Different - First of A Kind

Chapter 4: Explaination

   'She'd probably get angry at you, then get all mushy with you, then get angry at Raei and Aldridge, then get curious about Raven, Lucy, and Aspen cause she didn't notice them, then-'

   I cut Frost off with my thoughts. Are you fore-seeing the future, or are you looking at her personality to judge this?

   Frost snorted. 'No, silly little Mossy, I can't foresee the future, I am a snow leopard.' I could easily picture her with her head high and nose up, not facing me in a fake royalty manner.

   Did you just call me silly little Mossy?!

   'Yup!'

   I sighed, this wasn't getting anywhere. Plus, I probably looked stupid, just standing there, zoned out.

   'Yup!' Came Frost's voice, almost exactly the same as the last time she said that, in a happy, cheerful, little kid tone. It annoyed me so much....

   This is going to be a long, long, night.

   'Yup!'

   Frost!

    I sighed, the more I got to know Frost, the more annoying she got. Hopefully she'll still be useful when we're explaining this to Mom.

   'Of course I will,' Frost's voice got soft and gentle. 'I'll always be with you.'

   Always?

   'Yes, always.'

   I took a deep breath in, and gestured for my friends, and the two partners, to follow me into my house. I planned on explaining everything to everyone, including Frost. Then I'd ask about what Raei and Aldridge knew about me.

   They had all crossed the street, and we were all now walking up the path toward my front door. I got my key to the house out and unlocked the door, stepping in, taking off my shoes and dumping my bag and notebooks unceremoniously on the floor near the door.

   "Mom?" I called into the halls.

   "Coming!" She yelled from the other side of the house. It wasn't a very big house, but big enough to support the two people living in it, me and my mom.

   "Alright! I have some things to talk to you about!" I replied as she worked her way across the hallways. "And I have company!"

   Mom walked out of a little door on out left, leading upstairs, where her bedroom is. "Oh," she said, a little shocked when she saw how much company I had. And that almost half of it was  adults.

   "Mom, this is Raei and Aldridge," I introduced, gesture at each person as I said their name. "And this is Raven, Lucy, and Aspen. Aspen's a advanced earth, Raven and Lucy haven't gotten their elements, and Raei and Aldridge..." I stopped, unable to think of an idea of how I introduce those two.

   I could see the curious gleam in Mom's eyes, the amused ones in the two other adults, and the curious ones of Raven, Lucy, and Aspen. I figured the curious looks from my three kid friends were because they didn't actually know what Raei and Aldridge were. I'm not sure I was completely either.

   I settled for a stumbling, stuttering line. "They're... well... rare elements," I blurted.

   Mom's eyebrows's lifted in shock. "What are rares doing with my daughter?" She muttered quietly to herself.

   "We'll explain if you'll let us, Mrs. Moss," Raei said, her short figure standing tall under the scrutinizing gaze of my mom.

   "Call me Anna," she replied. "And please do explain."