Rose Hip Tea
Cup One
“Sweetest Sips.”

The little raccoon dog girl wiggled and fidgeted in her seat, her mind far from paying any attention to what the teacher was droning on about.  She felt different today, there was something off about her body, she felt hot, parts that she dare not name tingled, and the worse part of it was her panties were wet.  She wasn’t sure why she felt this way, but she didn’t really like it, she regretted not telling her mom, she might be contagious or something like that.

Snapping the little girl out of her own thoughts, the bell sounded, signaling that it was time for the students to head to the next class.  With a little huff she got up and adjusted her skirt, shivering a little as he hand lightly brushed over her thighs.  Gathering up her books and holding them close, she slipped off to the bathrooms, she had a little time before her next class started.

Slipping through the other students, letting out little sounds as she would bump into someone before moving right on, making to the bathroom and in.  She moved through the locker room and to the stalls in the back, closing the door behind her before hanging her bag on the hook.

“What is happening?”  She mumbled as she pulled her skirt up and her panties down, sitting on the toilet.  The twelve year old raccoon dog girl leaned back on the seat, spreading her legs before looking down at her own privates.  She knew what they were for and all, thanks to the health ed classes that she had taken, but this was something that they didn’t mention.

Panting softly her paw slipped down, fingertips sliding ever so lightly over her folds, feeling the heat and dampness there.  She let out a little moan as she did it again, she wasn’t sure why, but rubbing felt good, it was helping with the tingling feelings.  Pulling her fingers away she brought them up to her nose and sniffed.

“Well it’s not pee or anything.”  She mumbled to herself, “but I wonder why it’s so hot….I might have a fever or something.”  She said, something in the back of her mind telling her to taste it, but she pushed it out and cleaned her paw before digging into her bag and pulling out her phone.

Glancing at the clock in the corner of the screen, she saw that she had a few moments to kill before her next class started.  Going to the text messages app on her phone, she found her mother’s name on the list, and started typing out  a message, telling her how she was feeling and about her body or at least parts of it being hot, asking her if she thought that she needed to come home.

A little after sending the message the warning bell went off.  Shooting up and pulling her panties up and adjusting her skirt again before grabbing her bag and stepping out.  She stopped at the row of mirrors as she walked past.  She was the spitting image of her species, looking more like a raccoon than a canine.  It did kind of bother her when people would get her confused for a raccoon, but it’s like her mom had told her, the people around here really didn’t get to see many foreign species.  She looked pudgy, but most of that was fluff, yet another thing that she got teased about, at least until she got out on the sports field, where she could outrun some of, if not most of the boys out there.  Shimmering blue eyes shining in the depths of the dark fur that made up her mask, rich brown hair framing her somewhat rounded face. 

Leaving the mirrors and heading out of the locker room and rushing off to her next class.  She was a little later than she liked but she knew that she would making it.  As if she had timed it down to the second she was in the classroom and taking her seat as the bell rang, a few other kids rushing in trying to beat the bell but failing.

Without missing a beat the teacher stood up from his desk and walked in front of the class, starting to talk about today’s lesson.  Like with the other classes that she had been in today, the raccoon dog’s mind started wandering off to why her body felt the way it did and why things were happening and if her mother got her message.  She was so lost in her thoughts that she didn’t hear the phone in the class ringing and the teacher going to answer it.

“Hana.”  The kangaroo man said looking to the raccoon girl, who snapped to attention.  “It looks like your mom is here for you.”  He said hanging up the phone and walking past her, stopping for a moment before heading on back to the front of the classroom

“Th….thank you Mr. Hansen.”  She said as she stood up and gathered up her things.  As she was doing so, if felt like Mr. Hansen and the other students were looking at her, or at least paying her more attention, but she brushed it off.  As she was heading out the door, she could have swore that she heard one of the canine boy’s in the back of the class saying something about her scent or something like that, but again, she just brushed it off as she headed up to the front of the school.

Standing outside of the door leading into the office stood a tall, older raccoon dog woman, who smiled the moment that she saw the smaller version of herself walking up.  “I got your message sweetie.”  She said as she reached out and put her hand on her little girl’s shoulder.  “What exactly does your body feel like?”  She asked as the two started walking out of the school and heading down the walkway to where she had parked.

