Beuford didn't get out of Rutwell Forest very often however Serena's directions were detailed and accurate. As a result, three bus rides and a lengthy hike to the country-side found him approaching the home of Abraham and Rose Bunny. Beuford had expected, Binky's folks being rabbits, that they would have had a burrow like their daughter. The Bunnies, however, lived in a three storey white house with blue trim and signs of recent additions. The yard was neatly kept up with a garden of various flowers along the wall of the house. Beuford approached the front door and checked himself over to make sure he was presentable, polishing his badge and checking to make sure the two bouquets of Baby's Breath had survived the journey. He took a deep breath and knocked on the door. "Just a minute, please," came a female voice from inside the house. "Lilly, Billy, Tilly, Robert, Y'all behave yuhselves or ah'll be sendin' y'all's poppa in with th' paddle when he git's home!" Beuford smirked until he realized that he and Binky might be doing the exact same thing soon. The door opened to reveal an older yet attractive, sandy brown furred, female lop eared bunny. She wore a pair of spectacles and an ankle length blue dress tied around the waist with a white apron. She wore her lavender hair in a bun on the back of her head. She stood perhaps a little taller than Binky, perhaps to the middle of Beuford's chest. She looked up at the blood-hound with a pleasant smile. "Well howdy, suh," she said pleasantly. "May Ah help y'all?" "Miss Bunny," Beuford said with a warm, friendly smile. "Ah am just struck speechless. Ah can see now just wheah y'all's daghtuh gits huh sweet Southern charm and beauty. Mah name is Beuford…Beuford Bloodhound and Ah'm heah lookin' fuh y'all's daughtuh, Binky." "Oh good lord, whut has she done this tahme?" the female bunny said, grimacing a little. Without waiting for a reply she turned and called back into the house, "ETHEL! Tell y'all's sistuh t'git huh cotton tail up heah this instant! Theah's a constable t'see huh." "Alrahght ma!" came another voice from inside. Beuford tried not to chuckle as he listened to the muffled thumping and a knocking on a door from inside the house. "Binky!!! Momma wants y'all at the front door! Sounds lahke y'all's in bi-i-i-i-g trou-u-u-ubl-l-l-le!" "Oh she ain't in trouble, Ma'am," Beuford smiled as he held out one of the Baby's Breath bouquets. "Ah ain't heah in an official capacity. Heah, fuh th' lovely lady of th' house." "Whah thahnk y'all kahndly, suh. And Y'all can call me Rose Mary" the female bunny said, blinking in surprise and confusion. "'Not in an official capacity'…Meanin' what, exactly?" "Y'all's daughtuh ain't in trouble with th' law, ma'am," Beuford reassured Rose. "Truth is…Ah'm sorta in trouble with huh. We had this little mis-understandin' th' othuh day an' well…Ah'm heah ta apologize." "Mis-unduhstandin'? Rose asked suspiciously. "Yes, Momma?" Binky said as she appeared at the door looking absolutely miserable and not looking up at her mother or Beuford. "Ah believe Ah may have huht huh feelin's. It was unintentional and Ah was preparin' ta apologize but she'd already left ta come heah. Ah…Binky!" Binky looked up at Beuford and gasped, her eyes widening in surprise and just a touch of fear. "What are y'all doin' heah?" she asked quickly. "Y'all mahnd tellin' me what's goin' on heah?," Rose asked a bit sharply. "This heah bloodhound says he knows y'all from somewheahs…." "Ah came ta apologize," Beuford said tenderly as he held out the second bouquet to Binky. "Y'did?" Binky asked, tears beginning to fill her eyes. "Whah?" "Ah…Ah'm not th' shahpest tack in th' box, miss Binky, Ah admit that. Ah was a li'l flustahed th' othah day and wasn't thahnkin' too straight. Ah…Ah'd nevuh abandon ya, Binky. Nevuh." "Whut's goin' on heah!?" Rose demanded. "This…This is…Um…th' male Ah dun told ya about, momma," Binky managed to say hesitantly. Rose's brow crinkled up in a frown a moment before her eyes widen in realization. "What?! This heah is th' varmint?!" she exploded before turning to glare at Beuford. "Y'all's THE Beuford?! Th' one that went and knocked up mah li'l girl?!!" "Yes, Ma'am," Beuford said stoicly knowing how serious the situation must be for Binky's momma. "Ah am." "Ah told yuh about him momma," Binky interjected, hoping to smooth her momma's ruffled fur. "Remembah?" "Y'all most cuhtainly did NOT tell me he was a HOUND-DAWG!" Mary Rose snapped as she crossed her arms and glared at the pair. "Well Ah kin see now whah he woulda left y'all lahke he did. THIS is whah Ah prefuh that y'all stick t'y'alls own kahnd! Friends is fahne with diffuhrent species but it ain't rahght fuh diffuhrent species ta mate!" "MOMMA! That ain't a fair thang