The Forgotten Luna

Chapter Four

Tony's P.O.V

    "What do you mean you have a Human mate?" My dad asked like he couldn't believe me.

    "Honey are you sure? I know you've been stressed about finding your mate, maybe you're just infatuated with her." My mom said. I sighed and shook my head.

    "No mom I'm not. My wolf hasn't called her mate yet, but how do you guys explain my wolf getting mad when he sees her with another guy. And the unbearable pain I felt and she was with him" I replied, I felt the rage in me once more. I wanted nothing more than to take Tyler's head and rip it off his body. Liz was supposed to be with me.

    " Tony this is going to make us look bad, you can't have a human Luna, she needs to be strong and be able to defend not just herself but her pack." Dad stated. His statement seemed to piss off my wolf.    

    "Don't talk about her like that! You don't even know her. She's smart, funny, she wants to be a doctor. Please give her a chance to meet her." I pleaded. "Look we can talk to that witch again and see if she knows what's happening, but please I'm telling you I'm positive she's my mate"

   "Okay, sweetheart look maybe invite her over for a little while and we'll see how she is. We'll tell the pack to not do any werewolves activities. Okay?" Mom said to both dad and I. We all agreed. The nurse came in and said it looked like I had a panic attack. Which was the only excuse I could think of to tell the doctors. They relieved me and gave me a doctors note to not go to school for at least two days. Which only annoyed me since I wouldn't be able to see Elizabeth. I smiled at the thought of her. She was beautiful in every way. As we walked to the car, I got a text from Liz. Looks like the Moon Goddess really was on my side and agreed she was my mate.

    Liz: Hey, I saw what happened. Are you okay? Do you need anything?

    I couldn't help but smile. She cared about me, I immediately texted her back.

    Me: Hey yeah, I'm fine. Ha a little embarrassing but I just had a little bit if anxiety. Nothing crazy. 

   Liz:  That's not embarrassing at all , I understand. 

`Me:  Hey would you like to hang out today?

    Liz's P.O.V 

    Once I got home, I couldn't help but text Tony. Of course Tyler got mad at me that I didn't proceed with having s*x with him. So he wasn't really talking to me. So much for being nice. I was texting Tony when my dad got home.

    "Liz I'm home! Hey can you come here for a minute?" My dad yelled from downstairs. I made my way to him.

    "Hey dad what's up?"' I asked.

    "Liz so I got some news for you. I um, well" He said nervously as he looked at me. I raised an eyebrow and looked at him. " You know, your mother will always be the love of my life, she meant the world to me, and it's been really hard without her, this past year and a half. I never thought that things would get better for me. I pushed through for you and only you pumpkin. You've saved me in many ways. But I uh, I met a woman, she's from work. And I really like her. I think it's maybe time that I uh maybe start dating and try to find someone to spend time with. I know this might be hard but I just wanted your blessing." My dad said almost stuttering. My eyes widened. I couldn't believe it. I felt my heart sink to my stomach, I know he wasn't trying to replace mom and that he needed someone else other than me, I mean he was only 37 years old. I just never thought this day would come so soon. I know I couldn't hold him back and even though it hurt for some reason I forced a smile and looked at my dad.

    " Of course dad, you can do anything you want. I'm sure mom would have wanted you too" I said afraid my tears would slip. "But hey um I uh have to work on this project with Tony I'm going to go over to his house, don't worry his parents are there and Kate will be there too" I lied. "Bye dad" I said and left the room graving my bag and car keys. I made my way to my Cherokee Jeep and texted Tony back saying I would love to hang out, he sent me his address and I made my way to his house. 

        His house was pretty far I started to feel guilty for him giving me a ride. He seemed to live near the mountains. I made my way through this long road where the trees started to stand tall. I was ten minutes away and I was already on the outskirts of town. I pulled up to a very nice gated  neighborhood. Tony didn't even give me a pin or anything to get in. Right when I was going to call him Matt knocked on my window scaring the crap out of me. Which made him die of laughter. 

    "Oh my God your face!" He said in between laughs which made me roll my eyes. 

    "  You asshole! You scared the crap out of me!" I said as I rolled down the window. 

    "Hey, I just knocked on your window its not my fault you were on your phone." He said as he typed in a code " Hey mind giving me a ride? I'll tell you which house Tony is staying at." He said with a smirk. Once again I rolled my eyes and nodded. He made his way to the passenger side and I noticed he was only wearing basketball shorts. 

    " What were you doing?" I asked 

    "Oh you know just uh, running trying to keep in shape" He said and I nodded, he gave me instructions and Tony pretty much lived in the back of the neighborhood in a brown tall building with a lot of light and windows, behind it was the rest of the forest. It was easily three times the size of my house and I lived in, and I had a pretty big house. This was a mansion if I'm not mistaken. Tony was waiting outside. I smiled when I looked at him, I don't know why but knowing he was fine made me happy and feel at peace. 

