"You sir, are incredibly rude." She turned to look at him and put her hands on her hips.
"I'll see you later then." With that, Chance left, noticing that both Bonnie and Julian were again too involved with eachother that he had been forgotten.
Julian stood with a lazy grace and walked to her. "But you still love me."
"Something I've learned to live with." Bonnie sighed and then grinned up at him.
He smiled back and put his arms loosely around Bonnie's waist. "Good thing."
Bonnie laughed outright at that and linked her arms around him.
Julian's incredible blue eyes took on a slightly haunted look as he gazed intently at her up-turned face, "I love you Bonnie."
"I know." She said impishly, still grinning.
Right after she said this though, she gasped and her face contorted with pain. Bonnie wrenched herself away from Julian to hug her stomache, trying to take away the intense pains that were radiating from there.
"Oh God..."
"Bonnie!" Julian pulled her back into his arms and went down on his knees to put the side of his head against her contracting stomache. Bonnie moaned and clutched at his head for support.
"It hurts, Julain..." She whimpered. Julian looked up at her, hating the pain that was marring her beautiful face. He quickly traced a rune in the air to get them to the prepared Circle Daybreak hospital where, hopefully, the witchs would be.
"She's gone into labour. Help her." He commanded of the startled-looking women standing around drinking coffee and gossiping.
"Bonnie!" A blonde woman detached herself from the group and rushed to them.
"Thea, thank god. Her contractions started a short time ago." Julian lifted Bonnie's moaning little body into his arms, trying to help her in any way possible.
"Bring her this way, Julian. That baby is gonna pop anytime now." Thea hurried toward the maternity ward.
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Stasy ran the little lapus lazuli ball along the roof of his mouth, still unfamiliar with it's being there.
"I cannot believe you did that to yourself." Acacia stood behind him with both hands on her hips.
"Yes, well, I don't really care. The ring kept on catching on everything damn thing I touched."
"Sure it did. And your hair? What of your recent fondness for tequila? And whiskey? And pretty much anything that had alcohol listed on the label? Christ, you could be your own AA chapter." Stasy ran a hand through his ear-length black hair, the new alarmingly bright red streaks flashing in the dim lighting. He then squared his shoulders and turned to face his lecturing little sister.
"Do not lecture me, Caz." He said in a low voice.
"Someone has to!" She yelled and immediatly regretted it when his eyes flashed with barely concealed hurt. "I'm sorry Stasy. I know it's because of Mother-"
"Kalliope is dead Acacia!" He interrupted, his eyes hardening against the pain. "Nothing is going to change that. The sooner you realize that, the better off you'll be!"
Acacia's bright blue eyes filled with tears and she brushed them away with a shaking hand. "I don't want you anywhere near me until you have gotten over her death."
She wrapped both arms around her middle in a protective gesture and disappeared with a slight shimmer.
Stasy sihghed and pulled his cigarette pack from his back pocket. "Well, this day is turning out peachy."
As he took a puff, his thoughts turned to Hunter. They hadn't seen one another in almost twenty years. Maybe it was time for a visit with his best friend.
