Disclaimer: Twilight is the property of Stephenie Meyers, my OCs belong to me
This chapter is dedicated to Alphabloodwolf
Keelie
It was seven in the evening, the time Olly and me had agreed to talk each day. I had news for him, now I finally had confirmation, I could tell him about going to stay at Rose cottage. I checked my hair in the mirror one last time before I logged onto Skype.
Olly answered immediately.
"Hey there beautiful." He said, giving me a smile and I couldn't help but smile back.
"How's it going?" I asked.
"Remember I told you about the GT attacking Leda yesterday?"
"Yeah." I said, wondering what this had to do with him personally, I was more interested in him first and foremost.
"There was a trial this morning. We all had to go. They even let Alec cross the border!" Olly said, looking like he didn't quite believe it.
"Seriously?" I asked because it sounded far-fetched that the Elders would let a vampire who was Volturi in very recent history cross the border. I mean a member who wasn't forced into it like Aunt Essie and Uncle Tobias.
"Yeah. I mean I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't been there to witness it." Olly said expressively.
"What was it like?" I asked.
"Well it weren't so great as I expected. He didn't burst into flames or nothing, and we didn't even sense him cross the border. Thought it might be something more mystic than just a line in the sand." Olly said, looking a little disappointed.
"I'm sure Leda would have been happy if her father spontaneously combusted." I said.
"I guess." He said with a shrug.
"So what was the outcome?"
"We all found the GT guilty of intending to harm Leda, so now they have to do community service with Phill and counselling with Auntie Nina."
"So rehabilitation?" I translated.
"Yep. But if they fail, then it's up to Jane." Olly said darkly.
"What does Tony think of that?" I asked, feeling shocked and maybe a little bad for the GT.
"That was his idea." Olly said gravely.
"Whoa!" I gasped, wondering if there was anything I could ever do that would make Dad mad enough to hand me over to Jane. Then I dismissed it as a true possibility. Knowing my cousin Tony, he was more likely bluffing. Hoping the threat of Jane was enough to curb their usual devil-may-care attitude and that they'd take this whole thing seriously. I hoped his bluff would work, but while Lydia might comply, I couldn't help but wonder if in a moment of annoyance at the restrictions Astrid would call his bluff.
"So how are you?" Olly asked, and I realised I'd gone quiet for at least half a minuet and he was trying to move our conversation onto something else.
"Good. I mean, apart from missing you like crazy." I said.
"Yeah. Me too." He said with a sad sigh.
"So I got a remedy for that." I said, trying to keep the smile off my face.
"You do?" Olly asked.
"Yeah. I need me some time on the Res. Or at least close to it. That's why next week I'll be camped out at Rose Cottage." I stated.
"Why does that sound familiar?" Olly asked.
"It's the cottage that was given to Grandma Bella and Grandpa Edward as a wedding gift." I replied.
"The one up by the Cullen House?" He asked excitedly.
"Yep." I confirmed.
"You'll be there? With your parents?" He asked carefully.
"They'll come make sure I'm settled in, then I'm on my own until the end of the summer." I told him with a smile.
"Really?" Olly asked, sounding awed.
I nodded. Grinning.
"Cool!" He said enthusiastically, before adopting more cool tones when he asked, "So when you coming?"
"I should be there Wednesday. I'll let you know once I'm there." I promised.
"I can't wait." Olly said with a grin.
"Me neither. We can go running the Res."
"We can do that, but since we'll be on my turf I can show you a real good time. Maybe we can catch that movie since I'll have my own money." He said firmly.
"Yeah." I agreed a little downbeat since I could catch a movie here.
"And more Quileute specific stuff." He said solemnly.
"That would be great." I said feeling a whole lot better as I played with the band on my wrist.
Olly sighed and reached toward the screen, possibly running his finger down my face on his screen.
"Can't wait till you're actually here in front of me." He whispered.
"I'm counting the hours." I admitted.
"Me too." Olly said, "Though now I'm gonna have to think of something to distract Silver a while."
"He can hang with us." I said with a shrug.
"Yeah, but we'll want some alone time." Olly said, looking a little uneasy about what he actually meant in case I'd chew him out for it, but I wanted alone time with Olly too.
