“Yea my girlfriend doesn’t like it but…” he said rubbing his head.

“Excuse me, did you say girlfriend? Since when?” she looked at him with shock painted all over her face.

“You’re not the only one with a little lady luck.” he said bringing out his wallet and showing Tina a picture of a beautiful black woman with her dreads blowing in the wind and a smile as big and bright as the sun. “Her names Javina. She’s Jamaican. And I love her.” he said admiring the picture. Tina never saw that big broad smile on her brother before. “I think I’m going to ask her to marry me.” he said putting his wallet back. Tina’s face dropped and she couldn’t believe what she was hearing.

“Does she know that…”

“About my magic?” he smiled. And she nodded. “She knows everything. Her family comes from a long line of magic.” Tina smiled as he explained. “I love her.”

Tina beamed back, “I can tell.”

　

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Bette sat in her apartment wrapped up in a blanket in sweat drenched clothes as her body shook with chills. She didn’t know why this was happening, she was so healthy yesterday and now she felt like she had a serious case of pneumonia. She heard Alice knocking at her door, but she couldn’t get up to answer the door. She didn’t even have the strength to summon the magic up to open the door.

“Come on Bette I know you’re in there. I can feel you near me.” Alice spoke through Bette’s mind. The reaction of magic in her body caused Bette to scream out in pain. Alice heard that and went through the door, reappearing like smoke. She ran through the apartment frantically calling Bette’s name. She found Bette on the bedroom floor in a fetal position holding her head. “Oh my god! Bette what’s wrong?”

“Alice please stop yelling. I don’t know what’s wrong with me.”

“Ok, let me help you up.” Alice put her arm around Bette’s wet and warm body. She felt the shaking of Bette’s body and she was so scared. “Do you need me to call someone? A doctor maybe…”