In the Human World:
Hoodwinked
Three teens, two wearing recently acquired, patch work cloaks, perused a small supply shop. The male teen winked one golden eye every time a boy his age passed by, which caused his twin sister to roll her eyes and smirk at his antics. The shorter girl, with a fishhook in one ear, examined the goods on the shelves. The shop catered to Beast Keepers and Animal Control witches, it boasted a selection of cages, collars, leashes, whips, chains, and other various tools of the trades. Behind the shop keeper's counter was a display of various potions for treatment of beasts and creatures of all types. On the long trip to the unsavory town the three had discussed what they thought would be best for this task, so they were in the market for the right cage.
"What do you two think?" Viney asked the Blight twins, who stood to either side of her. They both leaned forward a bit to inspect the cage Viney had been considering. Emira's hand, the one holding Viney's, squeezed a little as she began to smile.
"Should work." Edric said, as they both moved to stand straight again. He dropped the shackles he'd been playing with for the last five minutes on another shelf. Edric threw the girls a grin as he reached forward to pick up the cage. "I'll pay and meet you two outside."
"Are you okay?" Viney whispered to Emira as they exited the shop, drawing a curious look from the female Blight. "Are you tired?"
"Don't worry about me, sweetie, I've kept up illusion spells far longer than this." Emira cheerfully grinned at the Duel Track student, who could not help but return that infectious smile.
"How can I forget, you're always up to something." Her voice became a little teasing. "Just how often are you actually in class?"
"Enough to learn, without getting too terribly bored." Emira answered cryptically, she waggled her eyebrows at Viney. "You could join us, I'm sure we could pull it off."
"Oh, thanks beautiful, but with two tracks I need those lessons. I'll have some catch up to play just ditching Friday." Viney softened the rejection with a laugh. "Maybe you should get into another track, since you're so far ahead your bored."
"My parents would have a fit." Emira leaned in close to Viney's face, careful not to lean against her front where the sleeping baby slither beast was hidden by a very careful illusion spell. "I think I can come up with other ideas to occupy my mind. Maybe plan our next date?"
"About that." Viney tilted her head slightly, looking Emira in the eyes like she was watching for some hidden truth. "Is this why you've been so busy? I was starting to wonder if maybe you weren't so, uh, keen on another date."
"Viney, no." Emira squeezed her hand tightly and sighed. "Amity went missing a few nights after our date. I want, very much, to go on more dates with you."
"Dates, huh?" Viney smiled again with a sparkle in her green eyes and Emira smirked.
"Yes, dates. Not one, many." Emira whispered and leaned forward to lightly kiss Viney's lips. It was slightly awkward from ensuring she did not disturb the hidden creature the other teen carried.
"Oh, good! Are you two finally official?" Edric's voice caused them to break the kiss as Viney chuckled and Emira glared. He grinned and sort of tilted the cage he carried back and forth playfully. "I kept telling Em to tell you what was going on."
"Luz and Amity didn't want more people than necessary involved." Emira reminded him as they began their walk back to the shabby inn.
"Well I'm involved now." Viney said.
"Yes, but involved with this incident, or with my sister?" Edric teased, and Emira slapped his bicep for the remark.
"Both, I think." Viney said and she and Emira both blushed.
"Maybe between my sisters and their girlfriends someone can find me a boyfriend." Edric joked and Viney giggled as Emira smirked.
"Don't let Mittens hear you say that."
"Why not? She and Luz are cute together." Viney watched both twins turn to look at her. "What did I say? They are dating, right?"
"No, actually Mittens can't bear to tell her and Luz hasn't noticed." Emira said this and watched clear disbelief wash across Viney's face.
"What was Grom about then?" The Duel Track witch gestured around with her free hand. "After defeating Grom together those two were almost inseparable."
"Welcome to our world, Viney." Edric grinned deviously. "Want to help us make them crack?"
"Oh, come on, Ed." Emira's tone was playfully condescending if that were possible. "There is no way they have been stranded together this long and neither of them confessed."
"I believe in Mittens' inability to think straight around Luz." Edric replied and waggled his eyebrows. "20 snails say Mittens comes home still yearning."
"30 snails say Luz figured it out but they haven't been on a date yet." Emira replied.
"I got another 30 on they've been on a date and are official by the time at least one of them returns." Viney pitched in.
