Spell It Out (Book One of The Spellbound Series)

Chapter 13: The Aftermath (Sabrina)

We walked behind Claire to the hotel suite. She shoved the door open as a girl and a white off-the-shoulder mini dress with a short pink bob and and a pentacle diamond necklace enters her hotel room. Claire puts her hands on our backs and pushes us in. As soon as she slammed the door behind us, her pink one on the couch catches my eye. I'm starting to regret changing out of my gown into a green sleeveless crop top with a long black sheer skirt. I would rather have gone to the afterparty.

The fact that she chose the outfits we changed into can't be a good sign. She walks to the couch, and appears closely in front of me with the wand in her hand. I have no choice but to push your back, since she seems to have forgotten what personal space means. Then, she had the nerve to grab me by my arm.

"I think you'll be apart of my fun first. Come right to my beck and call, turn this human into a doll." She scoffs, waving her wand.

Next thing I know, I'm shrinking and everything around me is looking much larger. Claire scoops me up in her hands. My body is still slim, but my feet are bigger and so is my head. Did she turn me into a Bratz doll?

Her smug little grin boils my blood. All the effort she made in order to get even with me now seems childish. This is a lot to go through just because they dated her crush. In a minute, I'm falling from her hands to one of the beds. I can stop myself from screaming as loud as I could, which could only cause clear to chuckle. Harvey wraps his hands around her wand, attempting to pull it out of her hand. Her grip on the wand and never faltered. They both end up yanking it back and forth. I'm surprised it's not snapping in half. The smug grin never leaves her face.

She laughs in his. "Looks like you care about my pain now. Torturing her would be too easy. And way too messy. This is more fun."

He eventually snatches the wand from her hands and tosses it across the room. Obviously, she is not satisfied with just sending me stuff and having Harvey bring me here. She wanted to hurt me.

"What fucking pain? You've had everything handed to you on a silver platter. I swear to God if you don-"

He has his hands clenched in fists by his side. The smile things from her face when she takes a step closer to him. I Rise to my feet running between the throw pillows. I can still see Claire glaring at Harvey.

"You really want to bed Sabrina, don't you? Look, I know she's hot in an exotic way, but you can cut the act when I'm done with you both."

I can't believe the garbage that just spewing from her mouth. If I didn't get turned into a doll, I would have made her eat those words that she love to slip out. Exotic? Does that person know I'm a person and not a souvenir from a foreign country?

Harvey grabs her by the shoulders. "It's not an act. She's an awesome person and I love being around her. At least of capable of loving people besides myself. May you experience every terrible thing you've done to others." He speaks in the same low tone as earlier.

Half a minute later, Claire's eyes roll to the back of her head and she collapses backwards on the floor. The last part of what Harvey said sounds like a hex, which is not wizard territory. It's a part of witchcraft. But still, Claire deserves whatever purse is inflicted on her.

This isn't part of the plan, though.

Drawing closer to the bed, Harvey's face instantly transformed back to Aloe's when his hand passes over it. They reach between the pillows for me and pull me out. I want to climb on their shoulders and kiss their face.

"Spell, spell, spell be gone, back to which ye belong. Back to the caster, take your disaster. By law of three, mote it be." They chant.

A white ball of energy shot out of their hand and hit me like a gustling wind. My body grows back to its original size and I'm sitting at the foot of the bed. I wrap my arms around Aloe's torso and squeeze them tight. They hug back, chuckling. I'm so glad Aloe stopped Claire before she could do any more damage. Where is safer, now that she's unconscious.

After the door smacks against the wall, Christina comes in with Harvey and Troy following close behind her period of violet portal opens when Christina throws a black gemstone in the air and zaps it with an open hand. On the other side of the portal, there's a forest of tall trees with yellow leaves. Some of them are surrounded by tree Sprites. Troy carries Claire through the portal all the way to a petite house amongst the trees, where he set her down. Its windows are already broken and the place seems vacant. Everyone backs up when he returns, smiling at us.

Christina zaps the portal, which closes it and transforms it back into the black gemstone. She catches it in a  bright pink velvet pouch and closes it tightly. The drama queen is finally gone.

I sigh in relief at the fact that I can enjoy the rest of the weekend in peace.

"Ding, dong, the bitch is gone! Bye, bye bitch. We're done with your shit. Ding, dong, the wicked bitch is gone!" Christina and I cheer.

Aloe, Harvey and Troy laugh loudly. Christina came up with the song and sang it whenever Claire left a room. This was the right time to sing it, since the empathy I had for her has disappeared.

Christina crosses her arms, giggling. I stood up from the bed and wrap my arm around Aloe's shoulder. We draw closer to the wall everyone is standing  in front of. Christina winks at me.

"So, how come Aloe knows how Harvey feels about you, and you dont?" She asks, in a saccharine voice.

Harvey gives her a dirty look. She didn't have to bring that up now. I'd rather would have discussed it when things calm down. Why is she putting our business out in the open like this? I purse my lips. They didn't give me enough credit if they actually thought I didn't know how Harvey felt about me after what happened between us this morning. How clueless does she think I am?

"Oh, trust me. I figured that out on my own. Let's just say that the feelings are mutual."

Harvey turns around and grins at me. "What? Guys, can we talk in private?"

Aloe heads for the door, waiting for Christina and Troy. Christina lingers while Troy grabs hold of her hand and leads her toward the door. She's pouting and reaching her other arm out to us.

"Chrissie, stop trying to be cute." He suggests tonelessly.

She turns around and giggles again. They're almost out the door when she starts holding on to his arm.

"You think I'm cute? You're so sweet."

They follow Aloe out the door and close the door behind them. We face each other, waiting for their muffled voices drift farther away from the room.

Harvey takes two steps closer to me. Being alone with him again is like taking a breath of fresh air. I don't know what to bring up first. The kiss or the incident where he faintly called out my name in the shower. You know what? I'll just try to go with the flow and see how this works out.

  Harvey licks his lips."So I was thinking maybe we could go out sometime. Would you like to?"

  Without anyone here to interrupt us, we could have our conversation without a potion helping him say what is on his mind. I don't want to just stay friends with him anymore. I like being around him and he's there for me when I need him.

"Of course. Maybe at Light Of The Night?"

Harvey chuckles, pulling me closer to him. "It's a date. Let's go."

We head for the door and leave the room. Once we make it to the elevator, a floating red cloak catches my eye from the end of the hall. I just push the down button and brush the cloak off as a figment of my imagination.