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Double, Double, Toil, & Trouble	By : gypsybaby21 Category: M through R > Night World Series Views: 2072 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
Disclaimer: I do not own the Night World series,nor any of the characters from it. I do not make any money from the writing of this story.

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Chapter Two:
Ash opened her bedroom door, seeming to pause slightly in the bit of sun light streaming from the window, stretching like a lazy cat in his golden glory before quickly flopping down onto her bed, right next to her. He was so close she could smell the blood he'd just consumed and it was tantalizing her senses, making her crave something she'd never had before.
"So Vegas? That's where you want to take a trip? Mare, I was thinking France or Switzerland, for like, you know, months. You aren't even old enough to gamble," he supplied the last statement as an afterthought.
Mary-Lynnette pulled away from him and the intoxicating smell coming from his mouth to fold her hands across her chest and raise eyebrow at his last comment. "Neither are you."
He chuckled, his ever-changing eyes sparking with a mischievous look that made her want to kick him and he reached out to tuck a piece of her hair behind her ear. "I have my ways."
"Yeah, I'll bet you do."
Ash paused, his eyes searching her face as he trailed a finger down her cheek, then over her lips, outlining them before leaning forward to peck then suckle them.
She pulled away before the fluttery anticipation of more got too much to handle in her stomach. She needed to stay on track, this was important. Four lives depended on it. "Ash, I'm serious. I want to go to Las Vegas. Didn't you say there was someone that let people like us stay with him?"
Ash raised an eyebrow, giving her a questioningly look. "People like us?"
"Soul mates, human and vampire soul mates, you know since the Night World looks down on humans," she spoke, and then bit her bottom lip at the slight trembling in her voice.
Another fear she'd contemplated, the Night World barely tolerated humans from what she understood, so how would they handle a mixed breed? Another issue, should she feel guilty for thinking of her babies as mixed breeds? She really needed help, from someone other than Ash and his family.
The severity of the situation was starting to get to her. It had only amplified the minute she'd gotten off the phone with Ash asking him to come over. She kept thinking how she would be able to keep this from him because all he really had to do was look into her mind. The telepathy link between them was strong, the strongest Ash had ever known, or so he said.
"Mare, if you want to go to Vegas, we'll go, if you want to go to Greece we'll go. We'll go anywhere you want to go," he smiled gently. "Everyone else has got to go somewhere else," his voice so firm and serious Mary-Lynnette allowed the sweetness of the comment to fill her and she supplied him with a small smile, "but you and I can go where ever."
A tiny weight lifted at the realization that he agreed. She'd be able to do more research on this and not have to worry Ash, not have to worry about him leaving. A part of her felt irrational about it, but then she reminded herself in today's society it was acceptable for a mother to be single. Rarely did that man stay when he found out his girlfriend was pregnant.
He's your soul mate, connected to you by a supernatural silver cord, he's not gonna leave you, her thoughts argued and conflicted with each other.
"So what did the doctor say?"
That miniscule minute of relief evaporated and her stomach dropped. "What? What do you mean?" She cringed at the panic laced sounds coming from her mouth, at the way Ash flinshed back slightly, most likely due to the loud piercing tone to her voice.
"For changing you into a vampire," he paused as if he wanted the idea to settle in. "I want you to be as healthy as possible when we do this, nothing can go wrong. If you have a cough, we're not doing it until it's gone. I'm very serious about this Mare."
He'd given a similar speech when she'd asked why he wanted her to have a checkup. Her body would be at war, her blood specifically, and physically being able to handle such a shock to the system was key to the transition, which was why the younger one changed the better.
"Everything checks out," she managed.
He grinned. "Then when do you want to start? Do you want to do it in Vegas? Or now?" he whispered the last part seductively in her ear, with one of his hands slipping beneath the waistband of her shorts.
"Actually, I-I want to wait."
He blinked, clearly stunned at the sudden mind changing of hers. He shook his head, looking as if he was trying to understand. "Put you're the one that agreed, you wanted to do it just a days ago. You were excited."
She reached forward and caressed the side of his face. "And I still want to do it. I just think we're going too fast."
Ash pulled away visibly upset as he tried to refrain from scowling at her. "I don't want to wait," he whispered, glancing down at his hand, watching it fiddling with the comforter on her bed.
Mary-Lynnette frowned and dropped her hand, which had been left airborne when he'd jerked away. "I understand you don't want to wait, but can you wait?"
With his jaw set he shifted towards her, reaching for her to pull her into him. "I can wait, but I want to know why? Are you scared?"
Honestly, she wasn't afraid, not at all, but it was the story she was going to go with. She trusted Ash completely and fate obviously wanted them to be together so though she had no real reason to be afraid, she made one.
"I am," she spoke carefully, searching his face, so close to him that the pang of hunger shot into her gut as she captured a whiff of the sweet and spicy smell of blood. That was followed by a whole different hunger, a need to be as close to him as possible, but that was how they'd gotten into the current mess.
She took a deep breath, calming her sudden need to bite into his lower lip and suck. Mary-Lynnette gritted her teeth as she continued. "My body will be dying, shutting down for a period of time. I'll be dead and I think, more than being afraid really, that what I really want is to experience more things while I'm alive."
