Black Magic Women

29

Zelda stood in front of the door, leaning against it. Tears were streaming down her face and she wiped them away slowly. She felt truly empty. The events had taken a toll on her and she felt drained from all her energy.

Her heart was hammering away in her chest and it ached for Mary's touch and loving embrace, but her head was telling her that it wasn't up for discussion. The woman would be dead to her as soon as she woke up.

Zelda didn't want her around. It was bad enough that she was there at that moment. Even the sheer thought of her next room drove Zelda insane. As long as she didn't was around, Zelda could at least pretend to not love her anymore, but as soon as she laid eyes on the beauty, it was game over.

She didn't think she could survive another few weeks with her in the same house and so Mary had to go. For all of their sakes.

She pushed herself off the door and towards the stairs. Her thoughts were clouded and she was a passive observer of her surroundings. Her mind just shut off in order to keep some kind of strength going.

Zelda came down the stairs and walked into the kitchen on auto pilot. She wasn't really thinking. She wasn't herself and it was visible to the rest of her family. For once she didn't care what they saw or thought.

"Do you want to eat something?" Sabrina asked and pushed a plate into the direction of her aunt.

Zelda just stopped walking and lowered her gaze slowly, staring at the disgusting food. She hated pizza and she wasn't about to ruin her diet.

Without saying anything she just walked straight towards the alcohol cabinet and wanted to seek comfort in not having to feel for a few hours. She was surprised when she found it locked for the first time in years.

"I've locked it," Hilda said calmly and Zelda turned around to look at her in shock. Hilda had known how this would end and she wanted to protect her sister from herself. She knew that her drinking habits could become... intense when she had a lot of stress.

"What," Zelda said and the weakness in the way Zelda had said it made Hilda's heart ache.

"I think it's best when you don't drink, Zelds," she said and Zelda just stared at her in utter disbelief.

"I know it's hard... But we're here for you," Hilda said and walked over to her sister, taking her into her arms.

"We'll get through this together," she said and felt her sister return the hug and sob into her shoulder, something that rarely happened.

"We have booked you a nice vacation to Europe. A three week all-inclusive vacation will do you some good," Hilda said and Zelda just nodded. It sounded good. Relaxation was something she deeply needed and even though she would have never admitted it, she liked that her sister had taken care of everything and she, for once, could just lean back and enjoy it.

"How is she?" Sabrina dared to ask. She didn't want to disturb the intimate moment, but Hilda had barely informed her about anything and she was just so confused about the entire situation.

"She'll be fine. She's still out but that's normal considering the impact of the crash," Zelda said and tried to calm herself down for her niece's sake. The poor girl had been through enough trauma for the day and she needed guidance.

"She'll wake up soon, love," Hilda said and Sabrina thought the words were meant to soothe her while their true intentions were to comfort Zelda. Hilda knew her sister cared more than she wanted people to believe.

She had spent all her life with the ginger and even though Zelda would deny it, she knew her sister pretty well. She looked directly at her sister and asked, "Do you want to talk? In private?"

"No, I don't. I need a hot bath and some good sleep," Zelda said and avoided eye contact. She didn't have the strength to do anything at that moment and a serious talk with her sister was demanding too much of her.

"Are you sure?" Hilda asked and brushed her thumb across Zelda's shoulder soothingly.

"I am sure," she said and wanted to move but she felt too weak to move, so she stood there for a few more seconds, unsure of what to do.

"I'll prepare your bath," Hilda said and guided Zelda to the nearest chair and Zelda sat down thankful for the actions. For one evening she could allow Hilda to take care of her.

"So, how are you feeling?" Sabrina tried to break the uncomfortable silence. She had so many questions but knew her aunt had been through enough for one day to keep pushing the issue.

"I'm fine," Zelda said and knew that she looked like anything but fine.

"You and Ms. Wardwell are friends?" Sabrina asked and saw her aunt stiffen at the mention of their relationship status and wondered what she had done wrong. She thought that it would be a safe topic of discussion but she had been wrong.

"Why do you want to know?" Zelda snapped and her fiery eyes shot at Sabrina, making her shift uncomfortably on her chair.

"I- I thought it would be nice to know. You two were getting alone very well, so I thought the two of you were-" but Sabrina couldn't even finish the sentence. There was a glass flying through the air and barely missed her head.

"Don't think. Thinking is what got us into this in the first place," Zelda hissed and stood up, leaving a stunned and shocked Sabrina behind.

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Sorry if this is total crap. I've had a stressful day and still a lot of work ahead of me and I didn't have the time nor the energy to write more/better. I still wanted to update, so here you go!