Maebh

Chapter 8

The next day was full of Lucielle teasing knotter for vomiting during his blood drawing, he was dizzy and off balance, looking like he was constantly questioning where he went wrong in life. Meanwhile, Maebh was more occupied trying to find out why the gods were approaching her for stuff, was she schizophrenic or special? "Hey." Amy whispered, sitting beside Maebh, "Oh, hey Amy, I didn't hear you approaching." Maebh smiled genuinely, reaching out to hold Amy's hand tenderly in her own. "Look, Amy, I think I might be bisexual, and I want to try out my first well, lesbian relationship with you..." Maebh smiled, looking into Amy's eyes with gentle affection. "Do you actually mean it or are you just saying it to make me feel better?" Amy muttered sadly. "I mean it." Maebh reassured Amy, holding her soft, supple hands tighter. "I- I'd like to try this." Amy smiled softly at her new girlfriend.

Maebh smiled awkwardly, Amy was her first ever girlfriend, how would she woo her over? Maebh felt that familiar nervousness build up in her stomach and chest, almost taking over her conscience and body altogether. Amy slowly grasped Maebh's cheek, touch feather light yet firm, as if afraid that Maebh would float away if touched by a frail breeze. With slight anxious hesitation, Amy pressed her lips to Maebh's, tenderly kissing her lovingly.

"No kissing in the playground!" Maebh's English teacher sighed, his voice stern and serious. "Sorry Mister Smith!" Amy mumbled nervously, face turning pink as she bashfully hid her face behind her hands. Mr H Smith rolled his eyes and walked to the history block, his high visibility jacket glowing in the cloudy light. "Buzzkill." Maebh groaned under her breath.

"Hey knotter, is it true werewolves-" Lucielle asked in the distance before knotter cut her off. "I swear if you ask me one more time if werewolves knot their mates, I'm gonna kill you!" Knotter snarled. "Is it why you're called knotter?" Luci teased aggravatingly. Knotter ground his teeth angrily "shut the hell up!" He yelled, making Lucielle laugh, thrilled at having riled Knotter up.

Without warning, Knotter pulled Lucielle's braided hair, but unlike the scream of pain he had planned to hear, a moan of pleasure erupted from her lips. "EW WHAT THE FUCK?!" He yelled, letting go, cringing and backing away to the other side of the courtyard. Lucielle laughed boldly, her face turning a deep pink against her chocolate-coloured face. "MAEBH! GET THIS FREAK AWAY FROM ME!" Knotter screamed, running to Maebh in fear. "Lucielle, leave knotter alone!" Maebh sighed as Amy began walking to the canteen. Maebh followed along, and whilst they walked, a popular girl walked past, the two lovers began to pretend the earth was quaking beneath their feet. Once the popular girl had passed and was a few feet away, Amy giggled "Nine magnitude earthquake." She laughed. "Girl the earth is QUAKING!" Maebh snorted, wobbling her legs to add to the effect, almost falling over in her mockery of the girl. Amy looked back for a millisecond and the girl whipped around and screamed "WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT?!" She screamed angrily, tears bordering on the inside of her eyelids. "DO YOU WANT AN AUTOGRAPH!?" She screamed, stomping her foot. "Shut up Deliah! You weigh as much as a fucking planet, lass!" Knotter yelled nonchalantly to Deliah. "I WASN'T TALKING TO YOU!" Deliah screamed again, tears streaming down her face now. "Fuck off you great heap of gull shit!" Knotter yelled, prompting Deliah to storm off in a huff. "God Knotty, seeing you defend our friends like that gets me so ha-" "FUCK OFF LUCIELLE!" Knotter yelled, running off, Lucielle chasing him around.

"Ten quid that those two will date one day. Luci and Knotter I mean." Amy grinned, "Bet." Maebh replied. "Double or nothing" Amy said, gently punching Maebh on the shoulder. "Oh, you are going to regret that." Maebh quipped, looking into Amy's eyes. "Am I though?" Amy teased, pecking Maebh's lips, prompting Mr. Smith to blow his whistle, indicating warning one. Maebh scoffed quietly, "Homophobia." she huffed exasperatedly.

Two weeks had passed, and Knotter had gone on a school trip to a theme park, however at the double loop of a coaster, the ride had gotten stuck and he was left hanging, this made his fear of heights worse and then... ping- JOLT- the coaster sped down the rest of the loop, brakes screeching and sparks flying as one, two, three wheels spun off and flew into the ground like a bolt of lightning then the coaster flew off the rails, there were 3 people in knotters coach, two died.

"Hey Knotter..." Maebh said, entering the hospital room which held knotter, he was fully casted, weak and weary, paranoid after the trauma. "You came to see me?" He whispered cautiously. "Of course I did... You're my friend Knotter." She replied, making knotter tear up slightly. "Thank you." He whispered once more.

"I told you the theme park trip was a bad idea." Maebh reminded him, sitting beside his hospital bed. He said nothing, his eyes darting away from her gaze. "It's not your fault though." She said, assuring him that she wasn't mad. "Gods I'm an idiot." He whimpered, closing his teary eyes, light hitting his tears and making them shine like Venus at night.

Rain began to hit the hospital windows, creating heavy taps as the water plummeted from the sky, as if arguing with the fact it was confined to the outdoors. The hospital speakers played a song neither of them knew.

"I'd love to see the bedsheets that I stained with my blood,

Stained with my blood!

From the heartbreak- THAT YOU MADE ME GO THROUGH!"

Maebh was curious and used the song search on her phone. The song was titled; When I die, and was created by a singer songwriter called Erin Hand, an 18-year-old trans man in St. Helens, England. This meant they were in a different universe but were galactically loved that much that their music was played in different galaxies. Suddenly Maebh threw her head back.

"WOW!"