fire and ice by anaya phoenix (fox in socks read aloud txt) 📕

I asked kyle he nodded “ I’m hungry” I rolled my eyes, not thus again. I passed her the bowl of oatmeal and miraculously she ate it. I beamed, take that jeff, when she finished she looked at me “ I’m bored what are we gonna do” I looked at kyle who shrugged “ do you like zombies?”
She looked at him “ yes”
“ we could play zombie annihilation?”
“ cool yes please”
“ absolutely not” I interlude, she wasn’t my child but that game was violent and disgusting. “ why not?” she asked looking at me with puppy eyes “ because its violent and disgusting and kyle should know that” I looked at him
“ it is not”
“ yes it is”
“ give me one demonstration”
“ this morning you cut off a zombie’s head then showed it off to the game village” I said crossing my arms. “ it’s just one game” maria told me “ I’m not gonna lose” I smiled at her “ I know that sweety even a werewolf could beat kyle”
“ HEY!” he said offended while me and maria giggle. “ you wanna play a board game?” I asked and she beamed at me and nodded. I looked at kyle and stuck my tongue out, he crossed his eyes and went to go get a game. We ended up playing sorry! And of course maria won. “ HA HA, in your face!” she danced around, we laughed at her if this was what being a mom would be like I could get used to it. She took a nap later and I had a cup of tea, kyle walked in “ hey
“ hi” I sipped my tea and read a magazine, scandals, lies, babies and cellulite that’s all I saw so I just gave up. I put the magazine down to see kyle looking at me “ what” I asked in amusement, he shook his head “ nothing”. “ no something is wrong” he turned to leave but I grabbed his arm “ tell me” he turned to face ma and his eyes were glowing.
“ it pains me that I cause you pain” I gasped he thought he pained me, “ you don’t pain me it’s just your eyes are so similar and he always makes you fa-“ something caught in my throat and I coughed up an ice ball that was covered in green slime. “ EWW, what is that” he looked at it “ I wouldn’t know” he said simply and walked away. I shrugged it off and went to look for my mom and found her un the study “ mom” she looked up from her book “ what’s this green stuff on this ball” she looked at it and her mouth opened. “ that’s one of the babies powers, a baby dragons uterus is filled with green slime, so when it passed up through it was covered” she looked at my stomach then back to me “ which one were you talking about”
“ the boy”
“ then the girl is fire” she said simply “ really” I nodded then went to look for kyle. He was sitting next to maria reading a story “ hey, whats going on”
“ I woke up and kyle passed by, he’s reading me rapunzel” I raised my eyebrow at him and he did the same. “ oh good news, he girl is yours” I told him watching his expression
“ what do you mean”
“ the girl” I patted my stomach “ is yours” he got up “ what?” I rolled my eyes “ the little baby dragin growing inside me with red hair green eyes and freck-“ I spit out a fire ball covered with green slime then wiped my mouth “ she’s a breedance” I handed the fire ball to him and watched as he smiled. “ that’s why she likes me”
“ pardon”
“ fire girls tend to hang around they’re fathers, she fancy’s me more” I stared at him, lucky. I looked at maria who looked like she was gonna change, her eyes were in slits and she was moving around, a lot. “ maria are you ok?” I asked her she looked at me and her eyes narrowed “ I’m fine it’s just weird to see you do that” I smiled apologetically “ yeah it was weird for me too” she just hmmphed and laid back down. My mom ran into the room “ I forgot something” she said frantically “ what did you forget” kyle asked looking at us both and frowning “ you only have two weeks until you give birth”
