
Meeting the Pack
Getting dressed for a day at the festival as Andy waited down stairs making breakfast for the two of you. Steve had to leave for a last minute business trip that he didn’t want to go on since the grown man whined like a child the morning he was supposed to leave. If it wasn’t for Ari to push him out the door you were pretty sure Steve would have missed his plane. Curtis left to finish a couple of cars to join the festival later in the day. Ari was still tied up with hunters coming into their land and with all the visitors in the town it made it very difficult.
Ransom needed to see a couple of patients since there was a couple in the hospital that needed to be checked out. Walking out the room it had seemed things have changed since you ‘mated' all of them . Since you didn’t remember asking for the 411 on these men's lives but they just decided to share them for whatever reason. Smelling bacon made you move a little bit faster since they had gotten better about their cooking less healthy meals. “ Oh there you are sweetheart, come on dig in since we have a busy day ahead of us' ' Andy placed a plate on the table while making his plate. “ So is the festival really such a huge deal?”, you asked as he hummed in response then sat down next to you.
“ Yes, Actually the Fall and Winter is one of our busiest times of the year. Plus our town has actually grown over the years since we started the festival . “ Andy took a bite out of his food while listening for you to say anything. “ Huh well I guess that is good for the town “, Y/N made a comment finishing her food and even got some more. It had been weeks since the sex marathon had taken place but lately you had noticed a change in how much you ate. Ransom told you not to worry about it since it could be your body's way of regaining all the energy that was spent with thim. “ Andy, is it normal that my appetite has changed in the last couple of weeks?” You asked as Andy thought for a moment like he was thinking of the answer.
“ Well , shifting would up your appetite since your body would need more energy to sustain both forms. So your body could be craving more food to make sure you have enough energy to shift again. “, Andy placed his plate in the sink as he looked at you for a moment making a mental note to look at the increase of your eating. Since there shouldn’t have been any way they could have gotten you pregnant since it never has happened in the past. “ Come on Y/N let's get a move on the crowds will start flooding in.” Andy ushered his mate out the door to his BMW and waited patiently for you to buckle up.
“ Now a lot of the pack will be at this event and they will come up to speak with you. So don’t get too overwhelmed with meeting everyone “, Andy peaked over looking over at Y/N to see if there were any signs of discomfort. “ I’m sure I will manage “, responding while looking out the window since there was something bothering you. Even though you had two plates full of eggs and bacon for some reason you were still hungry. When before mating you struggled to eat more food but now it is like there isn’t enough. But on that note your clothes weren't getting tight either so if you were gaining weight it would have shown in your clothes.
Andy parked the car while seeing all the businesses were busy and people lined up the street . Taking Andy hand as he leads you into the crowd giving information on every shop and the owner. A couple of people spoke to Andy and yourself in passing as the smell of food was leading your nose. After being there for a couple of hours you had nachos, cheeseburger, hot, cotton candy, caramel apple, and philly cheesesteak. Andy watched in amazement wondering where you were putting all of this food and also made him nervous. You were wondering why no amount of food was enough and everything tasted much more delicious.
“ Oh there you are!” Curtis came giving a hug from behind while kissing your cheek. “ Oh hey Curtis so you finished the car a little early?"you asked, ignoring the questionable look on Andy’s face which wasn’t missed by Curtis. “ Yep, I will finish taking you through the festival since Andy had to attend a couple of meetings”, Curtis smiled as Andy wanted to say something to his brother but didn’t want to offend their mate. “ Well sweetheart I will see you later”, Andy kissed you bye as Curtis pulled you to play some of the games.
“ Have you eaten?’ Curtis asked as he saw you eye some chicken skewers as went to get some from the stand. “ Hmmm that is heavenly”, you moaned happily like they were the best things in the world. Curtis watched as you eat each one and seemed to want more like it was not enough. Deep down you had a feeling something was terribly wrong but at the same time the food was too good to pass up. “ So what have you tried so far?" Curtis questioned since you barely finished the food that was given to you but now it was different. Y/N listed off all the food she had tried while with Andy and Curtis was shocked that you still had room to eat. “ Oh is that a funnel cake?” You announced while following the smell as Curtis followed, curious on how much more you can eat.
As the day started to turn into night it was time to go since the whole day was spent at the festival . Feeling really sleepy while climbing into Curtis' SUV falling asleep as soon as he pulled out of the parking lot. Curtis' mind was racing since your change in behavior wasn’t making sense to him and found it odd. Sitting outside of the house as Curtis looked your way taking in a deep breath not catching any differences in your scent. There was something going on and it was going to drive him up the wall till he could find answers. Deciding to carry up to your room so he can talk to Andy about the change in their mates diet.
