[For Will, Lilo] welcome to my silly life

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When they get close to Will and Magnus's place, Kate puts her fingers to her lips and whistles. Both Lilo and Bonny come scampering back to her side. Lilo's got her face tilted up and Kate has to arch her eyebrows and cock her head toward the path to keep her from tripping and falling. Bonny's not much help, running around them in circles, jumping up for pets and nudging at Lilo's hands with her nose. She's getting better, though, with Lilo around to give her lots of affection.

They're all getting better. Better enough that Kate's laughing at Lilo asking if Elvis can ever come to the island, even though she's asked every day since she learned. Better enough that Kate's gut's not twisting even knowing what she's coming to talk to Will about. It's a bright good day, and maybe they'll go to the beach and Lilo can surf later.

She whistles again when they get to the hut. This time for Will. It's kind of handy that they all come to the same call. "Hey, Willmeister! You home?" That's just so he doesn't feel like a kid or a puppy.

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[girlsolo]

"Babe." Kate turns on her hip, knees flattening down to rest against Will's thigh. "Magnus is going to be fine. Women have been having babies forever." He knows that, and he knows that she can't really promise it. "Pretty much every dude in love from the beginning of time has felt in this situation."

Thing is, she's pretty sure that's not doing much to help with the fear of losing her. Kate bites her lip and puts a hand on his arm. "I know she's, like, your whole world. And... I don't really know how that feels, but when you guys are out on retrievals and I should be there and I'm waiting to hear... it sucks. There's nothing you can do. You just have to believe."

[inabmovie]

"Just believe," Will says. "Sounds easy." But it isn't. If anything happens to Magnus... that's something he's got to stop obsessing over. Like Kate says, Magnus will be fine. He doesn't need to worry.

[girlsolo]

"You believed in monsters for an entire lifetime when everyone told you they weren't out there," Kate points out, a little wry, and grins at him. "You're like...what's it, with the impossible things before breakfast?"

She sobers a little to say, more quietly, "You know I suck at all this feelings and talking stuff--" Even if she's getting better at it by the day. "But you're not doing this alone. When you can't believe, I will." And if anything does happen to Magnus, she'll be here.

[inabmovie]

"Thanks, Kate." It's times like these that he's grateful for her friendship. "I'm sure she'll be fine. It's just expectant-father-jitters, I guess. And maybe I don't totally have my head around this, yet." But he will, long before the baby gets here.

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"You're going to be a great dad," she says fiercely, chest tightening. He is. She knows it as well as she knows her own name. Fighting off the weird wave of emotion, she grins, sharp and bright. "And hey, if you need practice, I've got a six-year-old who's seriously cramping my nightlife."