Ch. 3.2
-Jenna's point of view-
Derrick fallowed me to the house and once I pulled in the drive way he drove off. I felt sick to my stomach. He was so angry at me and I couldn't blame him. I cheated on his best friend. Or at least thats what he thought. Me and Jake were best friends and he agreed to be my boyfriend as a sort of cover, so no one would find out I liked girls. I felt like calling Mel to make sure she was ok. But I didn't think it was a good idea. So I tried to distract myself with magazines and T.V. An hour went by and I finally gave in and picked up the phone to called her. It took 8 rings before she answered. "hello" "hi Mel its me Jenna" I said
"Jenna?"
"yeah, umm are you ok? I'm sorry about everything I..." I had no idea what to say. maybe I shouldn't of called her.
"Its ok...what are we going to do?" I could tell from her voice she had been crying.
"I don't know ...what am I going to tell Jake?"
"I know why don't you tell me whats really going on?" Jake's voice came in to the room. I looked around and saw him standing in the doorway between the living room and kitchen.
"Jenna? Is something wrong?" It was Mel.
"a...um no, nothings wrong Ive got to go" and I hung up before she could answer. I was scared. I had never seen Jake so angry. He had never lost his temper with me before.
"Jake...I..." I started to say as I walked up to him.
"Shut up! I cant believe you would ever cheat on me with another girl!"
"What do you mean!? You were a cover! You new I was gay!" I shouted angrily.
"Yes but now what will I look like in front of everyone? They will think I turned you in to a lesbian! How could you let this happen?"
-Mel's point of view-
"Shit" I said. As I hung up the phone. Somethings wrong I thought. I tried to call again but no one answered. I Picked up the phone and called Merrick.
"Hello? Yeah could you bring my car to the apartment... no I need it as soon as you can its an Emergency..."
A few minuets later I was speeding threw traffic, when I hit another red light. "Dammit!" I shouted at the steering wheel. When the light finally turned green I floored it. when I got there I knocked no answer. I pounded harder. nothing.
"Hey what are you doing here haven't you caused enough trouble?" It was derick, great.
"Um I was just concerned about Jenna."I said.
"She should be home..." he said.
"Well she isnt answering." I said.
When he got to the door he said,"Maybe she doesn't want to talk to you."
"She called me..." I replied. Biting my toung trying not to start a fight or argument. He just looked at me and then unlocked the door. then he held it open for me. "Come in then"
"wait, dont you hate me?"
"we need to talk..." he was interrupted by someone shouting. We both ran inside.
Jenna was on the floor not moving. "Hey! keep your hands off of her" I shouted. He turned and saw me and Derick standing there. "why should I, what the hell are you 2 going to do about it?" "This!" I said. I concentrated and formed two fire balls then combined them. I wanted to scare him away and fireswarm was the perfect thing to do that with. Derricks eyes widened at my spell choice. I concentrated and they turned in to smaller fire balls between my hands. I then flung my hands out and shot the tiny fire balls at him. He screamed and ran for the back door. "holy shit" Derick said and I just looked at him I had no time to celebrate my success at the spell. I ran over to Jenna and checked for a pulse, when I found it I said "Shes ok, can you help me put her on the couch?" Derick nodded and helped me put her on the couch. I examined her. she had a bump on her head, it wasn't bleeding but I figured it must have been hard enough to knock her out. "ok could you go get some ice and a cloth for her head?" He nodded and went and got some. when he got back we put it over her face. She would be out for a wile.
"You needed to talk to me?" I said to Derick. He was just staring at me. he shook his head and then said "come here. He led me in to the kitchen and we sat down at the table. "so you like Jenna?" he said. that was to the point. I thought about that for a second. "ummm...I dont know...I mean ..." I was stuck I didnt know what to say. I didnt want to admit that I had feelings for her, not to him and certainly not to myself.
"ok lets go on to an easier question. your a witch huh?" now that one I could answer.
"yes i am" I simpley said.
"Wow, I had no idea. I thought you were a once born." A once born is someone who isn't a witch.
"Really, this family just gets more interesting every minuet, how can you be a witch and not know who is and who isnt?"
"You knew I was?" He said shocked, eyes wide. "yeah almost imediatly, well other than the fact your Jenna's brother." His eyes widened.
"You talk about it like every witch can do it" he finally said.
"i thought everyone could" I said. He shook his head
"nope, I missed out on almost all my training but, i do know that sensing people is a very rare ability. you obviously have had training through all three degrees, so how come you didn't know?" It was a good question. Merrick told me that everyone could. Did he lie to me, or did he not know either. I was betting it was a lie, after all he had not told me about Jenna.
"hmmm" I said out loud. I had only made it to 2nd. How could I already know how to sense other witches, and sense how powerful they were, but they did not. Sure Derrick just said he missed out on a lot of training. But I had thought it was an innate ability.
"what?" Derrick said.
"Nothing, lets go check on Jenna" I said.
-Jenna's point of view-
When I woke up, I was on the couch, and my brother was hovering over me. I had an ice pack on the right side of my head. I gowned.
"Jenna your awake!" my brother said in an exited voice.
"yeah, shit. I feel like I got run over by a mac truck, what happened?"
"Mel here, got here before me, and scared off Jake. she got here just in time." my brother said as he pointed to her. Then it clicked. I remembered everything. Jake and I had gotten in to an argument and he had hit me in anger. I tried to sit up but Mel gently pushed me back down.
"I wouldn't sit up right now" she said.
"Im sorry" I said and started crying all over again. "hey hey hey shhhh, Jakes a basterd, its ok." Mel said.
"yeah, Im the one who should apologize for hooking you up with that loser,he even yanked the phone cord out of the wall, Mel a better choice you have my blessing"Derrick said as he glanced at Mel.
"Did I mess something?"I asked. I looked at Mel and she shrugged.
Derrick laughed.
"Yeah, it turns out Mel can shoot a mean fire ball"
Mel laughed. "You mean fireswarm!"she said.
"wait, you finally did fireswarm right?" I asked in surprise.
"Yeah, I did." Mel said smiling proudly.