Chapter Nine
The three of them sat in the living room, huddled around Logan’s laptop. They’d been searching frantically in the shifter and witch secret forums to find an answer. So far they didn’t have anything concrete. It was too early to call their parents.
Elise got up and started pacing.“I think we can wake them up for this. I mean, what if it did hurt the baby? We might need to act fast.”She put her hands on her face.“I can’t believe I did this. My own niece or nephew. My best friend’s baby. I’m horrible.”
Thea got up and hugged her.“You were under the effects of the potion. We know you wouldn’t do anything like this otherwise. It’s why we were so concerned. You were acting completely out of character.”
She shook her head.“No, but before the potion, I was upset about it. I did think—”she paused to look at Logan.“I thought you would hurt her. I really did. You never said anything about having feelings like that for her.”
“Obviously.”He looked up from the computer for a moment.“Are you telling me that if I told you, you wouldn’t have told her?”
“Not if you said not to,”Elise said.
“Liar. You would have told her and I wasn’t ready to. But then, when I found out she gave me love potion and had feelings for me, there was no reason to hold back.”
“You gave him a love potion?”Elise asked.
Thea nodded.“That’s why I made it in the first place. That night of the party on Fifth, when you met Paul, and we slept together for the first time? And, apparently, made a baby. Well, earlier that day when we were all in the kitchen drinking coffee, I spiked his drink.”
“But I barely drank any,”Logan said.
“But you did drink plenty of alcohol later, which increased the effects,”Thea said.
“But it wouldn’t have worked at all if I didn’t have real feelings for you, which I do.”
Thea chuckled.“I’m not questioning you or your feelings.”
“No, but Elise might.”He looked at her for a long minute.
“No,”Elise said slowly.“I don’t think I do. I’ve seen how you are together. You are different with her.”
Elise squeezed Thea in a tight hug and there were tears in her eyes.“I love you guys. I want you to be happy. And if you’re happy together, then that’s even better. I’d just hate to be stuck in the middle if you guys ever broke up.”
“We are having a baby together,”Thea said.“That means we’ll be part of each other’s lives forever no matter what.”
“And we’re in love, Elise,”Logan said.“We haven’t really discussed it yet, but we’ll probably get married someday. We’ll already have a family.”
“Is that your proposal?”Thea asked, chuckling.
“Not officially.”He pulled his mouth into a half smile.“I’m sure there’ll be a ring and all. Someday.”
Thea grinned back at him.
“I’m calling Mom and Dad,”Elise said.“It’s late enough. I don’t care if I wake them.”
“Wait a minute.”Logan got to his feet and looked to Thea.“Are we going to tell them?”
Thea bit her lip.“I guess we have to.”
“Are you sure?”he asked.
“They’ll all know eventually anyway, right?”Thea said.“In a few more months? I haven’t told my parents yet, but we’d have to soon.”
Logan nodded.“Call them.”