Shocking News (Shannelle)

[Matthew Anthony Reeds]

Matt was glad that he had been a werewolf for long enough to shut out all the chaotic sounds in the hospital as he sat next to Shannelle in the waiting room, trying not to look at all the other sick people, and trying not to notice every cough, sneeze or whatever. They were here for Shannelle after they had been attacked by an unknown assailant that had struck pretty fast before they knew it, but they had still luckily managed to fight off together.

Yet Shannelle still didn't look so well or feel so well afterward, so Matt was too worried because of that to not take her to the hospital with him. Now they had given her a check up to see if she was seriously injured, but that had mostly healed by now, but they had taken a blood test from her to see if there was anything other that was wrong. For a moment Matt hadn't been so happy to hear that, with the wrong person and too much attention to the results could end up in difficult questions neither of them were really waiting for to come, but for now, they were just two ordinary married people that came to the hospital after an attempted robbery and a lie that Shannelle had made a bad fall in the process to explain their visit to begin with.

Matt turned his head and eyes from looking around the waiting room again back to Shannelle as they had been waiting for quite a while again since they took her blood and told them to wait as they would rush the results, but in his opinion it wasn't really in the category of "rushing" anymore, but still he cared too much for Shannelle after all to just go home if there was something wrong. He knew that they couldn't really get a human decease or something, but with everything that had happened to for example the vampires and that virus that had haunted them for a few years, Matt wasn't planning on taking any risks. 'You feeling any better? I could go grab us another coffee or something else to drink?' He asked the second part with a small laugh to lighten up the mood again a bit and to have something for them both to do or to start talking from again as they were both probably pretty much in their own thoughts. All this time Matt was still holding her hand in his own between them and after asking that he gave it a slight squeeze.

[Shannelle Gray-Reeds]

Shannelle had been a werewolf longer than Matt and was supposed to be better in a whole lot of things, but today, she just couldn’t block out the sounds in the hospital, which were now giving her a major headache, because of her enhanced senses. She leant against Matt and softly groaned because of her headache. ”I hate these places. Too many sounds, to block them all out.” She said, as she closed her eyes and tried not to worry too much.

The attack had been a poorly placed one and normally she was okay, but not now, which she saw as highly annoying and highly unnerving. She should be okay and she couldn’t think of any reason why she wasn’t okay at all. She shook her head at his question and tilted her head to look at him. ”No, I feel sick.” She softly admitted, before giving his hand a little squeeze. ”I don’t want you to go, Matt.”

[Matthew Anthony Reeds]

Of course it surprised and worried Matt a bit more once he heard Shannelle talk about how she hated these places because of all the sound to block out. He had put his arm around her when she leaned against him and pulled her a bit closer against him as his hand started rubbing reassuringly across her arm there. 'I know exactly what you mean, because it's mostly me telling you those things.' He said with a soft laugh because if there wasn't anything else, it was actually a bit funny to think about how things were reversed now. 'Just... Try to focus on my heartbeat if that helps?' He suggested softly as he planted a soft kiss on her forehead then too.

Once his question obviously got through to Shannelle, he looked at her as she tilted her head to look at him and first he smiled slightly but felt a bit more worried again when she said that she felt sick, a feeling that they shouldn't really get anymore except for if they had gotten shot badly by a silver bullet or something like that, not just because of a badly placed attack that they fended off. 'You'll be okay.' He told her softly but still pretty convinced of that himself as he said it, he wanted to believe it and he would, he wasn't going to let anything happen to her. The slight movement in preparation to get up when he had suggested about getting something to drink, he stopped when he leaned a bit more against Shannelle himself and nodded with a smile. 'Okay, I'll just stay here with you, it shouldn't take too long...' He said, as he kept rubbing her arm and his eyes looked sideways as he could even over the awful hospital smell, smell the doctor that had helped them being close by and then heard her talking some medical jargon with something, hopefully right before she'd come their way to take them back into her office to tell them the results, at least he hoped so, otherwise he'd start getting pretty darn impatient, with seeing Shannelle like this, it just broke his heart.

