My Monster Hunting Boyfriend

Natty’s P.O.V. Younger Natty, Age 5:   Cliffy! Hurry up my mommy is almost here! I said excitedly “Alright alright! I am almost done packing, but have you seen my blue cap? The one with the wolf on it?” Cliffy Asked Oh no! I forgot to put it back last night before he got back to his room…oh I know I will leave it in the downstairs washroom Hehe! “Hey cliffy I think I found it in the downstairs washroom on the main floor!” as soon as I had turned around, he was there shaking his head “Natty? Didn’t I ask you not to take my favorite hat?” he asked all I could do was look down and get a little teary eyed. He sighed “Natty here, you can keep it ok? Just do not cry, ok? I hate seeing you cry or even get scared if you like the hat that much keep it for me until I ask for it alright? Please smile for me?” he said with one of his charming and sweet smiles. I looked up and smiled at him and put on the hat with my biggest smile and laugh. My mom and my God mommy Irina were taking us on an overnight hiking trip.   -5 days later-   “Hey! Hurry up you two! I thought you both wanted to go on this hike badly?” My mommy said with a slight smirk on her face while looking at us. “We did, but we didn’t expect that both you and my mom were totally insane! Like come on can’t you both slow down a little!? Were really struggling here!” said Cliffy, honestly he was more upset with them when he saw I was having some trouble keeping up. Meanwhile all I could do was try and catch my breath and remember that mommy was indeed crazy, but she did not go too overboard yes mommy pushed me, but she was always wrapped around my finger, so I decided not to say anything. We all had decided to take a short break just as me and Cliffy were relaxing a little it smelled like mommy and Irina were smoking that stuff again, all cliffy and I could do was look at each other, shake our heads and smile and laugh a little. After a few minutes of resting, it felt like something, or someone was watching me. I quickly looked at Cliffy thinking it was him stealing looks again but to my surprise Cliffy was staring at some bushes a little distance away from us. Just as I was about to back away “Whatever you do don’t scream, I think it may be a werewolf but I’m not completely sure yet” said Cliffy with a cautious tone.  “What’s a werewolf? Is it a wild animal?” I asked not knowing what would happen next. Then I heard my God mother “Natty! Clifton! Where are you its dangerous to wander alone out here there are far too many wild animals in these mountains” Irina said, we couldn’t move I couldn’t make a sound. I guess my mommy got a little worried because I heard running toward us and her say” Baby Girl where are you?...” my mommy stopped mid-sentence and looked at we were looking at. Then the next thing I saw was the werewolf coming from the bushes and it was both terrifying and beautiful. The wolf had black fur with a beautiful red tinge and matching menacing red eyes. I watched as he turned back to his human form, both my mommy and God mommy even Clifton stood between me and the wolf. As he finished transforming, I peeked and saw that he was handsome maybe 6’5 with an insanely muscular build, he had black hair and grayish blue eyes but the last thing I remember was his dashing yet spine-tingling smile as he said “MINE” with a menacing laugh. The next thing I knew my mommy grabbed me and carried me off. And now I cant remember anything else that is until now.  Natty’s P.O.V: It has been a whole 3 months since Gramy died and I still cannot get over it. Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night and forget that she is gone, it hurts to remember that she has gone I really wonder if I will ever overcome this pain.   One day there was a knock on the door “who is it?” I said, but no one answered so I decided to investigate through the peephole, and I saw no one. So, I decided to open the door with the chain just in case, once I saw the coast was clear I closed the door and took off the chain. I looked down the hall both left and right hell I even looked up too but to no avail nobody was there, I decided to look down and to my surprise there was a letter with my full name on it. Nobody used my full name except my parents and my grandmother, I immediately recognized the handwriting it was my dearly departed Gramy. At first, I thought how is this possible for me to be getting a letter from my dead grandmother? I have always heard of certain postal services that would hold mail for however long the customer needed it to be held. But what struck me as strange was that my address wasn’t anywhere on the envelope, so the question I had was who put this letter in front of my door? and basically did a ding dong ditch? and why would they do that was it necessary? Just as I was thinking this and heading over to my desk for my letter opener another knock was at the door instead of being cautious when opening the door, I just flung it open, and I still did not see anyone anywhere. Ok now I am staring to get a little frustrated with this, if I hear another damn knock before I open the letter, I am going to get real upset. I looked down again but to my surprise it was not a letter but a pretty box with scarlet wrapping paper and a beautiful silver and white ribbon, and another note attached to it.   