“Well.”  Hana started out.  “I feel hot and tingly….and…..and”  She said starting to look down and blush.  “My panties keep getting wet….I mean….it’s not pee or anything like that.”  She said as they got to the car, the mother unlocking the passenger door before heading around to her door and doing the same.

“Does it feel really good when you rub yourself down there?”  The mother raccoon dog asked as she buckled herself up, watching her daughter doing the same.

“Ummmmm.”  She said pausing, blushing even darker, the insides of her ears turning a dark pink.  “Yes.”  She said in a near whisper.

“Oh honey.”  The mom said smiling and reaching over to pat her on the shoulder.  “There’s nothing wrong with you.  You’re just going into your first heart.”  She said as she started out of the parking lot and making their way back to the small house that they lived in.

“Is…..is there anything that we can do for it?”  Hana asked looking up to the mother dog, watching her drive.

“Not really, there are some medications out there that help take the edge off, but it’s just not that effective.”  She said pausing a moment, “Honestly about the only thing that would help is to….well play with yourself.”

“You…..you mean?”  She asked blushing more.  “Rubbing myself?”

“Yes sweetie…..just make sure that you close your door when you do.”  Chou said smiling to her daughter as she pulled into the driveway of their house.  “You have to watch males around you when you're in heat….your scent makes them a little….stupid.”

“O….Ok.”  She said softly as she got out of the car and started up the driveway following her mother.

“Now you run along, I’m going to fix us a late lunch.”  Chou said as she walked into the front door, glancing around the house.  “We’re home.”  

Skipping off to her room to do as her mother suggested to her.  Slipping off to her room and closing the door behind her, making sure to lock it, wondering if dad counted as one of the males that would end up acting stupid because of her smell.  Shrugging that thought off as she had better things to attend to.  Walking across the room, she started slipping out of her school clothes, letting the shirt and skirt land on the floor.  As she got closer to her bed she wiggled out of her training bra before flopping on her bed and then wiggling out of her panties, letting them also fall to the floor.

Sliding across her bed she propped herself up on some of the many pillows that she had on the bed with her, letting out a little sigh as she looked down between her legs, taking in the sight of her swollen, wet lips.  Her mother was right she was having her first heat, and given the way that she felt, she wasn’t sure that she liked the idea of having to deal with it the rest of life.  A soft moan slipped from her lips as her paw slid down her fluffy, soft furred belly and between her legs, the moaning getting louder as the tips of her fingers slipped over her clit as they moved a little lower.  The feeling of just her fingers sliding over her lips sent shivers through her body, a louder moan slipped from her lips as she slowly pushed one finger between her lips, the digit sliding in with little trouble thanks to all of the wetness and eagerness of her body.  Slowly she started getting into a rhythm, starting to pump that one finger in and out, before slipping in another one.  She laid there for some time just taking her time to explore her body, finding what felt the best.

“I told you before.  You’re not taking her and leaving me here.”  Chou said shaking her head.  “And I have told you that, I don’t care about money, I just want to be able to spend time with my daughter.”

“You think that I believe that, you’re just trying to paint me as the bad one in this.”  The older male raccoon dog said in a near bark.  “I know that you're just acting like a saint….you leave me here to take care of the house and everything else while you go out and work all the time and not even give me the money that I need to pay the bills.”

“Haru…..I do as much of the work around the house as you do, and as you do.”  Chou said managing to keep her calm.  “And as for giving you money….it’s better if I pay the bills myself….when I give you the money, you seem to….’misplace’ it.” 

“You know what.  I don’t have to sit here and take this mess.”  The male said as he turned and walked out of the room leaving the mother there shaking her head.  “Just go, and please….this time stay gone.”  Shaking her head as she stood there listening for the door to the house slamming, but it never come, she knew that he hadn’t left, he slipped off to the den to do whatever he did in there.  Slipping out of the bedroom and into the kitchen Chou busied herself with getting the dishes washed up and put away.

“Daddy.”  Hana asked as she heard her door creaking open, her father stepping in and smiling down to her.  The little dog girl couldn’t help but notice that his nose seemed to be twitching more than normal.  

