+Chapter 6-
Part I: Wacky Family Ties
+&-
She went from one place to another, not understanding what made her…different.
Them not understanding it either.
Pushing her away.
Rejecting her.
So she grew up…
Without Home.
Without Family.
Without.
All she had was her inner self.
Her secrecy.
Her… But she was about to lose even that.
+&-
Nathan raced forward, catching at Haley's arms before she could hit the floor. He looked down at her face seeing the proof, her eyes closed, her body slack. "You idiots! She fainted!"
"Out like a dead light bulb." The dark haired woman deadpanned.
"One…like clockwork." The light haired man finished his counting now with satisfaction.
"Think she'll want to buy some of my anti pale face cream after she gets up? I mean she'll really want to fight against that whiteness. It makes her look like a lady vampire and I know how much she is not the vampire type…she could barely take us."
"No one can take you two!" Nathan yelled out now, sweeping Haley up into his arms. "Get the blanket from that chair." He called out to his brother, walking hurriedly, carrying Haley to the futon.
"Here you go." His older brother hadn't even bothered to go to the chair with a blanket on it. Instead he had waved his hands and made the checkered blanket fly over to his younger brother. As it reached him, the blanket loudly smacked Nathan in the face.
"Thanks!" Nathan growled in annoyance, grabbing the blanket in one hand as he began to lay Haley down on the futon. Taking the blanket then, he covered her with it halfway.
"Hmmmm…la da a…I'm thirsty." The dark haired woman announced candidly, sauntering over to the kitchen and opening the refrigerator, making a few cans float out of it.
"Get out of there!" Nathan called out with angry irritation. The expression on his face was one though of worry as Haley's eyes remained closed. It was a bit of a surprise to be feeling this way. It wasn't like it was the first time he'd seen the twins have this affect on someone.
Meanwhile…the older brother was making his way to the kitchen now also. "Hey…maybe she has some ingredients I could use in her refrigerator. I got to get this bat experiment done. Really…it is a bat experiment, but nothing about blood sucking…ha ha."
"Want a coke?"
"Sure."
The female twin handed the male twin a can.
"Nate Darling, want a coke?"
Not even thinking, Nathan started to answer with a tired sigh. "Yeah I'm thirs_NO! GET-
The woman frowned, quietly interrupting while daintily sipping her drink from a glass she had simply helped herself too. "Well geesh Darling Little Brother. No need to scream. A simple no thank you would suffice."
The other twin called out while he ransacked Haley's refrigerator, moving things from one place to another in a totally unorganized fashion. "Yeah geesh Nate…what got up your ass?"
What got up his ass? WHAT GOT UP HIS ASS? Two delinquent, meddling, lunatic witches that he had the misfortune to be related to. THAT'S WHAT GOT UP HIS ASS!
He almost screamed out his fury and frustration, but then seeing Haley still lying silently on the futon that he was sitting on the corner of, Nathan just let out an exasperated sigh. They were infuriating, but right now he had something more important to think about.
"Just…both of you…stop. You…get me a cold towel." He gestured to his brother to get him to stop messing up the order in her refrigerator.
The older brother swept his hands in the air and all of the sudden a wet towel appeared and floated over to his younger brother. Grimacing, Nathan grabbed at it and placed it on Haley's forehead. "Damn…"
"So did she agree to-
Nathan cut him off. "Enough…damn…what are you doing?" He asked his sister who was sitting on Haley's kitchen countertop.
The woman smiled amicably as she lazily swung her feet back and forth, sitting there drinking her coke with total casualness. "Drinking."
Nathan shook his head, before noticing his brother searching the cabinets, making the doors of each one fly open before using witchcraft to make them shut loudly.
"Get out of there. She doesn't have any bats."
"I'm not looking for bats now."
"What are you looking for?"
The lighter haired man joked. "Eye of newt."
The woman laughed at that. "Boil boil..."
