant, it's her first official day on spring break and best of all, I get to find out whether we'll be having another mini me or a mini Thalia.

Although I told Thalia that I didn't mind whether we got a son or daughter, I'm still hoping the colors of the reveal are as pink as the t-shirt I'm wearing.

Everyone who is attending is dressed in either pink or blue, depending on which gender we hoped the baby would turn out to be. Thalia looks stunning in her light blue (more denim looking) button down, which she actually took from my side of the closet. Theo is dressed in a blue, plaid shirt with dark denim jeans and matching shoes with Thalia and I. We're all wearing black and white vans. Classics.

My mom is wearing pink, Cameron and Valerie are wearing blue, Ethan wore red because he's 'rebellious' and hoping for a boy, Caleb decided on pink as well and my dad is sporting a blue shirt. Everyone else is pretty evenly divided, although blue seems to be a bit more common as people arrive at the party.

Half of the people arriving are barely finding out about Thalia. Then they're surprised when they realize it's a gender reveal and they congratulate me on becoming a father. Then I introduce them to Theo and they realize that I've been a father for almost 4 and a half years.

Introducing Thalia to important pack members and extended family was pretty tiring for me because all I wanted to do was be told the gender, and I was risking her find out about wolves with every introduction.

Thalia seemed slightly annoyed until it was time for one of the mini games, but I wouldn't blame her, she's tired. Voting had just closed and the game was happening while the votes were being counted by my mom and dad.

"The objective of the game is to pop balloons between each other. Whoever pops the most within thirty seconds wins." Thalia grins. "Teams have been pre-picked for the first round."

I laugh and know that this one is a couples game so I'd be exempt.

"Team one is Cameron and Caleb." Valerie announces and then she smirks.

"Team two is," Valerie looks at Thalia and they speak in unison.

"Grayson and Ethan." My eyebrows shoot up, and I turn to Ethan, only to find the same confused expression on him. We laugh but oblige, knowing we couldn't get out of it.

Soon enough, I'm standing and ready to hop backwards onto a sitting Ethan, so we can pop the balloon. I turn to Caleb and smirk.

"You're going down." I laugh, grinning like a mad man.

"And he's going to crush me." Cameron laughs, more nervous than anything. Cameron is petite. a mere 5'5" while her soon to be husband is a nice 6'3" and a half.

Thalia begins the time and I rush to go sit on the balloon resting on Ethan's lap and it doesn't seem to be popping.

"Squeeze me!" I yell. Ethan does as told and it pops, causing some pain to hit my cheeks and I can only sympathize for Ethan's crotch.

Cameron and Caleb try our technique while also trying not to crush Cam. By the third balloon, I've resorted to using my weight and jumping onto the balloon (R.I.P. Ethan's crotch) and it seems to work, but Ethan's howling in pain with each new pop.

On the seventh balloon, I jump wrong and it doesn't pop, but it shoves my family jewels up into my stomach and I groan, fighting through the pain. I jump again and end up shoving them further into myself and by the third jump I've popped it. I look up for a split second and am greeted by Thalia's laughing face and I'm set on winning.

A couple pops later, they announce that our time is up and Ethan sighs in relief and laughs while Cameron groans.

"We weren't counting!" She laughs.

"But we were." Valerie smiles. "Team one popped 9 balloons. Team two popped..." She grins. "Ten." I let out a happy yell and hug Ethan. Then my parents walk over.

"Who's ready to hear the voting results?" My dad grins. We all go silent and nod.

"59 percent of you voted that the baby would be a boy, and 41 voted that it would be a girl. Who's ready to find out?" My mom grins. My heart speeds up. The moment of truth has arrived.

We all move towards the hanging piñata shaped in a question mark as Thalia hands me a bat while holding Theo's hand.

"You're going to hit it and the colors inside are the baby's gender." She smiles and kisses my cheek. "Swing safely."

"Yes daddy!" Theo grins as he rushes to hug my legs. After he and Thalia are a safe distance away, I prepare myself to swing at the piñata.

"Come on! We don't have all day!" My mom yells. Chuckles erupt from everyone and I breathe deeply.

Please be a girl.

I swing as hard as I can and knock the piñata from the rope, onto the floor. I rush over and quickly smash it, tearing the cardboard and reaching inside.

Just as I pull out the confetti and ribbons, pops go off and hot pink confetti flies all around. I triumphantly raise my fists, which are covered in pink strings and glitter. and let out a happy, barbaric sounding yell as I shake my glitter covered fists.

"Yes!" I yell out and grip the objects tighter before letting go and running over to Thalia and Theo. I pick Theo up and then Thalia and spin them.

"I love you guys so much and my princess!" I set them down and my heart's still racing. I have to get this energy out.

I run over and shake Ethan by the shoulders. "I'm having a daughter!" I scream and shake my fists once I've let go of his shoulders.

"Congrats!" Everyone yells as I rush back to my mate and son, pulling Thalia into a deep kiss.

Once I pull away she's blushing.

"You've got the girl you wanted." She smiles, her auras oozing happiness. I blush and nod. 

"Our little girl."

Our. Little. Girl.