“Hey kiddo.”  He said walking to her room and sitting on the foot of the bed.  “I came to see how you were doing.”  He said smiling warmly to her, a paw reaching out and resting on her leg.

“I’m feeling better then I was at school.  I think that I will be able to go back in the morning.”  Hana said smiling up to him, oddly blushing at the feeling of his hand on her leg.

“That…..that...sounds like a plan.”  He mumbled, it was clear that the older male’s mind was some place else, it was like her mom had told her, her scent was making her father stupid.  She let out a loud squeak as she felt the paw moving up her leg a little more, starting to push the long night shirt that she had on up.

“Um daddy….what are you doing?”  She asked cocking an eyebrow at him, trying to scoot back only to be squished into the many pillows that she had.

“Nothing sweetie….it’s just that you….you smell nice.”  He said as his hand moved higher still, slowly starting to move towards her inner thighs.  “And….your mother has been really cold.”  He mumbled as his hand found itself between her legs, slowly starting to tease her.

“Daddy this isn’t right.”  She said trying to push him back, but being no match for the bigger male.  “Please stop.”

“Oh come on this will help it a lot.”  He said as he reached out, taking the bottom of her shirt and tugging it up before using his other hand to pin her arms to the bed.  “It will hurt a little, but after that it will be nice.”  Haru’s other paw reaching up to tug down her panties.

“No daddy, stop!”  Hana screamed out as she started struggling and thrashing about, doing anything that she could to get away from him.

“You dirty fucker!”  Was all that the two heard before the sickening sound of metal hitting bone filled the room.  “How dare you touch our daughter like that…..”  Chou said as she stood there panting, clenching the heavy cast iron skillet that she happened to be cleaning when she heard her daughter scream out. 

“Mommy.”  Hana screamed out as she rushed over, now free from her father, clinging to her mother.

“Hana…..I need you to listen to me.”  Chou said as she kneeled down, holding her tight, still holding the skillet.  “I need you to get your suitcase and pack it.  Get several changes of clothes, your spare glasses and one plushie…..we’re leaving…..don’t ask questions…..just do it.”  The mother said giving her a stern look, watching as she skittered off to the closet and getting her suit case.

The mother dog stood there, glaring down at her passed out soon to be ex-husband, watching for any sign of movement, ready to hit him again if she needed to.  The moment that her daughter was packed and ready they left him there and slipped off to the safety of Chou’s room.

“Momma…..where are we going to go?”  The little fur ball asked, sitting on the edge of the bed, watching her mother wandering around the room packing up a bag, and gathering up the important papers and other odds and ends that she might need.

“Some place safe.”  She said as she finished putting the last of her things into her bag and picking it up.  “Come on.”  Chou said as she picked up the bag.  

The two slipped out of the house in time to hear the male groaning and cursing up a storm.  The sounds spurring them on to get out of there.  Tossing their bags into the back of the car before getting in and buckling up before throwing the car in reverse and peeling out of the driveway.

“Where is someplace save?”  Hana asked as she looked up to her mother, watching her driving through the city heading for the outskirts.

“I’m not to sure yet.”  The mother said shaking her head a little.

Chou wasn’t sure how long she had been driving, but evening had turned into night, and the night had drug on for sometime.  Several times she had glanced over to the passenger's seat, smiling softly at the sight of her little girl sleeping soundly.  Coming up on the corner was a small gas station, pulling up to it, she spied what she was looking for, a pay phone.  Parking the car and getting out, doing her best to not wake her child she went up to it, feed it some change and dialed a number.

“Hello…..who is this?”  The voice on the other end asked.

“Hey Jenny….it’s Chou.  I’m using a pay phone, the house phone is busted.”  Chou said smiling a little.  “I had a quick question….where was that place you went to for vacation last year?”

“You mean Winter Creek.  It’s up in Colorado, up in the Rockies.”  Jenny said with a little yawn.  “Planning a little vacation?”

“Something like that.  Well I have to go.  This thing want’s more money...I’ll see you at work in the morning.”  She said hanging up the phone.  “Well it looks I know where I’m going.”  She said as she got back into the car and started off back on her trip, heading to someplace that she hoped would be safe.”

