Chapter 19: Chapter 19

Day Out

CATALAYA'S POV

"Come on Cat you can't hide in your room forever"

"Yeah you have to leave at some point plus you can't avoid the poor guy for the rest of your life"

"And quit acting like you didn't like the kiss"

"Andreas is a nice guy Cat and its obvious you both like each other quit hiding from the dude already"

Yes, your assumption is right. Here i am listening to my friends try to 'motivate' me into leaving my room. The very room I've been hiding in for two days now, its our last day in hell today and they've planned a day out which I'm invited to but i refuse to go and yes its because i know Dre will most likely be there.

I've been avoiding Dre since our kiss. I know it's stupid for me to avoid him and its not like the kiss was bad in fact it was the best kiss ever although it was my first kiss but still it was great. The reason however why I'm hiding is because I'm embarrased. When Dre kissed me i was on cloud nine but when the kiss was over i panicked and so i ran. I wanted to go back but i didn't wanna look stupid plus i started thinking about the fact that one minute were talking about his past a past that included his mate and the next we were kissing and i felt awful. It's stupid i know but i just couldn't face him and so that led me to two days of hiding in my room away from the rest of the world.

"Come on Cat please just come with us" harley pleads

"Yeah it'll be fun i promise and Andreas won't be there" Aquarius puts in

"Oh really? So you didn't invite him in an efforts to set us up" i say with a raised brow

"What! No i did not I'm appalled at the accusation" she replies dramatically

"Oh give it up Aquarius i already know you did, devil eyes remember" i say making my eyes glow red with a soft chuckle

"Oh darn it"

"Ok thats it missy go into the bathroom and bathe while we look something for you to wear you are coming with us and that's final" lana announces

"I'm not going i dont wanna" i whined

"Its either you go or i spell you, the choice is yours" she says with an evil look in her eyes

Not wanting to face her wrath i hauled ass to the bathroom to take a quick shower, I dont wanna give her any reason to come in here. After my shower i went to get dressed in the clothes they picked out for me, when i saw the extremely short shorts they'd chosen i absolutely refused to put it on. After much fuss and alot of complaining from me we managed to come to an agreement.

"Where are we going anyways" i ask as we walked to the elevator

"To a lake, i think we could all use today to relax and enjoy each other's company since its our last day here" lana says

"Or maybe you just want Lucy to see you in a swimsuit" Merlin teased

"Wait there's a lake here?" I ask suprised

"No there isn't but thats where Sam said we were going" Aquarius says as we step off the elevator and head towards the front door

"Ok now I'm totally confused" i say

"Sam will explain"

We leave the house to find everyone outside waiting for us, Dad, lilith, Sam, Adonis and the Sins, well all except Andreas. My eyes scanned the group looking for him but i didn't see him, and now that i think about it i haven't felt his presence in quite some time. Honestly i was really disappointed that he wasn't there since i had spent my entire shower hyping myself up to finally talk to him.

"Dont worry honey he's fine and he'll be here" a deep voice pops up in my head, it was dad's demon Balthazar

"Balthazar? But how can you mindlink if your not in control" i ask confused looking over at my father

"And how do you know I'm not in control" he asks as a smirk found its way to my dad's lips

"Because your aura is different from dads, they're close but i can still tell the difference"

"Thats my girl" he says proudly making me roll my eyes

"I don't need to take over lucifer's body to mindlink you or anyone else in fact anybody can do that it just takes hard work you shouldn't believe anything those idiots you used to live with tell you. But besides this i can do alot of stuff, in fact lucifer would be useless without me"

"You do know i can hear you ass wipe" dad's voice joins the conversation

"You were suppose to dipshit"

"Fuck off you lizard looking mutant"

"Does your ass ever get jealous of the amount of shit that comes out your mouth"

"Ok you two please leave my subconscious if your gonna argue you're giving me a headache so go deal with your marriage counsel issues somewhere else" i cut them off before this could go on any longer

"Hmh" they both huffed before i felt their presence leave my mind

"Seems like you and i are the only ones who don't wanna kill each other" leagacy says with a chuckle

"And i couldn't be any happier about that"

"Sorry am late guys i had a few stuff to take care of" an all too familiar voice says out of the blue

I then saw Dre appear next to my dad, he like everyone else had a small bag in hand. I could feel everyone looking at us Dre however had his eyes everywhere except in my direction.

