Luna had to do a family tree project for social studies class. She got the basics down. Her dad has an older brother, Raven is Nyx's older sister. Luna realized not much is known about her family.
"Dad," Luna called out, hearing her dad walking through the hallway.
"Ja?"
"I'm doing a family tree project, and I need some help," Luna explained. Gerhardt walked over and saw Luna's minimal progress on Luna's laptop but, people were missing. A lot of people. Her maternal side looked good so far, but Luna had over 50 cousins and, she only knew 8 of them.
"Well... I have no idea who my dad is. He left when I was born," Gerhardt explained.
"Mom told me he came back with low-fat milk, so she got a restraining order, and he was banned from town," He added. That must be where Gerhardt got it from. Luna just put in "Unknown grandfather,"
"What about your grandparents?" She asked.
"I know mein Opa is a lawyer, but that's it," he said. Nyx walked in as she was bored.
"What'cha doing?" She asked.
"Family tree project," Luna explained.
"Oh..." Nyx walked in, knowing Luna needed her help. She didn't sound too excited.
"My mom was a bitch, and I have an older brother and sister," Luna put those in.
"Names?"
"Mom's name was Pandora, which fit her perfectly; she was a self-centered bitch. Brother is Victor and sister is Eve,"
"Are they married?"
"My parents got divorced because my mom was cheating on dad with her boyfriend from high school. Turns out she had a son and daughter with this guy before meeting my dad. The daughter had like... 4 boys, one of them was from a different father," Nyx explained.
"I know Eve married this creepy guy who owned a fashion business. God, I hated him. He's a huge pervert and smokes, like my mom." Nyx rolled her eyes, then she started to rant.
"I remember first meeting him when Eve invited him over for dinner and demanded dad make shrimp scampi. I was gonna stay in my room, but Eve wanted me to meet Estefan," She made a high-pitched voice, mocking her sister.
"At first, I thought he was okay. Eve forgot to introduce me. he saw me setting up the table, and Eve introduced me to him like some useless Npc, even said that I wasn't important!" Nyx sighed. Just thinking back made her annoyed.
"I was sitting across from him; he was trying to get me involved in the conversation. He asked what everyone else did for their career then he asked about me. I said I was in the 10th-grade cause that was it. Mom butted in and told him that it wasn't important because I went to the local public school instead of some prestigious private school like my siblings. Dad butted in and said I wanted to be a cardiologist. He wasn't wrong. Cardiology was my second choice; My first was psychology. I know he wanted me to feel special but, it was annoying!" Nyx groaned.
"You never mentioned this," Gerhardt mumbled. Nyx didn't talk much about her family. Gerhardt knew his grandfather was a lawyer, and his great-grandmother was deaf, as that was all Nyx and Raven told him.
"I was frustrated. If dad did say psychology, mom would get triggered. Turns out she wanted to do this program but couldn't because she failed the psych test. Now, she hates psychology. Only psychology she believed in was that she was a fucking goddess or something," She rolled her eyes.
"And then, when dinner was over, Eve yelled at me and accused me of trying to seduce her boyfriend. Oh yeah, when I came downstairs, mom started scolding me because I was wearing baggy shorts that were a little under knee-length. Meanwhile, Eve is showing off most of her chest. The skirt of her dress was so short, I could see her panties without bending down," She cringed thinking about it. She remembers seeing Eve's panties as she walked out the door to her boyfriend's car.
"I'm off-topic... what else do you need to know?" Nyx asked. Luna and Gerhardt wanted to know more.
"So what was so creepy about Estefan," Luna asked.
"Everything? Let's see... Dinner was on a Sunday. Monday morning, I was walking to the school when I hear this honk. It was Estefan, and he offered to take me for a drink. I said no, of course. He kept insisting I skip school so, I just ran away. It was bad enough the teachers hated me for missing school because I had doctor's appointments," Nyx reached into Luna's dresser and pulled out some snacks she hid in there.
"After school, I saw him again. He offered me a ride home as it was about to rain. I accepted because it just started raining. I get in, and it smells like tobacco. I told him I wanted to go home, but he wanted me to stay and hang out with him,"
"Creepy..." Luna commented.
"What happened next? Did you get out or..." Gerhardt asked.
"I tried but, he had the child safety lock on. He promised to take me home but instead took me to a cafe and told me some disturbing things about my sister,"
"What were they?"
"It's not child-friendly. Just a secret piercing," Nyx shortly explained. Nyx rants some more about how Estefan and Eve made out next to Nyx while little mermaid was on, then gets to an interesting.
"I wake and see him, looking through my underwear. He turns around, and what is he's holding?"
"Panties," Luna guessed quickly.
"YES! he acted like he wasn't doing anything creepy and casually mentioned my limited amount of underwear and how surprised he was,"
"Did you ever tell anyone?"
"I tried but, here's the thing. If I made non-verbal gestures that I don't like Estefan, I would get yelled at. "Estefan's just trying to be nice!" "Stop being such an ungrateful brat," It's not like I said. "I don't like Estefan," I would refuse to sit next to him and try to change seats or refuse his offer for anything, and I would get yelled at for being an ungrateful brat," Nyx put some more candy in her mouth. Now Gerhardt sees why Nyx barely talked about her mom or other siblings.
"Honestly. My teenage years were the worst. I'm glad to be an adult now," Nyx confessed. She hated her teen years, abusive family, bullying, and more. As Luna was editing her project, she remembered something.
"What about Retter?" she asked. Nyx and Gerhardt stared at each other. They knew very few details about Retter.
"I know he married this girl who was disowned and forced to be a servant, and they had a son and daughter together," Nyx said.
"He was also a knight, then he became a king somehow. Years later, he moved to a different kingdom," Gerhardt added.
"Maybe my dad has something. It's been a while, so it would nice if we visited him," Nyx added.
"Looks like we're going to Castlerock this weekend,"
"Castlerock? It's been a long time since I was in Castlerock," Blaze said.
"I'll start packing!" She excitedly said, leaving the room.