(Erik's POV)

"Zoey, sheesh, don't ever scare me like that again." I whispered as I played with her beautiful long hair. We were in my dorm room, laying on my bed. She sat up suddenly.

"Well, sheesh, Erik. I'm not the one that deserted me and let me get depressed." She hid a smile. Huh, two could play this game.

"Well, sheesh, Zoey. I'm not the one who--"

"Cheated on you with a Vamp?" Holy shit. "Yep, holy shit alright. Sorry about that though..." I stared at her in amazment.

"Z, did you just--"

"Read your mind? Yep."

"How'd you do that?!" I gave her the weirdest look I could manage. It's my new affinity. Whoa. Whoa. Whoa. Am I hearing things?

"Z, was that you? Or am I losing it?" She cracked a smile at me. Nope, you're not losing it. It's me.

"Thats... freaky." I couldn't think of anything to say for a minute, then something came to me. "Do you still have your affinity for the eliments?

"Thats a good questions." She jumped off the bed and held her hand out to me. "Shall we?"

"Shall we what?" The look she gave me said I was an idiot.

"See if I still have my affinity, duh." Rolling her eyes, she grabbed my hand and ran outside. Damien was sitting on a bench. She skidded to a stop.

"Shh, he doesn't know I'm back yet. Wait here, I wanna scare him." With an evil grin, she tip-toed up to Damien and grabbed his shoulders.

"Boo!" Damien screamed like a girl.

"Ah jeez, who did that?!" He turned around and his jaw dropped. "Zoey?! Oh my Goddess! You're alive!" Jumping up, he grabbed in a tight hug. "Imissedyousomuch!Youcan'teverleaveagain,okay?!Youcan't!" He was talking so fast, I just couldn't understand him. As if she read my mind-- oh wait, she does read minds-- she pulled herself away from Damien.

"Calm down, Damien. What did you say?" He blushed.

"I said 'I missed you so much! You can't ever leave again, okay?! You can't!' Sorry aobut that. I was just so excited." He blushed again.

"No problem." Hey Z, I'm getting a little bored over here. I thought to her. She looked over her shoulder and winked. "Look, Damien. I've got some stuff to do, so... why don't you go tell Jack the good news, I'm sure he'll be happy."

"Okay. See ya!" He ran off and Zoey came back to me.

"Now, why are you so bored?" She almost looked like an adult Vamp, standing there with her hands on her hips.

"Well, you know, watching a gay boy blush isn't the funniest thing in the world." I rolled my eyes and smiled. "Now, what about tht affinity of yours?" She jumped a little.

"Oh, right! I forgot! Lets go!" She grabbed my hand and started draging me along again. When we got near the trap door at the east wall she let go. "Right here. Oh, you might want to get out of the way." I backed up and she faced north. "Wind, you are what surrounds us and gives us the air we breathe. I call you to my circle!" The second she finished saying "circle" I was blown backwards twenty feet, hitting my head on the wall that surrounded the school.

"Ugh..." I groaned. Zoey came running.

"Oh, Goddess! Erik, are you alright?" She knelt next to me, worry written all over her face.

"I've... been better." I gave her a weak smile. "Don't worry about me. Go finish your circle. I'll... wait here..." I pushed her gently. "Go on." She frowned.

"Alright, but you better not move from this spot." She got up and went back to where she was standing before, this time facing west. "Fire, you are what warms our homes and cooks our food. I call you to my circle!" I was blasted with a heat so intense that I nearly cried. She looked at me worriedly, but I raised my hand as if to say "I'm okay, keep going." and she turned to face south. "Water, you are what fills our bodies and quenches our thirst. I call you to my circle!" I felt water pounding down on my head and shoulders, stooping the burn but almost drowning me at the same time. I spluttered, she looked over with a worried expression again, but I waved her off. She gave me a sad smile and faced east. "Earth, you are what we live on every day and what we get our food from. I call you to my circle!" The ground shook and cracked beside me, but nothing painful happened this time, thank the Goddess. Zoey must have known I wasn't hurt because she raised her hands over her head instead of stopping to look at me. "Spirit, you give us the feeling of love and let us enjoy life. I call you to my circle!" I couldn't believe what I was feeling. All the pain from the first three elements completely vanished. I felt more alive then I ever had. It was amazing. I smiled like a lunitic while Zoey walked over, frowning. "Hey there, you okay?" I laughed.

"Z, if you don't stop frowning, you'll have worry lines etched into your beautiful face forever. We wouldn't want that, now would we?" She punched me playfully in the arm and I smirked. "Ah, go do whatever you do with elements, I'll wait here." She got up and went back to where she was standing previously.

"Spirit, thank you for coming. I dismiss you." She faced east. "Earth, thank you for coming. I dismiss you." She faced south. "Water, thank you for coming. I dismiss you." She faced west. "Fire, thank you for coming. I dismiss you." She faced north. "Wind, thank you for coming. I dismiss you." Most people would walk around a public area, but not Zoey. She skipped and danced all the way back to where I was sitting, humming a song I didn't know the name of.

"Why are you so happy?" I asked curiously.

"Oh, gosh, I wonder, Erik." She gave me a "you should know this" look. "I have all my affinities for the elements, a new affinity for minds, and the hottest guy on campus with me. Who wouldn't be happy?" I stood up beside her.

"'Hottest guy on campus' huh?" She smiled shyly and looked away. "Hey, I never said that was bad." I pulled her into a tight hug. "Guess what, Z?" I whispered into her ear.

"What?" She whispered back.

"I love you." She froze.

"I... love you too" She tilted her head up and I leaned down.

"Zoey!" Jack screamed. "You're really alive!" He grabbed her away from me into a hug.

"Yeah, it's not like we were busy or anything..." I mumbled, kicking a few rocks around.


A/N: So sorry it took so long to get this posted. I had uber bad writers block. But, it's up now, so...

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