"Uh so now that we're all here lets go" sam announces

"Where are we going? Because last i checked hell doesn't have a lake" i say confused

"No it doesn't but there is one in saltsprings, and weirdly enough no one knew about it Adonis and i were the ones who found it when we were exploring the woods around the territory"

"Whoa nice" Author cheers

"Ok well since that's all cleared up lets get going" dad says

Sam opened a portal immediately stepping through it followed by Adonis then we all went in after them me being the last to go through. I was amazed at what i saw on the other side of the portal, the lake was beautiful. The water was so clean and clear the surrounding trees gave it the perfect ambience and the body of water was huge. I stood there just gawking at it I don't think I've ever seen something this captivating in my life, well asides from Dre's eyes of course.

"Welcome to our little oasis" Adonis says

"You know am starting to think you and Sam doesn't know the meaning of little" i tell him

"I second that notion, i mean these people live in a castle and calls it little and now look at the lake, its freaking huge" Merlin points out

Sam and Adonis laughed at us as we all began settling in. I wasn't too keen on going into the water it looked great i just wasn't ready to go in. I changed none the less deciding to just relax under the shade of a tree and read a book.

"Hey Cat you want some sunscreen" Brooke asks

I raised a brow looking at her completely puzzled as to what she just asked me

"Uh Brooke do you do notice the colour of my skin right" i say trying to hold back my laugh as realization hits and her cheeks turned red

Merlin on the other hand excercised no restraint and barked out a loud laugh at Brooke's expense. She turned to him with a fire in her eyes as she threw the bottle of sunscreen in his face and stormed off.

"I'd stop laughing and go after her if i were you" Eric tells him

"Nah she's good she'll calm down in a sec" Merlin dismisses the advice

"Ha you obviously don't know your mate, trust me dude if you ever want to have sex again in your life you better go after her and make sure your apology is top knotch" this time it was lucy who spoke

The mention of never having sex again brought a look of horror on Merlin's face he had the same expression like the time he was told his favourite anime was cancelled. I saw him clothed himself in armour made of lightening and took off at top speed, this drew belly aching laughter from everyone especially me.

As I'm about to grab my book and find the perfect tree to accommodate me Adonis threw a wrench in my plan.

"I know your not about to sit here reading when there's a lake over there that requires your presence" he says with him hands at his hips staring me down like an angry mom

"But"

"No buts young lady hand me that book and get your self in the water. Oh and make sure to put a little extra sway in your hips so Andreas can have a show the boy needs it after they way you avoided him" he says trying to hide his smile

With a huff i began walking towards the water with Adonis in tow. From the corner of my eyes i could see Dre looking at me so against my better judgement i did what Adonis said and slowed my pace then added a bit more sway in my hips. I can't believe I'm doing this why do i let these people influence me they are so bad.

Reaching the water edge i felt someone rush up behind me and grabbed me by the waist i scream in fright as the person lifts me up and throw me into the water and to my dismay the water was frigid. When i came up as expected i saw my evil brothers Sam and Nic laughing their faces off and being the similarly evil sister that i am i decided on my revenge. While they stood there laughing i cast a spell changing their swimming trunks to bikinis you know those extra revealing ones with the string then froze them in place so everyone could get a good view.

I saw dad choke on the water he was drinking when he looked in their direction Adonis on the other hand was on the ground rolling around as he laughed, when my revengeful mind was satisfied i let them go. As soon as they were freed sam casted a spell to change their attire

"Awww why'd you change you looked fantastic" Adonis teased

"Uh Sam is there something we need to talk about" Lilith says with a worried look on her face trying to hide the laugh threatening to break free

"Moooommmm" Sam groaned as we laughed

"I can't believe you would do that to me i thought you loved me" Nic says with fake tears

"Thats what you get for throwing me in cold water" i reply sticking my tongue at him

"It was Sam!"

