Aella Adair:1
I woke up to the smell of something burning this morning and wandered downstairs to the kitchen where the smell was strongest . My Papa was standing in front of the burnt food with so much concentration that I thought he would not notice my presence. He did, however and he smiled slightly when he saw me.
"Hey cupcake, how was your night?".
"Morning Papa, you burnt breakfast".
"I know sweetie. I just have a lot on my mind right now. You know how I get when something is bothering me".
He kissed my cheeks and discarded the burnt food.
"Do you wanna talk about it?".
"Don't worry your pretty head sweetums"
It's a pretty big deal for him to burn food.
The only other time he burnt food was when he lost a fight and felt bad about it for days.
I'm sorry, where are my manners?
I should probably introduce myself first.
My name is Aella Adair and I'm a high schooler. I live with my Dad and Papa. I am seventeen years old. That is all I can tell you for now because I am not supposed to reveal anything about myself. Papa says that there is too much at risk and it is dangerous to expose myself and them. I am currently at the dining table waiting for Papa to make another breakfast as the first one is burnt. I wonder what it is that made him almost burn down our house this time. Whenever my Papa has something on his mind, he usually does things unconsciously, like accidentally mixing things up or spoiling his painting. There was a time that he mixed up the clean clothes with unwashed ones and he had to wash all of them, both clean and dirty. Today makes it the second time he would burn food so I know that something very serious occurred for him to have done so. I wonder what it is today.
"Good morning mon cher" Papa kissed my forehead and placed two plates in front of me, one with hash browns and bacon and the other with eggs. My stomach growled in hunger and I eagerly started digging in after saying thank you.
"Where is Dad?" I asked him as I saw him leaving to go back to the kitchen.
"He had to go out early today but he should be back soon," Papa replied.
Dad is always going out to do business and running errands. Most of them are dangerous. I know because he always tells me about some of them.
I nodded and focused on finishing my food.
"I'm gonna go get your backpack, finish up". I nodded again at him .
As soon as I finished breakfast, I washed my plates and placed it on the rack to dry. God forbid that I forget to wash my plates after eating. If Papa sees it, he is going to hit the roof. I almost got hit by the door on my way out and I quickly moved back as my Dad came in. He smiled apologetically when he saw that he almost hit me.
"Dad"
"Baby. Did you sleep well? "
"Yes, dad. I'm happy I got to see you before going to school".
"Me too E. Where is your Papa?"
"In the kitchen. He burnt breakfast this morning".
"Oh? he's got a lot on his mind baby. Stay for a few minutes." He was leading me to the kitchen.
"I'm home love".
Papa turned around and smiled. We both knew that he heard Dad come in and was just waiting for him to come to him.
"Baby boy, how was it?" Papa asked dad and kissed him on the lips.
"Just so-so. You burnt breakfast princess" dad raised his brows while caressing the side of Papa's face.
"It appears so", Papa sighed.
"I made breakfast, well another one, come on". Dad allowed Papa to drag him to the dining room and I followed them.
"Are you guys going to tell me what is going on now?" I asked them when they just continued eating.
"Get back from school first mon cher then we can discuss."
" Okay Papa" I kissed his forehead and Dad's temple. "I love you".
"I love you too, be careful."
"Have fun baby, get home safe".
I sprinted down the stairs and tried mind linking my best friend Aidan.
"Hey dumbass, get over here in like, seconds. Don't make me wait or else I ..."
I did not get to finish my sentence when he ran past me only to come back to where I was standing. Aidan is a vampire but his mum is a werewolf so he lives in our pack. Vampires don't really stick together like werewolves so his Dad came to live in our pack when he found his mate. I'm going to introduce him later, but now we have to get to school before it's too late.
"Hey, did you get your history assignment done?", I looked at him expectantly.
"Of course! what do you take me for?" Aidan huffed. I laughed at him and lightly jabbed him in the ribs.
"Ow! are you planning on killing me? That was painful".
"But I did not even put in any effort" I rolled my eyes.
"I'm sure you did not, or I would be nursing a broken rib now".
"Whatever pup" I teased.
"Hey! don't call me that! I am a full grown man and I demand respect".
"Please, you are just a seventeen year old pup. Your height must be deceiving you into thinking that you have matured".
I quickly dodged the punch that was aimed at my abdomen.
Aidan zipped past me and stood at a distance, waiting for me with a stupid grin on his face. Well two can play at that game. I ran past where he was standing and stood with my hands on my hips, a mocking smile on my face.
"Now try beating that".
"That's not fair", he was pouting." You always beat me".
"True, now move it slowpoke or we will be late".
We soon stood in front of the school gate. KinderHaus Academy is a huge school with a lot of buildings. It provided education for all education levels till high school. There were a lot of facilities and modern equipments for learning. There was also several plots of land for shifting wolves and sparring. Werewolves are big on space and because of the population of our pack, KinderHaus pack, there was a lot of it. Our pack is one of the biggest in the world and also well advanced. We have hospitals scattered around and a big theme park. There was also a research institute where a lot of research was made. Sometimes college students visited there for their projects and assignments. Our pack is basically a country.
Both Aidan and I have history this morning. As I moved to step into the school, I caught a movement with my eyes and smiled.