"toil and trouble…"
"Cauldron burn…"
"Bubble bubble…
"OH GET ME A TOAD twin, I'll turn it into a prince charming…hoo hoo!"
"HA HA!"
Seeing them laughing hysterically now, performing a few spells, Nathan yelled at both of them. When they got like this, when they got this crazy everything just turned into chaos. "You need to turn that ugly worm back into her dog…that's what you need to do!"
"You do it."
"Fine!" Nathan made an angry sweep with one hand resulting in the worm…
"Two heads. Oh that's lovely Nate."
"Shut up."
"Yeah…don't give little brother a hard time. He can't help it that his spells are all going whacky. It's because of IT."
Nathan shivered a little at the mention…of…noticing his brother even frowning slightly, the sister looking a bit apologetic for what she had said…the truth and yet….
Nathan sighed. This wasn't the time. "Just…turn it back into a dog now. Okay?"
The dark mood had already departed. The twins were once again up to their playful mischief, annoying their little brother once more. "And both of you get out of her kitchen. What the heck are you doing now?"
"Having a spell off…ha…take that Twin brother…I'm better!"
"Ha…how about this spell?"
"Ooohhh…how about this one!"
"Stop it!" Nathan yelled out angrily as things started flying all over the place. They were out of control and unfortunately his use of the craft was quite limited now. Especially against them. Since they were whole and he was only half, they had much more of it in them. They could make things happen that made him shake his head…and they made it happen with seemingly total ease. Of course that also got them into a lot of trouble.
The twin factor too seemed to cause them to get into the most ridiculous mischief. Though his older brother could be incredibly serious, paired with his twin sometimes he turned into a stupid buffoon. And her…she made a sport of making men come hither and salivate at her feet…along with being one whacky saleswoman. Oh…but together they were anyone's worst nightmare when they really got the craft going. It was no wonder Haley had passed out. They were a menace to so called normal society.
Haley moaned now, slowly opening her eyes. She blinked at what she saw. Flashes of light were going off in her kitchen along with things just appearing in the air. Rubbing her head she looked down at the floor seeing that Bear was now not just a one headed, but a two headed giant ugly scary worm. "Oh my God…make this nightmare stop. Ohhhhh…"
"Haley…you're awake?" Nathan asked her now gently from where he was sitting on the corner of the futon.
"What is going on?" She pointed now with shaking hands to the wild display happening in her kitchen. The dark haired woman was sitting with those weird products from her suitcase, only half the products were now floating in the air, along with a tablet she was writing on. Meanwhile the blonde haired man was balancing a whole bunch of objects on top of each other…also in the air. Wait a minute…those were her dishes! Oh…and her dog was a worm…a giant worm with two big heads.
"Get them out." She spoke evenly, but dangerously.
"Yeah, I was going to-
She shook her head now, her voice frantic. She couldn't wait anymore. She couldn't take anymore of this insanity. "Get them out…get them out…get them out…GET THEM OUT!"
"Damn." Nathan tried to calm her now, but she was practically screaming. He looked at his siblings, but then turned back to Haley as she started to struggle with…something.
"No!"
There it was…a bandana that had just appeared in the air and was now chasing after the front of her mouth.
"NATHAN! Help me!"
He glared at his sister, trying to grab the stupid thing.
The older sister held up her hands with ease. "Well she's too loud. I'm only keeping the peace. She's going to wake everybody up!"
AS IF THEY HADN'T?! AND WHAT PEACE?! Any peace flew out the window screaming in fear the moment they entered a room! Okay…that was it. He had it. "THAT'S IT." Nathan fixed both his wild siblings now with a hard glare, speaking firmly and loudly.
"GET RID OF IT. NOW. AND YOU. TURN THAT DISGUSTING THING BACK INTO HER DOG."
Somehow…it worked.
