I'm sorry. I don't own W.I.T.C.H. magazine or tv. Serie so... this could not be what is happening on either of them. (what am I saying? This is not going to happend in either of them!!)
Chapter 7: The nest.
The next day things were as always but for the only difference that Isabelle was still a bit weak, but nothing too serious to care about. She woke up early again, Caleb had sleept on the chair next to her bed so she was now full of warm feelings comming from him. She changed into her tracksuit and woke him up for train a bit.
He was agaist it but ended by giving up and take care of her not hurting herself.
When she had to go to school he went to a work interview. Thanks to the guardians and Orube he was able to made up a Curriculum Vitae to present for the job. It was nothing too deep but it was enough for a standar job applying.
"Are you full recovered?" Will asked her when they saw her.
"Somehow." She said. "Nah, I'm ok. I've been better but... well enough for comming to school." She added smiling. "And here I can get better as people seem more or less warm today."
Taranee smiled, she knew what did she meant, more or less. She had felt that warmth some other days.
The other pupils thoughts of happyness and also sadness she was begining to hear lately when she was nervous. Perhaps Isa's powers were simmilar. She knew she could feel not thoughts but feelings from other people, something simmilar to empathy.
She also looked at Isabelle at the lessons when she left for the toilet. She seemed to be listening but not fully recovered, it was true. Then she tried to read her thoughts. She was thinking on something, and Taranee when surprised on what she saw on her mind.
At the school end, when they all got together again, there were more surprises.
"Have you got anything to do this fryday?" Will asked.
"Nothing as always." Irma said.
"I have to give a hand at the restaurant, but perhaps I could miss for a while." Hai Lin said.
"I was thinking on doing something." Cornelia admited. "So if you have a plan..."
"I have to do a swimming tournament so... I would love you went to see me. All of you." She added looking at Isabelle too.
"I'll also tell Orube." She said softly.
"And Caleb, if he has nothing else to do." Will said.
"By the way, how is he treatening you?" Irma said. "Cause we could go and beat him up, hehe."
"No, no." Isa said softly shaking her head. "It's all right. He is nice. See?" she said pointing to the main gate where he was standing. "Caleb, how was the interview?!"
"Well, thanks for the papers." He said. "He said he would call me later."
"Then he didn't got it." Irma said.
"Irma!" they all said.
"Don't worry, you will find something else." Will said smiling.
"Yep, I hope so." He said. "Well, how are you feeling today?" he asked Isabelle.
"Fine, thanks." She answered smiling softly. "Fit as a fiddle."
"I've got an idea." Taranee said. "Why don't we go shopping?"
"Good idea!" Cornelia said. "That helps getting fun and is a good remedy for nearly all minor aches and diseases."
"I don't think shopping with all women would be the same idea I have of fun." Caleb recognised.
"Oh, c'mon guy!" Cornelia said. "If you are staying here for some time you can't go around with the same clothes every day."
"I've got no money yet." He said a bit deceived.
"Don't worry." Will said. "We can give it to you."
"I don't want charity either!" Caleb said as offended.
"Ok, I'll lend you some money." Isa said. "You could return it when you get a job and get payed."
"Well, that's a fair trade." Caleb said.
"All you must do now is to hurry up finding one." Irma said.
"Take all the time you need." Isa said smiling softly.
"I already have to pay for quite a lot." Caleb said as they took the bus. "She payed for all the house things and meals."
"That was nothing." She said. "That's also my house so... I wanteed to see it cutte. And you also was the one hammering and fixing the things."
"Caleb the warrior-plumber-carpenter. I can imagine it." Will said laughing and making the rest laugh too.
"That was no funny." Caleb said.
When they arrived to the center they went shopping to the shopping center. Girls had lot of fun by trying on everything and Caleb seemed a bit more... bored.
They soon caught aware of it and stopped for a while.
"I think he is getting bored." Hai Lin wispered.
"Geez, guys and Orube doesn't know how to get fun." Irma said.
