Black Magic Women

42

Zelda woke up to her alarm clock ringing at 4:30 in the morning and felt a comforting weight draped across her chest. She looked at the mess of a woman that had somehow managed to twist herself into Zelda throughout the night and brushed her hair out of her face.

A strand of brown hair heaved and fell with every breath Mary took and Zelda traced the arm of the brunette absently with her thumb. She watched her sleep peacefully and besides the mess she displayed, Zelda couldn't love her more.

She placed a gently kiss on Mary's exposed shoulder and inhaled the sweet scent of her beloved one. They'd have to change the bandages on last time and her ribs should be almost healed. Her wrist looked so much better and Zelda felt happy that they had managed to help her. She couldn't stand seeing her suffer.

She felt Mary stir and looked at her admiringly.

"Good morning," Zelda whispered into Mary's neck and got a deep, annoyed sounding moan in return.

"Shut. Up." Mary growled and detangled herself from Zelda, rolling away from her.

"What a lovely way to show me your love." Zelda laughed and got out of bed before she could change her mind about it. They needed to get up soon. Mary had to go to work, despite the injuries, and they had to get down before Sabrina would wake up.

"You need to get up," Zelda said after she had reached for her morning robe and was already on her way back to get Mary out of the bed.

"Nooo. Two more minutes," she complained and covered her head with the pillow when Zelda tried to persuade her to leave the bed.

"No, we don't have two more minutes. We need to change your bandages and you have to be at work," Zelda said sternly, but Mary wasn't having any of it.

She was in no mood to teach those annoying mortals and especially not in her condition. She didn't have the nerve to go to the place Sabrina gladly visited every day.

"I don't want to go to school!" She complained and Zelda sighed in annoyance before she reached for the blanket and pulled it off Mary. As soon as the cold morning air wrapped itself around Mary, her blue pools shot open and she glared at Zelda.

"You sound like a whiney teenager. You're going to work. Period," Zelda stated and went to fetch some clothes.

"Have you looked at me? I look like a punching bag," Mary whined, but Zelda wasn't about to give in. She threw some clothes at Mary and got the fresh bandages and the other stuff she needed.

"You look beautiful," Zelda said even though the bruised face did look quite brutal.

"Lift your arms." Mary obeyed and Zelda lifted her night shirt over her head before she inspected the bandages carefully.

"They look fine. No blood. That's good," she said and carefully unwrapped them, revealing the bruising underneath. There was no point in denying it. It looked nasty but the bruising seemed to look worse than it actually was.

"Does it hurt?" Zelda asked before she put pressure on the biggest bruise, receiving a hiss from Mary.

"I take that as a yes."

Mary just rolled her eyes at Zelda and clenched her teeth while the witch applied some kind of salve before she wrapped another fresh bandage around her upper body tightly.

"Take these." Zelda gave Mary the pills and handed her a small water bottle to make the pills go down smoother.

Mary swallowed and they both relaxed while a comfortable silence settled over the room. Zelda disappeared into the direction of her closet and she rummaged through her clothes.

"I am supposed to wear... that?" Mary asked in an offended matter and Zelda looked at her in amusement. The brunette was holding up a loose fitting pair black pants and an oversized sweater. While Zelda understood Mary's pure disgust against the items, she wouldn't have worn them either, she didn't want Mary running around the school looking hotter than hell without her magic to protect her.

"You're my girlfriend. I can't have a bunch of teenagers drooling all over you, can I?" She said. She would never speak the truth about caring too much. She had always found a way to keep her worries to herself and she wouldn't start sharing them all of a sudden.

"Jealous?" Mary asked with a quipped eyebrow and Zelda shook her head laughing. "Never."

"Get dressed. I won't take no for an answer," Zelda said after Mary showed no intentions of getting dressed any time soon.

"What if I call in sick?" she asked and Zelda noticed the change of tone in her voice. Playful had turned into serious and Zelda saw Mary's trembling hands in the corner of her eye.

"And tomorrow? Will you call in sick, too? The sooner you get this over with, the sooner you'll feel better," she said and made her way towards the brunette, taking her hand into her own.

"I know this must be hard for you. I can only imagine how difficult it must be to go back there after everything that has happened, but you did it before and I am sure you can manage it now too."

Mary looked at her thankfully and pressed a soft kiss against the ginger's lips before she squeezed her hand softly.

"Thank you," Mary said and Zelda just shook her head.

"Not for that."

"And besides... I have a surprise for you," Zelda said and Mary's eyes lit up.

"What kind of surprise?"

"It wouldn't be called a surprise if I just told you what it is." Zelda laughed and Mary just huffed. She hated surprise just as much as she hated not knowing what it was.

"I'm taking you out for a date. The date we never got to go to," Zelda said and Mary looked at her in confusion.

"That's a lame surprise. Now you just spoiled it," she complained and Zelda laughed.

"The surprise is waiting for you there, you smart ass."

"Well at least I am smart." Mary stated and Zelda just rolled her eyes.

"You always have to have the last word, don't you?"

"Always."

"Now get dressed. Work is waiting for you."

"Yes, mum."