Heart for Three

1

"And don't forget to take your pill."

I rolled my eyes as my mom babbled into my ear over the phone.

"Oh my god Mom, I know." I groaned, quickly glancing at the other passengers on the train. I couldn't tell that anyone could hear her, regardless that she wasn't on speakerphone. No one seemed to notice but I still turned the volume down anyways.

"I'm just making sure! I don't need any grand babies just yet!" She chuckled. "Now, I looked up doctors and dentists in the area that accept our insurance. I'll send you the list when we hang up. And I'll send you the info on the local coven as soon as I get it." I grinned.

"Ok, thank you." I smiled, knowing she was just being her over-worrying self.

"And of course, you know the most important rule, don't use your magic around humans." I froze, my eyes glancing around again before I turned the volume down a few more clicks. I had to press the phone against my ear to be able to hear her now.

"Yes Mom, of course I know that." I muttered.

"I'm just being cautious, honey. It's not uncommon for young witches to get too excited and their powers to get out of hand. And with you being in a completely new setting, well...." I cleared my throat nervously and I'm sure she could tell right away that I didn't want to talk about this anymore. "Well... you know your father and I are so proud of you. I'm sure you're almost at your stop so I'll let you go. Text me when you get in. I love you!"

I felt a twinge of resentment when she mentioned my father, he hadn't even made it to the train station to say good bye before I left- claiming he got caught up at work.

"I love you too! I'll talk to you soon!" I hung up the phone and sighed, leaning my head back against the train seat.

I still had another fifteen minutes before my stop, so I plugged my earphones in and put on some music. Out of paranoia, I only put one earbud in so I didn't miss my destination announcement.

Heavy guitar riffs played in my ear as I looked out the window, my mind wandering as the Texas landscape flew by. I knew it was stupid, but I was surprised that besides the occasional cactus zipping by, everything looked so normal down here, I had almost expected a desert.

I chewed over my growing resentment towards my father.

When my parents had divorced nearly a month ago, it hadn't been very pretty. My dad moved out, bitter and angry, leaving my mom and I alone in the house I had grown up in. Neither of them would tell me why he left or what had happened. All I knew was that one day they were fighting. And the next, he packed his shit and left.

Without his additional income, my mom hadn't been able to afford the tuition of the college I had been attending at home. She had reached out to an old friend; Mara. She was a fellow witch whom she had grown up with, and superintendent of South Texas University.

Mara had been able to pull a few strings and gain me late admittance to her school, saving me from having to drop out, or repeat my senior year. She had also been able to secure my housing nearby, with a roommate who was also attending from out of state. I had yet to meet her, but I hoped she was cool.

The only problem; the school was in San Antonio, Texas. One thousand, seven hundred and forty one miles away from my home in Philadelphia.

I felt guilty, leaving my mom alone in that big empty house. But she had assured me time and time again that this would be good for her- for the both of us. We were both in need of a fresh start.

Not only had my mother and father just gotten divorced, but I had just recently been dumped by my boyfriend of two years, Cole.

I had been blindsided.