Usually did. Nathan was the youngest of the three of them, but he could hold them for at least half a minute with his eyes, since that one ability he had the strongest of all of them. Whether it had to do with the craft or something just inside him, no one knew, but it was an asset…most the time. Anyway, it, and his strong unhappy voice now was enough to make the chaos stop for a moment. He watched as the ridiculous bandana simply vanished and the worm became no more. Before his siblings of course went back to their kitchen shenanigans.
Haley didn't care. Not at this moment anyway. One thing was important to her and now as she noticed it, she smiled with relief. Bear was her beloved husky and malamute again…her beautiful dog. Calling out to him, she waited til he came and then wrapped her arms around him tightly.
And then looking at the three of them, she pushed away at Nathan, got up from the futon and stood in the middle of her living room. "Okay…I want to know what's going on. And if you two don't get out of my kitchen within the next five seconds I'll hit you with a pan harder than I hit him. One…two…three…four…"
Nathan shook his head now at his brother and sister. "You don't want to test her on that one. It feels like a semi."
All the floating objects stopped floating and found their usual sitting place. Meekly now the two siblings left the kitchen, though there was a bit of resentment on their faces too.
"Fine."
"Here we are."
Nathan sighed, standing up and moving in closer to Haley who promptly moved away from him. Damn. Why did they have to always have such horrible timing? They'd been talking and she was starting to know of their connection when all of the sudden…poof…the Huey and Dewey of Witchcraft, appear. "Haley…this is my brother…well half brother, and half sister. They're twins. Fraternal of course. This is Lucas…and Brooke."
"So very nice to meet you. See…we have the same mother, but not the same father. Nathan's father was a zero…code for non witch, though he wasn't really a zero. He was actually pretty great. Anyway, would you like to buy some anti horror aging hair cream? I have a feeling you'll be developing some white hairs tonight."
Haley held her dog tighter, backing away from the woman's extended hand.
"And I'm charmed too…not a pun by the way on that lame show about their fake version of witchcraft. I mean…really…it's almost as bad as the broom thing."
Haley, despite her mind telling her to just throw them out, asked a question instead. "What? Don't you guys fly on brooms?"
Brooke waved her hand dismissively. "Oh no…that is so a thousand years ago give or take a few."
Haley simply stared at them before turning back to Nathan. "Okay…I want to know what's going on. Now."
Part II: How Soon is Now?
Part title credited to The Smiths, lyrics credit: The Smiths (Song: How Soon is Now?)
+I am the son…
And the heir…-
"Ooooh…she's good." Brooke smiled with approval.
Nathan shook his head, feeling it hurting more and also not knowing where to start from in the explanation department. When they had done the test it had seemed so easy. He would just come, use a little of his eye contact and…well she'd have no choice but to give into her real desires…
Now though, after Haley's surprising resistance, her immunity to the stare, scaring her in her own home, and his brother and sister joining in making the poor woman faint…he just didn't know anymore. Everything felt way too wrong. All his life he'd done what he needed to for himself, but now…
It didn't feel right at all.
"So you did tell her about the test, right Nathan? Or were you too busy playing vampire?"
Haley shook her head now with questioning. "What test?"
Nathan frowned at his older brother, Lucas, a man who liked to dress in mostly black. Well they all liked to except when they added in flashes of red that Brooke had said add flair. "I wasn't playing…just…"
"See Haley…" Brooke started to explain now, stepping away from the dog who was watching her with a not so friendly look.
Humph…she didn't like dogs much either.
"Normally Nathan likes to play up the vampire story because it's always a success, and he has this strange fascination with Dracula and his minions. Well I guess the sexual part of it is understandable. One glance and a woman is putty in his hands. But you have a strong resistance. Must be because you are half…you did know that, right?"
"Wait…the search…wasn't your mother the one with the craft? She was a witch, right?" Lucas asked with inquiry.
Nathan watched as the question made Haley shiver, before she answered them with a very quiet voice. "I don't have a mother. She gave me away. And I grew up in a bunch of foster homes. WHAT IS THE TEST?"