"And I don't think he'll begrudge you that." I said, skirting a direct response, we could talk boundaries in person.
"I guess."
"I just wish I had a best friend who knew our world, but I haven't." I said out loud, and I hadn't even realised that was something I wanted.
"Silver won't be alone forever." Olly said authoritively, then I turned my head quickly as my bedroom door burst open and Alfie ran in and bounced up behind me on the bed before I could stop him.
"Is that your boyfriend?" He asked in a teasing voice.
"Yeah." I replied, not embarrassed one bit and that seemed to confuse my brother for a moment, he was past the 'girls have cooties phase' but not the admitting to having a boy/girlfriend stage yet.
"Ok." Alfie said and looked at the screen.
"Alfie this is Olly. Olly, this is my little bro Alfie." I said as I hugged him down into the camera view.
"Cool. I've heard a lot about you. Did you have fun at camp?" Olly asked.
"Sure, sure." Alfie said, screwing up his face a little. "Are you really Keelie's boyfriend?"
"Yeah."
"Are you kind to her?" Alfie asked.
"Yeah." Olly replied.
"And you treat her right?" Alfie asked and I had to wonder if he had a list or something.
"Alfie!" I snapped before he went too far.
"Sorry. I just, that's what brothers is supposed to ask their sister's boyfriends right? Making sure they're not dodgy?" Alfie directed at me, but it was Olly who answered.
"Yep. Makes you a good brother looking out for your sister."
Alfie beamed and his hand brushed my wrist and he remembered my band cause he'd asked me about it. He lifted my arm till the band showed on the screen.
"You made this right?" He asked.
"Yep."
"I made one in camp. But I gave that to Christen and she gave hers to me. Burgess wasn't happy about that and threw it in the lake, but I got it back." Alfie said firmly.
"Glad to hear." Olly said.
"Yeah. He didn't think I could swim cause I'm only nine and he's fourteen and can't even swim, but please! I was born swimming."
"It's true. Mom wanted to try a birthing pool." I explained and Alfie nodded.
"If you ever come to the Res you'll have to come up to the lake with me and the other wolves." Olly said.
"You're a wolf like Dad?" Alfie asked excitedly.
"Yeah. Keelie's wolf." Olly said, smiling as he used my words.
"Cool. I hope I'm a wolf. I mean it would be ok if I get to have an ice sword, but I would like being a wolf more." Alfie said.
"Well who knows? Maybe in the future." Olly observed.
"If I am a wolf will I be in your pack?"
"If you pick my alpha." Olly said. "But we can talk more about this later. I need to get going now. Silver wants me to crash the Freaks rehearsal with him."
"Ok. Give my love to them all and tell Leda I hope she's ok." I said.
"Will do." Olly promised. "Talk to you tomorrow?"
"Same time. Same place." I said with a smile.
"Bye."
"Bye." I said, and hit the call end.
"He seems nice." Alfie said.
"He is."
"Good." Alfie said with a nod. "So if he's a wolf and he's your wolf, does that mean you're imprinted like Mom and Dad?"
"Yeah."
"Then it's good that he's nice cause you'll be married one day and it would suck if he was a jerk like Burgess."
"Definitely." I agreed and gave him a hug and he hugged me back.
Robyn
Time was getting on and we hadn't really discussed much about the trial. Leda had just wanted to practice. After a few hours I managed to convince her that we needed a break and we needed food. I 'd suggested the guys head out and get us some pizza. Closest place was in Forks, which would give me and Leda enough time to have a talk without the guys there. It took a little coaxing, but she finally told me about it, after I said I'd get it out of Addie later if she didn't tell, and I couldn't believe the reason.
"So let me get this straight? They did it as a prank?" I demanded.
"The GT do have a sense of humour." Leda said sarcastically.
"Yeah, but there's pranks and then there's reckless endangerment to life." I replied.
"They're being punished. I hope they won't do it again." Leda said flatly.
"I'd hope they wouldn't do it, period." I said. "So what's the punishment?"
"Community service and therapy."
"That doesn't seem enough to me." I said, cause seriously, the GT were out of control.
