Alexia Eden(50)

Since todays a sunny day and the weather is great outside I wear a pair of shorts with a plain navy shirt and my converse shoes. My hair is in its usuall messy braid that falls over my shoulder and reaches just above my belly button.

I park the car where I did last time near the other expensive looking cars. The car is not even switched off when my door flies opens showing a toothy smile from Tyler, I jump out the car and he grabs me in a tight hug.

“We missed you so much love, the days have just dragged on without you. Shit…Talon and I even contemplated sneaking into the other packs territory to come and see you.” he tells me his voice laced with excitement.

“I’m glad you didn’t do that. I don’t want to cause any trouble.” I tell him and he still hasn’t let me go.

“We wouldn’t have minded. We will do anything for you Angel.” I hear Talons deep voice from behind.

“Well…can you um...put me down?” I ask Tyler.

“Oh! Yes! Sorry!” he laughs and I see blush creep up on his cheeks and neck.

“Thanks.” I smile at him as he lets me go only Talon pulls me in for a hug but luckily doesn’t hold me up for too long.

They help me grab my bag as I type a message to my friends letting them know I arrived safe.

Alex runs out from the main pack house where she lives and gives me a hug. I hold her tight and relish in the comfort of her affection, reminding me of how much I miss my mother’s hugs. Alex smells of citrus and fresh fruit, it calms me.

“Oh Angel…we missed you so much, I think you’re going to have to visit us more often. These two wouldn’t stop talking about you!” She says pointing to a blushing Tyler while Talon just avoids looking at us as if it doesn’t faze him. I smile at her thinking about how these grown men are blushing from such a simple comment.

“I missed everyone, I’m sorry I couldn’t come sooner it’s just been a little busy with school but I think things are going to start cooling down now especially with exam prep so at least I’ll have more time on my hands to visit.” I tell them as I walk with them into the house.

Johnny walks into the lounge where we’re all laughing and joking. “You’ve arrived! Why didn’t someone call me?”

“Honey, we didn’t want to disturb you in your office.” Alex replies.

“You should have called me, I don’t mind being disturbed when it comes to Angel here.” he chuckles.

“Why does everyone call me Angel?” I ask out of curiosity after he hugs me and we sit down, I notice Johnny stiffen next to me before giving Alex a panicked look.

“It’s the name you were supposed to have and we thought it suited you best when you were born but Georgina decided to call you Alexia.” Alex says and I can’t help but notice the sourness in her voice when she mentions the part about Georgina, she should be happy, my parents named me after her.

“Yip, Alexia Charlie Eden…they had quite the imagination didn’t they?” I say with sarcasm.

“Charlie?” Johnny blurts out, his face softening. “Your second name is Charlie?” he sounds as if he’s in shock and his pale face confirms this.

“Yeah? They told me they were supposed to have a boy and dad wanted to name his son Charlie but I popped out so they used Charlie as my second name instead.” I tell Johnny and notice that both Alex and Johnny have huge smiles on their faces.

“No love, you were definitely supposed to be a girl. Charlie is actually my first name but everyone calls me by my second name - Johnny, which is short for Jonathan. You see my father and I share the name Charlie so it confuses everyone having to Charlie’s around so everyone adapted to calling me Johnny instead.” he explains with a proud grin on his face. “But you will always be our Angel.” he says.

“Why don’t we show her the lake?” Alex asks looking at Johnny.

“Yeah good idea, but first we have a surprise for you Angel, come with me?” Johnny says as he puts his arm over my shoulders and guides my up the stairs towards the direction where Tyler and Talons rooms are.

He walks to the room that’s next to where I slept the weekend before.

“Open and have a look at your new room.” He says with a big grin on his face, I cannot believe how much he reminds me of my father. I think its most probably because he’s a big man just like my father was, he has the whole don’t take crap thing down even though he’s got a heart of gold on the inside. I notice his eyes share the same qualities as mine do. They’re forever changing.

My eye colour tends to shift according to my mood or the weather my eyes are either a dark blue or a green colour but most of the time they are a mix between the two. When it’s really sunny like today, my eyes go more towards a vibrant blue but when it’s rainy and gloomy they are mossy green, it’s rather strange.