It had been one week since Cordelia had regained her sight. One week spent gardening with Misty, her newest protégé. One week filled with shy glances and lingering touches.
The headmistress was smitten, she could no longer deny it. She spent all day with the swamp witch and all night wishing she was with her. Recently she had began to entertain the idea of telling Misty how she felt but was ultimately too scared to actually go through with it.
She knew Misty was younger and could have anyone she wanted, why would she want a soon-to-be divorcee with different colored eyes? Thoughts like these were constantly in the back of Cordelia's mind, constantly tearing her down and telling her to be grateful for the friendship she shared with Misty. Because of this inner voice she decided to not act on her feelings.
"Wow Zoe, do it again!"
Cordelia rolled her eyes for what felt like the 100th time in the past hour. Zoe was showing off her new power of pyrokinesis and Misty was more excited than a puppy going to the park.
'So she can summon fire? big deal?' Cordelia thought to herself, slightly worried that she was sounding like Madison. She knew she should be proud of her student and be teaching her how to control the power but the headmistress was more concerned with the spark between the two girls.
She always knew there was chemistry between the two young witches but seeing Misty so enthralled by Zoe was a whole different story.
"Miss Cordelia isn't that just about the coolest thing you've ever seen?" Misty asked as Zoe went around controlling fire with her mind.
Cordelia couldn't take it anymore, this feeling, this jealousy, coursing through her veins made her sick. It was one of the worst feelings she had ever had felt. She had had enough, standing up abruptly she stormed out of the room knocking into Misty as she passed.
Misty was worried, she had not seen Miss Cordelia so upset and was wondering if she had done something wrong. The last thing she ever wanted to do was to upset her headmistress. She was would spend eternity trying to make the older witch smile if she would allow it.
Cordelia sat in her room upset at Zoe for developing a new power, upset at Misty for being so captivated by said power but mostly she was mad at herself for being so weak and not just telling Misty how she felt.
She was broken out of her wallowing by a knock at the door. "Miss Cordelia? It's me, Misty, can I come in please?" Cordelia sighed heavily and got up to open the door for the young swamp witch.
"What can I do for you Misty?"
"I was wondering if I had done something to upset you?" Misty responded with her head done, looking at the floor. Cordelia suddenly felt guilty it wasn't Misty's fault that she couldn't control her emotions better.
"No, Misty. I'm fine, you have nothing to worry about."
"are ya' sure? You seemed pretty upset downstairs and if I did something wrong you could just tell me, I got tough skin, you ain't gotta worry about hurting my feelings."
"No. It's not you Misty, It's me. I haven't been able to keep my feelings in check."
Misty looked confused, not understanding what her teacher was trying to say. Her face scrunched up and Cordelia was convinced there was no beauty that could match what was before her. "i don't underst-" before Misty could finish her thought Cordelia leaned in and planted her lips on the younger witch's.
Before Cordelia could regret her decision and pull away she felt Misty's lips move against her own.
Misty moved her hands to Cordelia's hips bringing her in closer while the older witch tangled her hands in the messy curls in front of her.
When air became a necessity the two witches pulled apart, smiling the brightest smile Cordelia had ever seen Misty whispered, "I feel the same way."
Laughing, Cordelia decided that maybe jealousy wasn't the worst thing she had felt.