Chapter Nine: Rowena
Charity's POV
Her wispy golden hair was in a braid that reached halfway down her back. Her chocolate brown eyes shone. There was an unearthly glow around her.
She was a ghost.
"Rowena."
It wasn't a question. It was a statement. Magnus was staring in shock, but his voice was calm.
"Magnus," She breathed, "It is you!"
The ghost walked over to him, her eyes unblinking. She took his arm and gazed up at him. Their eyes locked.
"Mags?" I asked sweetly, "You know this just complicates things worse, right?"
He let go of Rowena's hand. There was guilt in his sapphire eyes. Oh geez. He's gonna be all Magnus-y and be torn between his old love and his new love who he had to dump because she's not undead like she is.
"Hey," I waved at Rowena, "I'm Charity. Nice to meet you, chum."
Magnus rolled his eyes. "For the last time, that's not how we-"
"Shut up."
"Rowena," Magnus sighed, "What are you doing here?"
"I... I missed you, Magnus," She whispered, "I love you."
Man. Awkward, much? Maybe I should inch out of here, slowly, slowly...
"No, Charity, stay here."
Dang it.
"I missed you too, Rowena," Magnus said slowly, "But..."
"I know," She whispered, "We couldn't be together back then. You are a v-vampire. But now, I'm... gone, as well. I'm a ghost. It'll be all right."
"Wow." I said to myself. Magnus's two loves were so different, lookswise and personalitywise. Rowena looked like a mideviel princess from Sleeping Beauty. Blond, dark eyes, thin. Faith looked like a Spanish beauty, tan, striking eyes like jewels, and a curvy figure. Rowena was soft-spoken and nice to everyone, Faith was quickly becoming the bad girl.
Whoa. Magnus the player.
"It's not that simple, Rowena," Magnus sighed. He looked at the floor. I knew what he was thinking about.
Who he was thinking about.
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Faith's POV
I laced my fingers through Rob's as we danced, laughing. The first dance I had been to where everything was normal. Just a little local one at the gym, but we were having fun.
"Did your ex ever do this with you?" He asked, raising his voice over the music.
"No!" I giggled, but then grew numb.
He told me he loved me.
Of course, that didn't matter anymore. Magnus and I were over. OVER. And done with.
"Hey," I smiled, "Can we-"
But then, it came on. That music. Spanish, lilting, just instruments, no voices. Magnus and I had danced to it. Twice. And he had kissed me for the first time ever the second time.
"Faith? What's wrong?"
I suddenly realized that I was crying. Hot tears were streaming down my face. I quickly raised my hands and whiped them off, looking him in the eye.
"It's nothing," I murmured, resting my head on Rob's shoulder, "Nothing."
"It is something," He said firmly, but at the same time wrapping his arms around my waist. For some reason, this was so much less... intimate than it had been with Magnus.
"Hey, Rob," I asked casually, "Who was your first... love?"
Oh geez. Same question I asked with Magnus when I had first met him...
"Why are you asking that?" He laughed, "Most girls hate it when guys talk about their exes."
"I won't get jealous."
"Well," He said thoughtfully, "I was fifteen when I first fell for someone, really truly. Lacey. She was great, but she moved to Texas."
Texas. Ironic, much?
That's when my cell phone began ringing.
"Monster Mash?"
"Don't ask."
I walked off to a corner and answered. "Hey?"
"Faith, it's Charity. Girl, you have some COMPETITION."
The reason I say, 'competition' in capitals, is because that is one of the worst words in the English language. To females, anyway.
Because competition means girls stealin' your man.
"Nobody's trying to steal Rob!" I protested, but glanced at him just in case.
"Not Rob. Your real man."
"Huh?"
But I knew who it was.
"Magnus, idiot."\
"Magnus is n-"
"Shut up and listen," She actually sounded panicky. "Rowena is back. She wants him. And guess who can do nothin' about it?"
"You?" I asked.
"Yeah. Me. And guess who presently has Magnus's heart?"
"Not me."
"It's you."
I rolled my eyes. "I'm not gon-OK. What do I do?"
I seriously didn't wanna help. Really. I just couldn't let Charity feel left out while Magnus and Rowena made out.
"Rob," I pleaded, walking up, "Can you-"
"I'll take you."
Geez. Ben.
"Ben," I said, drawing him aside, "You can't come. I'm dealing with something."
"Ghosts, vampires?"
My jaw dropped.
He smirked.
"Please, Faith," Ben grinned, "Paul Slater's my dear, dear, daddy. I'm a shifter. Just not your kind. I deal with ghosts."
I dropped my head.
"C'mon."
