Chase's POV

I studied Cathy as she laid in my arms. Guilt of my plans for her the next two days was weighing heavy on my chest. There was a consistent tug between my heart and the magic that was coursing through my veins.

I wanted, no, needed more power. Love, that disgusting four letter word could not, and would not get in my way.

It was though. Every time I was inside of Cathy, every time she smiled as me, every time she simply grazed my leg I felt a high more powerful than this magic. Did I really want to give up her high for this one? The high when I touched her gave me life. While the high when I used my powers killed me.

I was snapped out of my thoughts when I heard Caleb and that annoying leach Kate walk by my room. Knowing Cathy needed to be in her bed by now, I used to put her there. I also used to put her into clothes. The last thing I wanted was Caleb to see her naked. It already disgusted me the way he looked at her with clothes on.

"So, what's going on with you and Pogue? You seem to be fighting a lot lately." Caleb asked Kate.

"He's jealous of Chase. He shouldn't be though, I obviously love him." I rolled my eyes. Kate was pathetic, and made me sick every time she looked at me. "What's up with you and Cat?"

This I was dying to hear. "I'm not sure to be honest... She seems so distant towards me sometimes, but there's other times I feel like I have a chance."

"Why don't you just ask her on a real date?" Kate pulled out her key to unlock the bedroom door. I knew they couldn't see me since he was using to watch from above.

"We were supposed to go on one tomorrow, but I don't think right nowis the right time for her." He said before they opened the door. I watched as he walked over to Cathy and sat on her bed. Caleb reached his hand out to tuck her hair behind her ear. I felt myself rage with jealousy. She started to stir. Opening her eyes she looked up at Caleb.

"What are you doing here?" She asked softly, looking around confused.

"I came to say goodnight, and don't forget you owe me on our bet tomorrow." Caleb smiled at her.

I watched Cathy's reaction, and she seemed slightly disappointed. "Of course." She gave what I assumed to be a fake smile. Caleb couldn't tell though, because he didn't really know her. Not like I did.

"I'll see you tomorrow." Caleb kissed her forehead and left.

"Did you get your homework done?" Kate asked her.

"Yeah, I did." Cathy said, clearly annoyed. "Goodnight."

I watched as Kate fell asleep, and Cathy tossed and turned. I was going to leave, but I noticed she was crying. She couldn't have been crying over me though.. Could she have?

The next day when I woke up, I had a nervous feeling in my stomach. Today was day one of my plan, and I needed to be on my toes.

Walking to the showers, I saw Cathy walking back. Her in just her short towel killed me. "Hey." I stopped her a few doors down from her dorm.

"Bye." She went to walk away from me, but I grabbed her and pulled her to me. "Don't do this right now Chase."

I noticed she looked like she was going to cry. "Cat, what's wrong?"

"Am I ever going to wake up, and you still be there?" She snapped. "Am I ever going to see that Chase that I met my first two days here, because I really miss that Chase."

"Cathy, I told you I wasn't leaving you anymore. All I did was carry you to your own room. I didn't want anyone to question you." I defended.

"I want people to question me. I want people to know about us. I'm over keeping this a secret. If all you want is to keep it a secret, then let me go." I said nothing to her, and let her go. She'd come back anyways. She always did. "See you around Collins."

Cathy stormed past me, into her room. When she didn't look back at me, I knew she wasn't coming back, at least not on her own free will.

I could have used to watch her, but I didn't. I couldn't be that sad anyways. I mean, I had to choose between her and the magic.

And the magic always wins.

Cathy's POV

I shut the door and felt my heart crush. Kate had left early to go somewhere, so I just let myself fall to the ground. I shouldn't have started to cry but I did.

After my five minute meltdown, I got up and got ready for class. Making sure that I did my hair and make up to perfection, and adding alterations to my skirt and shirt. I made sure my skirt was an inch shorter than usual, and that I wore my best bra so that my tits showed more. I was convinced that the best revenge was to show someone what they're missing.

Walking into English class, I felt two sets of eyes looking at me. One belonged to Caleb and the other to Chase. I refused to acknowledge either one of them though. That was until I realized that the only seat open was next to Chase, again. This can't be an accident.

I walked slowly to the open seat, and made sure I was as far away from him as physically possible.

"Can we talk?" He asked.

"Can you fuck off?" I snapped back, annoyed.

"Cat..." Chase said softly, but I let it roll off my shoulder and ignored him. I was truly done with going back to him.

Luckily the teacher came in, and Chase couldn't continue. He didn't bother speaking to me the rest of the class, but he kept looking over at me. The second the bell rang, I left class before Chase could stop me. I was walking so fast, and caught up in my own thoughts that I hadn't noticed Caleb was trying to stop me.

"Cat!" I finally heard him say as I turned around.

"Hey Caleb, what's up?" I smiled at him.

"Did you forget about our date tonight?" He asked.

"Actually, yes." I honestly had. I had been too caught up with Chase that I forgot Caleb and I had a date tonight.

"Oh." Caleb seemed embarrassed.

"I'd still love to go though." I lied. I think he sensed it too.

"You don't have to." He gave a sad smile to me.

"No, we're going. It will be fun." I gave him a reassuring smile. "Just let me know what I should wear."

The rest of the day went by slowly. When I went back to my dorm to get ready, I saw a note from Kate saying she went to the nurses office because she felt sick. I tossed the note away, and decided I'd check on her in a few hours since I had to get ready.

Looking through my closet I found a simple blue dress to wear, and my leather jacket to go over it. I threw it on the bed as I went into the bathroom to do my hair and makeup.

As I was finishing up I heard my phone go off. Looking down I saw it was Caleb. I answered quickly.

"Hello."

Hey, Cat. Uhm, I' really hate to do this to you, but I have to postpone tonight. I'm sorry.

I was silently thanking the gods. "It's okay. I understand. I'll see you on Monday." I said hanging up before he could respond.

Deciding I should check on Kate, I called the nurse.

"Hi, this is Kate's roommate Cathy. I heard she went down there because she wasn't feeling to good. Just wanted to check up on her." If I were being honest I didn't care too much, but if Pogue started asking around for her, I figured I could at least tell him where she was.

"Actually, we're taking Kate to the hospital." The nurse said worried. "If you could bring her a bag of clothes, preferably sweats, that would be great."

I rolled by eyes. "Yeah, I'll be there in a second." Quickly I grabbed a bag and items Kate would need, and headed to the nurses office. "Here you go."

"Thank you Cathy." The sweet nurse said.

"So, what's wrong with Kate?"

"It's like she went into anaphylactic shock, and she's covered in what looks to be spider bites all over her body." I felt my stomach drop. I'd been having those dreams about spiders. This couldn't be a coincidence.

"If she gets worse, please let me know." I said before leaving the office. I called Caleb hoping he'd pick up.

"Hey can I call you-"

"Caleb, Kate is going to the hospital." I said before he hung up.

"Wait, what?" He asked panicked.

"Kate. Hospital. Sick. It looks like she's covered in spider bites. So, you want to explain to me the weird shit that's going on? I know it has to do with you 'Sons of Ipswitch.'" I accused. I probably sounded crazy, but my gut was telling me I wasn't.

"Just go to your dorm. I'll be there in a few." I hung up before responding.

God, I really was never going to have a normal life.