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Point of View (Azariah)
After everyone got situated the next day, having their daily routines mapped out, someone who was unknown until then knocked on our door. When we opened the door, the girl smiled, "I'm Alison Norris, the guardian of Pride. Nice to meet you."
Shocked, Leah replied, "Oh... uh... nice to meet you too?"
"Well..." she said, pausing for a moment, making Leah scared, "Of course it is! Anyway, I'm here because I've been assigned to contact all the students and inform them of the school dinner tonight. Well, no dinner, but it's going to be when we usually have dinner."
Jenna looked confused, "So... in 20 days?"
Alison laughed, "I wish. Nope, dinner is when you guys used to have dinner. Anyway, we're having a tour of the school, we're playing board games, and... it's mandatory. You have to go. That is all. Goodbye!" We slowly closed the door, not knowing how to react properly,
Jenna turned away from the door, "Why am I not surprised that one of those maniacs knocked on our door?"
"The Norris family?" I asked, thinking she had some feud against them.
She shook her head, "No, not just them. Everyone. I thought I'd be able to go without the horror of... of someone at the door. I'm going back to bed. If Mordecai doesn't have to be up, I don't have to either."
"Is that really a rule?" Leah asked as Jenna left the room.
I turned to Leah, "You wanna talk?"
"Umm... ya, why?"
"Because... something terrible, yet amazing, happened to me. Also, we still haven't discussed the other stuff."
We sat on the couch as Leah asked, "What is it? What happened?"
"I..." I started, sighing, "I kissed Andrea."
"Wait, why? I thought you were straight."
"I don't know. Everything is just so confusing. And... I mean, she's kind of cute."
Leah nodded, "Yes, she is. Also, I totally get the whole confusing thing. I mean, I had to play this video game just to realize that I don't actually like Coretha or Claire. It's whatever."
"So, you know you like Alexa now?"
Leah shook her head, "I hardly even know her. I'm just trying to get to know her for now."
"That's good. Oh, I have a question, is it normal to see things even though I'm in heaven? Because... I can kind of see Hosea right now as we speak."
"What do you mean?" she asked slowly, "Where is he?"
I pointed to the middle of the living room to fake Hosea, "Right there. The little bugger hates on everything I do. He mostly talks about Hosea, though. For a little bit, there was one that looked like Andrea, who actually is the reason why I told her I liked her."
"Wait, what happened after you kissed her?"
My eyes got wide, remembering the events, "We panicked. We had both realized that we had lost our first kisses. We both had our first kiss with each other."
"That would be so cute if you weren't straight. Wait, does this mean you're not straight anymore?"
"No, I'm still straight. It actually made me realize how straight I am. I realized that I didn't actually like her, I just wanted to be like her."
"Why her?"
I shrugged my shoulders, "She's confident, always thinking of others, and she's cute."
"Wait, what about me?"
I chuckled, "Who said I didn't ever think I had a crush on you?"
"Oh, yay! You're like my friend that I know will never like me like that. It's kind of beautiful."
"In a weird kind of way, but still beautiful," I said, nodding.
"Anyway... we should probably talk about... that. I don't know what do say," Leah said, frowning.
"Fine... I'll start. I hate that he did that to me. He just... he made everything seem hopeless. It wasn't even really anything in particular. He always made it seem like I had no options. I was just... useless. And, I guess having powerful friends made that a little bit better. I always thought that if I could prove to myself that I'm strong, I could get through it."
"Your dad sucks... so much. I'm sorry, that was rude, but... I-I always feel like hiding my emotions, but when he was there... I couldn't. I hated not being able to hide that I was hurt. It... it sucked," she said, her hands in fists, "It sucks to hide feelings, but it's worse when I can't. Listen, you can't tell anyone this. No one can know that I'm not actually always happy. If anyone finds out, I'm s-" I interrupted her, wrapping my arms around her. "I... I'm sorry."
"Why are you sorry? You're the one who's going through some terrible stuff."
She broke away from the hug, "But you are, too. You've been going through your stuff like all your life."
"But you have, too! Look, is there anything that you've hidden from anyone? I want you to tell me."