"It seems too excessive to me." Leda argued. "Perhaps if I hadn't panicked…"
"Don't." I said firmly, cutting her off. "It's not your fault. I know how intense the GT can be."
"But would you run from them?" Leda asked.
"Well no." I admitted and Leda gestured like I'd proved her point. "But then I wouldn't get far if I did. All I could really do in that situation is hope Addie feels my agitation and come to my rescue in time."
"You would have stood your ground." She said, not willing to accept it.
"Hell no. I'd shit myself. Two giant ass wolves charging at me? You really think my gift of the gab would help me then?" I demanded.
Leda shrugged.
"Whatever, if they think that's a good prank they need to grow up and get a clue. Maybe a little hard work and talking about their feelings will help them realise it." I said feeling a little annoyed that she was trying to put her more on herself than the GT.
"I hope you're right."
"Yeah." I agreed.
"Although I would have preferred to ignore it." She murmured.
"What if they really hurt someone in the future because you ignored them?" I asked. "And you know, you can ignore it now, forget about it and not have to worry about them doing more."
"That is a point." Leda said looking a little happier. "And I can ask it of others not to bring it up again."
"And I'll make sure they don't." I promised.
"Thank you." Leda said and hugged me.
"And the boys are back just in time." I said, as I sensed Addie nearby.
"Yes." Leda agreed, and I wondered a little how aware of Loki she was.
Then the boys entered with the pizzas. We sat around the table on the floor to share out the pizzas. Olly and Silver entered, wanting to get a free concert as usual.
"You wanna join us for pizza?" Loki asked.
Olly and Silver looked unsure.
"There's enough to go around." Addie stated and that seemed to be what the boys needed to squeeze themselves in at the table and grab a piece of pizza each.
"So when are you boys running for real?" I asked.
"Not sure. I guess that's up to Tony." Olly answered.
"We need to prove we're our own pack first." Silver added.
"Not to mention agree on an alpha." Olly said with a shrug.
"Shouldn't it be Loki?" I asked.
"Doesn't go by seniority." Loki replied. "It goes by draw. We'll know who the alpha is when we run some more."
"I believe I cut your run short last night?" Leda asked.
"It's not like there was much to do anyway. You actually relieved the usual boredom." Silver said.
"It's usually pretty quiet." Loki said. "I think Dad was about to send us in anyway."
"No point having a gazillion of us out there when there's no trouble." Olly put in.
"I wonder when we will go out just us?" Addie mused.
"I guess whenever you feel ready." Loki stated.
"Ok." Addie said looking thoughtful.
"So, you guys practicing more tonight?" Silver asked once we'd finished the pizzas.
"For another hour, but then I should return home before Papa worries." Leda said.
"An early night might be for the best anyway." I said.
The others agreed as we got to our feet.
Silver and Olly gathered up the pizza boxes while us Freaks got our instruments. We practiced for another hour, Olly and Silver listening in as usual and looking like they were enjoying it. Then we shut up the hut for the night and split up since Loki was going to stay up with Leda. Apparently Alec was letting up on them a little. I wasn't so stupid to hope Liza would do the same; Addie and me were still under age. I know, Leda and Loki are younger than us, but not really. Dhampir were strange like that.
I wanted to talk to Addie, but if we stayed out it was likely Olly and Silver would hang around and this was something I had to ask him out of the earshot of the others. I decided I'd be brave and ask Liza if it would be ok for me to sit up in Addie's room to talk for an hour before we hit the hay.
When we got in Liza and Mal were sharing a quiet night on the sofa with a bottle of wine as they watched TV. They may have been taking advantage of an empty house too because they moved a little as we entered the room, and I was pretty sure they were breaking from a kiss.
"We weren't expecting you back so soon." Liza said after clearing her throat and she was blushing a little.
"Leda and Loki wanted an early night." Addie said.
"A very early night." Mal said as he checked his watch, and I saw this as my chance.
"Yeah. We really could have stayed out a little longer, but the rain's picking up so we headed in." I said. "But since it's so early is it ok if we sit in Addie's room and talk a while?"
"As long as you respect our rules I see no reason why you can not." Liza said without even thinking about it. "Do you need any refreshments?"
