Eunomia

Chapter 42 "It was never enough"

~Bryony~

I was nervous, I never liked in the first place the idea of Aiden meeting Sebastian and less them spending time alone. What were they? Friends? But it didn't matter how badly I wanted to prevent that meet because my stupid fake life told me I had to leave, today was the day Noa was going to tell Eros about the positive pregnancy test.

We went to the mall, Olive and Eros got lost in the arcade and Olive and I went to a couple of shops at first but now we were sat on a cafeteria. She ordered a sugar donut and I a vanilla milkshake that I hadn't tasted. I was too busy thinking about all the things that could go wrong in Sebastian's and Aiden's meeting. What if the magic I used for keeping Aiden's mind vampire-free failed?

"Bryony are you listening to me?" Olive said frowning because she had stained her fingers with sugar and now she was sticky.

"Sorry, what?" I apologized tasting the milkshake for first time. It was tasty.

"I was saying that I never forgot about what you have suffer..." Her voice became less audible as she spoke. "But I'm sorry if I ever made you think otherwise." She raised her voice again for murmuring the next. "And I also think you should apologize."

I took a deep breath. I didn't want to apologize because I felt what I told her. That was what I thought but just like I had very clear what I thought I also had very clear that the the old me would feel bad for yelling at her she was a bad person and for insulting the man she loved. There was no choice, I couldn't act as I was but as I once was, as they expected me to.

That was a question that had been in my mind for the past weeks... If it weren't because of the influence of the people that were close-minded about my personality and expected me to be in a specific way... Would the events that I have experienced lately have changed me? I wasn't sure about that answer.

"Sorry." I used all my self-control to say that. I also swallowed my pride. "You are not a bad person... You just date someone I don't like." Olive looked at me badly when I said the last sentence. She didn't want to start that conversation so I felt the need to explain myself before she could talk. "I don't like the person that you are dating but I respect it. And I hope you respect my thoughts too."

Olive looked up a couple of seconds, she knew I was right. She knew it was the fair after everything but she waited more, thing I couldn't give her.

"Can we be on good term now?" She looked at me with puppy eyes, tired of this fight. I knew that one year ago I would have also been tired of not having Olive around and would agree in everything for getting back to normality so I nodded.

Olive got up with her arms raised, impatient to hug me. I got up and we merged in a reconciliatory embrace.

Olive and I went to a couple of shops more, she told me about the news and I told her about mine, the boring ones that didn't mentioned vampires, until the time when we had agreed to meet our siblings came.

The moment we arrived at the entrance of the mall I knew Noa talked with Eros. He was pale, stunned, and Noa was sat awkwardly next to him. It was evident something was wrong with them, and her brother's face of having seen a ghost didn't go unnoticed by Olive.

"Hey, buddy what's wrong?" Olive got worried for her brother when she first saw him.

Eros ignored his sister and held Noa's hand, she blushed a little and Eros raised them.

"Can Noa stay tonight?'" He asked his sister. I knew she wouldn't have any problem with that but I had it, so I talked before Olive could.

"I don't think that's a good idea." I looked mostly at Noa, making her understand why I said so with my look.