A Girl Adopted

Chapter 13- Amara

The week passed by pretty quickly and it is already Saturday. On the Monday evening, I talked to papa

and Ryder about befriending the Knights. Papa was pretty much good with it. Ryder, he took on the

over protective brother mode and was against of me going to the dinner today. But he came around in

the end after a bit of scolding from papa. This is really weird though. The vampires inviting humans for

dinner? I mean aren't we supposed to be their dinner. Well I should not judge them by their species. I

am going to Elena's place first, from where we are going in her car to the Knight’s house. I was going to

run their or ask Ryder to drop me off but Ryder was being a brat. Before I can say anything about how I

will be coming, Elena made the current plans. Well that is fine with me too. The only problem is that I

would have to see father. I hope that doesn’t happen though. I am not up to any awkward moments

today or like… ever.

So, here I am outside her house or father's house about to ring the bell. There is also an unfamiliar car

parked in their driveway. I think they have guests over. Should I or should I not? What am I afraid of? I

didn't do anything wrong. I pressed the button of the doorbell. It rang and the door opened within a few

seconds. Crap! Its father. He stared at me in surprise… I think. There was a man and a boy sitting on

the living room sofa. The boy was wearing a sleeve less T-shirt and shorts. I can see a glimpse of a

tattoo on his left bicep. He must be one of the shifters. He turned his head towards me. He has blue

eyes and black hair with golden highlights. I turned my head towards father and asked,

"Is Elena ready Mr. Cross?" I smiled at him. Way to go girly.

"Um… she is upstairs. You can go check." Father replied a bit awkwardly.

"Do you mind calling her out? We are actually running a bit late." I said as casually as I can manage.

"Sure." He replied.

He went upstairs to call her. This is the longest civil conversation I ever had with him. Oh this is the only

conversation I ever had with him. His brawling when I was ten does not count as a conversation right.

The boy came towards me and extended his hand to shake.

"Hey. I am Leorio." He said smiling.

I took his hand in mine, "I am Amara."

"You look familiar. Have we met before?" He might have sensed that I am a part of his pack. He looks

really confused. Hehehe. This is fun. I wonder who he is. His aura is strong, He might be Tyler or

Raven.

"You might have seen me here in summer holidays. I come here every year and recently moved in this

town." I replied smiling.

"Yeah I guess." He said still a bit confused.

Elena came down stairs,

"Sorry. Did you wait too long? Why are you standing outside? Come on in."

"No. I just got here. We should get going. Are you done?" I asked.

"Yup. Let's go." Published by Nôv'elD/rama.Org.

She then turned towards father who was standing behind her and said,

"Dad I will be late, so don't wait for me. Bye. Love you. Bye Leo."

"Okay. Be careful. Love you too." father said to her

"Bye Elena." then Leo turned towards me "Bye Amara."

"Bye"

Elena and I got in her car and set off on the road. It is a twenty minutes’ drive to the Knights.

“Do you know Leo?" Elena asked.

"No. We met just now." I met his wolf six years ago but don't know which one he is, I said to myself.

"How can you not know him? He used to come to dad's house in summer. He is the son of dad's friend

Mr. Cale." She said it like I am so stupid to forget such important details.

"Well I wasn't really a part of the family to know Mr. Cross's friends and other things." I snapped.

She didn't say anything after that. I didn't mean to kill the mood but I can't do anything now. What's

done is done. We reached the Knights house and got out of Elena's car. Alex came out of the house

and hugged Elena and kissed her on her cheek. Then he came in front of me and hugged me. I never

expected that. I smiled at him. He said to follow him and we went in. Natalie and Oliver came running

down the stairs in barely a second and hugged us both. Oliver hugged me and nodded his head at

Elena. William and Grace were standing at the bottom of the steps. Grace smiled at us.

"How are you kid?" William asked me.

"Good. Sorry for leaving like that the other day." I said sheepishly.

"It's okay. You must be scared." He said smiling. Why does everybody keep repeating that? I am not

that much of a coward or maybe I am.

"Yeah." Something like that.

"Come on let's start dinner."

We walked towards the dining table and took our seats. Grace and William sat on one end. Natalie on

William's side. Oliver next to Natalie and I sat next to Oliver. Beside me is Elena and Alex is next to her

completing the circle. Food is already on the table.

"Elena tell us about yourself. We are dying to get to know you better. You are a part of our family now."

William said to Elena. Ohh this looks like an interview.

"I am from Easterden. My parents got divorced when I was a few months older than one. Dad moved

here. I lived with mom in Easterden till this year. We came here to visit dad every summer though. I

moved in with dad two weeks ago." Elena replied blushing ferociously from the sudden attention.

"How are you liking it here so far?" Grace asked kindly.

We started eating. I looked at them confused. How are they eating human food? Oh they are not

eating. They just have food placed in front of them. Maybe they don’t want us feel out of place.

"The weather is different here. It's not that bad I guess. How do you guys know Amara?" She inquired.

Well that was unexpected or I can say out of nowhere.

Oliver answered," Alex and I were hunting in the woods. She was walking by. I lost control and almost

killed her. She fainted and we brought her home. That is how we met." he turned towards me "I am

really sorry for that but I am also glad that we met." He said grinning.

"It's okay. It wasn't your fault anyway. You did help me later." I replied grinning back.

"I am glad I didn't hurt you kid." He said sighing in relief.

"Hey I am not a kid. I sixteen years old." I huffed and poked my tongue at him.

Everyone started laughing. What did I do?

"Yeah whatever you say kid." he said mocking me and emphasizing the word ‘kid’.

"Natalie tell him not to call me kid. I am a grown up." Everyone laughed again. "Why are you all

laughing?"

"Nothing.", Oliver said smirking at me. I huffed and continued eating.