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She chuckled and smiled a bit, blowing some hair on the back of his head to ruffle his hair. "Alright... Good. I want you happy. You're one of my best friends in Bayville.", she said. He rolled his eyes. “Other than like Alec how many best friends do you have in Bayville? Which some might not count him because he's like the not blood related uncle.”, he teased pressing a little harder rubbing her back. She oohed happily and smiled, enjoying him rubbing her back. "I get along with people I work with. And I like my siblings.", she retorted. He laughed a little continuing what he was doing putting additional pressure to work out kinks. He'd done this to Leslie who stood most of her day at the vet clinic. “Gina I'm okay with. Alexander, no offense, can go to hell along with the psycho he calls a girlfriend “, Merrick said simply. "I know I know," she said with a chuckle. "But he's good to me, as a little brother. Oooh I hate his girlfriend though. But technically, she knows him better than me. Ooh- Left, left.", she requested enjoying his touch. “Yeah.. Fine I'll give him credit he never acted like a shit brother. She doesn't like you for the same reason she doesn't like Geri, probably holds contempt for Gina and your mom too. You are all women that Alexander could potentially side with if you disagree with her.”, Merrick explained moving his hand to the left and finding the trouble spot. She moaned softly and shivered under his hand, closing her eyes. "Ooh keep talking, losing ability for woooords.", she sighed happily. Merrick laughed. “Told you good with my hands.”, he teased taking his hand away and sat up. “Come on lay on your stomach..”, he instructed. She blinked then nodded, rolling onto her stomach. “'I've done this a few times in my life. Le.. Leslie was a vet so she was on her get all day. So I'd rub her back at after work or after she'd taken a bath or shower. When I was younger I was the one mom went to sheet dealing web ask the kids, she ran the academy daycare.”, he explained using both hands starting at her shoulders and neck moving lower.

She nodded, recognizing the name. But she wasn't going to talk about her. It was a big step for him to say her name, even with the pause. "Ooh you are good..", she smiled and closed her eyes. She was just wearing silk pajama shorts and a tank-top. She was thin, built like her mother to be relatively uninteresting body wise. “Thanks. I also have been known to rub feet. Kind of weird but I blame your dad. Part of his training was pressure points. With that knowledge its more than just what points can cause pain or numbness but also points that relieve stress, prompt health of certain body parts, and then points that release certain endorphins.”, he explained still massaging moving lower to the shoulders then middle if her back. Zoe smiled and melted under his hands. "Aw, Merrick. Moments like these make me wish our siblings weren't dating.", she teased. "Attracted man on my bed behind me running his hands on my back?", she smirked looking at him over her shoulder. He chuckled. “Uh huh. If you listen to Nana Hazel of my many rules that one is the dumbest.”, he said with a roll of his eyes. "Really?", she asked. "Aw. She must really like me.", Zoe smiled. “Yes well uncle Adien and Blake married a set of twin sisters at her suggestion.”, he stated. She chuckled a bit. "Not exactly a bad thing.", she said. She closed her eyes and relaxed as he kept massaging, moaning softly. “No. I suppose not. I mean aunt Lilith is kind of a bitch and has some scary Pandora's box biblical type powers. Aunt Eve was always nice. She's human, the only one in the academy.”, he said smirking at the moan rubbing lower. She lifted her hips, biting her lower lip and pressing into his hand. It was hard not to. It just felt good. “Enjoying yourself hellraiser?”, he teased pressing down with his thumbs in clockwise circles at her lower back.

"Mmhmmmmm.." She smiled. "Makes me wish you were around to do this more.", she sighed. “Yes well who knows how many times I'm going to need to get drunk or just want to avoid the house and anywhere that Jenna could locate me during the next seven months or so.”, he said moving to her right leg, skipping her butt as that could get awkward. She mmhed and put her hips down, enjoying him rubbing her leg. Ah yes, he wasn't flirting. He was just massaging. "My place is always open to you, Merrick.", she offered “I'll keep that in mind. But might require a larger bed. Maybe one that one can fit two actual people. Sleeping in animal form is easy enough but staying in a form to line does a number on me. Thus the cat eyes and such when I first woke up.”, he explained. "I thought the eyes were cute.", she said with a smile. "And you leaning into my hand was sweet.", she commented. “Yeah the whole animal side effects so have their charms.”, he teased working down her bare legs. “Jesus your legs are soft I give you credit.”, he commented "Shave and lotion every day.", she smiled. He continued with the massage doing his best to not let it become sexual though the little noises she kept making weren’t helping that. "You're being cruel.", she smirked looking over at him as he was massaging her feet. Merrick smirked. “Oh I'm being cruel to you is it? How do you think I feel? Getting my hands on you and you keep making those noises.”, Merrick countered. It was kind of killing him to be giving her this massage and not let it be sexual. She chuckled softly. "But it doesn't bother you enough to stop.”, she looked at him and smirked softly. "Stupid rule...", she grumbled. “It bothers me. But I'm capable of not letting hormones fully control my actions.”, he said finishing rubbing the massage and laying back down on his side. “After all I'm not completely an animal who just does what nature tells him.”, he said.

She smiled a bit. "Oh, I know that.", she chuckled and rolled onto her side to face him, rubbing his side gently. “I'm at least well trained in that aspect. Stopping myself when I'm told to stop. Just odd to be the one telling me to stop.”, he smirked. She chuckled and leaned over, kissing his forehead. "You can go back to sleep if you want.", she suggested. “Unless I can just sleep till April don't see the point. Not really tired at the moment. Have too much going on in my head.”, he said with a shrug. She shrugged, rubbing his side more. "Unfortunately you can't do that. So what are you going to do?", she asked. “Technically I could just turn into a bear and go hibernate till spring.”, he countered with a laugh the it was a novel thought. “Keep breathing, keep working, get ready for the pup and daily remind myself that as much as I want nothing to do with Jenna I have to deal with her.”, he replied. "And that you're not alone.", she said. “Yeah that too.”, he sighed and moved some of her hair behind her ear. She smiled a bit and looked at him, before having a momentary lapse of judgment. Zoe leaned forward, kissing the man gently. Merrick blinked a bit surprised that she kissed him. He considered pulling back but some habits were hard to break and he kissed back letting the hand that had moved her head hold the back of her head. Zoe mmhed softly into the kiss and smiled, tilting her head and leaning into it. Her hands moved to his sides and squeezed gently.

