I decided to go down
stairs and practice some more. Mom took me to the barn
she went over the candles for each element Obviously Red for Fire, Green for
Earth, Blue for Water, and Yellow for Air, as each was lite you could smell
each element. “Place each on the four corners when lit they will represent the
North, East, South, and West goddesses. They need to burn when you are with
elemental powers.” Jacqueline told her daughter.
Jacqueline reached into
a bag “I bought this for you last year!” she told Julia. Jacqueline handed her
a leather bound book with a beautiful tree on the front. “It is a Celtic
Book of Shadows. For you! This is to Journal your spells in. I have a feather
pen and ink for writing them down also the more true you stay to the old ways
the stronger the spells.” Jacqueline told her daughter. I looked at the
binding on the book and rubbed I ran my finger down the spine it was so smooth for
such an ancient looking book. Then when she opened the Book of
Shadows it was the smell of fresh herbs, and the elements all together in one
book. This has been in many elders’ hands I can feel that it has.
“Mom it is beautiful!
Thank you so much.” Julia said to her mother with such joy in her eyes and
gratitude in her body language her mother was very happy to see her daughter
smile and be happy. But Jacqueline still had a sadness she could see that her
daughter was trying to hide.
“Julia are you upset
about something?” Jacqueline asked her daughter
“I just do not think I
am enough for Detective O'Connor, or maybe I am not worthy to be his
eternal mate!” she said
with sadness.
“Julia! Where would you
get that idea?” Jacqueline said very upset that her daughter was thinking like
this
“You are crazy to think that you were not enough, he needs to be worthy
enough to be your eternal mate not the other way around, Julia. Do not
every think you need to be worthy of someone else’s love.” Jacqueline told her
daughter “An eternal mate is who you are born for! Detective O'Connor was born
two centuries ago and when you were born he stopped aging, so that when you met
you would be around the same human age. See you were made for him and him for
you, which are how eternal mates work. You do not need to be perfect or try too
hard, or be worthy or enough for him or he for you to each other you are
perfect the way you are. Do you understand Julia?”
“I understand that but
why did he leave so quickly? Why did he not stay to talk to me?” Julia said
dropping her head into her hands with a sob continued in a whisper “Why do I
care so much what he thinks, why am I so upset? We just met not even a week ago
but I feel so devastated when he leaves! What is going on with me, mom? I have
never even had a relationship to know what this is or how to handle these
feelings!”
“Julia, exactly you have
not experienced a relationship or any other male companion other than Ryan.
Maybe you should hang out with Ryan Matthews tomorrow and see what it feels
like to be with another male other than Detective O'Connor and those intense
feelings that you two have for each other. He will be working on something tomorrow so he really will not be around much to notice you hanging out with
Ryan, What do you think? Plus you know it will really get to O'Connor you
hanging out with another male!” Jacqueline giggled and bumped her daughter in
the shoulder with her own.
Julia giggles and said
“Mother I cannot play with someone’s emotions. Ryan truly is in love with me
and I do not feel the same about him. It would be unfair to him to use him like
that plus he may have left already!”
“Actually I have
apologized to him and invited him to come tomorrow?” Jacqueline said. Heat blow
through the air Julia was still with fire and her anger ignited the flame and
it was blazing high and heat exploding out.
Julia looked at her
mother “MOTHER YOU DID WHAT? HOW COULD YOU DO THAT?” Jacqueline was stepping
backwards when she could not go any further do to her back against the barn she
tried to calm her daughter.
“Julia, calm down honey
it is for your own good you need to live and have experience with friends and
boyfriends before committing to Detective O'Connor. Please I know all this is
new to you but you will get through this and be with him completely when you
were truly meant to be together. But Julia please direct your fire element
toward the pit that needs fire not me.”
Julia was thinking about
what her mother had said she would like to experience life a little more than
what she has. Detective O'Connor has experienced friends, career, and relationships.
That last one left a bad taste in her mouth. Julia started to calm down lite
the fire pit and moved away from her mother.
“Mom I will hang out
with Ryan tomorrow but please do not expect me to run off with him to
experience life I need to get through each day slowly.” Julia agreed
“That is all I ask honey
just have memories that you will never forget before you take on all your
responsibilities here at the coven. Because if what you have experience so far
with your change you are destined for greatness!” Jacqueline said and
reproached her daughter now that her fire element has been contained. Julia
looked at her mother with tears in her eyes,
“I just do not want to hurt
anyone! But I do want my career and to experience life with my friends! But
like I said mom I will think about the rest.”
Julia and Jacqueline sat
and talked around the fire for a while, about eleven o’clock Jacqueline yawned.
“Julia asks the goddess
to take the fire element back we need to sleep for the events tomorrow.”
Jacqueline said to her
daughter as she rubbed Julia’s shoulders.
“Goddess of the East I
thank you for your offering of the fire element. I appreciate and respect you
and the element of fire. Blessed be.” Julia said aloud.
A wind came down on
Julia and swirled around her and cooled her skin she knew at once the fire was
gone. As she turned to walk to the house she saw her mother chanting something
in audible for her to hear. Then a rush of water came through the grass rushing
over my feet to the fire pit then you could see the steam start to rise as it
was putting out the fire I had started. My mother was doing this she has the
elemental gift of water.
“Awesome” Julia said. Her and Jacqueline started to
laugh and walked back to the house with their arms around each other.
Julia walked into her
room and could see a pending message on her Mac screen. Her heart was pounding
her palms were sweaty and her stomach was flipping. “Please let it be him,
please!” she said walking over to her computer. She moved her mouse to the
envelope showing 1 unread message double clicked the message to read it:
Sunday 05/16/2013
Ms. Julia Wholeheart,
Welcome to the University of Kentucky! Your
official welcome letter will be in the mail to you soon. Congratulations and
see you soon.
Sincerely
Mrs. Jasmine Delong,
Dean of Admissions
What I did not apply to
the University of Kentucky! I will have to call on this tomorrow and find out
who could have sent the application in. Disappointed and really confused Julia
closed her computer and crawled into bed to and covered her head and fell
asleep.
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