Chapter 14 Not The Last Time and Not the First Time

 

Brynn smiled at herself in the mirror.  She was embarrassed to admit it, but she liked her look as of the moment.  She had put on makeup, and styled her hair.  This was a rare event in the life of Brynn Black.  The next checkpoint on her list was to get Cate to take her shopping... That would be interesting...

    

Reina Cortez, a nasty 4th Year Slytherin was giving her a hard time about everything, especially having Mac as her date.  Though Reina was only in her 4th year, she was mean and nasty enough to make up for her age.  She was also Spanish.  Her accent and black hair, tanned skin, and dark brown eyes gave this away.

    

Felicity was plotting how to get into Slytherin eventually.  She and Blick were not happy still... and never would be come to think of it... They had met Malicia as well... Malicia seemed very intrigued by Felicity, who thought the same of Malicia.  But there was still something strange about Malicia... She was creepy in the opinion of Crystal...

    

Brian was glad he had met Crystal.  Felicity wasn't too great as a friend, and she had been the only person he really had to talk to before school.  He was happy to be a Modern-Day Marauder a well... He had never had so much fun in his life...

    

Bryce and Ethan secretly snickered at Brynn and Mac when they weren't around... No harm done anyways. Brynn and Mac were too caught up in each other to notice... But they all carried on with their business in pulling as many pranks as possible...

    

Brynn spent her spare time, another rare event... and reading minds.  But out of everyone there was in school, she read Mac's the most.  She just couldn't help herself, and every time her name sprung up, her heart leaped.  It also gave her a nervous feeling, whenever he looked at her with his soft blue eyes. She knew they had a great physical attraction, but she was going to test the other type... She couldn't think of what to call it... But she wanted long conversations... So she grabbed the first thing she thought of... and old photo album, and set off to find whom she considered her boyfriend...

    

"Care for a walk Mac?" she smiled eagerly, with her invisibility cloak in one arm, the photo album in the other.

    

"Of course," Mac smiled, taking her hand as they slipped the cloak over themselves.  "Is there a reason you have that there book?"

    

"Not really... Just felt like doing something different to pass the time..."

    

"Oh... I see." Ma whispered.

    

Brynn closed her eyes and took a breath.  She could feel Mac's breath on her neck, when he whispered in her ear... She squeezed his hand and turned them left.  There was a door that led to outside, where the gardens were.  This one of her favorite places in the whole castle.  The couple walked to a bench and sat down, lighting their wands, and taking the cloak off.

    

"This album is from when we were younger... All of us... Oh, how cute we were in our First Year! Look how little we were."

    

"I remember that!" Mac said, looking at the first picture. "That was when Bryce almost set fire to the whole school... You were just getting the hang of that strange power..."

    

"Yeah... And you weren't helping it much..." Brynn smiled. "You were always my best friend. Now look at us."

    

"You don't... think it was a mistake, do you? Us being a..."

    

"Not at all... I'm just comparing the past with the present. You don't, do you?"

    

"Of course not." Mac sighed, leaning forward to kiss Brynn. "I never liked anyone else the way I like you..."

    

"I should hope not..." Brynn smiled, moving closer to him.  "It's the same way for me, you know.  You're really different.  Everyone has that special someone."

    

"Well, you're mine."

    

"Thanks. Same to you Mac."

    

Brynn put her arms around Mac and closed her eyes yet again.  She kissed him, and he kissed her back.  But before things got too serious, they went back inside, cheeks flushed and both blushing.  They shook it off and headed back to the common room...

 

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Felicity and Crystal were fighting again, and Brynn pulled Felicity away and motioned for Crystal to get away from her.  Felicity was being mean, not for the last time, and not for the first time.  There were a lot of things in life like that...  Brynn took a peek into her snooty little mind.  Her theory was that it was easier to read guys' minds than it was girls'. Guys thought slower, and about fewer things at once.  Girls' minds moved at a million miles per hour...

     

"Get out of my mind Brynn Black!  I don't mess with yours!" Felicity hissed telepathically. The concentrated all her power and gave Brynn a sharp shock.  Brynn shoved her into the sofa and went off to her dormitory.  Felicity was going to be bad in her future... Just like her mother... That was another one of Brynn's theories....