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“Y-you told Boscha?” The accusation escaped Amity’s mouth before Luz could even defend herself. “No, I would never tell Boscha anything. Not after the way she treated Willow.” The brunette frowned, trying to understand what was wrong. “Then how did she find out about our mini sleepover? And what happened last night?” The green-haired witch was on the brink of tears. How could Luz let this happen? If her parents found out she had been near the famous human girl, the owl lady and even the same house as them, things would get worse.
“I don’t know.” Luz threw her arms in the air. “Besides I thought you didn’t care about these things anymore Amity.” She added softly. “Well I have to. The Grudgby game was one thing but this is different. That was just a game. I don’t care about my reputation but my parents do.” The Blight scoffed.
“You can’t let them control you Amity. You’re so much more than what they pressure you into being. You shouldn’t hide your true self at all.”
“What about you then? Are you hiding something else from me?”
“Amity, this isn’t about me and I’m not hiding anything from you either way. Why would I?” Luz asked, standing right in front of her with a few feet between them. “Last night.” Amity whispered. “I heard everything.” It had taken her all of her power to admit that. The green haired witch clenched her fists. “I heard what you said Luz. Did you mean it?”
“Mean what?” Luz asked, feeling her own heart hammer in her chest. The two of them stood there on the Grudgby field facing each other.
“Do you actually love me? As in, more than a friend?”
A few hours ago,
“Abomination rise.” The green-haired witch commanded, although her voice was barely audible. Her mind was distracted by yesterday’s events and she could barely control her summoned creation. It wobbled a bit to the side before collapsing and Amity gritted her teeth and clenched her fists. This hadn’t ever happened before. Her abomination wasn’t perfect but it was stable to say the least.
But her mind wasn’t. “Ms.Blight you seem quite distracted today.” Their teacher said in disappointment. “I’m sorry. I’ll try again.” She stated, once again ordering her abomination to listen to her. There was no improvement. The same thing happened again. “Agh why is this happening to me?” Amity hissed to herself once class was over.
A hand was placed on her shoulder and she flinched. Flashes of memories flooded through her head.
“ Amity, when will you learn?” Her father whispered into her ear, sending chills down her back. His stern hand was on her shoulder, holding her in place. “I’m sorry.” Was all she could say. “I’m so sorry.”
“Hey, are you alright?” No, that wasn’t her father’s voice. She glanced over her shoulder to see a concerned expression on Willow’s face. The girl with glasses and her relationship was complicated due to the best friend history they shared but it was a start. “Yes, I’m fine.” Amity answered. She could tell Willow wasn’t convinced but the other girl seemed to shrug it off. “If you say so, Ami.”
The nickname brought a smile to Amity’s face, which however quickly faded away. “Would you like to join me, Gus, and Luz for lunch? That might cheer you up from whatever is bothering you.” Willow suggested, quite casually. The youngest Blight’s ears perked up once she heard Luz’s name and a fluttering feeling was sent into her stomach. “T-that sounds nice.” She forced herself to say, trying so hard not to replay what she heard last night.
“I think I love you Amity Blight. And I’m okay with it. And that’s another secret I’m willing to keep.” After hearing that late at night from Luz, it should’ve been hard for Amity to sleep. But instead, it resulted in one of the best sleeps she’d ever gotten.
No, that was impossible. Luz was sleep talking. She didn’t mean what she said. And besides, she only danced with Amity at grom as friends. She probably meant that confession in a friendship way. Who knew how things like these went in the human realm anyways? Her ears drooped once Willow walked away but she followed her nonetheless with her crutches.
An agonizing feeling filled the pit of her stomach. Unrequited feelings were terrible and especially ones that felt so wrong. Perhaps in a dream world, Luz did feel the same for her. But then, her parents would storm right in and ruin everything.
Amity hadn’t realized she had walked right into Boscha. “Woah.” She fell to the floor, initiating a sharp pain to flood throughout one of her legs. She growled, trying to hide the pain. “Oh Amity, sorry I didn’t see you there.” Boscha sounded so.. Boscha. They obviously weren’t on really good terms anymore since the Grudgby game but Boscha looked like she’d seen better days. “It’s fine.” Amity got up on her own. ‘ Thanks a lot Boscha. ’ She thought.
“Amity, are you okay?” Someone almost collided into her. A very familiar someone. Amity’s face flared up and she lightly scowled due to the throbbing pain in her leg. “I’m okay Luz.” She faked a smile towards her favorite human. “That’s good to know. Come on, I saved you a seat!” She seemed extra bright, sunshiny, and optimistic today. Amity could use some optimism.