“Mom….I’m getting hungry.”  Hana spoke up from the passenger's seat, where she had been sitting for what felt like days.

“I know sweetie, we are here.  I Just need to….there we go.”  She said looking at the building that was coming into view.  “That looks like a good place….Mel’s Dinner.”  She said as she pulled into one of the parking places in front of the building.  “Come on Flower.”  

The two got out of the car, taking a moment to stretch and work out some of the kinks from sitting in the car for many, many hours.  Slipping in and looking around, the dinner looking a lot like something out of an old movie, bar for the grab and go eaters, tables and booths for everyone else.  Slipping into a booth and scooping up the menus, the two started looking for something to eat.

“So what are you getting?”  Chou asked, glancing over her menu at her daughter who was mostly hidden behind her’s, her ears poking over the top.

“I think that I will get the bacon eggs and toast plate….with milk.”  Hana said smiling closing her menu before her mother took it, adding her with it.  

“I think that I will get that too.”  Chou said smiling.  “How you holding up kid?”  She asked looking to her daughter.

“I’m doing good...I’m tired of having to be in the car…..are we about there?”  She asked kicking her feet a little.

“Hey… Star…” a loud booming voice called out, seemingly coming from the kitchen area of the eatery. 

“Yes sir?” a tall, older polar bear answered, it being obvious from him looking towards the kitchen as he answered.

“New girl in town… and she’s got a visitor… maybe you should ferret her out and ummm… see what you can do before it gets busy in here,” a panther man said as his huge head poked out of the kitchen area. “Might want to make it quick, you know those bear boys are heading this way for lunch.”

Taking a deep breath through his nose the big white bears eyes crossed for a moment. “I… see what you mean Melvin, I’ll see what I can do right away,” he answered as he started to rise from his seat, looking around at the few people in the restaurant at this hour. Spying a new pair of faces he walked over to where the two female raccoon dogs, obviously a mother and her daughter, sat waiting to be waited on.

“Excuse me miss… but can I have a word with you please,” he said to the older female as he drew near to their booth. 

“Ummmm sure.”  The mother said as she looked up at the bear, smiling at the sight of the big white bear.  “Is there something that I can help you with Mr.?”

“Charles Weynesmyer, but most people call me Star, short for Star Dreamer,” the big white bear said with a gentle smile. “My friend Melvin, the owner of this establishment has noticed, and brought it to my attention that… well that your little girl here,” he said glancing to the younger pup and smiling sweetly, “is somewhat… aromatic.”

“It’s…..It’s a little bit of a long story.”  She said shaking her head, motioning for her daughter to get up and come sit on her side.  “And that….aromatic thing….part of the reason we are here.  I’m Chou, and this is Hana….if you join us I will explain everything.”

“A pleasure to make both of your acquaintances,” he said extending a paw to the mother as her daughter scooted into the booth beside her. “Especially a lovely young lady as you are Hana,” he said after shaking paws with her mother.  “First off,” he said as he slid into the booth opposite the two females. “You need only explain what you feel you must, people around here tend to mind their own business. As for my bringing up her… situation,” he said nodding towards the younger raccoon dog, “it’s only because in about ten minutes there will be around twenty five or so nearly teen and teenage boys flocking in here for lunch. I would be displeased if Melvin were to need to come out of that kitchen with a baseball bat again to settle things down in here.”

“Oh.”  She said softly.  “We will make a disappearance before that happens….I think that I have enough to get a room for the night….but no...the short of it….we had to leave home because of my soon to be ex-husband….trying to get some of her.”  She said nodding to Hana.

“I see,” the older bear said, one paw coming to rub at his chin. “Well first things first, from the looks of you both you sorely need a break from riding in your car, and a good hot meal in you. So if I may,” he said turning to look at the table he had been sitting at. “George, Eva, could you join me for a moment… and bring your bag please,” he said as a younger polar bear and a tigress looked their way before rising from their seats.

“Hello,” the pretty teenaged tigress said as they got close to the booth. “What is it you need Star, George and I still have some shopping to do before we head home.”

“First off, do you still carry those sachets with you… the ones that we made for the schools in Prairie Flats when the girl troubles started up?”