"Okay, I will see you both and raise my bet to 30 snails as well. If nothing has changed between them, I win, if Luz knows or they have confessed but have not been on at least one date Em wins, and if they are a confirmed couple Viney wins. Agreed?"
"Can I get in on this?" Eda's voice surprised them, she and Lilith were walking up from the left as they reached the inn. When Edric agreed Eda smiled. "I'll hedge another 30 snails in with girl twin, they'll confess or some cute stuff but won't be official."
"I will add 30 to Edric's theory, I believe you think the human. . . I mean Luz, will still be unaware and Amity will not say anything?" Lilith watched the disbelieving looks turn her way and smiled confidently. "Being her private tutor for so long, I believe I can confidently say she does not open up about emotions easily."
"Alright." Edric pulled out a little notepad and wrote down all their bets.
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Amity found that at a basic level there was not a great deal of difference in human school vs. witch school. Sure, it had the fundamental difference of not being about magic, however there were still lecture classes, hands on lessons, homework, and classwork. History class was probably one of the most similar, though also one of the one's where Amity felt her lack of common knowledge the most. Because of this, Amity had taken to reading her history book when she had finished all of her other homework. It was disconcerting how many references to war there were in human history. Amity found herself rethinking her conviction that humans were fragile, because some of the things they had done in their history were insane. She was reading a chapter about the "Great Space Race" when she yawned, and Luz made a sort of squeal that startled Amity.
"¡Qué lindo! (That's so cute!)" Luz basically yelled this, staring at her from the other side of the couch with what could only be described as stars in her eyes.
"Um, I have no idea what you just said." Amity informed the other teen. Luz shifted much closer, leaning awfully close to the green haired teen. Gold eyes widened and her face felt like it was on fire as Luz inspected her so closely.
"They're so cute, I didn't know you had them! How could I not have noticed?! Can I see them again?" Luz was speaking very quickly, and Amity still had no idea what they were discussing. When those golden eyes just continued to stare back at Luz she sighed. "I mean, of course you have fangs, I should have realized that. Eda has a fang, Willow and Gus have fangs, even Boscha has fangs, but I've never seen your fangs before. Can I see them again? Please?"
"My fangs?" She did not try to keep the confusion out of her voice. "Luz, I mean, they're teeth. My teeth aren't special."
"Everything about you is special, Ami!" The human teen grinned and Amity was at a complete loss for words. Her heart could have stopped beating at that moment, and she did not think Luz would ever understand what that sentence did to her. She only woke from her stupor when she saw Luz move to pick up her history book. Amity did not remember dropping her textbook, but she clearly had and now she watched her friend set it aside.
"Ami?" She asked, her mind catching up to what Luz had just called her.
"It's cute, like you." Luz's response was not helping Amity reset her brain, so she closed her eyes and took a few deep, calming breaths. She let her head tilt forward a bit and rolled her shoulders to relax them. This was just Luz, who she had been sharing a room with. Just the cute, funny, slightly insane girl she had a massive crush on. Her thoughts were interrupted by Luz whispering near her ear. "You're smiling. What ya thinking about?"
"Wouldn't you like to know." Amity muttered playfully, and she both heard and felt Luz giggling next to her. Gold eyes opened, and Amity turned her head to watch Luz laugh. She knew her smile widened, partly because the human teen stopped laughing and just watched her. Gold eyes got to take in a very relaxed look wash over Luz's face, before a shy smile came to the human girl's lips as well. "What?"
"When you smile that wide, I can just see your fangs." Luz told her, followed by moving to lean into Amity's side. Amity bit her lip, screwed up her courage a bit, and shifted until she could slip an arm over Luz's shoulders. Amity's breath caught when the other teen rested her head on her shoulder and sort of snuggled there. Gold eyes rolled to look at the ceiling, and in her mind, she recited a list of ingredients for special types of abominations. She did this silently until she felt like she could breathe again. With that accomplished, Amity pulled a deep breath in. It basically flooded her senses with Luz's scent, and she grinned nervously.
'Just enjoy the moment.' Amity thought to herself and leaned her head on top of Luz's head.
Camila stood halfway up the stairs, leaning on the banister. Neither of the girls noticed her, the couch faced away from the stairs after all. She heard the entire exchange, not missing the word fangs or how excited Luz got over that detail. She smiled contentedly though, because regardless of anything else involved in this entire issue, she couldn't miss how well these two fit with each other. She was uncertain if either of them could really see how they looked at each other, but to anyone else it was hard to miss. She would give Luz time, let her come clean about what really happened this summer.
