Hello, please enjoy this fic. I just want them to be happy.
Three weeks.
That's how long Amity will be shackled with a cast. Three arduous weeks of hobbling on crutches and dragging her plaster-laden leg behind her. To make things worse, their family's doctor recommends she stay home from school during that time and stays on bed rest to ensure a proper healing. Said doctor is one of the best in The Boiling Isles per her parents, and of course the Blights will only settle for the best.
Due to his advice, she finds herself not only unable to walk, but also unable to learn! This is honestly ridiculous. Amity's grades are in peak shape, and three missed weeks of school will make her upcoming tests much more difficult. Her protests fall on deaf ears, and though she visits the Owl House the following day, on Monday she finds herself alone.
Well not completely alone, her mother is in and out every couple of hours to fret on her. Outside of that, she has her penstagram scroll and the few books which she checked out from the library.
This time away actually could be a blessing in disguise. The last time she was at school… Amity's cheeks flush pink. She wasn't exactly speaking in her usual articulate fashion. Maybe a few weeks away without any distractions will help clear her head.
Her first project is The History of Abominations, a 400 page non-fiction about the first witches to summon abominations. It's a book she's been meaning to read for weeks, and she quickly loses herself in it.
A booming knock downstairs jars her from her reading. She glances over at the clock, 4:34, do they have a visitor?
Hexside gets out at 4:00, so it's entirely possible that a classmate could be bringing stuff from school. There's no way Boscha would come after the grudgby match a few days ago. Amity's mind flashes to her newest human friend, but no there's no way. Luz is learning magic after school, surely she doesn't have time to come all this way, especially just to see Amity.
Her curiosity wins out and Amity swings her legs around so she's sitting on the side of her bed. She places her book down next to her, still open to the page she was on. Her eyes flit between the door and her crutches, weighing the choice. The door is only a few feet away, surely she can make it. She slips off the bed and gingerly places her left foot on the ground. For a moment everything is a bit wobbly, but then Amity detaches her hold on the bed and in three clean hops reaches the door.
She opens the door a crack and can hear the hushed tones of voices. One is clearly her mother, but the other... Amity turns her head so she can better hear. It's a young girl's voice, high pitched and overly energetic. Her jaw drops. She actually came! This is better than when Azura defeated Gildersnake in book two of The Good Witch series. Amity's first instinct is to shout for joy, but that would be unsightly. Instead she re-focuses her attention to better hear their conversation. It would be a wonder if her mother actually let a human into their home.
"…so yeah, I thought that with how much Amity likes to study she might be missing these things." Her voice holds its typical confidence. Amity feels a little weak in her left knee, but that can be blamed on balancing for so long and clinging to a door. Yes, it is completely the door's fault and Luz for dragging her out of bed like this.
Wait, that's not right, it can't possibly be Luz's fault. It seems she brought some of her stuff so she actually went out of her way! Amity feels another heat spell coming on at the thought. She's not even paying attention to the conversation happening downstairs and is sure she must have missed something important. She tries to listen in but this time all she hears is footsteps. Are they getting louder?
Amity's not waiting to find out for sure. She lurches backwards, accidently pulling the door halfway open and nearly putting weight on her casted foot. She gives an unorthodox hop to re-balance herself and purposefully, but as quietly as a panicking person can, shuts the door. Three clean hops and she's back at her bed. She sits down and pulls her feet back into place, wincing slightly from the pain of the forced movement.
The door swings open just as she's returning to her book. First in is her mother and behind her is what feels like her personal ray of sunshine.
Considering Luz just finished what must have been a hard day at school, she's running at 110% and she practically leaps onto the bed to be next to Amity. She's cradling a few textbooks in her arms and those are dumped unceremoniously towards the bottom of the bed. Luz kneels next to her newly created book pile, attention now directed towards the subject of Amity's isolation. Her eyes narrow and she reaches out slowly with one hand.
"Don't touch." Amity interjects before Luz's hand reaches its mark. She realizes after a moment it might have come out too harsh as Luz freezes in place. "I mean, I guess it would be ok for like a second if you wanted…" she trails off, trying to keep some type of composure in the face of her crush.
Luz stays frozen for only a second longer and then her golden eyes snap to meet Amity's, "No, you're right! I wouldn't want to hurt you." Her attention goes back to the cast, "does it hurt? Also, hi Amity!" Luz lets out a warm laugh, "I guess I should have led with hi."
Amity's mother clears her throat from the doorway, "I'll be downstairs if you girls need me."
Amity thanks her mother and she shuts the door, leaving the two of them alone. Alone for the first time in Amity's room. Also on the bed together for the first time… no, now is not the time! Amity forces the thoughts from her head. "So Luz, what brings you here?"
Luz motions towards the books, "I brought your school textbooks! I know you can't go back for a few weeks so I thought at least you could keep up on our readings. Sorry, I shouldn't have dumped them all over the place." Luz grabs the textbooks and stacks them neatly. "There we go!"
The reason is very normal, and Amity's heart falls a little. She came to deliver books, nothing more nothing less. "Thank you for bringing them." She still can't help but smile, Luz always makes her smile. "How was school today?"
The human girl beams at her, "You're welcome! And it was super fun! Today in abominations class I was able to work out a little more of the glyph for summoning them!" Luz digs though her pockets and produces one of her typical spell casting squares. It has half a circle on it plus a few squiggly lines. "What do you think?"
Amity reaches out to take it so she can get a closer look. Their fingers brush slightly at the exchange which sends a tingle shooting up Amity's arm. She holds the paper up and squints at it. "To be honest with you, I don't really see it." She passes it back as she continues, "but that doesn't mean you aren't close, I'm sure you'll crack it soon!" She's rewarded with a toothy grin from her friend.
Friend is the correct word, right? They are friends. Oh, how she wishes they were more. She wants to reach out and hold her hand for longer, not just have coincidental contact. She's lacking in confidence at the moment, and she realizes that Luz just said something and she completely missed it. "I'm sorry, what?"
Luz isn't bothered with repeating herself. "I said, can I sign your cast?"
"Why would you sign it?" Amity lifts up her leg to reposition it, "the doctor was pretty clear that no one can sign or touch it, and the doctor's word is apparently law."
Luz frowns at her, "It's just for fun, a nice memento so if you're feeling sad you can look down and know that I'm there with you!" She flops over on the bed with an exaggerated sigh, "that's ok! Maybe I can sign it after you take it off."
Amity shrugs, "sure, if you want."
"Ok great," Luz giggles and Amity wonders what's so funny. She doesn't get a chance to ask as Luz sits up suddenly and looks at her watch. "Oh no it's nearly 5:15, I gotta go!" She jumps up and quickly moves towards the door. "Thanks for having me Amity, see you tomorrow!"
The door pops open and before Amity can even say bye, she's gone. Wait a minute, did she just say see you tomorrow?