I don't know how long we sat in the sand, but it was nice Saturday morning. We enjoyed ours silence. Keila had her legs sticking straight forward with her arms holding her upper half up. While her head was tilted up and eyes closed. She was always did that even when we were little kids. She was always the one in the sun, but for me I was always one for the shadows. I like the cloudy grey days. I just sat there crissed cross looking straight forward watching the tides pull out then in, out then back in. I was mesmerized by the tides. I felt like the tides were trying to pull me towards them, inviting me to join them. It was like my legs had a mind of their own because I felt myself being lifted from the sand and started to walk. I stopped when I felt the cool ocean waters rush to my ankles.
The feeling was unreal. I never felt something like this before. The way the tide came in then out in the same rhythm of heartbeat. I felt connected to the ocean, to the water, to the tide. It felt like I was whole again. Then the feeling went ended when I felt my shoulder being tapped on. I turn to look to see that it was Keila. She was saying something but I couldn't hear her. There was something else drawing my attention. I looked around but there was nothing there besides me and Keila. The I felt my shoulders being shaken and someone yelling
"Willa? Willa!" I slowly turned my head to face Keila again.
"What?" I said in a shallow voice. She looked at me with confusing written on her face and said
"Are you ok?"
"Yeah. Why wouldn't I be?" I asked.
"Well for one you are standing knee deep in the ocean."
"What?" I said and looked down. She right I thought weird.
"Come on weirdo it should be open by now." Keila said while she walked away.
"What's open?"
"The library." I just nodded my head and continued to stay put. A part of me didn't want to go.
"Hey are you coming?" Keila yelled
"Yeah. I'll be right through." I yelled back. I started to walk away when I notice I wasn't wearing any shoes. I started to look around when I heard a whistle and looked up to see Keila dangling my shoes with her index and middle finger. When I got to her she handed me my shoes and I said thanks as I slipped them on. We walked in silence to the parking lot till we can to a stop in front of a black 1967 Chevrolet Impala.
"This yours?" I asked.
"Yeah it is. Isn't she beautiful?"
"She?"
"Yes 'she' Willa."
"So your car is a girl?"
"Ah yeah." I tried to fight the laugh that was bottling up inside but it was hard. I walked over to the passenger said and pulled the handle but it was still locked. I looked at Keila. She had a serious expression painted on her face when she said
"Don't disrespect Jeza."
"Jeza?"
"Yeah short for Jezabel."
"You named your car Jezabel?"
"Yeah I did. Do you have a problem with that?" I put my arms up in surrender and said
"No, not at all."
"Good." Then she unlocked her car and when got in. when she started the car a song came on. I jumped when I heard Keila shout
"OH MY GOD!"
"What?!" I said.
"This is my song!" she said as she turned the volume up. The song was Tongue Tied by Grouplove. We started to sing while she drove.
Take me to your best friend's house
Go around this roundabout
Oh yeah
Take me to your best friend's house
I loved you then and I love you now
Oh yeah
Don't take me tongue tied
Don't wave no goodbye
Don't...
When the song ended she pulled into the library's parking lot. We both got out and walked into the building. She went one way and I went another. As I walked down the aisles of the fiction section I made it so my finger tips were light skimming the spines of the books. I always love being in the library, being surrounded by books. I love the fact that you can get lost in a whole other world by just reading. How every story is a new adventure. I jumped when I heard Keila said
"Hey homes did you find anything?"
"No." I said kind of disappointed that I couldn't find anything.
"Oh well. Come on we are going to go to a coffee shop down the street."
"Ok."
When we walked into the sudden rush of warmth Keila pointed to an empty table. I nodded and took a seat and waited for her to come back. When she did she set down a mug of hot chocolate. I looked at her. She just shrugged and said
"Well you didn't tell me what you wanted." we just sat there for a few minutes sipping our hot drinks. Then I took my phone out of my pocket to check the time it was 11:45. Wow time fly's fast. I thought to myself. Then I stuck my phone back into my packet.
"Hey Willa I have a question to ask you." Keila said.
"Shoot."
"Well its more of your opinion." I looked at her and said
"Ok?"
"What do you think about magic?"
"What?"
"What do you think about magic?" she said again.
"Umm well I don't know. Why do you ask?"
"Just wondering. One more opinion." I nodded my head to signal that I'm ready.
"What do you think about witches?" I crinkled my eyebrows together and said
"What like the Hocus Pocus witches or Hermione Granger?"
"What no like real life witches."
"Umm there are no such thing Keila they belong in books and movies."
"But what if I told you that you are wrong? What if I told you that there is group no coven of witches living here in Chance Harbor?"
"Then I would think that you were crazy Keila. Why anyways?" She looked down at her half empty drank mug with the expression of disappointment. Then her phone went off.
"I'll be right back." She then got up and walked away. After a couple of minutes she came back.
"Hey come on." I took a last sip of my drink and walked quickly after her. When we got to the car.
"Where are we going?" I asked
"To my house." Before I could ask anymore she turned the radio up. Ho Hey by The Lumineers.
Ho! So show me family
Hey! All the blood that I would bleed
Ho! I don't know where I belong
Hey! I don't know where I went wrong
Ho! But I can write a song Hey!
Then Little Talks by Of Monsters and Men
Soon it will all be over, buried with our past
We used to play outside when we were young
and full of life and full of love.
Some days I feel like I'm wrong when I am right.
Your mind is playing tricks on you my dear.
When we walked into her living room I was surprised by the large group who were waiting for us. Nick, Adam, Diana, Faye, Melissa, and even Cassie were all waiting for me and Keila.
"What's going on?" I asked while looking around the room.
"Willa you know the questions I was asking you about early?" Keila asked.
"Yeah?"
"Oh for god sakes tell her already." Faye said.
"I'm getting to it." Keila snapped and Faye just rolled her eyes.
"Back to what I was about to say before I was rudely interrupted. I'm going to say this plain and simple. You are a witch Willa."
"I'm a what?" I said in shock. The Faye said
"You. Are. A. Witch. Now that we have this all cleared up can we go home now?" She said.
"This must be a joke."
"It's not Willa." I looked to see that it was Cassie who said this.
"What you knew?" She nodded her and said
"Diana told me a few days ago."
"Why didn't you tell me sooner then?"
"Because I didn't know the right way to tell you."
"When is there ever a right way to tell a person that they're a witch?" I said getting a little annoyed.
"I'm sorry." she said. I just held my tongue. I didn't want to speak or be around anyone.
"Willa." I looked up to see that it was Diana speaking to me.
"We need you to join the coven so that we can keep our powers under control."
"What?" I said.
"We need you to joi-" then I stopped her there and said
"Just stop I need you to just stop." then I turned around and ran out the door. I just ran I didn't stop until I was in the safety of my four bedroom walls. I slowly walked to my bed and laid down. I looked at the glow in the dark stars that I put on my sealing. How could this be true? How can I Willa Blake be a…..witch?