A/N: Next Chapter!! Yay! I'm trying to get these out as fast as I can. Blame school, not me.
Disclaimer: I do not own Young Wizards.
Mine!
I walk in to the room and there is laughter coming from the corner of the room. I look over at the corner and see Kit and Rose surrounded by a group of girls and boys. Rose is sitting on top of Kit's lap. Kit looks over at me and smiles. He whispers something in Rose's ear and she gets off of him. He walks over to me and waves his hand.
"Hey Neets!"
"Hey. So what were you talking about over there, with your little posse, or whatever you call it."
"Oh nothing, it's a you have to be there kind of thing. Anyway, I looked at my manual last night and saw that we were on assignment again. So..."
"What?" I said harshly. Kit looks shocked.
"So, do you want to go to Tom and Carl's after school today?"
"Um, sure. Do you think Rose would mind?"
"Well, actually, she wants to come along. You know, to meet them? She thinks it would be fun." he smiles. What! No! She can't come! I won't let her. She's already taken over one of my friends, I don't want her to take the others! Kit looks over his shoulder at Rose who flashes a super fake smile at him. But he can't see that of course.
"Sounds like fun." I said sarcastically. Kit didn't seem to catch that. He smiles at me and says,
"Great! I'll see you later then?" I nod, and he walks back towards the little group he was sitting with before I came in. I can't believe I'm being shut out by my best friend! What nerve! I take my seat at the opposite corner from where he sits and put my head down on the desk, with my arms in between. Why is this happening to me? Why couldn't I just have said three little words to him? I LOVE YOU!
School goes by with a blink of an eye and I wait on the front steps for him to show. I completely forgot that Rose is coming along with us, which explains why I am a little shocked to see her.
"Hey Neets." Rose said as Kit and her come up beside me.
"Don't call me that."
"Oh, I'm sorry, I just thought that since Kit calls you that, I -"
"Yeah, it really doesn't give you the right to call me that. Are we ready?" I look at Kit who is glaring at me. "What?!?"
"Can I talk to you for a second?"
"Okay?" Kit pulls me away from Rose.
"What is your problem Nita? Why are you being so harsh?"
"I don't know. Maybe it's because Rose here, who has never talked to me in my entire life, is calling me Neets. Or maybe it's because she's coming with us to see Tom and Carl? Or the fact that you took her to our spot? Hm?" Or maybe because she took you away from me! I could tell that Rose is hearing what I was saying because she glares at me when I look over her way. I just smile fakely. "I mean seriously Kit, she's been in the same class as me for all these years, and now she's just starting to talk to me?"
"Maybe she just wants to be friends with my best friend? Have you ever thought of that?!?" Kit glares at me and walks over to Rose who is frowning. He takes her by the hands and smiles as he talks softly to her.
What the heck is his problem? He's never done anything like that to me before. I walk over to Kit and Rose and smile politely. "Sorry, about that."
"It's okay Nita, I understand." Rose said with a smile. We start on our walk to Tom and Carl's. I feel so sick watching those two hold hands. Rose always has a smile on and so doesn't Kit. He looks so happy with her. This thought starts to bring tears to my eyes. I walk a little ahead of them so they don't catch me crying in case I end up doing so. A little later I started to hear noises coming from behind the bushes. I know it must be Annie. All of the sudden I hear Rose scream as a dog comes from the bushes and drags her in to the house. Kit's eyes widen as he smiles a bit and runs on to the front lawn. Tom and Carl come outside and wave to me and Kit as the yell at Annie to let go of Rose.
"So, who's this new gal here, Kit?" Carl said in his New York accent.
"Carl, Tom, this is my girlfriend, Rose."
"Rose? Well ain't that a nice name, don't you think so Tom?"
"Yes, well come inside! We got to talk about business." Tom winks at me and turns around to walk inside their home.
"Business? I thought you were going to talk about your assignment Kit?" Rose blurted out after Carl started to make his way to the door.
"Oh, so the gal knows." Carl said with a smirk.
"Kit told her." I say as I'm walking toward the door.
"Yeah. It just sorta came out."
"Don't be silly Kit!" Rose said, "I wanted to know what kind of things he does, and I guess I looked a little disappointed when he said he didn't play sports. So, he told me about what he and Nita does. It sounded really fascinating to say the least!"
"Yes, the wonders of wizardry. Now, don't go off and tell people about this because they'll probably lock you up in an asylum." Carl says jokingly. Rose's eyes got wide. I guess she didn't take it as a joke.
