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The morning after coming back was sunny. Luz sat upright, next to her girlfriend and best friends. Right. She had a girlfriend. And a mom who didn’t realize she liked girls. She’d grab Amity and get her in on the plan. Maybe some of the others too. The first order was breakfast however, and then figure it out.

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Camila saw her daughter step outside onto the porch. Luz was distracted during breakfast and so was everyone else. Although Gus seemed to be warming up to asking a few questions about the human realm. So many of them. And all so young. But Luz had her definite “lost in thought” face. She opened the door and stepped onto the porch after Luz. “What are you thinking about mija?” she asked.

“Ack!” Luz jumped. “Oh, hi mama. I just. Had something on my mind.”

“Sometimes it’s best to share these thoughts aloud, you know?”

“I know. And I will. But they aren’t coherent.” Oh Camila knew that one. “I miss my friends from the Demon Realm. Are they okay?”

“The ones here?” Luz had brought four friends home. Four was a lot more than she had brought back before.

“Well them too. But like, Eda? King? Katya? Viney? Jerbo? Barcus? The rest?” She. She had so many friends now. Camila’s heart sung just listening to that. “But also I want to find the best things to introduce them to now that Gus, Willow, Hunter, and Amity are here.” Oh. She said Amity’s name so fondly. She was in love with her wasn’t she. Maybe Luz knew, maybe she didn’t. Camila would always be supportive.

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Amity linked arms with Luz as they walked back from the shack, and yet Luz broke free. “Is everything okay?” Amity asked. That was dumb, of course they weren’t, anyone could see it.

“Sorry,” Luz said, “I want to tell Mama about our relationship in a special way. The human realm is different, there’s an expectation I’m supposed to date boys so I have to tell her I’m interested in girls too.” She paused. “And then we tell her we’re together.” Right. She could work with that.

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Luz was closed off, her normally super affection self was muted for everyone. But Luz could tell Amity felt it the most. She opened her laptop, and beckoned Amity to sit down next to her. “So here’s the plan,” Luz said, a faint smile gracing her lips. “I’ve got a bunch of pictures of,” she paused and looked up, Mama was not nearby. “Pictures of us on my phone. I sent them to myself, and we can make a presentation now.”

“That sounds great,” Amity replied, snuggling up close to her. Luz nodded and opened the presenter point software.

“ So we’ve got the Grom Photo.”

“Need that.”

“I went back to the Tunnel of Love afterwards and took a picture of the entrance, before…” she trailed off.

“Don’t need that.” Luz promptly deleted it from the list. “Ooh! How about the Azura club meeting!”

“Oh yeah! Here it is! When did I get us star gazing on the roof? ”

“ There’s a little King and Hooty in it. I think they took it.” Oh. That. Hurt. She smiled. It was sweet and fun. And it hurt. “We’ll see them again, Batata.”

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Camila walked down the stairs on her way to put the laundry in the basement to wash it in the morning. “There’s a little King and Hooty in it,” Amity said from the other room. “I think they took it.” Were they showing off pictures of the demon realm? After she dropped the laundry off, she’d see about joining them. “We’ll see them again, Batata.” Did. Did Amity call someone a sweet potato? She’d figure this out later. She went into the basement where Hunter was sitting in a chair with a needle and thread. He was trying to fix something, it looked like Luz’s jacket. She’d leave him alone for now, but she should show him the sewing machine.

She walked up the stairs and into living room. “Ah Mrs Noceda!” Gus exclaimed. Luz and Amity jumped and Luz hastily clicked somethings. “I was curious about these dee vee dees. Are they tasty? Luz didn’t let me eat one back at Hexside.”

“They aren’t food Gus,” she said. “And please, call me Camila.” Were they cuddling? Was Luz worried that she wasn’t accepting? “Where is everyone?”

“Hunter said he wanted someplace quiet,” Luz said, looking up.

“Willow said she was gonna distract,” Gus said, before correcting himself, “I mean, hang out with Vee.”

“Right,” Camila said. “Are you kids planning something?”

Luz looked nervous. “I kinda was putting together a slide show of Demon Realm pictures,” she said. She turned her laptop around. There was a picture of a cute house with a tower behind it. “That’s where Eda lives.” She clicked a button and another picture came on. “And that’s Hexside, the school I went to while I was there. I’m still figuring out which pictures I want to use.” Well those looked, less dangerous then Camila was expecting. “Amity and Gus have been helping me.”

“Did you meet them there?”

“Yep!” Amity said. “Technically anyways. I didn’t really talk to Luz much until we met at a school event.” Aww. Camila saw the way that the two looked at each other. Their crushes were definitely mutual.

“Although that was such a good first impression,” Gus said. “Such a dramatic one anyways.”

“Shut it, it was horrid and you know it.”

“I think it was cool,” Luz said. “ Showed how dedicated you were to what was right.” Just what was their first meeting? She turned her laptop back around and began typing into it. “Anyways, technically I met Willow outside Hexside, and she let me inside. And I met Hunter…” she trailed off. “Not there.”

“I met him there!” Gus exclaimed. “He’s on our Flyer Derby team! He came up with the name: the Emerald Entrails!” Okay that was, a little weird team name. But Camila could roll with it. Luz winked at him, and he winked back. “Okay so…”

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Luz leaned back into Amity. Gus was doing a good job with the distractions. He already knew his part of the plan. “So I was gonna draw a picture,” Luz said, “with the words I want to say. Where should I stick that?”