Merrick pulled back, having to tell himself to stop, from the kiss. “Um... So..”, Merrick said trying to assess the situation. Zoe blinked then leaned back, chuckling softly. "Mio Dio," she said softly. "Sorry, just wanted to.”, she added. ‘'Mio dio’?”,He questioned. “You know using Italian is unfair.”, he stated."It is sort of an... 'Oh my god'," she said, chuckling. “Ah. Okay. That in a good way or the shock "oh crap kissed my best friend" way?”, he asked still not having moved his hand from the back if her head. "The, 'oh god he kisses as good as he massages', way.", Zoe explained. Merrick chuckled a little and rolled his eyes. “Shouldn't have done it though…”, Merrick sighed. She raised an eyebrow. "And why is that?", she questioned. “Well a couple reasons. My rule for one. The whole baby situation for another.”, he explained rubbing his lips together before kissing her again a bit more firmly than she'd initially kissed him but shorter as well pulling back. "Baby situation doesn't bother me. But your rules are things I know you don't want to b- Mmnh!", she started to speak but was cut off by his lips. She smiled at the firm kiss, squeezing his sides and closing her eyes in the brief kiss. “And cause it's a damn slippery slope.”, he added. "Yeah I guess it is…”, she licked her lips and smiled at him slightly. “I've been compared once to Pringles chips in the aspect you never can eat just one chip.”, he said with a smirk. "Never had Pringles.", she said. "But I know great guys are addicting.", she added. “Well at least analogy not fully lost then. I apparently have that effect. Obviously, I guess given my track record. Though some women aren't good with addiction... case in point Jenna.”, he said with a small laugh his fingers lightly moving through her hair in the back if her head.

"Jenna is crazy.", she chuckled and closed her eyes, leaning her head into his hand. "Feels good... I don't know if I'm addicting. No one has ever really come back.", she said. “That's true she is. She apparently needs rehab and guess going forward she is going cold turkey against her wishes. Because I have zero intention of touching her during this pregnancy or after.”, he said with a smile watching her reaction. “See every person has those animal qualities I have just not as pronounced.”, he commented. “Well apparently boys in Florence are dumb.”, he stated. "I suppose. Most boys want more than a pretty face. They want large breasts and a nice ass. And I have a nice ass, but it is tiny. And breasts? Pah.”, she chuckled. Merrick shrugged. “Never been the picky type in that regards. Granted I'll admit a good size ass is nice. Something to squeeze during sex.”, he said before looking down at her chest then back up. “They aren't nonexistent.”, he commented. She rolled her eyes. "Thanks. With the right shirt I can look like a girly-boy," she said. Merrick laughed shaking his head. “You don't look like a boy.”, Merrick defended bringing his hand down from her hair and moved over the curve of her body. “Guys don't have curves.”, he stated

She chuckled and smiled a bit. "No, guess they don’t. They have interesting forms of their own though," she said, tracing designs on his chest. Merrick smirked looking down at her finger moving over his shirt. “I suppose. Though like women, men aren't all identical in their shape either.”, he said looking back at her face letting his hand stay on her hip. She chuckled and laid her head on the pillow, smiling at him. "Slippery slope indeed.", she agreed. “And people question why I have so many rules.”, he smiled rubbing her hip. "Sorry I broke one of your rules, I just really, really want to.", she apologized. “Well the rule mostly is worded in regards to having sex with women related to someone one of my family members is with. So you only infringed on the rule not exactly breaking. Of course if I did what's in my head that'd be breaking the rule and probably this feeble bed.”, he explained. She blinked then smirked a bit. "And what is in your head?", she asked curious now. Merrick shook his head. “Don't really need to say. I think saying it would break my rule and your bed said enough.”, he said "Aw what if i wanted details?", she teased. Merrick smirked. “You don't want the details. That would definitely make this a much slipperier of a slope. I find telling someone what I'd do trends to make them want me to just follow through. Which circumstances different wild be a reason to tell you.”, he explained.

"I'm the unluckiest girl in the world.", Zoe shook her head and smiled. Merrick laughed pulling her the ring bit closer that the bed allowed by her hip. “I'm sure there are women worse off in the world.”, he smirked. "Nope. Because I don't get the delicious looking man laying on my bed, because my sister gets her Bryant-Frost.", she smirked at him. Merrick rolled his eyes. “It's not even just our siblings, Zoe, that keep me from breaking that rule.”, he said absent mindedly letting his hand rub her hip and move around to just rest on her small butt. She blinked a bit and looked at him. "Wait, really?", she frowned. "Then what is it?", she asked. “Well for one you're my best friend. I've never had a female friend I'm not related to. Generally speaking good looking women not related to me are open game in regards to the bedroom or wherever. So I don't want to lose having you as that. And seriously I'm not the guy you want to lose your virginity to.”, he explained his hand starting to absently rub at her ass. “You know you do have an ass and it's not a bad one.”, he commented. "Awww Merrick, you're giving me the 'I just want to be friends', talk," she said. "How sweet.”, she chuckled then mmhed. "Your hands really are good.", she commented. “I don't know if it's just the just friends talk. I've never given one. I'd have to ask Landon how that speech goes since he gave it to Rose.”, he sighed a little thinking about Rose. “Anyways. It's just a I don't think I can risk having sex with you and what it could do to what we have at the moment type talk.”, he explained. “Thanks. And just imagine right now you've got clothes on so that kind of changes how things feel.”, he winked

"Oh you bastard stop making me want to pin you down and break my bed." She shook her head and sat up, smiling softly as he mentioned Rose. She’d seen how he was with Rose, he wouldn't admit but he was in love. "Then we won't risk it. We're important to each other, you're my best friend. You won't lose me ever, stubborn mule.", she sighed. Merrick raised an eyebrow as she sat up his hand ending up on her thigh. “You calling me a stubborn mule or yourself?”, he teased. She chuckled and looked down at him, his hand on her bare thigh. "Merrick. I really, really, really do want you," she said softly. "And I can be a friend to a lover, or ex-lover. But we do not know if you can.", she explained. “That's true. I don't know if I could. I mean with Rose it started with making out then that turned into wild sex, and somehow with having known each other as long as we had.... And everything I knew about her and she about me it became friends. But you're different. We started as friends, granted flirt friends but friends.”, he said his hand rubbing lightly at her thigh. "I'll survive. Maybe not be satisfied, but I'll survive.", she smiled a bit then reached over, ruffling his hair. Merrick rolled his eyes. “So what are we establishing the lines to be? Want to know where those are too not cross.”, he asking as he squeezed her thigh a little moving slightly higher but staying just below the edge if the shorts.

