Another Birthday
"Make it a good wish now Bella, you as well Liam," she smiled eagerly as the two blew out the candles of their cakes. Once done she began cutting them humming.
"Another birthday alone," Liam sighed and Bella looked closed to tears.
"Come now surely I am a little company," the old woman clicked her tongue and gave them plates of both kinds of cake.
"You are the only one that cares I think NiNi," Bella sniffed wiping at her blue eyes.
The old woman kissed her forehead and pulled her close. "My darling it is not your fault. She was a mere child when you were conceived."
"Do we really resemble the murderers so much that she can't bare to be with us?" The man asked.
"One day she will realize how wonderful you are my darlings. Have Faith in your love and your family."
Wanting to change the subject the man turned to his grandmother. "Does it bother you we were born on your birthday? Here we sit eating cake and you do not have one."
"Oh my darlings I have been blessed 3 times on the date of my birth, so much that I cannot fathom a cake ever meaning that much to me again," she chuckled licking the knife she'd cut the cakes with.
"Meaning?" he frowned.
"Your mother was born on this day of course as were you, Liam, and Belladonna. The miracle of seeing a new generation in my clan on my birth rejuvenates me and excites me like no gift ever could," She smiled.
"Well that makes our present mediocre," he smirked as Bella disappeared and returned holding a small Siberian tiger cub.
"Happy Birthday NiNi. A small token of our gratitude for being able to convince mother and Albus to not destory us," Bella smiled.
"How precious the wee one is," Cytheria clicked her tongue kissing the cub's furry head.
"So uh...how old are you again?" Liam smirked.
"Old enough to know you shouldn't ask a witch that unless you want to have Albus' nose,"she glared.
Liam ducked his head and shoved cake in his mouth.
