Of course he was, they were friends for fuck sake, but I was actually starting to feel jealousy. I wanted to be the one to make Callum laugh all the t...me, not some random boy. I sat back for a second and realised just how much I was attached to him now, quickly regaining composure as Ryan was amongst my friends who were sat with me. The night after college that day, I was lying in bed overthinking as usual. Callum had just gone to sleep and text me a long goodnight paragraph, to which I replied. As she set the table, she opened a bottle of wine. “Oh my,” I said, “first some beers now some wine, I’ll be out of it if I don’t watch.” Renee said, “Well we have to have wine with spaghetti, it’s the law,” laughing as she pours me a glass. Again, my eyes check out Renee as she pours my wine, “Why Renee, are you trying to get me drunk?” She looked at me laughing with a big smile, “Maybe,” she replied. “Well if you do just promise me you’ll take advantage of me.” She looked quickly at me, I was. She was apparently a slow starter. Not in the baby-starting process, but in the carrying thereof.Her Maw had the free clinic doctor do something when her monthlies started in order to keep her belly from swelling. The desire for pregnancy was somewhat muted by the hormones, but when she became of age she found out and cancelled the prevention.A furious screwing spree ensued. That the first monthly appeared wasn’t unexpected from what the nurse said, but this second one was a. "All of them," Catheryne said.Moya Tilmitt looked at her for a moment."Oh my," he said. "I think we've found your Calling." My what?" Catheryne said, hearing the capitalized noun in his voice."We've found that--well, over the course of history, we've found that--that sometimes mages have a certain... Predilection, if you will. Spells-certain that call to them. Spells that they're naturally good at. Perhaps yours is healing." Nonsense," Catheryne said, "I just want to make sure my clumsy First.