“Like is that allowed?”, he asked teasing a little. He knew it was probably a line he shouldn’t cross but at the moment he didn’t exactly care. "Don't let me establish the lines. If you do, there won't be any.”, she rolled her eyes. “Well you're a lot of help. General rule of thumb I go by is ladies choice letting the girl set the limits if how far I go before they tell me to heel.”, he laughed shaking his head. "Aww Merrick has to set his own limits. I'm just a bundle of new experiences!", she teased. Merrick rolled his eyes. “Bundle of something.... Not accustomed to setting limits. I mean I make my rules. Which my rule that you fall into says I can't have sex with you. Which in my mind means fourth base if you use the baseball analogy. Do they use that in Italy?”, he asked still running her thigh. "No, not really. So...the rule is no sex. Does that mean first through third are in the green?", she chuckled softly. Merrick shrugged a little. “Do you even know the bases?”,he asked "Nope." She smirked and moved, putting her hands on the bed on each of his sides, hovering over him. "Teach me?", she requested. Merrick chuckled a little rolling to his back when she moved. “This bed is way too small for second and third... but can start with first base.”, he said cupping the right side if face leaning up kissing her pressing his thumb on her jaw line.

Alright so deciding to start cross that friend line with Zoe wasn’t probably a good idea, but he wasn’t going to have sex with he and to him that at least meant something. He ended up telling Jada and Karli he wouldn’t be available anymore as he was going to focus on getting ready for this baby. Neither were thrilled with this answer but both took it well enough as both accepted that his kid should be his priority. However neither were aware that he spent random nights with Zoe sometimes making out and after he’d finished building her a queen size bedroom set showed her exactly what second and third were. Her ‘Uncle’ had figured out there was something going on between them having to walk past her apartment door every night to reach his own apartment. And occasionally he’d walk past and hear moans and animal sounds. Alec didn’t want to ask but one morning while making the breads and pastas he had the back door open and saw Merrick coming out the back door. “Merrick?”, Alec asked. Merrick stopped and looked at Alec opening his car door with a smile. “Morning Mister D’Amour.”, Merrick said a bit chipper having just had a rather fun review of what third base is. “Do I want to know what’s going on in my niece’s apartment?”, Alec asked Merrick smirked. “Probably not sire. But if it puts your mind at ease I’m not fucking her. Now if you’ll excuse me I’m supposed to go to a doctor appointment with the baby mama.”, Merrick said getting in the car without another word and pulling away. Alec sighed shaking his head and returned to work.

He’d tried to not think about Rose during all this. But she was always there in his mind. He knew if he wanted he could probably be happy with Zoe. Zoe didn’t care about the pending baby and there was obviously an attraction between them and they got along so that it wasn’t always about being physical when he came to see her. But he couldn’t bring himself to try for more with Zoe and he didn’t want to admit it but it was because of Rose. Which was possibly why he wouldn’t break his rule and just go all the way with Zoe. Rose’s was the last virginity he’d taken and he wanted to keep it that way. When the bombshell of Jenna being pregnant and how soon after Rose had left that it happened hit him he felt the worst kind of guilt. So he decided that as of right now he wasn’t going to have sex with anyone. At least till he could bring himself to face Rose and tell her what had happened and see where he stood with her. Jenna didn’t seem to notice or at least care that he was keeping arms length distance from her. She somehow felt that because he was still there and being part of this he wanted to be with her. He showed up at the midwife office that Jenna currently went to and parked seeing Jenna waiting on the stairs. “Merrick! You made it!”, Jenna said with a bright smile. Merrick rolled his eyes. “It’s an appointment about the baby, so yeah. I want to meet these people that you think are going to deliver the baby. Remember you agreed if I don’t like them I can offer a suggestion for an alternative.”, Merrick reminded as they walked inside.

They got called into the room and they did all the normal checks and even got out the doppler to listen to the heart beat. Merrick didn’t need the Doppler he’d been hearing the strong growing heartbeat of the baby for weeks now. But this was the first time Jenna got to hear it and she was all smiles and tears listening. After that part of the appointment they sat down to talk with the midwife. “So Mister Bryant-Frost, Jenna said you had some concerns and questions you wanted to address. We are always happy to see young father’s interested and active in this process.”, she said looking at him. “Alright you are a midwife, which means this would happen at the local hospital. What happens if there is a complication? You obviously aren’t allowed to perform a csection.”, Merrick questioned. “A local doctor we are associated with a the hospital would step in if a csection becomes required or an emergency situation occurred.”, she explained. “And being born at the local hospital…granted it’s a very low risk thing… but it could happen...so what happens if the baby is born with a mutation?”, Merrick asked. This was the most important thing to him. He wasn’t going to come right out and say he and his family were mutants and that’s why he was concerned. “Well per hospital regulations any time a child is born with signs of a mutation it is documented and reported to the government when the birth certificate is sent in for the social security card. “, she explained. Merrick snorted at that answer and stood up. Jenna raised an eyebrow. “Merrick? It’s not going to be an issue anyways for our baby. Plus it’s hospital regulations, mutant registration if very important and eventually it’ll get passed and there will no longer be a doubt of who is or isn’t a mutant.”, Jenna said. Merrick swallowed back a growl. “We disagree on that subject. You fill out an application the questions about your religion, sexual orientation, gender, and ethnicity are all optional and identifying oneself as a mutant shouldn’t be forced given the violence that happens against those that do. Come on Jenna. I want you to speak with a different doctor.”, Merrick said just walking out of the office. Jenna quickly on his heels.

“Merrick? Why is it such a big deal to you, the mutant thing and who the doctor is?”, Jenna asked. “It’s a big deal because I know mutants and they aren’t bad and deserve the same respect and privacy as anyone else. As for the doctor I want someone I trust with my child’s life.”, He said opening the door to his car. “Get in.”, he said. Jenna blinked. “Um and who do you trust then?”, Jenna asked getting into the car. “Hamilton Medical Clinic.”, Merrick stated shutting the door and getting in and pulling out. “Hamilton Medical Clinic? But why?”, she asked. “Because Doctor Mikali Hamilton is the man who delivered me and my sisters. He’s also the co-owner of the Draven with my older brother and cousin so he’s a close family friend. So I would prefer my child be born where I was by people who delivered me and can handle any complication.”, Merrick explained. “Aww Merrick. That’s so sweet. You want our baby to have the same doctor you did.”, she said smiling placing a hand on his arm as they arrived at the clinic. “If they can take me on as a patient and accept my insurance I’ll happily switch if this means that much to you.”, Jenna assured. Merrick nodded. “It does.”, he said simply walking inside. Kisa was at the counter and blinked seeing Merrick. “What happened this time?”, Kisa asked looking him over not seeing any blood. “Nice to see you too Doctor Kearney, but I’m here with Jenna. Kind of hoping that you or Doctor Hamilton would be able to maybe take her on as a patient for the pregnancy.”, Merrick explained stepping aside so she could see Jenna. Kisa blinked and looked from Merrick to Jenna. She could easily sense the small growing life in the girl’s womb. “So you are ten weeks along.”, Kisa stated. Jenna blinked. “Um yes how do you know?”, Jenna asked.

