Changing rules 7
The meal was delicious and Chase was so funny. She really liked spending time with him. He didn't talk about the son's all night. He did talk about himself some but he also asked about her interests. He thought it was wonderful she was in the drama club. Most people would say she was a complete nerd. Maybe she was a little bit but that wasn't all her fault.
It was the reputation that she had gained from that grade school incident. Unfortunately she had made the rumors true over the years. For the life of her she didn't know why. "So anyways there I was about to pass, the Wilkinson guy and he got a cramp, go figure" said Chase "so I take it you won?" said Samantha "of course, I was the best Hastings had" said Chase "you sound like you miss it" said Samantha
Chase looked at the half empty glass of soda in his hand "yeah actually I do, but I have something I have to do here," said Chase. He seemed like he didn't want to go into that subject here so she said. "Yeah I actually miss the public school here" said Samantha "your kidding you went to a public school?" said Chase "well yeah I had to after the divorce" said Samantha.
Chase made a sympathetic face "ouch I bet that sucks" said Chase "it does and it doesn't I was always closer to my dad than my mom, what about your parents?" asked Samantha Chase looked sad for a second and then wiped his hand down his face.
"They died last year" he said softly "oh how horrible, I'm so sorry, I shouldn't have even brought it up" said Samantha. She reached across the table and put her hands on top of his. He squeezed them and said "that's all right you didn't know and it helps to talk about it if you know what I mean" said Chase "so you don't have any family at all?" said Samantha. "No my mom died when I was a baby and the Collins, my adoptive family died last year" said Chase "what about your dad?" said Samantha. "He died a few months before I came here, he was ill for a long time" said Chase.
Damn he was going to have to watch himself with this girl. She seemed to just slip past his guard so easily. To top it off she was smart almost too smart for her own good. What if she figured out what he could do, how would he handle it? He didn't know and that scared him.
"I'm sorry to hear that but at least he's at peace now" said Samantha. She squeezed his hand and he put one of his on top of hers and wrapped fingers around her hand. He was about to say something to her when the waitress came by and asked if they wanted more soda. "No thank you" said Chase Samantha shook her head no and the woman took the hint and walked away.
"Samantha can I ask you not to repeat my family history to anyone?" said chase "of course, I've already agreed to that remember" she said "thank you" he said. The waitress set the bill on the table and walked away. Chase flipped it over and looked at it. It was expensive but the food had been good and the service as well. "So how about you show me this horrible public school you were forced to attend," said Chase. "Sure why not its right here in Marblehead" said Samantha. Chase got up and put his jacket on. Samantha followed suit and walked with him to the register. He paid with a credit card and waited for the woman to ring it up. He signed the receipt and she handed him back the silver card.
Samantha glanced at the credit card in his hand as he handed it to the cashier. She used to have credit cards like that. She missed having them and being in the company of someone who did only served to remind her of how far they had fallen because of her mom.
Her mom was probably somewhere in the Caribbean eating caviar and sipping champagne, While Samantha and her dad lived on top ramen and hot dogs. Sometimes she really resented that woman. Chase saw her make a fist and then cover it up quickly. He smiled slightly amused; she was too easy to read sometimes. He would have to teach her how to hide that.
He put his hand on her back and guided her towards the door. "What's wrong?" he whispered in her ear. She shrugged "nothing, I was just thinking about my mom" she said he tightened his grip on her waist as he walked her towards the truck. "Do you want to talk about it?' he asked. She looked down and away from him, she felt silly for even thinking about the woman. "You'll think its stupid" she said "let me decide that ok, now tell me" said Chase.
He put his fingers under her chin and tilted her face up to meet his eyes.
"It, just that, oh crap this is going to sound wrong but sometimes I hate her" said Samantha "for what part?' said Chase. "For the whole selfish lot of her actions, she doesn't care about anyone but her, not dad and not." she started to sob.
He pulled her into a hug "you" he said softly. "Yeah me, I'm sorry I'm such a horrible date, if you want to take me home I'll understand" said Samantha.
"No, and your not I understand really I do, but that was her fault not yours" said Chase she sniffled "how did you?" said Samantha. "I could see it in your eyes sometimes, when you think no one notices" said Chase "that's why you sit alone, because you figure if your own mom is embarrassed by you everyone else will be too" said Chase
Her eyes widened "wow you should be a psychiatrist, your damn near psychic" said Samantha "naw just been to enough of them myself" said Chase. "Now come on, lets see your old school" said Chase. He unlocked the truck door and reached over the seat to get hers.
