Since the arrival of Fable everyone, I think, has been in shock. She was a very unexpected addition to the family. Athena has been working on her logic skill for work along with earning a little extra cash by discovering a few new stars.
Zinerva has been tending to her bees more often in an attempt to get better quality honey and wax. Although I don't think the bees have been enjoying the extra attention because they have been attacking her more frequently...lol
Rusty has been the one working the hardest though. He didn't enjoy putting on that extra weight and has been working out during his off time from the daycare.
By the time Fable was a toddler he was in better shape than before the aliens impregnated him.
Rusty does love being a father to Fable. He has wanted to start a family for a long time but he always pictured having children with Athena. After Athena's mental breakdown Rusty never brought up the subject of children again. So with Fable, Rusty gets to live his wish of having a child and she is very much a daddies girl.
Although she looks just like her mother without any trace of Rusty at all. She is still the cutest little toddler he has seen... a daddies bias opinion for sure..lol
Rusty didn't remember much from his abduction and thought it would be a good idea for him to get to know Fable's mother. Oddly enough there was a number in his cell for a woman named Sapeha. He couldn't recall who this person was and figured it might just be her so he dialed the number and it indeed was Fable's mother. Rusty invited her over to see Fable and she immediately showed up on his door step.
Sapeha really took no interest in getting to know Fable as she didn't spend any time with her during the visit. Instead her and Rusty hit it off instantly and couldn't stop talking.
After a couple of hours talking and flirting they ended up in the bedroom. This time Rusty remembered every minute of their encounter. They spent the rest of the afternoon in the room exploring each other over and over.
When it was getting close to the time Athena would come home Sapeha left and no one was wise to what went on that day.
Once Sapeha left Rusty instantly felt guilt stricken for his unfaithfulness to Athena. He got out of bed and went to teach Fable how to walk. It seemed like a good way to distract himself from the guilt that was like a boulder in his gut.
Over the next few months Athena was hardly home. She was putting in as many hours as she could at the station so they could save money. She hasn't been having any panic attacks for awhile and seems to be on solid ground and in a good space.
Athena and Zinerva still don't get on very well and are often caught arguing about something.
Zinerva has been a big help with Fable since Athena is always to busy to help out with her. Zinerva taught her how to talk while Rusty was busy with the daycare kids.
Then Rusty managed to finishing teaching Fable how to walk before she had her birthday.
It seemed as if everything was going great for the family.
Then Athena got the shock of her life.
She found out she was expecting a baby. At first Athena was very excited about having a baby but it did start to stress her out that they didn't have enough saved to expand the house yet.
The whole family was excited about about the baby...including Zinerva.
To help ease Athena's mind about money Rusty and Zinerva kicked their business into overdrive.
Rusty took on more kids at the daycare.
Zinerva started spending even more time making potions to sell. She even stooped to dumpster diving to find free ingredients for her potions.
Athena kept herself as busy as possible while on maternity leave. She became really good at making snowmen...although they were a little on the sad side.
Here's the cute couple posing for a maternity picture...in like a half foot of snow.
Lol
The morning after the photo Athena started having contractions. By the time it was early afternoon they were on there way to the hospital to have a baby.
While Rusty and Athena were at the hospital, Zinerva stayed home to look after Fable. She decided to help her get a start on her skills and read her a skill book as a bedtime story.
After a few days time Athena and Rusty returned home with the baby. Athena looked absolutely amazing and was still glowing. Motherhood looked good on her!
*Guess the gender.....I left that part out on purpose.
So did they get blessed with a bouncing baby girl or boy?
We shall see...