Kisa smiled softly. “I’m very good at my job young lady. Let me see what we have for openings. Always happy to bring another Bryant into the world. This would make the sixth.”, Kisa said pulling up her calendar. “Sixth?”, Jenna asked. “Yeah. They delivered my cousins Landon and Cora Lee along with me and my triplet sisters Lily and Josalyn. My younger siblings were home births.”, Merrick explained. “You two are in luck I’ve got room in my schedule that I can take on Jenna as a patient. How about you two come back and I can set up the ultra sound machine. At ten weeks we can get a good look at the baby and check on its development.”, Kisa said heading to a back room handing Jenna a clipboard. “Fill this out.”, Kisa added. “We can see it, like now? My midwife wasn’t going to schedule me for another ultrasound till twenty weeks when we can find out the gender. You have the equipment here?”, Jenna asked curious following writing the information down. Kisa nodded. “We do everything in house here. And I’d just like to get a quick look and make sure the new Bryant-Frost is looking good. We will have to wait another ten weeks to know gender of course.”, Kisa said turning the lights on and starting up the ultrasound machine. Jenna handed Merrick the clipboard and laid down lifting up her shirt and unfastening her jeans enough for the gold jelly to go on remembering from the last time she had one. Merrick looked at the screen as Kisa started moving the wand like item over Jenna’s still mostly flat stomach. And there it was. A baby; a head, two eyes, two ears, a nose, a mouth, two arms, tend fingers, two legs, and ten toes. It looked perfect.

“And there’s the new Bryant-Frost. Looking very good and healthy for ten weeks now you are certain you are ten weeks?”, Kisa asked. Jenna nodded. “Yes based on my last menstrual and when we’ve had sex. Would have been conceived on or just after July 10th. Why?”, Jenna asked. “Hmm well it’s a tad bigger. But I suppose that must be something it had inherited from Merrick. He was the larger of the triplets and well any Bryant. Just looks a bit further along but no worries.”, Kisa said. Jenna looked over to Merrick and smiled her soft brown eyes looking over his broad shoulders and general size. “Yeah if it’s a boy he’s going to be a giant.”, Jenna commented. While Jenna was distracted Kisa blinked looking at the monitor as the baby changed before her eyes to have a tail, a snout, and well a general canine appearance. Kisa quickly got the photo and turned the monitor off. “Alright so I’ll print those pictures off for you and we’ll schedule something for ten weeks from now and you just give us a call if you have any concerns in the mean time.”, Kisa said handing a towel to Jenna to clean up. “Merrick can I borrow you while Jenna cleans up.”, Kisa said grabbing Merrick’s arm before he could say anything and took him out into the hall holding the print out of the ultrasound. “You came here because you are worried about a mutant baby huh? Did you already know?”, Kisa asked whispering. “Did I already know what?”, Merrick whispered back. Kisa held up the photos and the last image which was a puppy. Merrick blinked. “Oh shit… no I didn’t know. So my powers are present. Did she see this?”, Merrick asked. Kisa shook her head and ripped that picture off. “If she doesn’t know yet about you, well you better tell her or hope it’s human when it comes out. For now just keep that to yourself.”, Kisa said. Jenna walked out all smiles. “So where are the pictures?”, she asked cheerfully. Merrick pocketed the picture of the puppy and handed her the rest of the pictures. “Awww we are going to have such a cute baby.”, Jenna gushed. Merrick nodded. “Yeah…alright well thanks Doctor Kearney. We’ll see you next time.”, Merrick said escorting Jenna out and taking her home.

Merrick kept the puppy ultrasound and a couple of the human ones and went to the Haven and showed the pictures to his parents, Sebastian, and the other residents. All agreed with Kisa that he needed to tell Jenna about him being a mutant before that baby is born looking like a wolf. To him it was just irony that the baby had a wolf form. He’d argued the week before with Jenna about baby names. He wanted to name a boy Faelan Christian and she wanted Robert Joseph then they argued over girl names he said he wanted Cana Willow and she wanted Mary Martha. He had wanted Faelan and Cana having to do with wolf, which was both a nod to his powers, his business but also to Rose. They couldn’t agree on the girl name but he’d gotten her to concede on the boy. But now knowing his child would be born a mutant he started working on the nursery furniture. He built the crib, dresser, rocking chair, changing table and a wolf theme mobile out of solid birch. It was rather easy to get Zoe and her mom to do a mural in the nursery across the hall from his bedroom at the Haven based on a panoramic photo he’d taken in the small clearing of the property he’d purchased just at dusk. The end result was amazing and he made the DeLucas sign the work. And with the natural stained rustic birch furniture looked rather at home in the room.

At twenty weeks it was confirmed, thankfully the baby stayed in human form for this ultrasound, that it was going to be a boy. Zoe and Malcolm worked together on throwing a baby shower at the Haven. Still no one told Rose all figuring that was Merrick’s job not theirs. The baby shower had gone well enough, if not slightly awkwardly for Merrick. With Zoe and Nana Hazel there along with Jenna there were moments of weirdness. Nana Hazel was polite enough to Jenna, but Merrick knew like every other Frost relatives there were only being polite on the surface because she expecting his child. Which in a way he was grateful they could chock back their hate of humans for the sake of his unborn son. And he was also careful in how he acted with Zoe as their unique friendship was really public knowledge. He explained about a dozen times what was with the name Faelan, none thought twice about the middle name as it is his father’s first and young brother’s middle names. Though when he told people that Faelan means ‘little wolf’ a few raised an eyebrow having heard him use that phrase when talking to Rose. But those who saw that connection kept that to themselves not wanting to cause an upset at the party. And then finally as if by some deity of humor Faelan was born on April 1st, 2028.