    "Hey, took you long enough" Tony said teasing. I couldn't help but smile wider and shake my head. 

    "Hey its not my fault you live in a freaking maze" I said looking around. "Are you sure your parents aren't secret assassins" This seemed to make him laugh. 

    "No, they just own a bunch of businesses and they work for the government, by the way they're inside lets go say hi and than I'll show you the rest if the houses." He said and I looked at him.

    "Wait so you know everyone that lives in this neighborhood? I said shocked. There had to be at least fifty houses. 

    "Essentially yes, I mean they're just like military families and most of the kids go to the same schools." He said as he led me up the steps into his house. On the inside everything was decorated with white and gold. There was a huge fire place and  an even bigger TV hung up above it. The couch was grey and large as well. They were more rich than I thought. Surprisingly Tony wasn't stuck up at all. 

    The house was full of people. I felt a little overwhelmed and started to regret my choice of coming. I sort of just wanted to be with Tony alone. He might of felt my uneasiness because he grabbed my hand and held it. Again I felt a weird sensation when he touched me. 

    "I know, my house can be a lot to take in, but I promise everyone here is super nice." He said comforting me. I smiled and nodded as he led us into what looked like a second living room, I'm guessing this is where his parents where, I wasn't nervous at all. Adults always seem to like me. Expect some of my teachers for obvious reasons. In the room there stood a beautiful lady with dark brown hair and tan skin. She seemed to look a lot like Tony. The man next to her seemed to be his dad with black hair and darker skin. I can tell that Tony got his looks from his mom. I smiled at them as Tony introduced me. " Mom, Dad this is Elizabeth"

    "Well hello Elizabeth I'm Daniel" He said as he shook my hand. I smiled and noticed his grip and griped his hand back. My dad always told me to not show fear when meeting people, that way people wouldn't mess with me. He smirked " Wow you have a grip there young lady." He said laughing. I smiled.

    "Nice to meet you Mr. Torres and I'm sorry, I didn't mean to squeeze too hard" I said obviously lying. But why was he trying to intimidate me? I mean he is a business man maybe that's why, he's just used to doing that. 

Tony's P.O.V 

    I was so embarrassed my dad was trying to scare Liz off, he wasn't even giving her a chance. My wolf was starting to get upset until Liz seemed to defend herself. I smiled at her, she was just so cute. They all began to talk and surprisingly got along just great. Now I know she isn't my girlfriend and I know this isn't the meet my parents so they know I'm going to marry you. But it just made me so happy maybe one day they can realize that she is truly my mate. My mom and Liz seemed to hit it off more. Without realizing we had been talking for half an hour. My sister Nikki came to say hi as well.

    "Hi, oh my gosh so you're the Liz that Tony can't stop talking about! Don't I have you for Math class?" Asked Nikki. Liz smiled and nodded.

    "Yeah, I remember you, you sit towards the back"

    "Yeah I just don't know anyone I rather than sit alone." Nikki said shyly. The current move really made her be to her self and not her usual social self. Liz frowned and shook her head.

    "Don't let the people in our school frighten you, you can sit with me." Liz said smiling. 

    As they continued to talk more, my mom and Liz once again carried the conversation. 

    "You remind me a lot of my mom" Liz said smiling towards my mother. 

    "Oh honey, than I bet she's amazing. I'd love to meet her one of these days" my mom said cheerfully. I looked over at Liz and her smile faded into a sad one. 

    " She was amazing, most beautiful women I ever known. Unfortunately she died almost two years ago." she said and I felt my heart drop. I don't know why but her being sad made me sad it was unbearable. I wanted her to feel nothing but happiness. I did think it was weird how she only motioned her dad and not her mother. I never imagined that she had passed away. 

    "Oh no darling I'm so sorry, that must have been so hard."

    "It was but my dad is amazing and he takes good care of me. We survive together." Liz replied. 

    My dad decided that it was probably a good idea to show Liz around so we didn't make her anymore sad. He mind linked me and told me to show her the river near the house. We excused our selves and started walking outside. That's when I heard my mom whisper to my dad " She's not human."  I frowned but shook it off. 

    "You have a pool? Why didn't you tell me I love to swim! I would have brought my swim suit." She said excited. A flirtatious smirk came to my face.

    "Now I would love to see that, I'm sure my sister can lend you a swimsuit." I said as I winked at her. She laughed and shook her head. 

    "Look at you, I thought you were sick sir."

