The Couple novel Chapter 51

Celia

After talking with Selena, everything seemed to be calmed and under control. I still don’t know why she said Chris knows how to handle my parents. Like if he would have known I wouldn’t have been this worried and exhausted. I am super confused.

I must say she cooks delicious food and can compete with dad. Obviously, they both can share their recipes and invent new dishes together. They both must spend some together if mom allows because I don’t think she ever let Selena near dad alone after they visited our apartment. I had a few things running in my mind when we had lunch at her place.

She seemed to read minds as she spoke, serving me more food.

“Don’t exhaust your mind too much, Celia. I will teach you everything personally and make sure you become the best Luna this pack can have.” Hearing her optimistic thoughts of me being the Luna made me blush and nervous.

Honestly, Chris and my relationship is on the edge right now and everyone already thinks of me as their Luna. I am overwhelmed by their gesture but at the same time it scares me. How they can be so sure that our relationship will work out and I will be their Luna. They expect so high of me and I don’t know anything about their culture or things. I don’t think I deserve that.

I ain’t sure of our relationship yet. It is not like I ain’t sure of my feelings or Chris’s feelings but it is more like everyone is so involved in our relationship and everything is moving too fast that it scares me and wants to run away from all this.

It is scary.

But can I tell them my true feelings?

After lunch, Bryan and I left while Jeanne stayed with Selena and Robert. Bryan opened the back door of the car for me but I chose to sit in the passenger seat beside him. As usual he is expressionless, how does Tyler a fun loving guy fall in love with this emotionless human.

‘Same way, you always fight avoiding person fall in love with a ready to kill guy.’ Well, that is true.

“Take me to Dante’s house please, Bryan.” He just nodded and changed his direction.

“You know, you can tell me.” I looked at Bryan with confusion. Is he talking to me? Is he initiating the conversation with me?

“Don’t look at me like I got horns grown over my head.” I shook my head and composed myself back. “I know there are many things going on in your head and it is pretty normal. Since I swore secrecy to you, you can share your feelings with me.” His explanation is quite convincing.

“What did you talk about with Jeanne earlier? I know you mindlinked with her immediately.” He nodded before replying. I might have asked him to be my secret keeper but do I trust him?

“She asked me if I am really going to do this.”

“And What did you reply?”

“I simply told her I can’t refuse to be Luna.”

“Even if it means going against your Alpha?” I want to know his views clearly before I trust him completely.

“I am sure you will never make me do something to betray my Alpha which might make him question my loyalty to him or the pack, will you?” He looked at me for a second to check if I would and then continued when I didn’t reply but stared back at him. “I will remain loyal to you” A small smile spread over his face.

There was silence after that in the car which was more awkward after what we talked about. So, I chose to speak up about what I was feeling now for sometime. I just hope it won’t mess things up more.

“I don’t feel like being Luna.” He frowned. I can see he is judging, maybe I did the wrong thing. I shouldn’t have talked to him about this. Not when we both are new to this.

“Well, what do you mean? Do you don’t feel like being with my brother or do you just not feel like being Luna?” I am amazed how he efficiently analysed the situation because it was one of my fears that someone might not get it that being Luna is hard and not just it will happen.

“What if I say I don’t just feel like being Luna?”

“Then I will say, it is okay. I can understand. You’re a human, you’re new to this and you have a lot on your plate. Things will fall in place with time.” Maybe I judged too soon.

“Aaahhhh.... That’s the thing Mary, Selena, Jeanne, Chris everyone says it will be okay and not a big deal. They will help me but it is just too much for me to handle. Everyone keeps calling me Luna. They just want me to be the perfect Luna, everyone happens to know I will be a great Luna but I don’t even know what Luna is or she is supposed to be.” With that I felt him pushing car brakes.

It was then I only noticed he didn’t bring me to Dante’s house or my building but to the lake where Chris brought me for our first date. I got out and walked to it. The memories came rushing back to me. How Chris left with everyone just to come back for our secret date. How I was clueless about the location. How sweetly he arranged everything here, the arrangement he did. Everything became more special with him. And the make out session… I heard the throat clearing.

