Emmett
I was angry. I was pissed. How dare they know something about my mate that I didn't and don't tell me? I had every right to be!
After that disappointment with my aunt and daddy, I threw myself at all the things I could. I trained, I worked out, I even studied a little! All to pass the time so I don't think about her.
I am at my best friend Paul's house right now, telling him all about my plight. His dad is a warrior so he lived inside the compound and it wasn't that much of a walk from my home. In fact, he lived closer to us than the Underwoods.
"I can't believe they didn't tell what they know to you, bro!" - Paul exclaimed. He looked pissed off like me.
"I know, right? Wouldn't you like to know everything about your mate?" - I asked him.
"I would! I'm so jealous you get to dream about her! I wish the Goddess gave all of us dreams about our mates!" - He croaked.
"I wish that too, bro. But the only thing that consoles me through all of it is Rosalyn. Poor thing, she has no idea who her mate is." - I snickered.
I don't wish her to be alone, but I certainly don't want her to find her mate before I do. He can find her once I find mine, I want her to be happy too. She's my sister, after all.
"Hey, if she wants, I'll be her mate." - Paul joked. I mean, he said it with a laughter but I know he has a crush on her. He thinks I don't know, but I do. So does Rosalyn, probably.
"Gross!" - I rebuked, a disgusted look on me. - "I don't want you to be her mate. Besides, if you were, you'd probably sense it as you're the one closest to 18 than all of us." - I told him. He turns 18 this Fall. Rosalyn and I only next year.
"I had no idea I'd find my mate that day either." - Paul's mom chimed in from the kitchen. We're at the living room. But the house wasn't that big. Not to mention, she could listen us even from her bedroom. Wolf hearing.
"Yeah mom, but you're already old when you met dad!" - Paul snickered, looking at her.
"I was 21, thank you very much!" - She rebuked with a laughter.
"But the point is: you were already past 18, so was dad. That's easier to meet your mate." - He continued.
"That's true. But what I meant was: she could be your mate and you'd never know, till one of you turns 18." - She spoke and I grimaced.
"OK, please stop talking about you being my sister's mate. If you were, she would win. Cause you'll be 18 way before us. Plus, I'm pretty sure my mate is human so it's gonna be a motherfucker to win her over!" - I admitted, a bit sad at the realization. And frustrated!
"Excuse the language, Mrs. Johnson." - I apologized. She laughed it off. She's so cool.
"You're right, bro, I'm sorry. I'm not your sister's mate. Maybe she'll meet him when she's 18 and by then you already had the entire school year to schmooze your mate." - He tried to make me feel better, which worked. I smiled widely.
"Thanks, bro. Actually, I think so too. Maybe her mate is not going to appear until she's 18. By then, I would've already won!" - I cheered.
"I don't envy your father's decision. I wouldn't want to pick between my sons either!" - She interjected.
"Yeah mom, but you only had 1 at a time. It's not the same thing. He had 2!" - Paul snickered.
"Regardless, your children are your children. You can't pick between them!" - She rebuked.
After I left Paul's house, I was feeling a little better about myself. I mean, I was still pissed at my daddy and aunt, but at least I had the entire school year to talk to her. That is, of course, if Rosalyn doesn't have any dream about her mate until then. Fingers crossed.
See, we were children of the spring, me and my sister. So, by the time it's our birthday, school's almost out. Which means I had a lot of work cut out for me in the Fall. But at least I had time to win my mate over.
At dinner, I'm pensive and quiet while eating, I don't even pay attention to the discussion my family is having.
"Are you okay, son?" - Dad snapped me out of my thoughts.
"Yes, dad. I was just thinking: I'm pretty sure my mate's a human. It's going to take a lot of work to woo her." - I told him in a gloomy tone.
"Yes, but it will be worth it." - He replied, looking hopeful at me.
"I know, I just wish it could be easier like for the gays. You just showed up and won daddy over!" - I smirked. Daddy gasped.
"Excuse me, he just didn't show up and boom! He had to talk to me, you know, like a human being!" - Daddy snickered. Everyone was looking at us.
"Yeah son, it was not as easy as you make it sound. It's not like I showed up, kissed him and said let's go be my Luna!" - Dad joked. Only the adults laughed.
"Well, it wasn't as hard as it was for me, that's for sure. So I empathize with you, son!" - Uncle Nate told me. His family had dinners here sometimes when they didn't have time to cook or didn't want to, I guess.
"You nearly shifted in front of Daphne and lunged in her direction, I had to restrain you with 3 other guys. She was scared out of her mind! That's why it was difficult. Emm won't have that problem." - Dad smirked.
"He's not wrong! I was scared out of my mind! When he went to talk to me the next day, I thought Felix was gonna hit him he was so protective of me." - Aunt Daphne told us with a grin.
"I thought so too!" - Uncle Nate said, looking wide eyed.
"Hey, remember when Felix was admiring Dan from far and Daphne told him Dan was so straight and Lauren was so hot even she would date her." - Aunt Denise said as she laughed at the memory.
