Alpha Costello's Fairy Luna

Chapter 23

Madeline's Perspective:

I wake up with a jolt, as if someone's shoved me hard. The first thing I do when I wake up is access how weird I smell. Like a mixture of sweat, blood, the floor of the woods, some sort of flower.

It's not until I've got myself standing under the warm shower water, that I fully registered what I did. Holy Shit. I jumped in front of Costello. I don't even understand what came over me.

One second we were arguing, and my ass was telling him that I could have stopped his heart, then I took an arrow for him in the chest. Well I'm gonna go ahead and diagnose myself as a person who's Bipolar.

Oh God, he probably thinks I'm madly in love with him now or something. How am I even going to face him? My act has already proven that I care about him. What am I supposed to do? Pretend like I didn't know what I was doing? Yeah like anyone's gonna buy that.

I debate with my inner self on what to do the whole twenty minutes I'm showering. Once I've got my sweats and t shirt on, I decide going with the truth is my only option. And the truth is I've felt completely different towards Costello since he marked me, and that I care about him.

I check the calendar on Costello's desk. What. No way. It's the day of the Ceremony, I slept for two days? This is going to be the most awkward day of my life.

I'm thinking about this all critically when Costello walks in with a glass of juice, and a plate of this delicious looking egg and spinach toast.

He looks at my hair with adoration and sticks out the plate and glass towards me "Here, you should eat something, you slept for two days."

I take the plate and glass, and sit on his bed. I have a sip of the orange juice, then take a bite of the toast. He goes to sit on his chair by his desk and gazes at me "Why'd you jump in front of me Madeline?"

I have no idea how I manage to keep my expression calm as I say "The crazy guy was gonna kill you, so obviously I was gonna try to not let that happen. You're a person after all. I'm not heartless."

He looks at me with a smile "I thought you wanted to stop my heart?" I look at him fiercely "I could have. I never said I wanted too."

He looks at me, trying to figure me out "Well thank you, you saved my life. If that arrow hit me in the heart, I would have died."

I feel a deep pain in my chest, as he says "I would have died." I'd feel terrible if I never saw Costello again. Wait what? Why would I feel terrible? Didn't I wanna get away from this guy just a few days ago? What the hell is happening to me?

I look at him trying to keep a neutral expression on my face "Your Welcome." He gets up all the sudden, with a happy expression on his face. He slaps his thighs gently "So, how good are you at shopping fast for clothes?"

I shrug my shoulders "Fast enough, I guess." He says "Cause it's one right now, and the Ceremony starts at six pm. I just figured since so many of your choices haven't been your own as of lately, you should at least get to pick your own dress. And also I have to take my Sister to the mall for a dress too. Oh and by the way your best friend Stacy will be here at six ."

I look up at Costello happily "Really?" He nods "Yes. We're gonna have someone pick her up. I invited her, yesterday in person."