"Do you have an acount wih us?" the shopkeeper asks as Glen plops down all four of the books he picked out on the counter. He shakes his head. She looks down at him with her black fingernails tapping the counter.
"Didn't think so." she mutters examining his preppy attire, and general gleeful attitude.
"Glen, I think this is more of a satanic kind of store than a magic store." I whisper noticing a section on black magic.
"That's okay. There are four more on this block that were going to." he says handing a credit card to the cashier. She scowls at him as he signs the reciept.
"So where to next?" I ask as we walk down the block.
"Here" He says looking at the sign. We walk in, and no one scowls at us, nor are there any sections of black magic. I like this store better than the first. Glen wanders off through the isles, and I go to a stack of books on a table. I flip one open. There are a few drawings like in the book I have at home, but there not the same.
"I'm getting these." Glen says holding six books.
"I have a book at home that I found that you might want to take a look at." I say. He stumbles on a book on the floor and drops his pile. I laugh.
"You have like a family book, and you didn't tell me?" He says picking himself up.
"It didn't seem important. I mean it's old, and there are wierd pictures. But there is this story about four sisters." I start.
"Paige! That's the kind of thing we've been looking for all along." Glen shakes his head.
"Sorry if I'm not as keen about the occult as you are." I say. He is showing an odd intrest.
"I just think it's so cool. I mean I watched movies whenI was a kid about this stuff, but I never imagined it was real." He says
"Well, let's go back to my house, and i'll show you my book, and the charmed prophecy thing." I say
"The charmed prophecy?" he asks.
"Yeah, that's the story about the sisters." I say
"I need to just buy this than." he says picking up one of the books of the flour.
"Legends of Wicca." I read the title.
"Yeah, look. There are four chapters on the legacy of the charmed ones." He says flipping through the table of content.
"Hi. I'm Dana. the shop keeper. Do you have any questions?' A lady comes by.
"No" I say
"Yeah" Glen says. I give him a look, but he ignores me, "What can you tell us about the charmed ones?" He asks
"Well, there only supposed to be the most powerfull witches ever." She says
"Really?" Glen asks his eyes getting wide.
"There just a legend though. Wicca is more about spirituality than magic." the lady says.
"Yeah, but just for some background could you tell me about the charmed ones." Glen says politely
"Well, during the witch trials one witch named Melinda Warren was burned, and as she was dying she recited a prophecy.." Dana says, but I quit paying atention at the name of Melinda Warren. She was my great great...Grandmother. Grams told all of us about her one time. I should ask her more about her. Maybe this charmed destiny is true. Maybe we are the charmed ones. Just I'm the only one who's realised it.
"Paige!' Glen says snapping me out of my transe. I look around and notice Dana has left.
"Ready to go?" I ask
"Let me just pay for this." Glen says heading to the register. I wander through the isles.
"Let's go." Glen says catching up to me. We walk out of the store, and back towards my house.
"Isn't that Piper?" Glen asks pointing across the street to a girl in a black hooded sweatshirt.
"No, Phoebe." I say
"Oh, we should say hi." He says.
"No," I say pulling him back. She'll ask what were doing in town, and be all annoying if she finds out what kind of books we bought.
"Fine, but I mean if I had siblings I would love to hang out with them." Glen shrugs
"Obviously you don't. But we do hang out sometimes." I say. We used to have family nights all the time where we'd all stay up and watch movies and talk, but we havent done anything like that recently. I should try to get them to do another. I miss them.
"Still I mean if I could have anything I wanted it would be a sibling. I wouldn't wish for magic powers like yours or to be super smart, or super strong. I want someone that I can tell anything to." Glen says
"You can tell me anything." I say
"It wouldn't be the same." Glen says. it's true. The way I used to be with my sisters I could never be with my friends though Glen's a close second. I mean I told him aout my magic, and I haven't told my sisters.
"I'm glad were friends, Paige." Glen says
"Me too." I say, "even though I originally wanted nothing to do with you." I finish breaking the mood. We both laugh a bit.