Twenty-eight
We was half way through the 2nd Harry Potter film, I wasn't so bothered about missing it because Chamber of Secrets was not my favourite film at all. It also wasn't my favourite book to read either, the fifth one was actually my favourite book, the last film was the best. I grabbed the money that mom left and walked out to Derek's car I got in the car seat and he began driving almost immediately. "I've never heard them all so quiet!" He exclaimed, I couldn't help but laugh he sounded so happy over the fact they were so quiet.
"That's going to change once we bring the food back," I told him sympathetically. "It's okay though they will shut up soon enough, and whatever you say Derek you enjoy their company more than you like to admit." I shook my head as he looked up stubbornly, he acted as if I hadn't just said something. We pulled up at the pizza place and we went and grabbed our order, we got back in the car and speeded home, I walked into the house and scattered the pizza boxes all over the floor. Not even a moment later everyone was sat on the floor and began digging into the pizza, I went into the kitchen and grabbed cans of pop out, I rolled them all into the living room and finally got mine out the fridge.
I walked into the living room and sat on the sofa and grabbed some pizza and started eating.
I heard the front door unlock and opened my eyes, I opened my eyes and yawned, everyone else had fallen asleep across the floor in their little couples. I untangled myself from Derek as mom walked up the stairs, I followed her and we went into her room. "Hey sweetie did you have a nice night?" Mom asked softly.
"Yeah," I nodded.
I yawned and she smiled, "I'm glad, it's nice to see you girls being a normal teenager again, so to speak anyway," mom said. "Although do all parents know that everyone is stopping over?"
"Yeah, they all rang parents after the 4th movie I think," I told her. "How was shift?"
"It was good, nobody died," she said with a little smile. "I think I'm going to call it a night."
"Mom, can I skip school tomorrow?" I asked quietly. "I'm falling behind on school work and being at school isn't helping me catch up. I want to tell you because we said we would talk honestly, but even if you said no I'm going to skip because I can't keep doing that."
"I suppose at least you are telling me," mom said. "Okay you can skip, I hope, no I expect you to be caught up by the time Monday rolls around."
I nodded, "thanks mom," I said. I hugged her and she kissed my cheek, "I love you mom."
"I love you too Felicity," she said. "I'm going to get some sleep I'm tired after shift."
I nodded, I made my way downstairs and got back into Derek's arms, luckily he had a habit for not moving when he was asleep regardless if someone else moved, so I could easily sneak back into the place I was in. I found myself falling straight back to sleep in his arms it was nice and peaceful.
By the time I woke up everyone had left for school mom was still asleep, "good morning beautiful," Derek said. I turned around to see him leaning on his elbow watching me. "I figured we go feed you then go to my loft?"
I nodded, "everyone get to school alright?" I asked softly.
"Yeah they all left together, I felt like a parent shifting them out the door quietly," Derek groaned. "I hate teenagers, except you."
I laughed, I sat up and yawned, "did you have fun last night?"
"I enjoyed spending time with my girlfriend, and I suppose the others were good too," he teased. "Actually no," he sat up. "It was Harry Potter! That was the highlight of last night watching Harry Potter."
I laughed I stood up and made my way to my room, I changed into leggings and swapped to another one of Derek's tops, I think whilst I was in his loft I was going to raid his cupboard for some more clothes. I made my way downstairs and grabbed my bag, "come on then you loser we best get to your loft," I told him.
He stood up and grabbed his keys, I grabbed my house keys and locked the front door walking towards Derek's car he began driving about 20 minutes later we arrived at his loft. I grabbed my bag and made my way towards his loft, he opened the door and I walked in and sat down at his table. I poured my bag out on the table and sighed, I had to first organise what needed doing. I concentrated on doing work and tried not to focus on what Derek was doing.
"Why don't you have a laptop?" Derek asked. I turned to see him sat on the sofa watching me, "I mean any other sensible child has a laptop to do their work and papers on, I noticed Freya had one, what happened to yours?"
"Threw it against the wall," I admitted sheepishly. "Apparently my anger wasn't in check that day, mom and dad think I still have it, I couldn't tell them I had broken something else. They were already annoyed I kept breaking things, I couldn't tell them I had broken that too, I think they know but they haven't said anything."
"Well," Derek said. He pulled a box out from under the sofa and brought it over to me, "I was going to save this for christmas but seeing as you are piled in work right now I figured you could use it now."
