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'Oooh I like this jacket; do you think it'll go with this top and leggings?'
'No,' Abby said shortly as she looked at Allie's taste in clothes with open dislike. I knew my friend who had been born in the seventies, preferred slightly less revealing clothes than the belly shirt Allie was drooling over. I wasn't much of a baring my belly person, but I had caught the eye of a belly top with strips of cloth that reached down kinda covering my belly so I decided it wasn't too bad and picked a green one while Abby slowly shook her head at me.
'It's your funeral,' she whispered theatrically as I moved to another rack and started thumbing through the mini-skirts. I only ever wore them with stockings so I picked out two in navy and grey, adding them to my basket.
'Dominic is going to have kittens,' she whispered at me with wide eyes.
'You're supposed to say my dad is going to have kittens.' I retorted while I wandered to the legging rack. Allie was squeaking in delight, drawing looks form the other customers as she happily pulled different pattens and colour's out, tossing the purple and green ones at me. Deciding I liked them, I added them to the basket.
Abby thumbed through them and picked out a few for herself. 'I can't remember the last time I went shopping.'
'It shows,' Allie muttered under her breath shooting her a scathing glance, assessed Abby's ripped black jeans and old t-shirt and old grey thin cardigan that had a few holes in it. I actually thought she looked good. The woman could wear whatever the hell she wanted and pull it off.
'Hey, both of you have your own styles. Get over it,' I butted in feeling irritated. Within seconds, the anger faded. I sighed, while my friends looked at each other, falling silent. I didn't mean to snap at them but they'd been sniping at each other since they'd gotten in the car. I had the feeling Abby was feeling put out because Allie saw me more than she did, but whether it was jealousy or something deeper, I didn't care. I'd spent the rest of the week trying to deal with my terrible mood swings not to mention the stupid night terrors had come back with a vengeance. Yesterday, both girls had agreed I needed a day out, but their sniping back and forth was only going to force me to ditch them and find Demetri to hang with.
My friends needed to grow up or I was going to bang their heads together; whichever came first.
Deciding I'd had enough of this store, I paid for my purchases and left without a word, going to sit on a seat while I waited for the girls. After two minutes, I noticed the line at a pop up cafe to my right was dwindling. Deciding I needed comfort food, I opted for three scoops of bubblegum icecream. I was almost done with my treat when the girls appeared looking guilty.
'We're really sorry.' Abby said as she sat down. Allie nodded, flicking her caramel hair over her shoulder and went to order a grilled sandwich.
'Don't apologise to me, apologise to each other.'
'We did, we promise we're good.' Allie replied as she sat down with her bags. 'I think we're going to have to have to make another trip to the car.' She mused to herself as Abby grinned. Cameron and Billy walked by heading for the gaming shop. Dominic was with them with Demetri following, he probably wanted to check out the games too.
'So is there anything you want to do for your birthday?' Abby asked abruptly. I saw Allie's eyes widened a fraction.
Shrugging lazily, I shook my head. 'Dom's family is going to come down like always, so you know they'll make a big deal of it.'
'You make that sound like it's a bad thing.' Allie replied with a frown.
'Six Frey men in the same room, six very, very attractive men,' I explained, 'and if you repeat a word I said, well, I'll deny, deny, deny.' I laughed at the surprised look on her face.
Yet, I could see it as her mind ticked over. 'Dominic has four brothers? Wooow.'
'Yes, he's the youngest though. The most serious one.' I added with a snort.
'I can't wait to meet them.'
'Being in a room with them is better than watching reality tv.' Abby replied with a mischievous gleam in her eyes. 'Imagine being bonded to one of them. None of them are bonded...yet. 'She trailed off as her eyes glared over and she sighed softly to herself. Allie snorted softly to herself shaking her head.
'Everyone assumes I'll bond with Dom sometime soon. So, you won't have to wonder for very long.' I muttered.