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She chuckled and smiled a bit, blowing some hair on the back of his head to ruffle his hair. "Alright... Good. I want you happy. You're one of my best friends in Bayville.", she said. He rolled his eyes. “Other than like Alec how many best friends do you have in Bayville? Which some might not count him because he's like the not blood related uncle.”, he teased pressing a little harder rubbing her back. She oohed happily and smiled, enjoying him rubbing her back. "I get along with people I work with. And I like my siblings.", she retorted. He laughed a little continuing what he was doing putting additional pressure to work out kinks. He'd done this to Leslie who stood most of her day at the vet clinic. “Gina I'm okay with. Alexander, no offense, can go to hell along with the psycho he calls a girlfriend “, Merrick said simply. "I know I know," she said with a chuckle. "But he's good to me, as a little brother. Oooh I hate his girlfriend though. But technically, she knows him better than me. Ooh- Left, left.", she requested enjoying his touch. “Yeah.. Fine I'll give him credit he never acted like a shit brother. She doesn't like you for the same reason she doesn't like Geri, probably holds contempt for Gina and your mom too. You are all women that Alexander could potentially side with if you disagree with her.”, Merrick explained moving his hand to the left and finding the trouble spot. She moaned softly and shivered under his hand, closing her eyes. "Ooh keep talking, losing ability for woooords.", she sighed happily. Merrick laughed. “Told you good with my hands.”, he teased taking his hand away and sat up. “Come on lay on your stomach..”, he instructed. She blinked then nodded, rolling onto her stomach. “'I've done this a few times in my life. Le.. Leslie was a vet so she was on her get all day. So I'd rub her back at after work or after she'd taken a bath or shower. When I was younger I was the one mom went to sheet dealing web ask the kids, she ran the academy daycare.”, he explained using both hands starting at her shoulders and neck moving lower.

She nodded, recognizing the name. But she wasn't going to talk about her. It was a big step for him to say her name, even with the pause. "Ooh you are good..", she smiled and closed her eyes. She was just wearing silk pajama shorts and a tank-top. She was thin, built like her mother to be relatively uninteresting body wise. “Thanks. I also have been known to rub feet. Kind of weird but I blame your dad. Part of his training was pressure points. With that knowledge its more than just what points can cause pain or numbness but also points that relieve stress, prompt health of certain body parts, and then points that release certain endorphins.”, he explained still massaging moving lower to the shoulders then middle if her back. Zoe smiled and melted under his hands. "Aw, Merrick. Moments like these make me wish our siblings weren't dating.", she teased. "Attracted man on my bed behind me running his hands on my back?", she smirked looking at him over her shoulder. He chuckled. “Uh huh. If you listen to Nana Hazel of my many rules that one is the dumbest.”, he said with a roll of his eyes. "Really?", she asked. "Aw. She must really like me.", Zoe smiled. “Yes well uncle Adien and Blake married a set of twin sisters at her suggestion.”, he stated. She chuckled a bit. "Not exactly a bad thing.", she said. She closed her eyes and relaxed as he kept massaging, moaning softly. “No. I suppose not. I mean aunt Lilith is kind of a bitch and has some scary Pandora's box biblical type powers. Aunt Eve was always nice. She's human, the only one in the academy.”, he said smirking at the moan rubbing lower. She lifted her hips, biting her lower lip and pressing into his hand. It was hard not to. It just felt good. “Enjoying yourself hellraiser?”, he teased pressing down with his thumbs in clockwise circles at her lower back.

"Mmhmmmmm.." She smiled. "Makes me wish you were around to do this more.", she sighed. “Yes well who knows how many times I'm going to need to get drunk or just want to avoid the house and anywhere that Jenna could locate me during the next seven months or so.”, he said moving to her right leg, skipping her butt as that could get awkward. She mmhed and put her hips down, enjoying him rubbing her leg. Ah yes, he wasn't flirting. He was just massaging. "My place is always open to you, Merrick.", she offered “I'll keep that in mind. But might require a larger bed. Maybe one that one can fit two actual people. Sleeping in animal form is easy enough but staying in a form to line does a number on me. Thus the cat eyes and such when I first woke up.”, he explained. "I thought the eyes were cute.", she said with a smile. "And you leaning into my hand was sweet.", she commented. “Yeah the whole animal side effects so have their charms.”, he teased working down her bare legs. “Jesus your legs are soft I give you credit.”, he commented "Shave and lotion every day.", she smiled. He continued with the massage doing his best to not let it become sexual though the little noises she kept making weren’t helping that. "You're being cruel.", she smirked looking over at him as he was massaging her feet. Merrick smirked. “Oh I'm being cruel to you is it? How do you think I feel? Getting my hands on you and you keep making those noises.”, Merrick countered. It was kind of killing him to be giving her this massage and not let it be sexual. She chuckled softly. "But it doesn't bother you enough to stop.”, she looked at him and smirked softly. "Stupid rule...", she grumbled. “It bothers me. But I'm capable of not letting hormones fully control my actions.”, he said finishing rubbing the massage and laying back down on his side. “After all I'm not completely an animal who just does what nature tells him.”, he said.

She smiled a bit. "Oh, I know that.", she chuckled and rolled onto her side to face him, rubbing his side gently. “I'm at least well trained in that aspect. Stopping myself when I'm told to stop. Just odd to be the one telling me to stop.”, he smirked. She chuckled and leaned over, kissing his forehead. "You can go back to sleep if you want.", she suggested. “Unless I can just sleep till April don't see the point. Not really tired at the moment. Have too much going on in my head.”, he said with a shrug. She shrugged, rubbing his side more. "Unfortunately you can't do that. So what are you going to do?", she asked. “Technically I could just turn into a bear and go hibernate till spring.”, he countered with a laugh the it was a novel thought. “Keep breathing, keep working, get ready for the pup and daily remind myself that as much as I want nothing to do with Jenna I have to deal with her.”, he replied. "And that you're not alone.", she said. “Yeah that too.”, he sighed and moved some of her hair behind her ear. She smiled a bit and looked at him, before having a momentary lapse of judgment. Zoe leaned forward, kissing the man gently. Merrick blinked a bit surprised that she kissed him. He considered pulling back but some habits were hard to break and he kissed back letting the hand that had moved her head hold the back of her head. Zoe mmhed softly into the kiss and smiled, tilting her head and leaning into it. Her hands moved to his sides and squeezed gently.