She climbed in and closed the door. She had to give him directions because he was unfamiliar with Marblehead. They finally pulled up in front of an old building. It wasn't gothic looking like Spencer's. In fact the architecture was rather plain, compared to that place. "Well there it is my former school," she said wistfully. "You miss it don't you?" said chase "yeah at least here is was just another nerd not the school disaster squad like at Spencer" said Samantha.
"Can I ask you something?" said chase. "Yeah sure go ahead" said Samantha "were you Klutzy as a child?" said Chase "no actually I wasn't it wasn't until Garwin pushed me down the stairs that's when I started to be a klutz why?" said Samantha. Chase bit his lip to keep from laughing. So that is what he felt when he tried to make her only klutzy around the sons.
"Oh I don't know maybe they have something to do with your Klutziness," said Chase. Her eyes widened "do you think the rumors of their families practicing witchcraft were true?' she said "whoa there hon no one said witchcraft" said Chase. His heart had actually skipped a beat how could he be so stupid? "Oh sorry, I just thought there might be some truth to those rumors" said Samantha "what rumors?" said Chase "oh nothing really just that strange stuff seems to occur around their families has for like generations" said Samantha "strange like what?" said chase "oh like I don't know like unusual good luck and another thing you never see their parents" said Samantha.
"Maybe they don't have any" said Chase "no I know Caleb still has a mom at least but no one can remember attending his dad's funeral" said Samantha.
Damn she really was observant wasn't she? He grinned to himself and so near the truth, he debated telling her right then and there. "What do they say is the reason for the unusual gifts so to speak?" said Chase. This was getting very interesting. She seemed to have actually figured it out on her own. She laughed before replying, "They say it was some sort of pact with the devil," said Samantha
Chase laughed at that. Could be but he doubted it. "That's silly" said Chase "so what do you think it is?" said Samantha. Chase froze oh shit how do I answer that? He licked his lips and looked at her closely. Did he dare tell her? Or should he risk her finding out on her own? "I think that there is something strange about them but I'm not entirely sure what" said Chase. Chicken his mind screamed at him, the power screamed at him to show her.
"Yeah you are" said Samantha. Her tone was challenging and he shut off the engine and looked at her closely "why do you say that?" he said softly. He had a hard edge to his voice that he didn't have before. She suddenly felt nervous for some reason but figured if he was mad about it she might as well speak her peace.
"Because of they way your jaw tightened when I said witchcraft," said Samantha he turned back to the steering wheel. "Why do you think I did that?" said Chase she shrugged
"Because you know something I obviously don't, maybe something to do with an ancestor," she said cautiously. He turned back to the steering wheel and was silent for quite some time. Then he began laughing, almost hysterically "oh this is just too much" said Chase. She silently wondered if she was in a car with a madman
He looked at her with tears of mirth shining in his eyes "oh Samantha you are so wonderful, I can't hardly believe it" said Chase. she was sitting real close to the door. His behavior was scaring her.
"Do you have any idea how right you are?" he said softly. He scooted closer or maybe she was sliding towards him she couldn't tell. She ended up face to face with him and she swallowed nervously. "Can I show you something?" he said softly. She raised one eyebrow; please say it's not you privates she thought.
He smiled at her, then leaned down and kissed her. "Do you trust me?" he whispered in her ear. She nodded to dazed by the unexpected kiss to say anything else. He looked right in her eyes and used.
Her eyes widened in surprise as his eyes went black and the truck lifted into the air. She found herself clinging to him. He smiled at her and she self-consciously relaxed her grip.
The truck lowered back to the ground before someone saw it floating. "Wow!" said Samantha. His eyes went back to normal as the truck touched down. "You did that?" said Samantha. "Yes" he said. He was eyeing her cautiously; if she freaked out he would have to kill her like he did his former roommate. "Wow!" she said again she looked at her lap then back at him. "They can do that too can't they?" said Samantha. He nodded yes "oh shit" said Samantha
"You can't say anything" said Chase "oh yeah right like I'm going to do that, they'll think I'm crazy on top of being a klutz" said Samantha."Oh I don't know, the son's would believe you," said Chase. She shuddered "no thanks, don't think they would be too happy about me knowing their little secret, do you?" said Samantha