Chapter 23: Chapter twenty-three- Coffee, breeze

Adira Skylar's Pov:

"Hey, don't yell at me. I didn't take the photos. Yell at Oscar." I told Lancelot while concentrating on my food. He has been continuously yelling at me after seeing himself wearing my cute Cinderella shirt. He looked cute. Why was he angry even in the first place? Stupid. He groaned at me.

I looked at the others. They were looking at me and Lancelot with curious eyes. I ignored them. "Finish your food quickly. You need to take your medicines, Idiot." I told Lancelot finishing my food. I stood up and went to do my dishes. Lancelot followed me."Don't leave me alone here. Take me." Lancelot whispered at me from behind. I laughed quietly. Even though Lancelot acted all mighty with me and all cocky with people in the university, he didn't have a friend. So, he was practically shy with them. I didn't believe him when he said it to me dragging me alone to my bedroom. He was embarrassed. Now, my work here is to make him friends with the others. "Don't follow me. You should be laying down and now you are jumping out of your seat? I will boil your stomach if you follow me." I told him glaring. He glared back. I sighed and let him follow him.

"You guys are dating, aren't you?" Oscar asked.

"No, we are not," I told him sternly.

"Yes, we are," Lancelot stated from beside me.

"No, we aren't, Lancelot."

"Yes, we are Adira."

"No, we aren't. I didn't even know you until three days ago."

"We are dating. I'm your soulmate."

" Soulmate my ass, I will kill you if you once again tell me this you creep. Go and take your medicines."

"But you kissed me today. "

I gasped. Others gasped too.

"You. YOU KISSED ME FIRST. I DIDN'T WANT TO KISS YOU. YOU KISSED ME, PERVERT. STOP SAYING THAT WE KISSED."

"You enjoyed the kiss. She enjoyed the kiss, guys. She even pulled my hair."

I gasped again and glared at him. Oscar laughed. "Yeah. She enjoyed it then. Tell us more dude." Oscar told Lancelot.

"No. He doesn't need to tell us anything more." Valentino declared standing up. Valentino looked at me and I mouthed him a thank you. He smiled at me and mouthed "No problem." I smiled back.

Everyone finished their dinner and went to the living room leaving me in the kitchen. They wanted to watch a movie. I was left alone with Valentino to make coffee. Lancelot didn't want to go but Mathew and Oscar took him forcefully. Thank them for that. I looked at Valentino. He was making the coffee with too much concentration. "I told you, you should take a picture of me. It lasts longer." He said without looking at me. I blushed. "I wasn't. I wasn't looking at you. I was looking at the coffee. Looking delicious." I said looking at other things but for him. I glanced at him and he was smiling. "Thank you." He said. I nodded and sat on the kitchen counter waiting for him to finish making the coffee. Wind blowing from the outside. The soft breeze and the smell of the coffee were comfortable. It made me feel warm.

"Did you kiss him?"

"That was a thing of the moment. I haven't kissed anyone for a long time. So, I just gave in when he kissed me." I said closing my eyes. Was that only a thing of the moment?

"That's good then. I have finished making the coffee. Let's go." Valentino said. I opened my eyes and immediately blushed to see him looking at me. He was close. "Ah, yeah. We should go. Move, idiot!" I told him pushing his chest. He chuckled and moved away. Taking the tray, I immediately ran from there.

Stepping inside the living room, I saw Oscar and Emily was cuddling while talking with Mathew and Lancelot. Seeing Lancelot I could feel he was comfortable with them by now. Noticing me Lancelot gave me a smile which I gladly gave him back. Mathew stood up and took the tray from me. After taking our coffees, we settled down comfortably. I was first squeezed between Lancelot and Valentino. I felt awkward with both of them and instantly moved away from them. Instead, I sat with Mathew. Mathew smiled at me and held me tightly. Valentino and Lancelot both gave me a pout and glared at Mathew without him noticing it. I laughed quietly.

When the movie was getting started, lights went out of the whole house. Load shedding maybe. Everyone groaned except me.

