Happily Ever After? (Yumi)

Jack looked up at the boy and raised an eyebrow. "Blimey, mate! You shouldn't go sneaking up on people, savvy?" Jack stood up slowly, grabbing his bottle of rum. He was tempted to make a run for it, but decided not to. He liked to be chased rather than just running. Being chased was like his job; his occupation. He would run as long as someone was running behind him.

Lucien sighed and forced the thoughts out of his mind. He didn't know how to explain that portion of it, didn't really want too. "Make love is a phrase, really." Lucien stood up and shook his head lightly. "But, anyways, we probably should go back to the castle. Meet me in the Foyer after you change into something more comfortable. If you need help I'm sure Tina or Scylla would help you." Lucien rubbed his eyes and looked toward the castle. He was really craving those sweat pants and that t-shirt right now.

Heading back to the castle, slowly, he began to sort out his phrasing for the next portion of the whole baby thing. He was sure that after explaining Ying wouldn't be so eager to have a child. At least, if Lucien was his wife, he wouldn't really want too. Especially after the way he was planning on explaining it.... hopefully he would find another way.

Yang rolled his eyes at Jacks comment and started to head to the castle. Whether he wanted to or not he would probably have to be prepared to explain. Ying would most likely come after him later, and it wouldn't be pretty.

Ying silently headed toward the castle. Her mind was racing, what could Lucien possibly mean? Once there she went into her room and changed into a light blue night gown. She washed her face of all the make up, and when she was done her headed to the place Lucien said to meet. But first she went to the kitchen and got some hot chocolate for the both of them. Whatever was going to happen, something told her they would need it.

Lucien headed up to his chamber and changed into his comfortable clothing, letting his hair down. This was going to be a long night. Smacking himself in the face a few times, he headed back down the stairs. Clad in gray, loose fitting sweat pants and a white sleevless shirt, he felt like a whole new person. Making it to the foyer, he spotted Ying. This was going to be... an adeventure, or sorts. Not to mention kind of hard on his part. But, if he tried, really, really, really, hard, he could attempt to make it a bit more light and carefree sounding.

"So, then. Where were we? I'll try to explain this as best I can without giving wither of us a headache." Switching over to a human, a little of the pressure seemed to vanish. At least this side of him may be a bit better at explaining this. Forcing a smile, he looked up the stairs and noticed Annabelle standing there, rubbing her eyes. What a little stinker, sneaking away like that.

Annabelle had woken up from a nightmare and didn't want to wake up her mommy or daddy, just because she didn't like them when they were grumpy. Expecially her mommy. Rubbing her eyes, she stared down at Ying and Lucien. She wondered what they were doing. "What is you two doing down there? Is you have fun?" The little girl frowned and started down the stairs.

"Aren't you supposed to be asleep?"

((I had to do this. Just because I love this kid.))

Ying smiled at the girl as she came down. She was some what thankful for the distraction. "Hey there. Yes we had lots of fun, did you?" She said answering the one of the girls questions. She took a sip of her hot chocolate and handed a cup to Lucien. "So what are you doing down here?" Ying asked the girl. The girl was quite young to be up this late, so something was probably bothering her.

Annabelle had made it down the stairs without slipping, a big accomplishment for her little mind. As Ying asked the girl why she was down here, Annabelle's face scrunched up. She looked like she might cry. "I has scary dream. Me no like scary dreams." The girl rubbed her eyes again, and then ran over to Ying, hugging the older girl's leg.

Lucien listened to the kid, feeling a little bad when she seemed about to cry. He hated it when people, anyone, young or old, hated or loved, cried. He utterly hated it. When someone around him was crying, Lucien wanted to cry with them. Why this urge was so strong and prevailing, he had no idea. At least Annabelle was providing a small distraction toward the task at hand. This may buy him a little time to prepare for the whole 'How babies are made' thing. He hoped the whole where they come from portion of it was almost covered.

