His One and Only

The Twist

I wiped my tears with my sleeve and took long gulps of air, swallowing the lump in my throat. Normal. I had to act normal. No more crying, just trying to forget.

I joined them in the kitchen, a smile on my face and the atmosphere grew a little quiet.

"Let me get you something," aunt Karen stood up and started to make me pancakes with the remaining batter.

"Did you get a good rest?" Leah said, taking a bite of her pancake and I nodded, smiling.

"How're you feeling?" She said, looking concerned as aunt Karen placed a plate with two pancakes and raspberries on the side in front of me. I thanked her before turning back to Leah.

"B-Better than y-yesterday," I cut a piece and put it in my mouth, but oddly enough, it wasn't sweet. It was bitter. I didn't want to eat anymore but I didn't want to be ungrateful so I kept quiet.

"That's good," I could tell that Leah wanted to say something else, and I knew what that would be.

Ben seemed a little uncomfortable but he smiled at me and got up.

"I'm going out. Will be back before 8," he said and left.

"So, how are you?" Leah said carefully and I froze. I knew this was coming but I didn't want it to. Not yet.

"I-I'll tell y-you after I-I've eaten," I said, looking down at my plate and she nodded quickly.

"Of course! You can tell me whenever you're ready," she smiled and got up, putting her plate in the sink. She left the kitchen and only me and aunt Karen were left.

"You don't need to tell her, sweetie. You don't need to tell anyone. Just focus on trying to feel better," aunt Karen and my cousins were the only support system I had so I couldn't keep something like this from them.

"I-I'll tell y-you. I-I'll tell a-all three o-of you," I made up my mind to tell them right away. I shouldn't drag it out any more than necessary.

Me and aunt Karen joined Leah in the living room and I sat down next to her.

"I-I'm ready," I said and Leah turned the T.V. off, as if she was waiting and turned to me.

I explained everything to them about how Ethan had treated me and how I found out that he was under a spell, everything.

"Oh my god, Iz! That's just horrible," Leah hugged me hard and when she let go, I had tears in my eyes.

"W-What if h-he never b-breaks free f-from the s-spell?" I finally said the question that was eating me up inside and I felt a lot better.

"He can, he will! He is the strongest Alpha. Have a little faith in him. The real question is that who put that spell on him?" Leah hugged me again and I felt a little better.

When my eyes landed on aunt Karen, she seemed a little distressed, like something had gone wrong and that made me think bad things about her.

I shrugged those thoughts away and snuggled deeper into Leah's embrace. I had to hang in there and find a cure. There must've been a book about it in the town's library.

Liz felt a little hopeful at that thought and determination shone through her eyes. We could do this!

***

Everything had went well and I had gone to my room to rest. I felt drained, emotionally and physically and just wanted to sleep forever.

My throat was parched so I decided to fight against the laziness and atleast get myself something to drink.

It was dead quiet since it was only me and aunt Karen home and she had gone to take a nap. I also wanted to do that but my brain won't shut off, and I really couldn't fall asleep without having a nightmare.