"Umm... ok, I actually like Alexa because she tolerates me being all uppity and stuff even though she's not that outgoing. She also deals with stuff she doesn't have to a lot. And... her eyes... I don't know. Ha, I'm not really sure if I like her eyes. I just kind of feel like I should... I mean, they're just eyes. Why does anyone think eyes could ever be cute? It's just... weird to me."
"Woah. Well, I think you should just... be yourself. So, who is you?"
"Who are you? You mean 'who are you?' right?" I nodded, and she continued, "Ok, I don't really know. Is that... is that a bad thing?"
"I don't know, but we're gonna find that out. I slap you, what are you gonna do?"
She got this really shocked look on her face as she said, "What? I guess I would... playfully smack you back, laughing to make it seem like you didn't slap me on purpose."
"Hmm... that's pretty smart. What would you do if I told you that you like boys?"
She thought for a moment, "I guess I would... cry? I don't know. I mean, it doesn't sound like that big of a deal, but I get how it could be."
"Have you ever liked a boy? Or, even thought one was cute?"
"Ya... but I was too embarrassed to tell anyone. I kept telling myself that I'd find some way to fix it."
I laughed, "I can't relate. It's pretty cool that you got to grow up like that, though. A lot of people in my school had to tell themselves that they loved the wrong person."
"Oh..." Leah said, looking down, "Well, then, I wanna help them. I wanna tell them that no one can tell them who to love because they're the only ones who know themselves."
"Then that's what you should do when you get to go to earth."
She nodded, smiling, "Ya, but I think I have something I need to do before that." She walked out the door and I followed. We walked down the hall to her parents' house. They were both already in the living room, so she just went ahead and said, "Mom, dad, I know you were both born non-binary, but I'd like to tell you that I don't need a mom and a dad. I can have two dads or even two moms.
Domiel laughed, "Where'd you get all that from?"
"Ya, it doesn't matter what kind of parents we are. We're just... your parents," Zadkiel added, smiling as he put his hand on my head.
I shook it off, "No, it does matter because you're not just parents. Domiel, you're greatest adventurer this world has ever seen and you loved to play pool when you were on Earth! Zadkiel, you like to play video games and you always go by the rules. Except for when you're together. Because, when you're together, you feel more like one person rather than two. It's like you're... better. Do you get it yet? You think that it's enough to be one person together, but really, you have to just be two separate people. Mom, you don't have to be my mom anymore if you don't want to. Dad, you don't have to be a dad anymore if that's not you. It's just important that you express yourselves, because it doesn't have to be blue and orange or even red and purple, blue and pink, or purple and blue."
"Oh... I think I get it. Like... we don't have to be who we are now so that you have a mom and a dad?" Domiel asked, thinking about it. "Well, in that case, I wanna be the mom now. AND, I don't wanna be non-binary anymore. I'm... a girl."
Zadkiel laughed, "Well, if we're confessing now, I kind of... hate being a boy. Even if I am technically non-binary." Then a cloud of smoke surrounded them and when it cleared, they looked completely different. Domiel was now only noticeable by the smug look on her face. She had black hair with purple highlights, her hair only going to her shoulders. She had a long sleeved v-neck dress with those little skirts on the sleeves. Then, her skirt went along with the v-neck, dipping down in the middle. Then she had black slip on shoes. Zadkiel had her hair in a ponytail, pieces of hair falling out of the sides. Her hair was blonde with a yellow daisy pin hanging onto her hair. Then she had a button up shirt with a jean jacket on top, a skirt that overlapped half of the shirt, going past her knees, and white tennis shoes. Both of them smiled, looking at the other.
Leah's eyes went all... crazy, as she exclaimed, "I HAVE TWO MOMS! YES!"
"You look... great. Wait, finding ourselves out doesn't mean we have to take a break from each other, right?" Zadkiel asked, already wrapping her arms around Domiel.
Leah laughed, "I don't think so. I hope not."
Domiel grinned, "Ok... good."
Leah started to walk out of the room, "Bye mom! Bye mom!" I followed her and when we got into the hallway, she said, "Azariah, that was pretty easy. Do you think it'll always be that way?"
I sighed, "I hope so."