I could feel the heat rising up out of the dancing bodies in the crowd. The music was blasting from the speakers. The boys and I made our way through the crowd. Well, The boys going through the crowd and Pogue pulling me along. Can't a girl just dance? Jeezs. Plus, Pogue was right. It was HOT; the heat and the other boys. I think that's the real reason he was pulling me by my elbow. No boys for me…
"Hey babe." Pogue finally released me and sauntered over to Kate and kissed her. For longer than I'd like to watch. Caleb went over to Sarah and did the same. They talked quietly among themselves and Reid and Tyler were talking to some girls over to the side of our group. This is a party for God's sake! You're supposed to dance and dance with boys!
"I'm gonna dance now…" They ignored me. I sighed. "I'm going to go dance with lots of boys and then have crazy, amazing sex with them. Maybe even a foursome. What do you think boys? Pogue? Whatever, I'm dancing now." I left them behind and made my way to the middle of the growing crowd of people. This reminded me a lot of p3. When I was there I would bus tables and clean up the bar even though it was totally illegal for me to be there. I was there every night. The bands were great. I danced there any chance I got. I started dancing and swaying to the music that the DJ was playing now. I couldn't figure out what the song was, but the beat was amazing. I don't know how the boys can just stand there and not dance. Suddenly I was twirled around and into someone's arms. I was about to give some retort, but then I looked up and saw just who I was staring at. Luke Carmichael, PJ Halliwell's son. His shaggy, dark brown hair was hanging over his eyebrows and his green eyes were shining in the party's light. I threw my arms around him and hugged him tight. He's been away at college in New York for a year and a half now and god I missed him. He is the closest in age to me out of all of the Halliwell children in my generation. I hung out with him A LOT in California. He's family.
"I MISSED YOU!" I screamed (and not because of the loud music). I squealed with laughter when he picked me up off my feet and swung me around.
"I missed you too." He whispered close to my ear.
"Let's go see Pogue. Oh! And you can meet the rest of the boys." I smiled widely and weaved through the dancing people, pulling Luke along with me.
"HEY POGUE! Look what the cat dragged in!" I yelled as we finally made it to my group. Pogue looked up and let go of Kate to 'bro hug' Luke. I looked over at the rest of the group. Reid and Tyler had stopped talking to the other girls long enough to look up and raise an eyebrow at Luke, Sarah was looking up at Caleb for an answer and Caleb was just as confused as everyone else. Kate just made her way back over to Pogue and wrapped an arm around him.
"Hi, I'm Kate." She stuck her hand out and Luke shook it. I really hope she is going to be my sister-in-law. She's never apprehensive about anything. Slowly the others introduced themselves. I still clung to Luke like he was only life source. He's what I had of home at the moment and I wasn't letting go.
"How is college treating you?" Pogue asked.
"It's great. I really miss home though."
"So why's you stop here?" Caleb voiced.
"Well, before I started home, I called my Uncle and he said that Miss Amelia here," I punched him in the arm (he didn't even flinch), "was in Ipswich, which is just a little ways from college. I haven't seen her for at least seven months and decided it was high time to do so." He smiled down at me and ruffled my hair. I knew when he said he had started home, it meant he had beamed home, found out I had left and beamed straight here. Luke was part cupid, so when he beamed, a pink light enveloped his body, starting from where his heart is, that point being the brightest of the light.
"Why'd you come to the party of all places?" Tyler questioned, clearly still confused. Luke and I both just belted out in laughter.
"Wow, you don't really know Sookie well then." Luke said still chuckling a bit. "If there's a party or somewhere to dance, she's there, no questions asked."
"You know, you spill a lot when-" I didn't get to finish my sentence. The DJ's voice bellowed over us.
"Hey! Jimmy says the cops are on their way, 10 minutes away!" Everyone around us started bustling around and rushing towards the woods where the cars were parked. Do these people not know how to throw a party without getting busted? I glanced at Luke. I hoped he was thinking what I was thinking. He was. I could tell by his raised eyebrow and slight smirk.
"Sorry to cut it short Luke, but I need to get Sookie out of here." Pogue went to grab my arm, but I held my hand up and stopped him.
"I'm gonna go with Luke. He can take me back to dorms." I pulled Pogue into a hug. He kissed the top of my head.
"Be careful okay?" I nodded and waved goodbye to the group before Luke and I started into a sprint. We made our way into the woods, making sure we were pretty deep in before we stopped.
"I'll meet you behind the boy's dorms." Luke said with a smirk before beaming off.