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If this were a book, the exchange of contraband goods would take place in a shady alleyway, with fog rolling in, in the middle of the night. This was not a book however, so of course it was midday when they came to the door of the wizard's isolated shack. Lilith stood just to the left of her sister, as Eda pounded loudly on the door to announce their presence. Behind them Viney carried a covered cage, flanked on either side by the Blight twins. The teens kept their hoods up and wore masks Eda provided them to hide their faces from the wizard. It was hot to be dressed so heavily, but none of the three wanted any of this following them back to Bones Burrow so they did as they were told. When the door finally opened the wizard leaned a bit to the side to eye the three figures behind the two women. Their masks really caught his attention. Edric's had a painted hand covering its mouth, Emira's had edge detailing of hands over ears, and Viney's had a hand painted as if it were covering the eye holes. The three did not react to the Wizard's weird look.
"Who are they?" He asked suspiciously.
"They're my coven, and none of your business." Eda stated as she shot him a smirk.
"You're a covenless, wild witch." Philip replied drily, giving Eda a look that showed he didn't buy her explanation.
"Got lonely, started my own." She shrugged. "You want the beast or not?"
"Fine, come in." He opened the door and moved out of the way so they could enter his home. The three teens stayed near the door, and they also stayed very close to each other. "Give me the cage."
"Not so fast, prove the portal works and we'll talk." Eda said as she crossed her arms.
"What proof do I have anything's in that cage?" He replied. Lilith moved to stand before Viney and pulled the cloth that was covering the cage off. Inside a metal cage a baby slither beast lay, curled in a ball and breathing deeply as it slept.
"It's under a sleep spell and trust me it gets loud when it's awake." Eda snarked back at the man. "Portal?"
"Fine." Philip moved to a closet and retrieved what appeared to be a suitcase with a large cat eye on it. He set it in the middle of the floor, pulled a key from his pocket, and activated the portal. Viney, Emira, and Edric were very glad for their masks as they watched it transform into a door, before opening. Bright light flooded through the door, before it died down and left them with a view of what appeared to be a clearing in a forest or an overgrown area. Eda exchanged a look with Lilith, before nodding. Philip said nothing as Eda walked through the doorway, into the other world. She strode away, just out of sight, before returning. When Eda was safely back in the room with them, she turned to Philip.
"Alright, the beast is yours." She held out her hand for the key. Viney moved forward slightly, carefully setting the cage down. Once the portal was closed, and Eda had secured the portal and the key they all walked out. As soon as they were outside, Eda and Viney got on Eda's staff, the twins and Lilith got on hers, and they practically bolted away. They didn't return to the inn; they had ensured nothing was left there so they could depart quickly and avoid any possible tricks. Instead they swiftly made for a cave near the shore, and when they landed there Puddles happily bounded out to greet Viney. Eda and Lilith reclaimed their bags as the twins moved to join Viney by Puddles.
"Go home and be sure you aren't followed." Eda told them seriously.
"We will make ourselves seen on the other side of town so if anyone attempts to follow, they will be drawn that way." Lilith told them. "Do not tell anyone where you have been."
"Yes ma'ams!" Edric said with an exaggerated bow, mask still covering his face. Eda rolled her eyes, then sent her staff back into the skies. Lilith paused and watched them for a moment, looking properly concerned about leaving the three unsupervised.
"Be cautious, these dealings could be dangerous." She told them, before following her sister into the sky and away from them. They waited, then waited a beat longer to be certain the two were gone. Finally, Viney turned on her heel and bolted into the cave as the twins kept look out. She walked back out of the cave, a sleeping, baby slither beast settled against her chest in a baby carrier.
"How long do you think we have before they notice?" Viney asked, as they all carefully climbed onto Puddles' back.
"Let's hope Eda and Lilith never do." Emira replied.
"We pranked the Owl Lady and we can't even tell anyone, what a shame." Edric lamented as Puddles lifted them into the sky.
"We can probably tell Mittens and Luz." Emira offered as she reached around Viney and gave the sleeping beast a gentle scratch to its furry head. If that so happened to cause her to also hug closer to the other teen, Emira had no complaints.
