Word Count: 300+
Nope, don't mind at all! Do you think we could backdate the post to the 29th of October?
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Her thoughts were tumbling over themselves, twisting into knots before her very eyes. The thought that had occurred to her, just out of the blue not one day ago was looming in her mind, taking up precedence till no room was left for anything else. Finn paused at the edge of the meadow, trying to gather herself together. She had meant to ask Alaine about… her predicament, but she had no idea how to go about doing it. The grey wolf drew in a deep breath, trying to imbibe some courage from the air. She would have taken a swig of whiskey if she had it.
It was a quick jog to the Hotel, and Finn was barely out of breath by the time she saw the now slightly familiar form standing outside it. Finn smiled self-consciously and closed some of the distance. ”Hi, Alaine. Thank you for waiting for me. I wanted to ask you something.” She scuffed the ground with one foot, pushing the dirt this way and that. The calm mien she held before was dissolving, but though she fretted, the she-wolf could tell that Alaine was worried too. ”Are you okay?” She murmured, tilting her head to the side sympathetically. Being in a knew place could be worrying sometimes, Finn knew that all too well. She tried not to let things get to her, but some time stuff slipped through her defenses.
Could she really be pregnant? Was it possible? And if so, who was the father? Finn, for the first time in her life, was in the unique and uncomfortable position of being unable to discern who had sired the children she might now be carrying. And what was worse was that she didn’t know if she could tell either. Rurik she had met only the once, and could not bear forcing such a burden on a near stranger. He was a handsome stranger, and she knew that feelings for him lurked within her heart, but she could not drop her problems into his lap. Jacquez… Jacquez she was not sure about. He liked to woo and flirt, but she could not see him being the paternalistic type. But, who knows? Perhaps this was all Finn's imaging and she wasn't pregnant at all.