Curtis silently closed the door heading to Andy’s office from where his brother would be at. Knocking loudly as Andy gave the okay to come in as he hung up the phone looking at Curtis wondering where you were. “ Go the gremlin is sleeping as we speak and I want to know what's going on with her. She has eaten enough to feed all of us in one day . This can not be normal for a new shifter. There is no way . “ Curtis flopped down in the chair listing off all the food you had consumed while with him. As Andy named off the food he had gotten you after eating two plates of eggs and bacon. They both looked at each other shaking their head no in agreement that you can’t be and it was impossible.
Since the newly changed female's body hasn’t fully changed enough to carry another shifter pup so the first heat is a free pass or adjustment period. Typically the second heat is when the chances of conceiving is higher. So unless you have some weird expectation there should be no way you were pregnant with their pup. “ Listen I know there shouldn’t be any way she could be but we need to make sure to check it off of the list of what if’, Curtis told Andy as he nodded in agreement so it would eliminate that possibility. “ I will have Ransom draw some blood since that will be the most clear option and plus he could come up with other answers to the change in her eating. “ Andy picked up his cell texting Ransom to get what he needed for a blood draw .
Ari walked into the house seeing it was quiet with no one in the kitchen cooking dinner which was odd. “ Hey, where is everyone? What's for dinner?’ Ari yelled as Curtis was followed down by Andy to shush him not to wake you. “ Don’t you wake the gremlin! She will eat us out of this house”, Curtis teased as Ari looked at him weird since you barely ate very much but his brother was oddly enough freaking out about your eating habits. “ Listen, let Andy and myself tell you what happened today”, Curtis told him while leading his brother into the kitchen. Ari sat there confused on how you ate so much or why your appetite changed so much.
“ So you're telling me that the person who has been here for almost a year that would maybe eat half a plate of food has become a bottomless pit?” Ari wanted to clarify this information that was being told him was correct. Andy and Curtis nodded their head together agreeing to what Ari had said about you. “ Andy had requested Ransom to bring stuff to do a blood draw to check her out. “, Curtis took a bite of his sandwich looking at his brothers, the front door opened and closed to find Ransom looking at the trio . “ So is Y/N not feeling well?” Ransom looked concerned since you would typically eat dinner with them. “ Come join us Ransom so we can inform you on the events of the day”, Ari smirked as Ransom looked confused on why you weren’t down here eating.
“ So I doubt she is pregnant but I’ll run her blood work to see if there is anything weird going on . But let's see if she is eating so much. We can make a feast for breakfast and watch how much she eats . So we can truly know how much she is consuming”, Ransom told his brothers as they thought about agreeing to it . “ Well we will need to run to the store to get what we need to find her for the day.”Curtis got up to get his keys as Ari stood with him to tag along since they were going to need to buy a lot of food.
Waking up feeling like something ran you over and having a strong urge to throw up . Running to the bathroom to get something you ate yesterday out of your system. After throwing up for the fourth time in a row sitting on the cool ground taking a moment to gather yourself before cleaning up. Since having the brothers smothering you did not seem like a good idea at all. Getting up to hop in the shower to clean and remove any sign of throwing up this morning and hopefully have light breakfast. Opening the door to the smell of food made your stomach do flips standing there for a moment before going down stairs.
Seeing a large spread of food brought confusion on your face since there were pancakes, waffles, biscuits , bacon , eggs , hashbrowns and fruit. “ Who are you guys feeding? Are there more people coming over?’, Y/N asked while walking into the kitchen looking at the men as Ransom stopped you. “ Before you eat let me get some blood from you “ Ransom led you to the library as he got everything ready. “ Why do you need blood for?’You asked as he thought for a moment before answering like he was choosing his words carefully. “ Well your change in your eating just raised some concerns so just checking to make sure everything is fine '' Ransom spoke while quickly finding a vein as he refused to make eye contact while filling the vials that were needed. Not even fletching when he removed the needle as Ransom placed a band aid to keep the bleeding at bay.
“ So you guys think one you knocked me up!’You growled as Ransom stepped back taking a minute as he collected the vials, placing them in a bag so they can be processed. “ The chances are low but we are just covering all of our bases “Ransom spoke flatly like it wasn’t a big deal or anything. “ It's a huge deal Ransom! You told me this couldn’t happen but once again you all lied to me !”You stormed out of the room heading straight for the stairs . “ Hey Y/N where are you going? Breakfast is ready “, Ari spoke as you gave him the bird running upstairs as the brother glared at Ransom. “ Well I better get this down to the lab “, Ransom hurriedly went out the front door as the other three stood for a minute as Andy started up the stairs.
Andy had to think for a minute as he sighed knowing this was not going to end will but hestiately knocked on the door listening of any signs of you. “ Y/N can I come in?” Andy asked as he still didn’t hear anything as he opened the door to find your wolf at the door glaring at him. “ Great” Andy had a feeling this would happen since it wasn’t unheard of that recently turned wolves to shift when some emotions take hold. “ Come on Sweetheart let's go for a run okay? I know you're upset with the possibility of being pregnant but we will deal with that when the time comes”, Andy opened the door wide so your wolf can go down stairs.
