Abbey's POV
"Hey sweetie," my mom greets me when I come into the kitchen. "How are you?"
"Fine," I lie. I wasn't fine, I was stressed. Even more so now since Benny professed his love for me and then kissed me.
"You're forgetting that I can read you," she reminds me. "What's wrong?"
Right. Witch sense. Ugh.
"The usual," I sigh. "The wedding's next week and Benny's in love with me. Ya know, stuff that goes on before a wedding."
"Oh, baby," my mother croons. "I'm sorry."
"I just don't know what to do mom," I confess. "I love Jesse, but I think I also have feelings for Benny."
"Can I do anything to help?" she asks.
"Do you have a spell that'll tell me who I should choose?" I ask hopefully.
"No," my mom answers. "I don't practice magic that interferes with love."
"Really?" I ask, not believing her. "Benny's spell book had a love potion in it that he used."
"And how did that turn out for him?"
"He spilled it and all the girls at school fell in love with him and Ethan. Then about six hours later, they wanted to kill them. He only made the potion to make Erica fall in love with him."
"That was his own stupidity," my mom says. "Spells like that have consequences, and that is exactly why I don't practice them."
"You only practice Black Magic, right?" I ask, slightly kidding.
"That was only once," she defends. "And it was for self defense."
"I can't believe you killed your own brother," I say in disbelief.
"I didn't kill him," she explains. "I sent him into oblivion."
"Which he's coming back from," I point out.
"Abbey," she sighs. "The spell was flawed because I hadn't been practicing as long as Galen had."
"Why don't you ask Benny's grandma for help?"
She doesn't answer, she just looks down at the table.
"Mom?" I ask. "What's wrong?"
"I know she would help me," she answers. "But I won't ask her to."
"Why?" I ask, curious.
"In order to defeat my brother again," my mother explains. "We'd have to use Black Magic. Evelyn is an Earth Priestess and using that type of magic goes against nature."
"What about Benny?"
"Black Magic is dark magic, and it's not right to use it."
"Then how did our family end up using it?" I ask.
"For power," my mother answers. "When you're using it, you get this overwhelming feeling of power. It's almost euphoric. And eventually you'll turn evil because it's so tempting. You're lucky you'll never have to face the temptation of Black Magic."
"Why won't I?" I ask.
"You're a vampire," she explains. "You were supposed to be a witch, but got turned before your powers developed fully, which I couldn't be more thankful for."
"You're thankful that I'm a vampire?" I ask confused.
"Somewhat," my mom replies. "Only because it means you won't get your powers."
"Why don't you want me to get my powers?"
"Because you won't want to stop using them."
"Oh," was my genius response.
Benny's POV
"If you'd told me you loved me before all of this happened, maybe things would be different." Abbey's words ran through Benny's head, each one embedding themselves into his brain.
He'd professed his love for her and then kissed her in the pouring rain. Most girls would kill for a moment like that, but not Abbey. She'd run away without even looking back at him. He knew that he'd probably confused and stressed her out even more.
"Stupid. Stupid. Stupid!" He mentally kicked himself.
He knew he'd acted impulsively and that was only because the moment had seemed perfect. Abbey and Jesse had had a fight, leaving Abbey upset. It seemed like ideal timing to make his move.
But who was he kidding? Abbey and Jesse were engaged and there was no way she was going to break it off with him the week before the wedding. They had obviously made up if she hadn't told Jesse that he'd kissed her. Jesse would probably kill him if he ever found out.
Abbey's POV
I open my eyes and my room is still dark, faint light from the soon to be rising sun was visible through the window. The bright white numbers on my iHome said it was 6:15 in the morning.
I was strangely wide awake, no chance of trying to fall asleep for a few more hours.
Throwing my covers off of me, and getting out of bed, I decide to take a shower. I hadn't taken one since yesterday morning, was probably long overdue.
I walk into the hall and the house is quiet and still dark. My mom was probably still sleeping.
I walk into the bathroom and turn on the light, looking at myself in the mirror. My dark hair was a tangled mess and my cheeks were rosy red. My eyes were unusually bright. I couldn't figure out why.
I turn on the faucet and the water is like ice. I know vampires shouldn't care about whether something is warm or cold because it all feels the same to us, but I still liked the feel of the hot water on my skin even though I wasn't human anymore.
I get into the shower, and let the hot water and steam envelop me. Before I know it, I'm singing.
"The way you move is like a full-on rainstorm,
And I'm a house of cards.
You're the kinda reckless that should send me runnin',
But I kinda know that I won't get far.
And you stood there in front of me,
Just close enough to touch.
Close enough to hope you couldn't see what I was thinkin' of.
Drop everything now,
Meet me in the pouring rain.
Kiss me on the sidewalk,
Take away the pain.
'Cause I see sparks fly whenever you smile.
Get me with those green eyes baby,
As the lights go down.
Give me something that'll haunt me when you're not around.
'Cause I see sparks fly whenever you smile.
My mind forgets to remind me,
You're a bad idea.
You touch me once,
And it's really something.
You find I'm even better than you imagined I would be.
I'm on my guard for the rest of the world,
But with you,
I know it's no good.
And could wait patiently,
But I really wish you would…
Drop everything now,
Meet me in the pouring rain.
Kiss me on the sidewalk,
Take away the pain.
'Cause I see sparks fly whenever you smile.
Get me with those green eyes baby,
As the lights go down.
Give me something that'll haunt me when you're not around.
'Cause I see sparks fly whenever you smile."
At first, when I started singing, I thought I was singing about Jesse, but certain lyrics stood out to me, replaying what happened the other night.
Now I knew why my eyes were so bright. I was happy, and it wasn't because of Jesse.
I immediately get rid of that thought, and turn the water off. I figured I had spent enough time in the shower. I wrap a towel around myself and walk out of the shower.
I look over at my mom's bedroom door when I walk out into the hall and it's opened. I hoped I didn't wake her up with my singing.
I tiptoe over to my room and close the door. Once inside, I walk over to my dresser and pull out my favorite sweats and an oversized t-shirt and put them on. Leaving my hair wet, I go down the stairs towards the kitchen and almost pass out from shock because of who's standing in the middle of my kitchen, smiling very wickedly at me.
Ooh…who's standing in Abbey's kitchen?!
Anyway, I don't own the song, it's Sparks Fly by Taylor Swift…and can you guess who the lyrics that stood out to her (the underlined ones) reminded her of and why she's happy?
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