Meet, Grab, & Go (Cerri)

[©erridwen Corrigan]

Cerridwen watched him and nodded "Right...er dry clothes" She nodded and looked to him. "I know...I didn't er" She turned to start stirring the soup before he came and took over for her. "Thank you" She nodded slightly and smiled, her face still worried and frazzled. Smiling slightly as he bumped his hip against her, Cerridwen kissed him back, catching his lips. "Alright. I'll be back then" Cerridwen promised though, as Mae skipped out and up to get some clothes, Cerridwen was pulled back by Eryk and this made her grateful.

"Eryk...I know you said not to worry, but what your asking of me..is impossible I'm sorry" She whispered and placed a cool hand to his cheek. "I can't stop. I always will whether you like it or not" Cerridwen informed and pressed herself against him wanting to feel his strong body against her smaller weaker one.

She pulled him back around to face her gently and looked up. "Please...let me finish speaking. After Mae goes to bed...can we talk before anything else happens?" Cerridwen asked smiled slightly. "It's not bad, I just...want to talk" She whispered and reached up to kiss his lips, a bit more passionately then usual. "I love you...so much, no matter what anyone says" She informed and with that turned and flounced off and towards the stairs and following Mae up. As soon as she got to the top, she went to her room, to pull out a skirt that was to small for her, and a shirt she hadn't worn in...hundreds of years literally.

"Mae, I'm sure these will fit, hopefully, your such a small thing, my clothes will engulf you, I haven't worn these things though since I was about your age...and I'm a pack rat, never get rid of anything, I had planned to, and don't kill me give them to my own daughters. Though I doubt they would have worn this, this has long since been out of style" Cerridwen laughed smiling "But it will look cute on you..maybe you'll bring it back in" She informed as she set the clothes on the bed, and began stripping out of her own clothes to put on something dry and warm.

[eryk]

She was once again being overly protective, and taking it all onto herself. Even when he tried to be the strong stable one in the relationship she managed to rip it right out from under him. "Cerridwen, please. I can handle things." Though her pressing against him felt rather nice. Even though he'd just been coughing up a lung he felt almost a hundred percent better just because she was touching him.

"Later, we'll talk later." The kiss was just as lovely as all the other kisses and he was smiling when she left his side. Her last words made his heart feel so much lighter. Putting everything he had into making this simple meal amazing he decided to make desert as well.

Mae waited for Cerridwen snooping in her room at the various trinkets, and things. When Cerri gave her the clothes she grinned and ran to the bathroom calling over her shoulder.

"Thank you, I think they're cute!" Like lightning she changed andrushed back to Cerridwen's side. "Hey Ri-Ri, tonight when we go to bed could you sing me to sleep? It keeps raining and I never sleep well when it rains. I'd ask Ryky, like I usually do, but he always sings the same songs." Mae touched her french braids again smiling.

"I've told you that you're my favorite, right?" She went and wrapped her arms around Cerridwen's waist. "Thank you for making big brother happy." Mae whispered holding her tight. "I haven't seen him this happy since mom was alive." A small cough at the door had her turning to see a not so happy Eryk with a tray of steaming hot chocolate.

"The food is waiting for you guys down stairs." He found a clear flat place and set down the tray. "Oh, and Cerri, thanks." With that he left with a soft smile. "I'll start the movie." Eryk called over his shoulder as he headed down leaving the two girls to chat.

"Oops...he hates it when I talk about mom. He's like da..." Mae frowned sadly looking up at Cerridwen with sad eyes. "Till you came along he was just so lost. Now, Eryk's there again. I owe you so much." Another tight hug and she went to get her cup of hot chocolate. She smiled sadly and lifted up the cup. "He remembered that I don't like marshmellows. Da never remembers."

Eryk had stopped on the stairs a minute to eaves drop and smiled. "No, Da never remembers, but mom did." He whispered and started down again.