The note said,                                 Natty,                                 My sweet little Natty I know you must be missing me terribly and I know that you must be still trying to adjust without me around, but the necklace enclosed is a family heirloom please wear this for me baby. I will love you forever Natty.      ~Gramy. I could not stop the tears as I finished reading the note, as I was wiping my tears and getting ready to open the beautifully wrapped box another knock was at the door. “Oh, for the love of f*****g God! Who the hell is it!?” I said as I was getting up from the couch to get the door when I heard “b***h who the f**k are you talking to? open the damn door so I can b***h at you!” said my best friend Rosemary “Rosie”. As I slowly opened the door I say “oops its just you! Sorry Rosie, it’s just people keep interrupting me from either reading or opening the gift my grandmother left for me” Rosie immediately calmed down and asked, “what did she leave you?” with a look of concern and genuine curiosity “well she left me this necklace” I pointed to the box and began to open it only to find and insanely beautiful necklace it was simple yet extravagant it was pure silver with a beautifully large diamond at its center. Both our eyes just began to sparkle at how beautiful it was, “can you help me put this on?”  I asked Rosie “of course I’ll help you put it on!” she said with excitement. I went to the mirror near my desk and saw how beautiful it looked with my gray eyes. Then I told her about the letter I had first received before the necklace, “I’m not sure if I’m mentally prepared to open or even read the letter yet I feel like its much too soon for me you know? I said with doubt and fear in my voice. “Nat-Nat I get that but if I were you, I’d want to know what was so important that my grandmother would send me a letter or have one sent when she was gone, I’d just not think and open it okay?”. Said Rosie being insanely supportive in all honesty that is one of the many things I love about her, while I was still contemplating, I looked up at the door and saw that she had another set of clothes as well as some bath stuff too. “Your water got cut again, didn’t it?” I said with a smug look on my face, she hung her head. I could not help but shake my head and say with a sigh of defeat. “Go ahead and take a shower I’ll tell you about the letter when you get out of the shower okay? Plus, I’ll make some dinner since I know you didn’t eat yet.” As usual her face lit up and she flashed a pretty smile, “okay I’ve got to wash my hair, so I’ll be a minute” she said “I’ll be here reading” I said when she left the room, and I heard the bathroom door close. I looked at the letter and turned it to see yet another note. If you have not guessed by now my Gramy loved leaving notes. The note said: To be opened 4 months after my death. I should have known there was going to be a catch there was always a catch, I just hung my head in defeat and just put the letter in my desk drawer until the next month. I just decided to make some nice spaghetti with meatballs and garlic bread and some yummy lemon iced tea too. Just as I am finishing the tea Rosie comes out in the clothes that she brought, I wonder is it bad that I have this strange feeling that my childhood best friend may have used all my hot water? As soon as she sits down at the island Rosie looks at me with a confused look on her face while me having an agitated face, I do not know how but she knew why I was making that face and she said “Girl, chill I did not use up all the hot water, there is still enough for your nightly bath okay? Now what’s for dinner?” I could not help but laugh a little when she said that “spaghetti and meatballs with garlic bread” I said, “yummy! Your spaghetti is so yummy”.   As soon as we finished dinner she asked about the letter and I her about the note on the back of the letter, Rosie said “well that sounds like something Gramy might do but then again you knew her better than me anyway. But I do remember that she always did things for a reason”. I couldn’t help but nod to what she said.