My Boyfriend is a Demigod—An exclusive interview with Belinda Loring

Interviewer: We here at True World Teen are delighted to welcome Belinda Loring. She’s here to fill us in on behind-the-scene gossip to recent shocking events and dish about her boyfriend the demigod. Welcome, Belinda! (polite applause. Belinda shifts in her chair as if uncomfortable)

Interviewer: How did you find out that your boyfriend was a demigod? Or did you
always know?

Belinda: I’m embarrassed to say that although Demian and I have been friends for
years, I only recently found out he is a demi-god. I knew he had the long-winded
talent because we exchanged messages on the breeze, but I didn’t know about his
other powers until a forest fire threatened us. Demian used his powers to
reroute a stream and allowed us to hide safely in the water until the flames
were past.

Interviewer: Wow! How did you feel about this revelation?

Belinda: I was absolutely stunned. I mean, my boyfriend is a demi-god. How cool is that?

Interviewer: There’s a rumour that you and Demian have Bonded. Is this true? And
is this bond why your recent Bonding ceremony with Warren, the House Scott heir,
failed so spectacularly?

Belinda: I’m glad you asked, because I’d like to set the record straight. Demian
and I were Bonded together, illegally, as children by my grandmother’s enemy,
Malachi. We were so young we didn’t know what it was about or remember the
ceremony. When the Bonding ceremony to Warren failed, I was more surprised than
anyone. I would never, never have embarrassed our Houses like that, if I’d known
about the previous ceremony.

Interviewer: And how does your grandmother, former First Councillor Ellona
Loring, feel about the match?

Belinda: At first, of course, she was very angry at Malachi for the illegal
Bonding and afraid that Demian would be an inappropriate match for me. But now
that’s she’s met Demian and knows that he doesn’t share Malachi’s radical views,
she’s much more reconciled.

Interviewer: Very quickly, could you give us five cool things about having a
demi-god for a boyfriend?

Belinda: Uh, well, we can send each other messages on the breeze, because being
a demigod means that he has all four elemental talents. He`s an awesome
sculptor—he can shape stone with his bare hands. (pause)

Interviewer, laughing: That`s only two things.

Belinda: When we had to jump in the stream to escape the forest fire, he heated
up the water so that it wasn`t icy cold. Uh, he can bring statues to life.

Interviewer, leaning forward: To life? What do you mean?

Belinda: Not permanently. I mean, that would be kind of creepy. More like
golems. When I was kidnapped, he sent golems to find me. He saved me.

Interviewer: Well, that is hard to beat! One last cool thing about having a
demigod for a boyfriend?

Belinda, ducking head shyly: He created a new flower, just for me.

Audience: Oooooh!

Interviewer: Swoon! Okay that’s all we have time for tonight. Tune in next week
when prominent scientist Edgar Killjoy explains how the tethers between the True
World and the Mirror Worlds function and why we should care.