Since no one requested any Chapter or anything I decided that I would do a Simon PoV….can anyone guess which one it is before you read the rest of this AU?
Chapter 16, 'The Reckoning' in Simon PoV
Bout fifty feet in to the forest I remembered that I hadn't asked Chloe if it was okay to be going through the forest. It could freak her out after the last time she was in the forest or she could raise another animal-or body- by accident.
I stopped dead in my tracks and turned to her so fast that she barley stopped. "What?" She asked.
"I should have checked with you. Is it okay?" I waved to the woods. "Being out here?"
She assured me that it was fine. But I still needed to make sure.
"Derek told me the woods made you nervous, that you were worried about raising dead animals. And you weren't even thinking about that until I brought it up, were you?" 'Shit' I swore under my breath. I shouldn't have brought it up, just let it slide.
"Its okay," she reassured me. "As long as I don't summon or fall asleep, I'll be fine." She slightly giggled at the end, thinking this was funny.
"And if you do fall asleep, I need some serious work on my conversational skills." That got another giggle out of her. She was so cute when she giggled.
We walked a little further then I decided to try talking again, before she did fall asleep. "speaking of conversation, how, umm…" I must have made a face because she tried to stifle another laugh. "Sorry, I'm a bit nervous."
"Did you have a lesson with Andrew today?" Thank god she had am idea of what to talk about! I sighed in relief.
"Thank you. Yes, I did. Boring, boring, boring. No sudden surge of power for me. I'm just a regular-" I paused…Wow! What she must be thinking. "Okay, that was incredibly insensitive. Did I mention I'm nervous? I should be happy to have normal powers. And I am."
"But still, it must be annoying, seeing Tori casting new spells right away when you've been training for years."
"Yeah. It wouldn't be as bad if it wasn't Tori." I grumbled. Tori wouldn't shut-up about how she could cast a spell without an incantation, without having to train for weeks. Just kinda pissed me off.
"So what spells can you do?" She asked, and normally I would have yelled at someone for saying something like that to me, but she sounded like she truly cared.
"Nothing useful. You need to master the basics first. I get that, but right now, all I care about are spells that will help us, and perfecting my fog spell isn't going to do that."
"That knock-back one is good." I could here the smile in her voice. But I only shrugged.
"Maybe Andrew can teach you the binding spell Tori casts." She didn't know anything about how magic worked at all.
"That's witch magic."
She looked at me, confusion clear on her cute little face. "That's different?"
I sighed, not load enough for her to hear though. I didn't want to explain the entire magic handbook, because that would take hours, but I decided to ask her if she wanted to hear it anyways. " Do you want the quick answer or a lesson on the spell-caster races?"
"Option two please." I was surprised that she was interested in anything to do with magic. I tightened my grip on her hand and smiled at her, which she returned.
"There are two major spell-casting races. Sorcerers are male and have sons, al of them sorcerers. Witches are female-same deal, but with daughters. Sorcerer magic uses hand gestures along with incantations, mostly in Greek, Latin, and Hebrew-I can just recite the spells. Knowing the languages would help, but memorizing spells is tough enough right now. Sorcerer magic is offensive-used to attack. Witches use the same languages for incantations, but they get to skip the hand gestures. Their magic is defensive." I explained to her.
"Used to stop an attack." She finished what I had forgotten.
"Or escape one, which would be useful these days."
"You can learn witch magic?" She asked, eyes sparkling when I looked at her. We were still walking.
"We can, with a whole lotta effort, because its not our natural kind. Right now, I need to stick to my own, though I'd like to learn a few spells someday. Just not from Tori." we laughed.
When we reached the service station, I went in and bought us some ice cream, then we went back out to a log and sat down.
"I would have been fine with a single scoop." Chloe said as she studied her double scoop.
"Too bad." I laughed.
"But-"
"I've been diabetic as long as I can remember, Chloe. I've never had a double scoop of ice cream so I don't miss them. If it bothered me, I'd never eat with Derek, would I? And since I'll be done first, I can give you a spell demonstration as snake-time entertainment." When I was finished I stood up and started goofing around and making her laugh.
When she was done I took her hand and started to walk back. It was getting dark. When could see the house I tugged on her hand, making her stop, and I tugged her in front of me. Her face flushed slightly and I could praticly hear her heart hammering.
"Was it okay?" I asked her.
She smiled at me. "Better than okay."
"So I won my pass for date two?" I joked.
"You did."
"Good."
I lowered my face towards hers slowly so she wouldn't jump back, but when our lips met she still jumped.
"S-sorry I-I-"
"Skittish as a cat," I murmemerd load enough for her to hear this time. I moved my hand to the back of her neck, and tilted her face up to mine. "If im moving to fast-"
"N-no"
"Good."
This time she didn't jump back, didn't flinch, didn't do anything. She just stood there. Finally she started to kiss me back, but she still seemed like she didn't really want to. I knew what was wrong. She had been acting differently since her and Derek met up with us at Andrews house.
I pulled away and just hovered there, my lips just above hers, testeing to see if I was wrong about my asumption. I wasn't it seemed, because she looked away from me.
"Wrong guy, huh?" I meant to make it loader than I had but it came out just above a whisper.
She looked at me confused. "Wh-what?"
I eased back. Made my eyes go blank and unreadable.
"Theres someone else." I stated. I already knew so I didn't need to ask.
"S-someone…? A boyfriend, you mean? From before? No. Never. I wouldn't-"
I cut her off. "Go out with me if there was. I know." I took another step back. 'I don't mean one from before Chloe. I mean one from now."
She still looked confused but I think she was finally figuring out what I had meant. "D-Derek? Y-you think-" It looked like she couldn't finish. After a few seconds of tryong to laugh she stated, "Derek and I arent-"
"No. not yet. I know"
"I-I don't-" She couldn't say it. No matter how much I wanted her to say 'Simon, I don't like Derek' she couldn't. I knew it was to good to be true.
I shoved my hands into my pockets as we stood there in that awful silince that seemed to last forever.
"It isn't like that," She finally said.
'It wasn't. Not at first." I started, and stared out at the woods. "It started to change after the crawl space. You guys hanging out together, the…vibe changing. I told myself that I was just imagaining it. When you and Tori escaped from the lab, it seemed like I was right. But hen, after the truck stop, when you guys came back…" I trailed off, not wanting to finish. I looked over at her. "I'm right arnt I?"
I begged her with my eyes Tell me im wrong, Chloe. Please. She tried to say something but all she could manage was another, "Its not like that."
I turned around and said as I walked away, "Yeah, it is." But then I remembered what I was going to give her. I stopped without turning I reached into my pocket and fished out my drawing of her with the corupse. "This is for you." I murmered.
She took it and I just continued to walk away.
As I got further away could here her call after me, tears in her voice, but I just continued walking away. Away from the most important girl in my life.
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Love yas RenesmeeRedbird 3
