Trapped in the Coven Chapter 8

Part 1

The girls of Robichaux Academy woke up abruptly to the obnoxious sound of pans banging together and Fiona calling out, "Get up witches. Coven meeting downstairs."

Hannah groaned as she got up. She looked over at her clock. 7:15am. "It's too early for this."

Harry got up quickly and got dressed. "What if she knows about me?"

Hannah looked at him seriously. "How could she know that? You haven't used your powers outside our rooms."

"Maybe she could sense it. Like she did in you." Harry said.

Hannah rolled her eyes. "Please." She got up out of the bed. "She lied about that. She doesn't have that ability. It was a trick to get me to show her my powers."

"If it's not about me... then what?" Harry asked.

The witches all gathered in the living room and sat on the couches around the room. Zoey and Amy sat on one small couch together. Queenie, Misty, Hannah, and Kate sat on the longer couch in the middle. Nan sat alone in the small sofa. Misty sat on the floor. Cordelia stood behind the long couch. Harry stood off to the side with his hands behind his back. She wore his servant uniform. Fiona stood in front of all of them.

"The secrets in this coven have become intolerable. The lies. The betrayals. No more!" Fiona started off the meeting.

"Is this a meeting or a lecture?" Madison asked.

"Shut up." Fiona said, annoyed. "There has been far too much conspiracy going on in this coven. We need to stick together. We are stronger together."

"What brought on this sudden change of heart?" Kate scoffed.

"The shooting." Nan said. "Luke is hurt. He's in the hospital. That's more important than anything you have to say."

"You'll have plenty of time to see him after this meeting." Cordelia assured her.

"What if it's too late by then?" Nan asked. Stress and fear filled her face.

"It won't be." Amy said, shaking her head.

Zoe looked over at Amy, confused.

"Lately we've noticed an increase of tension surrounding you girls." Cordelia said.

Zoe sat up. "Madison and I are fine."

"Yeah. We're sharing." Madison said.

"Not just you two." Fiona said. She glanced at Amy and Hannah.

"What us?" Hannah asked.

Fiona nodded at them.

"Oh come on." Hannah said. "We have so much history. It's not that big of deal."

Kate looked down.

"She's right." Amy said. "We have been fighting lately and it's time we settled this."

Hannah raised her eyebrow. "Ah, so you've finally come to your senses and realized everything I said was true."

Amy laughed. "You never talk about what really happened. You avoid the question because you don't know the answer because you made it all up."

"Here we go again." Queenie sighed.

"What's going on?" Misty asked. "I'm confused."

"What question would that be?" Hannah asked. She leaned forward towards Amy.

"Who did they kill?" Amy asked. She held her hands out. "Who?"

Hannah's face tightened.

"See? She can't answer because they didn't kill anyone." Amy said.

"Enough!" Cordelia shouted.

The coven was quiet and they all looked at Cordelia.

"We are going to settle this ridiculous dispute." Fiona said.

"You don't even know-" Hannah tried to say.

"Quiet," Fiona said. She picked up a remote off the mantel and pressed a button. The projector above them turned on and projected on the wall.

"Has that always been there?" Zoey asked.

"My mother and I have put together a hex on the projector. It will show us all side of the story. The real story." Cordelia explained.

"How?" Kate asked.

"All it takes is a strand of hair from each of you." Cordelia said.

"Mixed with a memory drought placed in your evening tea." Kate said.

Amy glared at Kate. "You bitch."

"Actually I helped make it." Misty admitted.

"Why would you..." Hannah asked.

"So that the truth can finally be out." Kate said.

"Now let's sit back and watch the show." Fiona said. She pressed a button on the remote and the video started to play.

Hannah glanced across the room. Amy glared at her.

The projector showed two people holding hands across the screen. In the background, Hamilton High School was seen. As the two people walked towards the school, the rest of their bodies were revealed. It was Sammie and Aiden.

A montage ensued of the two dating. Hugging at school, going on dates like the movies, bowling, mini golf, dinner, etc.

"What does this have to do with Hannah and Amy?" Madison asked.

"Who are these people?" Queenie asked.

"People who go to our school." Amy said.

A new character showed up on the screen. A teenage girl a year older than Sammie watched the blissful couple. She looked at them longingly.
The girl went home and watched TV on the couch. She lied across the couch with the TV remote in her hand.

Hannah walked down the stairs and stood to the side of the TV. She waved a deck of cards in front of the girl. "Want to play?"

The girl sighed but did not answer.

"Come on. We can bet our allowance on it." Hannah said.

The girl sat up. "How much allowance?"

Hannah held up three $5 bills.

"Okay I'm in." She checked her pocket and pulled out some cash.

"Five dollars per game." Hannah said.

"Why not just bet all of it on one game?"

"That's too much pressure. And besides I want to play more than one round." Hannah said.

The girl gave her a smile. "Alright. So what game do want to play? Egyptian war? Speed? 21?" She began shuffling the card deck.

"Nines." Hannah answered.

"Who is that?" Amy asked. She seemed to already know the answer.

Hannah stared at the screen. Her eyes looked red. "My sister."

