[For Anthony & Rollie]

[playingtheenemy]

Ainsley knew that it might be the wrong thing to do, bringing a friend (well, more like a brother, really) with her rather than the father of the child, but there was a small part of her that had to check to see that everything was fine before she could go to Shadow and tell him the news and ask him to come along with her. She knew that she was

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[dumbassbastards]

"I think he could handle it," says Rollie dryly, but he doesn't argue with the decision. As much as he's part of the extended family, this isn't any of his business. "It can't hurt to keep an eye on things anyway."

[alittleofboth]

Anthony, for his part, had no idea how Ainsley had managed to talk him into this (or, more accurately, trick him into this), but here was there all the same, standing in as ironic dear friend and surrogate brother. He didn't look particularly happy about it, of course, standing in the background with his arms crossed over his chest and a particularly annoyed expression on his face, but he hadn't bolted yet. And that was saying something.

"You realize I'm going to have to come up with any number of ways to torture both you and your unborn child for dragging me to this," he warned Ainsley sourly.

[playingtheenemy]

Ainsley gestured to Anthony with a finger pointed behind her palm, mouthing, 'and he's another story' before smiling sweetly up at him. "Torture me all you want, but don't you dare torture your little niece-slash-nephew, since we're finding out today. Honestly, Anthony, I don't need my child in therapy sooner rather than later," she said politely with an edge of warning to it.

[dumbassbastards]

"And we're chronically short on therapists," says Rollie, "considering the amount of crazy on the island. You, missy, need to keep still for me. I don't exactly do this every day."