[Shannelle Gray-Reeds]

Shannelle knew that most of the times, the roles were reversed and that he was telling her these things. She was happy to feel his arms around her and leant more against his chest, as she closed his eyes, when he started rubbing her arm, which calmed her down a bit more. ”Well, things aren’t right then.” She teased him, as she opened her eyes again and looked at him. When he told her to focus on his heartbeat, she nodded and smiled when he kissed her forehead, before she closed her eyes again, as she put her head back on his chest, feeling really.. safe.

When he told her she was going to be okay, she nodded and smiled slightly, believing him for every word he said. ”I know that, Matt.” She said softly, as she sighed softly. ”I’m just.. scared.” When he told her he was staying, she smiled and let go of his arm, which she didn’t even realize she was holding and relaxed a bit more.

Then she opened her eyes and sat up a bit more, when the doctor came walking back, looking at the both of them with a slight smile on his face. ”You’re smiling, that’s a good thing, it is a good thing, isn’t it?” Shannelle asked, before looking at Matt next to her and at the doctor again. ”Yes, mrs. Reeds, it is a good thing.” The doctor said calmly. ”Well, spill it out!” She then said impatiently, making the doctor chuckle. ”Well, the good news is, you’re pregnant. Congratualtions.” Shannelle looked at Matt, awestruck and not capable of saying much.

[Matthew Anthony Reeds]

Matt couldn't resist a slight chuckle escaping his lips when Shannelle teased him and looked back at her when she opened her eyes again, those eyes that kept making his heart jump in happiness because of the realization of how he was still with her and how much he was still in love with her. When she took his advise and put her head on his chest, he smiled and stroked through some of her hairs gently with his one hand while the other calmly still stroked her arm.

For a moment Matt's eyes went to her hand that dropped from his arm, a feeling that had been so good that he didn't even realize it until it was gone. He looked back at her and smiled softly when she said that she knew, clearly believing him when he said it, but bit his lip after she told him that she was scared, because he totally understood that and actually had the same feeling. 'I know, so am I.' He told her honestly but with a smile to tell her that he wouldn't let that stop him from knowing that it would be okay.

Matt moved with Shannelle when she sat up a bit more once the doctor came their way and put his arm around her waist as he looked up at the doctor too, giving her a slight squeeze in her side when she asked the doctor if it was a good thing, kind of teasing her that of course that was a good thing.

He did however agree with her when she told the doctor to spill it out, because he was still a bit impatient himself because there had to be more if the doctor didn't tell them instantly to not go home and that nothing came out of the test. So once Matt heard what the doctor told them about being pregnant, and congratulating them, his eyes grew wide and looked back at Shannelle who looked at him at the same time, just as awestruck as himself and unable to say much. 'Wait, what? How is that possible?' He asked not really even at the doctor, but instantly realizing that this was something he never expected because of the being both werewolves part. 'W-well with all due respect, I'd think the two of you would know the answer to that better than me, except for the kids explanation.' The doctor said with a smile that was a bit unsure. 'I'll leave you to it, you will just have to adjust your diet a bit in regards to the pregnancy, that will probably decrease the symptoms, but still it seems to have a stronger impact on your body than usual, so if you have any concerns, feel free to contact me or come by.' The doctor concluded, giving both of them a nod and then turning around and walking away.

'What the... How... You're pregnant?' Matt asked more in general than actually at her even though he looked at Shannelle again and bit his lip, realizing now that perhaps they at least should look up a more private spot to talk about this some more, if either of them would get a bit over the initial shock of this news, which was a pretty damn big shock if you asked Matt, it was one of the last things he would ever had expected.

