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Amity POV:
Edric walked off with Luz following behind him, taking her to show her how to correctly set up his drums. Boscha leaned onto the table, her eyes following what I was writing for a moment.
Emira walked over as well, grabbing one of the bags of candy and pulling it open. "So~" She popped a few of them into her mouth, chewing for a moment before swallowing. "When are you gonna taste the rainbow?"
"Can you be any less subtle?" I hissed, slamming my pen down on the table. Emira thought for a moment, tapping her finger to her chin. Boscha looked at her, then to me.
"They could've said why don't you go kiss Luz Mittens?" The three eyed witch quipped with a smirk. "Wouldn't that be less subtle?"
"You know, sometimes when I ask a question, I don't want an answer." I growled, punching the three eyed witch in the shoulder. She laughed it off, rolling her shoulder a few times. I then turned to my sister, pointing a finger at her. "And you're lucky I haven't put you two under the ground yet."
"Aw c'mon Mittens, you'll thank us for this in the future!" Emira winked, placing a finger gun under her chin.
"Which future? The one where Luz never wants to speak to me again because she hates me? Oh yeah, I'll definitely thank you then." Emira rolled her eyes and Boscha snorted. "I'm serious Em! I don't even know what she likes."
"Drumming, magic, that book series you like..." Boscha counted off, her voice slowly turning to a murmur and she continued to list things off.
"That's not what I meant!" I snapped back, Boscha put her hands up defensively.
"Oh, you meant in that way." She muttered, looking at my sister. Boscha fake coughed, struggling to suppress a smile before breaking down into laughter. Emira placed a hand on my shoulder while Boscha fell to the floor laughing.
"Mittens, sis..." Emira had to pause, clearing her throat to get her to stop laughing. "One look at that girl and I can tell you she swings for both teams." As if on cue, Edric and Luz walked back in the room.
I glanced back at the two of them, watching as Edric made a few motions with his hands. Sighing, I turned back around and continued to write, listening as their footsteps both got closer.
"What's going on here?" Edric questioned as Boscha picked herself up off the floor, wiping her eyes. Luz moved to my left, bending down and leaning on the table. My ears went down slightly at her presence, but I struggled to hide it.
Boscha was still struggling to speak, her body overtaken by chuckles. So Emira decided to fill in for her. "Just Mittens being Mittens." Edric nodded, thankfully not asking any more questions. Luz leaned over, her eyes scanning over my notebook for a moment.
"Are you writing lyrics?" She asked, her voice soft compared to Edric and Emira's voices as they struck up a conversation. I gave a bitter chuckle, lightly throwing my pen down.
"Trying to." I muttered, staring down at the few lyrics I wrote down.
"Mind if I try?" I looked up at her, noticing the suppressed excitement in her voice and the stars in her eyes. But, before I could give her an answer, Edric cut in for me.
"Yeah Mittens let her have a shot at it!" He chided, leaning on the back of my chair. "It'd sure take a load off of your shoulders, and besides, wouldn't hurt to see things in a new light, right?" I looked back at him, noticing that his ears were flapping softly, barely enough to move the tips of his ears.
It wasn't like he was wrong, it would take a lot off of my shoulders. But, I didn't want to just pawn that off to Luz, especially since she just started. Sighing, I turned to face Luz, who was bouncing up and down in anticipation.
"Can you handle this and memorizing the songs?" Luz gave me an enthusiastic nod, and taking a deep breath, I pushed the notebook in her direction. "Knock yourself out. I mean, don't actually do that but... you get what I mean."
She snagged the notebook off the table with an excited squeal, quickly flipping through pages as her eyes flitted across the writing. "I promise I won't let you down! I'll make sure to knock your socks off!" Luz grabbed my pen off the table and scribbled something down on the corner of a new page before pausing. "Anything I should avoid doing?"
I thought for a moment, wracking my brain for anything. "Just, try not to do a slow song. That's not really our thing." She quickly nodded, scribbling that down in the notebook. "Anything else though is free game. Just let me know if it ever becomes too much alright?"
