Unhinged 2: Til the Flame Burns Out

Chapter 24

A/N: Ok, I got this chapter a lot sooner than I thought and it's a bigger one, over 9k words. I just want to say thank you to everyone who takes the time to read my story and any comments that you guys leave. They mean so much to me =)

Scorpius made his way downstairs after giving up on sleep for the night once the clock read three in the morning. He was surprised to see Eve awake at the kitchen table with what looked like a large map in front of her.

"What are you doing? And more importantly, why aren't you asleep?" he asked as he filled the tea kettle with water and turned the stove on before he took a seat across from her.

"I'm drawing out a map of my father's lab." She simply said before she glanced up at him. "I'd ask why you're awake, but I think I have an idea or two." She said with a small smile before going back to her map.

He watched her for a few moments, her concentration was almost unbreakable. He wished he could be as focused as she was right now. He couldn't help the smirk that crossed his lips as her long brown ponytail kept slipping over her shoulder and onto the map she kept trying to draw out. He wondered how sheltered of a life she really lived and just how much social interaction she never was exposed to. Had she ever kissed someone before? Felt love for anyone, even something as simple as a hug or even had a sexual desire for another person. It's not like she wasn't attractive, in fact, she was quite beautiful and had a mysteriousness about her. He was a bit envious of her at the moment with all the different emotions he was feeling from Raven's betrayal, he would give anything to be oblivious to everything he felt.

He suddenly remembered Eve could read his mind and he cleared his throat when he saw her eyes glance up at him.

"Um..." he trailed off as words escaped him.

"No, I haven't ever kissed anyone nor been attracted to someone in such a way that I felt I had to rip my clothes off for them. Oh, and thank you for the compliment." She said with a smile before she turned towards the whistling tea kettle.

"Sorry." He mumbled as he went to get up, but stopped when he watched the tea kettle pour itself into his mug and then it hovered over to him. "Thanks," he added. "Can you make some sugar hover over here too? Maybe a spoon while you're at it?"

She used her powers to send the sugar and spoon over to him before she gave a small laugh. "It's fine Scorpius, you'd be surprised by the stuff I hear around here."

"Really? Like what?" he asked, leaning in a bit closer.

She hesitated for a moment before she double checked to make sure they were alone. "Well, for starters... do you know that your cousin Rose has a huge crush on James? She lowkey can't stand Aurora because of it. Just recently she got a glimpse of James changing with his door open one day and she hasn't stopped thinking about it since." She said as she started giggling making Scorpius fall into a fit of laughter.

"Don't even get me started on the dirty thoughts James has about Aurora." She added.

"Yeah, don't want to hear that."

"Or the even dirtier thoughts Aurora has about him." She added.

"And definitely don't want to hear that." He laughed.

"And let's see what else. Oh, Hugo sometimes glances at Ember's breast when she's not looking."

"What? That's his cousin."

Eve shrugged. "He doesn't care, he's a thirteen-year-old boy, boobs are boobs to him."

"I suppose," Scorpius mumbled.

"See, that's why you're looking at mine." She added.

"What? I am not." He said as he looked straight at her chest. "Well, I mean, I am now because you said that." He said defensively.