WICKED: HEXED TWO || URBAN (CB)

Chapter 18

Anais Jones
the next day
I looked in the mirror before fixing my hair once again. I literally had it in a high bun, there was really nothing else I could do to it. So I pretty much just left it and applied lip gloss to my lips.

I think...I think I was ready for my first day at work. I was kind of excited, kind of nervous. I didn't know how to feel. One thing I was looking forward to was getting that money though.

Suddenly my phone started to ring. I wasn't going to pick up either. The moment I changed my phone number to fit the area code, I've been getting nothing but spam calls.

Something told me to look at it anyways. So I did and realized it was Luca calling my phone at 8 in the morning.

I sucked my teeth, rolling my eyes. I almost didn't answer. But then I thought of the possibility that something might've happened to one of the kids, or some kind of emergency took place.

As bad as I didn't want to be bothered right before my first day of work, I answered the phone.

"Hello."

"Hey..." He spoke. He sounded weary. Low on energy.

"What's up?"

He took a deep breath. Almost like he was nervous to call me in the first place. "Nothin...I just wanted to see how you was doin...you know? Ask if everything was okay."

"Yeah, yeah. Everything's fine." I answered. I just wanted to know where this shit was going.

"Ya girlfriend doin aight?" He asked.

I rolled my eyes, smiling a little. "She's not my girlfriend Luca. But she's 100% okay. She doesn't remember what happened with the whole magic situation thanks to you..."

"That's good to hear."

"Yeah." I nodded.

"I just wanted to apologize fa what I did. You know? Using magic on someone that has never had it used on them before was the wrong move. I was taking the easy way out. And I know it might've been scary and shit cause you wouldn't want to see someone you have feelings for in any kind of danger."

"Listen I accept your apology. I trust that it will never happen again but as for me and Sage...I don't think there will be an 'us.' If you get what I'm saying." I sighed.

"Continue. I'm listenin."

"You know...at first we had this budding friendship/romance thing going on. But...you know. I feel like that lil spark we had is gone. I don't know if it's just me, I don't know if she feels it too, I just know we're probably better off as friends."

There was a bit of silence before anyone spoke again.

"Luca?" I chuckled.

"Yeah! Yeah. Um have you spoken to her about it?" He asked.

I nodded my head, looking down at my shoes. "Yeah. Last night."

"Now how do you feel?"

"Like...I'm longing for something that I can't have." I shrugged. "Don't know what it is yet...but that feeling is there."

"I feel you...I'm goin through the same shit right now..." He chuckled.

But before I could respond, I checked the time on my phone.

"Fuck! I'm gonna be late Luca. Um...I-I'll call you later. Okay?"

"Yeah, yeah that's fi-" He spoke before I hung up the call.

Grabbing my keys and purse, I rushed out of my apartment and locked the doors behind me. I had about 3 minutes to get downstairs now.

The elevators in this building were hella slow. So it was either run down 8 flights of stairs or wait 3 minutes for the elevators to stop at my floor.