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Sunday morning arrived before Luz was prepared for it. After the annoyance of their Friday run in with Todd, Luz and Amity had stayed in all of Saturday. Amity had insisted they knock out all of their weekend homework on Friday night, which had left Saturday free aside from Luz's morning paper route. Luz had jumped at the chance to dig out the collection of Anime and Azura movies she had. Introducing Amity to anime had been an adventure and watching those movies with her had been like seeing them for the first time all over again. King had even plopped down in front of the TV and watched until he fell asleep. They had ended their movie marathon by re-watching Azura: Field of Deadly Fates. Luz had only been a little embarrassed when her mother woke them up, apparently, they had fallen asleep leaning against each other at some point in the movie. Camila had only smiled at them and sent them off to bed before she left for her night shift. But Sunday morning Luz felt groggy and not so eager to ride off on her paper route.
"Mami!" Luz spotted her Mother locking her car as she rode up to the house. They shared a smile and a hug before Luz went to put her bike away. Sunday's were quiet at the Noceda house, calm and relaxing. Camila did not work Sunday night into Monday morning, so she stayed up and made a big breakfast to share with the girls. Sometimes on Sundays they would go to the movies or a park or somewhere.
"¿Cómo estás hoy, cariño? (How are you today, sweetie?)" Camila said when Luz joined her in the kitchen after getting cleaned up.
"Cansado pero bueno, Mami. (Tired but good, Mami.)" The teen started getting King's dog food for him, he was not awake yet but as soon as he smelled food the little demon would all but fly down the stairs. "Oye, Mami, ¿qué opinas de Amity? (Hey, Mami, what do you think about Amity?)" She fidgeted with her hands a bit as Camila glanced over with an inquiring look. "Uh, quiero decir . . . ¿Qué pensarías si dijera que me gusta Amity? (Uh, I mean . . . What would you think if I said I like Amity?)"
"Luz, puedes gustar a cualquiera que quieras siempre y cuando sean respetuosos contigo. Entre tú y yo, creo que ella también te quiere mucho. (Luz, you can like anyone you please so long as they are respectful to you. Between you and I, I think she might be pretty fond of you too.)" Camila grinned playfully as Luz looked at her shoes to try to hide that she was blushing now. "Confío en que ustedes dos se respeten y se comporten. (I trust you two to respect each other and to behave.)"
"Creo que necesito decirte algo más, Mami. (I think I need to tell you something else, Mami.)" Luz was not blushing anymore, and her shoulders had sagged as if the weight of the world were upon them. "¿Podemos sentarnos y hablar? (Can we sit and talk?)"
King trotted on all fours into the kitchen about halfway through Luz's long, detailed, tale of her summer. Camila sipped her coffee as they sat at the table and listened to everything Luz wanted to say, only asking for clarification of a few things. When Luz finished speaking, feeling as if she'd run out of words, she stared at her hands resting on the table. She was afraid to look up, she was ashamed of having kept so much from her mother for so long, and she was also terrified that her mother would never want her to return to the Isles. Luz held back tears from thinking about never seeing Willow, Gus, or Eda again. She heard her mother's chair move across the floor, and Camila walking around the table to her side. She squeezed her eyes shut tightly, not sure what to expect with how different this was from anything she'd ever had to tell her before.
"¿Por qué tienes miedo, cariño? (Why are you scared, sweetie?)" Camila whispered, as she hugged Luz about the shoulders.
"¿No estás enfadada? (Aren't you mad?)" Luz asked as she cracked one eye open, angling her head to catch a glimpse of her mother's expression.
"Luz, sabía que algo estaba pasando. Sólo quería darte la oportunidad de decirme cuándo estabas listo. (Luz, I knew something was off. I just wanted to give you the chance to tell me when you were ready.)" Camila's tone was filled with understanding and concern and Luz slowly relaxed. "¿Por eso Amity tiene colmillos? (So, is that why Amity has fangs?)" Camila whispered this to her daughter playfully.
"¿Cómo sabes que tiene? (How did you know she has. . ?)" Luz stopped and straightened in her chair. "¡Nos oíste la otra noche! (You heard us the other night!)"
"Los vi la otra noche, cuando están concentrados el uno en el otro ustedes dos son ajenos cariño. (I watched you the other night, when you are focused on each other you two are oblivious sweetie.)" Camila laughed before moving away to start making breakfast. Luz groaned and dropped her head to the table, covering it with her arms. King took this as his chance to crawl into her lap and take a quick nap.