Luz had already started scribbling down lines, rapidly filling the page before she paused. "Any kind of deadline?"
"What?" She motioned down to the notebook. "Oh, no not yet. I'll let you know when there is one." Luz nodded, then turned her gaze back down to the notebook, tapping her chin with the pen a few times before scratching down more ideas. "I'll go over your lines every once and awhile to fill you in on what I think."
Boscha sighed, pulling out her scroll and typing. "So, now what are we gonna do?" She glanced over at us, two eyes focused on us while the other was focused on her scroll.
Both of my siblings hummed, turning to each other before smiling. "I mean, we could always mess with Matt~" Edric said, his gaze landing on the drink that Luz had brought him.
Emira snagged the drink before I could, eyeing it for a moment before turning to Luz. "You said this thing will explode, right?"
"It won't explode like a bomb, more like it'll just fizz and get everywhere." She muttered, shooting a weary glance at the drink in her hands. Emira smirked, turning towards Edric.
"And how exactly do you get it to do that?" Edric asked, placing a finger gun under his chin. I turned my gaze to Luz, shooting her a look that said not to tell them.
"You uh..." She met my gaze, fear glinting in her eyes for a moment before she looked back to the twins. "You guys figure it out, I don't want Amity to have my head over the mantle for telling you." Luz gave a nervous laugh.
My siblings sighed, Emira rubbing the bridge of her nose. "Of course Mittens would be the one to spoil the fun." I huffed, turning away from the two of them as I folded my arms over my chest.
"Yeah, geez Mittens lighten up a little." Edric lightly punched my arm before ruffling my hair, the two of them getting ready to leave. "Welp, we're gonna go and have some fun. Wanna join us Boscha?" Boscha nodded her head and the three of them got up to leave.
"Just don't make it explode by anything electronic! It'll ruin it!" Luz called after them before sighing. She turned to me, a sympathetic look in her eyes. "Sorry."
I shrugged, resting my head in my hand as I leaned on the table. "It's not like they're doing it to me." Which I was grateful for, I was already apart of a lot of their pranks, being left out of this messy one was nice. "How do you get it to explode anyways?"
"Oh, you just shake it when the lid's closed, then you open it and it goes everywhere." Luz motioned with her hands, a small explosion like sound following afterwards. I chuckled at her impression, watching her freeze up for a moment before smiling.
"So they'll have to convince him to drink it." I muttered, remembering how he reacted when Luz offered him the drink. "Yeah, I don't think that's gonna happen."
"That, or they'll just shove it in his face and open it." She mumbled before falling quiet. We both sat in a comfortable silence, waiting and listening to what was about to happen.
A door opened down the hall and the sounds of their hushed laughter floated into the main room. "Guys shut up!" Boscha hissed, still laughing. I already knew for a fact that she had her scroll out and was recording the three of them.
There were a few harsh knocks on a door. "Hey Matt! Come out here for a second!" Edric snickered. I could tell he was the one that was holding the bottle. It went silent for a moment, their snickers becoming even more muffled.
They knocked on the door again, this time more aggressively. "C'mon Matt open the door!" Boscha poked her head from around the corner, a big smirk on her face.
"You sure you guys don't wanna come watch this?" Luz and I shook our heads in response.
"Nah, I prefer not to get killed." I said, watching as Luz turned towards me slightly.
She shrugged, disappearing back around the corner. "Alright then, your loss." I heard as her footsteps quickly came to a stop. "Matt it's a surprise!" She called out to him, and finally the door opened.
"Do you guys just not know how to screw off for five minutes?" He growled, clearly already done with my siblings shenanigans.
"You've been in your room for like an hour, chill out." Emira said, their voices falling to a softer tone, almost too soft for us to hear. I turned back to Luz, who had returned to scribbling down lyric ideas.
I smirked, watching her while she wrote. "I see you've already got a lot of ideas?" She nodded, looking back up at me with a smile.
