Walking into MorterSporr after the long weekend I feel rustling underneath my sweater, carefully hermes peeks out at me causing my heart to melt.
"Hey my curious batcat.. you sure do enjoy hanging around with me and amity don't you.."
Nuzzling their head with my chin they purr a grateful trill of squeaks, amity goes to pet their tiny cheek with her thumb when they bite her, her already pale skin going slightly whiter.
"Finally imprinting now are we baby Dracula?"
Flexing her thumb to get blood flowing through it Hermes' ears flop down like a tired bunnies, I silently giggle at how animated their face gets when they sleep. Walking into the common room to see amber talking loudly about the trouble Jennifer is in, running up to me raven tries to hug me tightly but I hold them back with my hand
"I am carrying very precious cargo raven so no hugs, you'll squish them"
They raise an eyebrow at me and hermes' little power nap is ended with a loud enough yawn to alert raven, looking down at the grumpy little bat raven kneels down and starts speaking in bird tongue. A long conversation goes between the two until raven smiles, standing up they pat my arm
"Consider yourselves parents luz- amity- little hermes here claims you are so there's no escaping that"
Sliding down below my sweaters collar I kiss their little nose causing them to rub it irritated, I murmur a couple sorry's then go to sit on the open couch. Naomi immediately starts sniffing like vee does and when she goes to boop hermes' nose with hers curiously she recives a tired annoyed nip
"No biting Hermes I know you're tired but be patient.. sorry nao- you've got a sibling considerably and because raven woke them up they're a grumpus"
Naomi nods gently, I feel hermes' head press to my chin. Nuzzling their head with my chin I look over at amity, smiling gently I hug her waist and sigh when hermes falls asleep again. Heading to my dorm room I set hermes on the pillow and put my sweater over them, slipping on my much more preferred vest. They look at me tiredly
"I'll be back in a few hours hermes.. get some rest. You didn't get much with ghost rolling you around last night"
Their eyes close again with a huff like sigh, I pull out my apple from my side bag and set it on the desk not knowing if they like anything else than blood. I head to homeroom feeling sad I had to leave them, the day starting off with mathematics- yuck.
_______
Over the next few months I'd come to understand Hermes as well as if it were English being spoken, and because of bat maturity hermes has hit the terrible twos. Walking around in tiny stomps their hands gripping in tight fists, They look at me angered for telling them they had to take a nap.
'NO, NOT TIRED!'
They squeak at me, suddenly their squeaks yell out in a long line on one singular high pitch allerting the gang (from raber, mayve, bri, jess, and naomi) that they're angry. Composing myself I say in a firm tone
"Hermes rose noceda-"
They go silent with a sudden peep looking up at me wide eyed, picking them up I say quietly
"You have to sleep.. you're grumpy because you are tired.. mini messenger can wait at least thirty minutes"
They whine softly their trills saying
'But I don't wanna..'
Slipping them carefully into my sweater I can tell they just want to be around me more often, as the little gesture immediately causes them to sleep. Bri looks over at jess and waves her hand confused at me, jess chuckles lovingly at her girlfriend, being now the fifth witch in our group she explains calmly.
"Luzes palisman Hermes has imprinted on luz and amity thus their blood makes them- in a sense- a biological "child" of the two. And since they've imprinted, luz and amity both most likely understand their squeaks as English.. and based upon that honestly adorable scene.. they've hit terrible twos and need all the attention they can forcibly get.. though something isn't adding up- palismans don't "grow up" like real children.. I don't think hermes was made out of palastor wood"
Bri nods slowly understanding the explanation, and confusion of why they were one two months ago but two today, looking up at the clock I see that class is almost here. Looking at Hermes hidden underneath my collar I pull the strap of my sidebag over my shoulder and carefully head to AP chemistry, jumping as their ears pick up the loud classrooms chatter, putting my finger to my lips discreetly as they look at me startled they relax to my calm demeanor. Feeding them apple chunks in a way that makes it seem like I'm just lowering my hand, they nibble on each piece gratefully. Opening my computer their eyes pop over my sweaters collar to look at the screen, popping out to 'StuChatEDU'- a website where students can make chats or groups and freely talk- I text amity
'I think they like class honey..'
