Monsters and Deamons | Book One | ✔

VIII. Fate and Lust

"I'm so glad you're okay, Rem! Eden and I have been trying to cheer Shiloh up since everything happened," Winter said relieved. Arlo nodded frantically and there was another couple behind the two that Remi was curious with meeting. "Oh my gosh! I forgot you guys don't know each other. Eden, Cove, this is Remi. Remi, this is Eden and Cove."

Remi gave a small smile as she acknowledged the short, dark haired girl named Eden and her boyfriend Cove. His chocolate brown eyes glanced to hers, but quickly averted and went to Eden, a smile crossing his lips peacefully. "Lovely to meet you both," Remi remarked.

"So when you gettin' outta here?" Arlo grinned.

"Not sure yet, but I'm sure within the next day or two. They just want to make sure I'm doing alright, because of um...something I did last night..." Remi blushed and Shiloh grew embarrassed.

"What did you two do in here last night?!" Winter asked.

"N--nothing. We just...made out a little, but that was it. Remi just removed all her tubes and wires to be more comfortable snuggling with me," Shiloh replied. Cove and Arlo gave him a high five and Eden giggled as Winter's mouth just about unhinged itself.

Cove turned to Remi, "You don't go to West Webster, do you Remi?" He asked.

Remi shook her head, "No. I'm actually homeschooled. Shiloh and I met one night when we were thirteen near my home," she explained. She looked to Shiloh,curious as to why he never said anything to the others about how they met. "How did you all meet?" She motioned to the others as she spoke.

They all just gave each other glances, and one by one they told their story, "Well...Cove and I met during football one year in middle school. We became best buds even though I don't play anymore," Arlo explained. "Winter, Shiloh and I were best friends since preschool. Eden and I had a few classes together about a year ago and we became close because of Cove," Arlo explained.

Winter nodded, as she sat down in a chair, Arlo going behind it giving her a shoulder massage, "Cove and I met in middle school. We had English together and he would always throw love notes at me, saying they were from Arlo. To this day, I still don't believe they were actually from you babe," she giggled. Remi watched as Arlo blushed a deeper crimson than her own cheeks and avoided eye contact from anyone. She gave a shy smile, just knowing from his actions they were really from him, maybe just written in a different person's writing to keep it a secret. Eden giggled and Winter looked over to her, "Do you wanna tell how we met, E?" She smirked.

Eden blushed and Remi raised a brow, waiting for Eden to respond, "S--sure," her voice was so soft, like a mouse, Remi almost couldn't hear her talk, "Winter and I met in sixth grade, we were lab partners for science class that year and we were learning about genes, like the ones you receive biologically. We had to fill some paperwork out and draw what our child would look like if they had both of our genes in them. We were the only two that were the opposing sex, so it was kind of awkward, but funny. Our child was a boy and had green eyes, dark hair, pale skin and Winters nose, but my smile. We showed the picture to the class and sadly, everyone laughed and made fun of us, commenting on how two girls couldn't have a child. The teacher stopped it, but I ran out of the room crying. Winter ran after me, calmed me down and we have been best friends ever since," she had gotten louder with each word she said and Remi smiled brightly.

"That's my emotional girl, but you have a big heart and I love you for it," Cove commented, wrapping his arms around Eden's waist slyly. Her cheeks grew a darker crimson and she looked at her feet. "Eden and I met in grade school. We had first grade together and she came up to me with a flower one day before Valentine's day, handing it to me with a Valentine's card. She told me she wasn't going to be in class the day of, so she thought she'd give it to me a couple days before. And that has been our tradition on Valentine's day ever since then," Cove smiled bright.