Thanks for the feedback. I went back to the other format as I was having a difficult time breaking it up because of the amount of dialogue. Hope you guys are continuing to like it!
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Nick POV
When Faye lunged at Amanda I was ready to grab her and even hit it her if I had to but I wasn't prepared for what happened next. Deborah raised her hands with this look on her face of pure evil. Faye was lifted into the hair and flung her across the room her dark hair flying all over theplace. My cousin had the evil inside of her. Diana and Suzan ran over to Faye who was knocked out and Amanda and I grabbed Deborah and sat her down on the couch so she couldn't move. Laurel, Cassie and Adam started gathering herbs and crystals and we frantically looking through book of shadows and journals while Melanie ran the bath. Deborah was sitting protectively in between me and Amanda looking dazed. I didn't know what do but Amanda seemed to take control of things. She had her arm around Deborah and was telling her that it would be alright. She was speaking so softly and so calmly I couldn't quite make it all out. Faye started to come to and Deborah sobbed "I'm so sorry Faye" she said but Faye just looked her in sheer terror. "The bath's ready" Melanie said taking Deborah's hand. Deborah didn't hesitate. She knew the drill after watching it be done to Sean. I moved closer to Amanda and put my arm around. "you ok?" she said. I siged "not really but I will be" I admitted. It was so weird that even in times of tragedy and chaos I could still be myself with Amanda. She got up to go get her book from the bed when Chris yelled at her from the door in the same tone of voice as Deborah has used with Faye. "you are not a part if this circle and you never will be" he sneered and I noticed his normally greenish eyes were black. I felt in my gut something was wrong first Sean and now this. "in fact I don't think you'll be a part of any circle ever again" and all of a sudden a crystal paperweight that was on my dresser, that must have weighed at least 10 went flying and hit Amanda right in the head and she went down as blood starting pouring out of the spot where the weight hit." We got another one!" Doug yelled and tackled his. I ran over to Amanda who was on the floor the blood pooling under her head. "oh my god Amanda Amanda" I said I rolled her over and the gash that was just at her hairline was 3 inches long and blood was flowing from it. I was panicking she looked gray. I checked her vitals "someone help me" I screamed "oh my god she's not breathing!" Tears were streaming down my face and Diana pushed me out of the way and began cpr. I stood up and turned around I couldn't watch. I couldn't see her lifeless body. I felt like I couldn't breathe and I started to get a pain my chest "Chris what did you do?" I was headed in his direction when Adam cut me off "Get off of me Conant" I flailed. Then all of a sudden every memory I had of Amanda every moment spent together the vision and everything about last night just took over me and I collapsed to my knees. Adam got right down with me. He was connected to Cassie and he knew all too well how he would be if it was Cassie laying on the ground not breathing not knowing if she was going to be ok. I started to feel extremely faint. The pain in my chest was unbearable it was like I could feel my heart ripping apart into pieces. It was getting harder and harder to breath and I was slipping into blackness trying to hold on but something was pulling me under. I could faintly hear Adam "Nick! Nick! What's wrong?" with panic in his voice. All of a sudden I heard Amanda cough and Diana say "she's breathing" and the strangest thing happened. It was like nothing happened to me. I was breathing normally, no pain in my chest and there was no more blackness. Adam looked concerned "What happened?" he asked "I don't know" I honestly answered. "You better sit down" he instructed "im going help Diana get Amanda onto the bed". They laid her on the bed next to me and I grabbed her hand. She was cold. Her pupils were small and she was a little disoriented. Melanie handed me a towel "hold this over the wound and put pressure on it to stop the bleeding. "You scared me" I said. "what happened?" She asked. "you got hit in the head with that crystal thing that was on my dresser" she gave me a look like she knew there was more. I hesitated "Amanda you died, Diana resuscitated you. She saved your life" I whispered and I could feel the wetness in my eyes. "that explains the images I remember being in my head" she whispered he voice was so soft I leaned down so I can hear her. "What do you mean?" I asked. "every moment I spent with you every feeling every touch and the love we shared last night came playing in my mind like a slide show before everything went black" she said. I couldn't believe it. It seemed like she had the same visions that I had. When she couldn't breathe, neither could I and when the blackness was taking her over it was taking me over too. I couldn't wrapped my head around this and wasn't quite sure what it meant. I made a mental note to ask Diana later in private. I lust laid with her stoking her face and she closed her eyes. "hey Amanda don't go to sleep!" I urged. "I'm so tired" she said. "Diana when is Dr. Stern getting here she's falling asleep" Diana handed Adam the jar of herbs she was holding and ran over. "don't let her sleep she may have a concussion. The doctor will be here soon. We have Deborah drinking an elixir that's supposed to protect from negative energy while she sits in a ring of quartz and Chris is just getting out of the tub now." She said. "she lifted up the blood soaked towel from Amanda's head. It looked like the bleeding had stopped but it was a nasty gash. She would definitely need stitches. "how are you feeling?" Diana asked "my head hurts and I'm tired" Amanda said. "just don't fall asleep" Diana urged. With the possibility of Amanda losing consciousness again I knew I needed to talk to Diana now. "Diana, I need to talk to you in private" I said. "Sure" she got Laurel to come over and keep Amanda awake and we walked outside.