Patting my collarbone I see them point discreetly at the screen and speak in a pitch unreadable to the human ear
'Who's that?'
Typing into the text bar 'mama'- since amity has inherited that and I'm 'mami'- they look over at amity two seats up on the adjacent row who smiles at them, receiving a reply saying
'I think they like your apple slices more than class kitten'
Chuckling I shut my computer and go back to feeding them apple chunks.
______
Sitting on my lap in the lunch room raven and amity block my sides, while naomi, vee, and bri take front making sure no one sees them, looking away from them for just a moment I look down at them to see them finishing off my milk, gasping in a quiet manner I say in a whisper
"You little stinker, you just finished a chocolate milk and my pizza two minutes ago"
They flash a toothy smile at me, but the smile ends as they burp then let out a squeaky groan, obviously having over ate. Slipping into my sweater again they hide themself underneath the collar, and fall asleep to settle down their stomach. Walking up to the common room after sixth hour I slug my way up to my dorm with amity, sliding out of my sweater to go curl up on the pillow I'd set up for them. Laying on amity's front I hug her waist and smile, her beautiful gold eyes shimmering at me. Kissing her lovingly I smile into the kiss, slipping my arms to her neck I part from her. Resting my head on her collarbone I look at hermes, my expression falls, sitting up I look at hermes' sleeping face again
"What if.. hermes isn't made out of palastor wood? It did seem too light to be the palisman hardwood.."
Rubbing my temples confused I look at amity, she chuckles lovingly and pulls me into a tight embrace.
"So what? They can turn into a human and I wouldn't have cared"
She murmurs quietly into my ear, sighing with a soft 'mmh' I lean gently against her. Picking up hermes into my arms they grumble slightly, looking up at me they blink slowly
"Oh shush it you.. it's barely three forty"
Letting out a purry giggle they say in a few clicks and chirps,
'You smell like cheap cologne'
Amity laughs at their response and hides her face in my shoulder, gasping half offended I reply
"It was designer- vanilla is a nice scent"
They shake their head gently and reply
'Not yours.. yours smells nice- venvens doesn't..'
Chuckling softly I suddenly remember I said three forty and cut off my chuckles, turning to amity I say swiftly
"Ami- we'r-"
A loud knock hits the door
"DUDES we're almost late!"
Setting hermes on my shoulder me and amity swiftly stand up and walk out the door, grabbing my Letterman I button it up halfway so hermes can peek through. Heading onto the field in my soccer attire plus Letterman I set hermes in a safe spot a few footsteps away from the net, I wrap my Letterman around them and hand them one of those- now useful- snack bag of Cheez-Its and apple juice... I'm such a good parent- heading onto the field with bri who now adores hermes we meet up with amity, jess, and raven. Ending up practicing our passes in a twelve foor circle I catch wind of a quite loud conversation,
"You should kick the ball into luzes jacket- send it flying into next field make sure to turn that yellow and white green"
Looking immediately towards hermes who is now playing something on my phone, I panic and say calmly to make fake conversation
"Need a drink ami?"
She nods swiftly and I jump into a run, but before I can make it there chloe- dumb bitch- has already kicked the ball and it collides with my Letterman and hermes, grabbing the ball I damn near drop kick it right onto chloe's goalie and say quite loudly
"Next time watch where you're kicking! I don't need my team getting concussions from your adjacent balls!"
My mumbling facade ends when the tiny hyperventilating turns into sobs, picking them up into my arms I slip on my Letterman, seeing as I'm already with them they yell out while crying in an almost inaudible trill
'MAMA!'
amity jerks her head to me and sees hermes, their fur ruffled up in uncomfortable positions and their left wing now bent unnaturally, feeling my rage boil like water I give chloe the nastiest glare I can summon until amity is right beside me in a flash to substitute my arms so my hands can get out of fists. She visible crumbles and coach calls end of practice, ripping my clothes out of the locker with one hand I walk swiftly to my dorm room
_____
Sitting on the bed with hermes still crying but now more pained, I use a healing spell to put numbing medication into their wing
"Stay still my sweet baby... this might hurt.."
