the dragon's daughter

Chapter 108: Letters home..

Lyra POV

Mum and I were cleaning up the plates from dinner while dad put away the leftovers. 

An owl flew up to the window and tapped on the glass with its talon. 

I opened the window and  let in the midnight black owl. 

They dropped the letter on the counter and flew back out. 

"It's from Cal."  Mum said picking up the letter. 

"Read it dear," dad said, turning his attention to her. 

"Dear family, today we have found out the gender of Dominique and my's baby.  We're excited to inform our friends and family that we will be having a baby girl.  She's doing great, a strong heartbeat and developing normally.  We're very excited for her arrival.  Love, Dominique and Caleum." Mum put a hand around her mouth and her eyes started watering. 

"They're having a girl." She whimpered out. 

Dad instantly flashed next to her and wrapped his arms around her, pulling her to his chest. 

I understood why it was so emotional for my mother, so I chose to leave them be and stay quiet.

"They're going to have a girl!" She cheered and hugged dad tightly. 

He chuckled, "I'm glad you're excited," 

"We're going to have a granddaughter!" She said excitedly. 

"Yes we are." He grinned. 

Dad reached his arm out to me, "come here."

I stepped forward and embraced them, resting my head on his chest.

"As happy as I am for your brother, please don't have a kid anytime soon." He said pleadingly.

"I won't dad." I laughed. 

He kissed me head, and squeezed us tighter.

"I'll write back to them" Mum said, releasing us,

Dad still kept his arm around me and kissed my head again. 

"I love you princess," he said, 

"I love you too dad." I smiled into his chest and he squeezed me tighter.

He let me go, ruffling my hair and went to finish putting the left overs away, 

I continued to clean up the kitchen, putting the last dishes away. 

"I'm gonna head to bed early." I told my father as I headed over. 

"Goodnight, My little Lyra." He said giving me a hug. 

"Night daddy." I smiled and headed up to my room.

I closed the door and started getting ready for bed, brushing my teeth and putting my hair up, changing into a matching shirt and short set.

As I was washing my face I heard a knock.  But not on the door. 

I looked over to the window and saw 

Gino

Outside my window

On a broom

Why?

I turned off the tap and dried my face before opening the window for him. 

"What are you doing here?" I whispered, not wanting my parents to know.

"I wanted to see you." He whispered, his voice low. 

"Now?" 

"Yes, well always, but I got off my shift ten minutes ago." He shrugged shamelessly. 

"Why didn't you just use the door?" I asked, still keeping my voice low.

"Because your dad would be watching me like a hawk," he conveyed. 

"So your the sneak around dad's back kind of guy?" I raised my brow.

"No, but when I want to hold my bellissima close to me, to talk to her, without interruptions, I may have to." He said, his arms reaching out to grab me. 

I allowed myself to be pulled to his chest, resting my head against his shoulder, my cheeks heated up with how close we were.

He started to sway us softly yo no music, I just let him move me the way he wanted. 

He lifted my chin by placing his finger under it to make me look at him. 

"You're beautiful," he said, resting his forehead against mine quickly before pulling back. 

I blushed and looked down. 

"Look at me, bellissima." He said lowly, I slowly raised my eyes to meet his, 

He looked deeply into my eyes, 

"Can I kiss you?" He whispered softly. 

Really? Was I ready for that? Do I like him enough? Will he think I-

"Yes," I whispered, 

He cupped my chin and leaned in, his other arm wrapping around my 

I met him half way, pressing my lips to his.

My arm went around his neck, while my other hand rests on his chest.

He groaned softly before pulling away, "magical," was all he said before dipping his head back down. 

I happily obliged and kissed him back. 

I pulled away this time, wanting air.

I caught my breath as he rest his forehead against mine. 

"Go out with me again?" He asked out of breath. 

I laughed, "yes"

"Sometime this weekend." He said, kissing my lips softly once more. 

"Whenever, maybe I'll come visit you at work." I grinned, 

"That would be amazing," 

"Goodnight, bellísima," he grinned back, kissing me softly and squeezing my waist to him. 

I used all the confidence in me and kissed his cheek before he went off into the night.

Did that really just happen?  Did I really just do that?  It's was great.  It was magical.  But is it too soon?  We only went on one date.  What if we're moving to fast? What will he say if I want to take things slow?

Ugh!

Stop it Lyra.

But that kiss.  My first kiss.  It truly was something.  It felt right.