"We had pizza with the rest." Addie replied. "But maybe we could take some pop up?"
"By all means." Liza replied.
We went back to the kitchen to grab a can of coke each then made our way upstairs to Addie's room. We had beanbags in one corner where we used to hang out when we were just friends. This is where we sat now, although now we sat closer, Addie with his arm around me. This was not breaking the rules.
"I think you want to talk to me about something." Addie said as he brushed my shoulder with his thumb.
"Yeah." I said. "Are you Alpha?"
"No. Yeah. Maybe." Addie said, and he shrugged before taking a gulp of his drink. "It's a little confusing because I'm really not ready to be Alpha, I haven't been a wolf that long, but last night the others, well they kind of fell in behind me when Loki went to check on Leda, and I don't think it's because I'm Beta. I think it was cause Loki wasn't there and they wouldn't hurt his feelings."
"Ok. So what's the draw they were talking about?"
"It's basically what indicates the order of the pack. You instinctively know who Alpha is by the draw. All the other wolves feel it but the only person I feel it to is Granny Essie." He whispered.
"What does that mean?" I asked.
"That I might be on the same level as Uncle Tony and Auntie Tina." He replied, still whispering.
"And you're worried about that." I realised, well I could feel it through our wolfy bond.
"Yeah. I'm only sixteen and I got no experience as a wolf. What right have I to lead them?" He said, sounding a little panicked.
"I don't know. I think you got more experience than Silver and Olly at least."
"They've been wolf for years." Addie said dismissively.
"Yeah, but what experience have they got? When was the last time they actually faced a vampire?" I asked.
"I don't think they ever have." Addie said as he frowned a little.
"And you did. You took on a lot of vamps on your own." I reminded him.
"Adrian was there."
"Still, you and one vamp against a lot of them. And didn't you take charge? Making sure Thea and Mischa were ok?"
"Well yeah, but it was life or death. I didn't even have time to think."
"But you took charge." I stated and Addie shrugged. "Being a leader isn't about wanting it, it's about being fit for purpose. A leader doesn't boss people around, but they take charge when the time is right. And come on, you've always had a way of convincing people to follow you."
"Really?" He asked, sounding doubtful.
"You got us all to be in your band didn't you?"
"I don't know about that. Me and Leda talked about starting a band and Loki wanted in. You were a very good bassist and fit well with us."
"But you all made me feel welcome, and you are band leader." I said firmly.
"I don't know if that's really the same thing, but I need to run a little more before I'll feel comfortable really leading them."
"But maybe you won't have to force it. I was thinking about it a little last night because there was a point where Loki, Olly and Silver seemed to fall in line and chorus you."
"They did?" He asked, sounding confused.
"You didn't notice?" I asked, not quite believing it.
"No." He said, and shook his head.
"Well it happened."
"I believe you, but I didn't notice." Addie replied.
"Ok. Well if it happens in the future I'll let you know telepathically."
"Thanks." He said and kissed my temple.
Careful or Liza won't let me come in your room again. I warned.
I'll behave. Addie replied.
You'd better. I thought toward him, nudging him with my shoulder before I snuggled in under his chin so I could just enjoy being held by him.
It's just as nice cwtching up with you anyway. Addie thought as he pulled me in closer and rested his chin on my head.
We stayed there a while just cwtching, as Addie would say, without much of a care in the world.
Loki
"I'll just go pack my bag." I said to Leda as we passed the front of my house and tugged her in that direction.
"No!" Leda said firmly and stopped dead, causing me to stop too unless I wanted to hurt her.
"I'll need to get some PJs and some clean clothes for tomorrow. I know Alec's given me the go ahead to stay up with you, but I don't think he'll let me if I sleep in the nude."
"Can I sit in the car while you get them?" She asked, giving me a pleading look with her big turquoise eyes.
"Mom and Dad won't mind you coming in." I said gently as I stroked a piece of her hair back behind her ear.
"I know. But the GT are under house arrest and it would not do for me to taunt them." She said sadly.
"You won't be taunting them." I assured her.
"Still. Please?" She asked pouting slightly and giving me puppy dog eyes, and I couldn't resist.