Kate looked down at her feet.

Harry watched from the back of the room. He looked over at Hannah and started walking towards her.

"Ah," Fiona called. She pointed her finger at him. "You are a servant today. Not her boyfriend. If you can't do that, leave the room."

Harry went back to standing in the back of the room, further away from Hannah.

The next scene showed Ally walking to Aiden by his locker. She was smiling and playing with her hair. He was smiling back at her.

"Mr. Keller is such a moron." Aiden said. "He doesn't get Algebra and he's teaching it."

Ally giggled. "Hey at least he doesn't care if use our phones for calculators."

"Half of us don't even use the calculators on our phone. I play Angry Birds." Aiden said.

They both laughed at that comment.

Aiden leaned his head against his locker. "You really get it. Sammie tells me I'm too hard on him. Tells me that he's just doing his job." Aiden said.

"Easy for her to say. She doesn't have him for a teacher."

"Exactly. Anyway, I'm going to fail this class because of this terrible teacher. And Sammie can't help. She's in a different math class."

Ally smirked a little. "Well I've always been a little self-taught, so if you need help, I'm there."

"That's would be amazing." Aiden said.

Just then, Sammie quickly walked up to him and grabbed his hand. "Hey there AA."

He pushed his lips together. "Hey."

The bell rang at a second later.

"We should get going. Bye Ally." Sammie said abruptly. Sammie practically dragged her boyfriend away from Ally.

"That was kind of rude." Aiden said. They walked quickly down the hallway.

"Oh please." Sammie said. She rolled her eyes. "That girl is trouble."

"Look, I know she's the sister of that girl you don't like but-"

"It's not that I don't like her." Sammie said. She stopped in her tracks and faced Aiden. "She- she blames us for Katie dying."

"I don't see why that makes Ally bad."

"I don't trust her." Sammie said. "And you shouldn't either."

The scene changed to Sammie hanging out with Holly, Lily and Charlotte at a park. They sat on the swings and talked.

"Ally wants him. I can sense it." Sammie said. "She shamelessly flirts with him knowing that we're dating."

Lily rolled her eyes.

"I'm sorry, am I boring you?" Sammie asked, annoyed.

"Did you really call us out her to talk about boy trouble?" Lily asked.

"I love Aiden." Sammie said. "I've never been in love before and I can't imagine him leaving me." She shook her head.

"You're 16." Charlotte said. "I know he's your first love. And I'm happy for you. He makes you happy and all but you're not the same."

"Are you going to tell him about us? About you?" Holly asked.

"Guys no. I mean I don't need to tell him about me. It's not like a real power-" Sammie said. She swayed on the swing.

"Your senses are never wrong." Charlotte said. "It is a power."

"If you can't tell him, you don't really love him." Lily said.

"Oh what do you know about love Lily?" Sammie shot back. "You spend you free time with your nose in a book. Can't find a partner in there. They are out there."

Sammie held her hand out to make a gesture.

The scene changed to Ally and Aiden working on math homework together at her house in the living room. She helped him do a math problem and explained why he got an answer wrong.

"Oh now I get it... I think." He said.

Ally smiled. "Well, I hope so too. That quiz is in two days."

"I need a good grade on that. My parents are already freaking out over my grade." He rubbed his forehead.

"You'll be fine." Ally held his other hand.

He looked at her again then down at her lips. He leaned in and kissed her.

Ally kissed back for a moment then pulled back. "You have a girlfriend."

Aiden locked his bottom lip. "Right."

"He should be with Ally anyway." Madison said. She leaned back on the couch.

Hannah raised an eyebrow at her.

Amy scoffed. "He has a girlfriend."

"And he's flirting with another girl. Kissing another girl." Madison said. "Clearly he would rather be with her."

"Yeah, if he's not going to be faithful, he doesn't deserve Samantha." Queenie said.

"It feels a bit like I'm violating Hannah's privacy." Misty said.

"Oh boo who," Madison teased her.

"It's okay Misty." Hannah said. "I want everyone to know the truth."

Amy smirked and turned away.

"Aiden seems happier around Ally anyway." Madison said.

"This is getting good," Madison said. She snapped her fingers, "Harry, go make us some popcorn."

"Make it yourself, witchy-witch." Harry said to her.

Hannah rubbed her fingers across her mouth, hiding her smile.

"Would you all shush so we can find out what happened next?" Zoe said.

Ally and Aiden walked into school walking side by side. The kissed behind the school building before school. After school, they worked on homework together.

Meanwhile Sammie was in turmoil. During lunch in the cafeteria, she was sobbing nonstop. Holly tried to comfort her by saying that Aiden didn't deserve her.

"Oh but Ally does?" Sammie asked, offended.

Vincent sighed. "If he would rather be wit Ally than you, that's his choice." He rubbed her back.

"But why her? What's so great about her?" Sammie asked, still sobbing.

"You are a strong independent women who doesn't need a man." Lily said.

"Oh shut up Lily." Sammie said.

The scene changed to Ally, Aiden, and Hannah all hanging out in the living room at the girl's house. They all played card games for cash. They mostly had singles to bet on.

