Grilling and Excitement

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Alex's POV

I open the door as I wipe my hands on my hand towel, a permanent smile on my face since the picnic two days ago. On the other side of the door are our two best friends Cody and James. "Hey, you guys!" I greet moving aside so they can come in. In their hands are grocery bags full of food for us to grill and eat today and my mouth waters at the steak I smell from one of the bags.

James walks through the door with a small Cody behind him gripping onto his arm. "Hey, Alex, how's it going?" He asks and I close the door and turn back towards the couple.

"I'm doing great actually. I wanted to talk to Cody for a moment if that's cool." I tell him and though I see Cody tense in whats probably fear, James only nods his head giving me a knowing look.

"Sure, Chloe's in the kitchen?" He asks, taking the only bag Cody has in his hands and I nod. He gives his Mate a quick kiss on the forehead before he turns and heads towards the kitchen.

"Come here, Cody." I tell him softly, throwing my hand towel over my shoulder. He hesitantly walks towards me and I open my arms and fold him into a hug much to his surprise.

"I'm so sorry, bean. I know how hard this much be for you." I tell him, frowning as I remember all the times James called me in a panic because Cody would slip into a depressive episode over not being able to have his own baby like he wanted so bad. I feel him relax into my arms and hug me back tightly and I let him.

After a minute or so he leans back and he's wiping his tears off his face in relief and pain that's shining in his eyes. "You're not mad at me?" He asks me and I smile and shake my head.

"Not at all. I'm proud of you for keeping such a big secret from the two of us to help Chloe come to terms with it." I tell him and he smiles brightly at me. We begin to head towards the kitchen before a thought occurs to me. "How does Jessie feel about all of this?"

Cody snorts and his hands flutter about until they settle on his small hips. "The stupid wolf is already thinking of hunting trips to take your kid on. He's convinced it's a boy. He keeps trying to get Sloan pregnant but James keeps telling us all no." He tells me with a roll of his eyes and I laugh.

The idea of James waddling around with a baby is hilarious. The surely dominant man with a submissive wolf has always been the funniest contradiction to me. We enter the kitchen, both of us laughing as we walk in. Cody immediately goes towards his Mate and snuggles up against him, James looking over his head to look at me, his gaze questioning, and I nod my head in assurance before giving him a smile.

I round the counter and come to where Chloe is seated at the island, his book placed face down on the table as he takes his time in cutting up some fruit for a salad. I stand behind him and wrap my arms around his waist, my palms finding his stomach as they have been for the past few days in wonder.

     I kiss the side of his head which he leans into before I look at James. "You ready to throw everything in the grill?" I ask him and his eyes light up in excitement.

      He's about to answer before he hesitates and looks down at Cody. "You want to stay in here with Chloe?" Cody's reaction is immediate a large smile and a heavy nod that makes me chuckle, though it's my pup that answers James' question.

"Of course he wants to stay in here with me, you Tops are boring." He tells us, not looking up form his task though his lips twitch up in a smile he thinks we don't see. I nip at his ear, my tongue coming to snake out, making him shiver while Cody giggles at the insult and pulls softly out of James' grasp to sits down at the table across from him.

The two begin talking immediately and James and I take that as our cue to grab the bags of food off the table and head out of the kitchen and to the back door. Leaving the door open and the screen door closed, we step out onto the porch and down the stairs to the grass where there's a large table set up next the the grill that has plates, grilling utensils and seasonings lined up so I don't have to go in and out the house.

We set the bags down and I open the grill, James starting it up as I begin to open and season the meat in front of me. James is the first to speak and I smirk internally knowing it wouldn't take long.

"So a little bean told me that Chloe's pregnant." He says turning towards me with an excited smile on his face.

I grin back, flipping the steaks over to get the other side. "Yup, he's carrying our pup." I say proudly and James claps my shoulder in congratulations.

"I'm happy for you, Alex. I didn't even know you wanted kids." He tells me honestly and I take no offense to it.

"I didn't know either, but once I found out it was like.... it was like everything seemed perfect, as cliche as that sounds." I tell him proudly and he nods his understanding.

"You know you have to have a boy right?" He asks smirking at me and I roll my eyes.

"Jessie and Cody will just have to be mad at me, I'm having my little princess." I tell him and Tobias agrees.

'If our first pup isn't a girl, I'm throwing it away. I want a refund.' He tells me and I shake my head and share with James what my stupid wolf said.

     He laughs throwing his head back. "That's what Sloan is saying about the girl, he said he'll just kidnap her and make you guys try again." I chuckle and we share banter as we continue to grill in the warm autumn air.

     "How's Cody doing?" I ask him seriously, worried about my small friend, knowing how much something likes this means to him. James sighs quietly as he flips the burgers and steaks on the grill before turning to me.

     "To be honest with you I'm note sure. For once he's not crying about it, and maybe it's because we're so close and you guys having a kid the the best we can do." He tells me and I nod along before my face lights up in mischief.

"You know, I know a way to solve all of that." I tell him and he turns towards me with a curious look. "Just let Jessie get you and Sloan pregnant!" He cringes at the words and frowns.

     "Absolutely not. If I gave that wolf the go ahead I wouldn't be able to sit down for weeks. The last time we let Sloan and Jessie have their way, I was on bed rest the whole next of the day. All Cody did was tease me and laugh telling me to suck it up." He says pouting and I laugh.

     "It's more than that though, isn't it?" I ask him once I see another shadow pass over his face.

     He sighs and nods. "It's more than just having a kid, Cody wants to go through the whole process of motherhood, being pregnant, getting big and having the pup himself. He wants all of that." He tells me and I think I understand.

     "Well I know it's going to happen for you guys but in the mean time you'll be the best Goddess Parents any wolf has ever had." I tell him and his head snaps towards me and for the first time in a while, actual tears are misting his eyes.

     "You want us to be your pup's Goddess parents?" He asks me and I nod giving him a proud smile. He's about to hug me before he thinks of something and hesitates. "What about the Vampire? Chloe's best friend?" I smile at him at his thoughtfulness.

     "Chloe called him yesterday and everyone is fine with sharing the responsibility and title as long as you guys are." I tell him and he scoops me up and shouts his happiness about finally becoming parents.

     Once he sets me down we continue to check on he food, taking off the steaks before adding hotdogs to the small flames.

     "Have you guys told Chloe's parents?" He ask glancing at me in curiosity and I frown just now realizing that as close as we've gotten I've never heard about his parents. Or what his nightmares are about.

     "No not yet." Is all I say to my friend, the why none of his business at the moment and he takes the hint and moves on to another topic of conversation.

     As much as I want to know myself, I decide to table the conversation for later, today too much of a good day to ruin it with potentially sad stories.

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Not as long as my other chapters I know but there will be more than usual coming. As you see Thomas is about to make a reappearance in this book. For any of you reading Enchanted Fruit everything is about to come together just hold on.

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