"Ok." I said as I got my keys from my pocket. "Go sit in the car. I won't be long. But I'm driving."
"Of course. It's your car." She said, smiling and I felt a little better about that.
"I won't be long." I promised her and kissed her before I went into the house.
I rushed to my room and started packing my bag. I just threw in whatever and hoped I got what I needed. I sensed Astrid behind me and turned to frown at her.
"What?" I asked.
"Going up to lover-girl's house?" She asked menacingly.
"Why? You jealous?" I shot back.
"Nah. Just think you owe me. I'll take a hundred bucks." She said.
"For what?" I demanded.
"Alec wouldn't be letting you stay up if it weren't for me."
"Ast! What are you doing?" Lydia demanded as she crowded into my door too. "We're in enough trouble as it is without you trying to extort money out of our baby brother."
"He's got it. Not like he has to save up for his house no longer." Astrid said with a snort.
"I haven't got time for this." I said as I went to push past, but Astrid got in my way, although Lydia did back up to the door of their room.
"What you gonna do?" Astrid demanded.
"Get out of my way!" I growled, and without thinking about it I put the full force of my mind behind it.
Astrid grinned and went to say something, but then looked confused as she turned away from me and marched up to her bedroom door and stepped inside past a shocked looking Lydia.
"Did you just?" She trailed off.
"I didn't mean to." I said as I headed to the bathroom. "I didn't even know it would work."
"We are the lesser fangs." Lydia said, looking down at the floor.
"No you're not." I said, stopping in front of her, feeling bad for her.
"Even Boo is more powerful than us and he's not even a Black." Lydia said bitterly.
"Maybe you should grow up a little and your powers will manifest." I said, but Lydia gave me an annoyed look.
"I'm sorry." I said, "but honestly, I think this is something you need to discuss with Nina. She's neutral, but as for me…"
"I hurt your love." Lydia said sadly.
"She hurt herself." Astrid called from their room and Lydia looked behind her uncertainly.
Lyd, you don't have to follow Ast all your life. You're your own person. I know you know that. I thought toward her, then stepped into the bathroom to grab my toothbrush.
Lydia was still standing in her doorway and she frowned a little as I passed her.
"Have a good night." She said quickly before ducking into her room and closing the door before I could respond.
I took a breath before I went to the family room where Mom and Dad were sat in a mental conversation that Dad was blocking from us kids. Guess that's why they didn't hear Ast.
"Mom. Dad." I said and they looked toward me. "I'm heading up to Leda's now. I'll see you in the morning."
"Ok. Have fun." Mom said.
"Any messing from Alec and you signal me." Dad said seriously.
"Will do." I promised before saying another goodbye, and heading to my car.
Leda was sat in the passenger seat and she'd turned on the music. I let her know gently with my mind that I was approaching the car and opened the door and threw my bag into the back. I climbed in and Leda smiled at me as she held out my keys.
"Thanks." I said as I took them.
Leda leaned in and kissed me before settling back into her seat.
I started the engine and pulled away.
"This is gonna be different." I said.
"Yes. We'll be staying at my place for once." She said. "Although I think I will prefer when we can stay at our place."
"Yeah." I agreed.
"So I think that once Papa has said whatever it is he needs to say we will look over those houses."
"Ok. And we'll have to figure out a good time for us to go view the ones we prefer."
"That would be amazing, but when can we go?" Leda asked.
"It'll have to be after work, but I'm sure we can work something out." I said.
"What about if you are running?"
"I don't think we'll be running alone yet so if there is a clash I'm sure Dad won't mind me turning up a little late." I reasoned.
"I suppose it will be for something important."
"Yeah." I agreed, then I felt my stomach roll a little as I turned onto Leda's drive. "And now for something completely different." I said.
"You've slept up before."
"Yeah. But we were kids and it was me you and Addie and we were just friends. It's a little different." I explained, not quite keeping the nervous squeak out of my voice.
"But we can still behave."
"Yeah." I said and nodded as I drew to a stop, but before I could park up properly Alec indicated for me to go around to the back. I guess it would make sense to park in the garage if I was here all night.
I parked in a space next to Leda's car and we climbed out. I grabbed my bag and we headed inside together.
