A Pup Of Our Own

Chapter 3

"Ok, let me get this straight. This wolf pup is a baby girl? No older than a month?" Karen Geyer had learned a lot in the last few months. She learned her baby boy was a werewolf, the teen they let move in was a chimera, and there are other kind of supernatural creatures that lurk in the dark. It took some time but she learned to cope.

Now her son wanted her to believe that this wolf pup, Theo brought home, was a human baby girl. "Theo, Derek, and Malia can all do the same thing. They just shifted to protect themselves. And this one, for whatever reason, latched onto Theo."

Liam looked over to his roommate, who was sound asleep on the couch. The wolf pup was curled up on his chest, Theo's finger was in her mouth. He knew Theo was a better person now, and had changed his ways. It was just the idea of a child clinging to him for protection that had surprised Liam. He understood it to a point. He knew Theo had his back and had protected him more times than he can count.

"What are we to do if or when she changes back? We're not prepared to house an infant, especially a newborn." Liam shrugged. Scott hadn't really told him a long term plan. He was hoping to find a living relative for the babies. No one but Scott believed they'd be able to do it. Everyone else was betting on the entire pack being dead.

"Scott thinks we can find a family member of theirs to turn them over to. Hopefully we can do it before the pups shift back to human." Liam gave his mom a small smile before his attention was pulled to Theo and the pup. The pup was waking up, letting out a small yipping sound. She was trying to wake up Theo.

"Good luck with that pup, he's a deep sleeper." Liam patted the pup on the head. The pup whined loudly, and started licking Theo's face. The chimera didn't budge. Liam worried something was wrong with the pup making him rush over and pick her up.

"What's wrong?" Liam checked the pup over for any sign of an injury. The pup sniffed at Liam's hands and shirt, slowly calming down till she was just whimpering. "I think she needs to go for a walk." Dr.Geyer chimed in from the front door. He had just got home and was placing his jacket on the hook. "I don't think we have anything to walk her with." Liam had never owned a pet so he didn't have a collar or leash. He wasn't even comfortable with putting a collar on the pup. She was human after all.

"Just walk her around in the backyard, I'm sure she just needs that bathroom." Liam nodded and walked to his backyard. Liam placed the pup down on the grass and watched her run around for a minute. Not long after the pup finally did her business. Liam did his best to clean up after her before taking her inside.

"She's gonna be hungry again in a couple hours. You might wanna wash her bottle." Liam nodded and did as his mom suggested. The pup running around his feet, trying to fight his shoelaces. "Those aren't a chew toy." Liam picked her up and carried to Theo. He placed her down on the chimera's chest. He worked quickly to wash and dry the bottle.

Once he was done he walked into the living room and sat on the recliner. Letting it rock as he turned on the TV and looked for something to watch. The wolf pup started to yip at him. Walking along the edge of Theo's body, trying to find a low enough point to jump down.

"You wanna watch TV too?" Liam grabbed the pup and placed her on his lap. "Sweety, your father and I are gonna go to the store to pick up a few things for the baby. I want to be prepared in case she does shift back to a human." Liam nodded and kissed his mom on the cheek when she leaned down to him. He waved at his dad as they both left the house, the door closing behind them with a soft click.

The wolf pup's ears twitched. Like she was listening to his parents leave. Liam listened closely as well, wondering what had caught her attention. The hum of his dad's car faded slowly and the pup started whining again. "What's the matter?" Liam picked the pup up and looked her over. As he held her up she slowly shifted back into a human baby. Her whines turning to full blown cries.

"Uh..." Liam panicked, he was currently holding a naked screaming baby girl with no clue what to do. Theo's ears picked up the crying making him groan and wake up. His eyes went wide when he saw Liam holding a screaming baby like it was a bomb about to go off. "What the fuck Liam?"

Theo stood up and carefully took the baby from Liam. Cradling her to his chest and bouncing her softly, making soft shushing sounds. Her cries died down but her tears didn't stop. He walked over to the bag of baby stuff he had bought. Pulling out a diaper and a pair of footie pajamas. He walked over to the couch and spread his hoodie out before laying the baby down.

"It's ok sweetheart, shhhh, you're ok. I'm just gonna put a diaper on you then some warm pajamas and I'll hold you again." He continued to talk to the baby as he dressed her. Kissing her forehead softly as he lifted her up again. "Shh sweetheart, I got you." He took her tiny hand in his and kissed it. She stopped crying but continued to make sounds as Theo rocked her.

"Wow." Liam sat stunned. He knew Theo had a soft side, he'd seen it once or twice, but this was something else. He had calmed the baby down instantly and was now just cradling her close. "What?" Theo looked at Liam worried he did something wrong. "Just you and her. You're so good with her." Theo nodded and stood up. He didn't want to have a conversation about his parenting skills at the moment.

He walked into the kitchen and pulled out a baby bottle. He grabbed the baby formula that Melissa had helped him pick out and read the instructions. He made sure he understood what to do before he prepped at bottle. Theo kept shushing and rocking the baby as he waited for the bottle to cool down enough to feed her.

"Has Scott found anything yet? Like perhaps a name for the babies?" Theo sat on the couch and lifted his leg to let his ankle rest on his knee. He carefully placed the baby in his lap and started to bottle feed her. "So far there was nothing at the campsite. We're not even sure who their parents are. Derek said Stiles is just calling them baby b and baby g." Theo glared at the beta. "I am not calling her baby g." Liam just shrugged and pulled his phone out. "Where did all this baby stuff come from?" He kept his eyes on his phone as he texted Scott for an update.

"After leaving Deaton's I stopped at the store to pick up the stuff for the wolf pup formula. I figured I'd grab some baby stuff just in case. Most of it was picked out by Melissa who I called when I had no clue what size of diapers to get." Theo shrugged like it was no big deal. He was right to buy the stuff seeing at the pup shifted back to human while he slept.

"Lydia just texted." Liam read over the text before looking to Theo. "She said they were unnamed. They found a book of records in the alpha's belongings. They kept record of every wolf and coyote born in the pack. They babies are the youngest in the book and they have no name. The parents are listed as deceased around the date of the babies birth." Theo looked down at the baby girl in his lap. She had wispy brown hair, and dark eyes that haven't shown color yet. More than likely her eyes wouldn't show color till her wolf got it's sight. Her cheeks were rosy and chubby. She was a very cute baby.

"She needs a name, we can't just keep calling her 'baby' or 'pup'." Theo racked his brain for every female name he had ever heard. None of them worked. They all belonged to people who were dead. "So name her. She seems to like you out of us all, so you get the honor." Liam just shrugged and sat back. Theo didn't want the burden of naming a child. She would more than likely be stuck with this name for ever. He hated his own name, being teased for it when he was younger. He didn't want to do the same thing to this baby girl.

"Louvel?" Liam looked up. Theo had gave it more thought and he settled on a name. It was considered a boy's name but this is the twenty first century, who cared if it was. "What the hell kind of name is that?" Liam looked at the chimera. Trying to figure out if he should just ask his mom to name the baby. "It's french. It means Little Wolf." Theo gave Liam a smirk, fully aware that it was close to the nickname he gave Liam.

"How do you say it?" Theo rolled his eyes. "Lou-Vel, very simple." Liam tried it a few times before nodding. "Ok then, Louvel it is." Liam smirked. "Louvel Raeken. Has a nice ring to it." Theo scoffed. "Louvel Dunbar works as well." Liam nodded. "Fine. Louvel Raken Dunbar." Theo shook his head but didn't respond. He did like the sound of the name. Raeken and Dunbar mixed well in his mind.