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It was dark when they reached the Knee and Puddles brought them down near where they'd camped before. In the distance they heard a chilling sound, and all three teens winced as it raised the hairs on the back of their necks. Viney slipped off of Puddles, shaking her head when Emira moved to follow. The green haired witch looked conflicted, and her worried gold eyes turned to sweep the trees instead.
"I think mama is looking for her baby." Edric commented, from where he sat behind his sister.
"That might make this faster." Viney said, unstrapping the baby slither beast from the carrier quickly. It was beginning to make a sound similar to the one they were hearing in the distance. She set it down gently, handing it a last treat and then swiftly running back to climb on Puddles' back again. Emira's arms quickly wrapped around Viney, and Viney urged Puddles to take flight as they began hearing a loud crashing nearby. The sounds of the adult slither beast grew louder by the moment as Puddles gained height. They circled, high above for safety, and watched the little one as it cried out to its parent. "Come on." Viney muttered.
"It must be close." Emira murmured as they waited. She was not wrong, a few minutes later the large, adult, slither beast burst over the dark tundra and to the baby. Edric awed as the adult picked up and cradled the baby. For a time, the two sat there, before the adult turned in the direction of the den and began to amble off while carrying the baby.
"Next stop, Blight Manor." Viney said, as she patted Puddles and encouraged him to turn toward their new destination. Thankfully the final leg of their weekend adventure was much shorter, and they were soon setting down in front of the Blight home. The door opened and Mittens 2.0 leaned on the door as she watched them touch down.
"Parents?" Edric asked and Mittens 2.0 shook her head.
"I haven't seen anyone all weekend." She told him as the three walked to the door.
"So, this isn't Amity?" Viney asked, tilting her head to observe the illusion clone who just eyed her in return.
"No, this is our latest masterpiece!" Edric proudly proclaimed before holding a hand up. "High five Mittens!" She slapped his hand as Emira laughed.
"Mittens 2.0 is how we already knew how to make a tangible illusion clone." Emira told Viney, as she indicated the illusion clone. Edric excused himself, entering the house and tugging the clone along with him.
"So, I should probably go before Puddles falls asleep on your lawn." Viney said as she and Emira turned to face each other. Emira pulled her into a hug and spoke near her ear.
"Or you could stay, let Puddles rest, and just sleep here."
"Em. . ." Viney sounded a little conflicted, and she was turning a few thoughts over in her mind.
"I promise to behave, I just want to know you and Puddles are safe. Mostly Puddles, since we've been flying for so many hours." Emira moved so she could look into Viney's green eyes and gave her a hopeful smile. "We can find something for Puddles to eat, I think, and we have guest rooms if you want. My parents aren't here, so no one is going to notice an extra witch and a griffin."
"You promise this isn't you putting some sort of patented Blight kid move on me?" Viney asked, but it was clear she was joking.
"Oh, lovely, have you not seen Amity and Edric?" Emira joked. "There are no patented Blight romantic moves, Titan help us but we all just bumble along."
"You do pretty well, I'd say." Viney whispered and slipped her arms up to Emira's shoulders. Emira grinned and leaned closer, almost kissing her but stopping just short.
"I wanted to ask you out a year ago." She whispered.
"What about your Grom date, the idiot that stood you up?" Viney asked and Emira sighed.
"That was arranged by her parents and mine." Emira informed her and was rewarded with a quiet laugh. Their eyes watched each other and Emira bit her own lip for a moment. "Please stay, I don't want to worry that you might crash on the way home."
"Okay, for Puddles' sake of course." Viney agreed softly.
"Of course." Emira smirked and leaned in to softly kiss Viney. When they parted and looked over at the yard, the griffin had already curled up and gone to sleep. Viney giggled at the sight.
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"So, uh, I need to tell you something." Luz would have laughed at how close that was to what she'd said to her mother a few hours ago if she weren't reeling a bit from the morning she'd already had. Beside her, holding King's pointless leash, Amity glanced her way. When Luz didn't start talking the green haired girl bumped their shoulders together and Luz smiled. "So, I kind of told my Mom everything this morning."
"What is everything?" Amity asked, reaching over and taking Luz's hand in her free hand.
"All about the Isles, everything that happened over the summer." Luz responded as she kicked a pebble on the sidewalk. She silently added 'That I like you as more than a friend.'
"How did she take it?" Those gold eyes glanced about, as if making sure no one else was paying attention to them.
