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Luz:
When I sent off my letter 2 weeks ago I knew It was necessary, and yet I didn’t want to. I wanted to avoid it for as long as I could because it was almost certainly going to make Amity hate me. It was going to make her never want to talk to me again.
Since then I’ve tried to forget about it, and be happy and cheerful like normal. That facade crumbled as soon as I heard a voice downstairs yesterday. “Luz, Mija! It looks like something just came through for you in the mail, I think I know what it is...!”
Amity:
Even though I’ve been here countless times, and even lived here for a while while our group was stranded, It’s still unsettling to be in my Girlfriends home. Sure, Mrs Noceda is nice, but she’s still Luz’s Mum, which means that if I mess up she could prohibit us from being together! It won’t happen, it never would, but that doesn’t stop me from being on edge 24/7.
It felt weird sitting in the new room, playing monopoly with Willow, Gus and Vee, while waiting for Luz as she prepared to tell us something important. Well, she never said it was important but she sent a message this morning to invite us over that included the statement ‘It’s okay if you hate me after this’. Of course I couldn’t hate her no matter what! When we got here about 10 minutes late Camilla came to the door instead of Luz, apparently our lateness sent her into a meltdown, thinking we ditched her before she could ‘make us hate her, herself’.
So here we are, playing monopoly on a cardboard box in the new room, the one that the construction coven built for Mrs Noceda as a challenge, seeing what they could do cut off from magic. I’m winning of course, but Gus is close behind me, hungering for his first victory. Willow though... well let’s just say she’s a bit too kind for her own good (she is terrible at this game. Sorry Willow!)
Luz:
Crying in the corner of my wardrobe is not what I expected to be doing today. Even though I heard them enter about 15 minutes ago I was still distraught. They were 10 minutes later than they said they would be, which instantly set me into a panic. I felt like they’d just not bothered to come, realising I’m a horrible person. I mean that’s kind of what I’m doing to them soon anyway, I’m going away to university soon to study creative writing at a community college. I’d be moving away from them, across a state line. FOR WHO KNOWS HOW LONG!
Anyway, I started feeling silly for sobbing my eyes out in my wardrobe like I was 7 again, I’m 22 for titan’s sake! I steel my nerves, wipe away my tears and put on a good shirt before I go downstairs.
Amity:
I crushed Gus and Willow, completely wiping them off the board. We started playing cards, after Gus got over his loss. But we barely got 2 plays in before Luz made an appearance, dragging herself in. Vee left a while ago to see Masha, presumably already knowing what Luz wanted to tell us. But that’s not important, what is important is that Luz looks crushed.
Luz:
I finally got the motivation to step out, and tell my friends (not that they would be my friends for much longer, I’m sure), but any confidence I had failed me as Amity barrelled me over in a Hug.
“Please Luz, whatever it is, I’m one hundred percent sure that none of us will hate you for it!”
My resolve was gone and I stood there, helplessly like a rag doll only being held up my Amity’s arms. Words tried to escape my mouth but all that made it out was a sigh. Wordlessly Ami looked at me, her expression telling me that whatever I had to say would be okay with her, Willow, Gus, and Vee... wherever she went.