Gabriela (POV):
Today has been one of the best days I have had in a long time. Since it was the day before Storm was supposed to be leaving I had planned to spend the entire day just the two of us. I started the day by bringing Storm breakfast in bed. We had never spent the night together prior to coming here, now that we had it broke my heart to let her go. Which is why we were planning to call Alex and Aria. I wasn't exactly confident about how this was going to go, but I hoped it went smoothly. I wanted Storm to stay with me, I wasn't ready to be apart from her, especially since we hadn't completed our mate bond yet.
"Are you sure you want to do this Mi Amor? It might be easier to just go back." My thumb stroked her hand as we sat cross legged across from one another.
"You're not scared are you?" Storm eyed me closely as a smirk began to creep across her face.
"Me? Scared? Pft no." I looked off to the side trying to avoid eye contact with her.
"So you're telling me you aren't scared to talk to my mom?" Storm crossed her arms and quirked an eyebrow at me.
"Who Alex? Psh I'm definitely not scared of her." I knew very well that Storm wasn't talking about Alex.
"You know I don't call Alex mom, she's mum." Storm smirked.
The Avery children all had different names for what they called their parents, usually it was based on who gave birth to who. For example Storm calls Alex mum, Aria mom, Ivy mama (Mama Ivy) and Dylan mama (Mama Dill). Whereas Delta calls Dylan mom, Aria mum, Ivy mama (Mama Ivy) and Alex mama (Mama Alex).
"Mom is Aria. I bet you wish you were dealing with mama Dill or mama Ivy instead. Both of them are way less likely to rip your head off." Storm giggled while my eyes practically bulged out of my head.
"I mean Dill is technically your mom too and she is the alpha of your pack, so maybe we should just call her. Actually scrap that, let's call Ivy." I knew this wasn't an option but I couldn't help but throw it out there.
"Yeah we could do that if you actually want to die. Mom would be so mad if you called Mama Dill instead. Plus she's really not that bad, just obnoxiously protective." Storm draped her arms over my shoulders, warmth creeped up my neck when her breath washed over my neck.
"I mean technically in the eyes of the law you can make your own decisions. You don't have to go back, I just rather they agree with it." I kissed her temple, while my arms wrapped around her waist.
"I know you don't want to make things worse, but I'm not going back, I don't want to be away from you." Storm argued.
"I know Mi Amor, I don't want you to leave either but I really don't want to make this phone call." I knew I was being a baby about this, but I really didn't want to be the one to make the call.
"Gabs, what's really bothering you? I mean I know you aren't actually scared of them. You aren't, are you?" Storms eyes felt like they were burning into me.
"No I'm not scared of them, I'm just worried that if I push too hard then they really won't want us to be together. They already have an issue with our ages, not that this is something I can control at all might I add." My eyes were squeezed shut as I ranted.
"It's not like I chose to have a mate so much younger than me, let alone their daughter. They were supposed to be my family, but ever since they found out they've been more distant than usual."
"Would you rather we weren't mates....?" Storm whispered, I was so wrapped up in my rant that I hadn't noticed the tear rolling down her cheek.
"What!? No! That's not what I mean at all! I just meant that I had no control in this situation and I feel like I'm being judged for it." I sighed resting my forehead on her shoulder.
