Hidden Magic

Chapter Thirty-Two

I was exhausted after speaking to my grandmother and ended up just going right to sleep, though I met up with Seth in the dining room, finding him easily with the spare seat next to him that he saved for me. "I can't believe you didn't warn me that you were planning to introduce me to your parents, I was so nervous, and probably not dressed right for the first meeting." His mouth tips up in a smile, not looking guilty in the slightest.

"You were the only one nervous, my parents are the first of their lines, and they were trained in a one of the less prestigious academies. They didn't know how to act in front of members of the prestigious Valdis line, and your grandmother is a member of the Nithene council, the leading member at that. I think they were probably more nervous than you, and as to how you were dressed, they are both chosen by Sira, if you had dressed up for them, it probably would have made them even more intimated, so I think the meeting went rather well." I huff, and roll my eyes at him, not at all pleased by his nonchalance.

"Oh, you met the parents, did you? How did that go?" Monica was staring at us eagerly, no doubt wanting all the juicy details, she was a big gossiper after all.

"None of your business Monica." Of course, Seth choice to speak at the same time as me, and his words were quite different to mine.

"Great! Her grandmother liked me, though her status made my parents nervous." Monica beams at him, like she wants to reward him for giving her gossip when I tried to deny her, some friend she was, then again she was a friend to both of us. "Speaking of status, is there an arranged fiancé I have to speak to?" Seth looked at me with a raised eyebrow, and suddenly any angry retort I had for him disappeared.

"No! No! None at all! My grandmother said there had been suggestions, but nothing is confirmed because the Valdis line tends to marry for love and not power." He gives me this wide pleased smile that makes heart race, and gives me a strong urge to kiss him, his looks really were too distracting.

"Excellent, then you really are all mine, at least until you confront your other three boyfriends about their fiancés and see if they're still your boyfriends at the end of it." I felt a little guilty, making him share me with others, but not allowing him to have anyone else, I know Sira branch members tended to be very open in their relationships, but I was supremely jealous, I would not be able to go for that at all, it was not something I was proud of, but I doubted it was something I could change easily, I could limit the effect it had on me, but I knew I would never be able to be in a relationship with someone who was not faithful to me, it just wouldn't work for me. Of course, if I was in a relationship with both of the people, I think I would be fine with it, but I had never experienced it before, so I guess I would have to wait and see.

I grimace at the idea that I had to speak to them, I really just wanted to avoid that whole conversation, but they had looked so hurt and confused when I ignored them at visiting day, so I guess they would probably corner me today anyways, my classes before lunch were Deity Theology and History of Crest-Fallen Academy, which both seemed to go by at a snail's pace and much too fast, impossible I know, but I was feeling both eager and wary of lunch, knowing I would be having a conversation which would have answers I wouldn't necessarily like hearing.

As I expected all three of them were waiting at our table, looking eager to see me, but I just looked at them with grimace, leaving them to look at me with confusion, Seth gives me a squeeze on the arm and then takes a seat at the table, letting me deal with this myself. "I need to speak to the three of you in private." I turn around and leave the dining hall without waiting for their answers, knowing they would follow me, a bitch move given I hadn't given them any reason why I needed to speak to them, but nobody else needed to hear this conversation.

Once we were in a reasonably empty hallway I sat in a small alcove that had a bench, the three of them looked at me warily. "Why did you call us out here? Does it have anything to do with why you ignored us yesterday?" Ezekiel was looking at me with a lot of confusion and hurt, making me feel a little guilty, but I had to steel myself and remember that I wasn't the one at fault here.