So here's another chapter, late as usual, but it's here. *big smile*
Totally sorry about the big mystery of Luca not finding out and the fact that I said he'd be pissed when he does. It's all part of the big bang though.

"Stay tonight
don't come morning, don't come light
they may be lies
but say you'll stay and we'll be alright"
Stay by Sara Bareilles

They arrived in a part of town that Terrah had yet to see. It was like a chain of stores for rich people. Everyone around looked rather pompous. She just couldn't stand it, she hated people who lived to flaunt the amount of money that they have. It just seemed wrong because not everyone was as able.
There were all kinds of fancy cars parked in the spaces next to the sidewalks. The old flashy kind, the new flashy kind. The types were quite a range.
Luca's mom parked next to a silver BMW, all sparkly and new looking.
"Come on," she said, grabbing her purse and exiting the car. Terrah was extra careful not to hit the car next to them. She didn't want to scratch or dent either of them.
"What exactly are we going to do?" Terrah dared ask.
"Lunch with the ladies, you need to get out and about. Get to know some people.
This couldn't be a very good idea, not at all. The dinner was still fresh on her mind. She remembered it all. The kicking, the screaming, that blond…
Some people would greet them while others looked at them with nasty looks. A lot of people wore nasty looks. It was like they were thinking, "No one here is better than me."
She turned her attention to the things that were in the windows of the shops. All of it looked rather expensive. Clothes, shoes, purses, jewelry, antique furniture, little knick knacks, china.
Terrah didn't notice that they were slowing down until she almost ran into the back of the mad woman in front of her.
The doors of the restaurant were wide open. It had a kind of chill atmosphere. People chatted at their tables quietly unlike what you would find in your usual restaurant where there was always that group of people that would be loud.
The décor was kind of country. The tables and chair were wooden. The walls were surprisingly spotless white. The table cloths were all white as well. It didn't seem like the kind of place you would find such posh people unless you were thinking of a country club, but this was nowhere near one of those. There were all sorts of people here.
Heads turned as they made their way to where they were going. These people all looked like a friendly bunch. None of them had any stink-eye looks. They smiled and waved at Luca's mom, so they must have known her.
"Ethel!" smiled a semi intoxicated woman from a table in the back. "We've been waiting for you."
"Fashionably late as always." Ethel said.
She was all smiles and her face was shining like a light. Well all of her seemed to be shining. Her bluish black hair seemed to be moved by this wind that couldn't be felt.
Must be of a different species.
Terrah sat in the seat beside Luca's mom. It was the only one left open anyway.
All four of the new women were smiling at her, and to be honest it was creeping her out. She hadn't met any of Luca's family's associates that had been nice to her.
"So this is the new addition to your little family?" The woman sitting across from her asked.
Ethel glanced at Terrah. "Apparently." Terrah didn't know if she should feel offended or what.
"Aww, it's not that bad." She smiled warmly then reached her hand out across the table. "I'm Kismet."
"Terrah Laken."
"Ooh cool. You got one of them double names." The girl sitting beside Kismet looked pretty young, younger than Terrah no doubt, one of their daughters or nieces maybe. She had a southern accent. "I'm Eris."
Eris looked to be at least 15. She was a bit on the chunky side, but it wasn't a bad look for her. She was actually quite pretty, long wavy golden brown hair, piercing blue eyes. Her face was round, cheeks totally pinchable even at her age.
Terrah smiled at her, she seemed nice.
The other two women introduced themselves.
Mist, the one who had exclaimed Ethel's name when she saw them was a witch. That kind of explained her floating hair. She and the bitch had apparently been friends for quite a while.
The other woman, Carrow wasn't of many words. She was a real beauty though. Her hair was so blond it was silver almost, her skin just as fair. Her eyes were oddly a light purple, they seemed to be burning deep with something unknown. Her features all together were small and elfish. Her mouth a perfect little red bow, her ears were pointed and her fingernails were literally claws.
Terrah thought that it would be rude to just come out and ask what she was, she just wasn't brazen enough.
She wasn't uncomfortable with the woman, she didn't feel unwelcome. They asked her questions, she answered them Sometimes she'd ask them small questions that weren't too prying.
Mist kept giving her this looks, like she knew something the others didn't and Terrah just hoped to God that she didn't have some witchy power that gave a sense of the presence that was currently growing in her belly.
"So how do you like your marriage with Luca," asked Eris?
Well she wasn't expecting that. "Ermm, its okay I guess. He's nice. Sometimes. ."
All the women had their attention on her, the feeling of being in the spotlight didn't do well for her..
"You can give us a better answer than that," Mist said with a smirk on her face.
Terrah sighed, she just really didn't want to go into this, the only good thing that came with Luca-
"How's the sex?" This came from Kismet.
Ethel shifted beside her. She obviously didn't like that question either. Maybe because it was a human her son was plowing.
She cleared her throat. "I don't really think I should be telling the world about my sex life."
"Come on," Eris exclaimed dramatically, "who wouldn't want to tell how good tumbling is with that sexy beast."
The pressure was killing her. She didn't want to let them down by being a secretive prude.
She rubbed her palms on the bottom of her dress and cleared her throat. "Well, he's a real tiger." A sigh came from her and that seemed to make the others think that she had caved in. "He was my first, so I can't compare him with anyone. I do enjoy myself it though, he's really…" She looked for the right word, "Thorough."
"Did it hurt?" Eris was looking at her with that anxious expression, waiting for an answer to her question."
Terrah was about to speak, but Carrow spoke up. "That's highly inappropriate." The expression on her face was annoyed. "Everyone doesn't experience the same thing, so for you it will probably be different. You'll just have to wait and see what it feels like."
Terrah watched this thing between the two. Eris rolled her and snapped back. "You're one to talk, Miss. I-Must-Stay-Pure-Until-The-Cobwebs-Are-Too-Much."
The women at the table stifled laughter, Terrah could hardly hold her own.
She excused herself to the bathroom. Her bladder was really full.
When she made it out of the restroom, she saw that they were getting ready to leave, saying their goodbyes and that.
They planned to meet up again sometime during the week. Terrah didn't mind at all. She didn't think that they were bad people, rather good instead.
She didn't know where in the hell Ethel got her attitude from then. Maybe she'd just have to warm up to her once she sees what kind of person she was and not just think of her as the human bitch who married her too good son.
After they parted ways, they went to a few stores where Ethel was intent on buying Terrah a whole new wardrobe. The bad thing about it was that she wanted to be in the dressing room whenever Terrah was trying on something. It made Terrah feel really self-conscious, like maybe she had already gained some baby weight or something, but she knew she hadn't, she still looked exactly the same and all of her clothes still fit.
Surprisingly she never made any comments that were too bad. Terrah knew that she didn't have a bad figure, somehow through all of the years she had kept herself in shape. Never really played any sports except when she had to and that wasn't very often. She rather liked staying snuggled up in bed with a good book and a bunch of junk food.
Terrah secretly got plenty of lingerie, not because she really liked Luca or anything, but she wanted something for him to see when he came back. If he came back.
By the time Ethel dropped Terrah off at home, it had already gone dark. She was more than tired. She was in need of a good shower to get rid of the stink of the day.
As she was heading up the stairs, she heard ringing. It was her cell phone that she never thought together. No one ever called to talk to her and she didn't want to call and talk to anyone.
She pushed open the bedroom door with her butt since her hands were full of bags. She deserted them on the floor and rushed over to the phone. She didn't check to see who it was, just picked it up.
"What?" She answered.
"Oh, what a way to answer the phone when your husband is on the line." Her heart skipped a beat at the sound of Luca's voice.

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