Walk | Talk | Think
The smiles on both of her parents' faces sent the breath she had been holding out in a rush, relief flooding through her and making her feel light with giddiness. They were happy! Of course they would be. She had hoped from the moment she began to tell them about her joyous news that they might read her happiness and her obvious good health to mean that she was content with where she had ended up and that she was being protected and taken care of by those that she had joined with. She had no complaints about the Elementas family, and she desperately wanted her parents approval in the matter, even if they had not been given the chance to meet the man that she loved in person.
Whatever whispered words her parents shared were lost to her, but what they did have to say brought tears to her eyes again. Her bottom lip wobbled as she smiled at her father and leaned into the kiss that he placed against her cheek, her bright golden eyes growing watery but not spilling the tears that collected there. Her mother leaned in to do the same, and Anais returned her nuzzle eagerly, ignoring the oddness of the touch in favor of simply receiving it. She never would have thought she would get the chance to tell them both the news of her future children, and she was still amazed that she was with them now. It was all so surreal, and she hoped she remembered every moment of it once it was over.
Anais gave a watery sort of laugh as her mother spoke of her expectations for the children, and the golden brown hunter internally echoed those hopes. She wanted them to be gentle like Glacier, playful as she remembered being as a child, strong as her mother was, and as full of love as her father. It was possibly a lot to ask of such small things as pups, but it did not stop her from hoping and expecting that they would be perfect. "I think they will be," she answered with a contented smile, resisting the urge to glance at her own stomach wistfully. "I think maybe a month more? Or about that. Whenever they're ready, really," she laughed, feeling her excitement and nervousness overtake her again. It was so stressful and yet she found she was thrilled by the whole experience. She could not wait to be able to see her babies and hold them to her one day. "Lior was the one to tell me," she admitted, happy to share that particular piece of the story, "she was the first one to figure it out."
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