For the Reunion [Katra]

[* Kokia Luxin]

Kia smiled as her dessert was placed in front of her by the waitress. Thanking her, she took a sip of the hazelnut coffee she'd been given with the cake and sighed while looking at her watch. Katra would be there at any moment. It would be so good to see her again. It had been a few months since they'd last met. Kia had gone off to do a little "soul searching."

Word on the grapevine was that her friend, Katra, was not only serving as the new pack Alphess, but was under house arrest for some reason. Strange. But why on earth would they have put her on house arrest? It didn't make any sense.

Leaning back in her chair, she eyed the clock in the cafe and was suddenly wishing she'd met Kat at a pub instead. The liquor and good food was something she could never turn down. Sighing once more, she sipped her tea and tried her best to think of being a good friend and not ditching Kat at the last second to get a large order of grilled fish and a few bottles of beer.

[Katra Maguire]

"Why did I ever let this happen to me." Came a small grumble from a female wolf in the shadows. She was walking slowly, but her body was trying to hold that cocky arrogance she always had before. This of course, wasnt working out very much, seeing as the female herself was pregnant. And very much pregnant. Katra wanted skin Tristan. Her hormones were all over the place and she could be gentle and loving one minute and wanting to rip your head off the next. Without being pregnant she had been bitchy. Having blown up like a balloon she was ten times worse. And the pack ordering her to stay inside all the time was getting on her nerves. She was on house arrest. Well so much for that! No one was around at the house currently. James was out with Litte no doubt, Nix away with Sevanni because she had no choice, Tristan somewhere...And she would skin him when he got back. Caleb still away on his vacation and the others out hunting.

"House arrest my ass." She mumbled under her breath and then walked out from the alleyway and into the streets. The scents around the are were triple from what she remembered. It felt so good to be back out here. Even if she was so utterly huge. She was a fricken blimp! She was wearing one of Tristans shirts, since she was that big that her own clothes didnt fit. Her jeans she had bought on her own though, many sizes bigger. She couldnt wait to get her own clothes back. That was for sure. And once she had these pups she could stop being on house arrest. And she could start functioning with her pack once more. She was the head and she couldnt do shit because she was pregnant. And of course everything happened when she was pregnant! But she pushed those thoughts aside as she spotted the restaurant that Kia had asked her to meet at.

Kat would be lying if she said she was surprised that she had heard from her. They had met back in New York if she remembered right. Right after she had gotten out of a movie. They became pretty good friends and stayed in touch until it seemed Kia went poof off the face of the earth! Then this invite came up. She wasnt going to miss this chance. And it wasnt very hard to sneak out at all. They needed to learn to put people on better house arrest. But she went into the restaurant and partly glanced for, and partly sniffed out for Kia. When she spotted her, her normal cheeky grin was on her face and she walked over. She folded her arms and tisked. "You werent thinking of ditching me were you? Let me guess...You want...Beer and fish? But as you can see now...Im not exactly...Able to have that stuff." She sighed though softly and then sat down in the chair opposite from Kia.

[* Kokia Luxin]

"You werent thinking of ditching me were you? Let me guess...You want...Beer and fish? But as you can see now...Im not exactly...Able to have that stuff."

Kia looked up to see Katra. However, what she saw as soon as she did completely knocked Kia back for a second. Without a moment's notice, Kia was up on her feet and eyeing Katra curiously.

The girl...was pregnant!

Kia's cerulean eyes widened for a second before she watched Katra sit down opposite her and the Amazon she-wolf, too, sat down slowly. The waitress came by their table but Kia silently shooed her away, not taking her eyes off of Katra for an instant. The lone she-wolf had expected a lot of things, but she damn well didn't expect one of her closest friends to be pregnant.

Leaning back in her chair, she pushed the dessert she'd ordered forward toward her friend and grinned. "Well, I guess I have to stave my cravings for now, Kat," she said with a cheeky grin and propped her elbow on the table, her cheek resting on her fist as she smiled happily at her. "Girl, I leave for a few months and you're Alphess and pregnant." She paused to take a sip of her tea, eyeing the Alphess across the brim of her cup. "Please tell me you're at least married...or getting married."

