“If I don’t want you to join, you won’t join?” Everett asked incredulously.
“I don’t want to do anything to lose your trust or respect for me, so I won’t join if you don’t want me to,” Ellen replied. “Before you answer though, you should know that Blaire and the others knew what Immortal Magic was, and they are going to back me up if this wizard comes after me.”
“Okay, well, what is Immortal Magic?”
“It’s the magic that a wizard borrows from the spiritual world, and the wizard who practices Immortal Magic can emulate God-like powers.” Everett gave Ellen a curious look as she continued with, “And by God-like powers I mean, teleportation, levitation, shape-shifting, alchemy, resurrecting the dead and limb regeneration.”
“Wow!” Everett let out.
“That was my reaction too. Anyway, can you accept me if I join the Tri-Star Confederation?”
“Is Harris joining?”
Ellen thought about it before saying, “He was invited to join, but I didn’t think to ask or find out if he had accepted the invitation. Oh and the invitation to join is also being extended to Jessica and Karla, so I have to speak to them, except Blaire and the other two want to be the ones to invite them into the coven though. So I guess I’ll just talk to them about coming over to my house tonight… or I’ll take Blaire and the others to Jessica’s house.”
“Okay, well, what does joining entail?” Everett asked.
“What do you mean?” Ellen asked.
“Will you have to move away and move in with the other coven members?”
“Oh, uh, no,” Ellen began. “There are periodic meetings, but other than that, I would live my life as normal… with maybe one exception.”
“And what is this exception?”
“I would assist other members of the Tri-Star Confederation if one becomes threatened by a sinister wizard.”
Everett amusingly grinned before facetiously asking, “And how is that an exception for you?”
Ellen smirked before asking, “So what do you say… about me joining?”
“And you would seriously not join if I didn’t want you to?”
“Everett, you are more important to me than joining a coven, and I don’t want to lose your friendship or our relationship.”
Everett grinned, and after a short deliberation, he said, “You respect me enough to allow me to make the choice for you. I also learned that I can trust you, and I trust that you wouldn’t even consider joining the Tri-Star Confederation if you thought that the coven could be sinister…”
“If I thought that they were sinister, I would be looking for ways to take them down,” Ellen interrupted.
“You would take on a coven?” Everett quickly asked.
Ellen grinned before saying, “I have to admit to you and to myself that when I believe in a cause I have the tendency to go all out to fight for that cause—which I guess I’m more like my uncle than I realize.”
“Great,” Everett uttered in an unenthusiastic tone.
Ellen caught his tone, and as she amusingly grinned she said, “Oh, don’t worry. Unlike my uncle I would fight my cause legally.”
Everett grinned before saying, “I believe you, and I also believe in you. So join the coven if that’s what you want and I’ll support you.”
Ellen pleasantly grinned before giving Everett a passionate kiss. The kiss ended when Danny cleared his throat.
“I’m going to start carrying a water pistol when I come to my locker,” Danny told them as they backed up to allow Danny to get to his locker.
Ellen grinned while saying, “We’re not that bad.”
“Pretty close,” Danny retorted as he moved to his locker, which was the locker between Ellen’s and Everett’s lockers. “Anyway, did you two have fun last night at the party?”
“We did,” Ellen quickly said. “Or I did anyway.”
“I had a good time,” Everett added.
“I saw you two talking to Andie and Robin,” Danny said as he was opening his locker. Everett was opening his locker as well.
“You know them?” Ellen questioned.
“I do,” Danny began as he put up what he needed to put up. “Their uncle lives next door to me, and a few years ago, Andie and Robin would spend the summer with their uncle. In fact, last night at the party was the first time in… in two years since I saw them last.”
“Is their uncle on bad terms with them or with their parents?” Ellen asked.
“I don’t think so,” Danny replied while turning towards Ellen and shooting her a confused look. “And why did you ask me that?”
“People don’t normally change their habits without a reason, and since you haven’t seen Andie or Robin visiting their uncle for two years, it makes me think that they’re no longer on good terms with one another.”
“I never really thought about it,” Danny said.
“Of course Andie and Robin might’ve stop visiting their uncle over a reason that I can’t currently think of,” Ellen added.
“Yeah, well, for whatever reason, they haven’t visited their uncle for two years,” Danny said.
Ellen nodded before asking, “So where do you live, Danny?”
Danny shot Ellen another curious look before asking, “Why are you interested in knowing where I live?”
Ellen grinned while confessing, “Actually, I’m interested in knowing where Andie’s uncle lives. I would like to talk to him.”
“Okay,” Danny said in a confused tone.
“I do have a reason for wanting to talk with him,” Ellen assured him. “It’s personal though, and it involves helping Andie out with something.”
“Alright,” Danny said in an uncertain tone before giving Ellen the address to the uncle’s house.
When Everett heard the address, he quickly supplied, “He… and Danny only live two blocks from you, Ellen.”
When Ellen gave Everett a curious look, Everett described how to get to the uncle’s house from her house.
“Cool that I live that close to Andie’s uncle,” Ellen said. “When I get done with my appointment after school, I’ll go talk with the uncle.”
“Do you want me to come with you?” Everett asked.
“I would like it if you came with me,” Ellen said. “But how are you going to get to my house? I mean, I doubt that your dad will swing by and pick you up before taking me home.”
Danny gave Ellen a curious look as Everett said, “I might be able to tag along with you two, and then I’ll try to get him to drop me off at your house when you’re done.”
Ellen saw the curious look that she was getting from Danny and volunteered, “I have a doctor’s appointment after school and Everett’s dad is the one who’s driving me to my appointment.”
“Okay,” Danny said in an uncertain tone.
“I’m telling you because you are giving me a curious look,” Ellen said.
Danny slightly grinned before saying, “I was curious about what