A month. It's been a month since I met Marcus. It's been a month that my happiness grew and grew because of him. We did nothing but go on dates and just deeply getting to know each other. All I can say is that my feelings for him just grew stronger. We still didn't talk about us being from the underworld, because I know that he's thinking I'm human and that I might not take it well. So, today I plan on opening that topic.
Right now, I'm in our living room watching Friends while waiting for Marcus as I invited him to come to our house and to finally meet my brother and sister. I already talk to my mom and dad about me finding my mate and they said the earlier they can come home is next month. I don't mind one bit as I understand that they're busy with their work.
"I hate how Monica treats Chandler sometimes" Alexander suddenly says out of nowhere.
"Why?" I ask, still staring at the TV and laughing.
"She's selfish most of the time and treats him badly. Look, look she promise Chandler she will move to Tulsa with him, but then accepted the job offer her friend told her about. Urgh" He said in annoyance. He went on and on about the selfish acts Monica did and I just let him.
"You just need to suck it up, that's her character Xandy" I told him, standing up to go to the toilet. He rolled his eyes and huff. I just laugh at him.
After doing my business, I went back to the living room and saw him smiling on his phone. He looks like a love sick puppy. After he and Oliver met again that fateful Saturday, they just click and can't be separated for too long. He would tell me all about their dates and how sweet Oliver was or sometimes he would tell me how he hates Oliver, because of this and that. They fought a lot, but then reconcile immediately. I don't understand them.
I sat down and stared at him.
"Hey, when can I meet Oliver?" I ask
He look up at me "Soon. He said that it's too soon to meet each others families yet, so yeah" he said, disappointment visible in his tone. When I heard it I can't help but think that Oliver doesn't want my brother to meet his parents due to the homo thing. I just feel sad for my brother. Obviously not wanting to talk about it, he change the topic.
"Oh by the way, Nicolas called me last night and he said he's coming back" He says happily
"Nicolas? Really? Wow I can't wait to see him again. I miss that monkey" I said, sounding excite. Nicolas is our cousin, who is Italian. He's a pure vampire. His father is my mom's brother. They live here decades ago but decided to move to Italy since his wife's parents are there. Nicolas is so close to us, that we just treat him as our brother. He use to be a sweet kid, but when he grew up he just went wild. When I say wild, I mean causing heart aches here and there. I wonder if he already has a mate? Thinking about it, I feel bad for whoever they are because of Nicolas.
"Is he just visiting or for good?" I ask my brother.
"He said he'll be staying here for one month. You know he owns the Milan University right? He said something something about having business in your college." He answered with a shrug.
Business? What business? I plan on asking my brother but I didn't bother. I'll just wait for the actual person and ask him instead.
"So, when is he coming back?" I ask again.
"January" My brother replied. My face fell. What the hell Nicolas! that's three months away from now. That guy, seriously. I expected like in three days or next week. Goodness.
"It's too early to let us know. There's still a chance it might get cancelled for some reason you know" I finally said. My brother just shrug. I sigh. Well whatever.
I check the time and it says 6:30 pm. Marcus will be here in an hour, I need to start cooking. With that in mind I got up and went to the kitchen. I decided to cook steak, mash potato and some salad. I can do all this in just under 50 minutes.
After I finish cooking, I check the time and I still have 10 minutes left, so I quickly went up to my room and change clothes. When I'm done, I went back downstairs and into the living room. My brother is still lying on the sofa now watching The Chase. I love this game show. After a while, the doorbell rang and I immediately went to open the door just to see Marcus waiting with a flowers in hand. I smiled at him and invited him in, he gave me the flowers and also handed me a box of cake.
"I don't know what to bring, so I settled with a cake" He says while scratching the back of his neck.
"Don't worry about it. This is good enough. Come, my brother is in the living room." I pulled him behind me and led us to the living room, where my brother is now sitting formally. I ignore it.
"So, Alexander this is Marcus, Marcus this is my brother Alexander" I started. "I'll just put this in the fridge and call Alexandra, okay?" They just both nodded and went to talk about I don't know what. I went to the kitchen and put the cake in the fridge and I mind link my sister.
Alexa where are you? I ask
In the garage, we just arrive. Is your mate here already? She replied
Yeah, he just arrive as well. I said and cut off the link
After checking if everything is perfect in the dining area, I went back to the living room just in time when my sister and her mate came in. I introduced them as I did with my brother and soon after we decided to eat dinner. While having dinner both my brother and sister keep on asking Marcus questions to get to know him. My family is not one of those family that will give you a hard time and such. We are very welcoming and we try our best to make sure our guess is comfortable and won't be awkward or feel like an out cast. At first, I can tell that Marcus was nervous, but the longer he talks he's loosening up and is now laughing along with all the terrible jokes David is throwing.
After dinner, my sister and her mate offered to clean and told us to show Marcus the house and so I did. First we went to the second floor, I showed him the two guest rooms, I pointed where my parents, brother ad sister's rooms are and lastly I showed him my room. We now went downstairs and I showed him my parents office, our mini library, the pantry and then showed him the swimming pool in the basement. He keeps on saying that our house is so beautiful and warm.
"Yeah, it's warm, we keep the heating on" I said. Marcus laugh and I stared at him with questioning eyes.
"When I say warm, I didn't mean about the actual heating. I'm talking about the atmosphere, it makes you feel it because of the people that live here made that. You and your family warmed my heart love." He explains and kiss in the forehead. I felt euphoria. After understanding what he meant, I led him to our back garden and we sat inside the garden shed.
This is it, I'm going to tell him that I'm no human as well.
