‘Where have you been? We’ve been worried sick.’ He demanded. She smiled faintly, she was the baby of the family, and the only girl to boot, all ...hree of her brothers were extremely protective of her and she knew they would be going crazy not knowing where she was. ‘I decided to stay for a couple more weeks,’ she said simply. She wondered why she didn’t tell him the truth but wasn’t going to examine the thought at the moment. ‘Well, you could have at least told us you were staying longer,. Mavis, Mom and me. Before we entered the room where the others were waiting, Rachel came out with masks for each of us. Mom laughed and Ms. Mavis looked at her mask, then put it on.“You people intrigue me. I’m still hyper as hell, from the ‘uplifting’ elevator fucking Guy put on my ass - and now, we’re being issued masks.”Rachel told her, “We thought it would be fun, since this is your first time here to visit. We have a couple of videos we would love to bore you with, then we’ll have some wine. ” He pulled the banshee in for an embrace, her presence chilling his body but warming his heart. Cecilia clung to him — her steady presence plus the quieting effect of the cave made the whole world stabilize around him.Getting chilled, Mike let go. “What about the others, are they okay?”Cecilia nodded. “We ran into some trouble. By the time we got into the greenhouse, the storm was too windy for Abella to fly, and Tink may have broken her foot, so she couldn’t come. I’ve never seen her so. We broke up, and she found a boyfriend. I found someone else, right around when she ended her's. It was a frustrating cycle that left us as great friends, with high sexual tension, without a way to act on it. By the end of the school year, we were basically best friends, and both in relationships that were getting long term, but also kind of unhealthy. Unfortunately, it led to a night that I'm not very proud of. While we were both in these relationships that were heading south, we hung out.