Chance Harbor


HAYLEE

I wake up and go to the bathroom that is connected to our room. I get in the shower and cleanse myself. After about fifteen minutes, I get out and blow dry my hair. I brush it out and put on silver eye shadow. I add black eyeliner to my waterline and top eye lid. I add mascara and lip gloss.I put on a loose tee shirt, black skinny jeans and white TOMS.

I walk out and Hannah walks in. I walk downstairs and I'm surprised to see my aunt cooking and not my grandmother. And then I remember she's dead.

"Good morning." I say. Mason walks down the stairs dressed in a white tee shirt and blue jeans with red Nikes.

"Mornin', Haylee." He smiles. Hannah walks down in a white tee shirt, black jean shorts and white flip-flops.

"Breakfast is ready." my aunt Carroll say.

"Thanks, but I think we're late." Mason says, grabbing mine and Hannah's arms and dragging us outside to his car.

"Where are we going? School doesn't start for another thirty minutes." Hannah says.

"You'll see. I want you to meet some buddies of mine." He says.

We drive for a few minutes and end up at a boat dock without any boats. I see three teens about sixteen like Mason. One boy has light brown hair, another has pale red hair and the third has black hair covered by a white knit beanie.

The brown haired boy has green eyes and is fairly tanned. He's about an inch shorter than Mason. He's got muscle and his face is defined just as they are. The red haired boy has baby blue eyes and is pale. He's the shortest of the four of them. He has a little less muscle than the other boy but not by much. Lastly is the black haired boy. He has light hazel eyes. He is pale and Mason's height. He has the least bit of muscle but even with his dimpled cheeks and shy smile, he scares me the most. He seems more dangerous.

"This is Joshua, Marcus and Elliot." Mason says. The brown haired boy is Joshua, Marcus is the red haired one and then there's Elliot. The sweet yet dangerous boy.

"Nice to meet you. Who are you?" Marcus asks.

"These are my younger cousins, Haylee and Hannah M'kenzly." Mason says.

"The ones who just moved here, right?" Joshua asks.

"Yeah, that's us." I say. "Nice to meet you all."

It's quiet. Elliot is definitively the type to not talk.

"Who wants to ditch school?" Mason asks.

"I'm down for it. But these little 7th graders might want to go." Marcus says.

"We're fourteen and we're in 9th grade. Oh and I'm known for ditching school more than actually going." I say.

"It's true." Hannah says shrugging. "But yeah, we'll ditch."

"Then who wants to go for a swim?" Joshua asks.

"With what?" Mason asks.

"There's a shop down the street. We can send Eli and the girls to get suits and we can go get snacks." Marcus says.

"Alright. Take care of them, they're like my little sisters. If anything happens to them, I will murder you, Jones. You're quiet enough to where no one would notice anyway." Mason says, smiling.

Elliot smiles, too. He turns to me and nods to what I believe is his car. "C'mon. And don't worry, Mase, you know how I am."

Everything turns serious. Mason nods, and smiles again.

"I'm sorry."

Then I follow Elliot to the car. I sit up front while Hannah gets in the back and lays down.

"I couldn't sleep last night." She says.

"I did. I slept like a baby." I say. I see Elliot smile out of the corner of my eyes.

"Of course you did. That house creeps me out." She says.

"You're just scared. Do I need to hold your hand until you go to sleep from now on?" I ask.

"Yes please?" She says.

We're both laughing and I even hear Elliot join in.

"Now I see why Mason wanted us to meet the two of you. You seem like fun." He says.

"We can be." I say shrugging.

Soon we pull up to a small Summer Boutique. I walk in and I see a bunch of beach bags and swim suits.

"I don't have money." I say.

"I do. I'm always packing. That's why they send me to buy the pricier things." He chuckles a little.

"Well, maybe I'll be nice and get something cheap." Hannah says.

"And I'll be me and be a bitch and get the priciest damn thing here." I say smiling. I hear them both laugh and I wander off to one of the racks. I pick out a gray bikini with lime green polka dots. I pick my size and walk over to the others. Hannah and I have the most similar taste in everything that we're usually buying semi-identical outfits. This is one of those moments. She has a white bikini with bright blue plaid stripes. Elliot has four pairs of trunks. The colors are green, red, blue and yellow.

