*Willow*Mom hadn’t spoken to me since we had gotten home last night.I didn’t care much. She was blowing this whole thing out of proportion. She was acting though I was fucking Lucifer Morningstar or something!She was doing that really annoying thing where she muttered to herself in the car, instead of talking to anyone.“Happy birthday, Will.” Dad stated.“Thank you Daddy.”“Bianca, don’t you want to say happy birthday to our daughter?”“What so I can be reminded that I pushed her out twenty-two years ago just for her to betray and humiliate me? I don’t think so.”I rolled my eyes as we pulled into the driveway. We went to the dining room and I swear my whole body lit up seeing Nathaniel again. Even with our meet up last night, I missed him. “Hi,” I smiled. “Hey.” Nathaniel pulled me to him and kissed me fiercely.“Enough of that!” Mom snapped.I huffed but pulled away from him. Everyone else showed up and we sat down. “Um, okay. So we have a shit-ton of things to discuss.” S
*Willow*Skyler and Avery looked as though they would faint.“Excuse me?” Skyler whispered. “I…found my biological parents and I’ve been meeting up with them.”“Why didn’t you tell us?” Avery asked.“I was scared. I just wanted to know them on my own first. Just in case they weren’t good people. But they are. They’re amazing. A-and I didn’t want to go by myself so Willow came with me for support. She was the only one I could trust.”“You could have trusted me!” Joy cried. “I kept asking you what was wrong and you refused to tell me. You purposely lied to me and instead told Willow.”Yeah that was going to cause some serious issues in their relationship. “Levi, do you realize how dangerous that could have been?” Avery asked. “You had no idea what these people were like and you put yourself and Willow in danger.”“They’re not addicts anymore. They’re good people.” Levi insisted. “Willow, tell them.”“They are good people,” I agreed. “They care about Levi a lot. And they don’t want to
*Nathaniel*Well that was shocking.“Are you serious?” Willow asked. “How did you know?”“Oh it was so obvious! I had my suspicions already, but then I saw you two kissing on the balcony on Fourth of July and it was confirmed. I mean your doors are always locked and both of you had secret relationships. I’m shocked no one else picked up on it.”“Why didn’t you tell me Joy?” Levi asked. She laughed bitterly. “Excuse me? You want to get upset at me about things we don’t tell each other? You found your fucking family and didn’t say a word to me! How do you think that makes me feel?”It took me until that moment to realize that Levi and Joy hadn’t revealed that they were dating each other at breakfast. Though with how angry Joy was, maybe they didn’t need to announce it. Maybe it was over. That’s not what I wanted at all. “Joy, there’s already so much going on with us, I didn’t want to complicate that, okay?”“So you told Willow and had her pose as your girlfriend?”“That wasn’t the in
*Willow*I didn’t ask anymore questions.Levi and I left immediately. Mark met us at the hospital. “What happened?” Levi asked. “Miranda fell down the stairs while doing laundry. I guess she slipped and then tumbled down with the basket. She’s got a sprained ankle and possibly some broken ribs.”“From a tumble down the stairs?” I questioned.“It was a really bad fall.” Mark informed me. “That's too bad.” Levi sighed. “Yeah, it was very scary. Thank you for being here.”“Of course.”We sat down as Mark went to go to talk to the doctor.“Please don’t mention you’re not my girlfriend.” Levi whispered. “There’s too much going on.”“I won’t. I’m sorry I didn’t tell you it was Nathaniel.”“It’s okay, I’m just..it complicates things, but if he makes you happy, then I’m happy.” “That’s sweet of you.” I kissed his cheek.“So Miranda is doing well. Willow, do you want to see her? I think she could use a friendly female face.”“Um, sure.”I slowly walked into the room.Miranda was sitting
*Nathaniel*I was so happy to be out in the open with Willow. We didn’t have to sneak kisses or glances and touches. We were just out. I was extremely happy that Jude and Orlando now knew. I imagined they would leave her alone. That was until Jude asked to speak to Willow on her own. What could he possibly be saying to her?“So how does it feel being out in the open?” Julian asked. “Kind of amazing. I mean the secret was fun and hot, but everyone should know we’re in love with each other.”“Has your mom talked to you?”“No. Has your dad talked to you?”“Not at all,” Julian sighed. “He really doesn’t get it.”“He’ll come around.” I assure him.“You know who did text me though? Lolli.” “Really? What did she say?”“She asked me to send her some of my remixes so she can listen. She loves house music.”“Well that’s pretty cool right?” I smiled. “Yeah, I guess.” He shrugged as Willow came to sit down. I was glad that Orlando wasn’t here. Now that he knew Willow was my girlfriend, I ex
*Willow*“So…Mom couldn’t make it?” I asked. “She was busy drying her hair,” Dad answered. “Sounds about right.”“And what’s my mother doing?” Nathaniel questioned. “Washing her shoes.” Scott replied. “Busy woman.”“So what is this about?” Willow asked. “Cuz I’m not apologizing to that woman, just so you know.”“That woman is your mother, Willow!” Dad hissed. “She loves you very much.”“You know better than anyone else what she’s like Daddy!”“Huh.” Nathaniel whispered. “What?” I whispered back. “Weird hearing you call someone else that.”“Oh shut up.”“Can you guys be serious for a second?” Scott asked. “Only one.” Nathaniel smiled.“You two need to fix it with your mothers.” Dad stated. “This is out of control. This last week has been hell in our home.”“And that’s my fault?” I asked. “No one told her to react that way.”“What did you think was going to happen Willow? Seriously, honey. When you kissed Nathaniel at that party in front of all those people what did you think was
*Nathaniel*We couldn’t go out to dinner with our mothers. If we did, I was sure we would probably get kicked out. So we had dinner at the Monroe’s. I was sure it was because Bianca wanted a home field advantage and maybe to force Willow to stay there. I was determined to make sure she left with me, though. My hope was that this dinner would be easier than the one with our dads since we had Gerald to take some of the heat off of us. “So…” Willow started. “Why don’t we get down to business? What do you want to yell at us about?”“You know, Willow, before you started dating this young man, you didn’t speak to me like this.” Bianca pointed out. “Are you just not going to address me by name?” I asked. “No, I’m not!”“Don’t snap at my son like that!” Mom stated. “You be mean to your own child, not mine.”“Oh you’ve been mean enough to your son for the both of us!” Bianca shot back. “She’s right.” I muttered.“Excuse me?” Mom demanded. “Come on, Mom! You’ve been ignoring me since m
*Willow*Real love was strange.It was suffocating and yet so easily breathable. Overwhelming but calming. Terrifying in the safest way possible. It was like poison infiltrating your blood and completely taking over. Nothing else mattered but that poison in your body and the love in your heart. That’s what I felt for Nathaniel. What I imagine I’d always feel.Nathaniel’s lips covered my neck as his hands pulled at my clothes. I let my fingers dance on his body, reveling in the feeling of his muscles that flexed every time they moved to touch me. “There you are,” Nathaniel murmured. “What do you mean?” I smiled. “You were in your head again, but you’re back now.” He knew me too well. “I am.”“Just in time for me to make you scream.” He grinned before disappearing under the covers. I gasped as Nahtaniel started eating me out. His eagerness in going down on me had not dwindled at all! It was always like it was the first time. “Oh fuck!” I gasped. “Mhmm.” Nathaniel moaned into