Carefully setting their wing back in place and lightly bandaging it I summon my staff, wiping their tears away I kiss their small forehead comfortingly. I look at them and whisper quietly
"You'll have to be a palisman for a few hours mi mini messenger.. it's the fastest way to heal your bone and the best.."
They nod gently and go into their kneeling position on the top, carefully moving their wings to their respective positions. Twisting them on they turn to wood, setting a healing spell on them I carefully lean them and my staff onto the desk. Kissing my temple after I can only assume forty minutes amity whispers softly
"I'll watch them baby... go get something to eat.. it's been three hours"
Slowly walking out to the student garages I hop into the SUV and head five blocks down to the pizza hut, getting a large generic ass everything pizza and a couple breadsticks- basically three bags of them- I hop into my car and head back. Awkwardly heading upstairs and into my dorm I see amity with hermes in her lap playing games on her phone, knocking softly I smile
"I got pizza.."
Amity smiles at me and blows me a kiss, closing the door with my hip I sit in front of her. Kissing her gently I ask quietly
"How's my favorite girl..?-"
Hermes whines softly and pats my arm, expectantly pointing at themself causing me to correct myself
"Girls.."
Smiling gently they flap their now healed wing, setting the pizza on my thighs I open the box.
"Got my girls their favorite pizza as a little 'huzzah' party"
Hermes' eyes light up as I hand them a slice, after silently asking amity if she wanted one or two I hand hers to her. Looking down at hermes messily eating a part of their slice I chuckle, setting my pizza back on my paper plate I feel sick to my stomach. Slipping down slightly I set my hands above my stomach and close my eyes
"You okay luz?"
Amity asks I raise one hand and do the 'okay' hand gesture
"Just nauseous... I got so mad at chloe I think my adrenaline is finally wearing off"
Feeling small hands press to my face I open my eyes, hermes smiles at me and pretends to summon a ring. Rubbing my cheeks in circles I say lovingly in a half lisp
'Thanksh hermeesh"
Watching them finish off my pizza I wipe the tomato sauce away from the corner of their lip I smile gently, my eyes lock with amity's as she lays down to get our heads level after setting the pizza and breadsticks on the desk. Looking at amity with the most heartbreaking expression they say quietly
'Mama, mami don't feel too swell.. help her please'
Feeling my heart break to invisible shards I watch amity's face drop, she sits there quietly trying to regain a stable heartbeat. Gently resting my left hand on her cheek I chuckle
"It's alright you two.. I'm okay- my heartbeats normal"
Amity chuckles gently and rests her fingertips on my chest to feel my heartbeat, her eyes tiredly fluttering closed. Looking at me confused hermes asks just one word
'Explain?'
Sitting up they slide to my lap and stare with childlike curiosity, sighing gently I say as simple as I can make it
"Well.. hermes, I had a failing heart and on a Wednesday a week before I made you I had to get it replaced, mama likes to feel for my heartbeat because it reminds her that my heart won't ever stop until a more natural age of probably ninety."
Nodding gently they curl up in a ball on my chest giving me those puppy dog eyes, pulling amity closer I hug her around the shoulder and rest my hand carefully ontop hermes' back. Hugging me tightly around the neck amity buries her face into my shoulder,
"You two are absolutely precious when you're tired.."
Reaching carefully to the bedside lamp the room goes dark with a soft click, kissing amity's forehead gently as I hear her almost inaudible muttering, I whisper lovingly to the both of them.
"Goodnight sweethearts.."
______
Opening my eyes slightly to the bright ass light coming out of my window, I look at both amity and hermes still very asleep as amity mutters subconscious thoughts mostly-
"Luz"
"I love you"
And
"Glad"
What 'glad' is about I am unaware of but something makes her extremely happy- and hermes with their snoring just barely audible. Scooting amity gently closer she stirs a little bit but is back asleep, lifting my hand slowly to look at the time I sigh when it says '5:52am'. resting my head ontop amity's I close my eyes again, her mumbling ceases then a soft 'mmn' comes from her as she starts waking up, opening my eyes to meet hers I smile
"Goodmorning buttercup.."
