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Violet had never been so nervous even when she went to that first single's mother meeting all of two years ago. At that point she didn't know what to expect, but what eased her worries was how quickly she made friends with Megan. While Megan hadn't come back to the group after the first meeting, the two of them remained friends and started meeting up outside of the group. It felt so natural and gave Violet hope that she would meet and connect with others similarly how she did with Megan, but after months turned to years Violet's disposition changed.

Every two weeks Violet took an all day trip into the city from the rural area where her coven was. At first the trips were exciting and a good opportunity to do shopping during the day before the meet, but after too many months of little luck Violet began to doubt wether or not this was going to work. She just wasn't connecting with anyone the same way she way she had the first time she went and the trips in the city were over time were becoming depressing. Something needed to change because this wasn't healthy. At the time Violet had began to realise this Megan had just adopted her first child Riley and what a joy it was watching Megan interact with her new child. Her friend was practically glowing. She had always known that Megan had what it took to be a parent, but seeing it in action confirmed everything she already knew about her friend. Then it clicked. Something she dismissed after Megan stopped coming to the group meetings and why hadn't she thought about it before. No wonder she couldn't find the right person, what she had been looking in a platonic imbuing partner was in front of her this entire time. No one was ever going to connect with her the same way Megan did because the bond that that the two of them shared was special and wasn't going to be easially found again at some group meeting. What worried her now after realising as much was potentially changing what they already had now.

Violet didn't want to pressure Megan into an arrangement she wasn't comfortable with because Megan wanted to do something for her friend. She also didn't want to change the nature of their relationship either. Megan was her best friend at this point more than anything Violet was concerned about was making sure that if Megan said yes it was for the right reasons. Megan also had Riley to consider, of whom she was basically an aunt for. If Riley wasn't ready for a sibling than without a doubt she wasn't going to push the subject further. This was a lot to contemplate on the trip towards Megan's house, and Violet fidgeted the entire time with her phone on the way there. She was getting close now. Only a few houses away passed this ridge and soon she would be at her friend's doorsteps. Looking out the window hoping for some relief from her thoughts Violet cast her gaze over the Academy.

Violet waited at the doorframe into young Riley's room watching Megan as she tucked her son into bed. It was bittersweet watching the interaction, and Violet mentally checked herself for feeling that way. Megan deserved this, and Violet wasn't so desperate to start a family that she would feel jealous of Megan for starting her own. As Megan turned away from the bed to walk towards the door Violet pushed off the brace of the doorframe to stand up straight in anticipation to give her friend room to move out into the hallway. Before Megan shut the door Violet waved goodnight to Riley and the two descended down the stairs for some well needed coffee. "Sorry, I should have came sooner in the day. I would have been able to spend dinner with you two at least and actually got to be around both you and Riley before he had to go to bed, but you know what the trip is like from my place to your's." Megan didn't seem to mind and probably for the fact that this was how it was most nights she came to visit. They would spend more time together as a group in the morning, but that wasn't really what was on Violet's mind. She felt apologetic, but not for coming late. She felt bad pushing this question on her friend, like somehow she expected that it would be a burden to Megan and Riley. She didn't want to muck things up for either of them when they are only just getting settled into their new life. Megan broke the silence as if she knew exactly what Violet was thinking about.

"Are you sure you want to do this now? I'm sure there will be other openings", "Well... Riley is just getting comfortable here.. and I don't know how he'd react to a baby brother or sister. . ." Violet glanced from meeting Megan's gaze to the depths of her black coffee. This only confirmed her doubts that this wasn't a good time for Megan or Riley. "I don't want to push you to say yes, but if we were to do this now you wouldn't have to awaken the stone right away. You could choose a time that's better for you and Riley." Violet tried her best to sound reasonable and to keep her voice from sounding shaky or desperate. The last thing she would want is for her friend to feel guilted into making the decision. " I suppose I'll have to find a husband who wants a big family huh?" Violet couldn't believe her ears. Looking up from her coffee she met Megan's soft gaze and smile. "Oh Megan!" Violet leaped from her chair to embrace her friend. "No, no, gods no, we wouldn't have to kiss. Maybe we could hold hands, but only because this is my first time and I'd be nervous." The Grimm pulled back from the hug to scratch her check with nervous laughter.

Violet laughed back joyful tears. She had always knew Megan would be there to support her through her life as a close friend, but what Megan had agreed to was probably the most positive decision in Violet's life. There were no words in her vocabulary that could be use enough to thank her, so Violet instead smiled while wiping the budding tears away from her eyes. "You're too good to me Megan." It took a few seconds, but after a deep breath the grimm was able to composing herself. Finding her seat the two naturally found themselves back into their regular kind of conversations. Work, life, Riley, her coven. Normally Violet could chat for hours, but tonight she felt a little emotionally exhausted from the todays events and retired early. It would be better that way because the sooner she slept the closer it felt to Monday.

By the time Violet rolled out of bed Megan was already in the kitchen preparing breakfast. She could smell the enticing aroma of sizzling baccon, brewing coffee, and fluffy pancakes frying in the pans bellow. "Are those blueberry pancakes I smell?" she called forgetting for a moment to watch her voice whether or not Riley had still been sleeping. "Oops" she muttered to herself tip toeing downstairs this time to ask more silently. Violet took her spot helping Megan set the table, and by the time the two of them were finished setting up Riley was down in the kitchen sleep dust still in his eyes, but all the same hungry and ready to start the day. It was a weekend morning like any other that she spent over at their house. Violet asked Riley about school and what playground drama might have ben cropping up there, and teasing the poor boy by popping a few blueberries into her mouth with a wink and a nod. "It's not his fault he doesn't like them. We all had things we didn't enjoy eating when we were children. Riley may yet grow up to develope a taste for them." Violet stuck her now blue tongue out at the boy playfully hoping for a reaction from him imaging a time in his life that he might willingly eat blueberries. "If all he doesn't want to eat are some berries I think it's be an easy childhood. My parents for the life of them could not get me to eat tomatoes even though that's all that would ever seem to grow well in our garden. Do you know how many recipes call for tomato, too many and I demanded to have no part in it. It was only when he told me that the red pasty soup I enjoy eating was made from tomatoes did I retract my statement towards the fruit."