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Cerridwen nodded as she watched Mae bounce off with the clothes. In that time, Cerridwen dressed herself, in a tank top with PJ pants. She was Fae, and dressed accordingly to fit the role, but on other occassions nothing seemed more fitting then to act like a normal...er...180 year old. That wasn't TO old. Cerridwen pulled her hair back with a clip, and looked around and then to a mirror and looked at herself. This was such a rare thing for her to do. She never looked in the mirror, and for once not something she usually saw was staring back. She didn't see a teenage girl staring back this time, but an adult...a worried adult but an adult none the less.

The young woman staring at her from the glass had hair similar to her's only it was longer now, she hadn't cut her hair in ages, had felt no need to...and her eyes were a deeper shade of blue it seemed, her skin just as pale, but almost...it almost complimented her instead of made her seem ghostly. All in all the young woman staring at her looked almost attractive and had an almost pretty face.

Turning she saw Mae behind her. "Mm and aren't you looking cute" She teased and smiled moving over to fiddle with her braids, fixing them ever so slightly.

"Come on the food will get cold if we don't hurry..." Cerridwen warned though froze at her question. "Sing? I'm...sure I could try too..." Cerridwen nodded. She'd never sung before, let alone anyone to sleep. Her voice...she wasn't sure how to describe her voice, it was soft, and gentle but it could be sharp and soft when it wanted to be. All around it was soft. But it could take on different variations of soft. Annoyed soft, Happy soft, gentle soft, loving soft, etc etc.

Cerridwen smiled when she was called Mae's favorite. "I'm your favorite what though" Cerridwen asked teasing. "Of course sweetie, I'll sing to you" She nodded "No guarantee's I'll be amazing...that's Rae's thing you know, she sings, just a lot more punk...and rock" Rae grinned nodding.

At the cough, Cerridwen smiled and turned slowly. "What do we have here" She asked smiling at him now. He didn't look thrilled and she would change that. "Thank you love..." She whispered as she picked up a mug and looked to it. "Good...no marshmallows...just how I like it" She arched a brow and nodded. She took a sipp and winced. "Hawt" She muttered her tongue on fire.

As Eryk left she turned and listened. "I'll make him happy...er at least try to. I love him...as we've clearly stated and I'd like to be with him forever if possible" Cerridwen nodded "But lets not think about silly things now...food. I'm hungry" Cerridwen said and with that left Mae to carry on downstairs. Once in the kitchen, Cerridwen set her mug down and took a bite of her sandwich. "Mae...Food's going to get cold" She called looking to Eryk from her seat.

[eryk]

Mae smiled up at Cerridwen happy that someone new was going to be siging to her. It was also her way of telling Cerridwen that she was taking her in as her family, more than before. Now that Eryk and her were finally getting married Mae could really get attached. Before she had to prepare herself to lose Cerri.

"I might look cute, but you're pretty," she said after a bit playing with her skirt. Her favorite what? Favorite person Eryk had ever dated, ever clung to, ever cared for. Not that Eryk had had many girl friends other than Cerridwen, but the very few he'd had were no where near as amazing as Cerri was.

"Favorite, grown up lady." That sounded like a good answer. As Eryk came and went she felt a bit bad for talking about him. Though she hadn't said anything bad. She smiled at Cerri nodding eagerly to go get food. Grabbing her cup of chocolate she hurried down the stairs after her.

Eryk came into the kitchen just as Cerridwen sat down with her sandwich. He smiled and went over to her kissing her softly on the forehead. "The movie is all ready. I made some cookies and they're in the oven. Should be done as soon as dinner is over." Sitting he opened his arms as Mae hurried in, she set her mug down and crawled into his lap. He sat there watching them eat and drink a soft look to his face. Erky held his little sister and gazed at Cerridwen then looked to his sister again. He believed with all his heart that he would be a good father, and Cerridwen a good mother. But maybe for now Mae was enough to handle.