"One more game." Aiden asked.

"No way. I won it all." Hannah said. She wrapped her arms around her pile of single dollar bills.

"What if we mix things up?" Ally asked. She grabbed a bag of sour candy out of her backpack. "Winner gets the candy."

"I'm in." Aiden said quietly.

Hannah was already dealing the cards.

The scene changed to a few weeks later. Sammie woke up from a vivid nightmare. She got up and headed for school. Once inside the building, she felt ill. She dashed to the bathroom and threw up in one of the empty stalls.

As Sammie wipes her face, her face filled with realization. She washed her hands and quickly checked the calendar on her phone. She was two weeks late. She felt her belly wondered...

"Oh my God." Queenie said.

Kate quicky covered her mouth.

"She's calling Ally a whore but she's the one who's pregnant." Madison said.

"It's like watching a real life 90210." Zoe said.

"So glad our story could entertain you." Hannah said, sarcastically.

"You're hardly in this story." Nan said, finally speaking.

"Yeah." Amy said. "When are we going to get to the truth part?"

"This is all part of it." Fiona said.

Misty turned to Hannah again. "Are you sure you're okay with all this?"

"Yeah…" Hannah said. She didn't sound very convincing. She seemed to be just as surprised as everyone else in the room.

Amy took a deep breath before saying, "You didn't know?"

Hannah shook her head slowly.

"You're pregnant?" Holly asked. "Oh my God."

The two girls were in an empty classroom.

"I know." Sammie said. "And now I'll be all alone. No one to help me."

"Does that mean you plan to keep it?" Holly asked, reluctantly.

"What else would I do with it?"

"It's just that you're a teenager on high school. And you're not even with the father."

"Maybe when I tell him, he'll want to get back together."

"This sort of thing usually drives the boyfriend away."

Sammie shot a glare at Holly.

The scene changed to Sammie at her house with Holly and Vincent. She sat on her bed while Holly and Vincent were standing.

"Have you decided what you're going to do?" Vincent asked.

Sammie moved her lips to the side. "I need to tell him..."

"And if Aiden doesn't act the way you hope, we're still here for you." Vincent said.

"Yeah." Holly answered.

Sammie lies back on her bed. "Why did you have to tell Vincent? He shouldn't know before Aiden."

"He knew something was up." Holly said. "I couldn't lie. He would just assume the worst."

The scene changed again to Holly in her room. Her phone rang and she picked it up. "Sammie?"

"I don't know what to do." Sammie on the phone. She talked quickly and frantically.

"What's going on?" Holly asked.

"I tried to tell Aiden. I went over to his house to talk to him but Ally was there." She began sobbing.

"Slow down." Holly said. She sat up on her bed.

"He told me he couldn't talk because she was there. He did that he had moved on. With her!"

Holly held the phone away from her ear for a moment before bringing it back.

"He wouldn't even give me a chance to say why I was there because he didn't want to keep her waiting."

"Then you should blurt it out. It's three words. You only need one second to say it." Holly said.

"My senses haven't been working. It's like he's immune to my powers. I can't tell how this is going to go." She was whimpering as she spoke.

"You need to catch your breath. You're stressing too much." Holly said. She seemed genuinely worried for her too.

"I don't know what to do. Help me!"

Holly looked at her phone and her eyes watered.

Later that night, she struggled to sleep. Her parents argued in the next door room.

Holly walked into the school building looking exhausted. Her eyes were droopy. Her ratted hair pulled back into a ponytail. She wore a T-shirt and jeans.

"Holly?" Charlotte asked. She was her in the halls.

Holly passed by her, without a glance in her direction. She made her way to her locker and hid her face inside.

Sammie continued to talk privately with Holly and Vincent about the matter. She tried to tell him again, but Hannah showed up, asking him for the $7 he owes her.

"Oh right." Aiden said. He pulled out his wallet and took out a bunch of singles. "This girl is a champion at nines. Have you ever played?" He asked Sammie.

"No. I need to tell you something really important." She said.

The bell rang loudly. Several students burst out of the cafeteria and walked over to their classes.

Aiden stayed this time by his locker.

Sammie fidgeted with her hands. Too many people were walking by. Anyone could hear what she has to say. "Forget it." She said.

"This girl is frustrating me." Queenie said.

"Just tell him you coward!" Nan blurted. "This story is taking too long."

"We're not even at the important part yet." Kate smirked.

Nan groaned and closed her eyes. She looked up at the clock.

"Nan doesn't need to be here." Hannah said. She can read minds. She already knows the truth."

Cordelia thought about it for a few moments. "Alright Nan. You can visit the Ramsey boy in the hospital."

Nan quickly got up. "Thanks Hannah." She darted out of the room.

Sammie called Holly that night. "I feel like something really bad is about to happen."

Holly hung up the phone and put her hands in her hair. It was like the world was screaming at her. She couldn't sleep for hours that night. Suddenly it all stopped. Holly could finally relax. She looked at her clock. It was 2:13am.

The scene changed to reveal Aiden's body on the road.

"What?" Amy asked, baffled.

"He's not dead." Hannah said.