I turned to find Bryan standing near the car. Slowly, he made his way beside me. I was still in gaze of our first date.

“You know Luna Teresa did a lot for this pack. After she was gone Robert handled the Alpha’s duties and Selena became Luna. Many accepted them as their leaders while many waited for brother to take over and for the last 6 years everyone has been waiting for their Luna. I am sorry, we didn’t mean to scare you but it was just everyone is just overwhelmed with your presence.”

“Does your whole pack know about me?” Damn, that was the least I wanted for their whole pack to call me Luna and bow down to me whenever they see me in the town.

“No, just a few people.” Well, that is a relief.

“I get it now but I am scared that if I need things wrong, what if I didn’t fit in, it seems like everyone is so sure of me being their Luna when I don’t know if Chris will take me back or not or if my parents will let me stay here or not.”

“Alpha must have found the way to keep here by now and there is no chance he will let you go. It should be the least concerning matter for you, he loves you so much that he will forgive you in a heartbeat when you come face to face with him.” I could feel myself getting hot as he said it. Is it so obvious that he will forgive and I am making a fool of myself stressing myself over thinking strategy to approach him. I heard him chuckle a bit.

“And about what Luna is, Selena and Mary will tell you everything as time will come and how she is supposed to be, she should be just like you. There is a reason the Moon Goddess chose you.”

I nodded but then the realisation hit me. He said Moon Goddess chose me. What does that mean? What did he mean by that? Did someone choose me for him and Chris was with me just because this Moon Goddess chose me for him not because he loved me.

This is insane.

“What does that mean “Moon Goddess chose me”? Does…. Doesn't Chris love me?” I turned to Bryan to face him to read his face while he tells me the truth but whom I am kidding with. He is the one of the guys who Chris trusts more than me.

“I am not meant to tell you this, Alpha will tell you this himself when he finds the right time but till then he surely loves you more than everything.”

“Yeah, sure whom I am kidding with, you are Bryan who is loyal to his pack and cousin of Alpha. You will never say anything against your brother.” I turned around to leave, leaving him standing there. “Drive me to Dante House, I want to meet Mary.”

Later on the whole drive, I didn’t talk to him. Somehow, it made him smile a few times.

‘Oh, don’t tell me now he is talking with Chris and joking about you.’

As soon as we reached the Dante house, I got out of the car and ran to meet Mary. I don’t want him around for quite some time. I found her in the dining room sipping coffee. She is just allowed to have 2 cups in a day and 1 on stressful days. It took Ethan and her a whole week to come to this agreement. But I know she ditched it many times.

“Maaryyyy…. pheewww” I hugged her as soon as I saw her. It was good to meet her again. The time I left with my parents, I didn’t have any time to say goodbye to her or hug her.

“Oh Celia, how are you? I heard what happened after you left. I just can’t believe Jeanne did all this.”

“Leave it Mary. Right now we need to focus on finding the solution.”

“But I thought you went to visit mom. Didn’t meet her?”

“I went to meet her. Umm, actually wait for a second, I need to report to call mom and dad.” She nodded and I excused myself to make a call to my parents just like I did every 30-40 mins. Mom and dad both got eased out by now and don’t shower me with questions each time I call, just ask if I am okay or do I need to tell them. Honestly, I think this day out is good for them as well, as they need to understand that they can’t babysit me all the time in the heavens.

“Sorry, they both are being overprotective but now they both are eased a bit. Where were we? Yeah, so she doesn’t seem to have a solution to my problems.” I saw her spitting her coffee as she heard.

“What… did she say that? How is it even possible that she doesn’t know what to do?”

“Umm… actually she didn’t say that exactly.” She nodded to let me continue while she cleaned the spilled coffee on the table. “She said I have just one problem and I don’t even have to think about it because Chris already has his solution.”

“Well, that is so likely Selena. She never ever gives you the direct solution but drops off the hints and lets you find the solution yourself.” I nodded as she told me what Selena meant.