The maincoons mate. by Amy Beach

chapter 3, The tingling

Alexander

I woke-up again with a pounding head and realised I was in a bed in a gloomy bedroom, I tried to get up but came over queasy and suddenly there was a female voice in my ear and hands on my shoulders, she was telling me very sweetly to lay back down, so I did.

As I lay in the bed the lady looking after me cleaned my injured forehead and dressed it. She told me her name was “Celest or Cece to my friends” and asked mine I told her “Alexander or Alex to you” I only really saw her in silhouette and half-light, but she seemed to sparkle in the dim light, she was beautiful with blue-black hair and green eyes, and her voice was like silk. She chatted a bit about her family and her mum passing suddenly, I asked how she died but she would not say.

After two days I was feeling much better and she helped me wash and dress in clean cloths and we went down stairs, the house was huge, like a run-down manner house. The furniture was old and a bit mismatched but well kept, I loved it. “This is the big house” she told me. “Big house” I enquired “Yes, we are on the family compound” “Oh” I replied, I must have looked shocked because she rushed to explain “We are a very special family, the locals think we are strange and like to come and taunt us. so, we have had to make our home safe. They think were a cult buy were just an extended family” “okay, that’s interesting” I said, and she smiled looking relived. She led me into the giant kitchen and I met a little older lady with white curly hair and twinkling blue eyes who was shooing a couple of children out the door. “hello” she said, “It’s a pleaser to finally meet our guest.” I replied, “Hello I’m Alex, pleasure to meet you too” The little old lady shook my hand with both of hers and said” You can call me Grandma Dot, everyone does” and she grinned widely.

Cece said” Alex, let’s eat” and showed me to a chair and we sat down, Grandma Dot put a plate of breakfast in front of me “you must be hunger” she said with a wink. “indeed, I am” I said and started to eat, on the plate was bacon, sausage, fried eggs, fried bread, baked beans and mushrooms. While we were eating, grandma Dot kept pottering around the kitchen, plonking a giant cup of coffee in front of me she was grinning from ear to ear and kept sneaking glances at us the whole time we were eating.

After we finished Cece suggested we went for a walk outside and meet some more of the family.

Celest

Grandma Dot was acting weird, well weirder than usual and she kept smiling. So, I thought it best to take Alex out for a walk away from crazy grandmas. I mean the guy is stunning, superman tall and muscular and a cute crooked smile with ocean blue eyes that I swear twinkle like stars when he crinkles them with a brilliant smile.

As we walked along the path into the woods greeting a few people as we passed, Alex looked back at the big house and exclaimed “Wow, it huge not just big” he laughed, and I told him “My mum used to say we should call it the ivory tower because she felt like a trapped princess, but it more like a club house for the family.” Alex asked me” Why a princess, are you royalty?” I said, “sort off, I’m know the head of the family AKA the Empress” “oh” he said, “what does that mean for me, am I the damsel in distress saved by the gallant white knight?” and he grinned at me. “Well” I replied “maybe” and with that he kissed me.

Fireworks, went off!

Everything went shiny, the world sparkled like the midday sun of off a lake. It left me breathless and as he pulled away he looked stoned, his eyes shining and smile drunken. I was tingling all over like sparks of electricity through my body. OMG I think I just found my mate.