[Shannelle Gray-Reeds]

Shannelle smirked as she heard the chuckle and relaxed a bit more in his arms. She kept realizing how truly lucky she had been to find him, or better yet, that he found her. She knew that the feeling in her chest she kept feeling was love and it kept getting bigger and bigger every single day, because she got to spend it with him, with Matt and it was because of that that she had married him and wanted to spend eternity with him, it was because of that that she was so scared that something was wrong. She smiled when she felt him stroking through her hair and down her arm and sighed, hoping everything was okay and she was just worrying for no good reason.

When he said that he was scared too, she fell silent and bit her lip, as she didn’t know what to say to that. However, when he placed an arm around her waist and gave her side a slight squeeze, she smiled and looked at him. When she heard what Matt said and heard the doctor replying to it, she chuckled, before nodding back and sighing softly, as she placed a hand on her stomach, before looking at Matt. “As the doctor already said, it’s not so much the how that I’m pregnant. But I do agree that I didn’t see it happening anytime.. at all. If it’s up to me, it’s not unwelcome though. What about you?”

[Matthew Anthony Reeds]

Matt didn't see it as a bad thing when Shannelle fell quiet when he had said that he was scared too, mostly because he could understand her silence and not knowing for sure what to say to that. He just hoped that he didn't make her even more scared by saying that, but he had made it kind of a rule for himself that he would never lie to her, just to be honest with her, about almost anything actually.

Matt chuckled a bit himself when he heard Shannelle do that again herself to what the doctor had replied, but he couldn't blame her, not at all, it had been pretty funny how it must have come off, he realized that, but he couldn't have helped the outburst of shock about how it was possible for her to be pregnant, but it would have been a lot better if he hadn't shown his surprise so clearly toward a doctor that had now idea of what they actually were and how shocking it was to find this out.

He looked at her hand that she placed on her stomach before he looked back into her eyes and again placed his arm back around her waist and his hand on her side. 'Well I do have to agree, it's not like we have sex on unique opportunities only.' He said before he chuckled a bit again and shrugged his shoulders, because it was true, they had sex often enough so especially if they had been human, it totally wouldn't have surprised him at all.

'But no, of course it wouldn't be a problem for me either.' he then quickly said with a smile before he kissed her and placed his hand over her hand on his stomach, but then sneaked it under hers onto her stomach. 'We're having a baby together...' He then said softly, but with a broad happy smile on his face. 'If there was ever any reason to go do something crazy to celebrate, or just celebrate in general, then it would be now, so how about it? Any ideas of how we can celebrate in that pretty hot little head of yours?' He asked her quietly as he pulled her closer and looked at her eyes with only a few inches in between them on purpose. 'Of course getting out of here is first on the list, but after that.' He added with a slight laugh.

[Shannelle Gray-Reeds]

Shannelle was happy that he was honest with her, she never lied to him either, but to hear him be honest about things like this, especially meant a lot. She wasn’t scared, not at all, she actually calmed down a little, because it made her realize they were both new to this and they were both scared for what would happen in the near future.

Shannelle enjoyed the arm around her waist and saw him look at her stomach for a moment, which was flat for at least a couple more months and laughed. ”Yeah, but the entire world doesn’t need to hear that.” She said, teasingly. She realized that because they’d had sex so often, that it really shouldn’t have had to surprise her that she was pregnant now, she just never imagined her to have been able to as a werewolf.

When he said that it wasn’t a problem for him either, she smiled and nodded. ”Good.” She said softly, before she kissed him back and smiled when she felt the hand on hers that she had on her stomach, but felt him sneak it under hers onto her stomach, which made her chuckle a little. ”Yes, we are.” She said, slowly starting to smile more broadly as well. She then nodded and smiled, as she looked at him, when he pulled him closer. ”I know what you’re thinking, we probably shouldn’t do that.” She said as she moved away slightly, after giving him an affectionate peck on the lips and getting to her feet. ”But, we should get home, or tell people, I don’t know, should we tell Daryl and Merry?”