Closing his eyes, he said it. "I'm sorry Haley."
+Of a shyness that is
Criminally vulgar-
Both Brooke and Lucas stared at their brother in awe. Nathan never…well rarely…apologized, and when he did it was with great reluctance. He hadn't even hesitated just now.
Haley didn't even look at Nathan, calling out for Bear who immediately stood in front of her to show his defense. Absentmindedly, she got down halfway on her knees, hugging the dog to her. Bear was her only real family. "Never mind that. I want answers. The three of you invaded my home and upset my dog. Now you tell me what the heck is going on before I let him do what he wants to do…tear you all to pieces."
"Well that's not very nice." Brooke answered with a mildly offended tone.
"Yes…we could just turn him back into a worm anyway…or even better…a bat."
"NO." Nathan spoke now firmly. "She's right. We came here uninvited. Me first. I swear I didn't mean to upset you Haley."
She didn't look at him, focusing on the two of them instead, knowing they'd give her answers because they seemed to have very little feeling for other people's discomfort or pain. "What is the test?"
Lucas sighed, starting to turn more serious now as it seemed all the wildness of before was quickly departing with this woman's calmness. She simply wanted answers. "It's incredibly hard to explain in detail. But basically…we did the test and…well when we did…we saw you."
"What?" Haley stared at them now. "What do you mean…you saw me?"
"It's like a cloud of smoke appears and you're taken to where another person is…you see where they are and…for one moment…you're kind of there. Lucas and I chanted…Nathan tested…and he sort of went to where you were."
"Explain it to me."
Brooke shook her head now. "We can't. Here…" She moved over to Haley quickly, grabbing at her hand while Lucas took her other.
"NO!" Nathan called out in horror, but they'd already linked hands with her. He watched as they used their other hand to close Haley's eyes, their minds to calm her, and then…
He saw her slowly react, the myriad of emotions crossing over her face as it happened. He got ready for the angered accusations, the screaming.
+I am the son and heir…
Of nothing in particular…-
But her calm…
That he wasn't prepared for.
This…painful knife stabbing…calm.
He never knew someone so calm that it was frightening. Only façade though. Because underneath it, the pain lived. It started to make its way across her face now, the questions, the anger, the confusion, the…
Shaking her head, Haley just stared. What she had seen, what they'd shown her. He'd…
Both Lucas and Brooke glanced at each other, troubled looks. Her hands were like ice. They felt forced to let go. Though they seemed it to her, they weren't without feeling. All of this was disturbing…and unfortunate.
Haley stared at them…at him…and said nothing. She was in shock, unable to comprehend what was happening. It took her a chilled moment to finally speak. "You…you entered my mind…my body…my feelings?"
His eyes closed. It would have been better for her to scream at him. This…
Bear reacted to it immediately, knowing his beloved owner's actions, her behavior. He growled viciously at all three of them, moving to stand guard in front of a half paralyzed Haley.
"Dog with little obedience time to turn you into-
Nathan put up his hand at his sister's attempted witchcraft. "No! Leave him alone."
Both Lucas and Brooke's eyes widened, but they nodded their heads and did nothing.
Remembering how he had held at her…how she had wanted him to hold her because…
Haley crossed her arms over her chest now, looking at all of them like they were…
Trembling, she found her movement, made her way to the window, her eyes staring out it blankly. He had touched her. She had wanted him to touch her…
He came here knowing that moment she had been shown here tonight…he had known about it, because he created it. He came here to…
Why did he come here? What did he want? Why wasn't she screaming?
Oh right, because she was sensible Haley. Always sensible. Even when there had been those who pointed at her and questioned what she…
No…stop.
She didn't scream. She didn't throw things. She…
She pushed it away. Always. Hid away pain. Sweep it up with the garbage of lonely existence.
Nathan spoke lowly, but firmly. "You two go. Now. You've done enough. GO."
