Filed to story: Sorry Alpha I Am Wolfless Novel
“This really is hard.” She leaned forward and put her elbows on her knees and thought some more. She looked so young and innocent when she did that, it was really hard for me to rectify the fact that she was thousands of years old when she looked so young and childish like that. “Oh, I know. It may be a long time away right now but how about the Yule celebration. That would be a wonderful time to come for a visit. That is the happiest time of the year for us, and I will see to it that you are all treated well. Everyone in your family is welcome to come as well. I am sure that you are not the only one with this Fae blood. And I would so love to see the children for Yule.”
She was grinning now, happily trying to entice me to come visit at that time.
“When does it start?” I wasn’t against going, especially if we could bring the whole family with us. That would make things a lot easier in the long run. We could leave Gabriel to run logistics here at the pack and have the Sentinelle protect the lands and people.
“It begins the second Sunday in December and lasts for just over two and a half weeks. Twenty days in total. This year it will go until the new year as well so you will be here for both celebrations. And there is an amazing ball where everyone dresses up, it’s so wonderful.”
Yup, she looked all of twelve years old at the moment as she excitedly told me what was going to happen. I was happy just listening to her talk about it.
“If we can bring the whole family then I am all for it. I think that will work perfectly. We will plan to be there for the Yule celebration. Reagan and Rika will be just over a year old as well so they will be able to have some fun while we are there as well.”
“This is wonderful. I am going to see if I can get Astraia and Artem to join us as well. I can’t wait to see all the babies.” She clapped as she spoke, like her joy was too much to contain.
We worked out a little more of the logistics before she said that she needed to go. At least now I knew that I had plans to figure this all out.
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Joaquin
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I don’t really think that my Little Bunny was paying much attention to the date. She had been so focused on the stuff that had to do with her ancestors that I think she forgot what the date was.
I was getting up early and taking the babies down stairs so that I could make a special breakfast for my mate. I wanted to be part of it at least. I wanted to help Abigail with everything. I even had Peter helping out. He was keeping an eye on the babies while I prepared for everything.
I didn’t want to ask Mom to help because the special breakfast was for her too. Today was mother’s day. It was my wife’s first Mother’s Day ever, and it was my mom’s first since becoming a grandmother. This was a special day for the two of them. I even had Reagan and Rika dressed in cute little outfits.
By the time that Riviana and Mom came down to breakfast, the food was ready, and Riviana was confused.
“Why didn’t you wake me up?”
“What? I thought you deserved to sleep in, especially on your first ever Mother’s Day.” She gasped in surprise when she heard what I said.
“I..i..it’s not Mother’s Day. Is it?” She tilted her head in confusion.
“It is.” Mom smiled at her. “Did you really not notice?”
“Oh my Goddess.” My Little Bunny buried her face in her hands. “I completely spaced it all out. I didn’t get anyone anything. Lila I am so sorry. And Mom too, I didn’t get her anything. And Abigail, you’re a mom and grandmother, and I didn’t get you anything either. I missed Mother’s Day for everyone last year because we were in France, and this year I was so stupid that I spaced it out. I am horrible.”
“You’re not horrible.” Mom put her hands on Riviana’s shoulders and spoke to her with a soft tone while she smiled. “Riviana honey, this is your first Mother’s Day, you get the gifts not give them. Don’t worry about it at all. I am sure that Eve will say the same thing.”
“Mom’s right. This is your day, baby. Don’t fret over anything. I have a whole day planned for you and our moms. So don’t worry about a thing.” I leaned in and kissed her cheek. “Come on, I helped Abigail make breakfast today. I think it’s best if we enjoy it while it’s still warm.”
We sat down and enjoyed the food then. I had helped with preparing bacon, sausage, pancakes, poached eggs, and lots of fruit to top it all off. They both enjoyed the food, and not to mention the freshly squeezed orange juice that we prepared for them.
Following breakfast, Eve and Wesley came over. They told Riviana the same thing Mom and I did; she didn’t need to worry about the gifts at all. They brought stuff for her. There was a picture frame for putting a family photo in. There were chocolates, flowers, a teddy bear that said mom, a lot of things. I knew she would get all the cliched traditional stuff from them so I wanted to do something special.
We hadn’t had a professionally-done family portrait since Christmas. We had gotten monthly pictures of the twins, but not family photos. I wanted to include more of the family than Riviana would usually expect. That’s why shortly after Eve and Wesley, Samuel arrived and then so did the photographer.
We got pictures with just the four of us. Pictures of just Riviana and the babies and then just me and the babies. Of course just the babies themselves too. Next just Mom and the babies, Eve and Wesley with them, and of course Samuel with them. Then we got a collective Grandparent photo with all of them. And lastly we got a photo with all eight of us. I think it made the whole thing that much more special for my Little Bunny because I included our parents in the pictures.
After all the pictures were done, we took the babies into town with us and went out to eat. It was the first time that we had taken them to dinner with us. We hadn’t really had the chance to go out all that often, but I thought it was a good idea to go now.
We went to a nicer restaurant, but I was confident that the babies would behave themselves. And when they tried to tell me that they didn’t have a children’s menu for them I told them that was fine; if they got hungry my wife would feed them. That also earned us a little bit of scorn, but then they happened to find out who we were and that put an end to the whole situation. We were seated immediately, and the manager came over to apologize for the inconsiderate host at the door.
The meal was wonderful, and Reagan and Rika had eaten just before we left so we didn’t have to worry about feeding them while we were there. It was all just fine. I also think that Riviana enjoyed going out like this for the first time in a long time.
And true to what I thought, the babies really were calm the whole meal. All we had to do was give them each a toy, and they were content. Though I don’t know if it was just my imagination or not, but I swear I saw Rika’s toy float through the air for just a moment. I think I am going to need to talk to my Little Bunny about this soon. If Rika is already using magic, this could be disastrous in the future.
On another hand, my children really, truly were special. I just wonder what else they were going to do to surprise us. Whatever it is, I am sure it is going to be something really amazing, just like the two of them.
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Joaquin
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Riviana planned something almost as special for me on Father’s Day as I did for her on Mother’s Day. Only she had the food brought to me in bed. There were no other fathers in the house aside from Peter, and he didn’t like to celebrate for himself anymore.
Mom had suggested that we go out for a little bit without the babies to celebrate. We were going to catch a movie, go to lunch, maybe do some shopping. It felt nice just thinking about going out.
While I was eating my breakfast in bed, Riviana was sitting on the couch watching Reagan and Rika play. I think Reagan kept looking at me eating and reaching while making a hungry face.
“No Reagan, you can’t have Daddy’s food.” Riviana pulled him back from where he had crawled to.