'Well can you blame us?' Abby asked softly. 'The Frey brothers' treat you like you're their baby sister, but Dominic acts different, we've all seen how he is with you.' She pointed out gripping my hand knowing this subject was stressing me out.
'What if it doesn't happen and he bonds with someone else? Doesn't anyone bother to realise how much pressure I am under right now?' I asked with a heavy sigh.
Allie nodded with a smirk. 'Yup, I do. It sucks. My parents expect me to be the top of my classes. It's irritating, and they expect me to bond with someone who is almost famous in our world. I guess one of the Frey brothers will do,' she groaned, facepalming.
'Careful what you wish for,' Abby whispered with a slow shake of her head.
I had not known that. Ouch, no wonder Allie had asked Dominic for extra training sessions. We were both under so much pressure, it wasn't fair. Desmond had begun training me shortly after he adopted me, it was one of the ways we had bonded. I wasn't egotistical in my fighting abilities at all. I was just more aggressive in my learning because of the true horrors I had faced in my past. A waitress arrived and handed Allie her food. She took a tiny bite and the heaviness of our conversation faded.
'I reckon you two will be kick ass warriors.' Abby stated, nodded to herself.
'Only if you're on our team.' Allie trilled as Abby's eyes softened slightly. I knew she and a teammate had been kidnapped, bitten and tortured by a vampire and to make matters worse, while she was recovering, her baby sister had been lured away from the compound they lived in and was killed by a vampire. Abby hadn't hunted since. She didn't talk about it much, but it was one of the reasons why were had grown so close. I had spent my life running to her whenever I needed my big sister. I couldn't talk to dad, he just didn't get it, but he should, considering he was attacked by a Hale witch a long time ago.
'I don't hunt anymore.' Abby's eyes grew sad and I decided to lighten the mood.
'Neither do we,' I replied with a wink, 'we could be an all-girl team called the Rock'n Warriors. Hell, we already look the part.' I teased with a grin.
'LOL,' Allie giggled, 'you're really bad at coming up with names.'
'Yeah, I know,' I replied feigning disappointment.
'Okay, well, I suppose you'll be wanting matching outfits then?' Abby asked catching on. It figured she'd be already thinking of matching uniforms. She shot me a grateful look that Allie didn't see.
'I guess.' I replied with a lazy grin.
'Let's not tell Dominic though,' Allie added thoughtfully.
'We should have a code name.' Abby said talking over her.
'Well we have all year to think of something.' I reminded them. 'So, does anyone want to go check out the music store?' I asked. Abby jumped up a little too quickly. Allie shoved the rest of her snack into her mouth as she bent to grab her bags. Linking arms with me, she winked at Dominic who had appeared with a bag in his hands.
'Stop it, he'll get suspicious.' I hissed.
'Suspicious of what exactly? We're just three girls shopping until we drop.' Abby reminded me but I only shook my head. When it came to me, Dom was bloody psychic.
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I'd barely put my bags on the bed five hours later when my phone beeped. Jeez, what now? All I wanted was a very long soak in the tub. Once I saw who it was, I knew my soak in the tub was on hold.
Mom: Everyone present? Family meeting
Dad: Hi kids :)
I smirked for a second before typing in a reply as I jumped onto my bed and got comfortable.
Me: Kinda, just got back from shopping
Brody: Really? Did you leave anything for the other customers to buy?
Me: Haha Brody-bear
Ian: :)
Heath: ****
Devon: You know that means you're cussing right?
Heath: Shut up, jerk
Devon: Kiss my ass
Me: Bitches please...
Mom: Children stop
Dom: Give me five mins, just got back
Mom: Shopping? Or hunting ;) or did you finally take our girl on a date?
Me: Him and a few warriors took us trainees into Boise today
Heath: Daddy-o. I think the kids are lying. Did they go on a date?
Oh god no, did they think we were dating? I was just about to let out a scream of annoyance when my phone beeped and I noticed Dom had replied.