"Hi darlings, are you hungry?" Kitty asked as we entered the big open plan downstairs.
"We had pizza with the others." Leda replied and I nodded to confirm it.
"Ok. If you need any snacks later be sure to come get some."
"Thank you." Leda said.
"Elfleda?" Alec called from the sofas.
"Yes Papa?" Leda replied as we walked to the sofas but didn't sit down.
"We won't discuss anything tonight, I know you don't want to." Alec said sombrely. "Therefore I won't say anything more. I know you are home safe and I'm sure there are things you wish to discuss with Loki so you may go to your room."
I felt the relief flood through Leda's mind as she went to hug Alec, then pulled me up the stairs to her room. I felt a little awkward as we entered, a little like the first time I came in here after we first got together. Leda glanced up at me and giggled as she tugged me further into the room.
"Come on, we can sit on the sofa and use my old laptop to view the houses." Leda said as she led me over to the sofa.
I dropped my bag by the side before dropping into the seat. Leda went rooting around in the bottom of her wardrobe before she came back with her laptop. She had an old TV table at the side of the sofa, which she pulled in front of her to put the laptop on.
It took a while for it to boot up because she hadn't used it in almost a year. In that time she slipped her hand into mine and leant her head against my shoulder.
"I thought you had printouts." I said.
"I do. But if we scan the QR code for the houses we like on paper we can take a virtual tour online." She replied.
"Get a feel for it before we go have a look for real?"
"Yes."
"Cool."
"That is the only reason I was bringing my laptop in the first place yesterday." Leda replied.
"I did wonder about that." I said, since Leda wasn't the type to be glued to her tech.
Once the laptop was booted up, Leda made sure her phone could still connect before she started scanning the QR codes and we started taking the tours. There was about twenty houses altogether and after an hour we managed to narrow it down to five.
"I'll ask Kitty how we should proceed tomorrow." Leda said, stretching and yawning. "I'm ready for sleep. How about you?"
"Yeah." I agreed.
"I'll go dress in my pyjamas in the bathroom then you may use it after me."
When Leda went to change I dug my own pyjamas and toothbrush from my bag. She wasn't long and she came out wearing a pair of silk effect pyjamas that were a bronze colour that went well with her hair and eyes.
I went into the bathroom, cleaned my teeth and changed. I balled up my clothes and wasn't sure what to do with them. I guess I could take my clean clothes out my bag and stuff the dirty ones inside. I stepped back into Leda's bedroom. She'd turned down the covers but was sitting on the edge of the bed.
I smiled at her as I went to dump my clothes in my bag then went to stand next to the bed. Leda stood up and took my hand as she kissed me lightly on the lips. Then she got into bed, scooting over until there was enough room for me to get in too. I went and turned out the light, finding my way in the darkness by following Leda's mind.
I climbed into bed with her and lay back, pulling up the covers. Leda put a hand to my cheek and kissed my lips before she settled down onto my chest. I pulled her in closer and sighed as I settled back into the pillows and breathed in her scent as she twisted her fingers into my hair.
"Goodnight Loki." She whispered.
"Night Lee." I whispered back and brushed my fingers down her back before I began to drift.
I was on the edge of sleep when I sensed a mind outside the door. I let my mind flow out so I didn't disturb Leda. It was Alec and he was listening at the door. I let out a sigh like I would if I was sleeping, then let myself snore. Not forcing it, but letting it sound natural. I heard Alec sigh with relief before he moved from the door. I followed his mind downstairs before I let myself really drift to sleep.
"Loki. You've come into my dream." I heard Leda say, and I opened my eyes to find that I was in the summer meadow where her mother lived.
"Yeah." I said.
"I hoped you would." She said and hugged me tightly.
"You did?" I asked as I hugged her back.
"Yes. Just we two and no one else for an eternity." She sighed happily.
"What about your mother?" I asked.
"She's out." Leda stated.
"How do you work that?"
"I informed her that I wished to spend some time with you and she agreed to hang out in my deeper subconscious." Leda explained.
"She can do that?"
"Yes."
"Cool." I said, before I frowned. "You're not gonna lose her?"
Leda shook her head.
"That's ok then." I said and relaxed. "I just don't want you to lose your connection to her."
