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It was getting near the end of the day, and Willow and Gus were about to make their way back home from hanging out with Luz and Amity.
“Thanks for spell practice Luz,” said Willow. “I feel like we’re ready for the test now.”
Luz waved her hand smiling.
“Don’t mention it! See you guys tomorrow!”
Amity came to the door to wave them goodbye. It seems that the hard feelings between her and Willow had really become a newfound friendship.
But it also seems that some of the uneasiness after escaping Emperor Belos has mostly passed. There was still the chance of something to break the peace, but for now, it seemed like things were going back to normal. Or at least what was normal for the Boiling Isles.
Amity was now off the crutches and able to move around like normal, which helped her to get back into the groove of working on creating better abominations. But she's also been visiting Luz much more now that her leg was healed.
She thought that seeing her more would make her less flustered, but in its place, there seemed to be a different kind of anxiety. She's been thinking of a way to tell Luz who she really feels about her, but it never seemed to be the right moment. Or she never had the right words at the moment.
But she decided that today was going to be the day.
“Hey Amity, you okay?” said Luz.
Amity realized her mind was starting to trail off and that she was still standing at the door even though Luz was now sitting on the couch. She spun around, trying her best not to act strange but failing amazingly.
“What, yeah no I’m great!”
Luz looked suspicious at first but then she just smiled.
“Got something on your mind?”
Amity stiffened. Luz was on to her, she just knew it. She had no real evidence for it, but she just knew it.
“Well…… more like someone, I guess?”
Luz’s eyes widened in interest. Her smile turned into a smirk as she tapped her fingers in a slightly mischievous fashion.
“Ooooooooo, you don’t say? Let me guess, is it a crush?”
“Yeah, I guess you could say that.”
Amity made her way over to the couch and sat herself down. Luz inched herself closer to Amity, interested to get the details.
“So, who is this mystery crush you have? Is it someone cool?”
“Well, she's cool to me…”
Luz was now fixated, listening intently to her. It was nerve-wracking to Amity, she didn’t want to mess this up and how close Luz was to her felt like being looked at under a microscope.
There was a brief silence, but comfortable silence. Luz nodded, letting her know to continue describing this “mystery girl”.
“Well, she's someone who helped me in a lot of ways. She's someone who really helped me to become a better person than I was before I met her. I didn’t really like her at first but she's really won me over. She's kind, outgoing, braver than I’ll probably ever be.” Amity chuckled lightly. “She can also be a bit silly sometimes.”
Luz still kept the same face, still waiting for a name she might recognize. Amity’s anxiety grew, it was obvious she would have to be a bit more direct in her description.
“Well, um…. She has brown hair, brown eyes. She's always wearing a hoodie with cat ears. Um…..she has white shoes.”
Luz was still smiling blankly. Amity was trying everything she could to keep together but it was no use.
“Luz, it's YOU!!!” she yelled while throwing her hands up in astonishment.
Luz just sat there for a few seconds with the same expression on her face, but then it changed to quick realization in a flash.
“Wait, you mean ME?”
It took a while for Amity to react too, mostly out of sheer disbelief at how oblivious Luz was. A part of her thought to reconsider these feelings, that is until she saw her goofy surprised face.
“Yes, of course, I mean you!”
Luz’s eyes widened again. Amity wasn’t sure if she was excited or just didn’t know to feel. For once it was hard to tell. There was a long silence between the two. Amity started to get worried that she went too far, but then Luz finally spoke.
“No ones ever had a crush on me before….”
Amity didn’t know if that was a rejection or not. She just sat there unsure of what to say.
“Look, I'm sorry,” Amity said softly. “I didn’t mean to make you uncomfortable. Just… forget I ever said anythi-”
Just then, Luz gave Amity a surprise hug. It was a tighter hug than usual. It still wasn’t a confirmation, but it was starting to put Amity at ease.
“How do you expect me to forget that?”
“Wait, so you're not weirded out at all?”
Luz finally pulled away to face Amity. She giggled at how surprised her response was.
“Of course not! I mean, I’ve sort of admired you for a while, not just because you're a great witch but…. because you seemed like a really cool person. Why do you think I was always trying to be your friend even though you kept being so grouchy?”
Now it was Amity’s turn to be truly shocked. She thought there might have be some hesitation in how Luz handled this, she even feared the possibility of rejection. But in typical Luz fashion, there wasn’t even time for second thoughts. That was how she knew her feelings were genuine.
Amity’s shock quickly turned into a giddy, joyful energy. An energy that she would not be caught dead with her old friends. It felt like letting go of a tremendous weight off her shoulders. She began to laugh for a while but then took a quick breath.
“You have no idea how long I’ve been wanting to tell you that…..”
“Have you really been that afraid to tell me?”
“I don’t know, I was just scared that you wouldn’t feel the same way. We’ve just been good friends for a while now and I didn’t want to ruin that….”
Amity’s face became serious again, but it didn’t last long as Luz reached out placing a palm on top of her hand. Her smile was practically disarming as if it took away any bad thoughts that plagued Amity’s mind and replaced it with this fuzzy feeling.
“You're not ruining anything. And you’ve been a great friend to me, but you don’t have to hide that from me anymore.”
Amity smiled again, feeling the relief come back again. And it gave her the courage to ask the next big question.
“Well, would...you want to hang out after school?”
Just then, Luz’s sly smirk returned in full force.
“Are you asking me out on a date?”
“.......Yes, that is exactly what I am asking you.”
And like clockwork Luz had the sudden realization just a little bit too late, with her smirk changing into surprise.
“Oh…...well then yes, I’d love to!”
They both laughed at the whole exchange. All of the uncertainty in Amity had faded away, it seemed that this might actually work out. There was still some hurdles for the future, what would her parents think about her being with a human. But that didn’t matter now.
She had always thought that Luz was unbelievably oblivious, she tried to drop hints but it seemed like she just had to be direct to get to her. But then she also realized how oblivious she was, to think that Luz wouldn’t accept her feelings.
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It was almost dark out, which meant it was time for Amity to head back home. She waved back to Luz as she walked out the door with a calm smile.
“See you tomorrow…” Amity said warmly.
“Same to you!”
They both waved to each other for a brief moment before Luz finally closed the door. Luckily Hooty was asleep so Amity avoided a possible pestering.
She took a deep breath. An immense warm feeling rested in her chest. The feeling was hard to contain as she did a little jump, her heart racing faster than before. It was like her whole body was overwhelmed with relief and excitement. But a twinge of panic came to her as something crossed her mind.
“I’ve never been on a date before. How does dating work? What should I do?”
But little did she know, Luz was panicking even more on the other side of that door.