And meet our lips together lovingly. Parting from her she gently pets hermes' head, slipping in between us to take in the heat they mumble
'not yet..'
Not sure if they mean 'don't move' or 'five more minutes' I pull the now wrinkled messy blanket over us, jumping to the six fifteen alarm I have I mumble spanish obscenities
"Language luz- you do realize they can understand you right?"
Chuckling softly I apologize quietly, sitting up I groan at the blurry mess slowly fading into somewhat clarity.
"Great.. I suppose I should go get contacts this weekend-"
Blinking to try and regain my vision I slide off the bed and fumble messily around my top drawer, slipping on a shirt while I'm at it I sigh as my vision unfocuses, feeling amity hug me from behind she reaches over my shoulder and hands me the blurry blob of my contacts case. I slowly start internally cursing my mom and dad for my blindness as I put in the irritating contacts, blinking my vision back to eighty percent clarity I rub my closed eyes slightly.
"God these are a real pain-"
She buries her face in my shoulder and asks, her eyes peeking up to look at me in the reflection of the mirror
"Why don't you get glasses?.. you'd look really cute in them"
My heart takes a stab and a twist from an invisible cupid's arrow, suppressing a giggle fit I hide my face in my hands. Pressing comfortably into her delicate lovingly touch hermes climbes onto the dresser and into my arms, setting hermes down after another fifteen minutes I pull amity's arms unwillingly off my waist
"Alright you two.. it's nearly seven.."
Pulling me back in I look over my shoulder at amity, sighing gently I say quietly in a loving manner
"Fine... twenty more minutes..."
Sitting on the edge of the bed into amity's lap I set hermes on mine, tickling their sides they erupt into giggly laughter. Flapping their wings furiously to try and stop me I tickle even more, suddenly amity's hands grip my waist causing my entire stomach to feel empty with a rush of sudden electric shock type tickling sensations, my hands freeze immediately as my eyes widen. Looking over my shoulder to look confused at me I turn my head stiffly, kindly sliding her hands to a hugging position I smile in a nervous way.
"Despite knowing you're here- I don't really like being grabbed by the waist.. bullies used to grab my waist to make me scream in fear just to humiliate me and laugh- all because I was the nerd"
Shaking my head gently my now longer, mostly curly hair falls over my face. Blowing one of my cowlicks away from my eyes they fall back to rest on my cheek or nose, amity rests her chin on my shoulder and says quietly
"Those kids were bitches... god- I ask you "who hurt you?" But I realize I'd be committing genocide"
Chuckling softly I bring her face In and kiss her cheek, smiling gently against her skin I close my eyes in comfort, sighing lovingly her arms wrap further around me
"There's no need to get life in a maximum security federal prison for me baby, please don't make me break you out of jail"
Kissing my neck lovingly she chuckles and says a short 'I won't' before burying her face in my shoulder, looking down at my blue grey striped boxers I suddenly blush
"What happened last night?.."
She chuckles gently her lips trailing invisible lines onto my skin, taking it all the wrong way I panic slightly but she interrupts my reverie
" you got annoyed at your sweater and slacks because it was too hot so they now lay messily on your backpack, and thirty minutes later you threw off your dress shirt because it was too hot aswell- it's on the corner of the bed"
Looking at the purple bruise sticking out like a sore thumb on my thigh I mutter a short 'doesn't seem like that..' and cross my arms, she sighs heavily and replies
"That's from art last Thursday- remember? You made quite the scene when you rammed your thigh into the corner of the metal pottery desk"
Getting a phantom pain to the memory I vividly remember almost flipping the table before mrs. Aston had calmed me down and gave me a nurse's office pass, going to stand up amity pulls me back down
"Ami we hav-"
"Not yet... you're warm"
Smiling gently I reply unwillingly ready to use bribery
"I'll let you use my sweater"
Immediately releasing me I pick up my sweater and hand it to her, slipping it on I chuckle when she breathes in the lingering vapors of my cologne. Pulling on my uniform I tie my hair into a small bun, I look over at amity contemplating on what style she should choose for her hair. Walking over I run my fingers through her hair and comb it to the left, tying the leftover hair in the back into a short spikey ponytail I smile.
