Little Miss Perfect ✔~ trixya

Chapter 29: If It's Not With You

Katya

I pace back and forth, waiting for them to arrive. I don't know why I'm nervous. Maybe because I'm meeting Trixie's mom for the first time. Maybe because I'll finally have Trixie in my arms again and I'm afraid that something could have shifted.

Since we've been apart, sleeping has terrified me because I hated waking up to find that my dreams weren't real. Now everything I've dreamed of is coming true, but again I feel scared that this might turn out to be a fantasy. 

Before I met Trixie, life felt like a lie, and I just needed something to be true. I didn't know what I was looking for, but I felt as if something was missing, and then I finally found the puzzle piece. But then that love was hidden away in dark corners and hidden corridors, and soon the fear of that love being a fantasy filled me. 

They say distance makes the heart grow fonder, and maybe that's true because I've never been more sure of my feelings for Trixie. Since we've been apart I haven't been getting sleep, I've forgotten to eat, whilst trying to pretend that I'm fine. But I'm not fine without her, I need her. I'm not living if it's not with her. I just hope she still loves me as much as before. 

The doorbell finally rings and I run to it instantly. I pull the door open and see two women standing outside. A bright smile spreads across my lips as I pull the familiar young girl into my arms.

"You're here. Trixie, my Trixie." I whisper, more to myself then her as I feel tears threatening to escape my eyes, the feeling of having her back in my arms completely overwhelming.

"God, please never let go. It feels so good to be back in your arms." She replies as she snuggles into my shoulder.

"Well, hate to break this sweet moment, but you're gonna have to let your girlfriend go if I'm ever gonna meet her." Her mom says jokingly from behind her, a warmth in her voice that I had not expected. 

We pull away from the hug and I nervously dry my hands on my jeans as I feel them get clammy.

"Ehm..hello Miss.. ehm Mrs. Mattel, I am Katya. It is very nice to meet you." I say, stumbling over my words, my accent shining through clearer than it had in months, which makes Trixie giggle adorably.

"It's very nice to finally meet you Katya, I'm sorry it took me a while. I'm Val." The woman says as shakes my hand with a smile. 

"Katya, you should have told us that they had arrived." My mom says as she runs out of the kitchen, dad following behind her calmly. "Hi, you must be Trixie's mom! I'm Pat and this is my husband Ivan." Mom speaks enthusiastically.

"Hello, it is nice to meet you." Dad adds. The man is always polite, but he is also a very reserved person. Mom and Dad really are so different, and yet that's what makes them work.

"Pleasure to meet you too, and please just call me Val. Thank you so much for letting us stay for a couple days." Trixie's mom replies.

"Of course! You were in a jam and we've got space, and any friend of Katya's is a friend of us, or well, girlfriend of Katya's. Speaking of... you must be Trixie, and wow you really are gorgeous aren't you? You did well with this one, Kathinka." Mom says, as always very upfront and outgoing. Trixie blushes a deep red as I take her hand in mine, a shy smile spreading across her lips.

"Hi Mrs Zamolodchikova, it's nice to finally meet you... I'm sorry it took me so long to introduce myself." Trixie says in a soft tone.

"Aw, you are just adorable, and don't you worry about it. Sometimes circumstance is in our way. But we're so happy to have you here. Now, why don't you two have your reunion alone and then me and Ivan can get to know Val, okay?" Mom says with a smile, a slight jokingly suggestive undertone to her tone. Nevertheless, I waste no time and pick up Trixie's bags to bring her to my room.

Trixie's mom would be staying in our guest bedroom. However mom had the brilliant idea to let Trixie sleep in my room and to my surprise Val had actually agreed, something I mostly owe to the fact that my parents had graciously let them stay for as long as they needed to.

"God, this still feels like a dream." Trixie says as we get inside my room. 

She wraps her arms around me and suddenly my world falls into place again. My missing piece is back. Her lips breathing new life into me. The look in her eyes relighting the fire within me.

"I've missed you so much." I say.

"I've missed you too, but we're together now, just like we said we'd be." Trixie replies before kissing my shoulder and leaning her head on it. 

We're together now.
That's all that matters.

We're finally together again.