"aaww. That stinks, bad dreams are no fun at all." Ying said smiling slightly. She knelt down to the girl and patted her back in a comforting manner. It was kind of nice to be taller then someone. "Tell me all about it." Usually dreams were the minds way of working through problems or situations it didn't get a chance to work out during the day. Even though dreams seemed strange and random, they often had a realistic component. She wondered what her child would look like if she had one.

Lucien smiled at the kid, really knowing how she felt. Nightmares; something that he practically lived it. They were so annoying and hurtful sometimes. It was as if they didn't even make sense. Most of them didn't come true, didn't happen, didn't relate to anything. Which made them a little interesting. What were dreams, anyways? With that thought, Lucien told himself to shut up and drop the issue. Otherwise, babies wouldn't be the only thing that needed to be explained.

Annabelle sniffled and thought for a moment, scrunching her brow like her mother. "A giant howl sucked me up and it were really dark and scary and wet and stuff inside. And then there was this really scary guy who sat in a corner and drank icky stuff and sang wierd songs and stuff. And he tried to throw me in a pot of wawa and eat me." Annabelle thougt about it for a moment, seemingly thinking about it, trying to remember more. When she was finished, she stared at the ground. It was a little wierd to have to eplain something to an adult.

Ying couldn't help but smile. "I think that sounds like Jack. Lucien i think she is scared of the pirate that married us. " The description seemed to fit. Ying knew it was a bad idea to have the pirate anywhere near them even if he was the priest. To Annabelle she said "Don't worry your safe here, Lucien will protect everyone from danger. Your dad and your mom , and everyone else are always looking after you. Bad dreams are scary but you just have to remember that it is just a dream." It felt weird talking to the girl about things like this, it made her feel so old. Looking at the girl she asked" Do you want to come to the kitchen and get some hot chocolate with me?" Her cup was already empty and she wanted more. And she figured it would help the four year old calm down, it had always helped her.

Lucien shook his head at the description. He didn't really consider Jack to be scary, but apparently the little girl did. Children were scared of the most curious of things. Then again, being afraid of clowns was a bit worse than being afraid of a pirate.... Lucien shook the thoughts out of his head and looked to Liam and Calypso's daughter. She sure did look like a mixture of the two, even though some children didn't. As Ying asked the girl about the hot chocolate, Lucien realized that he was unconsiously holding onto some. Taking a sip of it, he looked around.

Annabelle listened to the girl quietly and patiently, not really wanting to say anything. This was a little strange, telling her dreams to someone that wasn't 'mommy' or 'daddy'. When hot chocolate was mentioned, however, Annabelle perked up and nodded furiously. "I wants some hot chocoltates!" The girl smiled, a huge, happy smile, and grabbed Ying's hand. With her free hand, the child brushed her thick brown curls away from her face.

Lucien couldn't help but smile. To him, little kids were adorable. No matter how strange it was, somehow he managed to love them. From around newborn up to five, he loved them. From five to ten, he tolerated them. Eleven to fifteen he wasn't so fond of. Everything up he didn't mind. He was older than a lot of mortals, anyways. "You two go ahead; I'll wait here."

Ying waved bye to Lucien as she walked towards the Kitchen with Annabelle. She made them some hot chocolate and put some extra marshmallows in the little girls one. She smiled at the girl and handed her a cup. Afterward she looked around and found some cookies and handed a few to the girl. "Don't tell mommy and daddy or they might get mad." She said teasingly. Although she supposed it was possible that the parents might not like the girl to have sugar so late at night. But maybe they would understand the circumstance. She headed back over to Lucien and grinned.

Annabelle smiled her adorabole chilldish smile, her one tooth really giving her a little more four year old-ish appearance. She was small for her age, standing about as high as a three year old would. All the same, she was fiesty enough to be a five year old. Taking the hot chocolate, she sipped at it while following Ying at the same time. She was going to save those cookies for later, as she knew she'd probably not get one until midday tomorrow, at best. "Thank you."