ta say!" Binky protested. "A Hound Dawg!" Binky's mother continued unabated. "Binky, how could you! Y'all couldn't fahnd some Nahce young rabbit buck ta knock y'all up. No, Ya had ta go fornicate with a hound dawg!" "Momma, stop it!" Binky said on the verge of tears. "Y'all dun know what y'all is sayin'! Beuford is a Verrah responsible male and a gentle fuh as well!" "If he was so responsible he wouldn't have left y'all lahke he did," Rose Mary said harshly. "And a gentlefuh woulda respected y'all and your ladylahke qualities!" "But momma…." "Ah didn't raise no trampy Jezibelle fuh a daughtah. Ah shoulda known bettuh than ta let y'all go t' that forest. Ah've huhd th' rumors. Looks lahke they's all true! Just wait ‘till y'all's poppa gits home!" "Yall's Daughtuh is a rahght fahne an' decent young lady-fuh, Mrs. Bunny," Beuford interjected as Binky's mother pause her rant for a breath. "She ain't no Jezebelle. She does have somethin' of a mischievous streak in huh but we all do ta some extent. Miss Binky and Ah have got along quahte well now fuh th' last couple of yeahs. Ah love huh deahly an' Momma or no Ah won't heah anyone talkin' huh down. Ah love y'all's daughtuh." Mary Rose fixed Beuford with a withering glare that had cowed even her husband on occasion. To her surprise, the hound dog remained steadfastly resolute and un-withered. "Maybe so," Rose lectured. "But that's still no excuse fuh y'all knockin' up mah li'l gal or fuh huh lettin' y'all take advantage of huh." "Momma!" Binky protested. "Ah did no such thang!" "You…Hush!" Rose snapped. Binky fell silent and stared miserably at the ground. "Thangs is a li'l different in The Forest, Ma'am," Beuford said. "Ah'm sure y'all would fahnd some of them a bit hard ta buhlieve. But mah intentions fuh y'all's daughtuh are nothin' but honuhruble. Y'all cain't staht a family without love." "Y'all shouldn't staht one without a marriage neithuh!" Rose countered. Now it was Beuford's turn to fix Rose with a look. His look, however, was one of seriousness and determination. "Ah agree." Rose blinked, taken completely aback and struck all but speechless. "Ex-excuse me?" was all she could manage to say. Binky was also taken by surprise and looked up at Beuford curiously. Beuford knelt down in front of Binky and took her hands in his big clumsy paws. "Binky," Beuford said, his voice steady and unwavering. "Ah know Ah have mah faults but…Would y'all considuh takin' this love-sick ol' hound-dog fuh y'all's mate?" "Y'all r-really wannah settle down with me?" Binky asked in a shaky voice, her eyes widening in disbelief. Beuford leaned in and kissed her tenderly on the lips. "What d'yall thahnk?" he asked with a broad smile. Binky was struck speechless for a moment. Her eyes began to tear up and she threw her arms around Beuford's neck and hugged him tightly. "Of couhse Ah'll be y'all's mate!" She gushed happily. "If'n it's whut y'all really want and not just because of th' youngin's." "Th' youngins only hasten th' inevitable, Mah love," Beuford said gently. Binky smiled brightly and kissed Beuford deeply. Beuford returned the kiss and held her snugly. Mary Rose fumed silently throughout the display, her and building. "Ah WON'T allow it!" she burst out, interrupting Binky and Beuford. "Ah couldn't care less, Momma," Binky said without looking away from Beuford's loving gaze. "He loves me and Ah love him. That's all that mattahs ta me. Y'all's words are just wind ta me." Mary Rose was aghast at her daughter's defiance. "H-how DA-UH you speak ta me lahke that!" she sputtered. "I'll be rahght back, my love," Binky said, ignoring her mother's anger. She hopped inside quickly and started for the room she'd been sharing with her sisters. She was immediately mobbed by her siblings who tore themselves away from the windows where they had been eagerly spying on the spectacle. "Oh Mah! Is THAT the fuh that got ya preggers?"…"He's so tall"…"How big is he?"..."Y'all cain't possibly fit his thang inside y'all"…"Do dogs really git stuck insahde Y'all?"..."Binky's gonna have PUPPIES!"