AN: To Sky: Glad to see your reviews! I'm very happy that you feel the emotions that the story is supposed to give off. Please keep reading and reviewing, I love reading it!:)
To Creator of Magic: First, I love the name! Very majestic and mysterious! Second, I'm happy to have received your review. I hope to hear your thoughts on my other stories. I suggest reading the two stories that take place before this one. The writing might be not as great, I have learned a lot since then, but the plot points are still there.
Thank you both for the PRAISE! :)
Donna couldn't have been happier to get out of the hospital bed. She dressed quickly while her mother still slept in the chair. When she put on her makeup, he grabbed her phone from her mother's jacket. She put it in the pocket of her jeans. She smoothed her black top and her plaid jacket. She was ready. Donna leaned down to her mother's side and shook her arm a little.
"Wha-" Raven snapped out of her sleep. Her eyes rested on Donna.
"Its time to go mom," Donna stood up and got the cardboard box of her things she brought into the office.
"You're sure you're ready to go back?" Raven said as she stood.
"I've been ready for the past week," Donna nodded and smiled.
"Are you feeling okay?" Raven asked,"No crazy dreams or anything."
"She is in perfect health," the nurse came in with the tablet. "Her heart rate was up high a little last night, but went down after a while." Donna blushed a little at the remembrance.
"I was just so excited for today," Donna lied quickly. It was true on some level, but Matt kissing her last night was the only thing that could make her heart race like that. Even the thought of it made her pulse grow faster.
"Well," Raven said as the nurse cleaned up the area where Donna was sleeping. "I guess its time for breakfast. I'm with Apple this morning so I'll drop you off at your dorm." Donna didn't exactly like the part about dropping her off. It was like she couldn't walk to her dorm unsupervised. It made some sense, since she had been possessed in the halls, but she knew what to do now. Don't touch anything.
"Perfect." Donna smiled. They left the room. Donna couldn't have been more excited for this. The halls looked shiny and new since the last time she had saw them. After she had touched the book, everything was a daze. She remembered continuing to study her magic with Laura a little. she didn't recall burning down the bookball field, or taking Ally and Lily hostage. She only remembered herself in the brain. She sent Matt into her own mind, trying to let him know she was still there. It worked well enough.
Her mother walked her all the way to the door. "I'll see you later," Raven gave her daughter a hug before leaving. "I'll see you in class." Donna had forgotten that her mother wasn't leaving. For a moment, she believed she had her normal life back.
"Bye," Donna called as she placed her hand on the door handle. She didn't want to unpack everything just yet, but knew she couldn't avoid it. Everything was going to be okay. You've got your friends back. They're not going to hurt you anymore. Stop being so nervous. She took a deep breath before turning the knob. She had thought about this a lot in the past couple of days.
She opened the door to see Ally. The blonde girl was facing away from her and making her bed. When Donna stepped inside, her eyes looked around. The other two must've been in the bathroom or closet. She closed the door behind herself. That's when Ally turned. At first, her blue eyes were alert, but when she focused on Donna, a big smile grew on her face.
"Donna!" Ally jumped over Donna's bed and ran to her. Donna dropped the box in her arm as Ally threw her arms around her. She held her best friend close for a moment. Ally then pushed back and looked at her outfit. "Cute outfit! I thought you weren't coming back her til after school!"
"Well my mom said she would drop me off with you guys," Donna grinned. Ally's expression turned nervous. "What is it?"
"I may have planned to throw you a welcome back party in here," Ally motioned around her. Donna was amazed. Her wall tapestry was back above her purple bed.
"You got all my stuff and unpacked it for me?" Donna asked. she felt so touch. Here she was, dreading moving back in, when it was already done by her best friend.
"Well it was a group effort," Cassidy's cool voice said from the bathroom door. Donna looked to see her arms folded as she leans against the door frame. Her expression was cold at first, but melt into a grin.
"Cassidy!" Donna met her half way for a hug.
"Wow," Catherine's quiet voice said as she opened the closet door. "What am I? Chopped liver?" Donna looked to see the often shy girl. Her voice had changed for a moment, like her brother's joking tone. Donna turned to her and held her arms open. The two friends embraced quickly.
"I can't believe you girls put everything back in its perfect place for me," Donna couldn't stop smiling. She was so happy to be here with her friends like old times. her smile suddenly dropped. She had remembered the last words she had said to them. They weren't good ones. "Guys, I'm so sorry," Donna looked down. "I was just so caught up in everything and I lashed out for no reason. Please forgive me."
The girl's smiles dropped as well. She was nervous on what they were going to say. "Of course we forgive you Donna," Ally said,"We know you were possessed, it wasn't really you." This hit Donna weird. It was her though. She was the one that said those nasty things. Sure, she was under some magic influence, but it was some real feelings she had.
She decided not to tell them. "Yeah," Donna nodded,"I guess." She still felt terribly on the inside, but she was sure that feeling would go away soon.
