A/N: I was just going to leave this one as it finished in chapter 27, but someone asked ever so nicely for an update on Twitter earlier, so here we go.
Chapter Twenty Eight
"And cue the freak out…" Tamsin said, pacing up and down next to the sofa where she had placed the sleeping baby in the basket.
"We knew this was going to happen at some point." Bo said with a smile, looking down at the baby.
"It's my, very limited understanding, about parenthood, but people usually get 9 months to prepare for being a parent, not 9 hours." Tamsin said.
"Baby we got this…" Bo said, standing up and stopping Tamsin.
"That's a life Bo… a very small, very cute life, which is going to depend and rely on us for everything…" Tamsin said, "I can't even rely on myself most of the time…"
"Well at least we don't have to worry about what to call her." Bo said with a laugh.
"Bo we have literally nothing here to take care of a baby…" Tamsin said, freaking out again.
"So go down to one of those 24 hour stores and pick up some emergency stuff, and we'll go shopping properly tomorrow." Bo said.
"Okay, so we'll need… diapers… formula… other stuff…" Tamsin said, she put her hands on her head, "I literally think my head is going to explode…"
"Then you stay here with the baby, and I'll go to the store." Bo said with a smile.
"Right," Tamsin said, nodding, "I'll stay with the… alone?"
"Tamsin, she's sleeping, she's not going to explode, and she's not going to bite you…" Bo said.
Bo grabbed her jacket and Tamsin's keys.
"I'll be 15 minutes, tops." Bo said, turning back to Tamsin who was still standing there looking at the baby.
Bo smiled to herself as she left the loft. Tamsin would be fine, she was freaking out over nothing.
x-x
Tamsin was standing, still looking at the baby, when she opened her eyes and looked back at Tamsin. Her eyes were just like Tamsins, just like Tamsin remembered Melody's eyes being. She smiled a little.
"Hey squirt…" she said.
Tamsin had never questioned Melody's eyes before, she had noticed the similarities but she'd never questioned it. Now she actually understood it. Melody was the perfect mix of Bo and Tamsin.
x-x
When Bo returned from the store, armed with more than they'd actually need, the basket was sitting empty on the sofa. She put the bags on the side in the kitchen and headed to Tamsin's room. The door was open; she could hear Tamsin talking to Melody.
"So you see squirt," Tamsin said, "you had me and Bo from the moment you came into our lives, we will do everything we can to protect you. We'll give you a normal childhood, well as normal as we can..."
Bo smiled to herself as she stood there listening.
"But the main thing we can give you is love," Tamsin said, "a home… a family…"
Bo went back to the kitchen and started to sort out the things she had bought. Everything from diapers to formula and everything in-between.
x-x
When Lauren arrived back from the hospital she was surprised, but not that surprised, to find Bo in the kitchen at the loft.
"Hey," Bo said as Lauren and Crystal walked in, "how you doing?"
"Better," Lauren said with a little smile, "thanks…"
Lauren looked around.
"Where's Tamsin?" she asked.
"Oh you have to see this…" Bo said.
Lauren followed Bo to Tamsin's room. The Valkyrie was lying on the bed, fast asleep, with a sleeping Melody on her chest. It was the cutest thing either of them had seen.
"Are you two just going around stealing babies now?" Lauren asked.
"No," Bo replied with a laugh, "it turned out that the Melody we had was just a test to see if we were ready for this… and apparently we are."
"You two are going to be parents?" Lauren asked, "Like actual parents?"
"That's the idea." Bo said with a little smile.
She remembered back to a time when she'd talked kids with Lauren, she could tell from Lauren's face that she was thinking back to the same time.
"According to what we were told, Melody is the perfect mix of me and Tamsin," Bo said, "part Succubus part Valkyrie…"
"She's going to be such a little pain in the ass." Lauren said with a laugh, "though now you mention it, I did notice that Melody had Tamsin's eyes, though I didn't think anything of it."
"I was thinking last night, while we watched her sleep," Bo said, "are her eyes going to go blue like mine, or…"
"I guess only time will tell." Lauren said with a smile, "Can you imagine the kind of Fae she could become, your Chi sucking skills paired with Tamsin's abilities?"
"Scary huh…" Bo said, "I wanted to ask you, and I'm pretty sure Tamsin will be okay with it, will you be her doctor?"
"Of course," Lauren said, "you don't even have to ask me that."
"You're the best doctor I know," Bo said, "she's going to need the best…"
"She's going to be loved, and protected Bo, by everyone," Lauren said, "she's got a doctor living in her house, a crazy human who is going to adore her, and a wolf who will probably take on an uncle type role… She has a family that will do anything for her."
x-x
Tamsin was standing in the kitchen area, watching everyone fuss over Melody.
"Keeping a protective eye out huh?" Crystal asked.
"Something like that…" Tamsin replied, "I want to apologise for what happened…"
"It's okay," Crystal said, "I shouldn't have said what I did… Lauren tells me that if you'd have gone… I think the term she used was full-Valkyrie… I'd have been dead in seconds."
Tamsin nodded slowly.
"Guess I'm lucky then." Crystal said with a laugh.
"So Momma…" Kenzi said, walking over to Tamsin and Crystal, "when are you going to introduce the newest little Fae to Trick?"
"Touchy subject right now Kenz…" Tamsin replied.
"Then I guess we're going to have to find somewhere else to drink for a while." Kenzi said with a laugh.
"I can't believe he knew about the test and didn't mention it…" Tamsin said.
"If he'd have told you then they wouldn't know if you were both really ready," Kenzi said, "I guess he thought he was doing the right thing."
"Just like he thought he was doing the right thing when he wrote the blood laws to stop the war and bring about a forced peace…" Tamsin said, "Sorry… I'm just really tired."
"She's been here one night and you're already exhausted?" Kenzi asked.
"I didn't sleep last night." Tamsin said, "I was too busy watching her sleep… I think I got a couple of hours this morning though."
"The joys of having a new baby." Crystal said with a laugh.
x-x
Dyson and Hale carried the boxes up from Tamsin's truck to the loft, the bed that had sat in Melody's room had been dismantled and moved to the Clubhouse for storage, they were replacing it with a cot. Along with the cot for Melody to sleep in there was a changing table and a new lamp.
"Okay Tamsin," Dyson said, "are we putting these together or are you going to give us a hand?"
"I'll do it," Tamsin said, finally tearing her eyes off Melody, "at least that way I know they'll stay standing."
Kenzi laughed at the look of mock offence on Dyson's face.
"Why don't you two sort out the beers, and we'll shoot a few games of pool when I'm done." Tamsin said, "Shouldn't take too long."
"You're on." Dyson said.
x-x
Later that night when everyone was sitting around drinking beer, chatting about how life was going to be with a new little Fae to protect, Tamsin was standing in the doorway of Melody's room, watching the baby as she slept. Bo walked up next to her, Tamsin smiled a little as Bo rested her head on her shoulder, and she put her arms around her waist, pulling her closer.
"Are you as scared as I am?" Bo asked quietly.
"Terrified." Tamsin replied.
"We can do this right?" Bo asked.
"Together we can do anything." Tamsin said, kissing Bo on the head as they both stood and watched the centre of their universe sleep.