With a knowing look on her face Eva reached into her bag and handed him a small linen bag on a long string. “You ask as if you don’t know that I do still carry a few with me, here,” she said as he took it from her paw.

Turning to the puppy girl he said, “take this and tie it around your waist Hana. It’s nothing dangerous, only herbs and leaves. But it’s a combination that will mask your scent enough that the boys that will be coming in won’t turn into mindless idiots.” With the same gentle smile that hadn’t left his face since he sat down he turned to her mother and said, “we’ve had similar problems in the area before and have learned a simple, yet effective means to deal with it.”

“Thank you.”  Hana said softly as she took the little bag, carefully tying it to one of the belt loops on the front of her jeans.

“Nice to see that someone follows the traditional ways.”  Chou said smiling and nodding to the bears and the tigress.  “How long does that little thing last?”

“About a year, it’s not a potent mix, but dried herbs last longer and are just as effective as fresh ones if you prepare them properly.” Turning back to the young couple beside him he added, “just a moment more if you please. I do believe you can be of assistance to our new friends in another way.” Turning back to the raccoon dog mother he frowned for a moment. “I would take it from your comment that you are perhaps tight on funds at the moment, if you wish to follow the advice of an old bear you don’t know… I have a simple, safe, and effective solution to that problem for the short term.”

“Well that would help a lot.”  She said nodding.  “We kind of rushed out of the house the other afternoon….I couldn’t get everything that I wanted to.”  She said slouching back a little.

“Then here is what I propose, and please hear me out first,” the old bear said looking the woman in the eyes. “For the next few days, while you and Hana get settled a little and work on getting her enrolled in the school system here, I would recommend that you two stay with George and Eva. Now I know it sounds a little weird to suggest you stay with a pair of teenagers, but here are a few things you need to know about them, some of which I would rather you hear from me. First off they are a happy couple… and a married couple. Now the reason I know you, and Hana in particular, will be safe with them is the very thing you need to hear from me, and hear me out on. George here,” he said pointing to the younger polar bear male, “had his own issues with… the scent of a woman as it were. A strange set of genetic circumstances that once made him a threat to females, that is totally offset by the genetic circumstances of his wife and mate Eva. They have been together for nearly four years now and as long as she is fairly near by he is as safe to females as a newborn pup is to a feral. What I’m trying to say is that unlike most all males, her scent will not affect him, at all.”

“That’s rather interesting.”  Chou said cocking an eyebrow.  “Let me ask one thing….How hard is it to find work here?  I wouldn’t want to have to leach off of this fine couple…..I wouldn’t feel right.”

“That would depend on your chosen field,” Star said leaning back in his seat a little. “Though if you are trying to keep your ex to be from finding you, it may be wise to change fields to make it harder on him.” Scratching the back of his head a little he added, “then again… it may depend more on what your chosen field is. Tell me, what did you do as a career before this situation presented itself?”

“Teacher.”  She said smiling softly.  “I can teach Pre-K and kindergarten, and then I can teach Sixth grade and up Lit.”  

WIth a grin spreading across his face Star said, “then you are in luck. The schools of Prairie Flats are always in need of good teachers, and unlike some districts, they do not give out any information on their employees to anyone, not even spouses or former spouses. If he were, by some fluke of fate, to determine you were here and tried to pinpoint you that way… he would be stonewalled until the end of time. Teacher information is kept confidential to protect them from possible reprisals by angered parents and other do gooder types.”

“Well then it sounds like I’m set on that front, I have all the papers and things like that, I did manage to get that stuff.”  Chou said with a sigh of relief.  “So is there anything else that I need to know about this little town?”

With a slightly sheepish grin Eva spoke up and said, “well… you’ve gotten yourself into a town with a rather large portion of the people being of pagan beliefs from nearly every type of non-standard religion there is. That and perhaps the fact that in Winter Creek… we tend to take care of our own. You mess with one of our residents, you take on the whole town.”

“Well as for that.  I’m fine with that.  We are Buddhists.”  She said nodding to them, “and that sounds good to me….I feel safer already.”  Her paws came to rest on the bear’s, “thank you.”