"Don't be so sad if anything that means more berries for the both of us and I'll have plenty growing in my garden this summer.
Each year the bushes develop making for a more bountiful harvest."

"Will you and Riley be visiting my garden this summer? Strawberries will be in picking season shortly."

b]"Well don't let me jinx it before it's even a thing. I would hate for the extra vegetables I bring here from my garden to go to waste because of my bringing attention to it." She smirked into her drink before sipping back the dark liquid. Violet watched Megan's interaction with her son and felt maybe for the first looking at this interaction with no twinge of jealousy. Probably because Megan had said yes, and even though this should have been her true feelings from the start it felt nice to be truely happy for Megan.

When Riley had left the room Violet made sure to listen for his steps up the stairs until she knew he was out of earshot and in his room before asking Megan. "Have you thought about having a conversation about this with Riley?" This had been on her mind since before she came as a possible conversation if Megan were to say yes. When she did last night it was the only doubt she had left in her mind before falling asleep to the possible image of her child's face in her mind. It wasn't just Megan that had to say yes, it was important to gauge how the child felt about having a sibling, but that was a parenting decision Megan had to make on her own how she wanted to have that conversation with Riley. "I'm sure you want to bring it up in your own time, but it would be weird to go to the appointment before speaking with him. Sorry, I hear myself talk and I must sound so pushy. I just don't want him to come back home to a stone and not know about the decision we made even if your not going to awaken it right away." Violet paused for a moment before inquiring further. "Does he seem like the kind of child that would like a sibling?"

Violet couldn't help to nod in agreement to Megan. She had never met such a well mannered boy as Riley's, and certainly not one at his age. She remembered briefly while still listening to Megan was saying what her brothers had been like at that age and she cringed at the thought. All of them including herself were already a rowdy wreck of terror and she had no idea how her parents dealt with it at the time. I suppose that's what happens when you live on a farm without a neighbour for a mile and a whole lot of with not a whole lot of nothing to do. You end up horse playing.
Focusing back in the conversation Violet waited for Megan to pause before speaking. "After seeing you and Riley I hope to one day adopt someone into my family too, but not knowing who I might adopt at what age group I want to have the chance to mother someone from infancy to childhood for precisely the reasons you're asking about now. I don't think I would be ready as I am now for a toddler, or a someone older. I don't think anyone is really ready for their first child until they're there in your arms and you're hugging them. Being a parent must be scary and sure even you with all your experience around children I'm sure still have moments where you wonder to yourself what to do at certain times while raising Riley. I want to grow up as a parent with my child so I'm aware and better prepared to deal with some of the challenges that come with it when I decide to adopt someone into my family. You're wondering as much as I am if I'm ready for this responsibility. I want a child and a family so bad, but have I gotten things ready for actually having one? The answer is the more I prepare myself physically by creating the space for the child the more I feel myself getting anxious over what I just talked about. I can't prepare for everything and there are going to be things that take me by surprise. I just hope like any other first time parent that I can take what I can't foresee in stride." Violet was think out loud rather to Megan at this point, and it was clear that this was something that had been on her mind for a while. Looking up with newfound resolution from her cup, which at some point during speaking she found herself looking into like a crystal ball for answers and clarity Violet spoke again.
"I have my baby room set aside, and my coven sisters are aware of the possible new addition that could be coming to the home with me from this tri. They're all really excited and supportive about me having a child and bringing a freshling in the house. I couldn't think of a more comforting place to raise a child surrounded by loving family, a practical petting zoo of familiars, and real food grown at home just outside the back doors. It reminds me so much of how I was raised with my mom and pop, rest their souls, at the old family farm. My only regret is that my child wont get to meet them, but they'll have plenty of uncles in their place and of course we can't forget Auntie Megan. Speaking of have you decided on what you would like them to address you as?" Violet was beaming now, smiling thoughtfully as she wiped a tear from her eyes at the thought of being so blessed in her life. It didn't help either at the thought of her parents, but if they could see her now from wherever their souls rested they would be happy for her too

Violet watched Megan intently as she had her talk with Riley about the future of their family. It was always interesting hearing stories of Megan's work, but watching Megan in person live with and teach her child was an experience all to itself. Like a seminar on how to be a parent. Surely her skills as a child educator was coming into play here when choosing what words to use and how to explain such a complicated situation to a child, but Riley was her child, her family, and there was a warm motherly tone to everything she said to him. Violet wondered if she would fall naturally into that role when she was a parent. Maybe there was a mommy boot camp she could sign herself up to before awakening the child, but maybe that was overthinking it. She knew in her heart that she was ready, and even if there were things she was not prepared for that things would be okay. As effortless as Megan seem to fall naturally into the role of a mother Violet imagined that there were things she too must have been surprised by. Your first child will always be a wild learning experience, but so long as she had the love to give and a stable home environment she would learn how to get through the challenges of adulthood. "I think you did a good job of explaining it to him. I'm always so taken aback at how mature he is for his age, but even so he'll have plenty of time before you even awaken your stone right? Things won't be changing right away, so he'll have the time to grow up with you to reach that point in his childhood when you think the two of you are ready for the child. I can't imagine he'll complain about another playmate, but it'll take a few years until they're at the age they can really interact with each other like that."