"That was....wow" Arabella breathed, laying on her back and looking up at the ceiling with flushed cheeks. Her breathing was laboured and she was warm but she kept the blanket up to her chest, covering herself up a little bit. Arabella closed her eyes and she took deep breaths, trying to get her heart rate back to normal. After the past couple of days, Hunter had stunned her when he came home and kissed her. She wasn't objecting but she was still a little confused. It was nice to see him off of the souch, too. She had been really worried about him. "Where did you learn to do all of that?" Arabella teased in a breathless voice, turning her head to look at him with a little smirk on her lips.
Hunter was staring up at the ceiling, his breathing heavy. It felt like the weight of the world was on his shoulders and now it felt like it was all gone. He turned his head to look at her and he saw the smile on her face. He reached over and laced his fingers with hers and kissed her on the lips. The level of fatigue that he had could only be described as exhausted. He wasn't kissing her for a long sustained kiss; Just several small kisses on her lips. "I had a really good teacher." Hunter said with a smile against her lips. After a few more kisses, he put his head back down and pulled her a little bit closer. At that moment, his stomach growled. It wasn't really a growl. More like a roar. His comatose state from the past few days was starting to catch up with him. Hard.
Arabella laughed softly and she put her hand on his stomach. "Yeah, me too" She giggled and she placed a tiny little kiss on his chin. "Mmm..you wait here, stud muffin. I'll be right back" Arabella told him and she sat up in the bed. She grabbed Hunter's shirt and she slid it over her head and she tugged on a pair of lace panties. With a little smirk back at Hunter, Arabella stood up off the bed and she walked out of the room, tugging on the edges of the shirt. She walked down into the kitchen and she pulled all of the containers of Chinese food out of the fridge. Humming softly to herself, she put the food on plates, heated it up in the microwave then put it all on a tray. Arabella yawned as she walked up the stairs, trying really hard not to spill. "This smells really good.." she said as she walked into the bedroom.
After Arabella left, Hunter found himself falling asleep. He shook himself a little and carefully stood up, grabbing his boxers and slipping them on. He walked to the bathroom and bent over the sink, splashing water on his face. He looked in the mirror and found that he had bags under his eyes, but he couldn't have felt better. He wiped his face and then heard when Arabella walked back in. He stepped behind her and wrapped his arms around her. "Mmm...You smell good." He said, kissing her lightly on the cheek. She put her hands on his and he felt her ring and he realized that he still didn't have his on. "You know what goes really well with Chinese food?" Hunter pressed his lips to the back of her neck and then pulled away. He went back downstairs and grabbed his ring off the table, quickly slipping it on. Before he went back up, he grabbed a carton of ice cream and two spoons. "Ice cream." He said, sitting next to her and setting it with the rest of the food.
Arabella smiled softly down at the ice cream and she turned to look up at him with big eyes. "Ice cream sounds perfect" She said softly and she kissed his cheek then turned back to the food. Arabella took a bite out of an egg roll and she glanced out of the window. It was really nice to sit with Hunter like that again but she couldn't ignore the fact that less than 24 hours ago, he was turning into a vegetable and then suddenly, he came home and put her on the counter. "So..what happened today, exactly?" She asked him softly, dipping her egg roll in plum sauce.
Hunter took a deep breath. "Where to start..." Hunter mumbled quietly. "Well, after we put down the rebellion, the gods offered me godhood and I declined it, so they told me that I could cash it in whenever because they didn't want to owe me. Artemis in punishment for leaving the Hunters made me sterile and so after your mom told me about all of this I went to Camp and they brought me to Olympus and I talked to the gods and I exchanged the offer of godhood for my fertility and then I was just so excited...Well. You know from there." Hunter said all in one breath before venturing a glance at Arabella.
Arabella looked up at him with a slightly stunned look on her face. She wasn't expecting that. In all honesty, she thought that he was going to say that he had gone and talked to one of his friends or something. Arabella took a small breath and she looked down at her egg roll. She didn't really want to make a big deal out of it and she didn't want to upset Hunter or anything but it was pretty big news. "Well, uhm...you had a busy day" She said in a small voice and she looked back at him. "So, we can have kids now?" She asked him, a smile spreading across her lips.
Hunter took a deep breath and leaned over, placing a kiss on her lips. "Yes. We can have kids, now." He said with a smile. She squeaked a little and threw her arms around his neck, kissing him tightly on the lips. Hunter smiled and put an arm around her, pulling her closer. He took a big bite of fried rice then looked over when Arabella put her head on his shoulder. He put his head down on hers and sighed a little, feeding her a bite of egg roll. "I'm sorry about my behavior the last couple days..."
"I really missed you" Arabella whispered and she closed her eyes. She took a small breath and she placed her hand on his knee. "It's okay, Hunter. I was just...really worried about you. I didn't know the right thing to say or do and I hated seeing you in so much pain" She said softly and she traced a small heart on his knee with her fingers. Arabella opened her eyes and she lifted her head off of his shoulder to look at him. "Please don't scare me like that again"
Hunter took a deep breath and kissed her hair. "I won't. I promise. I just...I didn't want to deal with knowing how much I let you down and I didn't want to think about anything, so I just shut off and I didn't know what to do and...I'm just...I'm really sorry." Hunter said with a sigh. He grabbed a piece of crab rangoon and took a small bite before offering a bite to her.