“Let me help you.” The Latina wrapped an arm around Amity’s shoulder, causing her to almost stumble and lose her balance altogether. “Thank you.” It was such a bad idea being close to Luz altogether but Amity craved it. If this was all they could be, she would learn to embrace it and put her feelings aside.
“You really did put your social status on the brink of extinction.” She heard Boscha cackle out loud. “At least I’m happy with what I have. Are you?” Amity shot back, causing Boscha to blink in surprise and snarl. Did she even mean to say that? Maybe it wasn’t meant for Boscha. Perhaps she had meant to say that to her parents the other day. “Ha! Yes retreat!” Amity listened to Gus stick out his tongue at Boscha who swayed away in annoyance.
“You really know how to put her in her place.” Willow chuckled at Amity who just shrugged once Luz helped her sit down. “Thanks Luz.” She softly gave the brunette a smile, hoping her cheeks weren’t tinted as red as before. “Don’t mention it!” Luz grinned, plopping down onto her seat. The two of them hadn’t talked about last night at all. Amity had left early in the morning before Luz woke up to go back home. Edric and Emira had helped her sneak back in (as it was the least they could do for getting her in trouble with their parents). She had left a note for Luz, thanking her for everything.
She was right next to Luz now and she didn’t know what to do. Her mind was at war with her heart. Should she tell Luz she had heard her last night? No, what if Luz got mad at her? What if she caused their newly built friendship to break? A frown settled onto her face as she picked at her food. “I was like humans don’t roar!” Gus narrated, standing on his seat. “At least Luz here doesn’t. And then Matt just scoffed and walked away. I won again!” He laughed.
Amity could barely hear him or the way Luz and Willow laughed. Perhaps everyone was laughing at her. Laughing at how her feelings were so stupid. How could she, a Blight fall in love so blindly?
She hated this. She deserved the slap her father gave her face. Her family was right. She needed to aim higher. Amity glanced at Willow, Luz, and Gus who were all in their happy little world. “Amity how could you ever step out of line?” Her father’s voice whispered into her mind. She got up and grabbed her crutches after throwing the remainder of her lunch into the trash.
She should’ve said nothing but as usual, her ears perked up upon hearing Luz. “Amity?” The girl questioned, seeing her walk away. “I, uh, have to go.” The green-haired witch murmured. “Do you want me to help?” Luz asked. Of course she would offer to help. That’s just how the human always was. That’s one of the reasons Amity was so amazed by her.
“No!” She yelled, making everyone in the cafeteria stop and murmur. She gazed at Luz who looked more confused than hurt. “I-I’m sorry.” Amity stammered. She was just so conflicted. There was no way Luz loved her more than a friend and there never would be. “I need to be alone for a while.” She said, quickly disappearing from the crowded area.
If only.
Luz stood there agape as she watched Amity go away. “I hope everything is okay.” She sighed before putting her signature smile on. “Yeah! I’m pretty sure things are going to be alright!” She pumped her fist into the air and walked back to her and her friends’ lunch table. Her friends didn’t seem so happy either. “Who hurt my babies?” Luz gasped out, ready to fight anyone who messed with her friends.
“No, we’re okay!” Willow responded with a small smile. “But Amity isn’t.” She added. Luz thought back to yesterday. The mark on Amity’s cheek had luckily disappeared and Luz assumed she had gone to the healer or anyone from the healing coven. But yet, she knew the prodigy witch had gone through a lot since the start of time. “We need to find a way to make her happy then.” Luz flashes them a determined look.
Gus and Willow glanced back and forth at each other. “Is this another one of your wacky ideas that might get us killed?” The boy chuckled nervously. “No. Not really, I mean,” Luz trailed off. There were only certain times she could tell Amity was genuinely smiling. It was nice to know that her friend could be herself around her. But was it enough? Was that enough to make Amity happy?
Her thoughts travelled back to grom night and her own worst fear. Luz still hadn’t grasped the idea of what she would tell her mom when she finally had to go back home. But last night, Amity had convinced her things were going to be okay. This was the least she could do for Amity, no matter what it meant for her.
Luz sighed as she looked over at Amity who was fast asleep. At first, being her friend was all she wanted. It was just like those sappy fanfictions in which the bright character somehow won over the grumpy one. For her, it had actually worked! And she was so happy that it did. Amity had proved out to be really fun during their Azura book club meetings. Well, Luz got her to cosplay with her once. It was definitely worth it.
