Leggo my eggo

With the shopping bag sitting on the table in front of her she had pulled out the phone from her pocket and sent Jesse a text to let her know that she was back from the store before looking back over at Kyle.

"I will stab you with a fork. A lot."

It was less of a threat and more of a poke at him, mostly. With the soap container in hand she grabbed a clean pot to pour it into and set it down on the stove top to heat it back up after the cold ride on the bike.

"Tonight? Yeah, short one. I'm just making sure Jesse has something easy to eat if she's up for it before I get ready to go."

Something that was hopefully still a safe food and wouldn't be a trigger that would put a stop to tonight's plans, getting out with friends to have some fun would be a good way to try and have a little bit of fun as long as her stomach agreed to it.

"Are you coming back for the movie night after the festival tonight?"

It was a passing curiosity since she had heard someone tease him about going out on a date with his captain on the last fire they all had to respond to the other night, since Kyle already knew of what was going on it didn’t matter that he was there or not but if he wasn’t going to come back then there was no reason for them to wait.

Jesse

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She wasn't sure how she felt most of the time. Truth be told she'd never been this acutely aware of her body and she was doing her best not to wonder or stress about every weird (or maybe normal she wasn't sure anymore), twitch or pang or grumble her middle section went through. Lounging sideways across the bed in a tangle of blankets even thought it was well past noon, Jesse lifted her head from the pillow at the buzz of her phone. Damn, she must have fallen asleep again.

Normally Jesse wasn't the worry wart of the pair, but sometimes left to her own devices she got into a downward spiral of wondering. They weren't choosing an easy path. There were risks enough if it was her own but adding a 3rd party in there so to say increased the chance for things to go wrong.

So far it seemed all good and with an almost amused grumble at the flipping of her stomach she lifted the ohone to read the message. Oh, food. Hmm, soup? Ok, not immediate revolt at the thought. Good sign.

The nausea wasn't fun but what really threw Jesse off was the exhaustion. She wasn't used to napping and passing out before 9pm. She wasn't exactly thrilled with the brain fog either. She hadn't been able to string together a set of notes for any new music since this whole adventure started. Sitting up and giving her abdomen a small hug Jess let go of her train of thought. She didn't regret it for an instant.

Deciding that at least until they told the pack tonight she shouldn't look like she'd spent 10 of the last 12 hours in bed, she got herself changed into jeans and a tank with an old band t-shirt over it. Her brother's band tee actually. Throwing her hair into a pony tail she grabbed a well loved ball cap and pulled that on before remembering she needed socks and handling that.

Heading for the kitchen she felt much more awake and herself again by the time she reached the bottom floor and she could already smell the soup. Ok, now she was hungry. Slipping into the kitchen behind Alexandra she gave her girlfriend's ass a squeeze as she slipped by and headed for a bowl to fill with soup.

He may have taken on/created his own 'high school jock turned hot fireman' stereotype but he still gave a bit of a shit about his packmates, he may even have had favourites to the tune of a small spitfire but he'd also been trying to keep an extra eye on Jesse when she didn't have Red around. He wasn't asked to do it but considering there where very few who knew so far, it was needed.

"Then you better enjoy the last evening out without everyone trying to watch your back even more closely while pretending their not."

It was the same when Bryn had been the 'glint in everyone's eye' but now it involved one of the pack who had always avoided the chaos of the fight, one who was part of the group that they all wanted to protect already.

"But if you both keep being all cutesie couple like you might chase them off."

He was going to fake a gag to emphasize it but he realized that probably wouldn't go over well with what Jesse has been going through so it was kept to himself. Once he finished his drink he put it into the dishwasher and then wondered over to where the grocery bag had been left and had a peek inside out of curiosity.

"Never figured either of you for a having a sweet tooth."

She found one of the belt loops on Jesse's jeans and had threaded her thumb through it while Kyle had explained their 'impending doom' in the security department but it didn't particularly sound like an actual problem to her but maybe that was because she hadn't experienced it yet. Even without the pregnancy she trusted that the pack would protect everyone in it, that if Lex got taken down they wouldn't allow anyone to touch Jesse. Even with the attack on the manor not so long ago, she had to keep that belief or it was going to drive her crazy with worry that history would repeat itself. Obviously with the events that took place in that big castle in the woods there hadn't been an infant on the way and what she had with Jesse was very different and consumed her wholly but it didn't mean there wasn't a part of her that was terrified of reliving it. Having the pack there to watch over them was far more soothing then she had ever thought it could be, miss lone wolf had a place.

“Long as they listen when told to stop.”

Lex may not feel bothered about the mindset of ‘all eyes on x-y-z’ but she also was figuring out when too much was too much, no pissing off the pregnant women. Once Jesse was finished filling her bowl with soup Lex let go of her belt loop and turned off the burner just in time for Kyle to decide on the word ‘cutesie’ as a way to describe them.

“Cutesie? Don’t forget who knocks you on your ass sparring.”

Jesse’s specific remark about feeling like glass came across as a gentle reminder to avoid being too helpful to the point of annoyance and reinforced not getting involved in whatever plans she had for the fair.

“The ruskie is learning, slowly sometimes but learning.”

She brought her attention back to Kyle again as he was stealing a look to see what else was in the bag and gave him a very simple reply.

“There’s more to life then protein shakes and pre-workouts. You should try it sometime.”

Jesse

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Pausing the inhalation of soup to look over Lex, Jessi gave a tight smile of apology and thanks. She hadn't meant to be ungrateful of her girlfriends attention and affection but really she was just read to feel a tiny bit normal before there was no more feeling normal. Truthfully it was a good sign that Jessi could be honest with her firey red head and not get a blow up or guilted in return. They had agreed long before going this far into things that they had to both have the room to be honest without judgement or it would lead to too many second guesses and suppressed resentment or fears.

Going back to the soup now that the first few bites were met with agreement, the musician looked up at Kyle's admission.

Oooh, is this still the one that turned out to be your boss?

If it was, good on him for forgiving her for that one. Admitted Jessi didn't know the details there she'd just heard about it from the rest of the firehall crew. Still, seeing as he was technically hiding that he was a supernatural creature of legend and myth, seemed fair to let that little omission slide on her part.

He had known the moment the words had left his mouth that he could possibly regret mentioning anything to do with any date because now he was the topic of conversation that was going to be filled with questions.

“Maybe.”

He hadn’t thought much about when or what he was going to tell anyone, he also didn’t how best to protect both his pack and his human girlfriend at the same time. He almost wanted to keep the distance between them all until he reached the point where it became serious enough and she trusted him enough to not immediately sell him to the crazy house.

“Allison and not intentionally, sorry ladies. You’re going to have to wait on that one.”

Knowing how things tended to happen here it wasn't going to matter how well he tried to avoid anything, someone somewhere was going to show up randomly and then it wouldn't matter. The only thing he really didn't want is for any of the vampire's to make the connection between Allison and the pack, he didn't want her getting pulled into this crap.