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Reyna was fresh out the shower. With her long hair still wet and some water drops falling from her neck, she took a moment to stare her imagine in the mirror. The Roman woman was wearing only her robe and as her eyes looked down she couldn"t help but notice that the point were her dress was hold together by its lace, her stomach was raised, forming now a definite small bump.
Thalia caressed her abdomen just some hours ago as they were going back home, but she actually never took a moment to study the changes her body was making.
Reyna looked up at her image again and took shyly a hand on her low abdomen. She found herself shaking a little but forced herself to calm down. Roman women aren"t scared to give attention to their baby when pregnant, right? A baby. The idea still seemed unreal to Reyna. In some months they would have a whole tiny human to care about and raise the best way possible, in order to make he or she a good person. Thalia as a mother. Reyna actually loved the idea, even before getting pregnant with that baby they didn"t think would ever arrive. But there was certainly something else coming. Something big, maybe. No fucking way that Hera -or Juno? Maybe both?- would have done something like this without wanting something in return from them. As Reyna was starting to panic a little, the bathroom"s door opened and a blue eyed woman walked in without any shame.
"Hey! Haven"t you noticed the bathroom is occupied?"
"Hah, like we have never shared a bathroom. I have to pee, anyway. Your hair can wait." Reyna shook her hair and laughed a little. She took her comb and started brushing her hair.
Thalia pulled up the zip of her pants. "Are you ready yet?" Reyna asked. "Yes, you are the one who is extremely slow getting ready here. And you have a lot of hair too." The daughter of Zeus grazed her girl"s wet hair. "Do you think our baby will have a lot of hair too?" added then. "A baby with a lot of hair would be really cool, I guess." Reyna said as turning on the dryer. Thalia came near Reyna, hugged her from behind and started to cover her neck with kisses, "You are so beautiful."
Reyna turned the dryer off and looked again in the mirror. "C"mon, baby" Reyna said "We"ll be late for tonight."
"I need just... just some more minutes. Give me 5 minutes..." Thalia layed a hand on Reyna"s hips. Reyna bit her lips. She would have loved giving Thalia 5 minutes but still didn"t want to be late, and they were already running out of time. "Your hands..." Reyna started, taking a breath in order to find the self-control she was about to lose. Hormones. "I know you like my hands, sexy." Reyna smiled amused. "I do, but you haven"t washed them." Thalia pulled out of her. Reyna"s plan had succeeded. "What do you mean?"
"I mean that you pissed two minutes ago and now you are touching your pregnant wife with your dirty hands."
Thalia shook her head and finally washed her hands, trying to hide the smile on her face.
"You should be ashamed of it." The Puerto Rican added then, while taking off her robe now that she was ready to get dressed.
"Oh, trust me," Thalia came again near to her, now ready to get out of the bathroom, "I really am." Thalia gave Reyna a playful spanking and got out of that place.
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Almost everyone of their friends was sitting at that table. Annabeth and Percy looked older but still the same teenagers Reyna knew years ago. She was an architect, he was a teacher. Percy taught marine biology in a college.
Leo and Calypso had a chain of workshops in some cities of the state and Calypso was now around 7 months pregnant. Reyna couldn"t help but staring at her bump and all the care the older woman gave to it. They were expecting a boy and Leo couldn"t be more excited. Frank and Hazel were the youngest there but still managed to look like proper adults. They both worked in the highest ranks of the organization of Camp Jupiter. Piper wasn"t there with them that night, due to her schedule.
Hazel and Frank"s house was an apartment in the New Rome center and Reyna had to admit it was hell cute. Compact and spacious, was perfect for the couple. They had two cats too but didn"t want children, or at least for now. After that statement, silence followed and apparently Thalia was not good with timing, because she thought it was the best moment to draw attention to herself and say "Me and Reyna have something to say." The Puerto Rican stared her with a death glance. Silence. Everyone was looking at them.
"Yeah. We, umh..."
"Con tus propias palabras, hermosa." Leo talked.
"Sì, lo estoy intentando. What we are trying to say, is that Hera visited my dreams, some weeks ago." Reyna said, and Percy drank in one sip his glass of red wine. "Oh, shit." he muttered, and Annabeth slapped him on the arm. "Here we go again." Leo looked at Frank. Hazel then said "Please, Rey. Go on and tell us the rest..."
Reyna took a deep breath. "It"s nothing about you all, guys." Everyone seemed a little bit more relaxed. "It"s about us. Me. I"m pregnant."
Again, silence. Thalia thought they even stopped breathing. "Are you all okay...?" she asked.
"I KNEW THIS, I KNEW THIS!" Hazel broke the heavy atmosphere they created. "FROM THE MOMENT YOU WALKED IN. I KNEW THIS!" And she wrapped her hands around Reyna neck. Percy and Annabeth went to Thalia while Reyna was still talking to Frank and Hazel, and the blond daughter of Athena"s eyes seemed lucid. Reyna heard from her something like "My big sister" and "I can"t believe you are going to be a mother".
"Well," Leo said putting and hand on Thalia"s shoulder like an old friend, while Calypso talked to Reyna. "I think we can cut the cake now!".