Both shook their heads, but with a sweep of their hands and a bit of chanting…disappeared.
Nathan looked at Haley who was standing by the window, her arms crossed over the front of her. He started to walk to her, but was met with a snarling Bear. Sadly he smiled down at the dog. "I won't hurt her Bear. I swear I won't. And no one's going to turn you into any disgusting creatures again, okay. I won't even try to sedate you. Just let me talk to her."
+I am human and I need to be loved…
Just like everybody else does…-
The dog let him pass, but kept up his guard. Nathan knew it as he heard a low growl while he approached…
"Haley…"
Staring out the window, she shook her head, her voice trembling. "You're worse than Dracula." She let out, her body shaking as if in a cold cold winter. She turned around now, meeting his eyes. What was in them? What did she see in them? Were they going to…
Crossing her arms over herself even more tightly, she pointed shakily to him. "You are. You…I mean…what are you? WHAT are you? Why are you here? What do you want with me?"
Seeing it now, more than before, stronger than ever, her fear, he took a cautious step forward, only to see her take three backward quickly, pushing her roughly against the window. He stopped. "Haley please…I won't hurt you. I didn't come here for that. Please don't be afraid of me."
She shook her head half blindly. Seeing Bear standing guard, she called him over. He made it to her side with a few steps, his stance protective toward Haley, threatening toward Nathan. "Don't call me that. My name. You don't know me. And I don't want to know you." She kept staring, before she started to mutter it, weakly speaking. "How…how could you do that to me? I…I don't know you. I've never met you. I haven't done anything to you. How could you invade my privacy…my body…my mind? Oh God…"
She was so quiet, but her voice was trembling so violently, her face so void of life's happiness, pained…terrified.
Damn, he never wanted this. Never wanted to frighten her. To make her think he was…
"Haley…Beautiful, it's not like that. I couldn't…oh man. It's only mirage. It's a vision and nothing more. I wasn't there…not really there. Not physically. I swear that to you."
+You can meet someone who really loves you…
You leave on your own…-
He started to move closer. She backed up with fear. Bear growled, warning him not to take any more steps.
He could sedate him. Haley knew that. She held at her dog, keeping him as a guard in front of her. "Don't you dare hurt Bear. Just…I want you to leave. I want you to go."
He closed his eyes. This was worse than anger. This was more painful than her hitting him or screaming. She was so calm, but that calm was interwoven with stark fear and shock. He was the cause.
And he hated himself for it.
Haley watched him, not taking her eyes off his face, seeing him now getting down…
"What are you doing?" She asked, her hands scraping against the window, her back pushed against it as she held Bear defensively in front of her.
Nathan sighed tiredly. "I'm getting down…on my knees. I just don't want you to be afraid. See…I'm vulnerable now too. Bear can attack me and I wouldn't be able to stop him."
She shook her head, not convinced at all by his reassurances. Her finger pointed with accusation. "You would just turn him into some disgusting thing."
+And you go home and you cry
And you want to die…-
He shook his head. "No…for one I'm not as good as Lucas and Brooke at it. For another, I promised Bear I wouldn't do anything to him. And I never make promises lightly. He can attack me if he wants. I won't stop him. All I'm asking is please…Beautiful…listen to me." He looked up at her now, seeing her standing there, covering herself, just in her pajamas, looking so damn vulnerable, Bear, her one protection.
"I don't know if I can believe you. I know I shouldn't. I certainly don't trust you. I don't get you. Was this some kind of game?"
He shook his head quickly now, feeling the moisture starting in his eyes. "No. I wish I could explain it to you but…well it wasn't meant to hurt you. Just know that. I've meant everything I've said. I've not lied to you once. Not even the vampire part. I mean I'm not one, but I know that darkness. I have that in me. I…I crave more of it because of my being only…oh damn. Haley…the test…it was partly because I'm half. I'm half warlock from my mother. My father had none of the craft in him. And you…I didn't know that you never knew her, but your mother, she was witch like mine. You're half Haley…half like me."