"Shit head." I orbed to the woods behind the dorms and saw Luke lounging against a large oak tree.
"What took you so long?" He laughed.
"You're an arrogant show off. You know that?" He smirked and wrapped an arm around my shoulders.
"Who said that was a bad thing?" I laughed along with him.
"Hey, why'd you say boy's dorms?"
"Well I figured that's where the boys would go when they got back. You know, boy's dorms." We walked around to the front of the building and sat on the steps. "Then I'll walk with you to the girl's dorms."
"Why?" I furrowed my eyebrows. Why did I need to go to the girl's dorms? Did I need to meet Kate and Sarah or something? Oh, shit. Now I know and I just gave it away.
"What do you mean? You live there right? Because I know you wouldn't go to the mansion." He looked at me. I hesitated before I answered. "Oh my god. You live in the boy's dorms? With a guy! I swear to God, it better be Aaron."
"It's Reid. I got paired with Reid." That didn't really make my situation any better. Oh, no Luke. It's not some guy, it's just Reid Garwin, playboy extraordinaire.
"Like that's any better. You and your brother have told me all about him."
"Why does every single guy in my family, whether it be blood or not, have to be so over-protective? Hmm?"
"Because we can, that's why."
"What if it was the supposed love of my life that lived with me? You'd be all, 'oh Sookie, he's the love of your life. I'm a cupid, so I know things.' " I lowered my voice to attempt to imitate him. "At least it's not a demon or something living with me." He pursed his lips. Right then I knew I was right. He was silent for a moment.
"He hasn't tried anything with you though right?" I glared at him. "Just answer me this one question. Pleeeaassee!" He begged. I grumbled.
"No. He slept in my bed once and has slapped my butt before, but whatever." I smacked my forehead. GOD BLESS IT! Can I not keep my mouth shut? I keep spilling unnecessary facts to Luke. He isn't a good secret keeper either, but then again, neither am I.
"He. Slept. In. Your. Bed?" He stated through clenched teeth.
"Yes, because I had a nightmare, a really bad one. So after he calmed me down, I told him to stay, so I wouldn't have it again. And no he didn't try to feel me up or something." Luke exhaled.
"Good, because he needs a stern talking to."
"Poguey already covered that Luke." We heard voices clear behind us. I jumped and almost flung an arm out to telekinetically blow the people away from us. It was only the boys.
"How long have you guys been there?" I raised an eyebrow trying to look nonchalant, but on the inside I was freaking out. What if they heard me calling Luke a Cupid or when I mentioned the demon? I quickly eyed their faces. Reid was the only suspicious looking one. He probably heard something from the look in his eye.
"Just long enough to hear you guys talking about Reid. He got here a little sooner though." As soon as Tyler said Reid's name, I set my eyes on him.
"I only heard that much too." He's too good at lying.
"Well boys and Sookie. I've got to be on my way to California now." Luke shook everyone's hands and 'bro hugged' (whatever that's supposed to be) Pogue.
"I'll walk you back to the car." I followed Luke to the woods again. Before he could beam away, I pulled him around to face me. I knew my panic was all over my face.
"What's wrong?"
"Reid heard something! I know it! What if he tells Pogue what he heard?" My voice was rising and falling throughout my rant.
"Who cares? Now you have an opening to tell your brother." He smiled and pulled me into a hug. "It's alright. I gotta go now Sook. My mom is dying for me to come home. I can feel it." He pulled away.
"By the way, the whole Reid thing is no go to mention to Wyatt or Chris? Alright?" I raised my left eyebrow at him.
"Oh, I know." He smirked. He was going to blab and I knew it. "Bye Sook." Then the pink light enveloped him and his heart shined bright. He was gone. I started making my way back to the front of the dorms. Reid took my mind over again. What if he had heard me? Would Pogue be accepting? I wanted to put this off just a little longer. How did Paige break it to Henry? I made a mental note to ask her later. I walked up the steps of the dorm. The boys had already left apparently. My phone vibrated with parting words from them. When I was replying, something dark moved in my vision. I lifted my eyes and looked around. I slid my phone into my pocket slowly. I lifted my hands to be ready for an attack. I backed into the door and pulled the door open just enough for my body to slide though. I turned and bolted up the stairs and through my room door. I let out a shaky breath.
"What are you so scared about?" I jumped at Reid's voice and before I thought thoroughly about what I was doing, I threw my arm out and Reid went sailing across the room and into the wall. I banged my head against the door. Shit, shit, shit. Reid groaned and pulled himself off of the floor.
