You're Joking Right?

Set in Stone

*time skip a few weeks*

I've finally figured out what the hell has been going on with me. Apparently is a form of clairvoyance though it doesn't typically manifest physically. So that part is still a mystery but I have got something. I've been practicing with Cordelia to strengthen my powers. I've been taking classes at the coven and then coming back to Xandra's in the afternoon/night. It's all been running pretty smoothly except for today.

Today has been shit, nothing has been going right. Xandra's been off and even the energy at the coven is weird. It's honestly starting to freak me out. Not to mention the wake up call I got this morning. I mean it's not like I was having any good dreams but still. I literally jumped out of my sleep and had to run to the bathroom so I didn't puke on myself. After I'd released all the contents of my stomach I was left with the worst headache I've ever experienced.

I assume this is my fault for getting drunk last night. Yet I've never had a hangover and I have previously said it was something I'd like to experience. I didn't hunk it would be this bad though. Either way it happened and ever since I've been feeling dizzy and lightheaded. I didn't want it to keep me away from my studies so I went to the coven anyway. Transmutating certainly took a toll on me but it's worth it because Cordelia should have some potion to make me feel better.

Fortunately Xandra didn't know I wasn't feeling well. Had she known she would've never let me step foot out the house. Let alone come to the coven and use magic.

We're currently in the middle of making a potion. I'm just about done with mine when Cordelia gets to me since she was doing rounds. "How's it going?" She asks looking at my potion but I think she was just checking out my hands. "Almost... done" I say handing it to her and she smiles softly. "Are you ok darling?" She asks as she puts a hand to my forehead. "I'm fine, probably just a cold. Unlike you I can sick" I joke and she rolls her eyes.

She drinks the potion and then says the incantation that goes with it. I altered it according to the book so that it would actually work. "What's it for?" She asks leaning against the table and looking me in my eyes. "What are you thinking of right now?" I ask her hoping that it worked, "not so much as what but who" she states. "Ok well who are you thinking of right now?" I ask and she points at me before biting her lip. I'm definitely screwed.

The potion was supposed to make her fall in love with someone else. But I guess I fucked it up and made her fall in love with me. "Did you give me a love potion?" She asks as she raises her eyebrows at me mischievously. "Maybe" I say nervously, "class dismissed" she calls out looking into my eyes. "But I'm not done" Madison says, "you all pass" Cordelia says. "Fine by me" Madison mutters before they all file out of the room leaving us alone.

"So you gave me a love potion. To make me fall in love with you?" She asks as she sits next to me. "Well yes and no. Yes I gave you a love potion but it was supposed to be to fall in love with someone else" I say. "Who?" She asks, "well I had a person in mind but I suppose it doesn't matter now" I say. "So your potion didn't work" she says and I shrug. "No I'm telling you it didn't work. There's something I never told you" she says nervously and I tilt my head in confusion.

"When a supreme falls in love it's impossible for them to love anyone else. Rather when they find their true love..." she says. "So you're saying..." I say questioningly, "that I'm in love with you already. Your potion didn't work because it can't work on me. I've already found my true love, nothing can steer me away" she says softly. "You can't possibly know that, nothing is set in stone" I say. "That's where you're wrong, my sun. When it comes to this... it's always set in stone" she says.

"For you... you can choose anyone but that won't make me love you any less. No matter what you do I will always love you the same" she states. "But- but how? Xandra and..." I stutter. "It's complicated, believe me I know. I've learned a lot during my time as supreme. Especially having to record and document since I'm the first person to share the supremacy with someone else. In that time I've learned that most of the rules and statutes still stand" she says shakily.

"Which means..." I whisper, "you are my true love. Not Xandra's, not anyone else's. We're destined to be together but I have to let you come to terms with that on your own. Nothing will happen because I told you, you will not wake up tomorrow and be in love with me. I just have to wait for you, and it's an honor. I wouldn't rather wait on anyone else" she says caressing my cheek as a tear falls. "I-" I don't even know what to say, there is nothing I can say.

I stand up so I can pace and try to figure out what to do. As soon as I stand my knees buckle and Cordelia catches me so I don't hit the ground. "Honey are you alright?" She asks concerned as she gently eases us to the floor. I rest my head in her lap and just cry, the amount of pain I'm feeling is excruciating. I can't speak I can't even think. Though there's both emotional and physical pain I can't distinguish between them.

My belly and my head feel like they have spikes coming out of them. It's so bad I can't keep my eyes open, I can't hear anything I can't see anything. Until an image fades into view from far away. This is what I've been waiting for this whole time. This is what is to come, I know this now. It's inevitable and it pains me to lose hope in it changing. But like Delia said, some things are truly set in stone.