"And I stand by my words! She is very hot!" - Aunt Daphne joked. Sort of. Luna Lauren is really hot, indeed. Even after all these years.
"Nate was jealous of her." - Aunt Daphne continued. Uncle Nate laughed.
"I can't believe my mom said she would date Luna Lauren. No wonder dad was jealous!" - John said in an amusing tone. He was shocked to hear this.
"I was jealous, at that point. But I get it, Lauren is beautiful. And when she heard that, she smiled like she won Miss Universe!" - Uncle Nate joked.
"I just hope no one tell Emmett's mate that she reeks." - Daddy chimed in with a sour face. Me, Rosalyn and John were confused at this.
"One day when Felix went to talk to us, Lauren and I had just broken up, so she lashed out at Felix saying he reeked. It was very difficult to explain that to a human!" - Dad elaborated.
"Reeked of what?" - John asked, quizzically.
"Sexual desire." - Dad replied and we all gasped. Me and Rosalyn looked disgusted.
"Gross!" - Rosalyn exclaimed.
"My point is: go easy on her. Tell her about it little by little. Don't go telling her she is your mate and she's gonna be Luna otherwise she'll run away. I barely did." - Daddy told me.
"Yeah, don't do that! Because she'll be disappointed when she isn't!" - Rosalyn snickered.
"Also, if by any chance she has a twin brother or something I'm gonna freak!" - Daddy shouted. But I didn't like the insinuation.
"Daddy, don't even joke about it, please! If she does, then Rosalyn will find out about it when I do and we'll never get out of this ascension mess!" - I yelled at him.
"You're right son, I'm sorry, I got carried away." - He apologized to me.
"I can see how all this can be weird for a human, I don't want my mate to be human either, no offense mom." - John interjected. But his mom looked a bit offended.
"I'll have you know I don't want to be a werewolf either. I can't imagine having super smell with 3 men at home. Teenagers are gross!" - She smirked.
"Tell me about it! Try being able to smell your son's activities in his room from the living room!" - Uncle Nate snickered. John was baffled.
"Dad! Oh my Goddess! Stop it!" - John cried out. He was mortified. I can relate.
We all laughed though.
"You're right, sister, I wouldn't want to smell it too. Try changing twins diapers! You'd give up being a werewolf in a second!" - Daddy snickered. But we weren't laughing.
"Daddy, gross! We're eating!" - Rosalyn complained, looking disgusted. I was too. So did John.
"You guys are so gross!" - John said, looking disgusted.
"John, your mother's well behaved now. Once she said to all our friends your dad had a giant..."
"Felix! Boundaries, please. Don't need to scar the boy for life!" - Aunt Daphne shouted. She looked so concerned she even slammed the table, startling everyone.
"I'm sorry, you're right. I got carried away a little bit." - Daddy was embarrassed.
After another eventful dinner, I went about my nightly routines and drifted off in my bed.
"Stop it, please!" - She said as she ducked hands on her.
An unidentified guy was trying to take her clothes off. She was very distraught.
She kept ducking and slapping the hands away as she looked extremely uncomfortable.
I wanted to defend her but I couldn't act. I could only watch. I guess the individual was "curious" to see what's under her clothes, but it all just seemed uneasy to me.
I woke up crying from the nightmare.
At breakfast, I was even more quiet than dinner. I looked so upset I couldn't make eye contact with anyone.
When my dad asked me what's wrong, I told him about my dream.
"Sorry that you had to experience this, son. But it's just a dream, it doesn't mean it's gonna come true." - Dad comforted me. - "I had a bad dream with Felix once. That was terrible for me and him because we shared the same dream, though I didn't know that at the time." - He told me with a serious look.
"Wait! You mean to say she's dreaming about him too?" - Rosalyn beat me to the punch.
"I can't say for sure, but it's very likely." - Dad answered. Rosalyn looked devastated.
"So, she'll recognize his face when she sees him?" - She continued, curious like me.
"Probably." - He replied. We gasped.
"I didn't know about this part. I thought it was a wolf thing!" - I spoke, gobsmacked.
"Not necessarily." - He informed us. - "Alpha's mates also dream with their partners. And not only when they're werewolf. Though, to be fair, no Alpha had a human mate before I did, especially a same sex mate. Not in the south, at least. But on the West Coast is very possible!"
After the information I got from dad at breakfast, I was a little distracted at warrior training, it wasn't until John said something that it clicked for me.
She was an LGBT+ person. That's why daddy knew something about her. I mean, it takes one to know one!
After the horrible dream I had last night, I just wanted to comfort, hold and protect her. I wanted to do all I could to avoid that from happening. If it's one thing I could learn from that mate debacle with John is that consent matters. No one should have to handle someone trying to undress you against your will for whatever reason.
Now, everything starts to fall in place. Now, the weird dreams make sense. I almost get why daddy didn't want to tell me about it. It's not like I've been exposed to that before, but I get it.
There was only one answer that could make sense of everything that has been happening.
It was clear as day now: my mate is a transgender girl. And no matter what she's going trough, I promise I'll be there for her, if I can.
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