Music Under the Spotlight (Lumity Band Au)

Down to Earth visit

Luz POV: 

"Luz, we already have enough problems, we don't need another. So what do you mean by we have a problem?" Amity asked as she gave my shoulder a light squeeze. I didn't look up at her, rather my gaze remained locked on my phone, eyes wide with more than a hint of fear. 

There, on the screen, were the notifications for nine missed calls and around twenty or so messages from my mom. 

"Luz?" I looked over at the teal haired witch, noticing the concern in her eyes. Her eyes widened slightly as she could see the panic seeping onto my face, then they darted down to my phone, trying to get a clue about what's going on. 

"I've gotta go, now." I said, getting ready to stand up, but Amity kept me in place. "Oh geez, my mom is going to kill me..." I muttered, running a hand through my hair. 

Amity still looked confused, her eyebrows furrowing tightly together. "Why is she gonna kill you?" She asked, but I only shook my head. 

"Because she hasn't heard from me for the past week or so!" I said with a bit of panic laced in my voice. Setting my phone down on the table in front of us, I ran my hands over my face, slightly pulling at the skin. "I was supposed to visit her the day that this happened!" I gestured to my side, biting my lip when I moved too harshly. "She hasn't heard from me since."

Amity's ears moved down slightly, the concern in her eyes clear. "Oh..." She finally muttered, drumming her fingers on her legs. "Oh." She muttered, this time with more of a realization. 

"Geez, she's probably been really worried, what am I even supposed to tell her?" I asked out loud, sticking both of my hands behind my head. "How is she going to even react?" 

"She won't make you stay back on Earth, right?" Amity suddenly asked, making a chill run down my spine. The thought didn't even come to mind that she'd make me stay again, but now that Amity brought it up, it only made things worse. 

I started to bounce my leg up and down, struggling to ignore each sharp jab it sent to my side. Taking in a deep, shaky breath, I shook my head. "No, no she won't." I muttered, noticing Amity looking over at me out of the corner of my eye. 

"How are you so sure?" There was a waver in her voice that wasn't hard to miss. "I mean, after something like this she might not let you ever come back!" 

"I'll be able to convince her!" I said, putting on a quick smile. "Just gotta use a bit of my charm. After all, they don't call me Luz the charmer for nothing!" I told Amity with a wink, struggling to suppress the nervous chuckle that wanted to bubble up. "But to do that, I've gotta do it in person." 

"First off, I've never heard anyone call you that." She said, a ghost of a smile on her lips. "Second, you're an idiot if you think I'm letting you go in person."

"And why not?" I asked, hoping that my stubbornness would make Amity give in. She shot me a deadpan look, placing her hand on my knee and despite the tension in the air, her action still sent jolts of electricity up my spine. 

"Luz, you just got out of the hospital." She told me, making me roll my eyes. "I'm being serious here, you just got out today. You're barely gonna be able to stand, let alone make it through the portal back to Earth." 

"Me going back to Earth like this isn't going to be much harder than when I first tried to do magic, which was considered impossible." I pointed out with a smirk, watching as Amity's ears twitched. "Besides, a phone call isn't going to fly over well with my mom..."

"You need rest." She said sternly, slowly rubbing circles on my knee. 

"No, what I need is to fill in my mom about what happened. Then I'll rest." I reached over and picked up my phone and quickly unlocked it, pulling up the messages between me and my mom.