Lucien smiled at Ying and Annabelle, who both seemed to be enjoying themselves. It was nice to know that happiness could be found here again. Normally it was just dull and lifeless around here. "After you finish, I think that's it's best if you go back to bed before your mother or father wake up, missy." Lucien crouched down and looked into the little girl's eyes. "Or else I'll have to tell on you." Everything he said was pretty playful, no hints of sarcasm, though. It was nice to be able to sneak away from the real world occasionally. Standing back up, he stretched a little, watching the child amble up the stairs. Hopefully she wouldn't fall.

"Your welcome" Ying called after the four year old as the little girl made her way beck up the stairs. Ying turned back to look st the stars and sipped on her hot chocolate. The distraction was nice but now she wanted the explanation over with. "So as you were saying before the distraction." the werewolf girl said smiling. She couldn't help but wonder if the distraction was planned by Lucien. Whatever the truth about babies was, he didn't seem to want to talk about it. Was it really that bad?

Lucien looked at his wife for a moment, before exhaling and trying to find a place to start. "What do you want to know first?" Trying to recall the past conversation, he figured out where he had left off a chose a point to start from. Why was this so freaking hard to do? Stupid stuff, anyways. He couldn't help but compain to himself about how it was he who had to do it. The typical, whiny Lucien was showing through again.

"As I was saying. Make love is a different term for something else; the baby making process." Lucien was probably going to have to explain more about that, but it would be better than lying about it completely. Whoever made up that whole stork thing was an idiot. Perhaps he should use a different method rather than flat out telling. Code the words a little or something. Then again...

Ying looked at Lucien in a confused manner. "What is that? How does it work? And how does the baby get inside and out of a women?" She hated the way her husband was just beating around the bush. Why couldn't he just flat out tell her. Getting a baby couldn't be all that complicated right? She drank her hot chocolate. Not much could get her mad but not understanding things drove her crazy. She hated having to think and use her brain at all. To her life should be simple and nothing should need to be thought over. You do whats right, have fun, and find love. Thats all there was to life and your choices. And if you had to stop and think about it, it was because you made the wrong choice.

This was going to be the hard part. Perhaps it would've been easier to explain after he was drunk and almost to the point of passing out. "That is the part that is going to be really hard to explain to you. I don't know how to word it, nor how to describe it." Rubbing his forehead, Lucien sighed. How was this going to be described? Thinking more a moment, he bit the inside of his lip to try and make things go a little faster. Hopefully the proper way to say things would come soon. This was going to be a little more than he had bargained for on his part.

"First how the baby is created; a little thingy called a sperm meets a thingy called an egg, fertilizes it, and somehow the product of that fertilization forms into a baby over a timespan of nine months. As for the how it gets in there part..."

Ying looked at Lucien and tried to hold back a laugh. What he was talking about sounded so strange and funny. An egg, a sperm, and he though the stork explanation was silly. So far the stork story was making more sense then things called sperm and eggs meeting. "So how do they get inside? Do i have to find a chicken egg and put it inside some how, then go find a sperm and do the same thing?" Thinking for a moment she sighed to herself. Yang get over here! You need to help Lucien explain where babies come from. I know you know the truth. Maybe her brother would be able to help Lucien explain. Stupid boys keeping secrets and then getting all tongue tied when they had to reveal the truth.

Yang was reading in the castle library. He was just getting to the good part when his sisters voice interrupted his thoughts. Surprised he fell out of the chair. He didn't expect Ying to ask for him so soon. Lucien must have been doing a bad job of explaining things, that or he did and she didn't believe it. Either way the male twin knew that this would be a long and interesting evening. Yeah, Yeah i'm coming... He grumbled to his sister as he followed her voice to where the two were standing. "So where are you at?"

"Things called egg and sperm."

"oh....well thats pretty much it..see ya." Yang said as he tried to leave. Stupid awkward conversation, he didn't want anything to do with it. It was Lucien's problem now, they were married.

Ying grabbed her brother and pulled him away from the exit. "oh no you don't. Both of you know whats going on and your both going to share the responsibility."