The wait is over! Prepare…

Perry's POV

At the end of Day 2 with the egg, I come home to find Priya and Hazel practically shaking Teddy for information. "What's all this?" I ask as I come into the living room.

"TEDDY HAS A GIRLFRIEND!" shrieked Hazel.

"What?"

Teddy glares at Hazel. "She's not my girlfriend."

"Who isn't?" I ask.

Teddy sighs. "Mayfair the Cat."

"Harry and Karen's oldest," Priya tells me.

"What happened today?" I ask Teddy. "Why does Hazel think Mayfair's your girlfriend?"

"Wemighthavekissed," mumbles Teddy quickly.

"What was that?"

Priya grins at me. "Our little boy had his first kiss with Mayfair today."

"Mom!" complains Teddy.

"Aww." I grin and ruffle my son's head. "That's great, Teddy."

"No it isn't!" Teddy shouts to our surprise. "Don't you see?"

"See what?" Priya asks.

"I'm trying to pretend it didn't happen!" Teddy stands up. "I like her but I'm not sure if I like her in that way. I can't even say her name now! It's made things really awkward between us!"

"But why?" I ask.

"I just explained!" Teddy shakes his head. "Never mind. I knew you wouldn't understand."

He storms out of the room. "Teddy!" calls Priya. We hear his footsteps go up the stairs. "I don't know why he's acting like this," she tells me. "He told us when he got home but he seemed okay at the time."

I stare at the door that Teddy just went through, wondering if my son had a bad day.

Teddy's POV

I slam the door to my room and flop onto my bed. I don't know what to do. My emotions are in turmoil. Mayfair kissed me! Now what do I do? It's made things so awkward. I couldn't look at her after it happened. She seemed really upset but when she ran off, I couldn't go after her. I don't know where she went but my body physically didn't want to after her.

Someone's knocking on the door. "Teddy? It's Dad."

"What?" I call.

He comes in and sits beside me on the bed. "Was your day all right apart from the Mayfair incident?"

"Peachy," I say bitterly.

"Teddy, you can tell me. I've had plenty of bad days."

"Who said I had a bad day?"

"Teddy…"

"Fine."

I tell him about my day, from the argument I heard between Kimi and Luke, to my conflicting emotions towards Mayfair. However, I don't mention that Luke blames Dad for what happened to Ohio and India. When I finish, Dad looks angry.

"There is no call for Luke to treat you like that," he says crossly. "He didn't even talk to you today?"

"Apart from the argument he had with Kimi, I didn't see him either. I didn't have anything to do this afternoon so I went to the gym and trained."

"At least you didn't do nothing," Dad says, but he still looks cross. "I need to talk to Luke."

"Don't!" I say, alarmed. "Please don't. It'll make things worse."

Why does everybody keep saying they'll talk to or beat up Luke? It's not going to help! Why can't people just be sympathetic and then leave me alone?

Dad eyes me. "Is there another reason you don't want me to talk to Luke?" he asks.

"No," I lie. "Not particularly." His frown in my direction annoys me so much that I snap, "Apart from the fact that he hates you for ruining his life."

Dad blinks. "Where'd that come from?"

"He thinks you could have prevented his parents' deaths."

Dad blanches. I fully remember for the first time that Dad was friends with Ohio and India, Luke and Piper's parents. It must have been horrible, watching them die. "They died heroes," Dad says quietly. "That's what Luke doesn't seem to get. If they died needlessly, I'm sure I'd understand his rage. But they died to save thousands and thousands of people, including Luke and his siblings. They made the decision they did out of love."

"Well, he doesn't see it that way…"

Short-ish chapter but what did you think?