Oh yeah, I do not own W.I.T.C.H. or any of the characters, the plot is totally a work of my twisted little mind.....

Busted #2 – Hay Lin

Chapter 2: Telling the Truth

Eric's POV, Friday Night

It had been such a great night. We were all happily relaxing and eating pizza. When Will's mom came home unexpectedly. Let's just say it wasn't hard to guess what had been going on...the place hadn't aired out yet.

She was pissed...to say the least, kicking us all out and calling our parents before we could get home. To make sure that everyone knew about 'the situation'. I was not looking forward to getting home, we were busted, no doubt...

At least Hay and I could honestly say we hadn't had sex. Not that I didn't desperately want to take her, but she wasn't ready...so I'd wait. Hopefully it won't go too badly for us. The others...man, I don't know what their going to do.

We arrived at the Silver Dragon, Hay's parents were in the restaurant waiting for us. Even though I hadn't done anything, I felt my stomach fall as we went to face them and tell them the truth. Worse case scenario we get in trouble for being their, but at least they'll respect us for making our own decisions. Best case scenario would be that they listened and believed us quickly and we get off scott-free. Opening the door, I knew that even in my fondest dreams the best case wasn't going to happen, I just hoped for something less than the worst case.

Hay's parents and grandmother sat at a table close to the door, all clad in robes and slippers. Mr. Lin's short haircut looked really spiky and tussled like he'd been asleep. They didn't look happy but they did not start yelling immediately, that's what my parents would do.

With nothing but stern looks they pulled Hay and I to seats at the table. Silence reigned for tense moments after we sat, waiting for her parents to speak. Finally Yan Lin, spoke up, "We got a distressing call from Will's mother...is what she said true?"

"No!" Hay and I said at the same time.

"Grandma, we were just kissing. We weren't even in the room with the others so we didn't see what they were doing."

Hay's dad looked sternly at me, "Eric is this true?"

"Yes sir, we watched a movie, played a game and kissed for a while. When we stopped kissing the others had had pizza delivered, while we ate the pizza, Mrs Vandom came home. But Hay and I definitely did not have sex. For the record sir, I'm a virgin."

A grateful sigh escaped both her parents. Yan Lin patted Hay's hand, saying, "That's my girl, follow your own heart and mind."

"So are you telling me Susan is wrong?" asked Mr. Lin.

"Well..." began Hay.

"No sir. I know for a fact Nigel and Taranee had sex, and Irma and Caleb – because they told me. As I said we were alone...making out, they came and told us about pizza. But since you asked if we had sex, I really didn't know what Mrs. Vandom told you."

I hoped my point blank honesty would count for something, it was really uncomfortable talking to my girlfriend's parents about sex. For the record, I don't plan to ever discuss my sex life with them again – whether I have one or not.

"I told you she was hysterical and wrong, I know Hay Lin and so should you...after all she's your daughter. Now it's getting late, we should let Eric head home," Yan Lin summarized and closed the discussion.

With a grateful glance to the former guardian, I got up from the table following the actions of the adults. Hay bounced over and kissed her parents and grandmother on the cheek, "Thank you for listening and believing me. I don't know what I'd do if I didn't have your trust."

With one sentence, Hay managed to re-affirm the relationship with her family. It was not a tense moment as Mr. Lin walked me to the door and said good night, lightly patting my shoulder.

"Thank you Eric," he said.

Struck by the need to be totally honest I turned back to him and confessed, "Don't thank me sir, I'm crazy about your daughter – she's made it clear she's not ready for sex, so we're not having sex. But I'm still a guy, more importantly, I'm the guy that's been in love with Hay Lin since the day I met her two years ago. You need to know that one day it's going to happen. So don't thank me now, because you probably won't like me much then."

"I've known since the day she was born that someday a guy would take her away. She can't be my innocent little girl forever – I want her to find love and happiness. And I was a sixteen year-old boy too, I understand how a beautiful girl can affect you. But I was thanking you for being man enough to stand beside her, protect her and respect her desires. Yeah, I expect that day is getting real close...but just don't rush it okay?"

He patted my shoulder again and I walked out heading home to deal with my parents.

From behind me, Mr. Lin called out, "Oh yeah, I'll give your folks a call and straighten things out."

I turned and waved, "Thank you sir, good night."

So it was the best case scenario after all – who would have guessed?

Hay Lin is in motion toward her destiny...How will she be changed? Check out the other Busted stories, each guardian gets her own story that ties them together.

Cheers!

9/7/2009 2:15pm