Breakfast finished and Rider took out the garbage.  There was a yelp.  Rider rushed back inside the house, “Um, are raccoons allergic to honey too?” “Why?”  We all asked at the same time. “There is a dead raccoon with the cake you threw out last night.” Griffin was the first one out the door.  I…

Alex and I slept in our own bed – though it wasn’t our bed – it wasn’t **my** bed. Strange places still made me restless. But I didn’t stray far I sat outside where Alex had waited for me and watched the sun come up. I dozed a little or I must have because before…

We watched the sun set well past dark.  Alex stood up and took the beer from my hand. “I’ve held it against you most of our life.  I know you love to dance. And I was afraid that one moment in our many dreams would stick with you and when I bared my soul to you on…

As I walked out of the room I’d been hiding in I pulled on a smile and took a deep breath to steal myself against the onslaught of people. The living space was full of people. More people than there had been when I’d left. The place was decorated too. Alex had pulled out all the stops. The ceiling…

I was sitting in the room where Dorian left me in the dark. I didn’t care if I was being anti-social. Really wasn’t in the head space to deal with people. But that didn’t mean people didn’t find me. And that they did. My father was standing in the doorway watching me. “Funny how no one is really looking…

Sage left to go help Mia, Jace was no where to be seen, “Did you not invite Jace?” Alex laughed. “He’s around somewhere.  I think he realized he fucked up 5 years ago.”  Alex quickly changed the subject, “Apparently Sage doesn’t drive?” “No. He has a fundamental fear with cars in general. The fact he rode in one at…

Hunter and I chatted and watched people; he was five and people looked at me like I was enabling a child who could walk all by himself.  I thought I heard people say something even as I looked at them, but their mouths never moved. Things were a little fucked up.  Hunter was giggling over…

Inside the beach house the whole family was sitting down to a meal including Seraph and Jae.  Isabelle was sitting in Ant’s lap eating a taco that smelled divine.  I was that hungry – almost ravenous.  My stomach grumbled and I left Alex and Griffin standing in the doorway while I made my own plate. There was chicken and ground beef all…

All the kids got in the water at one point or another, we all played a little Marco Polo until Ryan called for dinner.  He looked at me and grinned as all the kids piled into the house dripping wet.  Hunter pulling up the rear sucking up all the water with an ingenious weave of…

Outside all the kids were sitting around the pool.  The boys were all lounging in the chairs collecting rays.  Faelen sat under an umbrella with a book, covered in long sleeves and jeans.  I felt his shyness and wished I could help him overcome that, but I had my own issues about being covered.  This was family,…