"Derek you didn't," I said shocked.
"I did and you can't argue with me, because I won't have it," he said. He placed the box on the table and pushed it towards me, I opened it up and looked at him shocked, it was one of the latest apple MacBooks that were out. I was about to say something but Derek put a hand against my mouth to stop me from saying anything. "You are accepting this and I won't take no for an answer."
"Thank you Derek, I love it," I whispered. "I feel you shouldn't spend so much money on me."
"Well I didn't get you a birthday present this year so count it as that," Derek said. "If you don't want to accept, I want to spoil my girlfriend and what's the point of you getting bullshit like flowers when I know they die and you can't keep many things alive. You would get practical use out of this and I put a few extra things on here for you, well you will get it when you set it up."
"Come sit next to me, not that you are tech savvy," I giggled. I got the mac out the box and we sat down and began to set it up, once it was all set up he showed me the apps he had brought, "why?"
"I know you still play the piano sometimes, like last night, so I thought you could make some music whenever you wanted so I put software on there that you can play around with," he explained. "I don't understand it but you can work all that out."
I stood up and sat on the table and sat in front of him, I leaned forward and crashed my lips to his, I wrapped my arms around him and deepened the kiss, "thank you," I whispered as I pulled away. "Thank you so much Derek."
"Your welcome," he whispered. "I like to make you happy. I hope I make you happy, things are always slightly rocky."
"You do," I said. "You make me happy and I really don't know what I would have done if I hadn't had your help the past year Derek." I stroked his face and I sighed softly, "do I make you happy?"
"Duh," he said softly. I smiled, "I wouldn't do everything I have done for you if I didn't. I do mean it when I say you are my world Felicity Grace Swarek." I pulled a face at the mention of my middle name and he just shook his head, "I like your middle name. When we have a baby girl she will be named Grace Kara."
"No, don't put that name on our child!" I scoffed. "Kara Grace, if you insist on my silly name being mentioned. Also Derek who says we are even having children?"
"I already told you I see you in the future, our future together," Derek said. "I wouldn't plan my life without you in it Felicity, I want to be with you for the rest of my life I know that." I nodded and couldn't help but looked freaked out, in times like this I did remember how old Derek was and the fact he would be thinking like that, "not until you are at least 25 though."
"I think I can deal with that, still freaks me out though," I told him honestly. "So tell me in this future of ours how many children?"
"You are the one pushing them out, you decide," he said with a chuckle. "At least two though."
I laughed I wrapped my arms around his neck and kissed him again, "I must have done something super amazing in my past life to get you right now," I said with a smile.
"Right that's enough lovey dovey stuff back to school work Felicity," Derek said pulling away from me. I groaned and slid off the table and sat on the chair, I looked at him and he was just watching me, I went back to doing my work although all I wanted to do was play on my new toy but something tells me that Derek would make sure I did my school work before anything. I felt him looking at me and turned to see his eyes on my shoulder, I frowned why was he looking at my shoulder? I jumped as his alarm began going off he turned to the door as it opened it revealed Cora, "didn't I teach you how to get in without tripping the alarm?"
"Sure, but who knows what you two do together," she teased. "Hey Felicity."
"Cora," I nodded. "What are you doing back? Thought you hated this place?"
"I do considering our whole family was burned alive, but I didn't even want to leave in the first place, he took me with him," she said pointing at Derek.
"For your own safety," he muttered.
"Whatever, I'm still back here," she muttered. I couldn't help but shake my head these two felt like Freya and I when we argued, which when it got bad meant it would also be very explosive. "Anyway Felicity show me your shoulder."
"It's usually your brother who asks me to strip," I teased. I felt a slap in my arm and rubbed my arm I looked up to see Derek glaring at me, "not that he asks me to strip a lot, usually just a take your top off here and there."
I laughed, I took my arm out my top and showed her my shoulder, "the shoulder with your mark on," Cora said.
I looked to see I had gotten my right shoulder out when I needed my left, I pulled my top off and threw it on the table I saw Derek about to pick it up, I reached out and slapped his hand away, "leave it alone, you aren't having it back. Speaking of I will be raiding your closet." I looked at my shoulder and frowned my mark had changed again, "have we figured out why this keeps changing? I thought marks were meant to be permanent."
