• The • Rise • Of • The • Shapeshifters •

Chapter Fifteen~ Confessions and Complications.

"I do feel the same... But this complicates everything, you could get hurt." She said then hugged me. "I don't want to see you hurt, then I'll have to go mad ape crazy. Literally."

"Amica mea..." I whispered to her. "It does complicate things." I wrapped my arms around her. "I'm willing to look pass it all to be with you."

She pulled away a little to look me in the eye. "Even if it means standing against The Venatores?"

"Yes."

"And telling my grandma and aunt?"

I felt the blood drain from my face. "I never said I had a death wish."

She laughed and placed her head on my shoulder.

"Lucien..."

"Yes?"

"My toes are cold."

"What a way to ruin the moment."

"I was gonna ruin it sooner or later." She said shrugging.

I picked her up and threw her over my shoulder.

"Lucien put me down!" She yelled.

"Fine," I said and dropped her into the wildflowers.

"And to think I assumed you were a gentleman. And I said put me down not drop me."

"Oh well."

She grabbed my hand and pulled me down into the flowers.

She crossed her legs and faced me. "I'm worried..."

I furrowed my eyebrows. "About what amica mea?"

"About us..."

"I love how you say 'us' amare, and I can see why you are, but I'd leave the worrying for some other time and just enjoy the moment."

"That's not what I meant, Trey said if I wasn't back in two hours, he would come looking for me."

I frowned. "I asked you not to tell anyone where you were going."

"I'm sorry Lucien... But I still saw you as a hunter, and Trey was just concerned, if I had known this was how the day would turn out, I wouldn't have said anything, I also needed to know where Frazer Crest was."

"I see."

"... Are you mad at me?" As if that was possible.

"No, of course not. It's just I'm not too thrilled about him showing up. Trey hates me."

"Why?"

"Long story, summary is, he believes I like Michelle, when in truth and in fact I just like her attitude, always chirpy and light." I shrugged.

"Oh." She said, I took her left hand and looked her in the eye.

"What?" She asked.

"Alecia Allen, will you-"

"You better not be proposing Rathbone, or I'll toss you in the lake."

I laughed. "Would you let me finish amare?"

"Not if you don't stop using words I don't know..."

"Amare means love and amica mea means my love. Both are Latin."

"Oh..." She blushed and looked down at our hands. "You can finish now."

"Will you be my girlfriend?"

She was quiet for a moment then looked up and smiled. "Yes. Just don't try PDA with me, I'm not a fan of it."

"Fine by me." I leaned over and grabbed her face softly and kissed her.

She let out a small squeak of surprise. That's cute...

When we pulled away she said "that was my first kiss..."

"Mine as well."

She gaped at me. "Are you joking?"

"I don't really joke..."

She reached over and hugged me. I interlaced our fingers together. "Perfect."

"It is."

We stayed there in the wildflowers, watching as the sun said goodbye for the day.

I ran my free hand through her hair and kissed her forehead. "Lux mea est... Amica mea..."

She didn't ask what it meant and her silence told me she didn't care, because we were here. Together and away from all the complications that are waiting for us.

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Trey's PoV.

I was pacing outside Michelle's house when I saw Ally walk out from behind some nearby trees.

"Oh you're alright."

"Yep!" She said grinning, "I'm great!"

"Someone's in a good mood, what happened at Frazer Crest and why did you go anyway?"

"That's one secret I won't be sharing, where is my family?"

"They're inside having tea with Michelle's mom."

She walked past me and ran up the steps and into the house.

What was going on with her...?

Alecia's PoV.

I ran over to aunt Jessica and grandma. "You guys are alright!" I hugged them both.

Grandma kissed my cheek. "Indeed,"

"Where were you?" Aunt Jessica asked, "Trey said you went to Frazer Crest, how do you even know about that place?"

Busted... "That doesn't matter, you guys are okay! Thank goodness."

"Uh huh." Aunt Jessica said, but she let it go... For now.

"More like thank me." Someone said entering the room.

She was a middle aged woman with thick mahogany hair and a kind smile.

"It's so nice to finally meet you Alecia." She said, "I'm Dahlia, Michelle's mother."

"Oh, hello." I said, "thanks for taking care of my grandmother and my aunt."

"Your welcome. Want some tea?"

"Yes that would be great thanks." I turned back to aunt Jessica and grandma, "where's Michelle?"

"Upstairs, you can go on up, Dahlia won't mind." Grandma said.

I raced upstairs and saw a door with pink fluffy feathers surrounding a bedazzled reading 'Michelle's Room.' I knocked on the door.

"Come in." She said.

I opened the door and was greeted with flashes on pinks, purples and blues.

"Wow..."

Michelle got up from her desk and raced over to me. "Ally!" She said hugging me, I hugged back.

"Trey said you went to Frazer Crest, are you okay?"

"Yeah I'm fine."

"Why did you go there? I know it's pretty but no one really goes there..."

"I um... Had to."

"You had to?"

"I'll tell you about it later, right now, your mom is serving tea. Let's go."

"Okay!" She skipped down the stairs leaving me to follow.

You were right Lucien... She is chirpy. The thought of him made me blush.

Oh brother.

~KimZee ✨💜✨