Chapter 30 - Starting of It All

  I was hardly a kid when my mom told all of us about our royal blood. Hearing those words hardly had any effect on me, but I could sure tell how it affected others.
Three little birds, sat on my window.
And they told me I don't need to worry.

 I didn't like school much because of it. The way the other kids stared, or the way talked. Both seemed to make my stomach clench as I didn't really like the attention.

Summer came like cinnamon
So sweet,

 But on the other hand, my sister Raven and my brother Remus sure did enjoy the attention a lot.

Little girls double-dutch on the concrete.

 Yeah, elementary school couldn't be a big deal with 'popularity' but  it made me feel like a loser to see them so happy,  with so many friends ; compared to me, with just one.

Maybe sometimes, we've got it wrong, but it's alright

I guess you couldn't say it was that bad. Me and Brinson had  a lot of good times together. She was funny and outgoing, a total contrast to me, but she  brought the best out of me and that's why I love her like a sister. Sometimes even better than my own.

The more things seem to change, the more they stay the same

But I felt bad sometimes. I saw how she looked at that group of friends, all having fun with their daring demeanors. Sometimes I looked at them in such a way where I also wished I could be a part of them. But I didn't think I'd ever have a chance with that crowd. They were older than their age in a way  and I thought I would never fit in.

Until the day I met him.

Oh, don't you hesitate.

Chapter 29 - Love to the Degree of Four

The wedding wasn't a big one. Mostly family and close friends. Erin was happy to actually be a part of a wedding that wouldn't get ruined in the end. The fact that there was no Vlad around helped a lot too.

But the marriage of her cousins wedding reminded her one thing. Love comes a long way, sometimes you can't see it, and sometimes you don't even know it's there until  last second.

 And that sometimes people are scared of it, just because they don't understand it.

 But weddings made Erin swoon anyways.

 "With this ring I'll promise to love you forever " Brian said, slipping the finger on with great delicacy onto her fragile finger. He held her hand and looked up into her purple eyes that reflected his own face .

 "And with this ring, " Arlie began, "I promise to not only love you forever but to love you beyond that.  Through everything, even if everything doesn't last. But it will, as long as you love me. " She smiled, slipping the ring on his finger shaking with delight.

 The crowed clapped, Xavier shouted some inappropriate things that gathered a little bunch of laughter, and Brian held Alrie close for a kiss.

Erin watched as the new couple exchanged rings, and then looked over at her own little kiddies full of love.

That was the next best thing after finding true love, using it to create something that the word 'love' can't even come close to describing , her children  .