A/N: Sorry for all the alternating POV's. Also, this is a mind trick. think of a number. Double the number. Add eight. Divide the number you have by two. Minus the number you have with the number you chose at the beginning. Is the answer 4? I bet it is.
Rebecca's Point of View
Aro held me in his arm's for a while; I knew that if it was anyone else doing this, I wouldn't let it happen. With Aro it was different, and I let it happen, in his arm's I calmed eventually. I wasn't sure how long it was, but jet lag decided that it would make itself known after I calmed down enough. I also noticed that while I was crying, he took me to a different room; this one had the bed I was currently sitting in, a vanity, a dresser, and a closet; everything, was of course the best of the best. Like why do you need a ten-thousand-dollar bed, if you can't sleep? I still had a question in my mind from the conversation. "Aro?"
Aro's Point of View
"Aro?" I had been holding her for a while now, trying not to touch any parts of exposed skin, and trying not to read her thoughts if I did. "Yes cara? (dear)" she asked something I both had not been expecting and also something I hoped she wouldn't ask, "what's the meet and greet?" I was unsure if I should give her the truth, or sugar coat it a little. I decided to sugar coat it, "it's where we go and meet with the wizarding ministries, we do it every twenty years to be courteous." She asked another question that would expose something that might make her go off again.
As much as I wanted to keep her from this as long as possible, I knew that any more avoiding the subject would only blow up in my face in the long run. "Where is this one held?" I looked at her she was waiting for an answer, "Britain, it's in two weeks." I said it tentatively, I was trying to disarm the bomb before it blew. "Why didn't you tell me earlier?" I was shocked about her not starting to cry again, but I was glad. "for one, I forgot until now, and I wanted to wait till you were in a better emotional state."
Rebecca's Point of View
What he said made sense, and I nodded, as much as I liked a strait to the point person, I also like it when they have a heart. "I'm sorry for today, I know it shouldn't get to me as much as it did bu-" he cut me off. "cara, (dear) you're still grieving, that's nothing to be sorry about; I also have something I should tell you," he took a deep breath.
"When you were crying, your shield was down. I got some idea of what your life was like, I didn't try to pry, and I tried to stay out of your head." I wasn't sure how I felt about that. I decided something, now was a good a time as any. I let down my shield and said, "look at it, I know you want to, and I don't want there to be secrets anymore."
I looked into his eyes as they became unfocused; he seemed to be savoring this. I saw him get angry at some parts; I had a feeling that was where the bad parts were. Still, I wasn't about to sit there and say my life was unfair, because it wasn't, there were so many others who had things a lot worse. Heck, I even have a mate that's helping me deal with everything sad in my life. Most have to go things alone.
Aro's Point of View
I watched her life, I started savoring every moment, of course, I got angry when I saw her hurt and sad wanting to comfort her and perhaps even get rid of a few people. Rita skeeter and Draco Malfoy were among them, and I wasn't sure I appreciated the potions professor as much as she did. When her life finally ended to this point, things I saw her do that I didn't understand before, were explainable.
I saw the root cause of her aerophobia; I saw that she slightly comfortable with the idea of sexual intercourse but needed more time. I might have not liked her risking her life in the newborn battle, but I couldn't do anything about it now, I also saw her jet lag. "You need to rest amore. (love)" I laid her on the bed and let her fall asleep.
Time skip (chill it's only to the morning it's still in Aro's POV)
The sun rose, and my angle started to stir. As it heightened in the sky, she opened her eyes and saw me there. She had left her shield down so I could see her memories and thoughts; I could see the night that recently passed, she sat up "good morning!" her mentality was that the mornings were times when the last day ended, and everything from yesterday happened yesterday, and shouldn't be brought back up… at least hopefully. "I guess it's time to face the day," she added "and it's inhabitants."
I let her get ready for the day, when the shower was on, I could smell her fragrance fill into the room from the bathroom. She got dressed and when she exited the bathroom, she seemed to be drying her hair with her wand. "What?" she asked, "nothing cara, (dear) you look stunning." I closed the space between us and held her close, "thanks" I could tell she was dreading meeting my family again. "They don't blame you for what happened, they understand that it must be hard." She calmed slightly, "I hope so" she mumbled.
Rebecca's Point of View
"I hope so" I mumbled. Athenadora and Diana chose that moment to show up, "so what's up?" It seemed that they deemed the situation as awkward, and to be fair, I felt it was too. I got so upset yesterday that Aro felt it through the bond. I know I should probably be feeling vulnerable and exposed now that someone knew my deepest darkest secrets, I didn't, I was actually glad to have someone to share everything in my life with.
"Nothing much" I paused, "look. about yesterday? can we just forget it ever happened?" I knew that not all people would be able to really move on from seeing me talk about my life yesterday. I still hoped that everyone here, didn't decide to treat me like someone to be pitied. "Sure." I felt happy that they weren't about to let my past affect my future here. "Great!" I left Aro's hug to go hug the two of them. I had gotten by this point that they were huggers, and they eagerly hugged back. "so, what do you want to do today?"
