Ch 2.2
"Oh my god! Your Awake! Are you ok?" She said surprised. I just stared at her. But after a moment I smiled and she blushed a bit. "Sorry, I hope you dont mind... I came over looking for you yesterday because you weren't in school. Your dad said you blew up the swarm spell." Oh thats just great. How embarrassing.
"No its ok. And Im fine." I said sitting up. She smiled a bit.
"Thats good. because it seems you need more practice. That spell sounds tricky. Merrick explained it to me yesterday." she said.
"haven't you gotten to it yet? I just got to 2nd degree. Most witches our age are at 3rd degree." I said. Jenna gave me a weird look like she didnt know what I was talking about. "What do you mean? Im only 1st. I just learned-"
"Mel! your awake!" Merrick said interrupting Jenna. He walked in with a small box in his hands. He smiled kindly at Jenna then said, "Thank you for staying with her these past few days, but now that she is awake she is going to need another healing spell. She'll be in school Monday for sure." I raised an eye brow to the few days part. How long had I been out?
"Oh um of course." Jenna said. She then turned to me and said, "I'll see you later. I'm glad you ok."
"Yeah thanks Jenna." I said. She turned to leave and when she got to the door she turned around and smiled at me then quickly exited and quietly shut the door behind her.
With out a word Merrick came over and sat the box down on the night stand and opened it up reveling some herbs a cup and a thermus of what I assumed was hot water. He quickly made me tea.
"Here, this will help with your... focus..." He said with a bit of disappointment in his voice. I took the cup slowly.
"I didn't do it on purpose." I said in an almost whisper. He sighed.
"If you feel better later today, you may have a few more hours to practice for my quiz tomorrow. I dont think at this point you'll pass..."
"Sorry..." I looked down in my cup. "It just keeps blowing up..."
He glanced up at me as he began cleaning up the mess he made making the tea.
"Well if you would focus on the important things instead of this girl. you would be 3rd degree all ready." He said.
Taking a sip of tea I calmly said, "Well if you would tell me more it might go faster..."
"I told you all I know." He said he glanced down and to the left.
Getting annoyed I set my glass down.
"That is a lie and you know it! You are hiding something from me I can feel it. Stop lying to me Merrick and just tell me so I can get Justice for my parents and move on." I said. I must have said it louder than I thought because Merrick looked a bit stunned. For a moment he just stared at me. then he sighed and sat down on the edge of my bed.
"You are right. There is something I have not told you. The truth is Jenna is the girl. I have known her name and everything. I just hoped that if I didnt tell you, you would fail and then just move on. Forget about it and focus on whats important."
Angrily I looked away from him. I couldnt look at him. How could he let me go on and make friend with her. If it wasnt her I would have wasted my time. No, that wasnt why I was mad. I was mad because he told me what I didnt want to hear, that Jenna was the girl.
"I know you didnt want to hear that and im sorry..." I suddenly got a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach. Since she was the girl... I'd have to kill her.
"Get out..." I said.
"Mel please..." Merrick said.
"I said get out!" I yelled. He calmly got up and let my room.