"Wow Nic way to throw your brother under the bus thanks alot" Sam says with a glare

"You don't know what she's like man at this rate its every man for himself" Nic says

"Yeah well Sam might have thrown me in the water but your also guilty by association" i tell him

"Author she's being mean to me" Nic says looking at author giving him the puppy eyes

"No no no no don't do that i know what you're up to and it wont work" author says covering his face

"Nic leave poor author alone you and Sam caused this on yourselves" lilith says remnants of  laughter still present on her face

"Hmph" Nic huffed sending me a glare as i doubled over laughing at him

After that we were all swiming talking laughing and playing games in the water, it was so fun and relaxing just our little family vacation. A few games later i got out the water and head towards my bag to grab my towel, as i dried my face i heard Andreas behind me

"Uh Cat can i talk to you?" He asks timidly which was shocking since Dre is never timid

"Yeah sure, but uh lets talk over there" i say pointing to the tree i had plan to sit by earlier

Reaching the tree i sat on the ground while Dre stood looking at me

"Well? Aren't you gonna sit" i ask

"Uhm yeah" he says taking a seat beside me

"I'm sorry i-" we both say at the same time cutting each other off

"You go first" he says

"No thats ok you go ahead afterall you were the one who asked to speak with me"

"Are you sure" he asks

"Positive"

"Ok well uh i actually wanted to apologise for what i did the other day when we were talking. I shouldn't have kissed you i let my emotions get the best of me and i practically ambushed you besides you probably don't even like me in that way since you avoided me like the plague for two days so I'm sorry and it wont happen again" he says dejectedly

"Wait, is that what you think?" I ask in shock

"Well what else could it be i mean you didn't kiss me back, you ran as soon as i pulled away and then avoided me after that" he surmises

"Ok i can understand why you would think that but its not like that at all"

"Then what is it?"

"Dre the reason i didn't kiss you back was because i didn't know how, that was my first kiss and i had no idea what to do"

"What!" He says in shock

"Great, now i feel like an even bigger ass than i already do"

"Why?" I ask

"Because i stole your first kiss. I'm so sorry i knew you're like uhm you know but i thought you atleast had some experience. Surely guys must me chasing you everyday"

"Oh my gosh Dre are you afraid to say I'm a virgin?" I laughed as he turned away to hide his embarassment

"And also your wrong no one chases after me i was the freak remember, nobody wanted to be associated with me in that way plus i was saving myself for my mate"

"Well I'll say this, they are complete idiots, you're absolutely beautiful and I'm not just saying that because i don't want you to turn my clothes into a bikini" he says making me laugh and in turn lightening the mood

"Thanks Dre" i say as i felt my cheeks heat up

"And if we're being honest with each i don't mind that you took my first kiss, in fact I'm glad it was you"

"So then why did you leave"

"Because i panicked"

"Why?"

"Like i said I've never kissed anyone before i didn't know what i was suppose to do so i ran then i realised i shouldn't have ran away but i was too embarassed to go back so i hid from you. Its stupid I know"

His reaction to what i said was something i definitely wasn't expecting, he laughed! And i mean big laugh like belly aching rolling on the floor kind of laugh. I sat there looking at him speechless as tears flowed from his eyes and his laughter rang through the air and though he was laughing at me i have to admit his laughter sounded heavenly i could listen to it all day.

