𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡 - 𝐄 𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧 𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗨𝗘𝗗

𝐈𝐗

𝘊𝘏𝘈𝘗𝘛𝘌𝘙 𝘕𝘐𝘕𝘌

(the cursed witch, act one)

NINA WISHED SHE HAD HER MAGIC MORE THAN EVER WHEN SHE WALKED INTO HER ENGLISH CLASS. 

She was late, of course, due to Edward which led to a very awkward encounter with Mr. Mason.

She had noticed the second she sat down the absence of a familiar face. Kit, who usually sat next to her, hadn't shown. A twinge of guilt ran through her.

Sighing, she chewed on the tip of her pencil as she watched the seconds tick by. She did this every time. The second someone showed any sort of interest in her, she immediately pushed them away in any way she could.

Another thing to thank her absent father for.

When the class ended, however, he met her at the door like he usually did. She hoped that meant he had somewhat forgiven her. Kit seemed to become more himself as they walked through the bustling hallways, his voice gaining enthusiasm as he talked about the weather report for the weekend. The rain was supposed to take a minor break, and so maybe his and Mike's beach trip would be possible.

Nina tried to sound eager, to make up for disappointing him the day before. It was hard; rain or no rain, at least it would be in the high forties, if they were lucky.

The rest of the morning passed in a blur. She hadn't been able to get the memory of Edward out of her head, the things he had said, the way he had looked at her. It was probably just something she had imagined that had been so convincing, she had confused it with reality.

When Lunch rolled around, Nina's heart was beating out of her chest when she walked inside the cafeteria with Bella and Jessica at her side. On one side of her mind, she wanted to see his face, to see if he had gone back to the cold and indifferent person she had known. Or, on the other side of her mind, if by some miracle the person she had seen earlier that morning, was real and not a figment of her imagination.

Beside her, Jessica babbled on and on about her dance plans — Lauren and Angela had asked the other boys and they were all going together — completely unaware of her and Bella's inattention.

While Jessica and Bella were distracted, Nina took a small, somewhat hopeful glance toward his table. The other four were there, but he was absent. Had he gone home?

Emmett must have noticed her split second gaze as he soon lifted his hand and waved in her direction, which then caused Alice to do the same.

Nina sent them a small smile. Just because Edward was a dick, didn't mean his siblings were.

She continued to follow the still-babbling Jessica through the line. She wasn't all that hungry, Natalie had been home that morning which meant she was full with waffles and bacon. Though as full as she might have been, that didn't take away from how tired she was.