LoveBite [2]

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It's here. The day that they have dreaded for a long five years. Anastasia's first day of school. This is hitting each parent differently. Peter is calm and okay, but when it comes to Satine, she's tense and clearly stressed.

Peter lifts Anya onto the couch and kneels down in front of her to pull her socks on while she watches from above. Meanwhile, Satine stands a little ways away with her arms crossed tight over her chest.

"Why can't we just homeschool her?" She asks with wrinkled brows.

"We don't want to stunt her social and educational growth." He nods as he slips her shoes on, one after the other, and Satine sighs.

"Okay, but what if she uses her powers?" She gently tosses her hand and he sighs while hanging his head. "That's dangerous and she doesn't know any better yet."

"She's old enough to learn." He nods softly. "Anya, when you're in school, you cannot use your powers." He turns to her. "We don't want you using those."

"Why not?" She stares between the two complete opposite emotions.

"Because --"

"Because bad guys will show up." Satine quickly interrupts and Peter's eyes go wide for a moment at her words. "Bad men with bad intentions." She kneels down in front of her and places her hands on her cheeks. "So please, Baby, promise me that you won't use these until you're home. No one can know."

"Okay." She stares nervously from the scared truth in her words.

Satine nods, while holding her arms and timidly side-eyes Peter, who stares right at her as she quickly gets back up to her feet and moves away from him, fearing that may have upset him. He rubs his eyes before turning back to Anya with a grin.

"Come on." He gets up. "Let's go."

She follows him to the door, holding her small backpack on her shoulders, and Satine hesitates before she comes along with them. Peter gets Anya to the car and watches as she lifts herself into her carseat. Satine takes her spot in the passenger seat as he leans down.

"Do you need help?" He asks as Anya grabs her seatbelt.

"No." She struggles a bit to buckle in and he smiles slightly.

"Are you sure?"

"Uh-huh." She nods.

She gets it right a few seconds later and he closes her door. He pauses as he grabs his doors handle and sighs.

"Okay." He nods. "Here we go."

♡

As they pull up to the school, Satine takes a deep breath and sits up while uncrossing her legs, all as she feels her heart drumming in her chest. They all get out of the car and Peter takes Anya's hand to bring her to the sidewalk, where a bunch of other parents and kids from kindergarten to fifth grade make their way upto the school.

"Alright." He lowers down in front of her as she looks around at the cluster of people. "Are you nervous?" He places his hand on her cheek.

"They are." She nods softly and Satine covers her mouth with her fist and takes another deep breath, causing Peter to nod sideways, understanding how she feels.

"Remember, you can't do that around your classmates." He states and she nods. "We don't want them to make fun of it, right?"

"Right."

"Good." He grins.

He pulls her into a tight and gentle hug before Satine takes his place in front of her.