Not sure if im supposed to put this is every chapter so I will from here on out. I don't own the secret circle or the characters within. I only own the characters that are not from TSC

Amanda POV

When I woke up I was lying across nick's chest. I got an overwhelming sense of happiness just waking up in his arms. Before Nick, I never really believed in soul mates or divine connections but now I believed that him and I were meant to be no matter what. I looked up at him and he was sound asleep. He looked even more handsome when he slept he looked almost vulnerable. His chiseled face was tan and handsome. His thick eyelashes fluttered as he slept and his lips were parted. His shaggy black hair was all over the place and I felt so lucky that he was mine. Not because of how handsome he was but because of who he was inside. I didn't know too many details about his past and honestly it didn't matter. I can just sense that he had been greatly hurt which is why he had a cold withdrawn attitude with most people. His eyes opened and he looked down at me those mahogany eyes had a loving look to them "morning" he stretched and kissed my forehead as his arms wrapped around me. "Morning" I said. "What time is it?" he said "I glanced over at the clock 9:45" I replied sitting up. He looked at his phone "crap" Diana will be here a little after 10. They left at 7" he said. I hopped up and went into the bathroom to wash my face. The bathroom door was open and nick came in with the carafe and filled it with water and kissed my cheek. He didn't seem too thrilled about being up. I hurried and went back to make the bed. He went into the bathroom came out and poured 2 cups of coffee. We sat on the couch and waited. "you look nervous" he said. "I am! What if they don't like me?" I said and I was shocked because I never really worried about what people thought but this was different. The connection between Nick and I was so strong I wanted to be accepted by them. There was a knock on the door and Nick got up to answer it. "Diana" he said and in walked the most beautiful girl I had ever seen tall and lean with piercing green eyes and hair the color of a moon beam that hung straight down her back to her waist. "DEB! What are you doing here?" he exclaimed scooping up and hugging a petite but tough looking girl with short black girls that lined a pixie like face. "Good to see you to cousin" she said when he set her down "laurel couldn't come she has school tomorrow and I needed to see for myself that you were ok" I stood up really nervous. Both girls looked at me and Nick walked over to me "Diana, Deborah THIS is Amanda" "hi" I said sticking my hand out to Diana "nice to meet you she" said "nice to meet you" Deb just looked me up and down and said "hey" I could see the tough as nails bit ran in the family. "Would anyone like coffee or tea or anything?" "Coffee" deb said. I would love some tea what do you have?" Diana said. I went underneath my bed and pulled out the box of herbs and showed Diana. "Oh this is lovely Amanda!" "Thanks. I have a huge herb garden in my basement in New Mexico. It's hard to grow certain herbs in the desert" "I imagine it would be" she picked up the Cactus flowers and said "ooh I have never had this what does it taste like?" "Here you go try this" Handing her a little jar " it's a mixture of mint, honey suckle and cactus flowers. The cactus flower has almost a buttery taste and it tastes really good with the honey suckle. I just added a little mint for flavor" She opened the jar and smelled it. "yes I would like to try this it smells interesting" I heated the water for Diana and joined Nick and deb in the common area of my room. Deb was sitting on my desk chair and nick on the couch. I sat down and Nick held my hand. Deb leaned forward trying to get a glimpse of my earrings "is that honey calcite?" she asked "yes it's my working stone" "cool she said. They are very pretty." "Thanks Nick got them for me last night" Deborah eyes narrowed and said "that guy?" and pointed to Nick. He laughed and shrugged a what can I say shrug. Deborah stood up. "Ok something is really weird. I have never seen him buy anything remotely girlie for a girl. The only thing he ever gave me was a headlamp for my Harley" Diana laughed as she poured her tea. "When you find your destiny it changes you" Diana said frankly as sipped her tea. "oh Amanda this tea is delicious" "thanks. You can take that jar with you if you'd like I can always make more" "oh yes that would be wonderful thank you" I could see why Diana was one of the coven leaders. She was smart and pretty and kind and had air about her that just oozed goodness. "You look happy Nick. I'm glad" Deborah smiled softly at him then at me. He squeezed my hand "I am" he declared. "So, how long have you known you were a witch?" Deborah asked. "Well ever since I can remember. Our parents had a circle and they taught us at a very early age how to control it. They held circle meeting with all of us when were 10 then when Sammy, my co leader and I turned 16 we were given our wings so to speak" "how many people are in your circle?" Diana said "8 – 3 girls 5 boys" hhmm "that's 20" she said. "did everyone else feel the earth move last night?" she asked. "everyone in my circle did" "same with ours" Deborah said giving Nick a look only they could understand. "What does that mean" she wondered out loud. "Mind if I take a look at your book of shadows?" "sure" I leaned over Deborah and as I got the book a page folded page fell into her lap. She unfolded it. "What is it? I have never seen that page before" She looked at the page and a blank look came across her face. "Come on Deb what does it say?" Nick urged. She started reading out loud "This prophecy will reveal itself once the chosen 7th generation member of the white circle and the chosen 7th generation member of the black circle are united. When white and black meet there is no gray. Your destinies will then set into motion a shifting of the earth. When the connection becomes one that can no longer be broken fate will lock into place. The stars will have then aligned and the circles will come together as one. Within both those circles darkness resides. A war of good versus evil will be had within the circle and the darkness must be purified regardless of casualties. Once the circle is rid of all darkness lightness will prevail and only then the outside forces that wish to tear the circle apart can be defeated. If this prophecy is not followed the circle will be no more"