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We ate dinner, or should I say breakfast, for dinner. Kalen seems reluctant to leave. He was very hands–on, playing with the kids, but we needed to get them showered and dressed for bed, so Kalen said his goodbyes and left, stating he would see us at the Alpha meeting.
“Valarian, time for a shower, buddy, then you have to go to bed,” Valen says. Valarian gets up off the lounge, and Casey follows.
“Casey, you will have to wait until he hops out,” I say.
“But mom showered with Marcus with clothes on. Why can’t I shower with Valarian?”
Valarian scrunches up his face, looking disgusting while I just look at Valen, hoping he would explain, but it is Valarian who answers her.
“Gosh, you can be silly, Casey. People don’t shower with clothes on. How would you get clean?” Valarian asks, shaking
his head.
“Na, Marcus did. He told me he was showering with clothes on with mom.”
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“Probably because he didn’t want to tell you he was making babies with Aunty Zoe,” Valarian says matter–of–factly. My jaw drops.
“You can’t make babies in a shower; wait how do you make babies?” Casey asks, and both of them look at us. Well, that diverted quickly. Valen clears his throat and pulls at the neckline of his shirt, uncomfortable with the direction of the conversation.
“And how does the baby get in there?”
“Ah, must I tell you everything? The man takes the baby and puts it in a cabbage, the woman eats the cabbage, and her belly gets fat,” Valarian says, exasperated.
Valen raises an eyebrow at his explanation while I do everything I can not to laugh.
“That’s not how babies are made; you got that of that cartoon, the one the cabbage patch dolls,” Casey argues.
‘Well, how else would mom have a baby,” Valarian retorts.
“Fine, they would know. Ask your parents,” Casey huffs and pouts. I snicker as I bail, leaving that for Valen to find a way out of. Starting to clean the kitchen, both kids look at Valen expectantly, who seems very uncomfortable.
“Um, they just happen,” Valen says. Really? That was his big
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“But how?” Casey asks.
“By showering together,” Valen blurts. Oh boy.
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“See, I told you, Marcus was making babies in the shower!”
“You said the man puts the baby in a cabbage, so if he is showering, where does the cabbage come from,” Casey asks, and Valarian pauses to think for a moment.
“I don’t know, let’s google it,” Valarian says, racing to the table for his father’s laptop. However, Valen is quick to get to his feet and snatch the laptop up before he could grab it.
“No, it is bedtime. Shower now.”
“But we want to know,” Valarian whines. Valen scrubs a hand down his face before looking over at me and glaring at me,
and I smirk.
“Yes, best explain how babies are made, Alpha,” I chuckle, and he growls at me while both kids wait for him to answer.
Valen drops onto the couch with a sigh. “Well, when a man and woman love each other, they do grown–up things which make a baby.”
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“What grown–up things?” Valarian asks, suddenly very interested in this topic of conversation.
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“Like um, kissing and hugging, and adult wrestling,” Valen offers, and the kids pull grossed–out faces.
“Wait is mom kissing Marcus in the shower with clothes on?” Casey asked, looking shocked.
“Ah Casey, I told you people don’t shower with their clothes on,” Valarian says.
“Yeah, they do. Or Marcus would see mom’s private parts!” Casey squeals.
“So! People see private parts all the time when they shift. Remember that hippy lady out at the reserve, she took her clothes off before shifting, and we saw her butt, and her big hairy front butt.”
“Huh, you’re so smart, Valarian; I forgot about that,” Casey
says.
“But if mom and Marcus are kissing in the shower, oh, oh, oh I am going to be a big sister, I always wanted to be a sister,” she says, brightening.
“Where are we going to fit a sister? Our house is too small, and no baby is sleeping in my room,” huffs Valarian before shaking his head, and walking off to the bathroom.
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“I’m going to be a sister, I’m going to be a sister,” Casey laughs and dances in the living room.
“I say let Zoe break the news about being a sister, and thanks for the help, by the way,” Valen says, coming over and grabbing a tea towel to dry the dishes as I wash them.
“By the way, you are aware I have a dishwasher?” he asks.
“Yep, I needed an escape. Dishes sounded like a good one,” I
say.
After the kids were showered and dressed for bed, I helped tidy up their dining room and living room mess. “Are you staying in our room, or?” Valen asks hopefully.
“Yes, and you mean your room. I don’t live here.”
“Yet,” Valen says, and I shake my head at him. “Besides, Zoe will need the extra space since Casey is going to be a big sister.”
“I’m sure Marcus has an apartment or place?”
“Nope, he prefers to stay at the packhouse.”
“Well, if by chance they decide to have kids, I will move out into one of the other flats at the hotel,” I tell him.
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“It’s not if by chance, more like when they have kids. Marcus has always been vocal about wanting kids. And why would you move into another apartment when you can move in here?”
“Valen.”
“What, you said so yourself that the media will go crazy when we announce we are mates, I could imagine the stories already if we don’t live together, Everly,” Valen says, picking up all the pencils that fell under the table.
“We can work it out,” I tell him watching him set the pencils into their rightful places. That would take all night if he planned on putting them in their selected spot. Shaking my head, I take them from him and jam them in any order. His jaw clenches, and I know he wants to sort them, but Casey would only pull them out again.
“Or you can stop being so damn stubborn and move in here.”
“I happen to like being on my own; I don’t have to answer to anyone besides I have the hotel so I need to be there.”
“Then I will move in with you,” Valen says.
“What part of I like my independence don’t you get?”
“The independence part because we are mates, Everly. Mates live together, not in separate places besides Valarian likes it
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here, and I want to be with my son.”
“I swear, Valen if you pull shit like Micah, I will lose it.”
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“Then don’t make me. Valarian can’t go from house to house just because you’re too stubborn about living with me. Either, we are mates, or we are not, Everly. So, make up your mind,” Valen snaps.
“I am not saying you can’t see him; I am just saying I don’t want to live with you,” I say.
“I am sick and tired of your mixed signals, one minute, you’re saying you will be my Luna, and now this,” Valen growls before he storms off angrily, and I feel terrible because of the stupid bond.
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