"Yep!" A loud shout of confusion suddenly came from the hallway, making Luz's eyes widen. We both looked in the direction of the noise, watching as Ed, Em and Boscha barreled out of the hallway, tripping over one another and laughing the entire time.
Matt followed shortly after, completely drenched in the drink. To say he was angry would be an understatement. The only words that came from his mouth that could be understood were swears.
He darted after the three of them, screaming at them the entire time. The studio door slammed open, making the two of us wince. I waited for a moment, then peered over to the front door, finding it wide open with no one in sight.
"Oh boy..." I muttered, slowly standing up and going over to the front door and closing it. Glancing at the wall, I was surprised that there wasn't a hole where the doorknob hit it. "I've always joked that Matt might tear their heads off, but now it might actually happen." I laughed, Luz shooting me a concerned look.
"He won't actually do that... right?" Luz asked, her gaze turning to the studio door. I shook my head with a chuckle.
"Nah he won't, at most he'll probably just kick their shins and yell at them." She winced at that statement, a hand going down to her leg and giving it a rub. Soon after, I could hear the muffled sound of laughter come from behind the front door, making my ears twitch.
Luz looked at the door, then back at me before standing up. "Well, Imma skedaddle to our room for a little bit to write." She gave me a small salute and I nodded in response. Grabbing the notebook, she disappeared around the corner, but before she left, she stuck out her tongue and shot me a wink. "Give a yell if you ever need me!"
My face lit up, my ears going down. I sat down at the table and laid my head down in my arms to cover my face, a low squeal coming from my mouth. "It was just a wink why am I so flustered?" I muttered as the studio door opened.
"Ow ow ow! Hey let go!" Edric hissed, turning my head towards the four of them, I found Matt holding both of my siblings by an ear and Boscha trailing far behind them, her scroll still out.
Matt was still red in the face when he let both of them go, shoving them forward. Then, with a loud exhale, he drew a quick spell to dry off his clothes. He shot a sharp glare to both of my siblings, then spun around to Boscha, who nearly ran into him.
"If you post that anywhere," He jabbed a finger in her chest, his tone low and grave. "I will make your life a living nightmare. Got it?" Boscha nodded her head, moving Matt's hand away from her.
"Dude, I didn't even plan on putting it anywhere in the first place." She laughed, moving past him. Matt looked at the twins, flipping them off before flopping down in a bean bag chair. I laid my head back down in my arms, hoping my face wasn't as red as it was before.
Someone walked over by me, pulling out a chair and taking a seat. "Where's the drum master?" Edric asked in a joking tone, tapping my arm a few times. I jabbed a thumb towards the hallway, not looking up at him.
"She's down in our room writing lyrics." Edric gasped, then started to laugh.
"You're telling me that little miss perfect is sharing a room with her crush?" I shot up, shooting him a glare. He laughed again, flicking one of my ears, which were still pinned down. "Aw look Em, she's flustered!" Emira walked over, rolling her eyes and shaking her head.
"Do you always have to be like this?" I groaned, smacking Edric's hand away. He laughed, placing his hand under his chin and leaning forward.
"You know you love us~" I rolled my eyes at his statement, which made Emira chuckle. She moved to the other side of the table and leaned down, staring at me.
"Poor little Mittens is lovesick~" She teased.
"Not like you're any better." I shot back, Edric snorted. Emira blinked a couple of times, her ears moving down ever so slightly. Then, she smiled.
"I have no idea what you're talking about." She told me in an innocent tone, which only made me laugh. Her eyes darted towards Edric, who was struggling to hold back his laughter. Her eyes then darted to the floor, a pink blush rising to her cheeks.
"Sure you don't know about any healing beastkeepers?" I asked as I stood up, watching my sister's face fall and her ears go down. Moving to the studio front door, I pulled it open.
"Where are you going?" Boscha asked, glancing up from her scroll.
"Just out for a walk." I said over my shoulder before stepping outside and closing the door behind me. Taking a deep breath, I let it out in a long exhale, then I stared to walk along the road. I stayed silent for a bit, letting my thoughts run without interruption in my mind.