"You'll be alive," he argued, clucking his tongue with an impatient quality she knew he was trying to contain.
Mary-Lynnette shrugged. "Wrong choice of words, I want to experience certain things as a human."
She paused, imagining herself raising an eyebrow at that comment. In reality that was closer to the truth than the fear. She couldn't be a vampire and expect to have these babies growing inside of her. It made her feel a little better for omitting the truth.
He sighed heavily and dropped his forehead to hers, gazing deeply into her eyes, "How long?"
She shrugged, but leaned closer into him, wrapping her arms around his waist. "A year, no longer, I swear."
Ash chuckled half-heartedly. "At least I won't have to slay dragons this time."
"Are you kidding? I expect you to be my knight in shining armor for eternity, you can't slack off now," she teased before placing a chaste kiss against his lips.
When she pulled away she licked the bottom of her lip, wondering if the aroma of blood from his mouth would seep into her lips.
"Hey Ash," Mary-Lynnette started, thinking it would be a perfect opportunity to get information. "Your cousin, the one that gave you that warning when you kidnapped his soul mate,"
"Yes? I didn't really kidnap, kidnap her by the way."
Mary-Lynnette snorted. "You did, I've come to that conclusion from your description babe. Anyhow, what was her name?"
"Poppy?"
"If she's your cousin's soul mate that you kidnapped…"
Ash snorted, disliking the last word used, "Her names Poppy, why?"
Shrugging she reached down to entwine her fingers with his. "Can I get her number? I think we'd have a lot to talk about. She was human before she changed for starters not to mention her soul mate is related to you. I'm sure you and your cousin are more alike than either of you'd like to admit."
He shook his head. "No. That's absurd."
Mary-Lynnette chuckled and patted him on the side of his face, "of course dear," she said playfully trying to sound like the all American Stepford housewife.
Ash licked his bottom lip and trailed his eyes up and down, interest sparking in them. "I actually quite like that."
She snorted and shook her head. "Oh no," she warned.
"Let's roll play," he suggested, fully pulling her into his lap so that she faced him and wrapped her legs around his waist.
"I don't think so stud."
"Oh come on," he cajoled, rubbing her sides suggestively.
She shook her head. "No!"
His hands trailed down further sliding under her ass to push her slightly up so that he could bring her middle closer against his stomach, nestling her ass successfully against his growing erection. "Please," he pleaded.
Mary-Lynnette tried to pull away. "Absolutely not," she cried out, trying to avert her gaze from his as she felt the heat spread through her cheeks.
"We could get an apron. Put your hair in a bun, a little flour on your cheeks. Wearing just the apron you could walk up to me with a tray of goodies in your hands," he supplied, his voice dropping down an octave.
"You're so dirty," she laughed, continuing to shake her head.
"I'm so horny! Really I'd never thought the whole housewife thing would do it for me, but it's almost better than my nurse fantasy."
"Nurse? Do I even want to know?"
He shrugged. "It's privileged information, well unless you're willing to do it."
Mary-Lynnette smiled suddenly as that gentle feeling of love and happiness washed over her. She slipped her hands down his chest until they trailed down his thighs, then she dropped her upper body backwards onto the bed, forcing Ash to let go, but she kept her legs wrapped tightly around him. "I'll tell you what, you write a list of all of your fantasy. Choose twelve and we'll do one every month."
Silence really could be deafening Mary-Lynnette decided as she looked up at him, watching him watch her. The little crease between his eyebrows begged to be kissed away, the frown marks on the corner of his lips needed to be licked, and if he didn't respond soon the wanting would over power her.
"Technically you've already fulfilled my best fantasy," he spoke gently, shifting from his sitting position to angle over her, dropping down against her. "I do have a few I'd like to do though if you're sure."
"What was your best fantasy first, and then I'll answer for sure."
He smirked down at her as his elbows rested above her shoulders, and his hands smoothed down her curly hair. "You should know that already. You tortured me," he whispered the last part, the look in his eyes becoming distant as he thought back to that time when they'd been apart. "Knowing you were meant to be mine, but not actually being able to have you. You were all I thought about and when I finally did have you it was indescribable, by far the best, most erotic fantasy I've ever or will ever have."
She smiled up at him, pleased with his answer and thoroughly surprised he'd managed to not berate himself for being so sweet. "I really love you Ash."
"I know."
For a moment, her thoughts went back to the matter of her pregnancy, something he'd been able to make her forget about without even knowing, without even trying. "Tell me you won't ever leave me," she whispered, her voice verging on desperation.
He leaned down, capturing her lips in a kiss so sweet it brought tears to her eyes, and when it was time for him to speak he pulled away just enough to form the words against her lips."You're stuck with me, whether you come to hate it or not."
That was one warning that she didn't feel threatened from and she hoped his answer would never change.
To be continued…
Main points to eventually happen:
Mare talks to James who talks to Poppy who does a spell that causes havoc (hilarity ensues) (supposed to happen in this chapter, but it didn't)
Thea finally comes in as a voice of reason, helping Poppy fix the spell, and they go to a vampire midwife.
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