Le Renard

Fox 28

At the window I sat gazing out into the vast landscape that surrounded Levi's childhood home and at that moment I couldn't help but think of my own parents. They had yet to try and contact me and for a minute I wondered if they ever made it back home. They were probably in town still, at their apartment.

I didn't necessarily miss either of them as much as I missed my home. The snow covered Winter Wonderland that was my home was always my favorite part of the holidays. Once I changed my whole outlook on the snowy wonderland had changed. For hours I could sit out in the forest and just feel alive.

It made my life back home make more sense. I had always felt safer in the woods, even when my adoptive mother warned me that I could be eaten by something in there I always felt better there. It was my safe haven.

Thinking about my past had me stuck in my feelings as I thought about how quickly things have moved since meeting Levi and Alistair. It seemed as if I was just going through the motions, trying to escape my own life until I met them.

Then like magic life seemed to finally start up for me. I hadn't even realized when my depression left, maybe when I first met Alistair or maybe when Levi defended the both of us. Who knows? Whenever it was I was happy for it.

They meant more to me than anything else in my life and that kind of scared me. Nothing was guaranteed especially with everything that was happening to us. What if something happened to them? What if they got sick of the drama I was clearly dragging around with me? What if they got sick of me?

"We're headed into town to meet up with Jason and Asher, you're coming right?" Alistair questioned as he walked into the room, breaking me from my destructive train of thought.

"Of course." I answered without looking away from the sun drenched landscape. "What happened to Tommy? Is he not gonna be there?"

"I think he had to run some errands but I think he'll show up eventually."

"No worries." I responded. It would be the perfect time to pick up some gifts for everyone and one for Levi's family since they were housing all of us without asking for anything. It had been a few days since we came back to the house after spending the night at the hotel and Levi was right in thinking that he would be grounded for the rest of the trip. His parents weren't happy with him but because he was on vacation they had finally let up today, allowing us to make our great escape.

Merula and Cano had been surprisingly relaxed for magical outlaws. They kept to themselves and only joined us for meals. Any other time they were up their room or out, flittering from place to place so that they weren't tracked to just one location.

Tommy, Asher, and Jason had kept in contact with us but otherwise we hadn't seen them. I wasn't the only one who had noticed that something felt off the day after we had been together. The three of us just had the feeling of going back to them. It wasn't a feeling that couldn't be ignored but it was a strange feeling to have.

We had clearly formed some sort of attraction to them that was more than physical but it didn't seem like anything serious. I'm sure Levi planned on finding out the extent of our connection while we were out today. He was the most brazen out of all of us and he had been talking about it since yesterday.

Once we were all dressed and ready Levi's father offered to drive us into town and since we couldn't use magic to get there. It wasn't that long of a ride and the scenery made it even more serene as we drove on. The car was filled with light chatter and plenty of questions thrown my way as I was the newcomer.

"So how long have you three known each other?" 

"Since the beginning of the school year." I answered without thinking, it was technically true.