Continuing on my walk, I could spot the concert arena not too far ahead, a soft smile appeared on my face as memories floated around in my head. But, soon enough, my memories were filled with thoughts about Luz.
Her winking at me before disappearing played over and over again in my head, making me sigh. I could feel my cheeks burning up, which was starting to frustrate me. I turned away from the arena, my brows furrowing together.
"It was just a stupid wink!" I hissed to myself, my gaze sticking to the dirt road. "So why am I so easily flustered by it?" I searched for an answer, but nothing came to mind.
Throwing my hands up in the air, I trudged on, noticing that trees were now lining the side of the road. "Is it just because I haven't seen her in two years? Or is it because the different outifts?" My mind thought to her outfit yesterday and the new one today, the white shirt and dark jeans really suited her.
I groaned, rubbing my temples. "I swear, I don't remember being this bad last time she was here." Thinking about it for a moment, I realized that was also a lie. All the diary entries, the times I'd lie awake at night with her on my mind, that when she first started going to Hexside and I was ranting to my abomination in the hallway.
"Okay, so maybe I don't remember because I was in denial." I muttered, running a hand through my already messy hair. "Gods, maybe Ed and Em are right... maybe I should just say something to her. Things would be so much easier."
A griffon screeched somewhere in the distance, distracting me for a moment. I stared out into the sky, noticing the slight deeper orange tone it was taking on, meaning that it was sunset soon.
Turning on my heel, I knew it was probably time I started heading back, albeit slowly. "Still, Luz just got back... not to mention she's now in the band. I can't just pile my feelings onto her so suddenly." I muttered with a sigh. "Gods, I don't even know if I can pile my feelings onto her at all! I still don't know if there's even a chance she could like me like that."
But I wanted there to be a chance. I want to tell her how much I think about her, I want to gather up the courage and kiss her, honestly, all I want is for her to know how I feel about her.
But was I really willing to risk everything I had with her?
Was I willing to throw it all away for one kiss?
Was I willing to risk her never wanting to talk to me again because of my feelings?
I shook my head, clearing the thoughts from my mind before I spiraled. Rubbing my temples, I sighed. "Alright look..." I started, trying to slowly put a plan together in my head. "Maybe just... wait a little bit."
Looking up, I could see part of the studio in the distance, meaning that I'd need to wrap up my spiel. "Wait and give Luz some time to readjust to the Boiling Isles, then you can confess. Easy, right Amity?"
A gust of wind blew by, making me shiver. Rubbing my arms, I picked up my pace a little. "Besides, in that time, you can figure out a way to confess to her!" I slumped down a little. "At least, a way to confess to her that won't make you look like a fool."
Would Luz really care if I looked like a fool? I doubt it.
With a low sigh, I jogged up to the studio door and pulled it open. Stepping inside, I could hear Emira's voice talking to someone who clearly wasn't in the room. Walking into the main room, I found Emira talking on her scroll, Edric snickering at her.
"Would you cut that out?" Em snapped at him before chuckling. "It's just Ed. Yeah, you know how he is." I raised an eyebrow at her as she chuckled, then turned my gaze towards my brother.
Gesturing towards Emira, I silently asked him who she was talking to. "Viney." He mouthed, to which I nodded. Moving over towards Edric, I took a seat in the bean bag by his chair.
Looking around the room, I realized that Matt wasn't out here anymore. "Where's Matt?" I asked, turning towards Edric.
"Back in his room. Though, he probably cast some spell in one of our rooms first." He motioned between him and Em for a moment before laughing. "We heard two door open and close when he went down the hall, so yeah."
Rolling my eyes, I pulled out my scroll and decided to go through Pensta for a little while. "Nah it's fine that you couldn't drop by. I get it, Puddles can be a bit of work sometimes." Emira leaned down on the table, nodding to whatever Viney was saying on the other end.
She suddenly perked up, her eyes darting across the table. Edric chuckled, lightly nudging Emira. "What's she saying sis?" Emira waved a hand at him, telling him to shut up.