"Why are you laughing" i ask after some time

"I'm laugh sorry laugh i laugh just laugh wasnt laugh expecting laugh that laugh to laugh be laugh your laugh reason" he says

Pulling himself together he clears his throat then says

"I'm sorry i just i haven't laughed that hard in centuries. Anyway as i was saying i didn't think that was your reason i honestly thought you hated me i even went to your dad and ask him to send someone else as your trainer when you guys go back" he says with a sad look in his eye

"I could never hate you Dre actually i think it would physically hurt me to hate you. I don't understand it but whenever I'm around you my days are brighter and there's this happiness that i feel and whenever your not here or if we fight i get this uncomfortable feeling in my chest and i just don't understand it. My friends thinks your my second chance mate but i don't know because i don't feel a matebond like i did with Noah and legacy doesn't either and yet i still feel this way" I confess

"I know how you feel. Whenever I'm around you i feel the darkness in my heart desipate bit by bit and i don't feel as angry as i normally do and i get that same uncomfortable feeling when your away from me. I tried to ignore it but it just gets stronger each day i guess thats what made me tell you about my past because i wanted you to know the real me and when you saw the worst side of me you didnt turn away and i couldn't hold back any more so i did what i wanted to do since the night you bumped into me"

I sat looking in his eyes that held way more emotions than I've ever seen in them since i met Dre. I didn't realize i was drawing closer to him, i barely felt him brush away the strand of hair on my face nor did i see him place his hand on my cheek gently pulling me closer. He slowly moved closer and closer till we were mere inches apart and i could feel his breath on my lips, one more move and our lips were joined this time he was a bit hesitant giving me the chance to pull away if i wished it so, i on the other hand was having none of that so i pressed my lips onto his.

The kiss was soft and gentle yet filled with passion. Since i am a novice i just followed Dre's lead and let me tell you it was magical, his lips were soft and sweet i could kiss him for an eterninty. He soon pulled away much to my dismay but i looked up so see him staring at me with a breathtaking smile making my cheeks heat up as a blush creeped up on my face, i have never been more thankful for my skin colour because i would be as red as a tomato by now.

"You are the most beautiful girl in all the realms Catalaya Morningstar and don't you ever forget it" Dre says looking in my eyes

As I'm about to say something we hear shuffling in the bushes before dad falls out in front of us

"Hi, i was just uh you know" he says sheepishly

"You mean you were just spying on us?" I say giving him the evil eye

"Oh and the rest of you can come out by the way" i say to the rest of the eavesdropppers

They all walked from behind the bushes with sheepish grins on there faces

"So, mind telling me what you were all doing back there?"

"We were just uhm well we know that you guys were on kind of a rough patch so we were checking you know keeping an eye out to make sure both of you were ok" Liam says trying to justify their actions

"Oh so you weren't eavesdropping on our conversation"

"Of course not" he says

"Yeah i mean we obviously didn't hear you guys confess your feelings to each other nor did we see you kiss" Jace says 'trying' to back his brother up

"Wow Jace nice going" Liam says slapping him on the back of his head

With a chuckle i say "you guys are hopeless"

"Well on the bright side at least you guys finally told each other how you felt this back and forth was killing me, young people these days make the simplest things so difficult" lilth interjects

"Wait, you knew?" I ask

"Honey i know everything that goes on down here" she replies

"So are you guys dating now or what?" Merlin asks

"Uh i think so" Dre says looking at me for confirmation

"Yes we are" i say looking at him

"Noooooo" dad yells suddenly with his dramatic flare

"Cat you can't date, what about me. Are you really gonna leave your dad to suffer all alone by himself in hell" he asks

"Don't worry dad you'll always have me" Sam says teasingly

"I don't want you this is all your fault you told her to get a boyfriend and now she's gonna leave me" he cries

"Dont cry dad I'll always be daddy's little girl and you'll always be my number one guy" i say giving him a hug

"Promise?" He asks giving me the puppy eyes making it harder for me to hold in my laugh

"I promise"

"And what about us?" Sam Adonis Nic and Merlin asks

"And you guys too" i say rolling my eyes at the man childs in front me

"Well now that the sap fest is over lets go grab lunch" brooke says

"Finally! Am starving!" I say letting go of dad and got up going over to where the food is

"Well sire she may not have left you for me but she definitely did for the food" i heard Dre say to my dad

"Tragic isn't it" came dads reply

Everyone soon followed me as we all set up a picnic area to have our lunch. We talked laughed ate and swim for the rest of the day enjoying ourselves as best we could with joyful hearts and happy smiles.

Little did we know everything was about to change.