"What the fuck was that!" He yelled. "What did you just do?" Reid's eyes were black. He was going to use on me soon.
"I'm sorry! I was already nervous and so I don't think before I use my powers and I should really work on that-."
"Powers? Like us?" I shook my head as I looked at him. He was bleeding. His head had a large gash by his ear.
"Come here. I'll heal that cut." He hesitated for a moment, but slowly started making his way to me. "You're going to bleed to death at the rate you're going." I finished the distance and pulled him to his bed. I pushed him down in to sitting position and sat myself next to him.
"How are you going to do that?" I just smiled and turned his head away from me to gain a full view of the cut.
"How did you even get this? You only hit the wall." I placed my hands just above the injury. The warm yellow light poured easily from my hands.
"Mmmm, that's warm." I laughed at him. I pulled my hands away and stood up. "I think I nicked the dresser on my way." I nodded and went and sat on my bed.
"I guess we have some talking to do."
"What are you if you're not one of us?" I took a deep breath. Here goes nothing.
"I'm a witch, but not like you're kind of witch. This is really hard to explain to someone who already has powers. I'll just show you some of my powers I guess." I orbed over to his bed sitting next to him. His eyes widened and I orbed back to my bed. "I can orb because I'm apparently part whitelighter. They're like guardian angel I guess. When one of my charges need my, bells go off in my head and I orb straight to them. I sense them. I can speak every language there is when I need to because I'm part whitelighter. I'll show you that one day. I can move things with my mind, eyes, and my body. You already know that. Oh, I can call things to me." I glanced around the room for something. I saw a pen on the floor. "Pen." I called out. It orbed off the floor and into my hand. I threw it back at the floor. "I can blow things up and freeze them. Throw something at me." He picked up a plant in the far corner and launched it at me. I flicked my wrists and the pot froze in place. Then I moved out of the way and flicked my wrists again. It blew into pieces, the dirt flew everywhere. "We'll clean that later." I thought for a second. "Oh, uhm, I can heal because of the whitelighter in me. Now that I think about it, I have quite a few powers. I can make a force field." I mentally threw on up around me. The blue shield surrounded me. I let it down. "I can manipulate my voice. Well sometimes. It's hard, but Wyatt helps me. Uhh…I think I'm starting to develop intuition and premonitions. I'm very agile and I can levitate. I have photokinesis." He looked overwhelmed. "I can create and manipulate light." I conjured up some light into my hand and threw it above us. The light split into three and filled the room with yellow light. "I can blow things up with my orbs. That one is cool. Oh! I have an empathic connection to my charges. I can feel what they feel. Wyatt says I'll have more developments soon because I'm so powerful. My powers will start changing and growing stronger. I can do all the normal witch stuff. You know, scrying, potion making, and spell casting." I looked back up at him. "I think that's it. You can breathe now…" He walked over to his bed and lay down staring up at the ceiling.
"Wow. Uhm, I think I need some time with this… I mean Jesus Christ Sook, how the fuck did this happen?"
"I don't know." I went to my own bed and settled under the covers. I let the light fade from my orbs. The only light left was Reid's lamp. He clicked it off and the room filled with darkness. It was silent for minutes and I was already falling into sleep.
"Does Pogue know?" I squeezed my eyes shut hard.
"No. The only people that know other than you and the Halliwells, is Aaron. I saved him from a demon last year."
"And Luke? You said something about a Cupid." So he had heard.
"He's a Cupid. His mother is part Cupid so it went down to him too. He beams. This pink light glows from his heart and then a lighter pink light surrounds him and he's gone." I heard Reid chuckle from across the room. "What?"
"That's freaking girly." I rolled my eyes.
"You're taking this rather well." Personally I thought he would have freaked on me. He was even ready to use on me for a minute there.
"Well I have powers Sook; I'm just as messed up. I have a secret too. I think Pogue will understand when you tell him."
"I hope so." I whispered. "Goodnight Reid, thank you for understanding."
"You're welcome." I heard him rustle around in the covers and I slowly let my eyes drift shut.
The light from the windows seeped in through the blinds and onto my face. I groaned and pulled my head under the covers. I sighed in relief when I realized I had had no dreams that night. It was peaceful and uneventful. I sat up and rubbed the sleep out of my eyes. The bathroom door swung open and Reid waltzed out with a towel low on his hips. He was hiding a nice body under those clothes of his. He glanced at me and stopped.