[Katra Maguire]

Her cheeky grin appeared on her face in an instant as she noticed Kias eyes widen. She was positive this wasnt what Kia had been expecting. The last time they had seen each other, Kat had been just a pack member, ready to defend and challenge anyone in her way. She was also a nice little skinny size with muscle to show. Now, she was the Alphess of her pack from before and pregnant with twins. That skinny size? Yeah...not happening. She would go back to that hopefully though after she had the twins. She was about ready to pop any day now. And once that was over, she would truly be a mother. Her! Katra...A mother! That had never been foreseen in her future. That was for sure. But she loved her husband and they were both excited for the pups. Leaning slightly back in her chair she smiled at Kia and nodded. The first thing she was going to do was down a whole keg of whiskey when she wasnt pregnant.

One weakness the female Alphess had was alcohol and parties. She loved bars and clubs. The music and the dancing and the drinking. Her favorite game was strip pool. The last time she had played that though was way back when the pack had their outing to the club. When Pat and Ella were still alive. When everything was all right and didnt come down around her ears. They were a bit more stable now..but not happy completely by far. There was so much going on that in a way she was glad for the brief break. Once she jumped back in..those waters were going to get deep. Seeing the dessert pushed in front of her though she smiled and picked up the spoon that was already there to the side. The waitress must have brought it over when Kia asked for the table. She let the spoon slide into the cake and she relished the bite. She loved sweets. It was the pregnancy thing. And it wasnt helping her weight factor.

At Kias words though she laughed and tilted her head back slightly, tawny curls spilling over her shoulder. "Yeah...A lot has happened in a few months. As for your question, you can stop eying me missy. Yes. Im married." She told her and held up her left hand where the wedding band was. "I met my husband not long after the last time I saw you." She told her gently and took another bite of the cake. "Also, Im so huge because it was just my luck that I got pregnant with twins. I swear...I have missed alcohol...But...Ill pop any day now...Tristan has me on house arrest. Not that its effective."

[* Kokia Luxin]

Kia watched happily as Katra bit into the dessert she'd offered her. It was so good to see her friend again. She'd almost forgotten how long it had been since the last time the two of them were together like this. But Kia definitely wouldn't forget the first time the both of them met. Kia had not known the full extent of what vampires were that night, but Katra had so graciously informed her of the Kindred race.

Though Kia held no hatred for vampires the way that Katra did, Kia didn't understand what their purpose for living was? Were they so stuck to the mortal coil that they desired to be something that was no longer theirs to claim? Wouldn't they have been more fulfilled and at peace if they were to just accept their fates and die with some semblance of dignity?

"Yeah...A lot has happened in a few months. As for your question, you can stop eying me missy. Yes. I'm married." Kia smiled as she saw the band on Katra's left ring finger before looking back at her and letting her continue. "I met my husband not long after the last time I saw you. Also, I'm so huge because it was just my luck that I got pregnant with twins. I swear...I have missed alcohol...But...I'll pop any day now...Tristan has me on house arrest. Not that its effective."

The she-wolf Amazon snickered. "Yes, I can see that."

Kia knew that Katra was self-conscious about how she looked. After all, before her pregnancy, Katra was a beautiful, slim girl. But Kia still thought she looked very pretty. Well on her way to motherhood and that's what counted. In her mind, Kia couldn't help but wonder if she, too, would be able to have a family of her own one day. But the thought was cut short as she envisioned her mother nagging her to find a mate and settle down already.

Mentally she shook the thought from her mind and moved her eyes to look back at her friend. Dammit Mother, she thought irritably while running a hand through her jet bangs. I wish you would just shut up about that already...

Smiling once more as she watched her friend eating a bit more of the cake, Kia leaned back and sipped on her tea some more. "Speaking of the pack, how is James? I hadn't heard much from him since our last...encounter." She pursed her lips together at the thought and silently let her hand fall down to touch the place where her spleen had been removed, all for the sake of James Silvius's love for a vampire named Litte Snow. "And what of Nixie? I know she'd hit a rough spot too sometime back."