Dom: No
Me: I barely saw him. I was with Abby and Allie the whole day. Why would I date him for? He is as moody as a badger on bath day
I was surprised no one disagreed.
Brody: Abby still hiding in the kitchen?
Me: Yeah, if I had any sense I'd be hiding out with her
Dom: I agree
Mom: Attention fambam, has everyone made plans to visit Belle on her birthday?
Me: You don't have too. I'm only going to be seventeen. It's not like I'm twenty-one. Don't come. I'll plan a trip to Hawaii if you do
My irritation grew as my family ignored me. It looked like I was going to have a birthday whether I liked it or not. Oh well, at least I could have a little fun playing matchmaker with my brothers'.
Devon: Ian and I will be there if we can find this Incubus. If not, we'll come by as soon as we can. Sorry Belly-boo, I don't think you can run from your birthday this time ;)
Heath: Brody and I are coming early. These Australian warriors are crazy
Brody: I swear they party harder than we do and that's saying something. Plus all of the unmated women tried touching us...
Me: *snorts* Yeah, I'm sure you hated the attention. Maybe you two shouldn't come since there are unmated females here...In fact, how about we cancel? That way the boys don't have to be afraid of bonding...
Brody: I'm not coming
Dad: Nice try, kiddo. You can't get out of your birthday. Mom and I are coming a few days earlier
Me: Well...I tried. :'(
Heath: Stop snorting Dragon, it's not funny. If you had boys chasing you...wait that's Dom's job. ;)
Me: Bite me
Dad: Heath...
Dom: I still have no idea what to get you for your birthday
Me: How about a bottle of sanity? I sure need some...
Ian: How much is that?
Devon: SMH. What's that perfume brand you like?
Me: Rebel. I have Kiss, Love, Rockin Rose, but I'm almost out of all of them and there's a new scent out apparently
Devon: Done ;)
Mom: Anything else?
Me: Well I'm getting back into hair dye and like Attic dyes best, they last the longest on my hair, I'm partial to the hot pink, the darker purple shades, blue, and red shades. I could use a new purple or green denim jacket since I lost it :'(. Band merch, most of the bands I like sell stuff in Hot Topic :) Oh, I need some more lip gloss, chocolate, you can always give money to a charity…
Mom: We do that every year. Or I do anyway :)
Me: Thanks. Anyway, I'm beat and I still have to put away my clothes. Talk to you later XO
Deleting myself from the conversation, I left them to figure out what they were going to buy me and closed my eyes. My phone beeped and I peered at it.
Dom: Your jacket is in my room
Frowning, I remembered the night I'd worn it was when I was drunk and sighed. Getting off the bed, I crossed my room, opened the door, ignored my dad, who I was still giving the cold shoulder to, and walked out of our apartment.
I met Dom a minute later in the hallway near the staircase. He was holding onto my folded jacket.
'You look tired.'
'Yeah, I am.'
'Can't have that.' He teased dropping down, grabbed the back of my thighs and lifted me onto his left shoulder ignoring me squawk of surprise.
'I can walk.' I complained as he carried me back to my apartment. Dad gave him a look as we entered but he didn't care as he carried me into my room, kicked the door shut and gently set me down in front of my bed.
'How are you doing? Abby chewed me out about what happened earlier this week.' He cast his head down and sat down on my bed, fingering one of the bags. I grabbed it, clutching it to my chest before he could peek in it. Abby and Allie had decided to go lingerie shopping and as usual they convinced me to buy some things, things Dom was never going to see. Before I could blush, my mind was shuddering at the image of the delusion that kept popping up unannounced. It took five seconds to remember that Dom had spoken. 'Wait you know about th-the delusion?'
His eyes softened as he looked up at me. 'Yeah, Sweetness. I'm so sorry. I wasn't thinking.'
'It's not your fault.'
'I triggered it. It is my fault, Belle. How can I make it up to you?'
'You can watch Fantastic Beasts with me.'