She stared down at him now, shaking her head. Disbelieving of what he was saying and yet…
Won't it answer so many questions? Won't it explain why you're not running out of this building now, running away from him? Won't it show why you can stand hear and listen to this so calmly? Won't it take away-
NO. Stop.
"You…how do you know that? How do you know things about me? I want this to stop. I want this to be a nightmare. I want you to go."
The tear fell down his face now. Her pain was his agony. And it didn't make any sense to him. All his life only two had he really cared for, been that close to, his siblings. As much as they annoyed him, he loved them for they were his family. When…IT started, they had vowed to help him, to…
But now…now there was another. Now a stranger didn't feel like…she….
Oh the moment he took the test and saw her, he felt it. This connecting power to her. This…
It wasn't supposed to be about pain. It was supposed to be easy. It always was. He never had any trouble getting a woman to want him without witchcraft, just with his eyes he could draw them in. Later his body provided the satisfaction. But it hadn't worked with her. She was so strong and beautiful and…
Of course it hadn't worked with her.
"Let me explain…okay? Let me just tell you this and then I'll go. You're safe. I don't want to hurt you. And you have Bear there. He won't let me hurt you. Just listen to me…hear this. We're rich. Lucas, Brooke and I. Millionaires really. We've never had a lack of money. We've always gotten what we wanted…materially. We did the test. I saw you in it and wanted to find you."
Her voice trembled, revulsion climbing in and mingling with the fear and shock. "You saw me? You were touching me. You had your hands on my…my body…" Her tears were there now. Her body was trembling. She couldn't believe this, conceive of this kind of…kind of EVIL, for what else could it be? There was no normalcy in another human being entering you and feeling you…touching you, exposing your nakedness, using you as its sickening vessel.
And yet remember the taunts? The accusing eyes? The way they stood back from you…apart from you? Remember never being accepted? Remember?
STOP.
The window was scraping against her back, her arm. It invaded the thin material of her pajamas. Entered with no invitation. Scratching at her skin without mercy.
Another tear was unleashed from his own eyes. He saw Bear looking fiercer. The dog knew her so well. "No…no Beautiful. You have to understand. If I can make you understand one thing, let it be this. It wasn't real. I wasn't there. Not in that room. Not on the balcony with you. I wouldn't violate you. Your privacy. I didn't even let Lucas and Brooke in…when I started seeing you. I kept it from them. I only saw you with my feelings Haley…not any strong images. Just your face when we first started it…and then…it was shadows. And I was only there in your thoughts. I wasn't really there. I know it makes no sense, but that's the truth."
She shook her head now, hugging Bear protectively to her. "You were in my thoughts? My feelings? And you say that's nothing. You DID violate me. You…I just want you to go away. I want to act like I never saw you. I want you to go. But I need to know…why? And what do you know about my…my mmmm---that woman? What right do you have to know about her? Why are you here? Are you like a vampire? Wanting to take something from me?"
He shook his head, no, but knew as he did it, that was a lie. He had come here for something. He'd come thinking he would get it, because he always got everything he wanted. Now he needed something…
And he was going to let it go. At this moment he knew that. He wouldn't try to get it. He wouldn't…
Violate her anymore.
"I can't explain totally. I just saw you in that vision and I…I came. Your mother is buried in another state. I hired someone to find out. It wasn't to invade your privacy…it was to find you. I didn't know she gave you up."
Haley stared at him incredulously now, swallowing away the pain that the mother she'd never known, who had never wanted her…wasn't even around anymore. She was dead. "How can you say it wasn't to invade my privacy? Every action you've made since that…sick test has been an invasion of me…my life…you've…I just don't know why. Wait…oh…that vision…your hands. The way you acted at Rendezvous. Is this what you do? Find women and just…play with their feelings first, get inside them before you…"
Her face turned pure white, sickening images forming in her mind. "Oh God…what were you going to try to do to me tonight?"
