Black Magic Women

40

Zelda made her way towards the kitchen as soon as she saw a chance to leave the room. She needed a damn drink, but of course there was no such thing as privacy in the house. She sensed Hilda before her sister had had the chance to say a single word.

"What do you want Hilda?" She sighed and reached for the door of the alcohol cabinet.

"I don't think that's a good idea," Hilda said and reached for Zelda's hand that had disappeared inside the cabinet.

"I don't care what you think," Zelda hissed and Hilda stopped her hand before it had the chance to reach Zelda.

"You deserve a vacation," Hilda whispered and Zelda just laughed and took a sip straight from the bottle.

"I sure do," Zelda said before she lighted one of her many cigarettes.

"Are you going to take her with you?" Hilda said and nodded towards the brunette sitting in their living room.

The confusion was written across Zelda's face and an explanation on the behalf of Hilda was expected, as always.

"We booked you a trip to Europe... Remember?" Hilda said and before Zelda had the chance to react, they both heard Sabrina yell something from the living room.

"I'm going to meet Susie and Roz!" the teenager yelled and Zelda had the urge to forbid her to meet these mortals, but the look on Hilda's face told her that the blonde thought otherwise.

"Let her be, Zelds."

"Fine," Zelda hissed and clenched her yaw even after the front door had been shut. She wasn't in the mood for discussions and she wanted peace to reign in her family... for once.

"So are you?" Hilda pressed further and the ginger had already pushed away the topic of her vacation.

"What are you talking about?" Zelda rolled her eyes and took another gulp before her sister grabbed the bottle and placed it back in the cabinet.

"I was drinking that!" Zelda complained and didn't believe the audacity her sister had.

"I don't care what you were drinking. I want to have a decent conversation with my sister and not a drunk witch," Hilda said and Zelda just swallowed at the newly found confidence of her sister.

"No, I am not going to take her with me." With that Zelda smashed her cigarette into the ash tray and crossed her arms in front of her chest.

"Why? It would do both of you some good and her injuries should be healed within the next week or so," Hilda countered.

"Why should I take her with me?"

"Because you like spending time with her?"

"I do not like spending time with her!"

At that, Hilda had to laugh, much to Zelda's dismay.

"What's so funny?" Zelda spat before she sighed in annoyance.

"It didn't look like that when you were-"

"Don't you dare finish that sentence or I'll have to kill you!" Zelda threatened with her finger pointed at her sister. She was dead serious.

"Okay, okay."

"I might consider taking her with me," Zelda said and Hilda chuckled before Zelda had the chance to forbid her to do so.

"So I'll book for another person."

"I said consider, not do it."

"Yup, I'll definitely book for a second person," Hilda said and Zelda just rolled her eyes, giving up before her sister had the chance to irritate the living hell out of her. Zelda was about to re-enter the living room when she caught glance of a very uncomfortable looking Mary and Ambrose and decided to wait a little while longer.

"So..." Mary said and rubbed her hands over her thighs to get rid of the sweat. Her knee was bouncing and she could feel her hands trembling without her permission.

"Well," Ambrose started but he didn't know how to continue. He knew he had been a coward.

An uncomfortable silence broke loose again and Zelda was about to break it when Ambrose suddenly said, "I'm sorry."

Mary looked at him more surprised than Zelda had ever seen her and so she hesitated.

"I have been awfully unfair towards you and I need to apologize," he said and Mary just nodded slowly.

"I also need to apologize for putting your family through all of this," Mary said and Zelda felt her heart melt.

"It's just that... All these years I have been locked in here and then there is this boy, who I really like, and I can't even meet up with him and then there is my aunt, who I have never seen happier, and I just snapped. I was just so jealous that I acted without thinking. It's just that for once I think I could have a chance with someone..." Ambrose admitted and Mary's features softened at his words.

She placed a hand on his shoulder in a soothing manner before she said, "I understand how you must be feeling. Don't worry. I didn't expect you all to be overly thrilled. What I did was wrong and I deserve everything I got."

Ambrose looked at her and searched for something that told him that she was lying, but there wasn't anything.

"Don't break her heart... or I might have to break yours," Ambrose said and Mary just smiled at him.

"I would never dare," she said and the two of them shared a moment that was special to them and that Zelda would never fully understand. The things that were said inside their heads was not for Zelda's ears and Mary had known she was listening all along.

"It's not nice to eavesdrop," Hilda muttered from behind Zelda and Zelda thought she might have had a small heart attack.

"Woman why are you scaring me like that?" she hissed and shot daggers into Hilda's direction but her sister stood her ground.

"She seems to have changed a lot," Hilda stated and Zelda just nodded.

"Be a good girlfriend." Hilda padded her shoulder and Zelda felt the intense urge to just strike at her and wrap her perfectly manicured nails around the blonde's neck.

"We are not... together," Zelda muttered and her cheeks turned the bright shade of red.

"Sure," Hilda said with a smiled that told Zelda resistance was useless. Her sister knew and she wasn't about to let this go... ever.

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This chapter is kinda crap but I wanted to get it over with to move on to the good stuff! Hope you enjoyed it anyways. That's to 40 chapters! Crazy how time flies by...