"I heard the word cookies." Mae kicked her feet a little twisting to look at Eryk who smiled and nodded. "Yum! I love cookies." She grinned at Cerridwen after taking a bite of her sandwich the cheese stringing between her mouth and the bread. Her brother moved his hand and broke the cheese with a soft chuckle as she chewed.

"Cael won't be happy that we left before meeting Sylvia. He really wanted me to meet her for some reason." Eryk mumbled laying his head back against the chair. The note was short and would hopefully not make him worry too terribly much, and hopefully he hadn't left any blood in the house. That would be bad.

The timer dinged and he lifted Maelee and sat her down as he went to the cookies. Using the oven mitt he set them on the cooling racks the scent of chocolate chip cookies filling the kitchen.

"Well, those are all done. Now we just have to wait for you two to finish eating." Eryk grinned leaning against the counter arms crossed comfortable over his chest. Nothing bad will happen. Nothing else bad will happen. Not tonight, they're safe, I'm safe. Nothing bad will happen.

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Cerridwen ate in silence observing the pair. Lovely. Such a cute sight. Brother and sister. "Mae...is that yummy?" She asked smiling as she watched the two sit across from her. Cerridwen raised a spoon of tomato soup to her lips and sipped it silently, not a slurp to be heard. Cerridwen closed her eyes and rested for a minute savoring the taste before swallowing and smiling. "Eryk, this is amazing, I don't know how you do it" Cerridwen commented smiling looking it up. "I could have done it the same way you could have and yours would have still tasted amazing, more I don't know..." Cerridwen trailed off.

She looked down at her sandwich and she had the same thoughts as earlier. How...could Maelee do this to her? Make this seem...so much like a family setting. It was just bizarre how she could do that.

Cerridwen smiled once more but stay silent her thoughts continuing. He looked so nice...with her sitting on his lap like that, a very....nice look for him, and here she was, ruining it for him because she was afraid. Her fears were ruining everything for him. She would have to express this to him, maybe he had a way they could fix this. Cerridwen finished up her sandwich and soup and grinned "That was simply amazing. Thank you" She murmured getting up and moving across the kitchen setting her plate and bowl into the sink and wash them off.

The cookies smelled amazing, heavenly and she couldn't help but snatch one up and another one up, and then another, one for Mae, Eryk and Herself. "Here you go..." She said laying out three napkins, each one a cookie on it. She took her cookie for herself and laid it in front of her letting it cool off before she took a bite. Cerridwen smiled looking across at Eryk, never taking her eyes away and just simply watching him and gazing.

[eryk]

Mae devoured her food, grabbed her cookie then ran out of the kichen. "I wanna watch the movie! You people can gaze lovely dovey at each other later." Grown ups, geeze She plopped down on the couch and flicked on the movie not waiting for them. Mae ate her cookie watching the movie curled up on the couch and happy. Everyone was happy again.

As his sister left he smiled at Cerridwen. "Well, I'm glad you liked it. I didn't do anything special." He shrugged taking his napkin and cookie over to her and setting his cookie on top of hers. "You have it. I'm not hungry." Eryk stroked her hair feeling the need to touch her to make sure that this heaven she'd given him was real.

"So what was it you needed to talk about, love?" Eryk pulled the chair over to her and sat down. Yes, Mae wasn't in bed but ever since she'd told him that she needed to talk it'd been eating him alive. What did they need to talk about? The wedding? The cottage? Was it the fact that she'd walked in with him unconscious again? Most of those topics he really didn't feel like talking about right then. But they were things that needed adressing.

"Come on! You guys are missing everything!" He sighed at Mae's call and gave Cerridwen a weak smile.

"I guess the princess demands that we go watch the movie. Later?" Eryk stood and held out his hand for hers. Snuggling up on the couch with his fiance and little sister sounded much better than talking about serious things. "You're being offly quiet tonight, Cerridwen." He spoke softly his eyes filling with worry wanting so badly to know what she was thinking. Course he wasn't being Mr. Talkitive either.

