Chapter 13 - Got A Long List of Ex-Lovers

I'd like to thank everyone, before you read this chapter to everybody who has followed this or reviewed this! I've already given a chapter dedication to TheArtistNextDoor, but I'd also like to give a specific one to OUATFluffer. This one is for you, since I've heard you're a big Meague shipper (and that's what this story is about, after all) and I loved your reviews! Let's hope I wasn't told wrong... ;)

Don't be worried by that comment though! I'll tell you guys when we're at the end, and this isn't the end.

No, he was a mere servant to the pitiful book you're writing in. I, on the other hand, am the record keeper that draws the pictures and keeps track of what's happening with it. Care to meet me?

No. It's a simple response, but immidiate.

"Well, too bad." I whip around, and I come face to face with a girl who has red hair in a bun and looks around Jared's age physically. No doubt she's much older, and no doubt she's Fae. She has brown eyes and pinkish skin, and her eyes every now and then let out a pulse of color. "You're a threat to me, Grimm. Therefor, I need you out of the way."

"A-a threat? What on earth are you talking about?" My voice trembles as I eye the door. Could I make it out fast enough?

Even if I could, there's no time to do it. I barely manage to duck down as a pulse of rainbow colors comes flying at me. It misses, splattering and disappearing on the wall. The girl huffs, muttering under her breathe, before raising her voice.

"Mark my words, Grimm. This isn't over. I will make sure that you don't get in the way. And as long as you have the Grimorie, I'll always be able to know where you are." She disappears as quickly as she came.

I stare at the Grimorie, and instincts have me moving before I even register properly what I'm doing. I shove my window open, and my hand flies onto the bed, grabbing the open Grimorie.

Now I'm able to process what I'm doing. The Grimorie isn't helping me now. It's hurting me. So, there's only one thing I can do. I make it into a paper plane, the first flying object I can think of.

Then? I thrust it out the window.

Teague's POV

I sit in the car as Mina walks out of her house. At first she looks fine, but as she gets closer I can see the distress she's trying to hide written clearly all over her face.

She opens the door, and I look at her, trying to hide how worried I am. "Are you alright, Mina?"

"Uh...no?" She looks me in the eye, and there's panic written all over her face. "I lost control last night! I used Fae magic on my own mother!"

"You did?" Now I'm intrigued. "What did you do?"

"I changed her memory." She takes a moment to answer.

"You did? Impressive."

"Teague, it's not impressive!"

"It is to me." She sighs, so I decide to change the subject. "So, what fairytale couple are we going to the dance as?" Her eyes widen slightly, and I shake my head. "You didn't even think about that, did you?"

"Nope." She drops her head down on the glove compartment.

"Would you kill me if I suggest a couple?"

"It depends on what one you plan on suggesting."

"Then I'll just tell you. Does Beauty and the Beast sound good?" I smirk slightly.

"Uh, ya. Sure." She's not paying attention.

"Good, because we don't have time to discuss right now, as we're here." I park and open her door for her, and as we turn to the car, Savannah White approaches with her gaggle of girls.

"Hey, Teague." She smiles, and Mina tenses beside me. "What do you say we ditch Grimey here and you can come hang out with us?"

"Please don't insult my girlfriend in front of my face." I keep my voice calm and level.

"Your...girlfriend?" She snickers. "Oh, honey, you deserve so much better."

"If you're trying to suggest yourself, them get over it. You're nothing more than dirt." Mina spits, and it's slightly strange to see her insult Savannah right back.

"Why, I outta-" She takes a step towards Mina, but she stops when she glances at me. "You won't be good enough for him. Just you wait."

She scurries off with her girls, and I look over at Mina, raising an eyebrow. "Where did that come from?"

She looks about as shocked as I feel. "I...I don't know. After what happened with the Grimorie last night-"

"What happened with the Grimorie last night?" She doesn't respond. "Mina?"

"I...I'd found that when I wrote in it, someone responded. And last night, I'd written in it, and the person responded as usual, but what they said scared me. So I asked who they were, and they said they were the Grimorie. The girl showed up in my room, and tried to hit me with some form of Fae magic, but she didn't hit me. She said that I was a threat, and that she'd be coming back, so I chucked the Grimorie out the window."

When she doesn't keep going, I decide to ask a question, slightly delighted that she threw the Grimorie. "And you said she called herself the Grimorie?"

"Yes."

"Her..." I frown. "She was one of Jared's lovers, if I remember correctly."

That makes her pause. "Jared had multiple lovers?"

"What, did you think you were the first?"

"Well, I knew there was Ever, but..."

"Oh yes, he had lots of them." I realize that this plays exactly into my hand, pushing Mina closer to me and closer to giving up Jared. "Fae, human, it didn't matter to him. He'd stay with them for a while, - whether awhile be a month, a week, a day, a year - but sooner or later he always dumped them. It's what he did."

"Oh."

"Let me see...besides the Grimorie and Ever, we had Tink, Marigold, Ruby, and...Well, those three are the bigger ones."

"And they would be?" Her face is contorted. Half of her seems to want to know, but the other half seems upset by this.

"Tink is short for Tinker Bell. She and Jared met up here, when she was on a short visit retrieving something for Peter. She was one of his shortest, about a week, and then Jared dumped her. As for Marigold, she'd be the original Aurora's daughter. She'd given up her life as a princess, was disgraced by her people, and even cut off an engagement with King Midas' son just to run off here and be with him, as he'd been sneaking onto the Fae plane originally to be with her. She was dumped maybe a month or two after. And then there was Ruby, who was Little Red Riding Hood's granddaughter. She was a little rebel, and she and Jared fit together like peanut butter and jelly. But Jared ditched her, deciding she wasn't good enough for him."

"And there were more besides them?"

"Dozens, dear." She makes a face at the name. "They just didn't have anything very notable about them."

We reach the school hallways, and I walk her to her locker, helping her get her books and binders because she's completely out of it.

"Eek!" Nan comes bouncing up, pulling Mina into a big hug. "It's true!"

"Wha-what's true?"

"You guys are a thing now! I knew if he skipped school with you it would work!"

Mina looks from Nan to me suspiciously. "She was helping you the entire time?"

"Just with that part." Nan says, and I give an innocent shrug. "Now hurry up, Mina! You'll be late to class!"

I know that chapter contained a lot, but it's getting closer to the end! Any suspicions? I'd love to hear them!

~Dagger