"Caleb, do you want going to the men's part?" Isabelle said then.
"I'd rather not to be doing this." He said. "As this is femalish."
"Ok, we's better move to the guys part." Will said.
"I supose you would need some experts help to chose what to wear." Irma said. "Then that's Cornelia."
"At least I have more charm than you." She answered her.
They moved to the guys part where they began lookin at posible matches for Caleb. He chosed one part and the girls chosed the other trying to make them fit between them.
Then when he was trying the clothing, they waited outsied the changing room looking to the rest of guys or just getting bored.
"Have you seen that ginger over there?" Hai Lin said then to Cornelia. "He has not took his eyes out of you for a while."
"Well, that's cause I have... style and glamour." She said jocking as she moved her hair.
"Or cause you are the one standing from all." Irma said smiling.
"Girls, I don't know..." Caleb said going out the changing room. "I feel weird wearing this."
He was wearing a pair of baggy trousers and a sweater.
The girls laughed and he got in again to change. Isa then stood up and moved around, when she came back she was carrying a pair of jeans and a black t-shirt with a white dragon on it as wrapping the body.
"Drop it." Cornelia said. "That's no cool."
"Yes, that's too normal for a guy like him." Irma said.
"Ok." She said. "I was... about other thing."
Then she got in a changing room and when Caleb went out he was wearing more suitable for him. A pair of trousers not baggy not tight and a long sleeve t-shirt fitting it.
"Look cool." The girls said.
"Let me see?" Isa said putting her head out of the changing room. "You look great like that." She said smiling.
"And what are you doing there?" Caleb asked.
"Ah, you'll see." She said putting her head back in.
Seconds later she went out wearing the jeans and the shirt that looked baggy on her. She had tied her hair on a ponytail and really looked as a teen-guy.
"Haha, you look as a guy." Will said laughing.
"Eecks." Cornelia said. "Couldn't you try on another thing?"
"Hey, you look good on it." Caleb said jocking. "Now you could pass as my little brother."
"Yes, big bro." She said jocking too as she walked as a guy making the rest laugh againg.
Then the shop assistant came and told her off for doing that, so she went back in and changed into her clothes again.
When she went out, the rest were there and Caleb was wearing another clothing, looking also good on him.
Half an hour later, they all went out into the street carrying all at least one bag each. They were all smiling while Irma carryed a water based hair grease, Hai Lin and Will a pair of lip sticks, Cornelia a new top, Taranee a new hair band and Isabelle a new pair of platform shoes. Caleb was carrying the two outfits he had tried on the changing rooms.
The guardians were all laughing happy and Caleb looked at them. They were still younger and littler than him, they had fun with silly things such as trying on things they would not buy just for fun of seing them degised, but then... they were so united and warm. Suddely he stared at the red haired girl who had turned into his housemate. The new guardian of elements who were not the mains but also had great power. She was powerful yet also was weak as the others, anyway, she would never admit or show it. She had risken her neck for they all and still didn't wanted to hear it was something honourable. She was still not fully recovered from the fight and she had insisted to attend that place called school that morning.
Such a great warrior... but also human, somehow. He meant... no human, she came from other dimention, but... she had lived long there and she was also vunerable somehow.
Then she caught his eye and smiled as he looked other place going a bit pink.
"Ok, I have to go home." Cornelia said. "I promised to take care of Lilian while my mother was to the hairdresser's so... see you tomorrow."
"Yep, I have to help in the restaurant." Hai Lin said.
"By the way, Hai Lin." Isabelle said. "Thanks for the dinner yesterday."
"Don't mind it!" she said smiling. "Caleb thanked for both."
Isa then looked at them smiling. That Caleb guy was really nice, he took care of her when she was in need and also didn't mind to train with her side by side. Furthermore, he was a great pupil, he caught the ideas she taught him soon. She didn't needed to use her feeling reading to notice it. However, she didn't stare at him yet she caugth him doing it sometimes, then she always smiled. From all guys staring at her, she really prefered him, such a nice guy... it was incredible, he seemed to never had bad feelings on him. Nor revenge, no hate, no evil... yet she could feel some insecurity on him sometimes.