"Umm, are we sleeping in you bed tonight?" He assumed he'd be sleeping with her, but maybe she wanted some alone time. "That is if that's alright with you. I can sleep on the nice comfy couch." With a mischievous grin he made the idea of sleeping on the couch like the worse sort of punishment. "All alone. On the couch. With no one to hold me." His voice sounded sad and pathic but it also sounded very fake. This was him trying to one make her smile and two avoid talking about too serious of things.

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Cerridwen smiled slightly when Maelee went off into the other room leaving the pair to talk. Cerridwen looked at him and smiled. "Your sister...lovely, just a doll isn't she" Cerridwen said with fake enthusiasm. "Lovey dovey?" She asked and shook her head. "She's a riot you know..." Cerridwen mused softly as Eryk took his cookie and moved over to her. As he set his cookie down she grinned. "Two? Just for me? Well now I think your just spoiling me Eryk. I think you deserve better" She murmured leaning in to kiss him. "You don't want someone like me, I can't cook, I doubt I can sing, not like Rae, you know me sometimes senseless, over protective" She listed off traits and smiled at him. "And then again I'm not all to bad..." She mused and rested her head on his shoulder for a minute once again going silent.

He stroked her hair, and it was such a loving gesture. Something he did that comforted her. Thought at his question she remained silent for a minute.

"What...er I wanted to talk to you about...was..." Cerridwen looked down avoiding his eyes. "Was..." She couldn't get herself to say it. It was such simple words. Well one word really. "Er just about earlier. Do you remember how Maelee said Nieces and Nephews and--" She was cut off by Maelee's tinkling voice. "ALright...coming" She called. "We can talk later...and of course you can sleep with me tonight" She smiled softly and kissed him "When have I ever rejected you" She whispered getting up with the cookies and pulling him into the living room and sitting down on the couch next to Mae and turned her attention to the movie, though her mind was elsewhere.

[eryk]

He nodded agreeing that Mae certainly was a riot. The closer Mae let Cerridwen the more she would see that the little bugger wasn't all friendly and sweets. The child was spoiled from her brother's constant smothering, and her father's worrisome ignorance. The two worried that she was growing up wrong because all she had was two men to raise her, then Cerridwen came along. It was a relief to get a female into the mix of raising the brat, though he loved her as if she was his own daughter.

"I want someone like you. I think you're beautiful, caring, loving, protective, selfless, and I've never heard you sing that I can remember." Her head on his shoulder he kissed her nose smiling. "Even if you don't sing like Rae doesn't mean you can't sing. People who sing opera don't sound like Rae but they can sing."

He was just about to get what she wanted to talk about when his sister interrupted. He'd gotten neices and nephews...Oh! The children issue...Still no smile. Was he losing his touch on being goofy for her? Following lost in his own thoughts he sat down not even remembering what movie they were watching. Mae didn't say anything but she'd noticed the two spacey looks on their faces. Things must get really complicated when you got older, and she could totally wait forever for it.

Finally the movie credits scrolled across the screen the TV's light casting over a sleeping Maeleeown, and an almost asleep Eryk. Head resting on his lap, his arm draped over the couch, the other around Cerridwen. A blanket covered the small girl and his eyes were half shut. Today had been one heck of a tiring day, and a long talk still awaited him.

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Cerridwen watched the movie, though it wasn't like she paid attention to it. Course she didn't. It wasn't that she didn't like it, her mind was just else where. She snuggled into Eryk and with that let the movie play on and on, as she would occasionally flicker her eyes to Maelee and see the girl on the edge of her seat with anticipation of seeing the next seen, whether the heroin makes it out of danger or not, or if the evil villain wins. Like all good movies though, things came to an end, and with the end came time to go to bed, and now, as the credit's scrolled, Cerridwen looked to Eryk and then to Mae. Like brother like sister. Heh. Funny.

Shifting slightly under Eryk's arm, Cerridwen moved and kissed his lips softly. "Hey..." She whispered. "I'll put Maelee to bed. You look about dead...you get into bed and I'll meet you up there in a few minutes..." Cerridwen whispered and with that moved and carefully picked Maelee, letting her head rest on Cerridwen's shoulder.