"There gorgeous.. you really don't need to make an endeavor of hair- shit shaking your head to make it look like a bedhead would make me still think you're beautiful"
Lifting up hermes I smile at them and ask quietly
"Do you want to go to class with me, or would you like me and ami to pick you up at lunchtime to get Cheez-Its?"
They look down to think a moment and look up positive about their choice
'Pick me up please then come straight back! Cold pizza is awesome!!'
Chuckling I set them on the now messily made bed and hand them my phone, ruffling up their tuft of hair slightly I say teasingly
"Don't play too much of 'bad piggies' on my phone hun- you know we have a rivalry over that game"
Smiling gently at them I pick up my sidebag and take amity's extended hand, heading downstairs to the others still trying to wake up I laugh slightly
"How the hell are you two awake? God sometimes I swear you're a vampire luz"
Raven says groggily slamming down monsters to at least get some sense of consciousness, running my tongue along my teeth to jokingly make sure I'm not I flinch when my tongue starts stinging in pain. Walking to the open bathroom I spit out the blood in my mouth with a short 'gross', and look at my teeth thinking I'd chipped one but I see amity's little 'maybe' theory has become 'most definitely' as I see only one of my canines is currently a tiny fang, damn near choking on the tooth I hadn't realized was tucked into my cheek I spit it out into the trashcan.
"Hey I look like eda now!"
I blurt out as I turn from the now rid of blood sink and walk out, walking to amity I now can't stop my tongue from remapping my teeth- which is annoying. She looks at me confused as to why I said that, smiling gently trying as much as I can to keep my teeth exposed since it's pretty unpleasant to she laughs
"Now to get it capped gold and you're perfect but it won't stay long- those are itty bitty baby fangs"
Blushing slightly my lips purse into a thin line, blushing more when she studies the fang like it's a diamond her skin leaving a salty, sweet flavor on my lip like a cherry chapstick
"It's not that big a deal am- you're the one that said it might happen"
Nodding gently her hands retreat to her sides, amber who has been trying to suppress laughter burst out in giggly laughs, taking my hand swiftly amity drags me out of the room to class
" you are a savior am.. I don't think my mind could have lasted five more minutes"
She smiles gently at me, entering the empty classroom I sit on the edge of amity's desk as she sits down. As she goes to answer one of the questions wrong, I stop her pencil from hitting the page by sliding my hand above the answer. Gently tapping the correct TWO answers to the problem I smile
"Do you need an after school tutor love? The problems are getting increasingly difficult.."
Trying to see if I'm teasing her she glares at me, nodding when she sees I'm not I pull up a fold out chair from the closet, setting my still untouched work sheet I ask quietly
"What is your main points of difficulty?"
Scribbling a small dash on the problem questions numbers on my sheet I pull out a blank sheet of lined paper, writing down both simple and complicated equations I ask her to answer the simple ones.
"And so this equation here- must be the same as the simple one right?"
Nodding gently I reply kindly
"Exactly right am, great job!"
Looking at the sheet which is just a series of thirty bracket type math problems the ones with just a simple
'___a × ___b3.14 + ___^8=' are easily answered but the more larger difficult problems are left unanswered, using my blank sheet to break down the equations slowly those unanswered questions get correctly filled in. Filling in my worksheet as she answers hers the teacher pats my shoulder
"I sure hope we aren't copying here ms. Luz, ms. Amity."
Turning around I smile gently and reply
"Nope just explaining to amity that the problems aren't as hard as they may seem, I'm actually finished already"
Handing her the worksheet I draw little doodles on my notepad of dogs and luzura, and hope today won't be so bad with my desk mate.
• . . •
__\__\______________/__/__
/ / \ \
This chapter is 4k words because the next four parts are just gonna be time skips and filler til they are eighteen BUT during the part "summertime blues and goodbyes" there will be SOME exciting moments as in exciting I mean sad :'(
__\____\___________/____/__
/ / \ \
• . . •