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"As your mother, I apologize for all the pain and heartache you have gone through. Let Arielle be our witness of this apology and help remind us of how precious our Blessed Child is. Please forgive us, Celestia, and please allow us another chance to prove ourselves to your Mistress, Arielle." Mom stepped back to join my dads, kneeling down before us.
We both gawked at the five of them and frantically urged them to get up. "I forgive you! You can rise back up!"
"Yes, Bru-Rree!!" Arielle added. I never expected them to all kneel, and now I felt awkward.But to get their apology really does make me happy.
They rose with wide smiles, and I walked up to each of them to give them tight hugs. After I gave my mom an extra long hug, I turned to face the five of them and smiled.
"It's nice to know where I belong and be around people who love me. Thank you," I said with a broad smile. I heard a few clicks like a shutter sound, and we all turned to see Arielle with her phone out in her hands. I let her have one for emergencies now that she'd been going out more often.
"I'm going to get one of the guys to help me make this into a HUGE picture and put it on the wall!" Arielle declared.
"Your familiar is rather independent," Hellsin pointed out.
I grinned proudly. "Yup! That's just the way I like her."
We all smiled, and Arielle giggled as she moved back to where we gathered to see the picture.
Arielle turned around and posed in her new pajamas. "Celestia, LOOK! They have phoenix birds on them!"
I gave her a sweet grin and nodded. "They fit you perfectly too. Mom did a good job for just one glance."
Arielle nodded happily, looking more delighted than I'd seen her in a while. With everything we'd gone through since day one of Aslan, I understood her stress and worry.
"Arielle."
She paused in her current pose with her hands up in the hair and her hip to one side. "Bru?"
"You wanna talk for a bit?" I suggested and moved further onto the bed. I crossed my legs and leaned forward to pat where she should sit.
She shot me a look filled with curiosity, exposing her sudden nervousness, but she nodded and moved to sit on the bed.
Once she crossed her legs and adjusted to face me, I smiled. "Thank you for coming all the way to find me with Finn and the others."
Orion was showing Finn around with Harrison while Mom, Hellsin, Magnor, and Orlando were still in her meeting that was taking longer than expected.
They did have a break in between, but my mother made sure to use that time with my dads to make us dinner and set everything up for our dip in the hot springs. Mom had grabbed my stuff already while my dads got all the clothes set for all the guys including their familiars.Arielle's boyfriends.
"You're my Mistress! Of course, I'd come and find you! Doesn't matter where you could be or what side you are on in this weird, confusing problem that's happening. I'll always be loyal to you, Celestia. Always!" Arielle vowed as she sat up taller and had a confident look on her face.
My smile widened, and I nodded. "But there's something I want you to do as well," I suggested. Arielle gave me an intrigued look, and I continued.
"I want you to spend some time with your familiar friends. Or well...boyfriends, right?" I asked with a raised eyebrow.
She stared at me in shock for what seemed to be ten seconds before her face grew beet red.
"Ho-How did...How did you know, Bru?" she stuttered. Her amber eyes showed how shocked she was that I knew they were her boyfriends.
"I'm technically your mom, Arielle. I could tell once you started sneaking out that something, or should I say, someone, caught your attention. It made sense when Noah came by with Miolana to do my checkup at home. You know, when you burned my pants."
She groaned. "I didn't mean to burn them. They were faulty! Yes, it's the sweatpants fault!" she argued, and I giggled.
"It's okay, Arielle. Orion made me new ones." I gave her a reassuring smile.
She nodded slowly, but then her shoulders sank, and she grew quiet. "Sorry, Bru-Ree," she whispered.
"Hey, I never said I was mad. Don't give me that sad face," I whispered back, leaning forward to stroke her head.
"But aren't you disappointed in me?"