"Uh..." She glanced over at me for a moment. "I can probably meet up in about an hour." I could hear the slight waver in her voice that she desperately tried to cover up. "The market? Yeah that's fine."
Edric turned towards me, mimicking Emira's actions before struggling to cover up his laughter. "Is Jerbo and Barcus gonna be there? They will? Great!" She smiled. "See you then!"
She hung up with a dreamy sigh, staring at her scroll for a moment. Boscha appeared from the sound room, taking one glance at Emira before shaking her head. "Geez, do all Blights act like this when they're in love?"
Emira blinked a few times before shaking her head, standing up from her chair. "I have no idea what you mean." She said in a calm tone, Boscha looking at her with a look that said sure you don't.
Boscha flopped down in the bean bag next to me, leaning her head back to look at the ceiling. Emira stood up, stretching her arms out before walking over towards me. She bent down and ruffled my hair, I swatted her hand away.
"I'm gonna dip, I want to go home and change." She stated, lightly pulling at her shirt. Edric rolled his eyes with a laugh.
"Trying to impress your date?" I choked back a laugh, watching as Emira stiffened. She quickly relaxed and shook her head, subtly glaring at Edric.
"No, this shirt is just bugging me." She muttered, turning on her heel and heading towards the door. Edric leaned over towards me, hiding his mouth with his hand.
"Watch, she'll go in a white button up and dark jeans." I chuckled, softly shaking my head. She waved the two of us goodbye, then left. Edric leaned back in his chair with a sigh. "Well, it's her loss, cause now I get all this candy."
"Don't eat all of it." I muttered, not looking up at him. He groaned, placing a hand on the top of my head.
"Why not Mittens? You worried I'm gonna get sick?" He joked, drumming his fingers on the top of my head. "You doubt the powers of my self control."
"You're right, I do doubt them. That's because you barely have any." He scoffed in response. "And besides, I don't care if you get sick or not, but it's Luz's stuff. So you don't need all of it."
As if on cue, Luz appeared from the hallway, humming a tune that I didn't recognize. She had more of a bounce in her step than usual as she made her way over to the two of us.
Leaning on the table, she glanced at the two of us, then around the room for a moment. "Where's Emira at?" She asked, which made Edric chuckle.
"She's out on a date." Luz's eyes lit up as she swayed excitedly.
"A date? With who?" Luz pried, clearly thinking of a bunch of different witches she could be with. I elbowed Edric in the side, making him wince and hiss in pain. Luz raised an eyebrow at my actions.
"She's not out on a date." Her head tilted in confusion. "She's gone to hang out with Viney, Jerbo, and Barcus." Luz gasped, a big smile landing on her face.
"I haven't seen those three in forever!" She exclaimed as she pulled out a chair. "Does Viney still keep track of Puddles?" Luz grabbed a bag of candy and poured a few of the round candies in her hand before popping them in her mouth.
"From what Em says, yeah she does. Though she's gotten bigger." Edric motioned for Luz to pass him the bag she had in her hands, which she did. He took a few out and popped them in his mouth, handing her the bag back. "Pretty sure she could carry two witchlings no sweat."
I turned my gaze back down to my scroll, looking through a few more videos. Edric and Luz struck up a conversation about some topic that I didn't catch. After a couple of minutes, my scroll suddenly pinged.
It was a message from Emira with an image attached. "Hey Mittens, how's this look?" It was a photo of her standing in the mirror, wearing a black tank top with a dark blue shoulder cover, pale blue shorts with a black sweatshirt tied around her waist.
I glanced up at Edric, who was still in deep conversation with Luz. Deciding to be nice, I didn't say anything to him and started typing away to Emira. "Trying to impress Viney I see." Snickering, I hit send and waited for her response.
"No I'm not." I rolled my eyes at her statement. "But seriously, how do I look?" Edric busted out laughing at whatever Luz said, startling me for a moment. Getting over the scare, I started to type my response.
