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“So that means you’re staying then?”
“Yes.”
Before I could even open my mouth to respond, Lucifer turned away and headed down the hallway to his bedroom. A few seconds later his door slammed shut.
This is not going to be good.
I wasn’t a stranger to sibling brawls. Hell, my siblings and I had arguments all the time. Sometimes those arguments ended badly but they usually blew over in a few hours. Well, that was until the last argument we all had. But Gabriel and Lucifer were different. These past few months they had gotten closer and closer. It was honestly hilarious to watch them bicker, both of them old as hell yet they argued like children. They had little spats here and there but within a few hours, they were fine and back to being their usual selves. So what the fuck happened?
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Lucifer’s POV
I had barely gotten any sleep last night. The vision that the Fates had shown me and Gabriel kept replaying in my head over and over again. The horror that Catalina had survived as a baby, Discovering she was meant to be by my side. I was going to tell her. I was going to tell her everything and confess what I felt for her on that balcony, but it wasn’t the right time. She was still a little rattled from her earlier encounter with Gabriel and honestly, I didn’t exactly know how to tell her how I felt. A part of me was also worried about the possibility of rejection. What if Gabriel was right and she had no feelings for me? What if she only saw me as a companion and nothing more? Would my confession have ruined this….friendship? alliance? whatever this was. If she didn’t feel the same way and I confessed to her what I felt, everything would fall apart.
Gabriel said he had no idea about the fire, but I wondered if he had any suspicions about who her father was.
Gabriel, Shit…
How the hell was I going to deal with him?
Well, I’m awake now better to just get it over with.
I pulled myself out of bed and pulled on a clean shirt and jeans and made my way to the kitchen.
Dammit.
“I thought I told you to get the fuck out of my house Lucifer.” Gabriel seethed as I walked into the kitchen and to the freshly brewed pot of coffee.
“I didn’t say anything to her.” Gabriel finally decided to look at me,
“And why’s that? Doubt she reciprocates the feelings?” he replied, a mocking tone decorating his voice.
“If she does have feelings for me, I’d rather they be true and genuine. Not coerced by some vision that could easily change.” Seeing our two shadows appear in that crystal filled me with an emotion I hadn’t felt in eons. Yet I knew it could change, her mother should have known as well that things in the future can change at the drop of a hat. The vision in the crystal showed Catalina and me together. Yet if she didn’t want me, if she found herself repulsed by me, that vision could easily change. One decision is all it would take to change the course of her life and mine.
Gabriel tensed as he continued to stare at me,
“You expect me to believe you care about what she wants? That you give a damn about her decisions and choices?”
Dick.
“She has already had enough taken from her, she should be able to control her future and what she does with it, and who she decides to share it with. Without the influence of other’s opinions!”
I burst out, angry at the way Gabriel sounded. For the first time in eons, I was disgusted by my brother.
“I will not allow it.”
“It is not your choice Gabriel.”
He stared at me and I could tell that all he wanted to do was lash out at me.
“I’m sorry Gabriel but while you may disagree with it, I won’t deny my feelings for Catalina, regardless of whether you believe me or not and it should be up to her to decide what to do.”
For a moment we stood there. Both of us, just staring each other down.
I can do this all day brother.
Gabriel was the first to speak as he walked past me,