“ WHAT DO YOU MEAN I ONLY HAVE TWO WEEKS YOU SAID I HAD A MONTH AND A HALF” I stared at my mother she twiddled her fingers together “ that was before, I didn’t know the baby’s could manifest they’re power yet, that is a tell tale sign that they are to be expected in the next two weeks” she said not looking up. I breathed in and out through my nose trying to remain calm because if I didn’t I knew I would spit out fire,” two weeks” she nodded “ I’m not big why is that?” she looked up “ you will be in the course of three days your size will triple. My mouth popped open with and audible pop,” triple” I said breathlessly, I touched my stomach and something bumped in there and I fell. “ ouch!” kyle rushed and helped me up “ what happened?’. I looked at his face and smiled “ the little bastard kicked the hell out of me” I got up with his hand on back. “ are you ok?” he asked looking at my stomach, I smiled feebly at him “ yeah I’m fine” I looked back to my mother who stood smiling at me “ the first one really knocks you off your balance but the others wont be so bad” she nodded her head. “ so am I to expect my stomach will be bigger tomorrow?” asked her hoping she would say no “ yes it will be at least twice as big” she said apologetically. I looked at my bump and exhaled, god help me. “ it’s ok babe, we’ll get through this” kyle said putting his arm over my shoulder. “ kyle I have to talk to you, about protection” he looked at me with worry but nodded and grabbed my hand. We passed my mother without a word and headed toward my room, once inside he closed the door and I sat down on my bed. “ I need you to have the house surrounded when the twins are born” he stared at me “ your clan won’t listen to me”.
“ it’s our clan now and I need fire to protect the twins, these dreams are nerve wrecking and I have a feeling that whoever wants to kill them will come for them at birth” he walked to where I sat and sat next to me “ if they take them from me I won’t be able to cope” he put his arm around my shoulder and kissed my forehead. “I’ll see what I can do” I sighed “ I guess that’s all I can ask for “I looked at him and he looked at me “ you look like crap” I chuckled. “ thanks for that babe, I feel like crap I’m so tired and I have to watch after maria and I can’t sleep I’m afraid of these dreams” I put my head on his shoulder. I wanted to cry , but my sleepy eyes just wanted to close “ sleep ok I got maria” he laid me down carefully, I reached up and kissed him. He kissed me back and held me in his arms until I drifted to sleep.
She has made her father a crown of flowers, and he has made me a bouqet. They look at us adoringly waiting for our approval of they’re gifts, “ they’re beautiful thank you Amy” kyle said “ and Kevin now go along and play”. The girl hugs kyle and me the boy kisses my cheek and grabs his fathers leg “ go on Kevin play with Amy” kyle said. The boy looked up but left to go play, kyle kissed my forehead and then I woke up. I smiled this dream was beautiful. “ are you ok?” kyles worrisome voice asked, I looked down and saw he was ready to leap into action. “ I’m fine the dream was peaceful, and I think I know what I want to name them” I rubbed my stomach absentmindedly. “ you do” he popped up his voice lined with happiness “ what do you wanna name them, I looked at him and I noticed he had a dimple. I was so caught up I never noticed how handsome he was! “ umm, Amy for the girl and Kevin for the boy” I said almost stuttering. He hugged me and I couldn’t think anymore, he kissed me and I leaned back and he continued to kiss me. he had his hands on either side of me and was in between my legs, good thing I wore pants, he licked my teeth and I moaned which caused him to growl. I pushed him back and saw his eyes were glowing red “ no” I said, he cocked his head to the side and I saw that he was excited really excited. “ not that I don’t want to, but it would feel wrong” I rubbed his chest trying to soothe him, he huffed and I watched as the glowing diminished and my kyle was back. My kyle. “ sorry” he hung his head ashamed of what he did, I put my hands through his curly hair and kissed him on the cheek “ soon baby, soon” I whispered in his ear. I got up and went to check on the still sleeping maria, her hair was everywhere and if you looked close enough you could see very faint freckles. I smiled she is so cute! She turned over and I had to get dinner ready, I walked back downstairs and I felt butterflies in my stomach, why was I nervous. I shook off the feeling and went to the kitchen, steak sounds good, as I was chopping the onions I felt something inside break and leak. I looked down to see green goop. No, No, NO! “ CRAP, KYLE ITS TIME”

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