He groaned but settled down on my bed, resting his head in his hands. I tried not to look at his bulging biceps and the abs peeking out from under his t-shirt. Giving me a smug look, was all I needed to whirl around and start hunting for the DVD.
Once the movie was playing, I grabbed my bags, dumping them in my wardrobe and went to curl up beside him. At first I tried to keep as much distance as possible between us, but he only moved closer wrapping an arm around me, and tugged me to his chest. My fears erupted and I sat up.
'Belle?'
'Everyone thinks we'll be bonded but what if we don't?' I blurted out while he rolled his eyes.
'I already told you I don't care about that shit.' He growled at me, looking frustrated.
'What if you bond with someone else?' I wasn't moving until we talked this out, yeah, we'd been through it all before but I wasn't sure I believed him.
'I'll walk away from her. Belle, I haven't loved anyone as much as I love you.'
He what now?
'What if you bond with someone?' He countered glaring at me.
'I-I'd walk away.'
'Good, so we're on the right page. Can we get back to your stupid movie?' He asked turning back to the tv. I sighed and sat back; his arm wound his way around the small of my back pulling me close.
'I'm not going anywhere, babe,' he promised kissing the top of my head. I wanted to believe him more than anything, but I couldn't help but feel that something bad was going to happen.
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As the full moon lit up the grounds, I ignored the crunching of the snow under my feet, the one thing I disliked about living in America was the snow. Of course I wasn't walking outside for the sake of it, Dom's mum and dad had arrived two days early and as much as I loved their constant attention, I had ended up signing up for kitchen duty just to get some peace. Abby was thrilled of course. She and Drew had a bakeoff to see who could make the best apple turnover. It was hard to pick. Drew had mixed the softened apples with a walnut paste and damn it, it had been amazing. Even Abby grudgingly admitted she liked it better. Now, kitchen duty was done and I was walking in the freezing air, staring up at the beautiful moon as if I'd never seen it before. Crunching snow under boots brought me out of my thoughts and I whirled around, grabbing at the hilt of my knife. My mori shifted in my head and I suddenly knew who it was behind me.
Drew appeared with a grin. 'Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you.'
'It's all good.' I said turning around to keep on walking.
'Do you mind if I join you?'
'Sure, whatever.' I said with a shrug. There was something about him that was familiar, yeah that was the word, but I couldn't put my finger on it. My mori did a funny shift in my head and I frowned further. This is the second time, it had done this. I was starting to fear I'd bond with the guy even though I wasn't remotely attracted to him, which was weird, he was gorgeous, but I had this firm detachment thingie going on with him, besides I loved Dom. I didn't want to end up in a love triangle or something.
'So, how are you enjoying your training? I heard you're one of the best.' Drew said as we started to walk the grounds.
'Not to be egotistical or anything but I am. I could be a warrior right now, but they won't let me. How many trainees kill a vampire before they turn eighteen? Of course, they think my PTSD is going to get me killed. I know that's what Dom and my dad think but I swear, that's not what I was thinking about when that vampire attacked me. My only thought was to kill him.' I complained.
'I can think of a few people who have killed vampires before they graduated, but wasn't your kill kind of an accident?'
'Yeah, but I wasn't even hurt so I get points for that.' I pointed out as Drew laughed.
'Belle!' I sighed as dad appeared. He sent a cold look at Drew who returned it. One of these days someone was going to tell me why my family disliked the warrior.
'I'll um see you later.' Drew said as he mock punched me on the arm. I was still staring after him when dad appeared looking angry.
'Time for bed.'
'It's not even ten.' I complained.
'Get inside.' He growled at me.
I was instantly confused. He was acting like a helicopter parent but he'd never really acted like this before. 'But dad, what's going on? Why are you mad at me? I didn't leave the grounds and you've never gotten this mad before.'