“You are quite welcome Chou, now let’s see about getting your daughter a hot meal, then off to an actual bed so she can rest a little,” the old bear said throwing one paw into the air. “Nadine… service if you please.”

“Hello ladies,” the beaver woman said when she got close to their booth. “Hmm, new faces in town, and you’re with snowball first thing out of the hat. Is this another one of your special projects Star?” she asked drawing a small pad and a pen from her apron pocket.

“Something like that I suppose you could say,” the older bear said with the same gentle smile he seemed to always have on his face.

With a little chuckle Nadine replied, “same rules as always I see… don’t ask, don’t tell. So ladies, what can I get you to eat, that girl there looks like she could use a hot meal and a little time to stretch out.”

“After the drive…..yes, sitting in something that isn’t a car seat is amazing.”  Chou said smiling softly.  “For us, we will have the breakfast sampler, milk for her and OJ for me.”  She said offering the menus up to the beaver.

“Chocolate milk if you have it.”  Hana spoke up, smiling warmly up to Nadine.

“Chocolate moo juice and an OJ, coming right up, food will be about ten minutes,” Nadine said as she took the menus from the mother raccoon dog.  “Another cup of coffee Star, or are you good? Anything for the other pair?” she asked turning to look the young couple in the eyes.

“Two Coles, and tell Mel that George is here for that special sandwich he promised him. I’ll have a ham and swiss, mayo, lettuce, and tomatoes and ripple chips please,” the lioness said as the polar bear boy borrowed two chairs from an empty table near by.

“So, is there anything that I need to know about the area?”  Chou asked looking over to the others.

“Is there any other kids that are my age?”  Hana asked looking up to the polar bear.  “And the school….is it big?”

As a huge grin spread across Stars face he looked to the older of the raccoon dogs and asked, “I take it Hana has been going to public schools?”

“No, she went to the private school back home.”  Chou said nodding.  “Well….she started out in the public schools and they figured out that she is…..well too smart and got moved to the private school.”

“Sounds like she would fit in fine at PFP,” the bear boy said as he and his wife took their seats at the end of the table.

“Prairie Flats Prep school,” the lioness explained giving her husband an odd look for a moment. “ Looking back to the mother canine she explained further. “Local private school that many of the kids from here go to. It’s about an hour bus ride and she would have plenty of kids her own age there. They cater to the upper two percent of students in the area. The best and brightest are all there, and we love it. Though… there is one thing that you may want to consider… seeing as her current state may make it both helpful and potentially troublesome.”

“I think that she could handle it, I know she is smart…..but I think that I will let her make the choice.”  Chou said smiling down to her little girl.  “So you get to pick.”

“I think that I want to try public.”  She said nodding.  “I like the private schools, but I think that I want something where I can be a little more relaxed.”  

“I can understand that,” Eva said looking to the younger puppy girl. “But before you decide you should know a few things. First off is that for many of your school projects the subject and timeline are your choice. Other than state mandated milestones in curriculum, most of the things you will learn in class are at your own pace. You can pretty much go as fast or as slow as you want. For a private school, we have one of the most relaxed atmospheres you’ll find anywhere. And the headmistress, Mrs. Mapplethorpe, does not tolerate any kind of bullying, gender prejudices, or as she puts it, ‘any kind of general foolishness’.” Leaning closer she added, “what I was speaking of though, was that since if I am correct, you are a freshman, you would be in the new sex education program they started this year. To say the least it’s… a little out there.”

“Ummmm out there?”  Chou said looking over to Eva, coking her eyebrow.  “And just what does that mean?  Is there something that I need to know about first?”

With a hearty chuckle Star spoke up, “before your motherly instincts go into overdrive let us explain. The school prides itself on being at the cutting edge of teaching techniques and methods, in every subject. In this state the young ones go through their basic health and development classes by the fifth grade. Once they reach their freshman year of high school a more… active and responsible role is taken in educating them on the perils and pitfalls of their developing sexuality. At Prairie Flats… they have taken it to the next level in the subject of sex education. Their new program, as I understand it, has been called a virtual reality of the biggest consequence of young teens ‘scratching that itch’ as it were.”

