After Diana left my house to leave town, I suddenly remember a piece of information that we were given. My dad impregnated 4 other girls so that when we all grew up he could make his own circle made completely of Balcoin blood. Last we heard they were on their way to town to form this circle. We had to stick together without binding the circle again. Which is going to be hard with Diana already out of town. The circle is broken, and in more ways than one. We not only have individual powers back, but everyone wants nothing to do with each other again.
"Why is Diana leaving town?" Melissa asked, sitting on the couch holding her phone.
"She told me that she didn't want to be around all this anymore. Do you blame her? Her dad just dove into the water to drown demons that were controlling his body. She has no one here. Except us. And after everything I doubt we are who she wants to be around right now." I couldn't help standing up for her. She's the only family I have left.
"Well why wouldn't she want to be around her sister? You guys can play with your shared dark magic." The jealousy seethed from Faye's expression.
"I wouldn't be so jealous Faye. My dark magic almost killed me. And Diana wants nothing to do with me or my dark magic." The confession that had just escaped my mouth was unexpected and made me feel empty inside.
"She's your sister, that's not true. It's just a lot for her to take in. She will be back. Don't worry Cassie." Jake got up crossed the room, closing the distance between me and him. He rubbed my arms, trying to comfort me but making me more uncomfortable in the process.
I backed away from him. "I just want to be alone right now. Can you guys leave?" I tried to say as nicely as I could muster.
Adam walked over to me, kissed me on the cheek and muttered under his breath, "I still remember." He walked away before I got a chance to say anything to him.
"Faye, can you come to my house? I want to talk to you about something." Jake asked Faye, thinking no one could hear him but when he looked up at me he knew I heard him. And it looked like he was trying to make me jealous but making me repulsed instead.
After everyone had left I sat down in the kitchen. Looking at a note my grandma had left for me on the fridge before everything happened with the circle. A tear rolled down my cheek as I realized I was utterly alone. No one here but me. I had to take care of myself from now on. I started to feel scared and alone so I did the only thing I could think of.
The phone was ringing then the person on the other line picked up. "Hello?"
"Hey it's me Cassie. I'm sorry for calling but I really need you right now."
"I'll be over later, I'm just running some errands. Okay?"
"Okay, but try to hurry please."
"Okay, I'll try as hard as I can. I'll see you later Cassie."
"Okay, bye." I hung up my phone and put it back down on the counter top.
I dragged my body into the living room grabbed my journal and sat on the couch. I opened up the empty journal and just started writing down everything that popped into my head. Before I knew it was 6 pm and I had written three full pages.
There was a knock on my door. "Come in!" I yelled.
The door opened and he walked into the living room. "Why was I the one you called?"
"Because you're the only one who really understands."
"That's not true Cassie."
"Yes it is. And what the hell was that earlier?"
"What was what?"
"What did you mean when you said 'I still remember' ?"
"I lied. About everything. The potion didn't work on me. I still love you. And I was trying to hide it. And I was doing a good job, until you kissed me at your grandma's wake. It brought everything back up. I didn't want to act on it if it could harm someone. But I'm still in love with you Cassie Blake." Adam crossed the room and sat on the coffee table so that he could be eye level with me.
"I still love you too Adam. But I need to tell you something."
"Oh no. What is it?"
"My dad made that curse up. It's not real. He put a spell on Jake to make him sick. He made my grandmothers memory bad. He did the thing with the birds. He did everything. It's not harmful for us to love each other." I cupped his face in my hands.
He snuggled his face into my hands more. He just looked at me and smiled. "That's good."
"Oh really it is? Why is that?" I was teasing him now and he knew it.
"Because then we can do this without causing trouble." He picked me up, started kissing me and started walking up to my room holding me.
We made love and just spent the entire night cuddling in my bed. He slept over. And for the first time in a long time, I felt at home. With him holding me like that and feeling his arms around me. I felt at peace, happy, and safe. Like nothing in the entire world could ever hurt me again. And I wanted to hold on to that feeling for as long as I possibly could.