...."What's a doggie's thang look lahke?" Binky pushed through the throng to the room, ignoring the barrage of questions. She grinned broadly as she quickly stuffed a back pack with the clothes she'd brought. Back outside Mary Rose turned her glare on Beuford. The hound returned her glare with a look of sincere earnestness. "Ah am aggrieved that y'all cain't be happy, if not for us, at least fuh y'all's daughtah. Ah respect y'all but if y'all won't let us be tagethuh as mates then we'll have no choice but ta just live tagethuh and raise our youngin's. Ah love y'all's daughtah and y'all lahkes and dis-lahkes dun figure into it. Ah would lahke fuh y'all ta be happy fuh us." "Y'all want me ta be happy fuh ya," Mary Rose spat. "Or what?!" "…Or Y'all will nevah git ta see y'all's grandfawns!" Binky said as she reappeared at the front door with her pack on her back. "Not evah!" Mary rose threw a look of shocked disbelief at her daughter as Binky walked over to Beuford and took the hound's arm. "Y'all dun mean that, do you?" Mary Rose asked her tone carrying a hint of panic and despair. "Ah mean every word, Momma," Binky said defiantly. Thahnk about it." She tugged at Beuford's arm. "C'mon mah lovah," Binky said as she pulled Beuford toward the road. "Let's go home." Beuford gave a quick bow to Mary Rose and started down the pathway to the road. Halfway down the path he scooped Binky up in his arms and carried her. Mary Rose stood in the doorway sputtering in impotent rage. She turned to go back into the house but spotted all her other son's and daughter's faces lining the windows. "Git away from them windows this instant!" She shouted. "Or there's gonnah be some hide tannin'!" The faces disappeared and a muffled stampede dispersed throughout the house. Mary Rose looked back at the dwindling figures of Beuford and Binky. Her anger softened and the frown on her face was replaced with a look of profound sadness. Binky wrapped her arms around Beuford's neck as he carried her along the road. He smiled and gave her a kiss. She returned the kiss and snuggled against him. "Ah've missed you," She said as she snuggled. "Ah've missed you too, miss Binky, and…Ah'm sorry." Ah reckon A'll fuhgive ya jest this one tahme," Binky said with a playful smile. "If y'all makes me th' happiest Fuh in Rutwell Forest." "Tarnation Girl!" Beuford Chuckled. "Ain't Ah all ready done that? What does a fuh have ta do ta satisfy ya?" "Oh, a li'l of this and a li'l of that," Binky said before kissing Beuford deeply. "Mostly this, though…" Binky murred softly and kissed and licked at Beuford's neck and throat. Beuford chuckled and grinned. He gave her a gentle hug and rubbed her nose with his. "Not a few dozen yards from y'all's momma's home and y'all wannah play." "Well Ah did, say Ah missed ya," Binky smirked. Beuford looked about for someplace secluded by the roadside. "Course y'all knows ya cain't spank me no mo'," Binky said, causing a disappointed look to cross Beuford's face. "At least until our li'l ones come. Y'all is gonnah have ta treat me gently ‘cause Ah'm expectin'," Beuford nodded his agreement as his eyes fell on fair sized clump of bushes next to a tree and an old shed. He moved in amongst the clutter and foliage and took one final look around. Satisfied that the coast was clear, he knelt down and laid Binky on the ground. He hovered over her on his hands and knees. He looked upon her, his eyes reflecting the love in his heart. "Ah' thought mah lahfe was ovuh when Ah found you'd gone," he said tenderly. "Ah was so lost aftuh y'all left an' didn't come back Ah didn't know wheah else ta tuhn." "Ah'm so sorrah Ah left so sudden lahke Ah did. It was all so sudden…." "Ah know," Binky said, reaching up to caress his muzzle. "Ah wasn't expectin' this ta happen so soon mahself." Beuford lay down next to her and caressed her belly gently. She smiled and rolled him to his back and climbed up to straddle his belly. She ran her fingers over his chest. Beuford caressed her hips and thighs gently, slowly maneuvering his fingers up to the snap and zipper of her shorts. Binky grinned and leaned back, one hand undoing the snap on the tail hole of her shorts while she let Beuford open the front. Her arm brushed across the tip of Beuford's aroused male pride, inciting a small groan from the hound. She looked back and giggled a little as her sisters' questions and comments came flooding back to her. "Someone's happy ta see me," she smirked. Beuford blushed and grinned sheepishly. Binky stood up and slowly slipped out of her shorts letting Beuford's eyes grope her ‘private parts'. As usual, she wore no panties. She shifted a little and lowered herself to sit upon his length, letting the outer lips of her fuzzy cunny straddle his shaft. Her heart beat quickly and urgently within her as she squirmed on him, relishing even this small friction and intimate contact. Beuford rolled his hips gently under her, stroking his shaft along her slit, rubbing at her soft inner folds as her juices began to flow. Binky sighed softly as her arousal grew. "Ah've missed y'all so much, miss..Ah mean mah love," Beuford moaned softly. "Such a polite, well mannahed fuh," Binky chuckled. "Now hush up and fuck me mah sweet lovuh." Beuford grinned and caressed Binky's furry butt and pulled her upward a bit, repositioning the head of his lover's tool, pressing the tip into her slit. Binky trembled in anticipation and pushed firmly back against