Merrick pulled back, having to tell himself to stop, from the kiss. “Um... So..”, Merrick said trying to assess the situation. Zoe blinked then leaned back, chuckling softly. "Mio Dio," she said softly. "Sorry, just wanted to.”, she added. ‘'Mio dio’?”,He questioned. “You know using Italian is unfair.”, he stated."It is sort of an... 'Oh my god'," she said, chuckling. “Ah. Okay. That in a good way or the shock "oh crap kissed my best friend" way?”, he asked still not having moved his hand from the back if her head. "The, 'oh god he kisses as good as he massages', way.", Zoe explained. Merrick chuckled a little and rolled his eyes. “Shouldn't have done it though…”, Merrick sighed. She raised an eyebrow. "And why is that?", she questioned. “Well a couple reasons. My rule for one. The whole baby situation for another.”, he explained rubbing his lips together before kissing her again a bit more firmly than she'd initially kissed him but shorter as well pulling back. "Baby situation doesn't bother me. But your rules are things I know you don't want to b- Mmnh!", she started to speak but was cut off by his lips. She smiled at the firm kiss, squeezing his sides and closing her eyes in the brief kiss. “And cause it's a damn slippery slope.”, he added. "Yeah I guess it is…”, she licked her lips and smiled at him slightly. “I've been compared once to Pringles chips in the aspect you never can eat just one chip.”, he said with a smirk. "Never had Pringles.", she said. "But I know great guys are addicting.", she added. “Well at least analogy not fully lost then. I apparently have that effect. Obviously, I guess given my track record. Though some women aren't good with addiction... case in point Jenna.”, he said with a small laugh his fingers lightly moving through her hair in the back if her head.

"Jenna is crazy.", she chuckled and closed her eyes, leaning her head into his hand. "Feels good... I don't know if I'm addicting. No one has ever really come back.", she said. “That's true she is. She apparently needs rehab and guess going forward she is going cold turkey against her wishes. Because I have zero intention of touching her during this pregnancy or after.”, he said with a smile watching her reaction. “See every person has those animal qualities I have just not as pronounced.”, he commented. “Well apparently boys in Florence are dumb.”, he stated. "I suppose. Most boys want more than a pretty face. They want large breasts and a nice ass. And I have a nice ass, but it is tiny. And breasts? Pah.”, she chuckled. Merrick shrugged. “Never been the picky type in that regards. Granted I'll admit a good size ass is nice. Something to squeeze during sex.”, he said before looking down at her chest then back up. “They aren't nonexistent.”, he commented. She rolled her eyes. "Thanks. With the right shirt I can look like a girly-boy," she said. Merrick laughed shaking his head. “You don't look like a boy.”, Merrick defended bringing his hand down from her hair and moved over the curve of her body. “Guys don't have curves.”, he stated

She chuckled and smiled a bit. "No, guess they don’t. They have interesting forms of their own though," she said, tracing designs on his chest. Merrick smirked looking down at her finger moving over his shirt. “I suppose. Though like women, men aren't all identical in their shape either.”, he said looking back at her face letting his hand stay on her hip. She chuckled and laid her head on the pillow, smiling at him. "Slippery slope indeed.", she agreed. “And people question why I have so many rules.”, he smiled rubbing her hip. "Sorry I broke one of your rules, I just really, really want to.", she apologized. “Well the rule mostly is worded in regards to having sex with women related to someone one of my family members is with. So you only infringed on the rule not exactly breaking. Of course if I did what's in my head that'd be breaking the rule and probably this feeble bed.”, he explained. She blinked then smirked a bit. "And what is in your head?", she asked curious now. Merrick shook his head. “Don't really need to say. I think saying it would break my rule and your bed said enough.”, he said "Aw what if i wanted details?", she teased. Merrick smirked. “You don't want the details. That would definitely make this a much slipperier of a slope. I find telling someone what I'd do trends to make them want me to just follow through. Which circumstances different wild be a reason to tell you.”, he explained.

"I'm the unluckiest girl in the world.", Zoe shook her head and smiled. Merrick laughed pulling her the ring bit closer that the bed allowed by her hip. “I'm sure there are women worse off in the world.”, he smirked. "Nope. Because I don't get the delicious looking man laying on my bed, because my sister gets her Bryant-Frost.", she smirked at him. Merrick rolled his eyes. “It's not even just our siblings, Zoe, that keep me from breaking that rule.”, he said absent mindedly letting his hand rub her hip and move around to just rest on her small butt. She blinked a bit and looked at him. "Wait, really?", she frowned. "Then what is it?", she asked. “Well for one you're my best friend. I've never had a female friend I'm not related to. Generally speaking good looking women not related to me are open game in regards to the bedroom or wherever. So I don't want to lose having you as that. And seriously I'm not the guy you want to lose your virginity to.”, he explained his hand starting to absently rub at her ass. “You know you do have an ass and it's not a bad one.”, he commented. "Awww Merrick, you're giving me the 'I just want to be friends', talk," she said. "How sweet.”, she chuckled then mmhed. "Your hands really are good.", she commented. “I don't know if it's just the just friends talk. I've never given one. I'd have to ask Landon how that speech goes since he gave it to Rose.”, he sighed a little thinking about Rose. “Anyways. It's just a I don't think I can risk having sex with you and what it could do to what we have at the moment type talk.”, he explained. “Thanks. And just imagine right now you've got clothes on so that kind of changes how things feel.”, he winked

"Oh you bastard stop making me want to pin you down and break my bed." She shook her head and sat up, smiling softly as he mentioned Rose. She’d seen how he was with Rose, he wouldn't admit but he was in love. "Then we won't risk it. We're important to each other, you're my best friend. You won't lose me ever, stubborn mule.", she sighed. Merrick raised an eyebrow as she sat up his hand ending up on her thigh. “You calling me a stubborn mule or yourself?”, he teased. She chuckled and looked down at him, his hand on her bare thigh. "Merrick. I really, really, really do want you," she said softly. "And I can be a friend to a lover, or ex-lover. But we do not know if you can.", she explained. “That's true. I don't know if I could. I mean with Rose it started with making out then that turned into wild sex, and somehow with having known each other as long as we had.... And everything I knew about her and she about me it became friends. But you're different. We started as friends, granted flirt friends but friends.”, he said his hand rubbing lightly at her thigh. "I'll survive. Maybe not be satisfied, but I'll survive.", she smiled a bit then reached over, ruffling his hair. Merrick rolled his eyes. “So what are we establishing the lines to be? Want to know where those are too not cross.”, he asking as he squeezed her thigh a little moving slightly higher but staying just below the edge if the shorts.

