I Am Number Four

Chapter Three: Saying Goodbye

Waking up the next morning, Avalon listened to the sound of her parents moving around in their bedroom while they finished off the last of their packing; she lay silently in her bed until her mother called for her. 

Avalon sat up slowly before she ran a hand through her hair, she couldn't believe that she was actually moving today and she was far from looking forward to it.

 Midnight stretched before looking up at her and meowed softly as she walked towards her owner; she rubbed herself up against the brunette, who grinned and scratched behind the cat's ears. 

Climbing out of bed, Avalon quickly pulled on some clean clothes trying not to think too much about what had happened the night before; it didn't matter now and it wasn't like she would see Daniel again. 

The brunette shook her head before exiting her bedroom and walked downstairs to the kitchen, she could hear her mother in there and she was a little hungry. 

Stepping into the kitchen, Avalon paused seeing Lillian Halliwell packing away the last of the kitchen items; there was breakfast set up on the table and Avalon knew that they would be leaving soon. 

It wouldn't be long before the moving truck arrived and everything had to be ready to be loaded; there was no wasting time when her parents decided to move. 

"Morning," Avalon greeted kissing her mother on the cheek, she moved to help herself to breakfast; her stomach grumbling since she hadn't eaten the night before. 

There hadn't been chance to eat at the bonfire after what had happened to Daniel and Avalon hadn't felt like eating when she had returned home to her parents; she had been exhausted and just wanted to sleep. 

Lillian smiled as she continued to pack, she couldn't wait to get going and she was sure that the new place would be good for them; she had noticed how down Avalon had been since they announced they were moving again.

Looking to Avalon, she couldn't help but hope that they would all be happy in a small quiet town; Lillian couldn't imagine what would happen but she knew that they needed to keep moving. 

There was no way that Avalon could ever learn the truth about them, it was going to be better if she never learned that she wasn't from Earth; Lillian was sure that Avalon would be safer this way. 

"Where's dad?" Avalon asked looking at her mother, she had always found it a little odd that she didn't really look like her parents; she had once asked her mother about that and Lillian had told her it was because she looked more like her grandmother. 

It was a little strange that Avalon had never meet any of her extended family, her parents rarely spoke about them and it was like they didn't exist sometimes. 

"Outside," Lillian replied simply before setting the box on the kitchen table before they heard the front door open and close; she adored her husband and she had no idea what she would have ever done without him. 

They had lost so much when they had fled the destruction of their world and Lillian was just glad that they had made it to Earth; they were extremely lucky and they never forgot that. 

"Where are my beautiful ladies?" called James Halliwell re-entering the house, the moving van was here and they didn't have time to waste; he stepped into the kitchen and grinned at the sight of his very beautiful wife. 

Avalon rolled her eyes as her parents kissed before she turned back to her toast, she adored her parents but it felt like sometimes they were complete strangers; she felt like there was something big they were keeping from her.