Cerridwen turned to make sure Eryk was up before she moved. "Eryk..." She whispered again letting her bare foot move to his leg and shake him slightly. Once again, she proceeded upwards on the stairs and down the hall to 'Maelee's room' and set the girl down into bed carefully. It had been difficult for her to maneuver the sheets down and still keep Maelee comfortable in her arms. Finally she managed to get them down and laid the sweet girl down "Night sweetie..." She whispered unsure if she would wake. Kissing her forehead softly, quickly, she pulled the sheets back up around the small girl and watched her for a minute brushing some hair out of her face and quickly backed away from the bed. Singing was something she would do another night, or if she had to sing to Eryk, well Eryk was certainly no little girl.

Cerridwen closed the door, leaving it open only a crack for the hallway nightlight to shine through, enough to give Mae some light if she needed to use the bathroom or come get Eryk or Cerri if something happened.

Cerridwen herself moved back down the hall towards her room, and entered sighing to herself. "Eryk...you up here?" She called. He might have been possibly in the bathroom, or in bed sleeping. The lights were off and she didn't dare turn them on in fear of waking him.

[eryk]

Making a sleepy noise Mae wrapped her arms around Cerridwen not opening her eyes. Eryk blinked and opened his slowly a lazy grin in place. "I'm up, I'm up." Though he was no where near up, as soon as she left his eyes drifted down, but a few seconds passed and he knew he better get up. He stood yawning realizing he'd never put on a shirt. Shrugging he didn't see a reason to now, and headed up to the room Cerri and him slept in.

Mae curled up in the bed murmuring "night" then went silent as Cerridwen brushed her hair. It was almost like mom was back again. As Cerri left the door cracked open one tear slipped out of Mae's eye. "Night...mom." Then all was quiet as the girl fell back to sleep.

Eryk had passed the room as Cerridwen brushed aside Mae's hair and he smiled but kept moving. Into the bedroom he went and in the dark he switched into a pair of boxers instead of jeans. Laying down under the covers he waited for Cerridwen almost fully awake now. The thought that the "talk" was coming had woken him up faster than anything.

"Yes, Cerri, I'm in bed." He reached over and clicked on a side lamp smiling at her. "You needed to tell me something?" This felt so much like the husband getting in trouble for something that it almost made him laugh. Husband. It would be soon. The house needed to be done and the real ring put on her finger but it would still be soon.

"Something to do with children I'm guessing?" Eryk's smile faded and he was all serious gazing at her with kind and open eyes. He really just wanted to go to bed but this did sort of needed handled because of his actions earlier that day. Actions that he wasn't very proud of and had led him to get beat up by Xavier. He really hated his head sometimes.

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Cerridwen yawned and stretched her arms over her head as she looked to him. "Glad to see you've made yourself at home in my bed" She teased slightly going over to her side and pulling down the covers and crawling in and stretched her legs out and turned to cuddle into him. "Mmm baby" she groaned tired and stretching her legs out. "Right..talking" She murmured and looked up to him. Now was her big moment, her chance to talk, and yet, was she ready to talk? Did she want to talk? Not really. She wanted to shut off the lights, and let whatever went on after the lights went out commence, though she knew that would solve nothing. Well almost nothing.Cerridwen sighed shaking her head. "It isn't that important..I just, the look you've had when...we're taking care of Mae...and that vibe you give off...it's just I see you really want...you know kids" SHe said nodding "And we haven't even been engaged a full 24 hours, and we're already having talks...my" She murmured and looked up to him and smiled.

"I can't..believe we're engaged..and this time well not that it didn't last time, but this time it feels...." She paused to think about it for a minute. "Real" She filled in. "It feels real this time, and for sure, certain, and I love that, but that also means my fears...they're...they are real as well, and I have fears. Not that you don't love me, nothing like that, I know you do, and I love you, very much, but sometimes I'm just, I'm scared and I felt you needed to know before you actually get tied to me" She laughed weakly and nodded.

