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I look to Desmond in shock, hope whimpers as he nods smiling at me, tears immediately pool in the corner of my eyes as I look back at gavin, pushing forward I slam my lips against his.
The blood in my lips warm Instantly reacting to our touch, his hands grabbing my face makes the blood bubble under my skin. My heart races as his tongue softly prods at my lips until I open my mouth, his flavour instantly overpowers my tastebuds as he deepens the kiss.
Pushing forward something inside me snaps, a sense of overwhelming peace and love flows into me as he pulls back chuckling
“Let’s get you checked out first, then we can get back to that later”
My face flushes red when I realise dad was now in the room.
“You can hear me?”
He asks stepping forward, I grin nodding my head, he jumps forward, pulling me into a tight hug
“Oh baby girl i've dreamed of this day my entire life, how is this possible?”
He asks pulling away and looking to opa behind him
“I honestly don’t know, I didn’t see the possibility until you guys called us. I don’t know”
He whispers, oma takes his hand grinning at me
“It’s because I broke the curse. I chose to not have a child, I chose to choose nobody, nobody wins and in doing so I set all the others free and they gave me my hearing back, I’m still confused to be honest”
I sign not knowing all the words just yet
“It makes sense, to the witch aurora was selfish, she chose her kid over the leader's kid, then those in your family line continued to curse kids over the generations, they chose to have a child to either regain their hearing or because they simply wanted to become a mum. The only way to break the curse was to choose nobody, you chose to end the curse with you, you chose to not have a child because you didn’t want to inflict the same pain as they had inflicted on their kids. In doing so you broke the curse”
Carly tells me, pulling me in for a hug, she yanks mum towards us too, she looked like she was still trying to process it all, but still she always gave the best hugs.
“Damn kid I love you, are you ok otherwise?”
She asks, I nod my head stretching as they pull away
“Yeah but i've got to say you all look like s**t, when did you all sleep last?”
I ask with my hands as I yawn
“3 days ago when you were attacked”
Desmond says softly, as he does I’m struck with the memories of the attack, of what I did to those people. I gasp looking up, the blood in my veins runs cold at the memory of the power that was released from my soul.
“You must think I’m a monster”
Hope and I whisper together as she lurches forward to look at Desmond’s face, my heart sinks
“What I did to your people, oh Desmond I’m so sorry”
I sign unable to remember how to say the words I needed to say
“I’m not”
He snaps, my eyes snap to his face, Hope looks at me funny confused by his answer
“And I don’t want you thinking that either! They could have f*****g killed you, you did the right thing and if anyone ever touches you again I want you to do the same thing”
He signs to me before he pulls my face towards him and he slams his lips against my own in a bruising passionate kiss. I kiss back, wrapping my hands around his neck.
“Ok seriously guys stop your in public”
Gavin snaps making Desmond chuckle as he pulls away, I stretch my toes out, swinging my legs off the bed
“Hey where do you think your going?”
Mum snaps
“Home, now, I need a shower and my own bed, plus I can actually watch tv and hear the people talk”
I sign thinking about all the movies I can watch now
“You can go to a concert and actually hear the people singing too”
Desmond adds with a wink
“And to the opera”
Dad suggests
“Or we could just go watch tv and sleep”
Gavin says yawning
“I don’t know about you guys but I slept on the deck the night before she was attacked so I’m tired”
I pout looking at them all
“Yeah you all really do need to sleep, come on let’s go home”
I snap, climbing from bed, Desmond squeaks grabbing my hips
“Careful you haven’t walked in days”
“Well then carry me, come on oma I need a lift home please”
Carly chuckles, walking to my side as Desmond scoops me up bridle style, everyone else grabs her arm as she grabs me and Desmond and suddenly we appear in his living room. Looking around I frown when I see some of my stuff had been organised and hung on the wall.
“Where is he?”
I sign to mum, she chuckles
“He went home earlier, he insisted and Desmond said it was ok”
I look to Desmond who shrugs
“I don’t care”
My great grandfather had been here and had put everything away and in its proper place, I could see his handiwork anywhere. He was OCD in the best and worst possible way but it came in handy when you had to pack stuff away. He was a master at it.
“Shower please”
I tell Desmond yawning
“Food first, then shower”
Gavin snaps going to the kitchen, I raise my eyebrow in the air looking at Desmond
“He’s actually a really good cook, but Lucy sent food”
I grin, my nanas food was the best food, going to the fridge gavin starts to pull out lasagna, salad and extras on the side, Desmond plops me on the chair and everyone gets to work heating up the food and setting the table.
“Are you ok?”
I ask hope, she had been extremely quiet since I woke up
“Just sad, we won’t ever have a child, how is this not hurting you”
“Because I was adopted, I was adopted and our parents are amazing, we love them like they are biological. I don’t care if I share the same blood as my kid, but I do care that no child will ever go through what I went through as a kid.”
I shiver at the memory of the pain and agony that came with the curse, I was lucky because nana lived with us and she took the pain everyday but if I didn’t have her, It would have been hell and I knew from a very early age that I would never have a biological child if there was a chance they would turn out like me.
“I know but it’s still sad”
“Maybe it hasn’t hit me yet or maybe I’m just grateful that I can hear, I think I’m still in shock I just wish I could understand all the words they are saying when they are not looking at me”
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