i'm just thinkin' bout you

“Yes, I think that counts,” she replied with a light laugh, happy when he held her hand. “Good, or else I’ll get baby B to wake you up. But maybe if you went to bed at a normal hour you wouldn’t be so tired.”

“Oh no! I guess you’ll have to find something else to love about me,” Viv replied teasingly, brushing her hand against his. “At least you’re one of the two. Do you want to go get something?”

Viv laughed, rolling her eyes again. “Don’t tell me the only reason you want to marry me is because of my very secret necrophilia kink,” she replied jokingly. “But actually I would like you to be very alive and very awake when we get married.”

“Not really. I miss him too.” Viv figured that Niko was probably missing them, as well. “Really?” She asked with a laugh. “Well it’s a good thing you don’t have to die, then.” She smiled when he kissed her hair. “I can’t go around marrying a dead guy.”

“That’s true! We’ll show him how much fun he’s missing.” Viv was surprised when he asked her if they had to wait to get married, laughing a little. “No, we don’t have to wait for that. We can do that anytime.”

“Aw, that’s true. He would have liked to be here for this,” Viv replied, knowing Niko would have been very good at entertaining the baby. When he mentioned her wanting to establish her career, she nodded. “Exactly. That’s fine, right?” She figured it was. After all, her mother had done the same thing.

Viv laughed, knowing that she wouldn’t have taken it back anyway. “All right, I guess since it’s already been said then there is nothing I can do.” When he explained about his sister, she nodded, figuring that made sense. “Well we’ll both figure it out, then. It can’t be so hard.” She wasn’t so surprised when his question about kids came up, figuring it would have happened sooner or later. “Yeah...I do. I’m not like dying to have kids, but I want them at some point.”

Viv laughed, rolling her eyes playfully. “Maybe I’ll have to take that back,” she teased. “Yeah, that’s what I was thinking too. Never really changed a baby before, but I guess now’s a good time to start as any.” She figured this was probably good practice, and she wasn’t going to waste it.

“I like baby B too.” Maybe she could just stick with it. “I think you make a good point. All babies are definitely sweet. I guess I just expected her to be upset. I’m glad she’s not, though.” She already loved this baby, and she already knew she would enjoy taking care of her.

“Okay, you’re right. Maybe I should come up with a better nickname...” Vivienne figured that she could just keep calling the baby Beitris. Or maybe Tris. “I know, I probably shouldn’t have said it. But she is! She’s just so sweet.”

Viv laughed, reaching down and scratching behind Bear’s ear. “Not you, B. Baby B.” She pushed the pram out the door, waiting in the hall until Dorian had closed and locked the door. “I don’t mean to speak too soon, but isn’t she just the best baby? She seems so content.”

Vivienne took over pram duties while Dorian put Bear on his leash. “Are you ready to go, B?” She asked the baby, making faces at her. “I think everyone is ready to go,” she said, pushing the pram towards the door.

Beitris squealed in delight, clearly enjoying the way Dorian was playing with her. “I wasn’t planning on going overboard... Just a few things.” Well, that wasn’t exactly true. But she was mainly planning on doing overboard on finding her different clothes. “I think we might as well bring him along too,” she replied with a smile.

Vivienne smiled, watching as the baby giggled as she bounced in Dorian’s arms. “Sure! I don’t think they included any toys, so maybe we could find her something to play with.” She smiled, rolling the pram into the room, the diaper bag where the baby would go. “That’s so true,” she replied with a laugh.