"Well, if all of you are leaving I supose we should go home too." Isa said.
"Oh... I wanted to walk a bit more." Caleb said.
"Isa, you know the town?" Will asked.
"Well, I had a map." She answered. "I know how to use transports... and I know the town a bit." She added smiling. "Don't worry, we will be ok."
"Ok." Hai Lin said. "Just take care, right?"
"Don't worry." Caleb said. "i'll take care of her and she can feel danger. Nothing bad can happend us."
When the guardians went on their ways and Isabelle and Caleb were left alone, they decided to go to walk a bit more. Till they reached the iceskating place.
"I don't know how to do it well." He said.
"Don't worry, I can rollerblade, that is not so different." She said. "Have you never do this before?"
"Well... Cornelia taught me a bit once." He said as they tied their skates. "But i have not done it since then."
"Ok, just... try to stand still, hold to the fence if you need to." She said walking to the rink and stepping on the ice. "See?" she said standing still on the ice with not holding anything.
"I can't uderstand how Cornelia and you do this so easily." He said stepping over ice and nearly falling.
"Hold to the fence." Isa said holding him and giding his hand to the metal bar of the fence.
"Ok. Now what?" he said when he was able to stand still on the ice.
"Try to move." She said moving backwards. "Ok, you see? That's not so difficult." She said smiling when he achieved it too. "Now... hold my hands." She said helding them out for him to hold to them. "We are going to try to move a bit, right?"
In the rink there were not much people, so they could move freely. He holded her hands first with some shyness and then with tighty as he felt unsecure.
"Please, relax!" Isa said smiling. "You are going to squeeze my hands. They are just for giving you some security."
After a while Caleb could move by himself with more or less security, after having falling sometimes making his friend fall too and both laughing.
Then he fell again.
"man, you are not very good!" Isa said jocking and laughing.
"Nor are you." A rasta black girl wearing competition robes said. "You just laugh but don't do anything."
"Just cause I try to help my friend?" Isa said.
Suddely she could feel some kind of jalousy feeling inside that girl. Jalousy and pride.
"If so good you think you are then why don't you show?" the girl said. "A skating competition."
"Why not?" Isa said. "I'm not good, but not bad either."
"Done then?" the girl said (Venus Williams for those who have read the comic) taking her hand out.
"Done." Isa said shaking it.
Then the music began sounding.
"Wow!" Caleb said when they left. "That was amazing!"
"What? The way I fell down?" she said jocking. "I must recognise it was funny anyway. I felt as... superman for some seconds."
"No!!" Caleb said. "The way you moved! Are you sure you didn't did it before?"
"Not iceskating." She said. "I already told you, I had rollerskating sometimes."
"Well... then you are amazing." He said. "And you said you have lived here all the time?"
"Well... sometime, yes." Isa said. "Why don't we get home? I need a shower." She said smiling. "And also some rest."
"Oh, I forgot." Caleb said.
"Don't worry." She said smiling. "I have had a lot of good feelings today. Mine and from people around me."
"Oh, you will be surprised on what I did to the nest." Caleb said smiling. "I worked hard on myown so... ok, you will see."
It was true. As soon as they got to their house, he covered her eyes to gide her to a room that had been no used since they arrived; at the -1 floor there was a big room that was suposed to have been a storage room on old times. He helped her to get down the stairs to the floor and there he uncovered her eyes.
"Do you like the surprise?" he said.
There he had managed to build a training room with a boxing bag and some handmaded fighting puppets and training objects.
"Caleb!!!" she said running around in surprise. "This is perfect for training!!"
"Well, I have had to made them myself so... they are nothing simmilar to what I tried to copy from." He said.
"They are just perfect." She said smiling. "Wanna try them?"
"Just a minute and you rest, ok?" he said.
"Promis." Isa said smiling.