"I er, and one thing...I thought about was one she said, her being Mae, dur, when she said nieces and nephew's you just...had this look in your eyes, and I just...I thought about it. The thought of just..being all blown up like a balloon like that, and having to be careful, and not able to do some of the things that I do now, and then being responsible for another little life...it just scares me, because I don't...think I could do that." Cerridwen said and with that hid her face in the pillow's.

"And that's why I didn't want you to tie yourself to me before we had this conversation, and I was hoping you'd be able to help me and tell me it would be alright and that there isn't anything to fear, because otherwise I'm all for children, I love them adore them, it's just the whole...baby stage that scares the hell out of me, and the whole they're in your body you better be careful because if you screw up then you may hurt them and that's just, it makes me paranoid" She muttered and snuck a look at him. "I'm being ridiculous I know...but yeah." She murmured "And I wanted to talk about the house..but that after I guess..." Cerridwen murmured.

[eryk]

Laying there he was very quiet taking in all that she said. So he'd been right, kind of. She wasn't ready for children and from the sounds of it she might never be. She wanted children but was afraid of the raising part. So was he to an extent because he'd had to take care of Mae for so long. He still loved her of course and wanted to be with her forever, but a life without children? Without little Cerridwens little hims around? It made him hesitate, and it pained him to do so. He reached over and clicked off the light not wanting her to see his eyes.

"I love you, Cerridwen. You have to know that. I want to spend my life with you." It sounded like she wanted children as long as they weren't "her's" more like as a aunt or what she was to Mae. While he had been hoping for holding his first born child like some silly teenage girl. But since she had shared her views on children he might as well share his. It made sense and it was only fair to her. All along he'd thought they were on the same page.

"I want children, obviously you've seen me with Mae and heard me talk about them before. I've actually pictured the day I get to hold my first born child in my arms." Eryk wanted to hold her to let her know he loved her with all of his heart. But at that moment he felt so cold. "It's selfish of me because I won't be the one carrying the child, or children. But I want to be a dad. I want to help make, and raise a new person. I want to see them smile and say their first word."

Eyes misting over just a little bit he reached out his hand for hers. "I know it'll be hard because Mae and I fight. I know I can mess up, and I know I will, but you know what? I also think that I won't be the worst at it." He felt like he was pressuring her into this.

"If you're not ready for children right now that's okay. I'm not that ready either. There are things we need to do. But are you telling me you never want children?" Eryk spoke very softly and very carefully. "I love you, and your answer won't change that, Cerridwen." Not once did he stray from being serious, not once did he use a pet name. He needed her to know this was important to him, extremely important to him.

"It's your body...not mine. So it's your decision." Could she even get pregnant by him? He wasn't that up to date with that sort of information. He should probably look it up. His mom had managed to have two children, so that should mean Cerridwen should be able to. But if she didn't want them ever it was moot point.

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Cerridwen looked to him, wanting to see something, and this...wasn't going well. She could hear that from the tone in his voice, and then when he turned off the lights, that meant it was even worse then she thought. That meant he either didn't want her to see his look, his facial expression, or he didn't want to look at her, both of which could be a possibility at the moment. Lovely. Sh*t. She had just screwed up big time.

Now it was her turn to feel guilty and she really was guilty. And each time she was about to say something he kept going on and on, and when he finished she took a deep breath. "I love you too...and you have to realize that...I'm just...afraid. You can be afraid of something and still do it...just overcome your fear some how. That's what I have to do...is overcome my fear...and how do you do that? You experience it, though right now? I don't think so." She murmured shaking her head "But in a few years...it would be nice." She whispered "I'm sorry I shouldn't have said anything, I should have just sucked it up. I do...I do." She said firmly "And your not being selfish, your being realistic. Most people...want them, and I'm just being you know, paranoid or whatever." Cerridwen murmured.

