Now You See Me, Now You Don't(The Academy-Ghost Bird)

Chapter 42- Misunderstandings and Confusion!

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Victor pov

My princess has locked herself in the bathroom and we can hear her softly crying. I'm so worried that her nightmare was about what she walked in on me doing. I should have been more careful and made sure to lock the door. My brain spirals and I feel horrible that I unintentionally pushed her more than I ever meant to. Things were going so well, until I messed up and she caught me in my private moment. She must hate me now. No matter what, I have to get her to forgive me. I won't stop until I make this up to that sweet wonderful little princess in there.

When we tried to talk to her, she just ignored us. What are we going to do? Sang can't leave us, not when we just found her. My brain starts panicking. My brothers are going to kill me. I turn to Silas and he looks really worried. "Vic, do you know what happened to aggele mou?" I hang my head in shame, but shake my head no. Si looks at me suspiciously, but goes over and knocks gently on the bathroom door.

"Aggele Mou, are you okay? Can we come in or you come out? We want to help you, but we don't know what's wrong." After a few minutes, her sobs have tapered off and it's quiet in the bathroom. Shortly thereafter, the lock click and the door's opened about an inch. But no Sang comes out.

I grab Silas before he can get to the door. "Si, can I talk to Sang alone for a minute?" He looks at me quizzically, but waves for me to go in. I can tell by the look on his face, that I'm going to be having a long talk with my family today sometime. I just hope they aren't too mad at me. I can't live without them or Sang and I don't want to.

"Princess, it's Victor... Is it okay to come in now?" I hear some snuffling, then hear her small voice. "Come in Victor." I push the door open and see my tiny princess curled up on the floor staring into space. She looks so small and scared that it breaks a part of me. I rush over to her and kneel down next to her. Immediately, I start to profusely apologize. "Sang, I'm so sorry that I upset you so much. If I could take it back, I would. I never meant to hurt you and I will do whatever I need to do to make this up to you." I say in a mournful tone. I'm almost in tears thinking that I broke this beautiful little girl. Sang snaps out of her daze and looks at me confused. "Victor, what are you talking about? I had a really bad dream about my mother, I mean my step mother. My prince, my dream wasn't about any of you, except for..." She stops there and my heart's pounding with anticipation as to what she going to say.

"Please Sang, finish what you were going to say." Slowly, she peeks up at me and takes a deep breath. "Victor, I was kneeling on the floor naked and she was beating me with a cane. It wasn't the beating so much that bothered me, but what she said. She said I was a freak and a dirty whore. That I would ruin your family, you all would grow to hate me, and then throw me in the gutter, where I belong." Her eyes are glimmering with unshed tears. I scoop her up into my arms and gently pull her into my lap. "Sang my princess, you are not a freak or a whore. You are a sweet, wonderful, special young lady, who comes from a very messed up family. You would never ruin our family, Remember what Mr Blackbourne said? Family is a choice. We all care about and support each other. We are way stronger together than we ever could be apart. You are part of our family now, but only if you want to be." I look down at the floor and take a big breath to bolster my courage. "Sang, are you sure this isn't about what you saw me doing in the bathroom?" There I said it. Now I hope she doesn't crush my world.

"Victor, please look at me." She gently grabs my face in her tiny, slightly cold hands and turns my face towards her. She looks me deep in the eyes and starts talking. "I already have a good idea what my dream was really about. I'm worried that I'm starting to have some very real, very intense feeling towards more than one boy. Me, who has never has a friend, now has feeling for 9 very wonderful, unique, and very handsome guys, who just happen to be a family. A family that they want me to join. How do I have feelings for more than one of these guys and not be the whore, my step monster has always called me? I loved what I have done with you and what I walked into, but does that make me a bad person? I don't know." She shrugs her shoulders and snuggles in closer to me. Slowly, I rock this lovely and tender hearted girl, who has become so precious to me and my brothers, in such a short time. "No princess, it makes you ours." I whisper. My heart starts to calm, as she starts to drift off to sleep in my lap.