"Yours is magical," Cora said. "Whilst I was away I started researching into marks like this every supernatural pair of twins get one and they usually change to fit each other but yours and Freya's have never once been the same, you aren't in sync. You are a witch and she is a wolf which is why, what concerns me is that now you've healed each other I would have thought that puts your mark stable."
"What?" I asked confused. "What do you mean stable?"
"She means you may have fixed her shifting problem for now but it's not over, and you can't keep getting injured to keep that balance for healing each other," Derek said. "We still need to find a permanent solution for whatever is wrong. Have you noticed you and Freya have been switching emotions?"
"What? No I have my own emotions and she has hers," I said.
"Yesterday she told me you were a super annoying morning person," he said.
"Can I not wake up happy to anyone?!" I asked annoyed.
"Felicity you hate waking up, that wouldn't change just because you fixed Freya. You know who loves waking up in the morning? Freya, who was grumpy yesterday? Freya," he said. I stared at him and my eyes widen he was right, Freya and I had been switching our emotions, I bit my lip and they both looked at me, "what?"
"School Freya was being very sarcastic and the comments I usually make she did, you think when we did what we did it upset our emotional balance?" I asked.
"Hopefully not," Cora said. "You need to talk to her and maybe figure out this emotions thing, it could be really bad if one of you accidently sucked up each other."
I looked at Derek and he rubbed his head, "your soul, you switched parts of it," Derek said. "Did you feel her pulling your soul?"
I groaned, "I can't deal with this, no, can we give it a few days before we think that Freya and I have switched some part of her soul, I can get being a witch and she being a wolf but I cannot deal with soul swapping!" I said. I turned to look at them both and shook my head, "please just figure out the mark business without assuming that we have switched parts of soul. I can't deal with supernatural wrong doings right now, I need to focus on school, so put supernatural to bed?"
"What happens when she sucks up your soul? You already said you felt parts of you slipping away," Derek said.
I looked at him and could see him getting annoyed, "fine you concentrate on supernatural, I will deal with school, I mean it though Derek leave Freya alone, let her be happy." He nodded, I reached over and put the top back on and turned my attention back to school work. As soon as I did give him that permission he had immediately gone to get some books out and with the help of Cora they began looking into what was wrong. I didn't believe that we had swapped souls I just thought that we had a little more happiness and sarcasm in each others life which in my opinion was fine. Freya could always do with being a little more grumpy nobody can be that happy in the morning.
By the time it was 5pm, my mom had texted me to say she was outside ready to take me home, I picked up all my stuff, "I'll see you whenever," I told him.
"Yep, bye," he said. He leaned down and kissed me softly, "remember I'm here if you need anything."
"I know also don't mention this to anybody else, it could be nothing, I'm positive it's nothing," I warned. He nodded, "I mean it Derek for the first time in a year Freya is happy, I am happy, my parents are slowly accepting this new way, we don't need another spanner in the works, tomorrow I'll be grumpy she'll be happy again, you have nothing to worry about. Just find out about my changing mark."
"Okay, I may pop in tonight," he said.
I nodded, I left his loft and made my way out to the car park, I saw mom sitting in the car almost immediately, I opened the door and sat in the seat and yawned, "hey honey, how was studying at Derek's? I really hoped you studied and I didn't give you a day off with your boyfriend," mom said flatly.
"I studied, I have two more pieces of homework to do and then I'm all caught up," I told her. She began driving and I looked out the window, "mom how come you and dad don't talk about your families?"
"Family is complicated Felicity," mom sighed. "We just don't talk anymore, life pulls you apart in more ways you can imagine. I suppose you and your sister are lucky, you both have a magical bond that will keep you connected forever, even if you was on the other side of the world you would still know how each of you are feeling. You don't find being connected to your sister a curse do you?"
"No," I said. "I like it, I mean I don't know anything different but no I like being connected to Freya means it's easier to trick you and dad." I sighed, "mom Derek and Cora thinks that Freya and I have swapped some part of our soul because I woke up happy and she grumpy."
"Honey you are twins, you both share things and it's not because of magic if Derek and Cora think that let them think it and do there many research projects like I know they do, but I know my daughters and they are both fine, you haven't swapped any part of your souls, ignore them," she said. I nodded, "Felicity your dad and I would be the first ones to notice if you had switched with each other. You and Freya may have a magical bond but we are your parents, so don't worry concentrate on being a normal teenager."
"I will, I told him that," I said. "I wanted to tell you because you asked that we have no more secrets."
