Thanks for being so patient (again). I'll try to get the next chapter out in time – promise!
Mia :)
Chapter Nine:
Cliffs
…Daddy?
No response.
Uh…hello?
"Momma, I feel stupid."
Fina sighed. "Try again, dear. He's there."
Papa? Uhm, can you even hear me? I—I have some questions for you,
Her voice rose at the end, making it sound more like a question than a statement.
After another moment of silence, she sighed, shoulders slumped. "I'm just talking to myself, he—"
Angel.
May stopped, her eyes widened. She looked to her mother, who just smiled, her eyes crinkling up at the corners. May was sort of past words at that point. Hearing Grant in her head earlier was weird enough, but having someone that wasn't even
…
near… She was so confused.
Papa?
she repeated. There was a hopeful tinge to the thought.
Charamaine,
the voice sighed in her head.
She didn't know what to say—think next.
Where are you?
she thought with a small voice.
I'm here, Angel.
The voice was whispery. Old, yet strong.
Where did you go, Papa?
I've always been here,
he told her.
May was even more bewildered now.
Can you see me?
Yes.
Oh!
she thought in surprise,
Why can't I see you?
Because I haven't let you.
He made her feel so small.
Please, Daddy. Please come back. I miss you so much.
Her thoughts were remorseful.
Tout en bonne temps, ma petite Charamaine.
How-where…
She couldn't fit her thoughts together coherently.
Find the Stars, Angel, and I shall be there,
his voice faded out.
May pondered his words silently in the new silence.
The Stars?
she asked, although she knew he wasn't listening anymore.
What?
she asked herself this time. May looked to her mother to see her smiling again.
___
He watched as the pair bonded over the latest Final Fantasy video game. He wasn't a gamer himself, though, so he'd lost count of which version was the new one.
"Oh fuck
yes!
" one of them yelled.
Grant couldn't tell, from behind they looked almost identical.
Weird,
he thought.
These two…and then Orion and Emmett. Hmm…
He let his train of thought wander, their bickering just noise in the background.
"Eat shit, bitches!" the second one screamed, jumping on the couch.
Grant hadn't realized that this video game could make people so . . . lively.
"Huzzah!" They went on and on.
"Hey, bro," his sister called to him. She was the one still sitting.
"Hmm?" he mumbled, lifting his head.
"Sit down and stay a while, or go find your little girlfriend," she snickered.
Grant just rolled his eyes, but the other woman—still standing—cut off whatever he was about to say . . . making him fight the urge to roll his eyes again.
"That's my sister, dumbass," Kita said, throwing the controller at Rage.
"No shit?" Rage was actually surprised.
Rage narrowed her eyes, trying to see the resemblance . . . "
Ohh
," she said in understanding.
"You guys have the same nose . . . Why do you dye your hair?" she questioned, dragging Kita into a sitting position by her spiked, black locks.
Kita scoffed. "I ain't no angel. Charamaine's got that role wrapped up tight. I have to dye it to make sure I don't become a blondie like her. But hey, what can I say? I'm the rebellious one." She winked outrageously then stood up on the furniture again to give everyone the bird.
Everyone in the room chuckled. She may have been rebellious, be she was still quite the charmer. In the first ten minutes, Kita had everyone in the common room warmed up to her black spikes, perverted jokes, and cross attitude.
Oh, yes. She'll fit in just fine.
___
Sure, he'd been kissed before. Sex wasn't anything new to him either. But from that first brush of his lips, Finn knew that he would be learning a lot more soon. He barely felt the edge of the wooden stair pressing into his back and he couldn't have cared less. All his senses were rewired and focused on the sensations brought by this gorgeous man's lips against his.
Finn snaked one of his hands under the hem of his partner's shirt, bringing it up with him as he continued his blind exploration. He brought his other hand into the mix and ran them both up the statuesque man's torso. He stopped when he reached Emmett's shoulders, the shirt proving to be an annoying obstacle by this point. Finn sighed in disappointment when the marble body backed away.
He heard a chuckle that sent chills down his spine. "Don't be sad, babe."