I saw Drew's back stiffen as he walked away. I desperately wanted to grab him and force me to give me the answers to this unsolved mystery. I was sure it wasn't anything too bad because if it was, wouldn't Drew have left already?
Dad composed himself after my observation but I didn't argue when he took my hand and led me back inside. We'd gotten to the second floor when I tugged out of his grip.
'I think I'll see if Sebastian and Anna want some company.'
'Belle, I think it's best you come back to the apartment,' he ordered firmly.
'Um no, I'm going to see Anna. 'll be back in an hour.' I said sprinting off. He could have overtaken me in a second but I didn't care. I streaked for the door, skidding as the door opened and Dom, raised his eyebrow at me as I barreled into his chest.
'About time you ran into my arms.' He teased while I ignored the chuckles behind him. Anna with her dark chocolate hair that was shiny and tied up in her usual pony tail, smiled at me as she tugged me out of Dom's grip to give me another hug.
'Yes well, I barely escaped dad. Drew and I were taking a walk. We were just chatting and dad almost lost his freaking mind.' I babbled. Seconds later, I felt the temperature cool by five degrees. Dom was glaring out of the window, his body had gone rigid while Anna and Sebastian looked calm, but their eyes were on their son.
'Okay, what did he do to you and dad?' I demanded but he shook his head slowly as he turned to face me. He was still stiff as a board and it was irritating. I didn't like that he was keeping secrets from me.
'He didn't do anything to me.' He said eyeing me, his eyes were emotional, as if he were begging me to stop interrogating him.
'So are you annoyed at the competition?'
His face paled looking a little green. 'He made a move on you?'
'No of course not, but if you don't tell me anything I'm going to jump to conclusions. Hell, I could write three novels speculating about why you don't like him.'
'You'd never get close to the truth, Belle. Just drop it, it has nothing to do with you.'
'Dominic you know that is a lie.' Anna growled. 'It's time, Belle has the right to know. You and Desmond have been interfering with her life for far too long as it is.'
He turned to her, his eyes flashing worriedly. 'It'll ruin everything.'
'Ruin what? My trust? Newsflash, it's fading faster than I can blink, either tell me what the fuck is going on, or I'm going to Drew for answers. It's your choice.' Sebastian cleared his throat glaring at me for my cussing but I was past caring.
'Maybe it would be best to ask him after your birthday.'
'Oh sure, just wait for two days while everyone lies to me and pretends that nothing weird is going on. I don't think so.' I ground out, as I walked to the door. Dom grabbed my arm and I spun kneeing him swiftly in the groin. Groaning, he knelt down gasping, while I disappeared from the room. I hadn't meant to hurt him in his private parts but he knew better than anyone not to grab me from behind. I was shaking by the time I got to Drew's apartment. I only knew where he was staying because Eric was in the next apartment. Knocking on his door, I waited until the door grudgingly opened. His relief was evident and he stared at me for a long second.
'Are you going to explain to me why my dad and Dom react badly around you?'
He scoffed, while his eyes went hard. 'They didn't tell you?'
Seriously? Would I be asking him if I already knew? 'No one tells me a god damn thing, so I'm going to ask you again and if I have to ask you a third time, I may take a leaf out of a vampire's book and make you tell me.' As I said the words, I called forth to my mori just in case.
'I don't know what to tell you, Belle. It's a long story.'
I hit him in the chest sending him flying into the room. Slamming the door shut behind me, I stalked towards him. For a moment, just a moment, the way he looked at me from the floor was so damn familiar...an image of my biological father's face buzzed through my head and my rage erupted.
'You're my uncle?' I whispered as my body froze and I began to shake violently. Seeing red, I didn't care when my mori fought for control. I battled it back silently until it went silent growling sending me waves of irritation.
'What? No, of course not. I'm Matt's nephew. Belle...I'm your big brother.'
