Thread: Born From the Earth (Ahren and Wingshadow)

Luke just sort of stared as he tried desperately to absorb the words of the girl. She spoke of her mother almost as if she was part of an alien race. The last of her kind? This girl... She must have hit her head really really hard. When she remarked about his resemblance to his father, it was almost endearing, until the moment was soured by her immediate dismissal of whatever sort of attraction her mother had gotten out of a similar looking individual. She seemed to have no idea how saying such a thing could cause a negative reaction. That or she didn't care. Her story was still very hard to believe. She took a turn asking a question, which suddenly stirred up nervous feelings inside the young man. 'Where is father now?' Luke was more concerned about mother at this point. If she got home first, this would be a hell of a thing to try and explain. The brown-haired teen looked down at his watch. It was 520 PM. His parents worked different jobs but similar hours, and mom usually got home a few minutes before... Unless... He'll.. he'll be home soon. Uh, could you hold on one sec? Luke pulled his cell phone from his pocket and quickly dialed his mother. He prayed to any deity he could that she would pick up, and thankfully she did. At least one thing was going his way today... Mom! Hi yeah... uh hey you on your way home?... Cool, great, grand... What? No I'm totally.. chill, yeah. Everything is fine. It's just uh, we have a guest! So maybe we should pick something up for dinner? Who is it..? It's uh.. a surprise... Luke smacked his forehead. He sounded like a lunatic and his mom wasn't going to buy it if he lied about who it was. Also given the girl's bluntness so far, it was unlikely he'd be able to convince her to pretend to be someone else or, more conveniently, leave. He at least wanted dad to see her so he could maybe set things straight. Say something like 'I have no idea who this crazy girl is or what moon spirits she's talking about' so they could call the cops and get her out of the house. Oh, uh anything is good really. She doesn't look like she'd eat a lot... Yes, she... No she's not my girlfriend! Okay listen I gotta go, yes on dinner then? Okay great love you bye. Jesus... Luke sighed heavily and slumped to the floor. Why was that so stressful just then? Maybe he should have thought up what to say before calling... A few minutes past in silence. Luke was unsure of how to make small-talk with the girl, and he also had to figure out just what all this meant. The awkward silence was suddenly interrupted by a large bang as the lazily placed door fell off its hinges once again. In its place stood a middle-aged man in a suit, holding a key up to nothing and looking very confused. He really did resemble an older Luke. Lucas... I hope you have a really good explanation for this... The irritated, fatherly tone was unleashed immediately. Luke, having been startled to his feet by the noise again quickly dashed up to his father and chuckled nervously. Hi dad... uh.. guess who's here! You will probably never ever guess... Ever. Jonathan Denton peered into the kitchen and saw the purple-haired girl standing quietly and he immediately froze. The shock was making it hard to piece together thoughts, so Luke held out his hand. She gave me this and called you father so uh... please tell me she's crazy and not actually my sister. John gazed at the locket and the memories came flooding back. His eyes began to water a bit and merely seeing such a reaction made Luke realize that the girl might actually have been telling the truth... The only thing Luke could think to say were his immediate thoughts. Dinner is going to be real awkward, isn't it...?