“The end works best I think,” Amity said. Cool. She made a blank slide and stuck a comment on that. Back to the photo album.

“Oh. Oh this one is perfect.” She pulled it up, it was Amity hugging Luz while she held the camera to take the picture.

“Oh it’s better than the first one. I’m still sentimental about that one however.” Yeah.

“Shame Grometheus destroyed your note before you gave it to your crush.”

“Luz.” What?

“What?”

“Luz. You’re serious?” Huh? Amity dropped her voice to a whisper and leaned in against Luz’s ear. “I wanted to give it to you.” WHat? Huh? Weh?

“What? Huh? Weh? Crikey.” Did she just. “Come on Luz, why do I keep saying that?”

“I think it’s cute.”

“Well I think your cute, sweet potato.” Amity flapped her hands in excitement. Titan help her that was the cutest thing she saw. No wait, her ears flapping made it cuter.

The stairs creaked and Vee and Willow came down them. “Hey Luz,” Vee said. “Hey Amity. Whatcha working on?”

“I,” she didn’t want to say much.

“She is working on a digital art piece!” Amity covered for her. She had pulled up the piece.

“Yeah! It’s got, fish in it.” Why did she say that? Now she had to put fish in it. At least she didn’t say something awful like, the Titan Trappers. That was something not to bring up to Mama. She began to draw on the laptop, and Amity watched her. Honestly it was a little embarrassing, but also it was Amity! She trusted her!

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This had gone on for a week and frankly Camila was getting tired of it. They were so obviously in love. She had asked Hunter, Willow, and Gus if they saw it and they all nodded. Vee hadn’t, but Vee was also busy figuring out her new identity to be. She wanted to just tell Luz to go for it. “And done!” came from the living room. Luz had finished something.

“Oo let me see!” Amity’s voice drifted past too. “Oh my Titan! That’s so cool!”

“Now we just need a name for it.” The chatter devolved into whispering, that Camila couldn’t hear. Well, no matter. She walked into the dining area (really it was just the kitchen table, they had talked about having a dining room separate from the kitchen, but it had become easier for her when Manny passed to just have it there). And then past the living room and onto the porch. Or that was her plans.

“How about Noceda Blight Productions?” Luz whispered. “Or maybe Blight Noceda?”

“I’d rather not have my mom’s name on it,” Amity whispered back. “Mitten Light Productions ?”

“Too obscure, Amiluz Studios ?” Wait. Were they actually dating?

“Nah. Hecazura? Studios is perfect though, we should keep it . ”

“Ooooo! But like, would mom get that you’re my Hecate?” They were in fact dating. “ Luzmity?”

“Wait! Lumity!”

“Oh that’s perfect!” There was some more noises, mostly typing. “Done!” And then it was quiet. Camila decided to leave them to it and go out the front door. She’d haul the garbage down to the curb for pickup that way.

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Luz closed her laptop. “Now what?” Amity asked. “Do we get Gus and run through it as planned?”

“Nah,” Luz replied, “let’s do that in the morning.”

“Okay.” Amity kissed Luz’s scar gently. Luz looked around, to make sure, and saw nothing. Instead, she heard the front door slam. Well, Gus and Hunter were reading these cool books they said they found in the basement. And Willow and Vee were practicing Spanish. Must be Mama hauling the garbage to the curb.

Luz cupped her hands on Amity’s cheek and slowly moved forwards to kiss her. Titan, why was this scary? She pressed her lips against Amity who kissed back eagerly. It was not as magical as their first kiss. But also, in it’s own way, it was more magical. It was everything. Eventually they stopped and broke apart.

“Wow,” Amity said.

“Meowzers,” Luz said. Well it wasn’t ‘ c rikey’ again. “ I’m never gonna be cool about this, am I?”

“Maybe not, but I like the goofy side of you.” Well that was a first.

“I can’t believe we can do that.”

“Me too.”

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Camila was sitting down for her morning coffee before she left for work when Luz and Amity walked in. They seemed a little nervous. “Hey Mom,” Luz said. “Can. Can I show you something?”

“Sure mija,” Camila replied. Luz opened her laptop and clicked the play button.

A Lumity Studios Production, appeared on the screen. Some peppy music began playing and various photos appeared. The first was Willow, Gus, Luz, and probably Amity all dressed formally and having a blast. The next one was Luz and Amity in a library reading Azura together and giggling. The third one was an image of Luz wearing the old jacket she came home in, and Amity in a fancy dress. They were sitting underneath a gorgeous cherry tree. The fourth one was them on a roof stargazing. There were two other beings faintly in the foreground, but the focus was definitely on the girls. Another image popped up, this of Luz holding the camera and Amity hugging her with a huge smile on her face. The last image popped up was an art piece of Luz, Amity, and a bunch of fish in the bi flag colors. Hi, the text in middle of it said, I’m Bi! It flashed for a few seconds and Luz looked nervous.

“Hi Bi,” Camila said, “I’m Mom!” Luz laughed and hugged Camila tightly and Amity joined in on the hug, although she seemed nervous. Gus ran past them all with bi flags in his hands and making illusions (she thought that was what he called it) of bi rainbows. The show was spectacular, Camila almost wished she had a camera so she could get a third person view later. All the stress of modern life melted away to see her daughter beaming so hard and beautifully. And Amity excitedly hugged Luz and they spun each other around before Amity kissed Luz on the forehead. They were adorable, and deserved all the happiness Camila could give them.