I feel a strange sensation flowing trough my body. My hearts start to race, and I feel my whole body burning. Instinctive I start moving my lips like I saw other witches do and the strange but amazing feeling gets even more intense.
Than Edric pulls back. 'Wow that felled amazing! What was it?' Curious I look at the boy and he smiles at me.
'It is called a kiss. You do it with people you like in a special way, and I think you are very special.' I blush and than bite my lip.
'So, I have to do this with everyone I find special?' His eyes widen.
'No! People you like more than friends. Do you understand?' I shake my head.
'No, and I also have a great but weird feeling all over my body.'
'That is called love, you kiss with people you love.'
'Love, I know that word. It is the feeling witches and humans have for the partner the want to mate with, right? And witches also stick with only one partner as soon as the find the right one, right?' Edric's whole face now turns red.
'You can say it that way, but who thought you that?'
'Or dad told us about mating when our bodies started to change, and Eda tried to teach us as much as she could about love and relationships.' His face his still as red as a tomato and he looks up at the sky.
'My point is, I like you. I want to hold your hand, hug you, kiss you and call you my girlfriend. Do you want to be in a relationship with me? Don't be afraid it won't have to be for life. You can end it whenever you want. It is not a lifelong commitment. I know you are way to good for me, so I want to spend time with you as long as I can.' I frown at his words.
'Why would I want to end it? I really love you. You are the most important person in the world to me. You are the only one who understands how I feel. I did not know what this feeling was until you explained it to me, but I know it is really intense and only getting stronger. I am not sure of a lot of things, but I do know that I want to be with you.' After those words I press my lips against his and kiss him while I pull him closer to me.
The rest of the evening we hug and kiss while watching the sea and the stars until it is time to go home. I kiss Edric one last time and then run home. My dad greets me as soon as I get there and after telling him about my day I go inside. King immediately comes up to me with an angry look on his face. He stomps his little feet on the ground.
'You and your sister both promised me to take my demon lessons but none of you showed up! Starfall was earning a lot of money with Eda, but what's your excuses?! Why are you home so late?!' My face turns red. I know it does. I feel it burning, but what I don't understand is why. I did nothing wrong.
'I did promise that, and I'm grateful you that want to teach me King, but I didn't promise to start today. It was my first day at school and this my first week as witch in a very long time. Can we please start next week? There is still a lot unknown and new to me. To make it up to you I can show you my egg. No one knows what's in it. Not even the teacher.' I take my egg out of the bag and show it to King. He smiles.
'I forgive you this time, but next week you better show up for class.' I nod and Luz comes up to me. She smirks.
'But where you Starlight, or should I ask with who where you?' I turn red again.
'I was with Edric. He took me to a special place. I think I am in love from what Eda and dad told me about.' She frowns.
'No offence but you really should not take dating advice from Eda. She is horrible in it. Just ask all her ex-boyfriends, like warden Wrath.'
'King stop telling people he was my boyfriend!' Eda walks up to us angrily.
'How did it go kid?'
'We kissed and he asked me to be his girlfriend. I said yes but I still don't fully understand it to be honest. He said that is kind of like being mates, but I can break it of at anytime. But beasts mate with their partner and go their own ways or they mate of life. I also don't want to break it off or lose him.' Luz sighs.
'Boyfriend and girlfriend are two people in relationship that really love each other. They decide to commit to each other and have a connection. It also means that other people will likely not try impress you to make you interest in them out of respect for your relationship with the other person. When they do however, you should turn them down. You can't date two people at once. With dating I mean hanging out to try and see if the other would be a good partner for you. A relationship is not for life so if you feel like things don't work out or if you don't love him anymore you can break it off. I think he told you this so you wouldn't feel trapped.' I nod.
'I think I understand it better, but I still don't want that. I want Edric to stay mine. He makes my heart race and my cheeks red. Where is Starfall by the way?'
'In her room but she is not in a good mood so maybe you can better leave her alone kiddo.' I ignore Eda's words and run upstairs to my sister's room.
'Starfall, what's wrong?'
'Mother is what's wrong. You where right, we should have killed her. She will never leave you alone. I am still a disgrace because of my round ears but now that you can use magic, she wants you back. She will never give up. She said she could use you to get the emperor's favor. What if she tells him about us? He will take you and kill me and dad.' I sign and sit down next to her.
'She can't. We made sure of that, remember? No witch is more powerful than our magic. Even if the emperor comes, he will not care about your ears. That man only wants power and Eda would not let him take us. You saw what she and Hooty did to the guards from last night. They kicked their ass. We are safe here and even if they would not protect us, we protect each other. We are strong, remember? You don't have to be scared.' She signs.
'Still, I don't think I will ever fully get over my hate for witches. I mean I like Eda, she is different, but I will never be able to date them like you. Congrats about you and Edric by the way. But whatt if I never get used to life out here? You clearly love it here, but I have been a beast all my life. We will life different lives in different worlds. We will be ripped apart and more than anything I am scared to lose you.'
'You will never lose me. Even if you decide to move back to the cave with dad, I will still come to visit you. We will always be with each other in your hearts, and we will be able to see each other as much as we want. I could come everyday after school or later work if you would like. Also try to not lose hope. If you don't like witches their still enough demons to choose from. I even saw a boy today that was on all fours with a brown fur. He looked just like a medium sized beast with glasses. So don't worry. There are enough demons to mate with and you can be both beast and witch. You don't have to choose. You can go to school and be wild with dad in the forest around our house.' She nods and than hugs me.
'Thank you, sis, I needed that.'