"Enjoying the view?" He smirked and raised an eyebrow. He sure is cocky. I felt a blush creep up my neck. Why am I blushing? I never blush!
"Very much actually." I hopped out of the blankets and made my way over to the bathroom. I shut and locked the door. The water was already hot from Reid's shower. I jumped in and took my time washing myself and my hair. I rinsed and grabbed a towel from the rack. I dried off and headed out. Reid would be gone by now for sure. As I shut the door behind me, my towel caught in between the door and was ripped from my body. I spun on my foot, doing a 360, and fell forward; right into a shirtless Reid. He landed on top of me. My naked body was pressed against his half naked one. His eyes were on mine. He moved his arms from around my back and placed them next to my head, resting on his elbows. Heat rushed down into my stomach. I licked my lips and glanced down to his. In the next second his lips were on mine, his tongue inside my mouth. I nipped at his bottom lip and wrapped my fingers into his hair. I broke away for air. Reid started making his way down my neck with open mouthed kisses. This was going fast, but I didn't care anymore. I didn't care that he was play boy, all I cared about were the sensations going through my body. Just as he made it to my collarbone, bells started jingling inside my head. Damnit.
"Reid, I have to go." He kept making his way down my body. My body was thrumming with pleasure. "Reid, I-." I broke off with a moan. His mouth was latched onto my right nipple. He dragged his teeth across it. His right hand was massaging my other breast. The bells signaled again. "Reid, we have to stop. A charge needs me." I said breathlessly. I gently pushed him away and rushed up to get some clothes. I threw on a sweater and pulled on underwear and a pair of jeans, forgetting the bra. I looked down at Reid on the floor, his eyes closed and breathing deeply. The bulge in his pants highly evident.
"I'll be back soon. Then we can finish this." I orbed to where the bells were ringing. The first thing I saw when I landed in wherever I'd landed was some form of demon and a red haired child on the ground bleeding. I flicked my wrist and froze the scene before me. I flicked my wrists again and the demon started melting and burning, until finally blowing into pieces. The scene unfroze and the little girl looked up at me. Her eyes and freckled cheeks were wet with tears. I slowly made my way over to her.
"Ce n'est pas grave." (It's alright.) I must have landed in France. I held my hands above the cuts on her arm. It was bruised and looked broken. I started to heal her arm. Her broken wrist popped painlessly back into place and the cuts and bruises faded on her skin.
"Es-tu mon ange gardien?" (Are you my guardian angel?) She whispered. I hesitated for a moment. I guess I am. I mean, I protect her, I heal her wounds. She's a witch that needs me to be there for her.
"Oui, oui je le suis." (Yes, yes I am.) She wrapped her arms around me and I felt me sweater get wet with tears.
"Je vous remercie beaucoup." (Thank you so much.) She let go and I helped pull her up. She looked no more than twelve years old.
"Etes-vous mal nulle part d'autre?" (Are you hurt anywhere else?) She shook her head. "Je vais vous guider à la maison. Est-ce bien?" (I'll walk you home. Is that alright?)
"Oui." (Yes.) I took her hand in mine and let her guide me through the narrow streets to her home. When we arrived at the small farmhouse, she stopped and turned towards me. She hugged me tightly again.
"Si jamais vous avez besoin de moi encore une fois, je serai là." (If you ever need me, I will be there.) I hugged her again and watched until I saw her safely inside the house. I turned and orbed home right on the spot. When I orbed into the room, Reid wasn't in the dorm anymore. I grabbed my phone and dialed Pogue's number. On the third ring he picked up.
"Hey Baby Girl. What's up?"
"Nothing, just wondering if you guys were meeting at the colony house or something because Reid's gone now." I tried to keep the disappointment out of my voice.
"Nah, we had swim practice. We start practices early. Walk down to Sarah and Kate's dorm. We're all going to meet there after we get ready." Ah, that explains why Reid was up so early.
"Alright, I guess I'll see you there. Bye Poguey."
"Sook, wait!" I heard Pogue's voice as I pulled the phone back to my ear.
"Yeah?"
"What exactly did you do to Reid? He was rushing through his laps and actually finished before any of the rest of us. He's almost done dressing now. He didn't even take a shower." Oh crap…
"Nothing, I don't think." I hoped he couldn't tell I was lying.
"You're lying, I can tell." Fucking brothers.
