I wasn't the type to fall at the feet of a guy, especially not for his looks. I didn't waste my time with crushes and boyfriends and all the dating apps people my age use these days. I didn't really see a point in spending my life looking so hard fo...
After coming back inside my mom was sitting on the recliner. "Don't listen to your Abuelita, it's just a story" she says. I didn't even realize she was listening.
I'm sure my mom was right, but I didn't like how dismissive she was about my grandmother. If she wanted to tell me stories about our family she had the right to, and my mom basically shot her down without even being a part of the conversation. Truth is I don't know much about my moms side and I was alway happy to hear more about it. All of the family we had at graduation was my dads side, I don't think I've ever met anyone from my moms side.
"Okay" is all I say before heading to my room.
"Penny for your thoughts?" Phoebe says when I plop onto my bed.
"It's nothing just Abuelita being Abuelita and mom being mom" I say and give her a reassuring smile.
"What about you?" I ask referring to the phone practically glued to her hands.
"I'm trying to talk to David but he's barley texting me back" she says frustrated.
"Wanna do something tonight? Maybe take your mind off of it?" I offer.
"No it's okay, he and I are supposed to go to the movies tonight that's why I'm blowing his shit up" she says chuckling.
"Okay well lemme know if anything changes" I say and stand up.
"I'm gonna go talk to Abuelita real quick." I say leaving the room and knocking on her door.
She says come in and I slowly turn the knob and enter the room.
"What's up mija" she says setting down her book on her lap.
"You look like you got something on your mind" she removes her glasses and sets her book down on her nightstand.
"I kinda wanted to hear more about this wolf thing" I say taking a seat on the recliner she had in her bedroom.
"It's just stories mija" she says.
"Is that what mom told you to say?" I snap a little back.
Her eyes widen slightly. "Alright well what do you want to know?" She says with a small smile on the corner of her lips.
"Just more about it, this mate deal" I say.
"Well a mates bond is more intense than any human love" she says. "You know in your heart this person was made for you, and things tend to move faster because you already know you're made for each other. Wolves need their mate, their presence alone gives them each strength and pure happiness."
"So our family has that?" I ask.
"Sort of" she says carefully. "The story is that our family has the half gene, not the full wolf gene" she adds.
"So if someone in our family had the gene we wouldn't know it till we met our mate?" I ask.
"It's a little more complicated than that" she begins. "The person with the gene would just feel this pull towards their mate. They're human, raised human, so they don't physically feel or understand what their mate who is a full wolf would, until they complete the full mating process"
"So we're like mutts" I chuckle.
She smiles and nods "yeah that's a good word for it"
"So has anyone in our family ever said anything? And what's the full mating process? " I ask.
She shrugs "like I said before, just rumors and the full mating process starts with marking each other, then mating..." she trails off uncomfortably.
I was about to ask who the rumors were about when my mother walks in.
"You guys okay?" She asked mostly looking at my grandmother.
"We're okay" she smiles at my mom.
I can see in my moms eyes that something is bothering her.
"Well I'm gonna go shower" I say standing to my feet and eagerly walking out of the room. Clearly they needed to talk and I knew they wouldn't if I was in the room.
I rush to the bedroom and shut the door enough for my mother to think I'm no longer listening.
"What are you-" Phoebe begins but I turn and silently shush her.
"Ma, you can't be filling her head with these stories" I hear my mother angrily whisper.
"Stories?" I hear my grandmother say back in a condescending tone.
"In this house, they're stories" she says sternly, and then I hear the door slam. I quickly run and jump into my bed just in time. My mother pushes open the door and looks at Phoebe then me.
"What are you girls doing tonight?" She asks breathless. I can tell she doesn't actually care, she just wanted to see if we were listening.
"I'm going out with Lilith" Phoebe chimes in.
"Yeah we're going to the movies" I add.
"Okay well you girls have fun" she says, her eyes lingering on me a little longer before leaving the room, but leaving the door open.
"What was that about?" Phoebe mouths to me.
"Honestly I don't even know" I say back quietly, trying to be careful with my volume.
What the hell did she mean by in this house they're stories?
Now that I know there's something deeper I wasn't going to let it go.
"So are we really going to the movies?" I say straying Phoebe away from the subject.
She sighs and nods "David isn't answering and I'm not gonna waste the tickets we got" she says.
"Okay cool lemme just shower and we'll get ready to go" I say standing up and grabbing a quick outfit for the night.
In the shower my mind continuously went back to the issue with my mom and Abuelita. It's clear to me now Abuelita believes in the so called stories, and my mother believes and doesn't was us to talk about it. There's no other way to take what she said as her saying they're only stories.
Before I had gotten in the shower I googled mates. Of course the only thing that would populate was the definitions or quotev and wattpad stories about wolves. I didn't want to believe in what my grandmother said but how could I not with my mothers strange behavior.
I kept trying to convince myself this isn't some L.J. Smith or Stephenie Meyer book. This was the real world and werewolves did not exist in the real world.
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Lilith is getting more and more curious 👀 did y'all like my Twilight and Vampire Diaries reference lmao!
Anyone else here used to be a quotev fiend or still are? Or am I just old lol let me know in the comments!
