Selene: Sorry about your friend encounter.
Me: It's ok.
I quickly got up and went to take my shower. I went to bed for the night hoping Monday would be better.
Two days later, I wake up and get ready for school. I head to the kitchen for a bag of blood and drive off in Mom's jaguar. I get to school ten minutes later and get out. I catch Hayden at his locker and stop him. "Hayden!" I shout.
He turned around then quickly turned to walk to class. I ran full speed to catch up making him stop in front of me. "What do you want?" He asked coldly. He's still mad obviously.
"I want to talk. About the other night." I replied.
"Fine. Hurry up."
"I want to apologize for yelling. Maybe you would understand it if I explained the whole situation." I said with a sigh.
"Explain later. The bell's about to ring." He said and hurried to class.
I ran to my class and sat down just before the tardy bell. "Welcome to class, Princess Elizabeth." Said Mrs. Paladino.
"Sorry. I had to do something important. Personal reasons."
"Forget it. It's fine." She said and started to teach.
At lunch, I met Hayden in the courtyard. "Hey." I said sitting across from him.
"Hey. Ok. So explain." He said desperate.
I signed. "My birth name was Miranda Shea Murray. When I was five, our house was attacked by lycans. They were after me for some reason. Mom never really explained what for. My birth parents were killed just before Selene showed up to protect me. I went with Selene and she explained a little of the attack. Then she explained my parents were killed. I was upset and thought I was alone in the world. But then she introduced me to Michael and later that night, they agreed to adopt me. I was excited and then I told them I wanted to change my name. Mom picked Elizabeth Taylor Corvin and they adopted me the next morning. I had my name changed and that was that. Selene and Michael have been my parents ever since."
"Wow!" Was all he choked out.
"Yeah. After a couple more years, Mom had explained she was human once too. She said her entire family was killed. She was nineteen at the time. Her twin nieces were barely six years old and they were butchered like animals."
"That sucks."
"Yeah. No shit. Mom changed because she didn't have a choice. But she used her powers to get justice on her family. That's why I wanted to change. Plus, my parents are immortal and I couldn't bare to see their grieving over me when I died. I didn't want them to have to grieve the loss of their daughter." Hayden suddenly kissed me. It caught me off guard and then I pushed him away five seconds later. "No!" I yelled. "Hayden, I love you. I do, but I love you like a brother. Not like that. I'm sorry."
I ran off and drove home. I didn't care if I skipped the rest of the day. I had to think. Get away from others my age.
I ran inside and followed Mom's scent. "Mom?" I asked knocking on the door.
She opened up and let me in. "What's wrong, Princess? Why you home so early?" She asked concerned.
I started crying and hugged her. "I explained to Hayden the situation and he understood. But then he kissed me."
"What?!"
"Yeah. I love him, but not like that. I love him like a brother. I don't know what to do. I don't want to avoid him, but it would be awkward to be around him. I don't want his feelings to somehow ruin our friendship."
She hugged me and tried to comfort me. "Shhhhhh. It's ok, Baby." She said rubbing my back.
I pulled away after two minutes and wiped my tears. "So, you texted me that you and Daddy had some news."
"Oh, yeah. Hold on. Let me go get him." She said and took off to get him.
They came back hand in hand a minute later. "So what's the news?" I asked as they sat down.
"Well, your mother and I are..." Dad trailed off.
"I'm pregnant." Mom said.
I looked at them in shock. "How far along?"
"Four months. You're gonna be a big sister." She said.
I smiled and hugged her. "That's so exciting!"
They laughed. "Yes. And you can babysit."
"Yay!" I said excitedly.