I don't know how I got to the couch but suddenly I was sinking onto it. I felt numbness take over. 'No.' I choked out fighting tears. How could my family hide this from me? I knew I had an uncle but this, this was so awful. How could I ever forgive them for this? I'd had a brother all of my life and no one had fucking told me. Rage erupted and I started shaking again. I was pretty close to kicking the coffee table into the wall.
Suddenly another thought erupted into my head and I gritted my teeth. Had Drew known all this time I existed? Did he hate me? Tears were flowing before I could stop them. 'Do you hate me or something?'
He got up and crouched in front of me capturing my hands in his and squeezing gently. 'What? Belle, of course not. I was posted all over Europe and have only come back to the States a month ago. I had no idea you didn't know who I was until the day I met you.
'But you didn't...'
'Sweetie, we're in the same boat. My mother never told me about you. She lied to me too. Uncle Matt can't wait to meet you, but he wasn't sure you wanted to see him. So I came instead.'
My head snapped up and I pressed my lips together. Matt was right, I didn't care that he'd never seen me. I had my own family now, or at least I thought I did.
'Why did your mother lie to you for?' And why did my family lie to me? None of this makes any sense.'
'Mother was and is still extremely jealous. Our dad found love with a human and together they got married and had you. I was too busy being a warrior, hunting vampires in Europe to care what he did. Plus, I was done with my mother trying to use me to get him back. She did it all the time when I was a child.'
My anger slowly faded as I started breathing again. 'Oh jeez. That's messed up.'
He smirked. 'Yeah, but so is this. Why didn't anyone tell you about me?'
I frowned. 'My uncle never even came to see me. Maybe they thought you hated me too.' I was searching for reasons but nothing clicked in place.
'Uncle Matt doesn't hate you. He's just as pissed as I am that I was never told about you. He thought I knew and didn't care.'
'This is all kinds of fucked up. See what lies do to each other? If everyone had told me I had a brother none of this would have happened!' I exclaimed angrily. My hold on my little demon buddy began to waver but Drew's warm hands grabbed mine and I found my mind clearing.
'It's possible they thought I'd take you away and raise you myself.'
'Would you have?'
He frowned, shaking his head. 'You have an amazing support system here. I never would have taken you away from your family. It sucks that they didn't know that. If anything, I'm jealous of you. Once my mother realized she couldn't use me to get to my dad she dropped me off at the nearest compound and left. I only saw her five times in ten years.' He laughed humourlessly.
'What a bitch, sorry Oppa.'
He smiled sadly. 'Yep.'
'So what do we do now?' I asked looking around his spartan room.
'I don't know, I wasn't planning on staying once I realized you didn't know who I was.'
I wasn't much of a hugger but I jumped up, wrapping my arms around his neck. 'Don't go, please?'
'I won't. I'm not missing your birthday, baby sister.' He replied squeezing me back. His comforting hug dissolved the rage still humming inside me.
A knock on the door made us break apart and he walked to the door. Eric stood there with a grin. 'You up for a game of poker?'
'That depends on whether you knew this kid is my sister.'
Eric raised an eyebrow. 'Didn't know, you two don't even look alike.' He said looking us over. I could tell he didn't believe we were siblings.
'Thank god, Oppa,' I whispered in relief while Drew chuckled, 'the twins might have known.' I added making Drew's grin fade a little.
'Kidding. There's no way they'd lie to me,' I said in a rush brushing past the men to walk out, trotted down the hall and walked into the twin's apartment without knocking.
'Could have been naked Lassie,' Niall commented.
'What a shocker, I'd have seen a tiny penis and died from fright.' I replied sarcastically as Seamus snorted covering up a laugh.
'So did any of you weirdo's know anything about me having a big brother?'
'Er no, I thought you had about six.' Seamus grinned, probably still thinking about my snide comment.
'I meant a biological brother from my dads side.'
'Nope, no clue. You playing or not?' Niall asked sounding put out. Drew and Eric appeared behind me. Eric casually wrapped an arm around my waist while I glared at the twins fiercely. Niall stood up, snatching at the bottle of whiskey in case I decided to lose it. 'Are you about to go into a rage? Cause, I like my stuff.'
