100, 000 Year Old Mate

Chapter 1

It had been 3 weeks since Adrian's mate had been born and he was itching to go and see her. Even though she would be a baby he knew he would be whatever she needed to be happy, and eventually when she was much older, she could either choose to be with him as more than a friend or he would stay friends with her, no matter how hard that would be for him.

"Drusilla Audrey Corinthos, I am going today whether you approve or not," Adrian yelled up the stairs, Dru had been pushing it back for 3 whole weeks but he was adamant he was going to see his mate today.

"Fine I guess today is as good as any other day," he could hear her sigh from upstairs. "Just let me get changed first," she yelled back but he growled.

"Now Drusilla!" he yelled and heard her huff as she appeared beside him.

"Fine, I guess I won't do it the normal way," she mock growled back, and with a swish of her fingers she was wearing jeans and a red tank top. "And don't call me Drusilla, I hate that name," she grumbled as she followed him to the car with her arms crossed.

That only made Adrian chuckle though, as his mood was much brighter at the prospect of finally seeing his mate. He ushered Dru into the car before slamming the door and speeding away.

When they got there however, Adrian suddenly felt very nervous. He had met the Sanderson's many times and he would almost call them good friends, but he wasn't sure how they would take the news that their baby girl was his mate. Now he was worried that they would forbid him from ever seeing her again.

"Man up Adrian, just go and tell them," Dru muttered from beside him as she practically shoved him out of the car with her mind. Then she followed him gracefully out and proceeded to push him the rest of the way up the path, she even knocked for him.

They were met by a tired looking Emma Sanderson, however she managed a smile once she saw them. "What a nice surprise, how are you two?" she asked

"Good, how are you?" Adrian asked politely as nerves got the better of him which made Dru roll her eyes at him.

Their conversation was cut short however by the sound of a baby wailing, which made Emma sigh and look into the house with dread, Adrian look in longingly and Dru chuckle.

"Come in," Emma sighed before walking in ahead of them "you said you got her to sleep John" she yelled.

"I did, but she woke up," John yelled back in an equally annoyed voice as his mate.

When they reached the living room, they were met with the sight of a beautiful baby girl....that was turning red in the face because of her cries. Adrian was frozen into place as he stared at the little girl in the crib. He could feel his world changing and being centered around her. He would do anything for her.

Dru noticed his fixation and couldn't help but smile, she was so happy for him and gave him a little nudge in the baby girls direction. Emma had disappeared, yelling at her husband, so Adrian let his feet take him to the edge of the crib and stared down at her in awe. She was the cutest little thing.

He tickled her tummy lightly and was rewarded by her eyes snapping open to show the biggest and brightest green eyes he had ever seen. However she was still wailing and Dru appeared by his shoulder.

"I told you she was the cutest baby," she murmured then nudged him again and when he sent her a confused look she let out an over exaggerated sigh. "Pick her up dumbass," she growled and he scowled at her, about to snap back when he felt little hands grab his finger.

All his anger melted away as he looked back down at the little girl who was still wailing, but shaking his finger around, as if throwing a tantrum because he wasn't paying attention to her, the thought made Adrian chuckle.

"Adrian, she can sense that you're her mate, she'll only calm down if you pick her up," Dru sang from beside him but he was worried, he hadn't held a baby in so long, he didn't want to hurt her. Dru let out another sigh, "it's easy Adrian, you just pick her up like this," Dru grumbled and picked up the still crying baby and rocked her a bit. "Holy crap she has a set of lungs on her," Dru mumbled to herself but couldn't help from laughing, she could tell Adrian was gonna have his hands full with this one.

"Okay, give her to me," Adrian finally spoke and held his arms out awkwardly. However as soon as she was settled into his arms he managed to find a position that was more comfortable for the both of them. "There you go sweetie, see, there's no reason to cry," he crooned as he rocked her and her cries subsided.

All Adrian could feel was awe as he looked down at his adorable little mate. She was so little, he couldn't believe that a baby could be so small and petite. And as she stared up at him with those bright green eyes, still watery from the tears, he knew he would do anything for her, he would be whatever she needed for as long as she needed him.

He reached out to wipe the tears from her tiny cheeks and couldn't help smiling down at her as she quickly grabbed his finger and stuck it in her mouth, sucking on it.

"So you're her mate," John's voice made him whip around to stare at the parents in worry.

"Yes, I...I was coming over to tell you, but I want you to know that I will never push her to be my mate, the choice will be completely up to her," Adrian started babbling but was cut off when Emma just came forward and hugged him tightly, but still careful of the baby girl in between them.

"We know you won't, we're happy that it's you that's her mate instead of someone we don't know or trust," she told him with a smile and looked down at the now sleeping girl in his arms. "And you got her to stop crying so that's amazing!" She laughed slightly and leaned back into her mates arms.

"Now Adrian we have no problem with you visiting us and Samantha, but we also know how easy it is to just push back all your work and responsibilities for your mate so we have to ask you not to do that, if your responsible about your workload we'll have no problem with you coming over whenever you want," John told him. From the way Adrian was looking at his daughter he was worried that Adrian would forget about his duties as the leader of their state.

However Adrian simply looked up at John and nodded gravely "I won't, I promise," he told John, but then his eyes were drawn back to the baby girl in his arms and he wasn't completely sure that he was being truthful.