The Scent of You

Chapter 11

Pov Wanda

My first instinct is to run after y/n. But I don't. My legs don't listen to me as my brain tries to process what just happened.

Panic rises inside me but I can't allow myself to feel that right now. It won't help me to come up with a solution for this. I need to be smart about this, figure out a way to get her to forget about this. It's too late to use magic now, I can't erase more than a couple of minutes from the brain.
This is a problem that I can't solve with magic. It's one of the very few ones though and I really hate it.
Magic makes everything so much easier. Until it doesn't.

I feel stunned, still trying to comprehend what just happened.
Slowly, I manage to walk away from the door to settle in my living room.
It's so silent in the house that there's no doubt, she's gone. It breaks my heart and at the same time makes my thoughts run twice as fast. There are ways to get her back, I just need to pick the right one. The one that will keep her here and is not just a temporary solution.

It's hard to push the pain away that tries to spread through my body at the thought of her being gone. I don't want to feel it because it isn't finite. This is just a bump in the road, I calculated those, at least I tried. In the end, you can never know what will happen but I knew there would be a conflict along the way. But I got too soaked up in everything that I couldn't see clearly anymore and now those heart-shaped-glasses are slapped off my face, making me confront reality.

I swallow as her words sink in. She declined the offer of being in a relationship with me. It really hurts to think about it but I won't give up. I won't throw it all away because of some stupid moment. I put way too much work into all of this to just let go. There are ways to make her mine again and I will try every single one if I have to.
She will forever be mine!

The first thing I do is rearrange some things around the house. It always helped me regulate my emotions. Call it stupid or weird, I don't care. Maybe it's the soft flow of magic that calms me down or the control I have over all the things that move around the room. Nothing big changes, I just switch plants, pictures and other deco articles. It puts my mind at ease and makes thinking feel easier.

She said she wanted some truth, maybe it's time I give her that. As much as I hate talking about it, there might not be another way to get her back.
Obviously, I won't tell her about the magic. I don't need another incident where I'm left because someone thinks my magic is dangerous. It's only dangerous if you can't control it and I have perfect control over it.
But if it's not the magic, I need something else that would explain my behavior.

Although, I'm not sure what exactly threw her off. Whatever it was, I will make sure it won't happen again. The next time she's here, there's nothing that could tip her off.
Yes, I'm very optimistic about all of this working out. I have my ways and I am not afraid to go all the way if it means keeping her with me.

I spent the rest of the day working on spells and more potions with the scent. That worked pretty good so far, so maybe it will help with this as well.
She said she wanted space, so she will get that, for around 24 hours, that's all I can offer. And that's also all the time I need to get everything figured out.

That night I watch her move through her room, putting on some shoes and getting ready to head out. It does make me jealous that Spencer is the one going out with her and not me but maybe it's for the better, just for tonight. My phone tells me exactly where y/n is. She's so predictable, it's almost too easy. 

There's one pair of shoes she wears pretty much all the time. Putting a tracker on them wasn't hard, it was child's play. Now I can track her every step and know exactly when she isn't near the apartment. I use that time to slip inside and spread the scent around her room. I'm more careful now and spray it into the hair, making sure I use up the whole bottle. I am able to get her back either way but why not make it easier?