'Belle, they're telling you the truth, calm down please.' Drew said taking my hand. My rage slowly faded and Eric finally released me. Kissing the top of my head, he walked to the round table and sat down winking at me. Drew tugged me forward. 'You play poker?'
'Yeah they're teaching me, but I suck at it. I never remember the rules. Mostly I come here for the alcohol.' I said making my way to the bar fridge. Grabbing a bottle of JD n cola, I opened it and took a sip and went to sit down with the boys. I wasn't surprised when Nikolas and Chris arrived, took their seats, their eyes watching me and Drew. I leant forward glaring.
'Don't glare at me, Belle.' Nikolas warned while I let out a snarl. All I wanted to do was punch the Russian in the face. Sara would probably lose her shit with me; too bad she wasn't here. I wouldn't mind going a few rounds with her too.
'Okay, we're going.' Drew said two seconds later, standing up, taking my hand tugging me out of my seat.
'They knew I had a brother and they lied to me. They've been treating me like family and they fucking lied.'
Drew's face didn't change as he stared into my face. 'Belle I know you're pissed. I'm angry too but we can't change the past. Your family made a crap decision, and it doesn't matter why they did it. My mother lied to me too, so either simmer down or we're going. Your choice.'
Snatching up my bottle, I used my mori speed to disappear out of the apartment.
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I was sitting on the roof tiles staring up at the moon. An hour ago, I'd been out here walking in the snow. I'd been content and now? Damn, my whole family had lied to me. Drew was right. Being pissed off wasn't going to fix anything, not that I had to fix this. They were the ones that lied to me about Drew.
Did they honestly think I'd have wanted to live with him? Desmond had been the only one to get through to me when I had arrived here. I was one stubborn kid too and there was no way I would have left with some stranger.
So why didn't they tell me about him? Why, why, why...
'Belle?' A voice asked and I looked around to see Abby walking towards me slowly. She wasn't big on heights so she was being very brave by coming out here. When she reached me, I took her hand and she sat down nudging me with her shoulder. 'Drew just told me who he really is. I mean it makes sense. It's no wonder why I liked him so much. If he hadn't come here, I never would have known.' I said softly.
'How do you feel about that?'
I reined in the anger I was feeling. My mori sent me calming thoughts but I ignored it. It didn't like it when I was this agitated. 'My family betrayed me and for what? I don't see any reason why his mother and my adopted family would keep us apart. It's not like he would have taken me away. I'd have flown into a rage if that had happened.'
Abby laughed. 'I remember the time Sara tried to take you away from Desmond to bake cookies. You refused to go anywhere without him and started screaming like a banshee, well in those early days you screamed like a banshee no matter what,' she teased.
'And now I can't wait to get away from all of them but that won't solve anything will it?'
'Nope.'
'What am I supposed to do? I can't do the forgive and forget stuff. It won't work.'
'Comfort food will work. Let's go whip up...something.' She offered standing up and pulling me to my feet. I wasn't hungry but I knew that having something to distract me would calm me down.
'Can we make Romulan ale jelly shots?'
'What?' She asked looking down at me in shock.
'Star Trek.'
She blinked at me. 'But you hate Star Trek.'
'I don't hate it, I just haven't watched all of the series or movies. Besides, you like creating the food from movies.' I pointed out. I should have admitted that I had watched the original series about four times but decided not to. Her infatuation with Spock was kind of weird.
'You're right I do.' She said with a wicked grin. 'Alright let's go create some star trek dishes but you have to watch a few episodes of Next Gen with me.'
'How about we watch an entire season?'
'Ah-ha, I knew I'd make a fan out of you.' She sang. Climbing through the window, I felt the anger fading a little. Abby smiled, tugging on my hand.
'I'm thinking chocolate badge cookies.' She said.
'You read my mind.'