She didn’t deserve what she got.
“You deserve love too Amity. I hope you know that.” It was comforting to have Amity close to her. That way, Luz knew she was out of harm’s reach. That’s all s wanted now. No, she hadn’t expected to get any fuzzy feelings about the situation. Luz was generally open about the way she felt but this was new territory. She wasn’t sure about feeling this way before but now she was.
And the words just slid out of her mouth before she could even process them.
“I think I love you Amity Blight.”
She was really lucky the green-haired witch was sleeping then (although she really wasn’t but Luz didn’t know that, did she?). “I know! We need to find the person Amity wanted to ask to grom!” Luz stood on top of her seat with the most fearless expression over. “Wait Amity wanted to ask someone to grom?” Gus shrieked in disbelief. “Yeah that’s honestly hard to believe.” Willow blinked.
The Latina only shrugged. The thought did make her feel off. Amity having someone she’d actually want to go with to a dance (well- a very dangerous dance resulting from keeping a monster at bay). Would they ever have defeated grom together if Amity had mustered up the courage to ask her “crush” out? Would they have had their fairytale dance sequence?
“Well guys, not so loud. I don’t think Amity wants a lot of people to know.” Luz calmed down and hopped over onto the floor. “But maybe this will make her happy. We just need to find out who it is and see if they like her back. If they do, that’s awesome! If they don’t, we pretend this never happened.” She gushed out with a smug look on her face.
“How are we even going to find out?” Willow questioned. “I don’t think Amity will just tell any of us right away.”
“I’m going to ask her! But of course, I won’t tell her of our plan.” Luz sent a thumbs up their way. Lunch was almost over and once the bell rang, she grinned at her friends and dashed off. “I love Luz as our cool yet crazy human friend but I really hope this situation doesn’t get too bad.” Gus anxiously stated. “Me too Gus.” Willow added. “Me too.”
“Luz, you want to know what?!”
That was most likely the fifteenth time Amity blushed that day. And she even tried to avoid Luz’s gaze to prevent it. A sad thought filled her head. If Luz had really loved her, she would never be asking about her grom date right?
‘What if she loves you? That’s why she wants to know?’ A voice in her head spoke. But no, that couldn’t be. Yet maybe just maybe Amity had a small spark of hope. “Uh, er, what were you saying again Luz?” She asked. “Your grom date!” The human girl exclaimed with a smile. “Who did you want to go with?” Her question sounded genuine enough.
Perhaps Amity only imagined it but for a moment it was as if she could see the pain in Luz’s eyes. Something that she wouldn’t want to ever see. “Sorry Luz, I don’t think I should answer that question.” She sighed. They were sitting together on the bleachers. School had just ended a few minutes ago. “So, have you got any plans for today?” Luz asked after a few moments of silence as Amity held her breath. It was just the two of them again and they hadn’t really talked about last night either.
“I was planning to go home of course since I have to work on my abomination to change a few mishaps.” The Blight answered after clearing her throat. “Wait go home?” Luz glanced at her. It was a pleading look and Amity could almost hear the “no!” that went through her friend’s head. “I don’t really have a choice.” She smiled at Luz in order to show her it was okay. It’d be okay as long as Luz was there as cheesy as that sounded.
“Amity you don’t have to go back there.” Luz grabbed her hand, causing Amity to widen her eyes in surprise. “Where else will I go?” The prodigy witch’s voice quivered. This was a side she had never let anyone see; a side she wouldn’t let herself see. But lately this human girl had brought out emotions within her that the Blights could never associate themselves with.
“Hey, you can always stay at the owl house with me. Just like last night.”
The offer was tempting but Amity didn’t think she'd be able to be that close to Luz. At least for a little while. It was taking her all her night to simply not blurt out the question. Did Luz actually love her? Had she hallucinated last night? Could an optimist like her actually feel the same way for Amity?
“Thank you but I can’t. I already put you and the Owl Lady- uh Eda in danger by staying at your place. My parents and my mentor Lilith are on really good terms with each other. I don’t think that’s good for her.” Amity explained. It was the rational truth although her feelings clearly hid something else. But that could just be another secret.
“Oh. I never really thought of that.” Luz gazed at the ground. “Thank you for looking out for us.” She beamed, making Amity sputter and flare up red again. “No problem.” She stammered. “This is why I will help you ask out your grom date. Please Amity, just let me do this for you.” Luz’s eyes shined alongside the setting sun. Her hand was still in the other girl’s embrace. Amity could catch herself staring at Luz as her bangs blew against the wind.
