Holding On To You

Chapter 20 (The Real One)

Davina glanced in one of the windows as she walked down Royal Street deep within the French Quarter. It had been four days since the date night with Kol and things were a little off, not with them but her. The next night after the date, she had found herself feeling uneasy which she tribute to her being tired, so she decided to go to bed where she had only tossed and turn the entire night without one blink of sleep and it was not getting better. So, she took it upon herself to get out of the house for a little while, Kol had gone on a blood run to find a few of his of his favorite types, to get her mind off things.

Seeing nothing that caught her eye, Davina continued to her way down the street until she came to a coffee shop. Nothing ever sounded so good a cup of coffee did, since her sleeping habits have been off she had been downing coffee left and right in order to keep herself away. One she had gotten her a rather large cup she exited the cafe and continued on her way to the shop where she was going to look for some herbs she could take a bath with in order to ebb away some of her tension and maybe get some decent sleep.

Finally, Davina arrived at the shop she had been going to. Pulling the door open she entered the shop the smell of different herbs hitting her nose. She walked along the shelves looking at the names of everything she passed, one thing that had always been her weakness as a witch was herbs and identifying the name to the plant. She picked up some lavender, passion flower before moving on from the plants to the section with the candles. She grabbed a sandalwood scented candle along with a peachy coconut scented candle then made her way over to the from to pay for her stuff.

"Good Morning Davina," greeted a local witch that went by the name of Katie as she places her things on to the counter. "Is this all for you today?" She asked kindly as she began ringing her purchases up.

"Hey Katie and yes this will be all that I will need for today," Davina nodded as she watched Katie wrap the candles in scraps of paper before placing them into a brown paper bag.

"Are you having trouble sleeping?" Katie questioned as she moved to the herbs punching a few buttons on the cash register.

"A little," Davina replied keeping her answer short and also didn't want anything to get back to a witch community as Katie read aloud her total before quickly scanning the shop before reaching for something underneath the counter holding up a small vial of a clear liquid.

"To help with your sleeping problems," Katie informed her looking to the object in her hand. "Add three drops to a cup of lavender tea before bed and so should be able to have a nice peaceful sleep with no problems." She placed the vial into the bag with her other purchases before taking a deep breath. "Maybe you need to clear your mind because no one can sleep with an unclear mind. Or maybe you are feeling guilty about something and if so come to terms with the guilty. And if you have an unfinished task that needs to be finished... Finish it."

Something about the way Katie said those last words caused a stir in her stomach and traveled up to her chest to where it was tightened so much that she could barely breathe. "Thanks Katie," She forced out taking the bag from the slightly older witch before turning hurrying out the door wanting nothing more than to put many miles between the two as she could.

Davina walked down the sidewalk turning once only stopping when she came to a crossing point at Bourbon street. She placed a hand on her chest feeling her pounding heart beneath her fingers and one hand on an old lamp post as she struggled to catch her breath before lifting her hand from her chest running her fingers through the locks of her hair pushing it out of her head. She didn't know why the word of Katie struck her so hard maybe it was the lack of sleep but she didn't think so and looked down in her bag wondering what was in the vial.