"Honestly I'm surprised you're asking me for advice," I started, barely sticking my tongue out of my mouth. "but I say get rid of the shoulder cover, it makes you look like an idiot since you've got the sweatshirt. Other than that, you look golden."
She went silent for a moment, then I could see she was typing out a message. "Thanks Mittens! Appreciate it!" I couldn't help but smile at her sentiment. Putting away my scroll, I decided to finally tune into Ed and Luz's conversation, curious on what they were talking about.
"So..." Edric paused, taking in a breath. "how are the lyrics coming along?" Luz's expression dropped for a moment, a subtle look of panic flashing across her face. She gave me a quick glance, her eyes holding this emotion that I couldn't quite read. Then, she quickly picked up another smile, leaning on the table.
"They're coming along." She waved her free hand in a circle. "A little stuck on something right now, that's why I thought to come out here and give myself a break, y'know?" Edric nodded his head.
I furrowed my brows, finding her quick reaction to the question odd. But, even though I wanted to ask questions, I didn't, now clearly wasn't the time. So instead, I just nodded my head to what she said.
The three of us started to chat, our conversation slowly drifting from topic to topic. Boscha would occasionally chime in with a comment or a joke. Matt would sometimes drift out of his room, mostly to see what was going on before he would disappear again.
And whenever he walked by our table, I noticed he was always side eyeing Luz with a smirk on his face. Not the kind of playful smirk on his face like my siblings would constantly have, no, his smirk was more malicious.
Luz never paid him any mind though, her eyes would maybe follow him for a moment when he'd appear, but then she'd return her focus to the two of us.
Around five or so, Luz disappeared back to our room to continue writing lyrics, and about half an hour after she left, Edric decided to leave too. He said something about being bored and wanted to head home before it got dark.
So that left me with Boscha, Matt, and Luz, two of which were down in their rooms while the other was glued to her scroll. I thought about going to see how Luz was doing, but I was stopped by Boscha.
"Hey, no one told me Jerbo's got a Pensta." She chuckled, showing me his profile. I glanced it over, smirking at it for a moment. Boscha scrolled down a little, glancing at the photos he's posted. Then, she started to laugh again.
"What's so funny?" I moved behind her, peering over her shoulder.
"Him and Viney are arguing in the comments." She scrolled down, laughing a little harder at the response. "He started the war with his caption and she's trying to finish it."
It was clear their insults were playful banter, but that didn't mean they weren't entertaining to read. So the two of us went through the argument, laughing at all the dumb responses the two of them would come up with.
Time flew by, and eventually we made it to the end of their conversation. Then, we started to look at the dumb animal accounts that littered Pensta, gushing over the stupidly cute creatures. After awhile, Boscha glanced at the time, then back up at me before standing up.
"Welp, that was pretty entertaining, but I think I'm gonna hit the road. What about you?" She pointed to me and my gaze slowly drifted to the hallway before it returned to her.
"Oh, I'll stay for awhile. I'll just wait till Luz leaves." Boscha smirked when I said that, giving me a light pat on the shoulder. "What? She can't lock up the studio, and honestly if I left Matt to lock up he probably wouldn't bother to."
Boscha snorted, then just nodded her head. "Honestly you're probably right." She turned her head towards the hallway, her gaze lingering there for a moment before she looked back over at me.
With a silent wave, she turned on her heel and left. I stared at the studio door for a moment, then sighed. It was quiet, too quiet for the studio. While the silence wasn't something new to me, it was still slightly unnerving. For a place that was usually bustling with energy and noise, it was weird for it to be like this.
I decided that now would be a good time to go see how Luz was doing. I walked down the hallway, noticing that now there was the faint sound of music blasting through Matt's door. Rolling my eyes, I passed by his door and made it to my room.
The room was surprisingly quiet, and when I opened the door, I realized why. There, slumped over on my desk with a pen in hand and her notebook wide open, was Luz, out cold.
Making sure not to make much noise, I slowly walked over to the girl. It was clear she was asleep based on the soft snores that escaped her. I smiled, staring at her sleeping face for a moment before my gaze fell to her notebook.
