dead hearts

“I was actually just asking you how this whole facebook thing works. I’ve got this smart phone and I have no idea how in the world to use it.”

“So you finally got facebook. Okay, well, who do you want to be friends with on facebook      do you have any on there now?”

“I’m just asking if I can give you a protection spell for your house. It’s something Castalia talked about and I’m helping her with it.”

“I’m      sure, I s’pose I could use a protection spell for my house. Will it      will it help with the... spirits?”

“I’m afraid I haven’t drank a soda in a couple of years. I’m surprised you didn’t offer water instead. Seemed like the cheaper option to me.” Naya had just assumed the gaze was  meant for her as the place wasn’t exactly filled to the brim with people.

It wasn’t her intent on staring at the woman in front of her for as long as she did, the voices of the dead were distracting her more than usual and at times Maria would stare off into space, trying to ignore them. That usually ended up with Maria looking like a weirdo, but it hardly bothered her. “Water might be cheaper, but it’s bland. Soda has more of a variety of taste, though. At least, that’s my opinion.”

“No need to apologise, Maria. She was probably boring you to death, wasn’t she?”

“If you’re going to insist on staring at me like that, then you should at least buy me a drink first.” 

“I’m not      I wasn’t staring at you on purpose. And I’m not old enough to buy you a drink unless it’s a soda, so... sorry.”

“it’s relaxing. You sit out in the sun and read a book or something else of the sort. Sounds perfect to me.”

“It really is perfect. Especially love the sun. Sometimes a dip in the water sounds good if it’s too hot, but then again, not really a water person.”

That’s a bummer. I’m usually more the type of person to tan out on the sidelines, but I thought ‘hey, why not.’

“I love to sit out and tan, I find it more easier to do.”

I’m not really a water kind of person, sorry.

“No, you just scared me with your go away as I didn’t do anything.” Ericka raised her eyebrow as she looked at the brunette in front of her, confused by her reaction.

“Right, well...” Maria trailed off at a loss of words, because she didn’t know how to explain that she had said those words, but it wasn’t to her. Or, specifically, to anybody that had a beating heart. “... I wasn’t talking to you.” She finished off lamely with a grimace.

“If you take one of the legs of a table no matter if it’s not like the rest, it will make it weak and eventually fall. You are a part of this coven and even if you feel a bit off, that doesn’t mean that we don’t need you with us” He smiled at her last answer “That’s all I ask”

She wanted to argue with him but his words soothed her some and that lessened the buzz in her head, and was quite thankful that it had died down just a little. Maria sent him a small, grateful smile. “Feeling a little bit off is an understatement, but I guess you’re right. Without the coven and without my grandmother and Carter      I’d have no one.” 

Not like these. I don’t.. I don’t know. I don’t know if I can stand up.

At least let me try and help you. 

Maria… Have you seen these? Spectacular, aren’t they?

They’re just flowers, Carter. There are like, a million more at home. Did you want to go for a walk... away from the flowers?

Carter, what are you doing?

“You need to talk to an elder witch, one that can help you control it. I don’t want them to keep you like this” He smiled at her “Promise me that if it gets out of hands you will go straight to Castalia and talk to her”

“I know, but I don’t want to bother them. They’ve done so much to help me even if it’s not nearly enough because the spirits keep coming back, I just feel like      wouldn’t the coven be better off without me in it?” Maria sighed, pausing to listen to his next words and then nodding. “Yeah, I’ll... Do that. If it gets out of hand. Promise.” 

“Well you were. Got something on your mind girlie?”

“You could say that. But it’s just the usual stuff, about school and such.”