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I rapped on Charity's door.
Magnus answered.
"Hola." I said blankly.
"Why're-CHARITY!"
Charity came in, dressed in black as usual. She mouthed, 'THANK YOU' to me.
"Ben."
Now Magnus's voice was drenched in that icy cold vampire voice. I don't even think that it's a vamp thing for him. He just... has it.
And, unfortunately, it's very, VERY...
HOT.
"Mag- who's she?"
I knew she was a witch from the minute I saw her. That pale, pretty little ghost girl with her long braid and perfect skin. Lady Rowena.
Magnus looked at her, then me. He had a look of utter hopelessness on his face.
"Faith, Rowena, Rowena, Faith." Charity's voice oozed with venom when she said, 'Rowena'.
"I thought you were with Rob." Magnus hissed, turning to walk toward Rowena.
"Well, sorry if I was a bit concerned about you!" I yelled, "I mean, it'd be kind of a shock to see your dead girlfriend, huh?"
But Rowena was staring at me with a weird look on her face. Almost like... recognition. But she then looked down, as if nothing had ever happened.
"I came to get Magnus back," She announced in a haughty voice.
"So," I growled, "I guess that you two were pretty close back then."
"Of course," Rowena smiled , "He loves me."
I turned to Magnus. "Do you, now?"
"Faith..." He moaned, giving me The Look.
I put my hands on my hips and glared at him. "Well, well, well. Maggy is a player."
"Exactly," Charity grinned.
"Wait just a second," Ben got between me and Magnus, as if he was sticking to some weird guy code. "It's my job to get rid of Rowena."
"You are not getting rid of me," Rowena said sharply, "Magnus will get mediated, and we'll be together, right Magnus?"
Magnus gave a loud, frustrated sigh and glared at me.
"Ain't my fault, dude," I smirked, "You're the one who got involved with the little witch."
I took out my handy-dandy nail file and began to sharpen my weapons of mass destruction-aka, my fingernails- in case there was a cat fight between me an Rowena.
"How dare you call me a witch, you little... scarlett woman(a/n: haha, HP)!" She shrieked. Now, I have no idea what a scarlett woman is, but I'm guessing it meant 'slut' in the days of old.
"Look," Magnus sighed, "Faith, maybe you should-"
"Go?" I guessed, "Sorry, Magnus, but I'm staying."
He looked me in the eye. "And why would that be?"
DANG.
Ok, I pick a witty-banter fight with someone, and who is it? Magnus. The KING of witty-banter. Of course, he's found a way to flirt with me at the same time, 'cause he's Magnus, and now, I must fight back.
"Not because I miss you," I said. Stupid, of course, because that's code for 'I miss you' but seriously, I don't. And to prove that I didn't, I executed my plan. Which was:
Walking up to Ben, grabbing his face, and kissing him within an inch of his pathetic little life.
And Ben, being Ben, kissed back.
Out of the corner of my eye, opened enough so that I could see what was going on, I spotted Magnus, glaring. Then, that evil yet sexy vampire look came upon his face.
"All right," He grinned, "You wanna play that way? Fine by me."
And he grabbed Rowena and began to make out with her.
Now, since they were skilled at this, I stopped and began to take notes for a few seconds. Well, maybe I was a bit shocked, but it's not every day you see a vamp kiss a ghost.
Really!
About ten seconds later, I took Ben again and began kissing him again. I was a bit distracted about the way Magnus and Rowena were Frenching but that inspired me to French Ben.
Not. Pretty.
Ugh.
Clean my mouth out with soap.
I mean, as I've said before, he's not a bad kisser, but he's just not M-
I mean Rob.
Rob, Rob, Rob.
And Rob.
Charity's POV
"This is interesting," I commented, but received no reply from the couples. I could tell that Faith loathed kissing Ben, but for once, I really couldn't tell with Magnus. I was a bit jealous, but not as jealous as Faith obviously was. And I really felt kind of... left out? so I did something that at least every mentor must have done once or twice.
I called in my cute Turnling!
Sam appeared right beside me, of course, and then jumped back a few steps in amazment.
"Yeah," I commented, "Faith and Magnus are pretty good at playing dirty, aren't they?"
He seemed pretty fascinated by the fact that Magnus was making out with a ghost.
"Oh, trust me," I smirked, "Magnus isn't just your button down Coven Leader, and Faith isn't the poor girl in the hospital. Magnus has dated every girl/ghost/vampiress in this room, and Faith has dated both him and the guy she's making out with. Now, let's see how long they can go at this."
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R and R! Btw, VOTE.
Fav girl:
A) Rowena
B) Faith
C) Charity