I Can't Go Home
Cecily had been here for two weeks. She had learned some things like Tessa and Jem are engaged. Jem used to have a drug that was killing him. Tessa and Will have become really close, like best friends close and they used to have a thing. No one had actually told her this but she had a feeling by the way they look at eachother.
Charlotte and Henry run the institute and Charlotte is pregnant. Sophie, maid, is a mundane but has the sight. They used to have another people that worked for them named Thomas and Agatha, but they were both killed and replaced by Cyril and Bridgit.
She learned that Tessa was being followed by Mortmain and wants to be used for her power, which she doesn't know yet. This is how Thomas and Agatha were killed because of his mechanical humans.
She learned they used to live with a girl named Jessamine, who fell in love with Tessa's brother. She betrayed them and now she is in the Silent City, awaiting her punishment. She learned about their vampire adventure with Camille and about Magnus Bane who had cured Jem and was now another of Tessa's best friends.
A knock on the door interrupted her thoughts and walked over to slowly open it. It was Will.
"Can I help you William?" she asked bitterly. Will hasn't talked to her since she arrived and shouldn't she be the one mad at him. He's the one that deserted their family and broke it apart.
"We need to talk," he says. Cecily expected he wanted her to let him in but she continued to stand in the doorway.
"Really? Now you want to talk?" she asked angrily. After he didn't reply for a minute she started to tap her foot lightly, but loud enough for him to hear it.
"Yes," he said and he pushed past her into her room. She turned around with an annoyed look on her face.
"What do you want to talk about?" she asked. He waited a moment.
"Where are mom and dad?" he asked with a look of sadness in his eyes. Anger welled up inside her and she practically screamed at him.
"You know I've been waiting for you to ask me that for two damn weeks!" she shouted. "No one, especially here have wondered why I am here! Don't you think it might have something to do with mom and dad!" Then she collapsed on the floor onto her knees with her head in her hands.
"Cecily, what happened to them?" Will said as he knelt down beside her and put his arm around her shoulder like she used to do when she was younger. She was crying, he could tell, but was trying not to show it.
"Mom's dead," she cried. "She died to weeks ago from demon poison." Will's eyes widened and he held Cecily closer to himself as she sobbed. When she finally caught her breath and her breathing slowed down.
"And dad. He's always drunk. Every time we find a new house he gambles all our money away. He's always mad and telling me how I'm not good enough. Always telling me I don't make up for you or Ella or mom, so I ran away. He may be my father, but he stopped being my parent a long time ago," she sniffled.
"I thought maybe if I came here, you'd take care of me. I could at least attempt to get some of my family back, but I know how that turned about," then she started to cry again. Will held her until she stopped.
"I came to apologize Cecily. I just had a lot to process, but I can take care of you now"
Will walked into Tessa's room. He didn't even knock but she didn't care. Over the past two weeks he and her had become really close. They were friends even though they both loved each other in a more than friends way. He walked over and flopped onto her bed beside him. She set down her book on the nightstand, careful not to lose her place and looked over at him.
"So how did things go with your sister?" she asked. Tessa had been the one to urge Will to talk to her and he finally did today.
"They went okay," she said, "I think we could be like we used to with a little more time."
"That's fantastic," she said. Then she picked her book back up and set in between them so they could both read and they continued to read the same book until dinner.
Right before dinner Tessa decided to change because she was in sports shorts and a black tank top and Will was asleep. She walked over to her closet and pulled out a dark blue, that hung lightly off her shoulders and light blue ripped skinny jeans. Then she pulled out ankle high boots and slipped them on.
Then she walked over to Will and jumped onto his stomach so she sat, looking down on him. His eyes opened slowly and he gave a yelp of surprise.
"Tessa," he said confused, "what the hell are you doing?"
"Its dinner time so go get Cecily. You guys should walk to dinner together," she replied casually. Then she just walked out of the room, leaving Will puzzled on her bed, half asleep.
She walked down the corridor to Jem's room and knocked on the heavy door. He opened it after a few seconds and she lightly pecked him on the cheek. He smiled at her and took her hand, then they walked down to dinner.
When they arrived at the doors they heard quiet voices behind them and turned to see who it was. It was Will and Cecily quietly laughing and Jem and Tessa smiled. Maybe their relationship really would work out.
They all entered the dining room together and Charlotte and Henry were already there. They all sat down and continued talking and eating, but then they heard the doorbell and they all got up to see who it was.
They arrived at the dark wooden doors and opened them to see who was there but there was no one. They stepped outside and looked around but then still saw no one. Then they heard a feminine voice from outside the gates.
They all walked to the gates to see who it was and they saw a teenager, no older that Cecily standing there. She white skin and blonde hair that fell in curls that framed her face. She had a Chinese face though with slanted eyes and a flat nose. She was beautiful, no denying that but she was such an interesting mix. Especially with her light blue eyes. They heard Cecily gasp besides then and they all turned towards her.
She looked at the girl and blinked before she said, "Flo, what the hell are you doing here?"