"That will never happen. A girl will always need her Mama."
"Good." I said as I sat back and a chair appeared behind me as I pulled Leda up into my lap. "How come you want me alone in here?" I asked.
"So we can at least snog without Papa listening in."
"You knew he was there?" I asked.
"He was really there?" Leda asked with alarm as she pulled away and looked up shocked into my eyes.
"Not all night. Only just now when I was drifting. I started snoring and he went back downstairs."
"But he was still checking up on us?" Leda asked looking worried.
"Well we didn't say goodnight. Maybe he was coming to see if we needed anything then realised we were already asleep."
"You're lying." Leda said flatly.
"Could be true." I pointed out.
Leda looked thoughtful for a moment.
"For an easier life I will accept it as truth." She said. "It won't do to be mad with Papa, and I suppose he is allowed a little suspicion."
"It is the first time I've stayed up. I mean since we've been dating."
"Yes. But here on the dreamscape we're free to make out." Leda whispered as she moved her mouth closer to mine.
"Then we shouldn't waste time." I replied before closing the kiss.
Leda
I awoke as the morning sun streamed in through the window. Loki still held me in his arms and I felt wonderful to be waking up in a bed with him. It would be better if it were our own bed in our own house, but I suppose this would do for now.
The shared dream had been wonderful, but now it was morning and time to get up. I sat up and stretched as Loki roused beside me.
"I'll use the bathroom first." I said and kissed him lightly before I got out of bed and went to gather my clothes for the day.
When I emerged from the bathroom ready to dry my hair Loki was waiting with his clean clothes to use the bathroom himself. We kissed lightly in passing and I dried my hair while he showered.
Once we were both showered and dressed we made our way downstairs for breakfast. Mischa was sat in the kitchen eating a big bowl of cereal. She looked up when we entered and frowned. She swallowed her cereal quickly.
"How are you up here?" She directed at Loki.
"I stayed up last night." Loki said.
"What about Alec?"
"He suggested it." I stated as I went to the cupboard to choose my cereal. "What would you like Loki?"
After choosing our cereal we sat down to eat.
"When you heading down today?" Mischa asked.
"In a short while I should imagine. It's Sunday and the day is ours completely."
"Cool. You think I can get a ride down with you? Zoë can't get up here till this afternoon and I don't fancy spending the morning with Adrian."
"If you want." Loki said with a shrug.
"Cool. I'll let Zoë know." Mischa said as she took out her phone.
"Why can't Zoë get up here earlier anyway?" Loki asked.
"She got to help her mom this morning."
"Guess it's her Sunday to help with lunch." Loki said. "Or cooked dinner. It's to do with Uncle Mal's heritage."
This was something I knew of course. I had spent the majority of my childhood in Wales, but I realised the explanation was for Mischa's sake.
"Isn't all dinner cooked?" Mischa asked with a frown.
"I believe it stems from the time when for most working class families food was rather scarce. Through the week it would be basic stew and cold foods taken down the mines, but on a Sunday when all the family could gather, then you could have your feast of meat and veg and gravy. For some it would be the only meat they would have in a week. Hence why it is referred to as cooked dinner."
"I know that feeling." Mischa said sadly and I remembered that despite this modern age Mischa has known true hunger living on the streets.
I wasn't sure what to say to her, but I was saved from that when her phone beeped.
"Wow. I can go help with making the food and then go to dinner?"
"Go." I said.
"But I'm not so good at cooking."
"That's nothing to be embarrassed about. Merely let Auntie Liza know and she'll teach you accordingly." I informed her.
"I'll do that." She said.
We finished up our breakfast and after cleaning the kitchen we made our way down to the Res. Mischa soon went off to find Zoë, while Loki and I went first to his house so he could drop off his bag, then out to the tree house where we could spend a few hours in solitude before we had band practice.
The day went by uneventful and so did the rest of the week. The GT turned up for their punishment and rehabilitation promptly and I hoped it was a sign of things to come.
Yay. Eternal Freak Show has caught up to the rest of the stories. I'll be updating either Normal or Taste of Paradise next now that I've got this one up to speed.
Thanks for reading
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Gemma x