Long nights

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Hope went back to her room a couple hours ago. It's  after curfew so we can't be out of our rooms except to get a drink of water or to go to the bathroom. I haven't been able to go to sleep, knowing my mom is a few miles from me.  I decide to go downstairs for a drink of water and maybe an aspirin. This crying is giving me a headache.

I get on my robe and slippers, I walk out my door and  head down the stairs to the kitchen. I open the fridge and pull out grape juice. I  decided against water. I go to the cupboard and grab a cup. I close the cupboard and there stands Alec. I jump.

"Sorry I didn't mean to scare you." He laughs.
  "What are you doing up at this time?" I ask trying to get my heart rate back to normal.
"I could ask you the same thing."
"I have my reason." I go and sit on the counter.

Alec looks stands against the counter across from me. He pours my juice and hands it to me.  I nod thanking him.

"So are you going to give me those reasons as to why you're up at 3 in the morning." He says pouring himself a glass of juice.

"You first." I say taking a sip.

"Studying, Ms. Gram is giving us a test on Friday worth 50% of our grade."  He explains.

"I am not looking forward to having her next year."  I groan.

He laughs at me. I smile back at him. "So." He starts.

"I found something out, about my family. And it's kind of messing with my head." I shrug, trying not to seem to weird.

"That spell you had me do. So she's still alive huh?" He asks.

"Yea." I look down at the ground.

Alec moves closer to me. "Hey it'll be okay." He says lifting my face so I can look at him. He moves closer again. Our lips inches apart. He really is kind of cute. With his swooshy wavy  black hair that almost always covers his ocean blue eyes. He's tall, about 6'1. Skinny but muscular.

Screw it. I smash my lips to his and pull him closer. We make out for a little while than I pull apart.

"I should go." I say. I push him back and hop off the counter. He towers over me now. He kisses me again slowly this time. 

"Do you want to come up to my room and finish this?" He asks.

"No!" I take a breath," I'm going back to bed. This  was.... um fun." I move past him and fast walk, almost jog, back to my room.

I get into my room and throw myself into bed. I look at the time. 4;25am.

Class starts in a couple hours.  First class is at 8. At this rate I'll only get 2 hours of sleep ,if I even get to sleep.

I can't deal with this. I pull out the map we used for the spell. I get dressed in a dark blue shirt with black jogger pants. I throw on a black beanie and black vans. I put a slightly nicer outfit in my backpack and head out the door.

I sneak to Hope's room and knock on the door. She doesn't answer. I knock again. Finally I can't take it anymore. "patentibus." I say. The door opens.

Hope springs up. "Dimiterre." She says pushing me back. She realizes who it is. She takes a breathe. "One of these days I'm going to kill you."

I get up. "Ruined my plan of sneaking." I rub my head. "Might have a concussion too." I enter her room and close the door.

She laughs at me. She gets out of bed and goes to a cooler. She pulls out a vile and hands it to me. "Mom's blood, extra strength." She smiles.

I take it and down it. In seconds I feel better.

"So what are you doing here?" She asks yawning.

I pull out the map. "Let's go find my mom."

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