and the stars in their orbits shone pale through the lightof the brighter, colder moon

Nadya's early pregnancy exhaustion had been replaced by a phase of restlessness past few days leading her leave the apartment more and more to wander the city. The fact that her and Isolt kept nearly completely different schedules meant seeing her was rare. She held no ill will to the vampire since her opinion of them was in a grey area thanks to her tryst with Sebastian. However, it was still rather unexpected coming home one evening to an invitation taped to her bedroom door. Well she already lived there so had no reason to not accept it. Maybe the vampire was finally coming out of her brooding and was wanting to learn to be social again. Whatever the reason there was free home-cooked food being offered.

The day of the dinner Nadya had once again made herself scarce shopping for new clothes that her growing belly could accommodate that weren't blatant maternity clothes. When Nadya finally returned with bags in hand the house smelled divine and made her stomach instantly growl in hunger. She was always hungry now. Nadya quickly went into her room and dropped the bags on her bed, rummaging through them until she found an outfit deemed appropriate for the night and dressed just as hurriedly. There hadn't been any timeframe on the invitation so who was she to think there would be much waiting before they could eat whatever was filling the apartment with those lovely aromas. Once dressed in the cream top with ruffles down the front that hid her belly with black jeans and ran a brush through the gentle waves of her hair she was out the door to the kitchen.

"Hey." Nadya paused in the doorway of the kitchen eyeing Isolt then the food on the stove and counters. "It smells great." She breached the threshold to come up beside Isolt, swiping her finger along one of the rims of the bowls and sticking the tip into her mouth to catch a taste. "Where did you learn how to cook like this?" There were several other questions bouncing around her head like if Isolt could even appreciate the smell anymore or eat the food but Nadya they seemed far less appropriate to ask. Nadya backed up a step to seat herself on a stool at the bar. "Are you sure you need all this? I may be pregnant but I don't think I can eat all that food." Though the growl in her stomach begged to differ. When Nadya had agreed to come to the dinner she had no idea that her brother and Tobias had been invited as well. Her idea of a little girl's night were surely to be squashed soon.

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