Curiosity got the best of me, and I wanted to see what she had written down. So, I slowly pulled at the corner of the notebook, pulling it away from Luz's grasp. Once I managed to fully pull it away from her, she shifted, making me freeze up.
She turned her head to the other side with a soft sigh, still fast asleep. With a relieved sigh, I moved over to the cot to take a seat and read over what she's written so far.
However, flipping to the first page of her writing, my eyes widened.
All over the page were violently scribbled out lines. A bunch of writing was written down in the margin, questioning things about the crossed out lines. I squinted my eyes, struggling to read some of the defaced work and only managing to make out a few words.
I then started to read over some of her margin text, noting that a lot of it was just asking if the lines made sense or if a certain phrase sounded stupid. "Gods, it looks like she just decided to scrap the idea." I muttered to myself, still scanning over the margins. "Though, I have to say that I think this is overkill."
Then, one of the margin notes caught my eye.
And that sparked the flame to my anger.
There, in Luz's loopy handwriting, was a note in the margin that was longer than the rest. "Remember what Matt said about how Amity would like the lines." With a little smiley face by it.
"What did he tell you?" I asked angrily, slamming the book shut. Taking a deep breath, I stood up and put the notebook back on the desk, getting ready to leave and have a chat with Matt.
I went to the door and went to pull it open, but then I stopped. I turned back to Luz, my anger softening. Leaving her like that wouldn't be good, I would know from experience. Falling asleep like that just left a crick in your neck.
So, instead of waking her, I decided to just move her to the cot. Could I have used magic to move her? Yes I could have. Did I not use my magic to move her just cause I wanted an excuse to be close to her? Yes, yes I did.
Very carefully, I picked Luz up from the chair and quickly moved her to the cot, lying her flat on her back. Drawing a quick spell circle, I summoned a blanket and laid it over her.
Luz shifted again before falling still, her soft snores stopping. I couldn't help but stare at her for a moment, slowly reaching my hand out to run my fingers through her soft hair a couple times.
She leaned slightly into my touch, making another smile appear on my lips. Backing away from her, I went back over to my desk and pulled open the drawer, grabbing a sticky note and picking up a pen.
"Show me the lyrics you have written down, including the crossed out ones if you can." I muttered softly, repeating what I had just said onto the paper. Then, I stuck it to the front of the notebook, making sure she would be able to see it.
I looked back at her one last time, then made my way to the door, a low growl escaping me. Both of my hands were balled into tight fists as I stomped over to Matt's door.
Not even bothering to knock, I threw his door open. He jumped at the sound, quickly turning his gaze in my direction, then he scoffed. "Could you be any louder?" The annoyance in his voice was clear as he turned down his music.
"What did you tell her?" I asked angrily, taking a few steps into his room. He blinked a few times, then scowled.
"I already told you, I'm not having this conversation." His tone was cold, and that frustrated me even more.
"Oh no, I'm not talking about that." I hissed, taking a few steps closer to him. He stood up, crossing his arms tightly across his chest. "What did you tell her about how I would like the lyrics?"
Matt went quiet, so I took another step closer. "Did you not hear me? I asked, what the fuck did you tell her?" I spoke slowly, watching as his ears went down with each word. Finally he, just laughed.
"I told her the truth. Her lyrics were trash Amity." My ears twitched at his tone.
"You seem to forget, you aren't the one in charge." I growled, which he only rolled his eyes. "I'm the one who's supposed to be reviewing lyrics, not you."
"Maybe I should be in charge then! That way, you wouldn't be able to put your crush in the band just because you want her here!" He threw his hands in the air, his eyebrows tightly furrowed together.
"That's not why Luz is in the band!" I retorted, Matt just huffed.
"What's the reason then?"
"The reason is because she's a good drummer Matt! Why else? I may enjoy her company, but that's not why I put her in the band!" My anger continued to boil, and I knew that if we continued to argue, I might hit him.
"I'd hardly call her a good drummer." He muttered. "And gods I'm surprised you're letting her write songs. Like I said, she's terrible."