She couldn’t say no anymore. So, she let Luz drag her to whatever was happening.
“Wow, did I just hear that right?” The cackle of a certain dark pink haired witch could be heard from behind the building. “Amity Blight taking her friendship with the human to the next level? Outside of Hexside premises? That’s something I never thought I’d see. And I won’t be the only popular gal humiliated anymore.”
Looks like the Grudgby game had induced way too many personal grudges for these fellow witches.
After school magic track practices to setting up the gym for ballroom dancing training as fun activities. It was a suggestion Skara had in mind after seeing Luz and Amity’s formal waltz (although that had just happened in the moment).
“Is it Matt?” Luz gritted her teeth with a deadly look. “Who?” Amity narrowed her eyes. “Oh wait, I think I got it.” Luz skipped across the hallway in front of Amity who had steadily increased her pace with her crutches. “You did?!” She almost fell forward but luckily a familiar human was there to catch her. “Don’t worry, I got you!” Luz smiled.
“Yeah you could just drop me now.” Amity whispered in addition to being flustered. “What was that?” Luz tilted her head once Amity stood upright again. “I mean thank you! Yes, that’s right!” She sighed. “So who do you think it is?” Amity quickly asked. “I’m guessing it’s Skara.” Luz swallowed the lump in her throat. “I mean someone already asked her and she said yes. It was cute too honestly. Maybe that’s why you were scared of being rejected.”
Amity Blight could not believe her ears.
She laughed, wholeheartedly.
At first Luz was worried and then that worry settled into a smile before she joined in on the laughter too. “Luz, I love you but that was the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard.” The green haired witch snorted before a chill ran through her spine. What had she just said? Oh no, oh no no please she hadn’t just said that. “Aww you love me?” Luz squealed with the most happy expression on her face.
“I- uh sure! I mean I love Willow! Maybe even Gus. Perhaps even that weird owl lurking outside your house too. I love everyone lately!” Amity kept on rambling to prove her point if there was even a point left anymore to prove. “Blight, you are going soft.” Luz stated with the purest voice ever. “But I love you too! And that’s why I will help you win over your grom date. No matter what it takes!”
Her heart fluttered upon hearing Luz say that she loved Amity. It was the second time. The first time Luz had said that was filled with raw passion and care although only because she thought Amity was sleeping. It wasn’t as if she had solid proof on the way Luz felt for her. This time aka the second one sounded more genuine and happy. Amity would give anything just to hear Luz say that again.
They should have stayed that way forever. Watching Luz go around asking Amity who it was when she just wanted to say Luz’s name..
At one point, Luz dragged them over to Boscha who apparently had a few tricks up her sleeve. “It’s not Boscha Luz.” Amity whispered a few minutes later right when they bumped into the one person Amity didn’t want to be near. “Oh wow, looks like you two are having fun.” They heard the current Grudgby captain speak. “Then again, you two had a wonderful time last night too with your conjuring right?” Boscha asked with a smirk.
Where had she heard that? And how?
“What do you mean?” Luz stepped forward, furrowing her eyebrows. “It’s such a shame Amity. I thought you felt bad for them and that’s why you joined the human and the half witch’s team but wow you really are attached to her.” Boscha laughed, causing Amity to have an uneasy feeling settle down into her stomach.
“You would have a conjuring or well- sleepover as these weirdos call it with a human? You did stoop down so low. Imagine if the whole school found out. Imagine if your family found out.”
Amity was frozen. There was no way Boscha would know about this. She had swore her elder siblings to secrecy earlier today. And the only other person who knew was Luz. She turned towards Luz who looked furious in a way. “Leave her alone Boscha.” The human said.
“Looks like she needs you to leave her alone too.” The three eyed girl snickered, indicating Luz to turn around. Amity was nowhere to be seen.
That’s how they had ended up here. In this place, situation, and at this time.
“What about you then? Are you hiding something else from me?”
“Amity, this isn’t about me and I’m not hiding anything from you either way. Why would I?” Luz asked, standing right in front of her with a few feet between them. “Last night.” Amity whispered. “I heard everything.” It had taken her all of her power to admit that. The green haired witch clenched her fists. “I heard what you said Luz. Did you mean it?”
“Mean what?” Luz asked, feeling her own heart hammer in her chest. The two of them stood there on the Grudgby field facing each other.
“Do you actually love me? As in, more than a friend?”