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Nick POV

Deborah was right I had changed but she was wrong about me not being me. I have never been more me before in my entire life. Meeting Amanda had brought out those things in me that I never knew I had. She softened me a bit which made me roll my eyes at all the shit Doug and Chris would give me the next time I saw them. When I got into the room I searched for Amanda but she wasn't there. Diana could see the panic crossing over my face. "Don't worry Nick she's in the bath. I made her a quick herb fusion to put into the tub to relax her and I'm making a calming tea from a recipe in my book of shadows" she said as she was grinding herbs." I was relieved. "What happened that made the earth shift? I was here with her and you were with deb." Diana looked confused. "He told me he's in love with her" Deborah said knowingly. "ah I see. This is happening quite quickly. Do you think maybe you can slow things down a bit" it was Deborah who laughed "fat chance. The boy has got it bad" and a wide grin found its place on her petite face. "Then she needs to meet the rest of our circle sooner rather than later." Diana said. "what did you have in mind?" I said curiously. "Fall solstice is in 2 weeks. We always have a celebratory ceremony and I thought you can bring her and she can join us. It's on a Saturday so you can stay for the weekend" I thought for a moment of Amanda with me in New Salem. Walking with her on the beach, showing her my latest operation in the garage. I got all warm inside. "That sounds like a great idea." "what's a great idea?" I heard Amanda say as she was coming out of the bathroom. She looked radiant and relaxed. He long wet hair hung to her shoulders and she was wearing Capri sweats and a t shirt. She looked warm and serene. "what do you think about coming to New Salem with me for the solstice ceremony and celebration in 2 weeks?" I asked her. An excited look came over her "oh that sounds wonderful! I can't wait to see where you live and I'm so excited to meet your circle and see how you do things" The color was returning to her face and the gleam in her eye made me relax. "well we need to get going" Diana said. "We will walk you out I'm dying for a smoke" I said. "and I'm starving" Amanda said. "the smoking doesn't bother you?" Deborah asked. "not at all. If nick wants to smoke let him smoke who I am to stop him" she said. Deborah smiled a warm smile. Amanda had gotten to her too.

We walked them down to Diana's car and everyone hugged. "now you guys try to do research when you can I know it's going to be tough with school and all just do what you can and we will do what we can" Diana said. We said our goodbyes and Amanda and I walked over to the Deli to get some sandwiches. I could tell Amanda was feeling uneasy. We decided to take our food into the common area on the 4th floor. We sat at a table and I just watched. It was amazing to see how people were drawn to her. She was so friendly and kind. Other physics majors came up to her and asked what classes she was taking. Other people just said hello to her as they walked by. She got up to go throw something away and a guy approached her and she was nice but rushed right back to me. She was truly amazing and she was mine and it was an over whelming feeling. I needed to tone it town for 2 weeks but I didn't know if I could. Every moment every smile every glance between us seemed to make us drawn to each other even more. The pool table opened up and we played pool and I could tell she was totally doing magic because she kicked my ass. We laughed together and had a really good time. For a moment all the anxiety about the prophecy was gone and we were enjoying just being together.

We got back to her room at 7 pm and we had an early class. I took a shower and she got ger books and stuff together for the morning. When I got out she was sitting on her bed drinking some teat that smelled like eucalyptus. She handed me a cup. "What is it?" my nose wrinkled as I could smell the steam rising from the cup "its mint and valerian root. It makes me sleep soundly" she said. It tasted good and we finished quickly. I took our cups to the bathroom and put on the tv and got into bed with her. We laid together in silence for what seemed hours even though in reality it was just a couple of minutes. She stared in to my eyes and I staed back in hers. Just looking in her eyes was intense I could feel like I could forever there and that gave me a shiver. "are you scared Nick?" she asked "scared of what?" I asked "I don't know. The whole past few days have been intense and amazing and scary" she whispered "what are you afraid of?" I asked her stroking her face "you" she said. I didn't laugh. I knew what she want meant. I just hugged her tightly and we fell asleep.

The next 2 weeks went by without incident and very little magic. Adjusting to college level classes and the workload was tough. We went to class and studied constantly. There was very little time to look through our books of shadows as Diana has instructed. I was pretty much living in Amanda's room and living with her required no adjustment. It just felt natural and right. Every night when we were done studying would lay in bed and just talk. This was my favorite part of my days. Amanda had a way of getting me to open up and showed me with certain people its ok to let those walls down. I told her about my parents and how I felt when I heard the real reason why they died and why the relationship I had with my Aunt Grace was so strained. She told me about her mother's battle with cancer which is how she got into plants and herbs and crystals because she wanted to desperately to heal her. Most people would be sick of someone after spending 2 weeks 24/7 with them but not me. As the days went by I fell more in love with her though I had yet to tell her.

It was Thursday night and would be headed to New Salem tomorrow. I knew that this was going to big and cause some major changes what changes I didn't know and honestly from where I was at this moment lying in bed with her I didn't care. I was doing what I loved to do stroking her face, staring in her eyes and thinking about my forever. When all of a sudden a smile crossed her face and an image appeared in her eyes of her and I walking hand in hand with a little dark haired boy. I gasped. "did you see that" she was barely whispering and I saw so much love in her when she reached up and touched my face I couldn't stop the words from coming out of my mouth "Amanda I am so in love you" I said "forever" she whispered and I kissed her. The earth started to shift but I didn't care. I couldn't stop kissing her. I kissed her mouth and her neck and before I found her mouth again "god do I love you" she said and kissed me harder. He mouth was warm and moist and the magnetic pull was no longer there because were forever connected. As we kissed the ground started to rumble. We just kissed and caressed each other and the ground started to rage and roar so loudly the building was shaking and things were falling off the walls. We were only kissing and the earth was going crazy. We broke away when we heard people yelling in the hallway. The minute we broke away the shaking and the rumbling and the roaring stopped. "did we just cause and earthquake?" she trying not laugh of the absurdity of it. "I think so" I shook my head. We got up and assessed the room starting to pick up items too nervous to check the hallway when the door opened. It was Brett "you guys ok?" "yes Brett we are fine" "the buildings not safe grab your belongings and come outside I need to get your names and make sure you are ok and use the stairs the elevators aren't working" he left the door open and we just stared at each other. Amanda grabbed a rolling suitcase out of from under a pile of fallen close and shoes. "close the door" she snapped. "waoh I said calm down. "Nick we need to get anything witchcraft related out of our rooms. If there is damage you know they are going to be searched" she said with a noticeable edge to her voice. ."Gotcha" I said. I went over to her desk and grabbed anything I could find that could give her away the mortar and pestle, crystals, a journal from the top drawer. She took all the herbs from under her bed and dumped the contents of a small wooden box in there. Finally she grabbed both our phones and charges and our books of shadows threw them in her oversized purse and closed the bag. She tossed e a duffle bag and said put any clothes you need in here. She frantically grabbed clothes and some shoes and came over and shoved them in the duffle bag. "ok I'm good" she said "are you sure?" "yeah anything I don't have I can always buy" I didn't want to leave her alone but I had to. "you do a full sweep in here and make sure everything witchcraft is gone. I'm just going to do a sweep of my room real quick" I ran across the hall leaving the door open. I got into my room grabbed any crystals and plants I had and put them in my back pack. When I went back I found Amanda holding the picture of her circle with glass cracked. It must have fallen off the wall. She was staring at in disbelief. "what's wrong?" I asked feeling panic rushing through me. Her face was blank. I pried the picture out of her hand. And saw what had her in a state shock. There were no longer 8 people in her picture. Only 7. One of her coven had been lost.