Blue eyes

Karmen grabbed the steaks and took

them out onto the deck.She set them on the table beside the grill , and smiled "is your grill hot yet?"

"It should be, there is a wine refrigerator beside the dishwasher, if you and Lexi would like to join us out here on the deck. " Alex informed her.

"Are you sure about Lexi drinking wine?" She teased

Alex chuckled , "she can handle one glass. I have pretty much learned her tolerance, but if she doesn't want wine, her cola is in the refrigerator."

"Oh lord Alex," Karmen groaned "your letting Lexi drink cola ,she's a cola freak. Don't leave them out in the open ,so that she can get her little mitts on them. We went skiing once and she didn't eat for a week, all she did was drink cola. "

"Karmen I promise ,I'll keep an eye on her, and make sure she eats some of her junk food, to go with her cola."

"Damm Alex " She rolled her eyes, huffing and grumbling in disbelief "your giving her junk food too, I better go back inside and bring her out here with some wine. We can't have her buzzed up on cola this late at night."

After karmen left to get the wine and Lexi, Alex put two of the steaks on the grill, turning to Jackson ,he ask" did you get a chance to talk to lady Elizabeth?"

Jackson Chuckled" Lady my ass,that old woman is a horn dog, I thought she was going to rape me . She kept rubbing on my back and telling me how handsome I am. But when I ask her about Thompson, she clammed up ."

He grinned ,bringing his beer up to his lips taking a big gulp "I had to smooth talk her a little . Then she opened up ,telling me everything. She told me , she had to stop talking to Thompson last month. She said, he was obsessed with wanting to know about mother. She also said he ask me if we had a sister ."

"I wonder if he thought mother came from a royal blood line ." Alex curiously ask

I'm sure Lady Elizabeth set him straight on that one. You know how those old Aristocrats are,everything is always about status. And I think mother, Lady Elizabeth and Aunt Charlotte all are about the same age and went to all those old tea parties and snotty shit together. At least that is what it looks like from those old paintings of mother and Aunt Charlotte. Lady Elizabeth is in some of those old paintings that are hanging in the old art gallery down town."

"Now we know the money didn't come from Lady Elizabeth," Alex uttered, raising his brows slightly " I also believe we can rule out a contract hit , because it seem he was trying to find any Princess, not just Lexi."

"That's what I'm thinking too, why else would he ask if we had a sister." Jackson agreed.

When suddenly a voice came from behind them, "Alex do you have a sister?"

Alex turned his head, in the direction of her sweet voice ,to see her walking towards him with a glass of wine in her hand .

He smiled" no darling, I don't have a sister. The Eddingtons haven't had a Princess in the castle for a long time. Maybe we can change that sweetheart."

"Alex ,I'm in the Castle now." Lexi replied as she leaned over to peck his lips.

Alex grabbed her arm pulling her into his lap. He nibbled on her neck , just enough to tickle, making her giggle and squirm around in his arms .

He pecked her cheek stating the obvious "sweetheart you're my Queen. We need to have a little Princess , to run all over the Castle."

She played with the buttons on his shirt and smiled "Maybe we will have both, a little Princess and a Prince."

Karmen was pouring the wine,listening to them talk about having babies . She got

excited about the thought of becoming an aunt she ask" are the two of you planning to have a baby right away?"

Jackson chuckled " karmen l think if we weren't here, they would be trying to make a baby on the table right now."

Lexi rolled her eyes at Jackson,answering Karmen's question "I don't plan to go on birth control "

"Good ,you really don't need to, it could take a while before you get pregnant." Karmen informed her.

"I know ,Alex has already told me."

"You better get with it girl, if you plan to have a baby in the next couple of years."

Alex couldn't help but tease her a little

"Yeah sweetheart, listen to your best friend we need to start right now ,on the table."

"A...Alex, we're not doing anything on the table, right now." Lexi stuttered

Karmen joined in with Alex and Jackson helping to tease Lexi " Jackson maybe we should go watch tv "

"Good idea Karmen , we could go to the basement just in case they get loud."

Karmen grinned patting her best friends shoulder speaking in serious tone of voice "No seriously Lexi ,there are some things you really need to know. You can't keep eating junk food , you need to start eating foods to build your body up .Lots of red meat and vitamin C to help your body absorb iron. But it will all be worth it" She breathed "My dear girl, after you give birth to a half blood baby, your body will heal faster . Normally it takes six weeks to heal from giving birth, but when you have a half blood baby it only takes one week. And the best part is you won't age like a human anymore."

"Alex you never told me all of this." Lexi complained. Glaring at him confused wondering why he would leave out so much useful information.

