"So, what are Tobias and Thaden doing tonight?" Quinn asked Chasity as they drove back to her apartment.
"I'm not sure," Chasity replied as she fumbled with the radio. "I'm sure they will just hang out with us."
"Cool," Quinn said nodding. "You know Chasity, I'm really glad we had that talk…I feel so much more open now, with you."
Chasity smiled and turned towards him, "I totally agree." She stopped on a song by the new band Heartbeat, and started drumming her hands on her knees.
"I really don't like this song," She admitted with a laugh.
"Than why are you listening to it?" Quinn asked.
"Well, Heartbeat's a local band, so I feel I have to pay them some respect." She gave her knees a few last beats before she shut the radio off.
Fallsdale was a pretty big town; complete a community college and lots of wood areas. It was pretty much broken into sections, office buildings in one section, shopping centers in another, schools off to this side, the cornfields on the outskirts. The drive from the one of three starbucks to Chasity's apartment, which she shared with her roommates Tobias and Thaden, was only ten minutes, which was pretty close.
"We could go see a movie tonight?" Chasity offered. "Or bowling, I haven't gone bowling in a long time."
"Bowling sounds good, a movie sounds good too," Quinn added as he pulled down Chasity's street. "Why don't we let Tobias and Thaden decide, I'm up for either."
Quinn had only met Tobias and Thaden about a week ago, when he and Chasity started hanging out again. He liked them both and they were really friendly. Thaden had a scruffy look to him, shaggy hair and punked out clothes where Tobias was more preppy and clean cut. Both seemed to like Quinn so he was eager to get to know them better, also with the fact that both were witches as well. From what Chasity told him Tobias had the power to draw on the everyday energy that surrounds us, she said it looks like a blue blast of water. Thaden on the other hand had the power of levitation; when Quinn first heard that he thought what a useless power that was until Chasity explained that Thaden had taken martial arts his whole life so it came in very good use when he had a kick or flip to do. Either way Quinn was excited to meet others witches and to be able to share that side of him.
Quinn pulled his silver Pontiac Grand Am into the parking lot and parked. Chasity's apartment was on the first floor of a nice brick building next to a pond so they just walked in through their sliding glass doors, which they always left open. "We can hang out in my room until they get back," she said throwing her purse on the couch.
Quinn loved Chasity's room! From her Japanese anime pictures on the walls, to the small water fountain she kept on her dresser, he loved it all. The best part of Chasity's room, though, the part that made him jealous was her closet. Chasity had a walk in closet about the size of a bathroom and inside she had shelves covered in dozens of books. New books, old books, she had books on everything from Wicca, magic, psychology, romance novels, pretty much a little bit of everything. She also had two bean bags and a small table inside, so she could do her tarot readings, poetry, and whatever else she wanted. Quinn just thought the closet was like a secret getaway, a special place where Chasity could call her own, and Quinn loved to hang out in it.
Chasity plopped herself down on one of the beanbags and kicked off her shoes. She reached for some incense she had on the table and lit it, immediately the space filled with jasmine.
"It helps me relax," Chasity said. "And clear my head."
"It smells really good," Quinn admitted.
Quinn sat down on the extra bean bag and picked up and open book lying next to it, the title read Gods and Goddesses of Modern Magics. He flipped through it, recognizing some of the more common names such as Zeus, Isis, and Aphrodite; however, some of the others he'd never seen before.
"I was just doing some reading in my spare time," Chasity said, noticing Quinn looking at the book. "I'm really interested in the types of Gods and Goddesses and who worships them, it's actually pretty interesting."
"It does look really cool; I've have no idea who most of these deities are," Quinn said flipping through the pages. Chasity leaned over and pointed to one of the pages, "That's Buyasta, he's the Persian god of laziness," she said. "He's supposed to try and stop people from working. Oh, and he's also part of the Daevas, a group of gods bent on fighting against all religion and cause plagues."
Quinn gave Chasity a questioning look, "Wow…do you have the whole book memorized?"
"Nope; I actually just read about him yesterday so I would have an excuse for not doing my laundry," She said with a laugh.
"Well I better remember his name so I can explain to my mom why I can't unload the dishwasher or take out the garbage."
Before either could give a giggle or crack another joke Thaden's voice came from down the hall, "Hello…Chasity?"
"In my room!" she called back. "He's always afraid to just come in; he says he doesn't wanna catch me in the act of changing."
Just than Thaden's shaggy hair appeared in the doorway to the closet, "I didn't get an invite to the party," he said with a smirk. "Hey Quinn, what's up man?"
"Not much, reading a little, killing some time," he said holding up the book.
"Cool," Thaden replied, than putting on a questioning face. "So, are we doing something tonight?"
"Well," Chasity piped in. "Once Tobias gets home we can all decide what we want to do…bowling or a movie."
"Defiantly movie!" Thaden said excitedly. "There's a new horror movie out about zombies, it looks sooooooo good."
Quinn sat forward interested, "Oh, you mean Dead Man's Land. I so wanna see that too!"
Chasity stood up, "Well, I guess we know what we're doing tonight."