He pays for the items and we walk out of the store.

"Where the hell are we going to change?" I ask.

He points to some woods.

"Hell no." Hannah says at the time I do.

He smiles and shrugs, but goes to the car. I groan but Hannah and I get in. We drive to the woods and get out. I run far away and hurry and change. The bikini looks like it's too tight because it shows off all of the right places, but it fits perfectly. I walk out and I see Hannah's done changing. Her bikini is like mine in the way it fits her. Soon, Elliot is here in his red trunks and still in his white beanie. He has one of the most amazing bodies I've ever seen. He must think the same about me because he keeps staring at me.

"Um.. are you not suffocating in that thing?" He asks, laughing a little.

"Actually, no. I'm perfectly fine." I say. "But you must like what you see."

He rolls his eyes.

"Definitively." He says. I'm not sure if it's real sarcasm or play but it makes me laugh a little. I get in the front seat again and Hannah gets where she was. Elliot glances over at me a few times before he shuts the car back off. He grabs his hoodie that was in the floor of the car.

"Put this on, I can't focus." He says. I laugh a little.

"So you do like what you see?" I say, as I pull it over myself. It's big enough to go just past my butt, I estimate.

He cranks the car again and we pull off. We meet back at the dock where we were. Soon, I hear my brother and his other friends pull up.

"You did it. You kept them in one piece." Joshua smiles. " Two cute one pieces, I might add."

"I told you, I'm not making any more mistakes. Get over it." He says. I ignore them.

"Is this where we're swimming?" I ask.

"Yep." Mason says.

I nod and shrug off Elliot's hoodie. I run on the dock and dive in the water. I hear more splashes while I'm under and when I surface, I see everyone in the water and Elliot isn't wearing his beanie. I climb onto the dock and sit. I don't see Mason or Marcus. I feel myself being lifted and next thing I know, I'm on their shoulders. I laugh a little. They throw me and Elliot catches me and we both go under water. I feel his hands on my waist and I open my eyes. The water is clear and I see him smiling his dimple filled smile. His hair is flowing around him with the current. I laugh and start choking on the water. Elliot's eyes widen and he pulls me to him and drags me up.

I choke a little more when we surface but it's mainly on my laughter.

"You should have seen your face. You got so worried! It was just a little water from me laughing." I say. I feel him shaking his head and I realize he's still holding me.

"You O.K, Haylee?" Mason asks, jumping in beside us.

"Yeah, just choking on my laughter." I say. He smiles.

"You're safe with Eli, he's the most serious one of all of us. He wont let anything happen to you." Mason says, patting Elliot on the back. I pull away and I see a faint blush on his cheeks.

"Are you O.K?" He asks.

"Yeah, fine, thanks." I say. I swim back to the dock and climb it. I lay on my back. "I think I'm dying."

I hear a little bit of laughter and I see Elliot lay down beside me.

"You could have." He says.

I laugh.

"You take things so seriously." I say, looking at him. He was already looking at me.

"Yeah, but there's a reason." He says, quietly.

"Can I know?" I ask.

"Maybe later." He says.

"O.K." I say.

"We're neighbors, you know." He says.

"Really?" I ask.

"Yeah, and Joshua lives beside you, too. Marcus lives across the street. We're all in one little area." He laughs.

"Don't try to sneak through my window, either." I laugh.

"I'll try to contain myself." He smiles.

We're both laughing now. The others come and lay on the dock with us.

"Are they the ones?" Marcus asks.

"Yeah." Mason says.

It's quiet and I'm confused. I sit up and dangle my feet over the edge of the dock. I stand up and walk over to the edge. The water is really beautiful. I think about my old life. I use to live in Kansas with my mom. Then we moved to South Dakota and now, I'm happier here in one day than I have been my entire life.


Well I suppose I should explain a little more. Haylee and Hannah are two of the other Blackwell children. They don't know anything about their dad, though, and they have never been taught anything about magic or a family Book of Shadows. When they learn, how will they take it?