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I felt calmer the moment his skin touched mine. It was weird and it was kind of freaking me out. But I couldn’t deny he had some sort of weird effect on me.
“You are not alone anymore Aria,” Annie said, smiling at me. “You have me. I am your family. And I am not going to let you go through this alone.”
I smiled brightly at her. She really is my family.
“And you have us,” Gabriel added. “I know we just met, and I know it’s weird. But I’m not leaving you.”
I looked at him confused, but happy. He was a stranger. But he didn’t feel like one. Neither did Nick. I felt like I knew them.
I smiled at both of them and let go of Gabriel’s hand.
“I don’t think I can explain what this means to me. I feel a lot stronger having you in my life. All of you,” I said, looking at Gabriel and Nick.
They both smiled brightly at me, and I couldn’t help thinking how handsome they both were.
“So, do you want coffee?” I changed the subject before I started crying.
I felt tears coming but I quickly blinked them away, gathering our plates from the table.
“Coffee is a great idea,” Annie said. “I will clean this up, Aria you make our coffee and you guys go to the living room and get started on those books.”
The guys nodded and got out of the kitchen.
I quickly made coffee while Annie cleaned, and we went to the living room carrying four cups.
“You went shopping?” Nick asked, gesturing towards the bags on the floor.
“Yeah. Aria needed some new clothes because she lost a lot in the fire, and I too wanted new clothes,” Annie said, sitting on a sofa.
I laughed. “I think you would be a little bit happy if you lost your clothes in a fire. It would give you an excuse to buy everything again.”
The guys laughed and she stuck her tongue at me.
“I am sad we didn’t get to buy anything for tonight, though,” she said.
“What’s tonight?” Nick asked, flipping through one of the books.
Gabriel handed me one and I looked at the title: “Brief history of witchcraft”.
“Oh, my friends Mike and Jack invited me and Aria over to hang out,” she smiled.
Nick and Gabriel both growled.
“Who are Mike and Jack?” Gabriel asked, annoyed.
“My friends. They are both vampires so don’t worry. It will be low-key. They know we can’t draw attention to ourselves,” she shrugged.
“I don’t want you to go,” Gabriel said, turning to me. He was angry.
“Yeah, I don’t think that is a good idea,” Nick added, clenching his fists, his muscles flexing.
I looked at both of them with a shocked expression on my face. Annie rolled her eyes, leaning back on her sofa, flipping through a book.
“I am sorry, but you don’t get a say in this,” I said quietly. “I am going.”
Gabriel took a deep breath trying to calm himself down. Why was he this upset?
“Aria, please. Stay home,” he said looking intensely at me.
