Daughter of Ipswich

Falling Down the Rabbit Hole

Karma-What Goes Around Comes Around-

"Hello Gorman," I smiled, holding the Book of Ipswich close to my chest, as I walked up the old decaying stairs.

"Hello, Celeste," Gorman smiled at me, sitting on an old chest, drinking some coffee. "What brings you about today?"

"I need to talk with him," I whispered desperately. "Something happened, and it doesn't make sense."

Gorman sighed reluctantly, before whispering back to me," He's having a good day, today. So don't be worried about him not knowing who you are, or anything."

I nodded in thanks, while I silently crept over to William's old velvet chair he spent his days in.

Sitting down upon the old rickety stool, next to William, I looked up at his old aged form. I could scarcely recognize the youthful man that was once Caleb's father, but I knew he was deep down in there, somewhere.

"Hey, Mr. Danvers." I softly welcomed him, making his eyes shift towards me.

"Gorman told me you're having a good day today. Is that true?" I asked politely, trying to give him some of the old joy of communication back to him. I knew he was miserable here.

William blinked once, indicating a yes.

"Good," I smiled, kissing his old cheek, like I did as a child.

I saw him weakly smile at me, before I placed the book upon my lap, making William's eyes light up in excitement. He loved to tell me about magic, and he loved being the only one to truly know everything about my magic, other than Gorman. But William loved being a rebel, in his delicate state.

"Last night, I felt someone using their powers. And a lot." I began.

William blinked in understanding.

Gorman than cut in," He felt someone using last night, too."

I nodded in thanks to Gorman, while I looked back at William. "But the thing that worried me is that I had a dream, during this. And someone told me they knew who I really was."

William sighed in a labored manor, before looking out the window in thought. I patiently waited, before I heard his low voice boom, in a drawn out manor," Be…care…ful."

I understood that he wanted me to watch my surroundings, with just those two words.

I nodded again in understanding, before whispering back to William," And umm…last night I used my powers, but I don't think the boys noticed. Did you?"

William shook his head, gently, before looking back at me.

"Good," I breathed a sigh of relief.

"Twenty nine," William doomed again, looking down at the book.

I quickly flipped through the pages, coming to the twenty-ninth page. There I found a picture of one of the first meetings, with the few men and women of the original families gathered together around a fire, in the same exact way I had seen the boys do, when they wanted to conduct secret meetings.

I looked back up at William, when Gorman explained, as he walked over to the window, holding his coffee," He wants you to tell the boys your powers. He is worried about you. He doesn't want anything to happen to you. He thinks the boys could help protect you, now that Caleb is ascending this week."

I sighed and looked back at William, who starred at me with large caring eyes. The same eyes Caleb had.

"Don't worry about me." I whispered. "Anyways," I brushed back one of his gray curls, out his eye," the boys don't need to have to deal with the shock about me, when they should be paying attention to school and Caleb's ascension at the end of the week."

Suddenly I heard Gorman mutter," Who is with Caleb?"

I looked over at the window, as saw Caleb driving up, with Sarah in the car next to him.

"What is he doing here?" I hissed to Gorman, trying to figure out, where I should hide or what story I should make up to lie about what I was doing here.

"He's early. He usually delivers, on Sunday afternoons, William's medicine. But who is in the car with him?"

"Sarah," I hissed loudly, gaining William's eyes back upon me.

I spotted his wrinkled face twist into a weak smirk. He knew about my crush on Caleb, which I confessed to him and Gorman, when Caleb got his first girlfriend, about how jealous I was.

Suddenly I saw Gorman lift up his gun, and shot it out the window, making me jump, and fall backwards into a bookshelf, smacking my head.

"Why are you shooting?" I snapped uncontrollably, ignoring the pain in the back of my scull for about a second.

"Ow!" I groaned rubbing the back of my head, when I couldn't bare it anymore, while I heard Caleb shouting in the distance," Gorman! It's me! It's okay!"

"Who's with you?" Gorman shouted back down.

"Just a friend."

I rubbed the back of my head, while Gorman remained looking out the window.

I heard the front door open and shut, while Caleb marched up the stairs quietly, while I crawled closer to William, and hid by him and the chair, which faced away from Caleb.

But my cover was blown, when Caleb looked up at his father's chair, and saw me on all fours.

I weakly smiled, and grabbed my purse and the book, standing up.

"Caleb," Gorman began before Caleb could say anything, "you should be more careful."

"I know, Gorman," Caleb snapped quietly.

He then glanced over at me with a scowl, while I stood up, whispering to William, as I kissed him again, and," I'll see you soon."

I began walking over to the stairs, only to have Caleb grab my upper arm roughly, forcing me to look up at him.

"What are you doing here?"

I looked up at Caleb, when Gorman answered for me," She comes here and visits your father. You should be thankful. She knows all the old stories that aren't in that forsaken book of yours. She is also the only form of human communication he has with anyone."

I tugged my arm out of Caleb's grasp, while he looked back down at me.

I could tell he was upset that I was visiting his black sheep father, but William and Gorman were the only people I could trust.

"What is that you're carrying?" Caleb inquired, eyeing up the book in my grasp.

I gulped, before glancing over at Gorman for help, while he walked up, and quietly answered," It is one of William's old books, Caleb. He wanted Celeste to have it, so someone knows the old stories, since now else around seems to remember them."

Caleb sighed, before I whispered," I need to get going."

I quickly began lightly jogging down the old stairs, praying I didn't fall through, as I did so.

I heard Caleb coming down behind me, as I opened up the front door spotting Sarah looking distantly around her.

I let out a loud huff, as I began making my way over to my car, which was parked next to Caleb's car.

"Oh, Celeste" I heard Sarah greet, happily.

I sent her a curt smile and nod, as I opened my car door.

"What are you doing here?"

"She spends her free time with Gorman, so he has someone to talk too." Caleb coolly explained, as he walked up to his car.

"Oh," Sarah answered sounding slightly amused, but I think I detected a little sarcasm in it too.

At that second, I wanted nothing more but to blast both of them into oblivion, but I couldn't. I believed in karma to some degree. And goes around, comes around.