Her body tremoring, her vulnerability stark naked in front of her strength as the shock was just too much for her, he shook his head, trying to put out an appeasing hand. But he brought it back as he saw Bear was ready to bite it off. He could tell her it all. But no.
He had no right. He was an uninvited guest. Unwanted.
He wasn't a guest. He was a thief. She was right. He was worse than Dracula.
Still, he tried to make her see, "No…no…nothing you wouldn't want. Wouldn't be a part of. Nothing Beautiful. I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. I didn't come here to hurt you. Please believe that."
He wished he never did the test. Fuck what was to come…IT. If there had been no test, he wouldn't have to be seeing this now…her pain…her…
+See I've already waited too long…-
Everything he was saying was swirling and weaving in her mind too uncomfortably, too painfully. It was like a video car game…crashing into the side every time. Crash. He watched her. Crash. He touched her. Crash. He searched for her. Crash. He came to her…uninvited.
UNINVITED
Shaking her head, she spoke a little more firmly, standing now. She wasn't ready to get anywhere near him. She considered him actually terrifying now, even as he still stayed on his knees. He had entered inside her one night, and then came here tonight, to…to what?
She didn't want to think about it. Think about how sick this all was. How perverse. She just wanted him gone.
"I don't believe anything from you. I still don't even know what you are. What sick thoughts you were having about tonight. And I don't want to know. I just want you to leave. I want you to get out. GET OUT."
She was looking down at him now because he was on his knees. He heard it so powerfully in her voice though. She'd had it.
Her voice was half broken, but so controlled, too calm, for it was on the point of breaking entirely. Just at the edge of the cliff of madness. He should have known with the beautiful woman she was he would only bring hurt to her. He'd cause her pain.
She should call the police. She knew that, but this whole thing, it was so crazy, so insane. She didn't even know how to comprehend it in her mind. What he wanted…or would have wanted, it made her sick, it made her hairs stand on end. He…
But now as she looked down at him, all she saw was weakness in his own face, tears staining it, shame there.
Shame to be different. Hide it.
No…no more. I left it…behind. It's over. The little pieces of it still left, they're okay. They're not like this. Like him. This monster.
Monster?
Then why is there wetness running down his face?
She stared at it for a moment with fascination like she had been fascinated to feel his arms…
Oh God…
She turned away, facing the window, feeling Bear standing by her side. "Get out. Whatever you are, just get out. Leave. Get out. I'm not going to let you steal another part of me. OH God…JUST GET OUT."
She was leaning against the window now for support again. He wanted to take her away from it and hold her protectively. But he had no right.
He had no right at all.
He was…
Uninvited.
He was The Prince of Darkness to her…a monster.
Shaking…
He opened the door and walked out of her apartment.
And all my hope is…
Gone.
Out of her life.
Entering it one night as an invader he knew now.
Leaving it the first moment he really…truly met her.
+&-
Two Halves ripped cruelly apart before they could even join. By Fear. By Disbelief. By Refusal. Only one band aid left. Floating disjointedly now. Love.
+&-
All minus.
The equation had no balance.
The numbers spun out of control.
They filled with negativity and despair.
And the corruption smiled.
+&-
More to come…
So there we go…things got very dark in this one and that will be a theme that will continue in this story along with the dark humor and the…romance.
I can give away some movie inspirations now.
The Craft: This movie is like the girls version of The Lost Boys. I don't know how popular it is…if it's seen as campy or whatever, but I actually kind of like it. Kind of a fun wild little horror movie and it just reminds me of The Lost Boys which I loved when it first came out, and still enjoy, especially because it was filmed at Santa Cruz and I've been there a few or so times.
Practical Magic: Honestly, I don't like this movie much, but there are a few themes in it that I incorporated into this story. I'll talk about that more later.
And those are the main ones.