    "I feel much better now that you're here with me" I said truthfully. I saw a rose tint go across her face but she still seemed sad. I put out my hand for her to grab, I saw some hesitation in her eyes but she sighed and took my hand. I couldn't help but smile. " Let me show you this beautiful place, ever since I moved here I go there to think." 

    We walked towards the woods, of course she asked if I was going to kill her, I couldn't help but wonder why she didn't trust people. The sun was still up but threatening to kiss the earth. Sunset was coming. Perfect for where I wanted to take her. I took her to a spot near the river where the trees were tall and the grass vibrant green. We sat down and Liz smiled.

    "This is beautiful, so why are we here?" Asked Liz

    "Well when I'm feeling troubled, I come here to think and to try and get away from everyone"  I responded looking at her. "So tell me Ms. Elizabeth what is troubling your heart today?" I said laying down on my side resting my head to my hand. Liz giggled and looked at me.

    "Well why do you ask Mr. Antonio? Do I look distressed or troubled?" she asked.

    "Well you see I'm really good at reading other people, specially beautiful people like you. But I've noticed you're not fully here. You seem deep in your thoughts." Liz sighed and nodded. She looked at me.

    "Can I trust you?" She asked.

    "Always" I responded. She took a deep breath and nodded.

    "So when I had just turned fifteen we moved here from Denver. I'm not sure why honestly, I can't remember but I know we left really fast. I shockingly I know, I used to be very sweet and I believed in fairytales. I was new to school my freshmen year going onto sophomore. I met Valerie and Kate the most popular girls in school, they liked me and became my best friends. I became really popular had the cutest guy in school to be my boyfriend. About a year and a half later my family and I got in a terrible car accident. We were going to a cabin for the weekend I was already a Junior in high school. I had everything I wanted. But on the way there this truck driver's truck malfunctioned and it hit three cars, one hitting ours and the damaged was on my moms side of the car. Her wounds were too much, they couldn't stop the bleeding and she passed away shortly in the hospital. My dad and I were hospitalized with minor injuries. It was horrible the first few months without her. She was our sunshine, my dad he stayed strong for me, but something was never the same. I realized that life wasn't a fairytale and well I stopped going to parties, Valerie betrayed me and tried getting with Tyler. I started getting into fights. I honestly didn't care anymore about being popular. My whole world banished before my eyes. Kate was the only one who stood by me one hundred percent. Tyler too, sometimes. But now a year and a half later of my moms passing my dad wants to date, he's young and handsome. I know he's not trying to replace mom but I'm scared. Am I a bad person for not liking this lady without meeting her? I mean I told him it was okay that I loved that for him and I do, he's getting better, he's going back to how he used to be" Liz confessed and after being finished she took a deep breath. 

    "I'm sorry you had to go through that, I think, that what you feel is normal. Just tell your dad your not ready to meet her yet. You know communication is key. Don't be to hard on yourself." I said reaching for her hand. She smiled shyly and nodded. 

    One Month Later

   Liz P.O.V

    As the days passed my dad got better, I got to meet his now girlfriend Veronica. I grew to accept it and I actually really like her. I can see that she truly cares about my dad. She has even tried to be my friend. She's lonely like dad and I. She has no family or kids. Tony and I have spent a lot of time together, with the project and all. But we also have become good friends. I never knew that I could enjoy my time with someone who I barely knew, his dark hair, dark eyes. I could stay in one spot and watch him all day. I loved how tall he is, 6'2 a big guy and yet he seemed full of love. Tyler and I haven't been on good terms. We're the same but I feel like he's hiding something. Nikki joined me and Kate and now all three of us are best friends. They keep telling me I should leave Tyler and that Tony was a better match for me. I couldn't help but wonder if they were right. I've barely met Tony and he causes me more butterflies than anyone ever has. Every time he stares at me I can't help but catch my breath. Often times I catch myself flirting back.             

    Tony and I had already finished our project together, we of course got and excellent grade. Yet I found myself with him, at his house. We had gone to the movie room  he had. It wasn't a mini movie theater or anything, but a TV room. He said he had an actual movie theater in his house back at home. We weren't even paying attention to the movie. We were just talking.

    "You know, I can make you happier. If you would just leave him Liz" Tony said randomly. Not again with his flirtatious ways. I smiled and shook my head. I turned around to look at him only to find him one inch away from my face. 

    "T-tony what are you doing?" I asked nervously. He always flirted but he never made a move on me. 

    "Making you realize, who you really want." He said seductively getting closer to me. For a minute I caught myself leaning in as well. Wondering how delicious his kisses could be. But I'm not cheater. I can't believe he's trying to get me to cheat. I bit my lip and frowned and pulled back.

    "I can't believe you! You know I have a boyfriend." I said storming off.