"Are we there yet?" JR asked her mom for the tenth time that minute. She hadn't even spent half an hour in the car but she was already bored.
"Could just you be a bit more patient, Jade?" Rose snapped irritably.
JR chose not to say another word. 'Someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed today… well, make that everyday' she thought. Her mom wasn't like this before, it just started a couple of days ago.
She heard her mom sigh.
"I'm sorry, Jade. I didn't mean to snap at you" Rose apologized.
"It's ok, mom" JR replied as she played with the window switch. "So, where are we going again?"
"To your granduncle's"
"My granduncle? Why's that?"
"He… wants to see you"
"Ok. But why is it only now that I've heard of him? You never talked about him before"
Rose didn't reply. JR diverted her attention from the switch to her mom.
"Mom?" she asked.
Rose sighed.
"He has something very important to tell you" she replied.
"Do you know what it is?"
"…yes, I do"
"Then, why don't you tell me instead?"
"Because… I don't have the nerve to"
JR stared questioningly at her mom. 'What on earth is going on? Why's mom acting so weird? What does she mean by not having the nerve to tell me? Tell me what? And why is she so hesitant?' she thought.
"Hey, mom"
"Hm?" Rose responded.
"Do, well, you want me to know?" JR asked.
Rose again went silent for awhile. "It's your birthright" she answered brusquely.
"That's not-"
But she was cut when the car pulled over as they arrived at a very large house.
JR stared at it through the window. "Woah, that's where my granduncle lives?" she asked incredibly.
Rose stared at her daughter.
"Jade, listen to me".
JR turned to her mom in curiosity. Her mom's voice had changed from snappy to apologizing to hesitant then to serious. Moody much?
"Whatever your granduncle might say to you, no matter how convincing he may be, you are the only one who can choose your own destiny. It is your decision and no one can make it for you, do you understand?"
"What do you mean?"
Rose ignored her question.
"Mom, is something wrong?" she asked again.
Rose looked away. "No, it's nothing" she replied dismissively. "Now, let's go" she said then she went out of the car.
JR sighed, she was so tired of all these secrets stuff. 'First dragons, then huntsboy, what could it be now?' she thought as she followed her mom into the house. 'Well, at least it can't be any worse'
JR is about to know her mom's secret. What do you think will happen now? Like I said, if you got any ideas, I'm open for it.