“Like is that allowed?”, he asked teasing a little. He knew it was probably a line he shouldn’t cross but at the moment he didn’t exactly care. "Don't let me establish the lines. If you do, there won't be any.”, she rolled her eyes. “Well you're a lot of help. General rule of thumb I go by is ladies choice letting the girl set the limits if how far I go before they tell me to heel.”, he laughed shaking his head. "Aww Merrick has to set his own limits. I'm just a bundle of new experiences!", she teased. Merrick rolled his eyes. “Bundle of something.... Not accustomed to setting limits. I mean I make my rules. Which my rule that you fall into says I can't have sex with you. Which in my mind means fourth base if you use the baseball analogy. Do they use that in Italy?”, he asked still running her thigh. "No, not really. So...the rule is no sex. Does that mean first through third are in the green?", she chuckled softly. Merrick shrugged a little. “Do you even know the bases?”,he asked "Nope." She smirked and moved, putting her hands on the bed on each of his sides, hovering over him. "Teach me?", she requested. Merrick chuckled a little rolling to his back when she moved. “This bed is way too small for second and third... but can start with first base.”, he said cupping the right side if face leaning up kissing her pressing his thumb on her jaw line.

Alright so deciding to start cross that friend line with Zoe wasn’t probably a good idea, but he wasn’t going to have sex with he and to him that at least meant something. He ended up telling Jada and Karli he wouldn’t be available anymore as he was going to focus on getting ready for this baby. Neither were thrilled with this answer but both took it well enough as both accepted that his kid should be his priority. However neither were aware that he spent random nights with Zoe sometimes making out and after he’d finished building her a queen size bedroom set showed her exactly what second and third were. Her ‘Uncle’ had figured out there was something going on between them having to walk past her apartment door every night to reach his own apartment. And occasionally he’d walk past and hear moans and animal sounds. Alec didn’t want to ask but one morning while making the breads and pastas he had the back door open and saw Merrick coming out the back door. “Merrick?”, Alec asked. Merrick stopped and looked at Alec opening his car door with a smile. “Morning Mister D’Amour.”, Merrick said a bit chipper having just had a rather fun review of what third base is. “Do I want to know what’s going on in my niece’s apartment?”, Alec asked Merrick smirked. “Probably not sire. But if it puts your mind at ease I’m not fucking her. Now if you’ll excuse me I’m supposed to go to a doctor appointment with the baby mama.”, Merrick said getting in the car without another word and pulling away. Alec sighed shaking his head and returned to work.

He’d tried to not think about Rose during all this. But she was always there in his mind. He knew if he wanted he could probably be happy with Zoe. Zoe didn’t care about the pending baby and there was obviously an attraction between them and they got along so that it wasn’t always about being physical when he came to see her. But he couldn’t bring himself to try for more with Zoe and he didn’t want to admit it but it was because of Rose. Which was possibly why he wouldn’t break his rule and just go all the way with Zoe. Rose’s was the last virginity he’d taken and he wanted to keep it that way. When the bombshell of Jenna being pregnant and how soon after Rose had left that it happened hit him he felt the worst kind of guilt. So he decided that as of right now he wasn’t going to have sex with anyone. At least till he could bring himself to face Rose and tell her what had happened and see where he stood with her. Jenna didn’t seem to notice or at least care that he was keeping arms length distance from her. She somehow felt that because he was still there and being part of this he wanted to be with her. He showed up at the midwife office that Jenna currently went to and parked seeing Jenna waiting on the stairs. “Merrick! You made it!”, Jenna said with a bright smile. Merrick rolled his eyes. “It’s an appointment about the baby, so yeah. I want to meet these people that you think are going to deliver the baby. Remember you agreed if I don’t like them I can offer a suggestion for an alternative.”, Merrick reminded as they walked inside.

They got called into the room and they did all the normal checks and even got out the doppler to listen to the heart beat. Merrick didn’t need the Doppler he’d been hearing the strong growing heartbeat of the baby for weeks now. But this was the first time Jenna got to hear it and she was all smiles and tears listening. After that part of the appointment they sat down to talk with the midwife. “So Mister Bryant-Frost, Jenna said you had some concerns and questions you wanted to address. We are always happy to see young father’s interested and active in this process.”, she said looking at him. “Alright you are a midwife, which means this would happen at the local hospital. What happens if there is a complication? You obviously aren’t allowed to perform a csection.”, Merrick questioned. “A local doctor we are associated with a the hospital would step in if a csection becomes required or an emergency situation occurred.”, she explained. “And being born at the local hospital…granted it’s a very low risk thing… but it could happen...so what happens if the baby is born with a mutation?”, Merrick asked. This was the most important thing to him. He wasn’t going to come right out and say he and his family were mutants and that’s why he was concerned. “Well per hospital regulations any time a child is born with signs of a mutation it is documented and reported to the government when the birth certificate is sent in for the social security card. “, she explained. Merrick snorted at that answer and stood up. Jenna raised an eyebrow. “Merrick? It’s not going to be an issue anyways for our baby. Plus it’s hospital regulations, mutant registration if very important and eventually it’ll get passed and there will no longer be a doubt of who is or isn’t a mutant.”, Jenna said. Merrick swallowed back a growl. “We disagree on that subject. You fill out an application the questions about your religion, sexual orientation, gender, and ethnicity are all optional and identifying oneself as a mutant shouldn’t be forced given the violence that happens against those that do. Come on Jenna. I want you to speak with a different doctor.”, Merrick said just walking out of the office. Jenna quickly on his heels.

“Merrick? Why is it such a big deal to you, the mutant thing and who the doctor is?”, Jenna asked. “It’s a big deal because I know mutants and they aren’t bad and deserve the same respect and privacy as anyone else. As for the doctor I want someone I trust with my child’s life.”, He said opening the door to his car. “Get in.”, he said. Jenna blinked. “Um and who do you trust then?”, Jenna asked getting into the car. “Hamilton Medical Clinic.”, Merrick stated shutting the door and getting in and pulling out. “Hamilton Medical Clinic? But why?”, she asked. “Because Doctor Mikali Hamilton is the man who delivered me and my sisters. He’s also the co-owner of the Draven with my older brother and cousin so he’s a close family friend. So I would prefer my child be born where I was by people who delivered me and can handle any complication.”, Merrick explained. “Aww Merrick. That’s so sweet. You want our baby to have the same doctor you did.”, she said smiling placing a hand on his arm as they arrived at the clinic. “If they can take me on as a patient and accept my insurance I’ll happily switch if this means that much to you.”, Jenna assured. Merrick nodded. “It does.”, he said simply walking inside. Kisa was at the counter and blinked seeing Merrick. “What happened this time?”, Kisa asked looking him over not seeing any blood. “Nice to see you too Doctor Kearney, but I’m here with Jenna. Kind of hoping that you or Doctor Hamilton would be able to maybe take her on as a patient for the pregnancy.”, Merrick explained stepping aside so she could see Jenna. Kisa blinked and looked from Merrick to Jenna. She could easily sense the small growing life in the girl’s womb. “So you are ten weeks along.”, Kisa stated. Jenna blinked. “Um yes how do you know?”, Jenna asked.