"Well I guess." Luz shrugged scratched her head as she really thought about it. "She didn't really say much about it, she's not mad and apparently she already knew something was going on." She paused to chew on her lip before adding. "And, uh, she apparently saw us discussing your teeth the other night."
"My teeth?" Amity's confusion only lasted a few moments before those gold eyes snapped toward Luz again. "Oh!" Her reaction was so comical that Luz stopped and lost it. She laughed so hard, possibly from the broken tension of not having to hide so many things anymore. She doubled over as Amity and King watched her, sharing a concerned look. After long moments she began to calm down, wiping happy tears from her eye as she held her stomach.
"I needed to laugh so badly." Luz managed with a bright smile directed at Amity, who slowly returned that smile.
"Are you okay?" She finally asked and the Latina grinned in a new manner at her as she moved closer and pulled the other girl into a hug. Amity had forgotten to hold King's leash; it was on the ground but neither girl noticed.
"I don't fit in." Luz muttered from seemingly nowhere. "I'm just a weirdo."
"Luz, you aren't a weirdo." Amity told her, wrapping her own arms around Luz and squeezing her tightly for a moment. "You fit with me." Amity continued quietly. The teen witch was blushing hard again, averting her eyes toward the sky as she reminded herself to breathe. "I mean you fit in at Hexside, in the Isles, with Willow, Gus, King, Eda. . ." She winced and shut her eyes tightly. "Oh Titan, I'm making this weird. I just wanted to let you know I . . . I mean we all care about you."
"Amity." Luz's voice was soft, it almost sounded like she was about to cry. Amity closed her eyes; she did not think she could take it if she saw Luz crying. She felt Luz's hand move until it came to rest on the side of her neck. Amity did not have long to be confused, because Luz used her hand to tug them suddenly closer, causing their noses to painfully bump together. They both yelped and jumped back from each other rubbing their noses.
"Ouch, that wasn't what I was trying to do." Luz said, shooting a smile at Amity who'd finally opened her gold eyes. The green-haired teen looked ready to pass out, and her words came out in a stutter.
"Wha. . . What were you . . . what was that?" Amity asked and watched Luz shift from foot to foot. The Latina offered her a shy look, waving her hands a bit as she spoke.
"I was trying to. . ." She stopped, scuffed the toe of her shoe against the sidewalk, and then sort of took a steadying breath. "I was, uh, trying to kiss you." She finally admitted.
"Kiss me?" Amity was so red that Luz was really worried the other girl would faint from all the blood that had rushed to her head. The witch gestured vaguely between them and spoke quickly. "You want to kiss me? A real kiss? I mean, of course a real kiss, but like a kiss kiss not a . . ?"
"Amity." Luz was giggling at the stream of words the other girl just kept speaking.
"Like a kiss? Not on my cheek, or my forehead, or hand or I don't know where else?" Those gold eyes were blown wide, and Luz reached out and grabbed the witch's hands that were trembling slightly. "Like a . . ?"
"A real kiss, yeah." Luz ducked her head as they moved to stand just in front of each other. "If that's okay, I mean?"
"If it's. . ." Amity seemed to be slowing down a bit, and a small nervous smile came to her lips. "Yes?" It came out like a question, and she could have kicked herself. "Yup, it is very okay."
"Oh yeah?" Luz's brown eyes met Amity's gold eyes again and Amity felt like she forgot to breathe.
"Yeah. Hey, close your eyes." Amity said this, and Luz smiled playfully before letting her brown eyes slip shut. Amity took a steadying breath, then very slowly tilted her head and leaned in. She was careful not to repeat the painful nose bump. She softly pressed her lips to Luz's, uncertain what to do from there. Her own eyes slipped shut as Luz pushed herself a little closer. It was not some dramatic movie kiss, closer to just a press of lips, but when they separated and looked at each other they were both grinning fools.
"I like you a lot." Luz admitted softly as they watched each other's faces carefully.
"I like you more." Amity replied without thinking and Luz basically collapsed into Amity's shoulder laughing.
"Amity, that was so cheesy." She told her, even as Amity hugged her. "Please say it again." Luz whispered and felt Amity chuckle this time.
"I like you more." Amity told her, whispering near her ear. They stood like that for a while, a few random people walked past them but neither girl cared at the moment. After a while the green-haired witch whispered again. "Hey Luz?" There was an unintelligible mumble in answer. "I think we lost King."