"We should go to the terrace. There is a ladder inside, we can all go up and lay down. You all will feel good. Bring the comforters though, it will be cold now." I told them standing up. I couldn't see anything. Mathew turned his phone's light on. "Thank you," I said. He held my hand and said, "Welcome, Sky." Holding his hand back, I led everyone towards the ladder. Finding the ladder, everyone went up one by one. Lancelot had some difficulties going up. He had to be careful. Everyone helped him up. I was surprised that no one even once asked him how did he got hurt. After he got up, I followed him, and then Mathew followed me up.

We laid down snuggling with each other. I was now trapped between Emily and Mathew. I felt warm and somewhat emotional. We held each other's hands and just stayed silent. On the other hand, the other three were Oscar, Lancelot, and Valentino laughing about something. Hearing their loud laugh, we also laughed. After some seconds we were a laughing mess and we didn't know why we were laughing.

"Let's talk our story about ourselves or anything each we never told anyone. Do you guys want to? It can be a little therapy session among us." Emily suggested. Everyone went silent but agreed to the idea after some time.

Mathew spoke up first. "My mom didn't die in a car accident. My mom killed herself when she caught the person I call 'dad', cheating. She killed herself in front of me. I couldn't help her. I just stood there like a fucking coward. And that bastard married another woman just after my mom died."

I held Mathew's hand softly. Everyone kept silent.

Valentino spoke up."I don't sleep. My mind has the scary capability of being dark and demented."

"You are afraid of your dreams?" Emily asked softly.

"Yes." He said quietly.

For some reason, I wanted to hug Valentino.

"I am a werewolf. My family and I are Canis Rufus. We are rarely found wolves. People have been searching for us. Other wolves are trying to kill us. The other day, I got hurt because of a fight with a wolf. I haven't seen my family for over three years now." Lancelot said. No one told anything. Lancelot must have gone through a lot. I felt thankful to others for believing him.

"Some years ago, I came face to face with death. An accident. I was in the hospital for more than a month. That didn't change anything though. I guess you all saw the news about a mass of cars collision some years ago. I was the victim who survived among the twenty victims. I wasn't even driving. I was walking to cross the road. The driver who caused the accident was left untouched. He was not even injured. Everyone else died at the spot other than me. Why couldn't I also die? Why wasn't I dead too? I always thought of it. Even when I am with people I love. I'm sorry for feeling like this." Oscar said slowly.

"If you apologize, we will kill you ourselves," Lancelot yelled from the other side. We chuckled slowly.

"I am afraid of my stepdad. He is a pervert. Always roams around my room whenever I am alone. He will also touch me inappropriately whenever he gets the chance." Emily said out.

"Why didn't you ever say anything? I will kill that bastard." Oscar yelled out. Leaving my hand, Emily hugged him. "I told you just now," she said. Oscar sighed. "Tell me everything from now on. " Oscar said hugging Emily back. "You too." She said.

Everyone was suffering. Why was the universe being so bad to these people? I sobbed slowly. "Adira, it's your turn." Emily bought me out of my world. I took a deep breath and told myself it's okay to tell. It's okay. For once just open up. You can do this Adira. I took a deep breath and started, "My mom and dad were murdered when I was only four years old," I stopped "I didn't even realize that until I was turned ten years old. Everyone pitied me but I didn't understand any of that. I mean how can I even understand what was a pity at four years. Everyone thought that maybe their family was the ones who killed them since mom and dad eloped and got married despite their family's declines. Before dying, dad told me not to trust anyone. But I'm so lucky that I got you, people, to trust. Dad and mom must be happy seeing me with you people. I may have grown up all alone in this house but they were always here I knew. They are watching me from heaven that's why I'm alive until now. Right?" I finished saying.

"Your mom and dad are so proud seeing you grow up into a beautiful woman," Mathew said hugging me. I smiled and hugged him back.

"I'm proud of you all. I'm proud of all for staying alive. For growing up as a good human being and a wolf." Everyone laughed at my last word. Lancelot barked. Everyone started laughing. Who knew we would become more closer in just one night? I am glad.

It was a beautiful day. Shame about what was going to happen.