Within Their World

Special Extra

Ares' POV

It's the middle of the night and I have this creeping suspicion that will change my whole world. But I'm scared to put it into words.

It's been almost a year since Thomas and I wen through the hell that we did and we've come a long way. We healed as much as we could, though I'm sure with time, we'll be a little more okay.

We've been thinking about having kids for a while now, and though I know that these things take time, for our healing and for these to happen, I can't help but dream about a mini version of me running around the house we just moved into with a toy bat to match mine.

Boy or girl, I have a feeling that my kid is going to be badass and no one is going to be able to tell them a fucking thing.

And though I haven't told Thomas yet, I have this feeling, and maybe it's just hope, but the feeling is still there that I might be pregnant. And it's the best and scariest feeling I've ever had in my life. The one thing I've learned is to trust my instincts and right now they're screamingly me to get my kitten out of bed and go see for myself if it's true.

A part of me wants Thomas to take one too, hoping that it'll double our chances of being pregnant even if that's not really how it works.

I'm debating on whether if not I should wake Thomas up, or leave the strange feeling for the morning when suddenly I hear a sleepy voice from behind me. "Where's my cuddles?" He asks me sleepily and I turn around from the window with a big smile, walking over to our bed.

"I think I'm all out." I tell him, teasing him for his cuddle crave. It's only at night that Thomas likes to be cuddled up next to me, any other time he'll mush my face away and say I'm smothering him. So I take all the opportunities I have to tease him about the need to hold me close when the stars are shining.

"You're about to be out of a soulmate if you don't get in bed." He grumbles and I laugh at me before crouching down in his side of the bed making him turn towards me with a frown.

"I need you to go somewhere with me." I tell him, nerves slicing through me at what the results might be and I'm glad that Thomas is awake so that I don't have to do this alone.

"Go somewhere? Now?" He asks me, his grey eyes searching mine and for the first time since we got together, I guard my face and my feelings from him, not quite ready to share the thoughts whirring through my head. He tries to read me one last time but since a nod is all he gets from me he gives me a smile before sitting up. "Of course I'll go." He tells me and I breath e sigh of relief.

Offering my hand to him, Thomas puts his hands in mine and I pull him out of bed before the two of us grab some jackets and sneakers before I get the keys from the kitchen counter and we make our way out of the door.

I'll admit that this new neighborhood that we're in is definitely different from the one I was raised in. There's no police sirens or the sound of glass breaking. There's no yelling or cussing or loud music in the middle of the night. You can barely hear the sounds of the Hunt and yet I don't hate it as much as I thought I would.

It only makes me think that maybe the two of us are ready to start a bigger family than the three of us that live in the house.

Snow is the sweetest kitten I've ever met... to me. I find it hilariously ironic that the cat liked Thomas but when my sweet lover come to cuddle up to me, Snow does not like it at all.

Thomas tells me that I have too much charm for my own good.

We get in the car and make our way over to the store that's not even five minutes from here. I grab my wallet with slightly shaking fingers, grabbing on to Thomas' hand as soon as we meet in front of the car.