Growing up- Chapter One- My Father
Morgan's POV- (she's 12, I wanted to make it a growing up one since I didn't see any fanfics about her growing up.)
"Mom!" I yelled frantically. She was falling, going over the edge, then, all of a sudden, she was back up again. I rushed over to her, helping her up, pulling her away from the edge of the cliff."Thanks, darling." She whispered breathlessly.
"What happened just now? One minute you were falling over and the next you were back up." I told her, confused. Looking around, I saw no one in sight, casting my senses; I felt nothing but the heartbeat of several small animals.
"It must have been him," Mom said softly, almost like she was talking to herself.
"What? Who?" I asked, getting more confused.
"Ciaran. Ciaran MacEwan, your father."
"What did you say?" I asked, incredulous. In all my 12 years of life, my father had never once been mentioned in the household. It had been just two of us in the household, me and mom, mom and me. It was an unspoken rule that my father was not to be mentioned. I had never known who he was, never known his name, never seen his face.
And all of a sudden, she not only tells me who my father is, she also tells me that he was here, and that he saved her life. What am I supposed to do? Act all happy that I finally get to see him, or get all angry that he wasn't with us for the last 12 years? It was just too much for my 12-year-old brain to comprehend.
"So where is he?" I asked Mom, looking around once again.
She shrugged, by the look on her face; I could tell that she was just as baffled as I was.
"Come on, sweetie, let's head home." Mom said, taking my hand and leading me back to the car.
On the car ride home, I thought about what had happened just now. Mom and I had been having a 2 person circle in the woods near a steep cliff, the area was secluded and hardly anyone ever went there, there was a very low chance of us being discovered.
After the circle, while we were packing our tools, Mom's athame slipped out of her hand, as she bent to catch it, the strong wind swept her towards the cliff edge, and as she started to fall, he arms windmilling behind her, some invisible force that she had claimed to be caused by my father, pushed her back.
The sudden jerk as the car stopped jolted me out of my thoughts.
When we were sitting in the kitchen with a cup of hot chocolate in each our hands, I began asking my questions.
Questions like, "What was he like? Was he powerful? Why did he leave us? Why was he here tonight?" all flew out of my mouth.
Mom sighed, she looked tired. "He was...very powerful, incredibly charismatic, he was my soul mate..." Mom said softly and sadly.
"Why did he leave you then? And why was he here tonight?" I demanded, choosing to ignore the vulnerability that she was showing.
Mom shook her head, "I left him, Morgan. You have to understand this, he was married and had 2 children, I couldn't make him leave his family. And I don't know why he was here tonight, although I swear to the goddess that it was him." Saying those words, mom's face grew seemingly darker, as if she was reliving the painful memories in her head.
"Mom, if he hadn't had been married and had kids, would you have stayed with him? Do you still love him? If he came back now and begged for you to forgive him, would you go back to him?" I let fly all these questions at once, my mouth was really working overtime tonight.
"Yes, I love him, Morgan, and I don't know if I would go back to him, I really don't. Now, can we save your other questions till tomorrow? I'm really tired and I want to fall down on the bed and get up in a week's time." Mom got up wearily and put her cup in the sink, then she went up the stairs to her room.
I rinsed my cup and put in back in the cupboard, then I headed up the stairs, too.
When I walked into my room, I found a note on the desk, it said:
Dearest Morgan,
I am your father. I don't know if your mother ever told you about me, but I want to meet you. Could you come down to the park tomorrow at 3pm? I will be waiting.
-Ciaran MacEwan
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