"Sweetheart, I didn't know all of this." Alex confused

Karmen grinned " They teach this stuff in medical school." She proudly stated "Lexi if you have questions about having a half blood baby ask me . If I don't know, I can always ask my professor. They even have a Medication now or it's more like a supplement to reduce the risk of miscarriages in human mothers.Before the development of this medication ,very few human mothers could give birth to a half blood baby. Most half blood babies,have vampire mothers and human fathers."

She leaned across the table as if she was going to tell Lexi as secret "Lexi there are some bad things you need to know too, you won't be able to breast feed a half blood baby. Your body can't produce the nutrients they need. Your half blood baby will need a mixture of human baby formula and vampire baby formula. But you can buy this premixed on line.

While explaining about this new website she became excited ,her eyes started to sparkle and she babbled on "The website is called Half-vamped, you can get all sorts of cool stuff. Like baby clothes for your little half blood baby. The little clothes are made of a special type of material to keep your little babies body temperature normal"

Suddenly she frowned "Half blood babies have a different body temperature than human babies or vampire babies. But the bad thing is that, it depends on if the baby has more vampire chromosomes or human chromosomes. In the past it took weeks of taking a half blood baby's temperature to get a normal range for that baby,. Each little half blood baby has a different different body temperature. You could possibly give birth to a baby with very few human chromosomes, or very few vampire chromosomes. But now half blood babies are tested at the hospital the day they are born. It's just an advanced DNA profile , this will help you know how to take care of your newborn. If it has more vampire chromosomes you take care of it like a vampire baby and if it has mostly human chromosomes you take care of it like a human baby." She explained

Seeing that this was important information for Lexi and Alex, Jackson took the liberty of cooking dinner and setting the table. He was thankful that Lexi's little debutant friend is a smart little cookie. And not bad to look at, someone to have a real conversation with. Not some bubble headed spoiled brat.

" Oh! "Karmen almost shouted "One more thing when your little half blood baby starts teething it could grow fangs and that can be really painful. When it's mad or hungry or well any time because babies cry all the time . Any way ,your little babies eyes will turn red."

Jackson chuckled ,she turned glaring in his direction .

"It's true Lexi "she blurted

Jackson leaned back in his chair with a smug grin .She narrowed her eyes,staring him down.

"What? "He shrugged

"It's true,that's what I was thought in medical school." She argued

"No it's not, little Miss Smart Cookie." He teased.

"Do you have a half blood baby?"she asked smugly

He shrugged "Not that I know of." At least he hoped not .He may be a touch on the wild side but he has always used protection.

By now Alex is rolling in laughter Lexi's eyes widened , pointing towards Jackson,she shouted "He's right. My babies eyes will be blue ."

Karmen frowned " not their eye color."

"I know what your talking about when they feel emotional." Lexi said

"Yes but Lexi they turn red not blue." Karmen explaned

Jackson chuckled "Alex is going to be pissed if Lexi's babies eyes turn red."

"But it's just a natural response, no need to get mad their just little babies." Karmen said with a mushy sweet voice and pouty lips.

Jackson cleared his throat to get her attention, when she popped her head around, he closed his eyes and opened them to reveal his blue eyes blazing like the hottest flames of hell. "Blue "He stated.

She stood dumbfounded, she opened her mouth, but no words came out.

Lexi called out to her , "Karmen are you ok?"

She blinked her eyes a few times becoming a stammering mess "W...wh...what the hell, was that?"

Jackson pinched her cheek, and winked, "My Royal blood line sweet cheeks . Lexi's babies eyes will turn blue."

"Oh! How cool." She breathed slightly mesmerized as she still gazed into his gorgeous green hazel eyes that had turned a bright blazing blue a few moments ago. She even leaned forward to take a closer look.Making sure he wasn't wearing some type of crazy contacts. She leaned back again and breathed out " Wow "

He just can't get over how smart the little debutant is, but just when he starts to look at her as an adult, her little teenager pops out again.

He really don't know if he's amused by her or if he's amazed by her intelligence. But he thinks she sure is fun to be around. He was lost in his own thoughts of how amazed he was when she was explaining about half blood babies ,when Alex's phone pinged .

Everyone glanced over at Alex , he brought his phone out of his pocket to check the message . "it's the front gate , Karmen are you expecting any one?" Alex ask.

All the blood drained from her face , she panicked ." No, oh Lexi it's fuckin Brandon, I told you that bastard was stalking me."

"Karmen you don't know if it's Brandon. Who did you tell, that you where coming here?" Lexi ask

Tears filled her eye , she shuttered and sobbed "Just mom and dad ,the day you ask if I could come visit you. And Ethan yesterday when I went to his mansion to get my suitcases."

Lexi calmly turned to Alex, "ask who it is."

Alex type the message into his phone and with in a few seconds his phone pinged again.