storm ◇ jasper hale ◇

chapter ten ; coven

"Madej, your brother is smokin' -"

"Ahh! Shut up!" Madej yelled, hands over his ears, hearing aids digging into his skull. He glared at Mike, who seemed to be enjoying the reaction for more than what was reasonable. "Ya gay!" he said, taking his hands away from his ears.

Mike raised an eyebrow at him. "I'm bi, you dumb fuck."

The boys continued on their trek from the school to their houses. Angela and Jessica weren't too far behind, talking about something or other that Madej couldn't hear, because his aids didn't stretch that far.

"And I'm queer. Still don't like the idea of people ogling my ugly older brother."

"Oh, so is there an attractive brother?" Mike asked, waggling his eyebrows.

Madej made a noise in the back of his throat. "Me, clearly. I'm the one who's got a boyfriend. That dumb bitch Benny has been single all his life."

"Oh, so you're the one with all the broken hearts left behind?"

He rolled his eyes at Mike's comment. "One girlfriend and one boyfriend before. Not exactly a broken trail of hearts behind me, is it?"

"You could crush Hale's heart like glass." The two boys looked back at Jessica, who didn't look like she regretted what she'd said.

"I never even said it was Hale -"

Angela gave him a look. "She doesn't need to, you two have been giving each other heart eyes since before you got together."

Madej looked over at Mike. "Girls suck."

Mike nodded in agreement. "Let's run before they kill us."

"Like we could ever run away from those girls."

It was one of those rare sunny days in Forks, so the Cullens had vanished from school. Madej was spending time with his other friends; as much as he enjoyed being around Jasper and the others, he wanted to talk to the other people in his life.

Plus, he'd agreed for Angela to meet his mom and invite her to their own coven with all that they could do. She was excited to join them.

Mike looked back at Angela and Jessica, both of whom were talking and giggling quietly. Madej looked back at the two girls, a soft smile on his face.

"Are they flirting?" Mike asked, looking back at Madej. "Once you come in making everyone realise their gay identities, everyone's gonna get together."

"Paint the town gay."

Mike made a gasping noise. "We should do that - for the pride month. Paint everything in rainbow colours and shit like that!"

Madej grinned. "Mike, I love that idea."

The four continued walking until they had to part ways.

"See you next week, Madej, Angela!" Mike called as he and Jessica went to the left of the crossroads and the two witches went right.

"Not if we see you first." Madej and Angela said at the same time. Their human friends laughed and waved them off, going their separate ways.

"Sunny day," Angela observed with a knowing look.

Madej nodded. "Yep." He looked over at her. "C'mon, spit it out."

Angela pulled a face at him, then linked their arms together. "I'm just ... worried and happy for you, and Bella." Her arm was warm against his, and he patted her hand with his other one. "It's just ... vampires are dangerous. I know you can hold your own against them, and if Hale tried to do anything to you, he'd have us, your brother and mom to face."