“Ok…...So you’re telling me that you have a....that you show them what happens when they are careless in having sex with a computer program so to speak?”  The mother dog said cocking her head to the side a little.  “I’m slightly confused?”

“It kinda sounds like a video game.”  Hana said with a little snicker.

“Let a girl try to explain it to a girl,” Eva said snickering a little. “They have been working on this program for a few years now, but the technology to implement it just recently was developed. Though it was intended for other purposes, it lends itself well to the idea of letting young girls experience what it truly means to be pregnant, without physically being pregnant.”

“So…...it like they will be wearing a padded suit or something like that?  Ankle weights?  I’m still just a little lost here.”  She said shaking her head  a little.

“Something similar yes, though the suits they are using are far more advanced than any that have been used before. I don’t completely understand how they work, but from what our friend Mark has said they are as close to being pregnant as you can be without actually being that way. They work off of a data relay…. thing,” the lioness said with an odd look on her face.

“Time for the geek to step in,” George said smiling at his wife. “The sim-suits, which is what they call them, use a live data stream to duplicate the changes in a young girl's body as a pregnancy develops with time. A large portion of the Rocky mountain region has been wired with relay stations for that data stream. The suits pick it up and translate it, by way of microactuators, and biofeedback transducers to induce the same sensations in the girl wearing the suit as happen to the girl wearing the transmitter suit.”

“Ok, that made more sense.”  Chou said smiling nodding.

“That’s going to be a little strange.”  Hana said looking over to the younger polar bear.  “So I’m going to be feeling all the things she is….does that mean I will get morning sick to?  And if I will feel what she feels, does that mean that I will feel if someone rubs her belly?”

“Yes, on both counts,” the older polar bear said with a grin. “The intent was to make the experience as realistic as possible. It’s one thing to tell young girls battling their own bodies once their heats or seasons begin that they can become pregnant. It’s another entirely to show them what that means.”

“Is the person over the morning sickness thing?”  Hana looked up wide eyed up to the bear.

“She is a little….emetophobic.”  Chou said shaking her head.  “And forbid that she sees blood…..she’ll hit the floor.”  

“Shush mom.”  The little pup said with a little huff.

“That’s the funny part,” Eva began suppressing a giggle. “Zoe Bell, the teen girl that is the one wearing the transmitter suit has barely had a moments problem with that. It’s her boyfriend, and the father of her cubs that gets up every morning praying at the porcelain altar.”

“Oh thank goodness.”  Hana said with a little sigh.

“That poor boy….. I know that he had to hate that….especially if Zoe is anything like me when I was knocked up with that one there.”  Chou said looking down at her daughter.  “Sometimes I thought that she was kicking my belly on purpose.”

“He’s been handling it pretty well,” George said shaking his head a little. “Though I think her cravings will get the better of him sometimes. He loves her, but he really does go a little overboard on spoiling her at times.”

“So I’m going to need to stock up on pickles and ice cream.”  Chou said with a snicker….or will she take after me?”

“So far it seems that the cravings are as individual as the girls themselves,” Star said with a little chuckle. “I don’t think there is a store between here and Denver that hasn’t felt the wrath of a horde of pregnant teen girls.”

“Is there any place around here that I can get sushi and cookie dough then?”  Chou said snickering at the face that her daughter made at the thought of mixing the two foods.
“Wha's market for the sushi, and Sweets and treats for the cookie dough,” Eva said with a huge grin on her face. “Something I had to learn quick being with a polar bear, he always eats the weirdest things.”

“Well I’m sure that he and I will have to take a trip to Wha’s market and get some things for a nice meal.”  Chou said with a snicker, “I assure you it will be something that you will love.”

“As long as it’s after breakfast,” a voice said from behind the group. “Otherwise Mel fixed this stuff for nothing, and he won’t like that.”

“Oh no worries Nadine,” George said leaning back in his seat to make more room for the food to be served. “No one in their right mind would not eat once they order.”

“The only fool that ever did was the one that tried to tell Mel he didn’t know how to make a real Philly Cheese Steak sandwich… that one didn’t go well.”

“That sounds like a story on par with the thought of Mel coming out here with the baseball bat.”  Chou said smiling and snickering a little as she was handed her plate and passed Hana her’s