Thinking about that for a minute she could honestly see it. Herself laying in bed and him, holding the new baby as she watched. It was sweet...but she wasn't ready for that. No way in hell. Cerridwen smiled slightly and leaned up and kissed him. "I promise you'll get to hold your first born, just not as soon as you might want. A few years...and we'll see how about that?" Cerridwen asked letting her legs tangle in with his.

[eryk]

Great now she was all sad and it almost sounded like she was upset with him. He wasn't mad it was just that...he was worried. This was something that would most likely come up time and again. Would be truly be something she "got over" or would it be something she just avoided? It bothered him but she obviously want to move on from the subject. The intertangling legs, the kiss. She wanted sex? They were talking about having babies and she wanted sex.

"Wait! Holy sh*t! Cerridwen, we don't use protection." Eye wide he knew she wasn't pregnant, but the fact that they never used protection. Never even thought of using it. She wasn't ready for kids and he was still convinced she might never be. "I-I I can't have sex with you unless I know we're using protection. If you don't want kids, and I make you pregnant."

Eryk crawled away form her and fell right out of the bed. Reaching for something to stop his fall he grabbed two things, the table beside the bed and the covers. The lamp and table fell onto of him and the blankets covered him and the lamp. A nice thud as everything hit the ground followed by a moan.

"I want to really I do, but I-I didn't bring anything." Dear heavens they'd had sex earlier that day. "SH*T! Earlier! Earlier! Cerri, please tell me you're on pills or potions or charms or you eat a special flower!" Babies. Holy sh*t he might've, they might've. They'd had sex before and no babies but...there was always that chance.

"You don't want kids, and, and, and-" Eryk's eyes were wide in panic. Where would he go at this time at night to get...protection, anyways? His face was on fire and his legs were still halfway on the bed. This was only a little bit awkward.

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She could not honestly believe this was happening. Of ALL the things...that COULD HAVE HAPPENED...this had to happen. Damn he just knew how to make things so damn awkward, and with Mae one room over. God forbid, if she had heard something, anything, him yelling about her being pregnant or them talking about this...she would get the wrong idea...she might slip to Minerva or Cal...or worse their father, and then she would be done for. This was not happening, this couldn't be. He was freaking out...and for what? Nothing. There was nothing.

Laying still, and remaining surprisingly calm, Cerridwen laid there, waiting once more until she heard a thump and wince. He had pulled the covers and her table with her. "Eryk...chill out. Alright? I'm not on anything...but I'm not pregnant either. Okay? I haven't been on anything since...god in a long time. It isn't like we've been the most active couple you know..." She murmured.

Sighing she placed a cool hand on her forehead. "Eryk...I'm not pregnant. Get in bed." She said finally and waited for him to get up and come back to bed. Why did he have to do this? Freak out at the wrong time. She was skeptical now. And that paranoid feeling she was talking about earlier? In full throttle mode now. Thanks Eryk. Thanks a lot for that.

Sighing, she sat up and looked to him. "Plus your dad...would murder me..." She laughed slightly getting up now and helping him back up onto the bed. "He wouldn't you...but he would murder me" She murmured "So...just relax. And you know it's not like if we have sex...we're going to you know get pregnant..how many times have we gone through with it and how many times had there been the end result of a baby?" She asked and shook her head. Of course she kept it to herself that at the time they had been really actually having sex she had at least been on something...the fact he had gone away...and then for over six months they hadn't done anything, and in that time, she had stopped taking whatever it was she had been taking...well she wasn't going to add that fact. It wasn't like she had actually thought they would have had sex today, so this wasn't ALL her fault.

Kissing him on the neck she shook her head. "We're fine." She promised. "Maybe...er..maybe Cal...left something over here?" She questioned, just slightly irked by the idea of Cal and Minerva. Ew. Ew. Ew. "Never mind..maybe we should just...store? or...not tonight at all? Or risk it and wing it?" She asked unsure.