"Whatever. If I did something to him, I'd tell you. Bye now." I hung up the phone before he could protest. I searched through my suitcases under the bed and pulled out a dark blue trench coat that came down to my knees and a white knit stocking cap. I'd gotten it with Paisley, Luke's fifteen year old sister. I pushed my arms through the sleeves and buttoned and tied it up. I grabbed my room key and my phone and slid them into my coat pocket. I locked the door behind me and made my way to the girl's dorm. I cut through the woods and saw the dorm ahead a few yards away. A twig snapped behind me. I flipped around and threw my hands out of my pockets, up and ready to defend myself.
"Who's there!" I shouted. Another twig snapped, it was closer this time.
"Oooh, a Charmed One's granddaughter; how exciting." The breath of the man was ghosting down my neck. The voice was from my nightmare. Before I had a chance to turn around, I was thrown against a tree. I felt my scalp open and blood trickle out at a steady pace. Darkness was closing in on me fast. The man bent down next to me. I was struggling to keep my eyes open. I just needed one glance. "Poguey is on his way to find his little sister dead on the ground, how sad." He laughed evilly and disappeared into flames. I was losing my sight.
"Wyatt..." I whispered. Blue orbs filled my vision and then the blackness wrapped around me.
I slowly peeled my eyes open. I was laying down on a bed somewhere. I think it's my room, but I'm not entirely sure right now. I was exhausted from the demon throwing me around like a ragdoll. I turned in my sleep and groaned.
"Sookie! Are you okay?" Pogue pulled me into his embrace; he was squeezing the air out of my lungs.
"Pogue…" I whispered. He let go and looked at me. "Thank you." I lay back down.
"What happened?" I looked back at him. His eyes were full of concern and worry.
"Some guy attacked me from behind. That's all I know. I think he was following me." And then Wyatt saved me, but I couldn't tell him that yet. He closed his eyes and rubbed his temples.
"I'm going to hunt him down and kill him."
"Kill who Pogue?" I watched him more intently now. The wheels in his head were turning with a plan.
"Chase. You remember me telling you about him before right?" I nodded. "Well they never found his body in the old Putnam barn. And I've always known something like this was going to happen. He's coming back and is going to try and take another person from me. He's back. It's got to be him."
"Pogue, it's alright. It will be fine. You boys can take him." And the Halliwells if needed. I wrapped my arms around him and gave him a quick squeeze.
"I don't think so. He's cockier now. He's getting away with shit he shouldn't be, like attacking you in broad fucking daylight." I should have been able to protect myself. I'm a witch for crying out loud.
"Pogue, why don't you go see Kate okay?" He shook his head.
"No, you were attacked. I'm staying here. He could come back again." He kept one of my hands in his.
"Bro, seriously, go. Send in Reid for me. He can watch for Chase, okay?" he stared at me for a moment, but in the end, slowly nodded his head. He kissed my forehead and walked out of the door. I heard mumbling outside the door and finally Reid stepped in.
"You look like shit." I rolled my eyes.
"Oh thanks so much. I need to go to California now." He shook his head.
"Nope, you're not going anywhere." He sat down on his own bed, watching me.
"What are you gonna do? I'm part whitelighter and part witch. I'd like to see you try." I orbed away after that and landed with my feet on the ground in my old room. I walked out and slowly made my way down the stair. My body was aching and screaming for me to stop every step. In the sitting room, Wyatt was pacing the floor.
"Wyatt?" He flipped around and rushed at me, pulling me into his arms.
"Oh thank god, you're okay." He was rocking side to side a little bit.
"I was so scared you wouldn't make it in time." I whispered, tears were already streaming down my cheeks.
"I was too…" He ran his fingers through my hair and tangled a hand in it. He gently pulled my head away from his chest. "Don't do that to me again Angel." He pulled my head back to him and I nodded into his chest. We stayed like that for a few moments longer before I pulled away. I need to get back to the room. Reid is supposed to be watching me and I orbed here before he could say anything." Wyatt let out a small laugh.
"Come back soon Angel." He kissed the top of my head and watched at I orbed away, back to my dorm room.
"Good job Master. You have scared the family, both sides. And it appears that the girl has made love interest. The blond boy of the Covenant has feelings for her, and vice versa." The Seer bowed to the powerful demon in front of her.
"Lovely. Now all I need to do is lure her in. She will never be able to defeat us. The boys will have to give up their powers to me. She's the perfect target." The demon smiled evilly and laughed. The others joined in with him. He was going to capture her, if it was the last thing he did. She was his now.
AN: Sorry if the French is all messed up. I used google translate. And I apologize for the scene between Reid and Sookie after the towel incident. It was TERRIBLE! Someone who is good at lemons please help me! D: haha.
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