"You didn't let me down, Hunter. You had done nothing wrong" Arabella said softly and she kissed his cheek before taking a bite of the crab rangoon. She chewed in slowly, thinking everything over a little bit. "And you don't have to say sorry. If anything, I should be saying sorry to you. I should have tried to talk to you more or something. I don't know. I just..I thought that you might need your space and I was trying so hard to not be sad about it"
Hunter sighed and put his forehead against her head. "How about we just agree that we were both stupid?" He said, kissing her gently on the lips. Hunter closed his eyes a moment and then grabbed a bowl of orange chicken. He added some rice and Hunter took a big bite. "Ellie, this is amazing. You're amazing. Everything is really amazing and I'm glad you're here." He said, taking another bite of orange chicken.
Arabella smiled and she put a hand on his cheek. "I'm really glad that you're here too, Hunter" She said softly and she leaned forward to place a kiss on his jaw. Arabella took a bite out of some noodles before she flopped back on the bed, closing her eyes and yawning. "We are going to sleep so well tonight. You got me all tired out" she teased with a little giggle.
Hunter laughed a little and kissed her temple. "Sorry about that. I got a little uh...carried away." Hunter sighed and opened up the ice cream. He took a spoonful and offered it to Arabella who ate with a smile. "Sleeping sounds really good right now, in all honesty. I haven't done much of it lately. I felt like I had the world on my shoulders and now I just want you to be pregnant and huge and absolutely breathtaking." He chuckled quietly then kissed her gently on the lips.
Arabella looked up at him with tired eyes, but a smile on her face. She nodded softly and she put her hand on her stomach. "I can't wait to be huge" Arabella said in a little voice then she burst out into giggles. "how many girls do you know will say that they want to be huge?" She joked and she yawned a little bit, rolling over onto her side and closing her eyes. "Maybe we'll find out that I'm pregnant in a few weeks" She said in a soft voice and she curled her legs up.
Hunter pushed the Chinese food to the foot of the bed then wrapped his arms around her. "I really hope you're pregnant because I am more than ready to find out that you and I are going to have a family together." Hunter said, kissing her lightly on the lips. "I kind of want to go back to that doctor and just rub it in his face." He laughed a little and leaned his head against hers, closing his eyes. "Do you want a boy or girl first?" He asked, lacing his fingers with hers.
"I want a little girl" Arabella told him softly, looking down at their fingers and taking a deep breath. "Maybe it's just because I grew up without my mother and I like the idea of having a girl and really...being a mother for her, you know? I want to dress her up in pretty clothes and play with Barbies with her and talk to her about boys and all of that" She said and she looked up at Hunter with a smile. "What about you?"
Hunter felt her put her head down on his shoulder and he kissed her head a moment then put his head on hers. "A little girl sounds perfect. Autumn Grace Reed." Hunter said quietly, running his fingers up and down her arm. "A son would be nice though." Hunter said with a nod. Teach him how to catch. Teach him how to...I have no idea actually. When do I teach him to shave?" He said with a sigh. He was nervous about how much of a father he was going to be, since he had no reference. He was excited, but he had this sudden feeling that he had no idea what he was doing.
Arabella giggled and she placed a hand on his leg, drumming her fingers on his skin. "You're going to teach him how to be kind and brave and gentleman" She said and she turned her head so that she could place a few tender kisses on his shoulder. "And that's all that really matters in the end, right? That our kids are good people and have a set of morals?" She looked up at him with a tired smile and she placed a kiss on his chin.
Hunter sighed and then grabbed the ice cream at the foot of the bed. He scooped some out and ate it then handed it to Arabella. "I just don't want our kids to be happy, you know? I'm worried that I'm not going to know what to do and I'll just...I don't know. It won't be good. I'll just panic and make things worse." Hunter shrugged and leaned his head back, closing his eyes. "How long until you can find out if you're pregnant with the...the thingie?"
"It can take a little while" Arabella shrugged and she looked down at the ice cream. "Next time that I'm shopping, which wouldn't be too soon if I was being smart, I'll pick up a couple tests" She said and she took a bite of the ice cream before putting down and she yawned. "And by the way, there is no way that you'll make things worse for our kids. I know that you understand that you don't need to have super parents all the time, you just..need them to be there"
Hunter nodded softly and saw her yawn. He sighed a little and then yawned himself, leaning down and grabbing the tray of food. "I'm going to go put this in the kitchen and then put the dogs to bed and then I'll come back up and put myself to bed." He leaned over and kissed her softly on the lips. "I'll miss you." He smirked and then turned around, heading downstairs.
Arabella smiled as she watched him walk out of the room. She stretched out her legs, moaning softly. Smiling a little bit to herself, Arabella curled up on her side and she pulled her knees up to her chest. Without moving under the blankets or anything, she closed her eyes happily. That morning, she had been prepared for a terrible day but now, she was on cloud nine. Almost as soon as Arabella had closed her eyes, she was falling asleep.
Hunter placed the dishes in the sink and put the ice cream back in the freezer. With a little yawn, he tossed a treat into Piggy's cage and then closed it. He put a treat into Jolie's cage and she hurried in then picked it up and carried it to Ajax's cage. Hunter rolled his eyes and tossed a treat into Ajax's cage then closed it, keeping the dogs in. "Good night, Princess, Ajax, and Piggy." Hunter said quietly before sneaking back upstairs. Hunter stepped into the bedroom and saw that Arabella was already asleep. He crept forward and slipped in behind her wrapping an arm around her waist. "Good night, sweetheart." Hunter whispered, pressing his lips to her cheek.