Kisa smiled softly. “I’m very good at my job young lady. Let me see what we have for openings. Always happy to bring another Bryant into the world. This would make the sixth.”, Kisa said pulling up her calendar. “Sixth?”, Jenna asked. “Yeah. They delivered my cousins Landon and Cora Lee along with me and my triplet sisters Lily and Josalyn. My younger siblings were home births.”, Merrick explained. “You two are in luck I’ve got room in my schedule that I can take on Jenna as a patient. How about you two come back and I can set up the ultra sound machine. At ten weeks we can get a good look at the baby and check on its development.”, Kisa said heading to a back room handing Jenna a clipboard. “Fill this out.”, Kisa added. “We can see it, like now? My midwife wasn’t going to schedule me for another ultrasound till twenty weeks when we can find out the gender. You have the equipment here?”, Jenna asked curious following writing the information down. Kisa nodded. “We do everything in house here. And I’d just like to get a quick look and make sure the new Bryant-Frost is looking good. We will have to wait another ten weeks to know gender of course.”, Kisa said turning the lights on and starting up the ultrasound machine. Jenna handed Merrick the clipboard and laid down lifting up her shirt and unfastening her jeans enough for the gold jelly to go on remembering from the last time she had one. Merrick looked at the screen as Kisa started moving the wand like item over Jenna’s still mostly flat stomach. And there it was. A baby; a head, two eyes, two ears, a nose, a mouth, two arms, tend fingers, two legs, and ten toes. It looked perfect.

“And there’s the new Bryant-Frost. Looking very good and healthy for ten weeks now you are certain you are ten weeks?”, Kisa asked. Jenna nodded. “Yes based on my last menstrual and when we’ve had sex. Would have been conceived on or just after July 10th. Why?”, Jenna asked. “Hmm well it’s a tad bigger. But I suppose that must be something it had inherited from Merrick. He was the larger of the triplets and well any Bryant. Just looks a bit further along but no worries.”, Kisa said. Jenna looked over to Merrick and smiled her soft brown eyes looking over his broad shoulders and general size. “Yeah if it’s a boy he’s going to be a giant.”, Jenna commented. While Jenna was distracted Kisa blinked looking at the monitor as the baby changed before her eyes to have a tail, a snout, and well a general canine appearance. Kisa quickly got the photo and turned the monitor off. “Alright so I’ll print those pictures off for you and we’ll schedule something for ten weeks from now and you just give us a call if you have any concerns in the mean time.”, Kisa said handing a towel to Jenna to clean up. “Merrick can I borrow you while Jenna cleans up.”, Kisa said grabbing Merrick’s arm before he could say anything and took him out into the hall holding the print out of the ultrasound. “You came here because you are worried about a mutant baby huh? Did you already know?”, Kisa asked whispering. “Did I already know what?”, Merrick whispered back. Kisa held up the photos and the last image which was a puppy. Merrick blinked. “Oh shit… no I didn’t know. So my powers are present. Did she see this?”, Merrick asked. Kisa shook her head and ripped that picture off. “If she doesn’t know yet about you, well you better tell her or hope it’s human when it comes out. For now just keep that to yourself.”, Kisa said. Jenna walked out all smiles. “So where are the pictures?”, she asked cheerfully. Merrick pocketed the picture of the puppy and handed her the rest of the pictures. “Awww we are going to have such a cute baby.”, Jenna gushed. Merrick nodded. “Yeah…alright well thanks Doctor Kearney. We’ll see you next time.”, Merrick said escorting Jenna out and taking her home.

Merrick kept the puppy ultrasound and a couple of the human ones and went to the Haven and showed the pictures to his parents, Sebastian, and the other residents. All agreed with Kisa that he needed to tell Jenna about him being a mutant before that baby is born looking like a wolf. To him it was just irony that the baby had a wolf form. He’d argued the week before with Jenna about baby names. He wanted to name a boy Faelan Christian and she wanted Robert Joseph then they argued over girl names he said he wanted Cana Willow and she wanted Mary Martha. He had wanted Faelan and Cana having to do with wolf, which was both a nod to his powers, his business but also to Rose. They couldn’t agree on the girl name but he’d gotten her to concede on the boy. But now knowing his child would be born a mutant he started working on the nursery furniture. He built the crib, dresser, rocking chair, changing table and a wolf theme mobile out of solid birch. It was rather easy to get Zoe and her mom to do a mural in the nursery across the hall from his bedroom at the Haven based on a panoramic photo he’d taken in the small clearing of the property he’d purchased just at dusk. The end result was amazing and he made the DeLucas sign the work. And with the natural stained rustic birch furniture looked rather at home in the room.

At twenty weeks it was confirmed, thankfully the baby stayed in human form for this ultrasound, that it was going to be a boy. Zoe and Malcolm worked together on throwing a baby shower at the Haven. Still no one told Rose all figuring that was Merrick’s job not theirs. The baby shower had gone well enough, if not slightly awkwardly for Merrick. With Zoe and Nana Hazel there along with Jenna there were moments of weirdness. Nana Hazel was polite enough to Jenna, but Merrick knew like every other Frost relatives there were only being polite on the surface because she expecting his child. Which in a way he was grateful they could chock back their hate of humans for the sake of his unborn son. And he was also careful in how he acted with Zoe as their unique friendship was really public knowledge. He explained about a dozen times what was with the name Faelan, none thought twice about the middle name as it is his father’s first and young brother’s middle names. Though when he told people that Faelan means ‘little wolf’ a few raised an eyebrow having heard him use that phrase when talking to Rose. But those who saw that connection kept that to themselves not wanting to cause an upset at the party. And then finally as if by some deity of humor Faelan was born on April 1st, 2028.