I'm back with Chapter 14! All dialogue is in French again, it's just being written in English. I hope you enjoy!
Chapter 14: Long Distance Lovers
"But Catrine… What is your exact relation to this ghoul?" Hissrini sneered before Chariclo could even answer the question my mother had previously asked. I felt quite nerved from the question actually. She was the love of my life, ma bien-aimée. I just had no clue if we were technically ghoulfriends. I wanted Chariclo to answer just because she could possibly define her feeling to a full analysis which I so desperately craved at that moment.
"She specially looked for me the draw her on the streets because a friend of hers had me draw her in the past. I tried to act friendly to her as I do to all tourists no matter how obnoxious they are, but from that I started to get to know her. Then events proceeded and then…" I tried to explain shyly to my entire family.
"Go on…" Hissrini said bluntly with a hiss coming off at the end of two word sentence.
"She's my ghoulfriend and just because your daughter is dating another female does not mean you should see her any differently than how you saw her previously Mr. DeMew," Chariclo replied straightforwardly to Hissrini leaving everyone temporarily silent and removing the scowl look on his face.
"Let me go get the ham," Catlogero broke the silence and got up from his chair and into the kitchen with my mother following to help him bring in the meat I hadn't had to chance to eat last night.
. . .
The rest of the meal was uneventful. It was actually silent for the most part and that silence was only broken by Purrlcherie going into detail of her medical school education and Hissrini gushing on how proud of her life decisions he was. At least he didn't make any homophobic slurs at the table, maybe Chariclo set him straight… For the time being that is.
Catolgero after the meal excused himself from the house to have a smoke in which I left with him just to get out the hellish feelings I was sensing for Hissrini. I would have also gone out for some fresh air, but Catolgero's cigarette decided to cancel that wish. He leaned against the building as I sat on the cold, paved, ground with my knees bent and my arms resting on them.
"Your ghoulfriend seems nice," he tried to start up a conversation as he puffed out some smoke. He really was slowly killing himself with those, but I digress.
"She's perfect," I sighed and looked up at my brother who was in a gris sweater with a plaid collared shirt under it, a pair of dark colored jeans, and a pair of noir boots. His lavende hair was long and all over the place. His skin (or should I call it fur) tone was blanc just like mine and his matching tail was curved around his left leg. He was admirably attractive for a male, but nothing to go into inceste for.
"You know you shouldn't have fallen for a tourist though, long distance relationships don't work out well," he responded to me as he put out the cigarette to come down and sit next to me.
"And how would you know this?" I asked his as he placed his right arm around my shoulders.
"I did once, two years ago. Her name was Fanny Thompson, a ghost from Boo York City. She was an older woman; she would be around twenty-seven right now. We tried to keep in touch after she went back, but she ended up getting engaged to a another ghost who's name escapes me. You can't see what she's doing when she's gone, she is going to meet another person," he explained to me with a sigh and started to purr with me.
"How come I've never heard of Fanny?" I questioned him curiously, it had been the first time I heard of the specter.
"I never got caught by Hissrini," he teased as Purrlcherie came out of the house.
"There you two are. Father's very upset, I can sense it. He hasn't said anything, but as soon as you get the chance if you still want to be with your lover, I suggest running. He seems to like her as a person, but ghoulfriend seems to ruin it for him. If you want me to I can come up with-" she started to ramble on while for once, being a highly supportive sister.
"It's fine Purrlcherie. Hissrini's always fed up with just about everything except you so I don't want your help," I scowled at her "Though I do appreciate the thought," I smiled.
"Fine then, I think Chariclo is in there telling Katchay a story about some vampire who took over this one girl's mind to fill her heart with love or something like that. I was actually on my way out to go back to my apartment to do some… school work," she looked down at us with a slight look of panic when discussing her leaving. Something told me she was lying, but she had already gotten into her car before I could ask.
"So do you want to go back inside?" Catlogero asked me with a shrug.
"I guess if you are. Especially since Chariclo is now alone with Hissrini besides Katchay and our mother," I answered as we got up and enter the building.
Cupid is best ghoulfriend with that statement to Hissrini. Also Fanny Thompson is the best pun name I could actually come up with for "Phantom" so sorry if it's really bad. xD
ma bien-aimée = my sweetheart