Ari and Curtis tried to eat what they could and put away what could be reheated. “ Don’t eat too much since Y/N will be hungry after this run”, Andy announced as both brothers looked over to see Y/N in wolf forum being led out of the house. “ Wait for us”, Ari yelled as he quickly finished put food away as Curtis was already throwing his shirt off heading for the door. “ Stay here while we shift” Andy told Y/N as each brother wolf came out . Once they had all shifted, your wolf broke out into a run leaving the three males behind as they howled and growled to catch up with her.
Steve walked into the house coming to a stop when he saw all his brother's clothes thrown about in the living room and on the back poroch. Walking upstairs to see if the lady of the house was in but it was empty too. Seeing the torn clothes on the ground which gave a clue on what happened so Steve decided to unpack from his trip and find something to eat. Steve was confused on why so much food had been cooked since the four of them couldn’t eat this much food by themselves. Making a plate for himself as his mind couldn’t let it go for the life of him on the amount of food since you ate like a bird and the food would go to waste.
Placing his plate in the sink grabbing his bag heading upstairs stopping at your door looking at it for a moment. He didn’t notice any changes in your scent coming out of the room so he dropped it for now. Throwing his clothes into the laundry backet laying in his bed staring at his ceiling trying to relax since the business trip was a success but very stressful. Peggy Carter was making things harder than what needed to be. She was still holding out hope that Steve would return Sharon back to their pack . Which was never going to happen since Sharon belonged to Lloyd and Steve wouldn’t be surprised if his cousin already got the crazy blonde pregnant. Steve shot up running to your room since there could be no way this could have happened. Since the chances were 1 in million there was a better chance of getting struck by lighting as Steve went to the laundry basket . Smelling clothes that were placed on top as Steve took a deep breath catching the small change in the scent.
The change was there. It was faint but Steve always had a keen sense of smell that made him a great tracker. Ari was second to Steve but none of his brothers could beat his sense of smell. As Steve kept going through the basket wonder when the change had occurred. But one thing was for sure they all were going to be dead if they did get you pregnant. Truly they wanted you to go to the Luna ceremony before getting pregnant but you wouldn’t be the first Luna to go through the ceremony pregnant. Steve sighed since they haven’t told you what all involved in the Luna ceremony and it wasn’t going to go over with you too great.
Walking out of the room heading to the library as looking for the book that he needed to give you since his brothers weren’t going to explain right now. Grabbing it as someone walked into the house which brought a smile to his face. “ Sam ! What brings you here?”Steve walked over to his friend as they hugged, releasing as they both took a seat on the couch. “ Well I came to talk to you about our brides seeing each other soon? Sam spoke as Steve had forgotten about his mate friend which could lighten her mood a bit.
“ I don’t see why they shouldn’t but we both better be there just in case. Since the last time they saw each other it didn’t end well . “ Steve told Sam as he listened, nodding to what his friend was telling him. “ Well you guys want to grab dinner on Saturday?” Sam offered as Steve agreed to the plan. “ So how is she adjusting ?”Sam questioned since seeing you walk around the festival was the first time seeing you since the bar all those months ago. “ She is adjusting as well as anyone that has been torn from their life. But it will take time for us to let her take on all the Luna responsibilities . “ Steve told Sam as he nodded, agreeing to what was being told to him. “ Well I need to run into town and just stop by for a moment . I better get on my way”, Sam stood waving bye to Steve as he left the house .
Ransom had just finished checking on his last pateint when one of his nurses called his attention. “ Alpha Ransom here is the test you had sent to the lab .” The nurse handed over the letter as he headed to his office and closed it behind him. Ransom sat at his desk for a moment trying to think of a way to explain if she was pregnant. Opening the letter reading the results to prove what others had thought as he got up to go to the library. Yes,Ransom used something that made him more fertile but truly with the change Y/N shouldn’thave been. So technically it was more of a mock heat that completed the process.
After running for hours as the men returned with an exhausted you . Andy ran inside of the house and grabbed some clothes as he met everyone to put a sundress on you to hide away your body. “ Alright Y/N let's get you feed “, Curtis walked into the kitchen while finishing dressing as he started to take the food back out. “ Aww is the little pup tired from running “, Steve cooed at you which in return stuck out your tongue. “ Come on Steve don’t annoy her “, Ari teased while placing you into a chair as Andy gave you some juice . “ So pup we have a date Saturday so don’t make any plans’, Steve announced which Y/N gave him a confused look on her face. “ Who am I going to make plans with? Myself? “, Y/N rolled her eyes since she doesn’t have a social life, not since making the horrible choice of visiting a college friend.
“ You can make plans with my brothers but I already call dips for Saturday”, Steve spoke as the brothers rolled their eyes at the nerve of this man. But that has always been Steve usually always misreads the room. They watched Steve lean in like he was scenting you which made them all nervous. Steve smiles nodding his head as he looks at his brother while your main focus is the food that is placed infront of you. Andy rubbed his eyes in frustration at the totally shit storm that was about to take place.