"It was a joke Rose, they might put you in there, but only if you claim you're a wizard. If you say you know someone who is, they'll make a wise crack statement." I said. That's what happened to poor Carmela.
"Oh." Rose says quietly. I shrug my shoulders at Carl and Tom who are trying to hold in their laughter.
We sit on the couch as Tom drags out a huge book the size of three phone books combined.
"Yep, it says you guys are on assignment, but it won't tell us what it's about. So you guys are on your own about that. Sorry we can't be any more help than that." Tom says with a smile. Kit and I look at each other. Great, we're on our own again. I heard him say in my head.
Hey I can hear you! I said in his head. He looks at me and smiles.
Yeah, it's been like that for awhile. I sit there frozen.
Did he hear what I was thinking all this time? Oh no, what am I going to do! Kit looks at me strangely.
"I didn't hear that last thought, there was something blocking it. Are you okay?" Oh good, he can't hear me as long as I think to myself.
"Um, yeah, I'm fine. Just need a little privacy."
"Wait. You guys can hear each other's thoughts? Does that mean you can hear mine?" Rose asks with a little whine in her voice.
"Uh, no. We can't hear your thoughts Rose because you aren't a wizard. Plus, Nita and I have a connection with each other since we've been partners in wizardry ever since she took The Oath." Kit says with a little smirk on his face.
"Oh. What kind of connection?"
"Just friends. We've been through tons of stuff with each other. We've been hearing each other's thoughts ever since our second assignment." We're just friends?
"Yeah, it's the same way with me and Tom," Carl added, "We've been partners ever since we were kids."
"Oh. Are you guys, you know, together, together?" Rose asks shyly.
"HA! No, no, no, we are not like that. Just very good friends." Tom explains. Rose turns a shade of red and nods.
"Sorry, I just thought that... Well, you guys share a house and all..."
"It gives them any right to be together? Kit and I are partners and we're not together like that." I interrupt her harshly. It kills me to admit what I just said but it's the truth. And we'll never be together like that, if things go this way. Kit nods in agreement.
"Oh." Rose looks uncomfortable. She leans over and whispers something in Kit's ear as Tom, Carl, and I look at the two. She wants to leave Neets. They're making her uncomfortable. You can stay here if you want. But I'm gonna go. Kit says in my head. I look at him and nod.
"Well, I gotta go and take Rose home. I'll see you guys later! Bye Neets."
"Yeah, it's so nice to meet you guys. Sorry about the mix up. Bye Neets, uh I mean Nita." Rose waves at us as she walks out of the house. Kit follows behind her and turns around.
"Dai." Kit walks out of the house. Tom and Carl look at me.
"How you holding up?" Tom says with a stern look on his face.
"What do you mean?"
"We can sense the tension between you and Rose." Carl notes.
"What tension? There's no tension between me and... Rose..."
"Mmhmm. Right. And It doesn't roam the universe. Come on spill it." Carl says with an evil smirk on his face.
"Okay. I just don't want Kit to forget about me that's all." I lie, well maybe I didn't. It's sort of the truth.
"And..." Tom and Carl said at the same time.
"And, that's all."
"Okay, the jig is up Nita. We know you like him." Tom said with a smile.
"What! Kit? No. He's like a brother to me." Lie. That was always the excuse I used on Kit.
"Not recently."
"My goodness what do you want me to say? I like him okay?!? I've liked him ever since Dairine took The Oath. And it kills me to see him with Rose! He does things that he never did with me, and he talks to people that would have never talked to him in his entire life! What's gotten in to him?" I blurt out.
"Wow. All at once, wasn't expecting that," Carl snickers. "Nita, he's just going through a phase, he's your partner and will forever be your partner. There is no denying in that. But you just have to give him some time. He'll come around."
"So you're saying that he's going to like me back?" Please say yes. Please say yes.
"Oh, God no, I can't even predict that. But you never know." Darn!
"Yeah, Nita give him some time." Time?!? How long do they think I'm going to wait? I smile at them, it's a nice gesture for them to try to cheer me up.
"Okay. I gotta get going home. I'll see you guys later?" I get up from the couch and start to walk to the door.
"Nita." I stop and turn to Carl. "Don't be so harsh to her, that'll be what would push Kit away."
"Okay, thanks." I walk out the door and said three words that brings me home.
I guess I can share, but he's still mine.
