Hybrid

Honorable

Maria looked down at her feet. I could tell I had hurt her feelings, but I couldn't bring myself to care.

"Nothing?" She asked.

"You're nothing to me anymore," I said.

"So, you're breaking up with me," She confirmed.

"How can I be with you like this?" I asked.

"I thought," Maria paused, "I don't know what I thought."

"I think this entire thing was just a sign. We weren't meant to be soulmates. We weren't meant to be together at all."

Maria had tears streaming from her eyes. I couldn't bring myself to feel anything now that her eyes weren't the same. They weren't the eyes that I felt love for. They were just eyes, and she was just crying. I didn't feel like waiting around, so I left.

I was being extremely heartless, and I felt bad about it, but I also thought I deserved better. She was supposed to be mine. It was destined, everything was how it should've been, and she ruined everything.

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Maria

My father placed his hand on my shoulder and led me from the car. He had picked me up from school and said he had a surprise for me because he was so proud I made the right decision. He opened the front door to a house I had never seen before.

My mother was there. I hadn't seen her since Alex had her. She looked happy for the first time in years, and I couldn't help but also feel a sense of everything going back to how it should've been. My family was all here, but I couldn't be one hundred percent happy after losing my boyfriend. I wasn't going to let that ruin this reunion though.

My mother had made dinner. We all sat at the table for the first time in almost ten years as a family. My father made small talk with my mother, who seemed overjoyed that he was just sitting in front of her. For a long time, I think my mother found it comforting to imagine he was a ghost watching over her.

There wasn't any need for imagining anymore, but adjusting was going to be difficult. We all knew that. We had been separated for years and it was only going to be awkward at first.

"So, honey, how's school?" My father asked.

"I think I need glasses," I admitted.

"That's unfortunate. Your mother needed glasses around your age too, so I guess it was bound to happen," He said.

"I had perfect vision a few days ago so I've been running into pretty much everything," I joked.

"How did you lose your vision?" My mother asked.

She was still new to all of this, so I figured I would have to explain at some point.

"Mom, I was a werewolf. I was able to see the individual pores on your face with my supernaturally adjusted eyes. I'm not a wolf anymore, and now these human eyes are failing me," I sighed.

"Are you not happy as a human?" My father asked, anger just barely evident under the surface.

"I'm happy to be home. It's just going to take some time," I reassured him.

"What can you tell me about the human boy?" He asked.

"We were dating. Not anymore though," I said, not wanting to get into specifics.

"Why?" My mother asked.

"He isn't happy I picked this path," I explained.

My father shook his head and seemed lost in his own world. I was still wary of telling him anything about my life because he was a hunter, and I knew he could use the information the wrong way.