"We should go to breakfast," Catherine suggested,"Then we can see the boys." The girls all agreed and all began to walk down to breakfast. Donna knew who would already be there this early. Her heart began to race again as she thought of Matthew, drinking his morning tea, his mint green hair in a mess, sitting alone, and waiting for her to be in his company. Last night was perfect, she wondered when they would get another moment alone.
When they entered the castleteria, Donna's eyes didn't find the boy at first, but her eyes finally settled on him. He was now accompanied by Derek, Brandon, Ryder, and Hyde. She was a little shocked by this. They seemed to be talking as a group. They had already pulled a table next to their own to make one long one. It wasn't against the rules, but it felt weird to Donna as she sat down with her friends, going unnoticed by the boys.
"I'm telling you," Matt shook his head and pointed at Derek,"You've gotta throw long. Running it never works. Take it from a guy who was always on the outside. I made most of the points." This was weird to Donna. Matt was talking openly about his past. She didn't even know it until Eliza told her.
"Yeah," Derek folded his arms and raised his eyebrows,"But you also have messed up vision because of it." Donna gasped silently. No one knows about his vision, except her...Right? She was so confused. She felt mad that they were making fun of Matt, but he was laughing.
"I guess you're right," Matt said in between laughs. "Now I'm on the bench with them." He gestured to Ryder and Brandon.
"That's almost worse then having messed up vision," Hyde added. The five of them all laughed. Donna was still confused by all of this. Matt was now part of the group? She thought he liked to be an outsider. She looked to the other girls, who seemed to ignore their conversation. The boys continued to talk, not even noticing that they were there. Donna ate her breakfast quickly.
"So you guys ready for the second first day of school?" Donna said with a grin.
"Yeah," Ally played along,"I hope that it goes better then last year." They all laughed a little. It made Donna feel better that they were putting the past behind them. It made her feel like nothing happened at all. The laughs is what got the boy's attention.
"When did you guys get here?" Derek asked. He was looking at Ally with raised eyebrows. This was strange, she was all the way across corners to where he was sitting, and he looked at her for an answer.
"When you guys were talking about bookball," Ally said, straightening her glasses. "Your ego was probably too big to see us over." Donna bit her lip from laughing, but that didn't stop the twins.
"You just got so burned," Hyde said as he ate his toast.
"By his girl," Brandon smiled. His girl? I thought he wasn't speaking to Ally anymore.
"That's even worse," Ryder said before they all laughed again. Donna didn't bit her lip this time. She let herself laugh along with the others. Her eyes looked at Derek, who gave Ally a little nod of his head as mock respect. She looked back at Ally to see a smug smile across her face. The laughter died down as the conversation continued.
"So Donna," Hyde said between chews,"How does it feel to be out of your cage- I mean psycho ward-I mean hospital room." Donna didn't take offense to this as small laughs came from everyone.
"It feels normal," Donna shrugged a little her eyes gazed around at everyone who was staring at her. "I'm just glad to be back." Her violet eyes settled on Matt's blue eyes. They seemed to be trained on her. He gave a grin to match her own. She looked down before her cheeks could turn bright red.
After breakfast, Donna felt her morning classes went by smoothly. She pick up on her missed topic easily. She looked in her notebook to see she drew horrid drawings when she was possessed. There were some scribbled notes, but it was in weird writing. Donna decided to keep the weird drawings and notes and try to decipher them later. She borrowed Ally's notes to get it caught up.
In Ally's notes, a lot of hearts and letter 'd's were on the side of the notebook pages. This brought Donna's mind back to breakfast. "By his girl" Brandon had said. Was it a mistake? By he mean to say 'By a girl?' This made Donna wonder. The last time she was caught in Ally's love life, she told Donna she and Brandon were just friends, hoping to make a bridge between the fighting friends. She did notice how Ally had a small crush on Derek, but she thought they weren't speaking to each other. It wouldn't be the weirdest thing, but how Ally didn't tell her, that was weird.
Ally walked with her to her locker. Donna put away her supplies and looked up to see the Indistinct Wonder. It was the drawing that Matt did of her almost two months ago. She smiled at the sight. Her cheeks began to burn red as she remembered last night again. Her heart began to pump faster as she got lost in remembrance. She was beginning to lean into her locker in a daze when she snapped out of it.
She heard Ally slam her locker, but she kept her own open. This brought her back to her question about Derek. "Ally?" Donna took a step out into the hall so she can see her best friend. The blonde girl looked at her with full attention. She fixed her glasses a little as she waited for Donna's question. "Do you still have a secret crush on Derek?" She let the words spill out before thinking. Its obviously not a secret.
"You don't know?" Ally raised an eyebrow,"We've been dating for a couple weeks now."
"I didn't actually," Donna said,"Remember, the possession."
"OH!" Ally's face went white,"I'm so sorry I didn't tell you! Well then I guess you ought to know that Ryder and Catherine are together too. I guess Cassidy and Hyde are in a relationship, but they just fight whenever I see them. I'm so sorry."
