Fighting history (Threequel to 'Lucky 13')

Chapter 6: A sweet, little lie

Emily's POV

I cried. Ever since mom had stormed out of my room, I cried. I couldn't help but feel bad. I knew zaezzes would hate me, she'd blame me for the fight she and mom will have about this.

I laid down on my bed and looked at the ceiling. I tried slowing down my breathing so I'd calm down. And, for a while, that went well until I heard mom shout downstairs.

I sat up, I felt worried and anxious. What if this situation would result in my parents getting a divorce? And it would all be my fault.

Suddenly the shouting stopped and I heard the stairs again. I gulped, actually getting nervous about seeing mom again after the fight.

She then entered my bedroom and locked the door. She sighed as she leaned against the door while covering her face with her hands.

"Mom?" I gulped.

Mom pulled her hands away from her face and looked at me. She walked to me and sat down next to me. 

I looked at her. "Is everything alright?"

She sighed, then she shook her head.

"What happened?"

She looked at me, then she smiled a bit. "Let's lay down, ok?" Before I could reply, she already went to lay down. "Come." She opened her arms for me.

I crawled to her and laid down in her arms. "Mom," I looked at her. "What happened?"

Mom sighed as she looked at the ceiling. "Zaezzes explained the situation to me," She sighed once more. "It is our destiny to have sex and reproduce."

I looked at the ceiling now too. I sighed deeply, then I gulped. "So what now?" I then looked at her and saw her already looking at me. "What do we do?"

Mom smiled a bit. "We'll do whatever she wants."

My eyes widened. "W-what?" I couldn't help but back off, I suddenly felt uncomfortable in my mom's arms.

Mom smiled a bit more. "Let them think what they want," She then pulled me closer. "We don't do anything we don't want."

I blinked a few times, trying to understand what mom was saying exactly. "What do you mean?" I asked eventually.

She looked at me. "They want us to have sex, so we'll tell them we did. We'll tell them everything they want to hear."

"Without actually doing it?"

Mom nodded and smiled.

I then smiled too. I was so relieved mom wasn't angry at me, I was so happy she understood me and was on my side. I pulled her closer, burying my face into her chest. "I love you, mom."

"I love you too, honey."

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The next day, mom and I went downstairs together. We arrived at the dining table together and immediately were greeted by the nosy eyes.

"And?" Zaezzes spoke up. The way she sounded, and looked, showed how she felt overly confident in herself and her power in this household. In a way, I admired that.

Mom looked at me, giving me the opportunity to make zaezzes proud.

I looked at zaezzes and gulped. "We did it," I simply said and immediately felt bad for lying to her, but she left me no choice... "We did it." I repeated, as if making sure that they really heard it.

Suddenly zaezzes sat up, a smile appeared on her face. "Really?" She then looked at mom.

Mom simply nodded before digging into her breakfast.