6. Coming out
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"Mom, dad." They looked like I was gonna tell them something terrible, life changing and partly I was. A lot of things wouldn't turn out the way my mom and I had talked about. The wedding, kids, heir.. I hadn't even thought of that yet. I shock the thought our of my head before gathering my courage to just tell them. "My mate is a vampire, yes. But my mate is also a girl." I looked at them for a response. Screaming, yelling, swearing, tears, nothing. I would have taken the reaction of hanging up on me over this silence. The silence was killing me slowly. It felt like I sat there waiting for almost an hour but I looked at the call time and we had only been talking for a few minutes. It felt like a huge weight I didn't know about lifted from my shoulders but a cloud of worry and shame soared over me as I kept waiting. I felt a tear rolling down my cheek, I didn't even know I was crying until now.
"Oh honey, why are you crying? It's wonderful." My mom said and looked at her through my tear and I finally saw that neither of them were upset in any way, sad, disgusted or even confused about my mate being a girl. They looked happy and proud.
"I don't know, I was just afraid of how you might react." I said honest and tried to dry my tears from my face.
"Honey, what did you think I was gonna say? 'don't come back home' or something? Never! You are always my baby girl and I'm just happy that you found your other half no matter who it is." Mom said and I cried again but this time it was happy tears from the words my mother had just uttered to me. I was wondering why I was even worried to begin with. Deep inside of me I knew that they would accept this, me and my mate.
"As long as she makes you happy then I'm happy princess." my father finally spoke and another flood of happy tears streamed over my face.
"It was weird at first but she makes me extremely happy." thinking of her made me smile instantly, I couldn't help it.
"So who is it? What's her name?" mom sounded so excited to know who it was.
"Elizabeth, Frederick's sister." I told them and there was that smile again.
"I've met her. She's a good kid, a little stubborn but good." dad said. Yeah.. I could see that.
"That I can see. Oh, mom I have gossip for you. About Cole" my mom loved her gossip, especially when it was about people we knew. And she always saw Cole as a mystery as he never talked about his past life.
"Really? Spill!" I heard my dad chuckle in the background once again as he walked away from mom.
"So he has never even looked at a girl since he moved to us, right?" my mom agreed. "Cause apparently he was seeing this girl here, Faith. El and I was having coffee with her when Cole joined us and they are not on good terms. I mean they yelled and then she walked away and left Cole to explain everything. And when he moved she couldn't come with him and he couldn't stay for her, then he just left and didn't even say goodbye." Mom clasped her hand over her mouth at the shocking words.
"That doesn't sound like Cole. He is always so considered and kind, I can't see him leaving without having at least tried." she was telling the truth. Never in my life had Cole done anything that might hurt another person.
"That part is foggy, cause Cole says he tried but she wouldn't listen. I haven't talk to her about any of this yet. Then there's the fact that there was a rumor that he was seeing a certain brunette someone." I loved that everything felt just like it always had, nothing had changed.
"What? You and Cole? The person that started that rumor obviously haven't met you two together." She knew neither me nor Cole had ever liked the other in a romantic way.
"Someone had seen him take me out after Matt stood me up. But still. It's just ridiculous that we would ever have something. He's like my brother."
"I know, otherwise your father wouldn't have let him spend so much time with you." That was my dad for you, possessive and overprotective. We both laughed at the classic dad move he had put on Cole when we started to hang out. We talked about the trip, town people I'd met so far and such before saying goodbyes and I miss you's.
It was nice to talk to them, even if it's only been two days. It's happened so much and a lot has changed but for the better I believe. I decided to walk around the garden cause just as El said, it's beautiful with all the flowers, fountains, statues and well kept bushes. It was filled with so much color and amazing scents that I never really wanted leave this place. It reminded me of the garden back home and that's my favourite place in the whole world. One of the few places where I ever felt completely free, maybe I could be free here too. I started to paint this whole life for me and Elizabeth here, with three kids running around playing catch through the garden, two boys and a girl, all of them laughing with my moms giggles. Me and El watching for the balcony on the west wing, white wine in hand and some good acoustic music in the background. I can see it so clearly but still something was nagging at me, that something wasn't right. There was just the small issue of El being a vampire, being undead and me not. It's hard to see us growing old together when only one of us age and it left us with a huge riddle to solve.
"What are you thinking so hard about to cause wrinkles on that beautiful face of yours?" she said out of nowhere and sudden she was right next to me. The vampire speed still took some getting used to I guess.
"Just life, the future and all the boring things in life." I was telling a half truth sort of.
"Like what?" I gave her a look as if asking if she really wanted to know. "what? Your future is my future so I wanna know."
"It's stupid. Well maybe not it's just.." It felt like I was gonna tell her to quit a part of herself because I didn't like it even if it wasn't at all what I mean "the whole vampire thing. It's a lot different from being a werewolf or witch. You know the whole undead part."
"You're thinking of how it will be with me still looking 20 and you being old and grey?" I chuckled a little at her question.
"Yeah, something like that. How do we do that? I mean it's weird right?" I couldn't be the only one feeling this.
"A bit, yeah. But all the magic in this world I think we can work it out. I mean being a vampire has it perks." she said this and used her speed to stand on the other side of the fountain. "see, fun" and in an instant she was only and inch away from me, her breath tickling my neck. "The s*x is way better too." she whispered in my ear and place a lingering kiss on my neck making me shiver.
"Are you trying to convince me to turn?" I felt her hands at my waist looking for skin.
"maybe, am I convincing yet?" She did make a point, or maybe it was her intoxicating scent that was filling my senses that was persuasive.
"If we're comparing than the power of a werewolf is empowering. Having a beast, a wolf inside of you, a part of your soul that helps you through whatever you face in this world. Not to mention the s*x that comes with the werewolf strength.. Amazing" I had experienced it a few times over the years but the o****m in that dressing room was something else.
"Okay, so you have this other part of you. A wolf. What's her name?" she was being real seductive with her touches and the want in her voice. I knew that Kia would have loved playing with her on this level.
"Kia and I think you might like her. She is kind of.. Kinky and a flirt but also stubborn and really annoying at times. But you learn to live with her." It was all true, as a teenager I hated having her comments in my head all the time but it wasn't until I accepted her for who she was as a part of me that we really grew as a werewolf.
"Kinky huh? Can I meet her someday?" Oh I think we can arrange something.
"How about now?" I had a plan, a Kia plan. Well it was both of us. If Kia and Elizabeth don't get along I have no idea what I'm gonna do, it's vital that they like each other.
"Really? Now? Are we talking full on wolf?" she sounded like a mix of excitement and fear.
"something in the middle for now. Like a soft start."
~Are you sure about this Soph? If she's not ready to meet me we have a problem, bigger than your difference in species.~
~Breath Kia, it'll be fine. I love her, she loves me and I really think she will love you too. Be nice~
~what? I'm always nice~
~You do know I've been with you since forever right? I know everything you've ever said, done and even though so don't try to say otherwise.~
~Fine, I'll behave.~
"Okay, how?" El asked.
I closed my eyes and focused on Kia, letting her take over in moments of distress or lust is easy but channelling her takes more power and focus. I felt a surge of power run through me and I felt how I floated into the air as Kia took over my body, our body I guess. There is only one way for others to see if it's me or Kia that's calling the shots and that is the eyes. The whole thing that the eyes are the windows to the soul is quite true when it comes to werewolves. My eyes have always had the same green and gold as my dad but Kia's were pink. Kia opened her eyes and they met Elizabeth's and I knew that everything was going to be alright.
"So what just happened?" she asked us.
"Hi Elizabeth, I'm Kia."
- Writer
