Fires Collided

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I wore this and buttoned the first button.I straightened my hair.I pulled myself together.I got myself ready for everything that might happen today.I got out of the room hitting my heels to the ground.Happens a lot when I'm ready or proud of myself."You look ready."I chuckled."I wasn't going to beat myself up over my fucker of a mother,Ralph.I thought you knew better than that."I kissed him."Nice suit.Wear it more often."He chuckled."Sure I will."He kissed me."Nice flowers.But I'm not giving it to my mom.You should know that.Right?"He nodded."Oh...my grandparents."I sent my flame with transportation powder and not after half an hour they appeared in front of me."Let's go."

All four of us walked into the cemetery like we owned the place.Surprisingly we did own the land it stood on.They all started whispering.My mom was making a speech and she even stopped mid sentence to turn and look at us.When we came she got furious."What are you doing here?You were not invited."I chuckled."My father.Maybe you remember that.Keep going.I want to hear all the bullshit you have to say about me and my father's no existing relationship in front of all of your friends and my family."

"And here is our murderer everybody."I scoffed and smiled at mom."Come on!Here is your murderer everyone?That man saved my life!I owe him my life!Fuck you and your hate for me!I did nothing wrong.All I did was stood up for myself and a maniac became so obsessed he tried to kill me.But my dad saved me!So go on with your version!But I loved him.I didn't show it.I didn't act like it.But I loved him.And you can't tell me otherwise because you know I did in deep down."

"Say that when your family isn't behind you.Say that when your freak of another half isn't beh-"I cut her off.I was going full dark on her."Don't make me kill you mom!Because for him I might just kill you."He laughed."So you did kill your father!What did he do?!Insulted him?!"I sighed."No.He learned about our engagement and he walked out."She backed away."E-Enagement?"I scoffed."I don't have time for this.I really don't.I came here because I regretted that I didn't go to Remi's funeral.I didn't want to carry of the burden not coming here for the rest of my life.I know better than that."

"I don't believe you."I chuckled."You never did."I grabbed her hand."Do it!I know you know how to!Do it.See what the hell happened to me from the first day I stepped into that school!"Ralph came over."It'll make you re-live everything...feel everything.All over again."I sighed."I know.I went through all of that once.I can do it again."I turned back to my mom."Do it mom."Couple tears ran down.I had no reason to wipe them away."Do it!"She placed her thumbs on my forehead and did it.

After a while she was done.She placed her hands on her heart and backed away."Mom?"I caught her."MOM!?"Everybody was getting closer to get a look.Ralph and my grandparents made them back away and I turned to mom."I'm fine."I got up and helped her get up."This doesn't change anything."I scoffed."I didn't show you the last four years of my miserable life so something could change.I showed you because you don't have any idea what you put me through.What dad put me through.I may have forgave him at heart but...I don't know if I'll be able to forgive you."I backed away and then walked out of the funeral.Not after a couple meters Alex appeared."I meant to come earlier."I chuckled."You're just in time."I hugged him tight and he hugged me back tight.

"I'm sorry about uncle Damien."I sighed."Don't be.You two didn't even know each other.Don't carry that on your shoulders.It's heavy."Then I heard a yelling."Rosalind!"I turned around."Mom?""She's your mom?"I nodded."What is it mom?I'm leaving.Isn't that what you wanted?"She sighed."Maybe it's the hormones talking but..."She got my hand and put it on her tummy."Repeat after me."She sighed."Ostende mihi."I repeated after her and I felt a heartbeat."A boy."She took my hand off of her."What?"I took a deep breath."It's a boy."I turned to Alex."Alex it's a boy."

"Alex?"She scoffed as we both turned to her."When I saw you the last time you were in your mother's womb.""Y-You knew I had a cousin?You knew and you hid it from me?"She chuckled."I never hid it from you.You never asked."I chuckled as Ralph and my grandparents ended up next to me."Mom...come to Sapienta.I want to know my brother.Do things I couldn't do for Remi."She shook her head."No!He won't be raised by lunatics!"I chuckled."Believe me.Me and everbody around you can look after him better than anyone.Even you.Unlike you I won't resent him which club he gets into.I won't resent him for being a LGBTQIA+ member.I'm not you to begin with."

"You took your father away from me.Whether it was intentional or not.You took Remi away from me.I can't let you take him."I sighed."I won't.I just want to be around.In less than 6 months I'M going to be a sister.Again."Then Alex laughed."An dbelieve me she is the best at that."He got me under his arm."Whther you like it or not I'm going to be involved mom.I will come here from Sapienta every night if I have to.I'm going to be here."I turned to my grandparents and then me,Ralph and Alex left so that they can convince her.

"I'm going to be a sister.How am I going to do that when I can't even get close to a baby?"Ralp sighed."You'll be a wonderful sister.""I'm with you on that peasent."I chuckled and we went back to Sapienta that night.Every cop human or elemental was looking for Phoenix Fern right now.For both Ralph's mom and my dad."Everything is going to be alright.My brother will bring some good into everything."Alex laughed."Let's get you settled down."

"Third potion!I almost forgot about that one.That's the most tricky one."Ralph rolled his eyes."It can't be trickier than the first one."I showed him the list I keep behind my phone case and he sighed."We are fucked."I chuckled."Tell me about it."We settled down and went to sleep.