her lover's dog-hood. She felt her vaginal entrance stretch tightly around the tip as he slipped slowly into her. She groaned softly as she felt the shaft sliding into her well lubricated love tunnel. When the head of his canine cock had reached the top of her vaginal sleeve, Beuford paused. He continued to caress her rump and ruffle her tail. He looked into her eyes. Binky was surprised to find that the hound's eyes were uncharacteristically wet. "Ah know we've already…Ah mean that y'all are…" Beuford tried to say. "Ah…Ah just want ta heah it…That y'all want ta…Want ta make kits with me." Binky felt a tear run down one cheek as pure joy flooded through her. "Oh Beuford…Mah beautiful Lovah…Mah mate…Ah want ta have y'all's fawns. Ah want y'all ta fill mah belly with lahfe." She lay against her lover and wrapped her arms around him, holding him tightly. "Love me Beuford," she said as tears of joy flowed freely. Make love with me. Make lahfe with me." Beuford blinked his own joyful tears from his eyes and began moving within his lover. Binky fell into sync with him and they mated slowly. Beuford's paws caressed his lover from shoulder to rump and back as he gently moved in and out of her. Binky felt the low tingling in her cunny begin to build. The sensation continued to build and grow and more and more intensely. The tingling spread to her belly and inner thighs and continued to grow. Beneath her, Beuford groaned in his own growing pleasure. Binky began to pant and moan as she neared release and still the pre orgasmic pleasure continued to build and intensify. "Ah'm gonnah be a momma," she panted out loud. She didn't know why she'd said it out loud. The very prospect had caused her so much sorrow over the last few days…Some how that had all changed. She was going to be a mother. She was going to be with the father of their fawns and raise a family. That realization and the mere utterance of the fact tipped her over the edge. Her pleasure flooded out from her lower belly in waves of pure sensation unlike anything she had ever experienced. She clutched at Beuford tightly and cried out in ecstasy with each orgasmic spasm. The ‘gripping' of her abdominal muscles sent her lover over the edge as well, his canine seed flooding her belly in surge after surge of thick liquid heat. He pushed his shaft as far into her as her could and she could feel his knot swelling within her. The pair held each other as their mutual pleasure wracked their bodies. A few moments…Though it seemed longer…They relaxed and panted and groaned in the warm after glow of their mating, locked together by Beuford's engorged knot. Binky licked and kissed at Beuford's chest while Beuford caressed her warm, soft body and caressed her long ears. "Whah Miss Binky," Beuford said at length with a poorly feigned disapproving tone. "Whatevah would y'all's momma say?" "Ah couldn't care less," Binky sighed contentedly. "Screw huh." "Ah dun thahnk she'd be obligin'," Beuford said with a wry grin. "Still…Ah lahke huh. Huh hospitality could use some improvin' but she's a lovely southern belle." "Yeah, Ah know," Binky said. "But y'all cain't really blame huh fuh th' attitude. Aftah-all…Y'all is th' fuh that knocked up huh li'l girl. "She'll come around," Beuford said confidently. "Eithah that or Ah'll just have ta tuhn huh ovah mah knee." "Ah dun thahnk she' be appreciative of that," Binky giggled. Besahds, That'd be mah poppa's job. You'd lahke mah poppa. He's a sherrif heah'bouts. Ah cain't wait ta meet him," Beuford said. Suddenly he remembered the situation he'd left back at the jail house. "We'd best be getting' back. Ah left a jail full of miscreants in th' care of y'all's friend Serena." "A ‘jail full'?" Binky said. Y'all dun normally arrest anyone. What happened?" "Y'all was gone and Ah was feelin' a bit down," Beuford explained as he tugged experimentally trying to free his slowly deflating knot from Binky's vagina. Then Y'all's friend Serena come stornin' in and…well…" "What…Ungh… happened?" Binky asked as Beuford's knot popped free and his length slid from her body. "She barked and Ah barked. The encounter sorta put me in a real snit." "That was probably mah doin'," Binky said as she got to her feet and retrieved her shorts. "If Ah hadn't left huuh that note she wouldn't have been so mad." "Weren't nothin' important," Beuford said dismissively. "We both walked away intact and she did come back and tell me wheah ta fahnd y'all." Beuford got up and tucked his dog-hood back into its pouch. Binky finished zipping and fastening her shorts. "Shall we go home…Momma?" Beuford asked with a broad grin. "Ah thahnk so…Poppa." Binky replied. Hand in hand the hound dog and the lop eared rabbit started back to Rutwell Forest. To be continued.