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for sure if I'm pregnant.
The test showed positive but I'm here to be sure. If I am... a
week."
    "I'm about 12 weeks..." I tell her,
trying to think back. I will have to get a calendar to be sure.
"You go to FCHS, right?" Ember nods.
    "Who's the father?" I felt like an
interrogator for a crime... I saw her suck in a breath and then
look straight at me. I then noticed the dark circles around her
dull green eyes. She appears to be thinking but soon comes to her
decision.
    "Slade... I think that's his name.
Slade something." I nod and think to the people in our school. I
know the names of pretty much everyone. Realization finally
dawns.
    "Nerd Boy?" a small smile appears on my
face. She nods and then laughs. She sighs when the laughter is over
and then looks up at me.
    "Yeah... but Nerd Boy Isn't So Nerdy."
one of my eyebrows rise in wonder and curiosity. It's a look that
clearly states to explain. Ember opens her mouth to speak when Rane
comes back in. He sits with a sigh and an arm slings around my
shoulders.
    He sniffs and immediately stiffens. His
head jerks over to Ember, eyes wide. I feel my eyebrows scrunch
together in confusion. I open my mouth to ask what was wrong when I
hear my name being called.
    "Miss Harper." I looked up to find a
young nurse standing in the doorway. A big smile was upon her face
and I relaxed slightly.
    "Bye, Ember. I hope to see you around."
I smiled to her. I really did hope to see her around.
    "Bye." she gave a slight wave, her
green eyes twinkling just a little. It made her whole face
brighter, prettier. She even had a small smile on her
face.
    Rane stood up and helped me stand. He
was slightly distracted, still looking at Ember. I couldn't see
exactly what his face looked like. As we walked away, I asked him
about it. He looks back down at me as we enter the halls to go to
the room.
    He sighs and shrugs a bit. "I don't
know... But I think she's pregnant." I give him a dull
look.
    "No dip, Sherlock. How did you guess
it?!" he frowns down at me. He puts a hand on the small of my back
as we walk.
    "You didn't let me finish. What I
meant, is that I think the father is a werewolf."
    "Oh." I nod my head. "Do you know who
exactly it is?" I knew who it is, she told me.
    "Yeah. I think it's the rogue... Slade?
I'm not too sure what his name is. He keeps to himself, doesn't
cause any trouble so there isn't any reason to do too much of a
background check. I believe he is powerful, more so than my beta,
most likely. My father said he came here on peaceful terms but
that's all my father said about it." We finally make it to the
room. When we enter, there is already a doctor there.
    "You are 12 weeks, correct?" he asks us
after telling me to sit on the table and Rane in a
chair.
    "Correct." Rane answers for
us.
    "Well then I believe that we might be
able to tell the sex of the baby, if you like?" I gasp.
    "I do!" I tell him.
    "Well then lay back and we will see
today."

Chapter 19
    "It's a bit cold..."
    I shiver at the coolness of the gel he
sticks on my stomach. It's a sticky bluish substance. As soon as
the little white machine thing hits my stomach, a picture pops up
onto the screen.
    "There it is." The doctor looks over at
us, beaming. Rane had told me he was a werewolf and it was very
exciting for him to be the doctor with us through the pregnancy
considering it was the future alpha's baby. His glasses are
slightly skewed but his brown eyes are bright with
happiness.
    I feel Rane's hand squeeze
mine. I didn't look over at him, I was entranced with the picture
in front of me. I could slightly see the form of my - our - baby. My eyes widen
and tear up.
    "You can see the head and parts of the
body right now..." Dr. Valentine, the doctor, traced the
outline of the baby on the computer. I tore my eyes away from
the screen to look at Rane who was hovering above me. His eyes were
wide in excitement and joy. He was beaming.
    He looked beautiful in that moment,
just like the picture of the baby does on the