"I'm letting her write because I want to see what she can do, and I don't know if she's bad cause, oh I don't know, I haven't read her lyrics yet!" I snapped at him, noticing how he flinched at the tone of my voice.
"Why are you so bitchy about this?" I could tell he was trying to end this, but I wasn't going to let that happen.
"Why are you such a bitch to her?" I asked back, continuing the argument. His got red in the face, sputtering for a moment.
"Because she doesn't belong here Amity!" He finally snapped, getting in my face. "She's human! She didn't need to be here learning magic two years ago and she doesn't need to be here now! Gods, she should have just gotten herself killed when she first arrived here!"
That one line made me finally snap.
I grabbed him tightly by his shirt with both hands and lifted him off the ground, his feet barely above the ground. My breathing was heavy while my mind became clouded by anger. He didn't dare move, let alone barely breathe.
"Listen to me Mattholomule." He gulped, his ears pinned down as far as they could go. "I don't care that you're bitter. I don't care that you don't like my siblings or that you don't like me." My voice was low and sharp, making him whimper.
He was trembling in my grasp, his eyes wide as they darted across my face. "I don't even care that you don't like Luz. You may not like her being here, but you're gonna have to deal with it." I tightened my grip on his shirt. "But..."
"But what?" He stuttered, his hands moving up to my wrists.
"If I ever find you trying to threaten her to get her to leave the band, believe me, I will make you afraid of what I will do to you." I dropped him, watching as he stumbled before he straightened out.
He took a shaky breath in, popping his fingers for a moment before exhaling. Clearing his throat, his eyes met mine, and I could see the fear he was trying to mask. "Guess that human is lucky you actually stand up for her." I could tell he was trying to put on his tough act again.
"And I guess your lucky I haven't hit you yet." With a shake of my hand, I engulfed it in purple flames, watching as his eyes darted down to my hand. "Really you are, cause I'm at the end of my rope."
"You wouldn't." He said, his eyes met back up with mine, his voice wavering.
"Are you sure about that?" More fear gathered in his eyes. "Now, what was that you said earlier? Mind repeating it?"
Matt stuttered for a moment, then shook his head and gave me a response. "I said, guess that Luz is lucky you actually stand up for her."
"That's what I thought." I extinguished the flames, noticing the relief that flooded his eyes. "Now you better get going home. I'm locking up tonight." He nodded his head, then quickly walked out of his room. I waited till I heard the front door shut, then left his room, shutting off the lights behind me.
I went back to my room, finding that Luz was still asleep. I stared at her for a moment, then decided that I didn't have the heart to wake her and tell her to go home. Pulling out my scroll, I went into contacts and clicked call on one of them as I took a seat in my desk chair.
I brought my scroll up to my ear, listening to it ring a couple of times before he picked up. "Heya Mittens! What's up?" Edric questioned in a cheery tone.
"Hey Ed, is Em home yet?" I could hear him hum on the other end.
"Yep, she got home about ten minutes ago."
"Great, you can lock the front door, I won't be home tonight." I could already see the look of confusion that was on his face.
"What? Wait why? Is something up Mittens?" I could just barely hear the concern he masked in his voice, which made me smile.
"No nothing's up, don't worry." I could hear a faint sigh of relief come from his end. "Luz is just out cold here at the studio and I figure it'd be better for her to sleep here rather than walk to the owl house in the dark." He hummed in response.
"Well alright Mittens, since you don't want to leave your girlfriend all alone, I'll let Em know what you're doing." I could hear Emira's muffled voice ask him what he was talking about. "Love ya Mittens." I paused for a moment, blinking a few times.
"Love you too Ed. Tell Em the same."
My scroll clicked, meaning he hung up. I stared at my scroll for a moment, then made it disappear, leaving me in darkness. I glanced up at Luz, hearing her softly snoring once again.
I stared at her for a moment, then took my hair out of its ponytail and slouched down in my chair to get comfortable, closing my eyes and slowly drifting off to sleep with a smile on my face.