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Mathew
The waitingroom at the hospital is empty, apart from our pack.We’ve got to wait here until Derrick’s got the car ready for us.We attract too much attention when we wait in the lobby.
“I just want to look!”Jorge wraps himself around my shoulders as he keeps trying to sneak peeks at the pictures in my hand.His cedar pheromones are filled with joy and he keeps rubbing them all over me, like he’s trying to claim me all over again.
“You were there during the scan.It’s not even been five minutes.Are you really that desperate?”I don’t step out of his embrace, enjoying his enthusiasm.
Today, Vera and I had our twenty-week scan.Seeing how much the babies had grown and watching them move was so magical that I’ve not been able to stop smiling.
After the stress from the last months, we really needed something good like this, something purely good, something to make us all happy.
During the scan, we learned that I’m pregnant with a girl and Vera is pregnant with a boy.Both babies are doing well and the doctor had no comments, aside from ‘try to avoid stress as much as possible’ and ‘make sure you eat healthily’.
The eating healthily part is no issue.Eli has made sure of that from the start, and Vera has also been cooking a lot lately.She seems to really enjoy it.
I’ve found the two in the kitchen in the early hours of the day, or late at night, discussing and making new recipes, plenty of times lately.I’ve never seen Eli so excited to try new things.But, it makes sense, as most of the new recipes have been a big hit with both our packs, including his kids, who tend to be picky eaters.
The ‘avoid stress’ side of things has been harder.
We know how important it is, but applying that knowledge isn’t always so easy.The pheromone withdrawal Vera and I went through a couple of weeks ago demonstrated how important it is to take time off to relax and wind down.And we try our best, really, since we don’t want to hurt our babies or go through another episode.
But we’ve also been hard at work since we recovered, just to stay on top of things.Between running the organisation, getting things ready for the raid on the brothel and general pack and life things, we’ve not been able to truly relax and enjoy our pregnancy yet.
Ultimately, I don’t think there really is a way to avoid stress in our line of work.That’s just part of life when you run an organisation like I do, like we do.
Jorge kisses my shoulder as he takes my hand with the picture and holds it up to the light so he can see it better.“Of course, I’m desperate.This cute little girl is growing inside you and I don’t want to miss a single moment.”His other hand slides lower, covering the light baby bump that’s starting to form.“It feels like it’s only been weeks since you went into heat.I can’t believe you’re almost at the halfway point.”
I laugh as I lean against him.He’s not wrong, but it also feels like I’ve been pregnant for half an eternity.My first trimester wasn’t much fun, as I was sick a lot, and waiting for that to settle down felt like ages.But once I started feeling better, I enjoyed the pregnancy a lot more.
Vera comes over, leaning against my arm as she holds her picture next to mine.The pictures aren’t much more than grainy scans, but they’re still clear enough to see our babies’ faces, fingers and things like that.It’s hard to believe that they’re already this developed, this detailed —for a lack of a better description.
My heart beats faster and I nuzzle the side of Vera’s head, taking in her warm honey pheromones.“Do you want to go somewhere for lunch?Or do you want to go home?”
After we had our very first scans, Jorge took us all out for lunch to celebrate and we’ve kind of made a habit of going out for lunch after every appointment, but Vera’s mind has been elsewhere today.
Which makes sense, as we’re in the middle of preparing for the raid, and things are starting to ramp up.Deciding who does what, getting as much information about the people who will likely be inside as possible, security details, organising all of that is no small feat.Especially since this raid is bigger than any we’ve done before.
But we also need to celebrate when good things happen, that’s also important.
“I think I’d like to go out for lunch.”She flashes me a grin.“Or we’ll get scolded again for working too much.”
I can’t help the laugh bubbling up inside.“Sounds about right.”I lean over to give her a kiss, her soft lips giving in so easily, welcoming me.When I break away, her cheeks are flushed and her pheromones have taken on a hint of desire.“You choose where we go.I’m fine with anything.”
“Okay.”She darts off to Luca and leans next to him on the table.Not getting so close to him that her pheromones overwhelm him, but close enough that she can still take in his pheromones.
He’s gotten a lot better at dealing with our pheromones in the last month and a half.He doesn’t immediately get a panic attack when he smells them, but things are still iffy when he gets surprised by them or when he’s too close to us for too long.It’s a balancing act we’re still figuring out.
I have a hard time pulling my eyes away from Vera.She’s wearing a soft grey sweater dress that clings to her every curve, leggings and army boots.And I mean it when I say the dress clings toeverycurve.
She always had a good ass and a good set of tits, but pregnancy has made her even more irresistible.She’s now more ‘well endowed’ —as Riley says when she’s trying to be polite— than Riley.Which is quite a feat as the female Alpha is ‘well endowed’ enough to struggle buying bras at most regular stores.
Vera’s belly bump seems to be extra pronounced in the dress too.Every time I see it, I want to touch her, hold her, marvel at how her body is changing to accommodate the life growing inside her.I now totally understand what people mean when they say that seeing their partner pregnant turns them on even more than before.
I awkwardly pull on my suit jacket, trying to straighten it out as much as possible.I’m not showing as much as Vera yet, mostly because I’ve got stronger abs and male Omegas tend to show less than female Omegas anyway.At least, that’s what I’ve heard.Eli also didn’t show much with his first, but did start to show earlier and more with his later pregnancies.
The tailor dropped off a couple of new ‘pregnancy’ suits earlier this week, as the first ones he’d made started to become uncomfortable in the chest and belly areas.The old ones still mostly looked like what I wore before, just lightly modified around the waist area, but the new suits have been adjusted much more and are no longer the ‘slim fit’ that I’m used to.
