Unknown L (Book 1)

~~~ Explain Yourself ~~~

She decided to start from the night she faced the Grimlocks and met Bryce, to then find out the three of them were missing and how she felt. She briefly skimmed over how she left the Smiths house and travelling to the forest base, then on to finding out what she was.

She didn't leave a thing out. They were the people she trusted most in the world, and she had them back with her. She needed to hear what they had to say about it all since their opinions were always honest, and she preferred that. She knew they wouldn't hold back or leave things out just to protect her like the Council did. They knew her well enough to know what she could handle.

While she spoke, Robbie's big brown eyes got even bigger, and his jaw dropped open at one point. His face was so familiar to L that she could have traced it in her sleep. She kept going until she reached the part where Bryce took her back to the cottage, and she fell asleep the night before.

There was silence when she finished, and she waited for one of them to say something. She knew it was a lot to take in even as she'd relayed it all to them. But especially for Robbie, who hadn't known anything before they'd been taken. He appeared to be in shock, and L hoped she hadn't just stressed him out exactly as Archie had warned her not to do. 

"Well, you've had a very eventful several days, haven't you dear? You must be exhausted. Have they been taking good care of you?"

Mrs Worcester's maternal instinct was ever present, and L tried to nod along with her many questions.

"I'm so relieved to see you're alright. When that thing was talking about how you'd come to save us and how he'd capture you and take you to his 'mistress', I was so fearful and I almost hoped you wouldn't come." Mrs Worcester's face looked grave, like she'd said something terrible.

L just smiled at her, "Don't worry, I understand, but I would always have come for you, even if none of the people here had agreed to help me. It was my fault they were using you as bait. Which did actually work, but luckily, not how the Demons wanted, and we're all safe now. I'm glad I went, though, because if I hadn't, he might not have been so unfocused on the three of you. I hate to think how it might have ended then."

L shuddered at the thought of it and felt Robbie fidget next to her. She looked up to see him shaking his head.

"I can't believe it. It's just ridiculous. And you two knew about all of this. Were you ever gonna tell me?"

Mrs Worcester looked at her son with sadness in her eyes, "We didn't want to put you in danger. We didn't know if you had the gift or not, and we wanted to protect you as much as we could. We were planning to tell you eventually because us helping them was becoming a more frequent occurrence. I swear to you, Robbie, we did not know what L was until just now."

Mr Worcester was nodding at his wife's words, but Robbie was still shaking his head.

"I didn't need protecting, I needed the truth. That way, I could have helped L a lot sooner! If she'd known about this stuff earlier, too, maybe none of this would have happened."

He seemed to be talking to the walls now, and L realised that his anger was mostly directed to the Supernatural community beyond them.

She nudged his side with her shoulder, "It's alright, Robbie. This would've happened no matter what your parents did. If I had heard any of you talking about Supernatural creatures, I might have decided to stay far away from you all."

He knew that wasn't true, but it was enough to calm him down. He looked at her and sighed.

"I guess I'm just overwhelmed. At least I know I'm not crazy though."