"Its alright," Donna shrugged. She felt weird having to bring it up herself in order for Ally to tell her. Usually this would excellent news for Ally to tell her best friend, but she didn't say anything at all. "I kinda knew about the other two. I thought you weren't speaking to Derek anymore."
"That was ages ago," Ally smiled as her face turned back to its normal color,"He's quite the charmer like his dad. But definitely in a different way. Good different." It was weird for Donna to see Ally get all giddy over a guy she gave the silent treatment to not so long ago, but that's how love works for Ally.
"Anyway," Donna turned the subject,"I better go to my first magic lesson. Its like a prep for the actual classes next week."
"Aw Donna," Ally's smile turned down,"I was hoping to eat lunch with you."
"I know," Donna said,"but its just gonna be this way for a while. I'll see you in Riddleish and the other classes, then the after party in the dorm. Don't worry, I'll act surprised." Donna cut off Apple's words before she could say them. "Well you don't want to keep your man waiting." They shared a laugh and Ally walked out of sight to the castleteria.
Donna turned back to her locker and retrieved a new notebook. She really didn't want to go to magic lessons. She was fine, but of course, her mother is allowed to hold her hand for a little while. Donna did try to kill everybody. "You know," a voice said from behind her. She sprung up immediately, hitting her head on her locker door. "You don't want to keep your man waiting." Donna rubbed her head and turned to see Matt, who at first had raised eye brows and smug smile, then softened as he realized her injury. "You okay?"
"Yeah," Donna took her hand away from her head. "Is it bad?" Donna leaned into Matt while he assessed the damage.
"You're dying," Matt said simply after straightening up. Donna looked up at him with an annoyed look. "You're fine, its just a little red." Her annoyance melted into a calm expression. "I'm sorry I didn't talk to you at breakfast. I was just surprised that the guys were talking to me for one. and they didn't even want anything from me."
Donna thought about what Eliza had told her. Matt just assumed that Donna knew about his past because everyone else seemed to know. Everything was just confusing to her. So much had changed, she didn't know if she could keep it up. But, she decided to keep this to herself. "I know, you're excited to have actual guy friends." She pointed her eyes at the floor.
"Don't worry," Matt broke the slight silence,"You're still my number one and my number one has a lunch date." This made heat rise on Donna's cheeks. She looked up into his blue eyes for a moment. A smile curved to her lips at the thought of it. Dropping everything and running with Matt to somewhere secret. Her mother would be unable to find her as she and Matt have lunch. Then she realized the consequences and her smile dropped as she dropped her eyes to the floor.
"What's up?" Matt asked. Donna didn't want to disappoint him, but it was what she had to do.
"Well your number one has to go to magic lessons with her mother for lunch," Donna sighed,"I'm sorry. I'll have to take a rain check." She looked up to see Matt's face looking a little depressed. Her insides crumbled. She felt awful. She's spent so much time without him. Now she's back, but she still can't see him. Donna lowered her eyes again.
"Well you know rain checks come with a toll," Matt said after a moment. At first Donna was confused, then she looked up to see his raised eyebrow and smug grin. He put his hands on her waist. "You better pay up." Donna laughed a little as he pulled her close to him. There faces were close, and Donna didn't look away from his blue eyes. She could feel his warm breath on her skin. A chill ran up her spine as she leaned in closer. She closed her eyes.
"Donna!?" her mother's voice echoed from down the hall. Immediately, Donna jumped back from Matt, but one hand kept on her waist. She looked beyond Matt's shoulder to see Raven walking towards the pair. She didn't look mad, just tense. Matt turned his head and whipped his head as soon as he saw her. He looked a Donna quickly and gave her a half hug quickly.
"I better go," Matt whispered in her ear before planting a kiss on her cheek. He let go of her and closed her locker. "Good luck," Matt announced a little louder. She was surprised that he didn't mention seeing her at the party, but she realized it was still a surprise to him. Donna watched him go. He walked backwards for a few steps, taking final look at her. They exchanged smiles before Matt disappeared from the hall. Donna sighed a little before turning to her mother, who was only steps away from her at this point.
"So this is where you've been?" Raven raised an eyebrow she she approached her daughter. "I've been looking everywhere for you." Donna tried to hide the blush that was on her cheeks. She hoped her mother hadn't seen the kiss on the cheek, that would have been embarrassing.
"Its only been a few minutes since the bell," Donna defended. "I thought I could take some time with my friends."
"Friends are good, but you have to get yourself caught up first. I don't want you to be left behind." Raven said as she turned. Donna walked alongside with her mother. "Matt seems to be a good friend, and pretty smart. Maybe he could help you with catching up."
"Yeah maybe," Donna mumbled. She would like the idea of spending more time with Matt. She thought it was funny how her mom thought he was a 'good friend.' More like 'good boyfriend,' but Donna wasn't going to correct her mother's mistake.