A request.

That woke me up faster than a bucket of cold water. It made me remember what had happened just yesterday on my birthday. I had practically confessed to Fernanda after the girls sent her to talk to me with their approval

Side note, but… confessions are really awkward, and I mean sudden confessions like this one. You’re basically throwing all your feelings at an unsuspecting someone. It’s no wonder Fernanda was so taken aback. Well, that and all the extra information. It really wasn’t a great way to do things, but I’ve been thinking that we would’ve remained stuck where we were if not for that.

Grace walked into the bedroom wearing nothing but a loose T-shirt. Wait, that was one of mine! A plain red T-shirt. When did…? Ah. I think the girls raided my drawer one day and they each took a T-shirt. I didn’t expect it to be so loose on her, considering her chest, but I HAD changed my shirts a few times already since I’d grown taller when my arms and shoulders got bigger. She sat down on the edge of the bed and handed me my phone.

“Did you read it?” I asked her.

“Of course not,” Grace said. “I don’t know your unlock password.”

“Oh, so you would’ve read it if you had known it?” Alice asked.

“Maybe…”

At least she’s honest.

“It’s 3030,” I told them as I unlocked my phone to prove it. They sat there looking at me like I was insane. “What?”

“You’re really giving us access to your phone?” Noelle asked.

“Oh, like you don’t have access to my thoughts and emotions already,” I told them.

“Yeah, good point,” Diana said. “I’ll write down my password for you later.”

“Same, at this point it’s more convenient that way,” Alice said. “That’s for later, though. What did Fernanda say?”

“She said…” The moment I read the text, my blood froze. “Um… Her dad wants to talk to me.”

They all winced. “Her dad? You don’t think… Maybe she told him about your powers?” Noelle asked.

“It’s possible,” Grace said. “They are apparently pretty close.”

“No, she didn’t. I asked her to keep it a secret,” I told them.

“And you don’t doubt she’ll keep it?” Diana asked.

“Nope.”

Alice chuckled. “Then she must’ve just told her dad you confessed.”

And like the doting parent he is, Mr. Carlos wants to talk to me, likely because he is justifiably concerned about his daughter entering a polyamorous relationship. Dammit, somehow I’m more nervous about talking to Mr. Carlos than Fernanda. I respect the man a lot, so the last thing I want is for him to think I could hurt his daughter. Though… all things considered, it’s not impossible.

It’s something that always worries me, to be honest. Frey and I have a permanent spell in place to subtly alter general perception around this relationship and have people see it as normal, or at least not too out of the ordinary. It’s undoubtedly convenient, but when I start thinking that the girls’ families only accept this because of that spell… It terrifies me and fills me with guilt.

Grace poked me on the forehead and frowned at me. “You’re thinking unnecessary things again.”

“I wouldn’t call them unnecessary at all,” I argued.

“Relax, her father likes you already, doesn’t he?” Alice asked. “I bet he just wants to talk and understand what's happening.”

I nodded. That sounded like the Mr. Carlos I knew. I let out a sigh and read Fernanda’s text again.

-Fernanda: So… About yesterday… My dad said he wants to talk to you. Would that be okay? It’s all good if you can’t.

Did that imply he wanted to talk today? It was no use wondering, so I replied and asked.

-Oliver: Tell Mr. Carlos I’m available whenever he can.

-Fernanda: Would this afternoon be okay? He says he’ll treat you to lunch.

-Oliver: Sure. Tell him to send me the location. I’ll be there.

“It seems he wants me to have lunch with him,” I told the girls.

“Then we better start getting ready to leave. It’s almost 10:00 AM,” Grace said.

“Wait, is it? I thought it was like 7:00 or 8:00 am,” I said, actually checking the time on my phone. But like Grace said, it was 9:47 AM.

“We went to bed at like 4:00 am, I think,” Noelle said.

“And here we wanted to laze around in bed for a while longer,” Alice lamented with a small sigh.

So it wasn’t just me.

“Well… The house should be ready really soon, right?” Noelle asked.

I nodded. “Yeah, in a few days. A week at most,” I told them.

Grace sighed with a nervous smile. “We’re actually doing this, huh?”

“We better, or I’ll be living alone with my cat in a house too big for me.”

“That house is too big for any one person, really,” Diana said.

It felt weird to be in the middle of possibly starting yet another new relationship just as I was about to move in with other girls… but that was how things were turning out and I’d have to do my best to see it all through.

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