Chapter Five-Family Meet

Adrian's family arrived early this morning. We are meeting each other for lunch at this place called New Moon in town. I keep on playing with the zipper on my hoodie the closer we got to the restaurant. Adrian reached over to take my hand in his but that just made me chew the bottom of my lip. 

"Baby girl will you calm down."

"I'm sorry my anxiety is on overdrive right now. What if your family doesn't like me? Or they don't want you with me?"

"They will love you. There is absolutely nothing to dislike about you. Even if they don't like you and want me to reject you I won't. You are my mate and that is that no and if or but about it."

I breathe out as I look at him feeling a little better knowing that if things go wrong he will still accept me as his mate. When we pulled up to the restaurant Adrian opened the car door for me and held my hand as we walked into the restaurant. The inside was darker than normal with a light-up wolf and moon lamp hanging over the bar. The color scheme was blues and grays that brought the place together. We walked right to the table in the backroom that was marked VIP only. His parents and little brother were already seated at the table as we walked in. His mom was beautiful with raven black hair that lay right above her shoulder blades. She had green eyes and was shorter built than I imagined her to have. Nonetheless, she was nothing but perfect. His dad was an older version of Adrian. There was a younger boy that look more like Mrs. Blake. That had to be his brother Keith. 

"Hey mom, dad. Keith I would like you to meet Karla, my mate." His parents both stand up at the same time and walk over towards us. I have pulled away from Adrian and right into a tight hug from his mom. 

"It's nice to meet you, Karla. You are a beautiful young lady."

"Thank you it's nice to meet you all as well." Mr.Blake hugged me as well before we all sat down. Keith didn't talk much throw out dinner as I got lots of questions from their parents. We ordered a chocolate cake that had vanilla Keith decided that was a good time to ask a question I was surprised to hear his voice that deep he was only 17.

"So Karla why are you so skinny? Are you sick?"

I looked down at my lap before I answered his questions " I was not treated right at my old pack. I wasn't allowed to eat much. Sometimes at all."

"I'm sorry I didn't know. I never would have asked if I had known. But now you are with my brother he will take care of you."

I looked at Adrian with a smile before replying "He has treated me like a queen. But don't worry I have been gaining weight every week. I look a lot better than I did two weeks ago."

"If you are this skinny I would hate to see what you looked like two weeks ago," Adrian growled at his brother with a look in his eyes that frightened me. I put my hand on his thigh and looked back at his brother "I don't blame you. It's okay to speak what's on your mind and it's okay to ask questions." Keith just nods at me before looking at his brother with a look that said sorry. When it was time to head back home we all said our goodbyes with hugs. On the way home I couldn't help but think why was I so scared of meeting his family they were amazing. This whole family of love and kindness is going to take time to get used to. My family was like his at one time but things changed and the relationships turned toxic. 

*FLASHBACK*

"Karla don't push your brother too high please."

"Okay, mama." My brother always ask to go higher but I always got in trouble when I did. My sister is a year older than me. she didn't want anything to do with the younger kids at all.

After giving my little brother a bath I walked to the living room when I heard my mom and dad quietly yelling at each other. 

"She is 13 years old she is not even my daughter." I hear my dad say.

"No matter who got me pregnant at the time she has always been your daughter."

I walked out to where they were standing. When they looked at my dad's eyes were full of hate "What are you looking at Karla?" 

My eyes were full of tears when I finally answered him "Dad what's going on?"

"You want to know what going on your mom is a slut that what. Oh, and you are not my daughter."

"Dad that can't be true. Mom is he right?"

"Yes, Karla he is but that doesn't mean that he's not your father."

"Dad?"

"Stop calling me that. I'm not you father."

When my siblings found out that I was not related by blood they started to treat me differently. My "dad" left my mom a week after he found out about me and who my real dad was. That was a week of never-ending yelling and fights between me and my sister. My older brother protected me from my mother and sister. My little brother was too young to understand what was happening at the time. But when dad left I was everyone's punching bag. I still have scars on my body when they used wolfbane on me. The trama that I was put through has never left my nightmares as they became worse the longer I stayed at the Silver Moon pack. 

*End Of Flash Back*

"Baby girl, you okay?"

"Yeah, I'm fine. It's just your family is so kind and accepting that I was not expecting them to like me as much as they do."

"I told you that they would love you. Besides they are now your family as well."

"I like that I have a family now that will love me for who I am...But first I need to find out who I am in this new pack. I think that I would like to finish school though. I only have a few months to go before graduation. Is that okay with you?"

"Of course, it's okay with me. I think that it is very important that you do finish school. You can even go to a university if you want. But it has to be in our territory if you want to go to a university."

"I will think about the university part. Let's get through high school first."

The rest of the ride was quiet and comfortable. When we got to the pack house Adrian had work to do so I went to the library to read. I got into what I was reading that I didn't realize that it was already midnight. I decided to head back to our room for a nice warm bath before bed.