"What is it Nick?" she looked concerned. "ok something weird happened to me when Amanda went down. I felt like my heart was being broken into pieces. It was a real physical pain which was weird cause no one was hurting me. Every memory I had of Amanda every moment spent together from the minute I first laid eyes on her to the night we both saw the vision and everything else between then and now just took over me I could feel life slipping away. At first I thought it was just pain of the reality that I could lose her but then when I felt like I couldn't breathe I wasn't so sure" Diana's eyes narrowed and I continued "Amanda had the same flash or as she put it slide show as I did" I finished and I kept looking at the door I know I needed to tell Diana this stuff but I wanted to be in there taking care of Amanda. "you guys are more connected than I realized" Diana said. "It is very rare that two people are that connected that if one goes through a serious amount of pain or dies the same thing happens to the other person. Like I said it's rare but it does happen. Something significant must have happened between you two in order to have that type of bond to be formed" she looked at me funny almost as she was expecting what was about to come out of my mouth. I didn't want to tell her and but I didn't have a choice, not if our lives depended on it. I was also annoyed. Couldn't there be one thing, one intimate moment that Amanda and I shared that could stay between us? I took a deep breath and I finally started talking "well um last night after the party when we got home things kind of heated up between us if you know what I mean" I was quite embarrassed and Diana could see that. She smiled "well that's what strengthened the bond to the point it's at now. There is something in Laurel's book of shadows about this but I don't have time to look it up. I'll have Laurel do it but I promise I won't tell her specifics". Usually I found Diana's goodness kinds of sickening but tonight I was grateful she was so kind. Just then the doctor pulled up. I went into the house to get everyone out. When I walked it things were calm. Deborah was talking to Faye and Suzan and Chris was over by Amanda apologizing profusely. I could feel my fists clench. I wanted to hit him so bad but I had to remember it wasn't his fault. As I walked over and said "Dr. Stern is here can everyone go for a while so he can examine Amanda" I said coldly. Chris noticed my tone and his eyes met mine "I'm so sorry man Nick I didn't mean it" he said. I didn't smile "just go chris we will talk about this later". Chris got up and left. Amanda was sitting up drinking some tea with Laurel's assistance. "what's that?" laurel said "my energy tea" Amanda smiled "Laurel thought it may help me stay awake" Laurel got up to go and Diana quickly approached her "can you look up anything about soul mates or bonds between two people in your book while I take care of things in here?" she asked "um sure" laurel said curiously "something happened to Nick when Amanda went down" Diana said "oh" laurel said and walked away "what happened to you are you ok?" Amanda said. I smiled and sat on the bed with her. "I'll explain later. It's nothing you need to worry about right now. Let the doctor take a look at you and we can talk later" The doctor came in and examined Amanda. "she has a concussion and definitely needs about 20 stitches in her head. Whatever she did she cut straight down to the skull but I don't feel any cracks" he said. He gave her a shot of something in the gaping wound and she yelped. I just held her hand as Dr. Stern stitched her up she took it like a champ. When he left he said to keep her up 3 more hours and give her a pill he handed me and other than a headache shed be fine tomorrow. Diana walked the doctor out leaving me alone with Amanda. She sat up and leaned her head on my chest and signed. I carefully wrapped my arms around her "I don't know what would have happened if you didn't make it" I said trying to not to lose it. "well we don't have to worry about that right now" she smiled. I leaned down and kissed her. "I love you" she said "oh Amanda you have no idea" I laughed.