Mated to the Vampire Major(Hiatus)

Chapter Seven

^^^ Lena's window seat/mini library
     
      I woke the next morning with the sun shining in my eyes, wait the sun shining in my eyes? I was quick to throw the covers off and hurry to my window, sure enough there was sunshune which to me the angels were singing from above to have this kind of weather in Forks. I smiled as I sat in my window seat just admiring the way the sun seemed to light up the forest, I grabbed my phone and saw it was just past nine in the morning. I was pondering what I could do on this rare sunny day when someone knocked on my door. "Lena? Are you awake?"

      "I'm awake, you can come in mum." I answered as I still held my phone trying to decide if I should go wonder on my own and most likely get lost or if I should call one of my fri-- whoa, whoa, whoa Lena! Stop right there, they aren't your friends remember? You don't need a repeat of Miranda, you know exactly how that went down I told myself. But on the other hand, they aren't Miranda. They've been really nice and welcoming to you, they haven't given you a reason to not trust them. Would it be so bad to call them your friends? Another voice in my head told me.

      "Hello Lena, earth to Elena!" Mum snapped her fingers in my face which made me flinch, tearing me from my inner thoughts. "Were you listening to me?"

      "Sorry mum, caught up in my thoughts. What did you say?" She rolled her eyes at me before smiling.

      "I told you your aunt and I are going to Seattle to have some sister time, will you be okay by yourself?" She asked which made me sigh loudly.

      "Ugh, mum! I'm not a little kid anymore, I'm practically an adult." I huffed and crossed my arms making her sigh and hug me tightly where my head was nestled against her chest.

      "No matter how old you'll get Elena you'll always be my little girl and I'll always worry about you, I love you honey." I sighed but hugged her back.

      "I love you too mama but I'll be fine here, I was actually thinking about going out and exploring the forest maybe take some pictures and probably my sketch book too." Mum pulled back and looked at me with furrowed brows.

      "You're not going alone are you?"

      "No, I was actually thinking about asking Shelby. She's a girl I met on my first day and she likes taking pictures too."

      "Is this Shelby your friend?" I sighed as I looked down and fiddled with my phone. "Honey, I don't want you to be upset about it but your aunt told me what happened with Miranda." My head snapped up at her words and my eyes grew wide, Aunt Sunni told her? How could she do that, I trusted her! "Now before you get too upset I was pestering her and all but begged her to tell me why you've been reluctant to make friends,  but I need to ask why didn't you tell me?" I sighed and looked down once again before taking a deep breath.

      "Because I felt so stupid for not realizing what happened, I felt like I should've seen the signs that Miranda wasn't who I thought she was. I thought maybe there was something wrong with me, that maybe if I done something differently then we'd still be friends. But mostly I didn't want you to worry about me, I didn't want you to question your parenting that maybe if you done this or that with me instead then I'd end up differently.  But Mama I don't want to be any different than I am, you're the best mom anyone could have and I was stupid for questioning it." I looked up and saw tears in her eyes then she hugged me close once more.

      "Oh Lena, why didn't you tell me sooner? Oh honey, you don't have to worry about me I'm your mom."

      "Just like you worry about me I'm gonna worry about you, we worry about each other because we're familia mama."

      "I've never questioned my parenting for you honey, the other mothers have but that's because they're stuck up snobs." I giggled at that and pulled back, she smiled at me and cupped my face before kissing my forehead lovingly. "I'm so proud of the person you've become sweetheart, I love you and am proud to call you my daughter."

      "Everything okay in here?" We both looked up to see Aunt Sunni dressed in a semi-casual pants suit with a travel mug of most likely coffee in her hand along with her purse.

      "Hey Sunni, everything is fine. I was just telling Elena the plans for today and telling her we should be home before dinner." She turned as she said the last part, I smiled and nodded at her. "Okay, I'm going to go dress then we can head out." Mum left the room while Aunt Sunni continued to lean against the door frame.

      "I heard what you and your mom talked about and I just wanna say I wasn't going to tel--"

      "Thank you." I cut her off, she furrowed her brows at me before walking in and sitting next to me.

      "You're happy I told her?"

      "At first I wasn't but then I realized I wanted to tell her but was worried what she would think and worried she'd blame herself." I took a deep breath as I looked at Aunt Sunni. "I'm also sorry about last night." Aunt Sunni pursed her lips and shook her head.

      "No need to be sorry I feel like I was over stepping, I just.. I want you to grab opportunities that your mom and I didn't get to have. I don't want you missing out on things in life because some snobby rich girl couldn't see what was right in front of her."

      "Thanks Aunt Sunni, but do you think it's wrong to be scared of making friends here and thinking they might end up being like her?" Aunt Sunni took a deep breath and thought for a minute.

      "I think it's good to be cautious but not so much that you push people away or slap them with a label before giving them a chance." Mum called up to Sunni saying she was ready to go, she turned back to me and gave me a soft smile then patted my knee. "Just think about it sweetie." Then she left and I heard the front door close shortly after, I sat at the window for about ten more minutes before I made my mind up.