“Okay, so I spoke with Lucas, and he is in total agreement on this. I want to put a spell on Kristin and Shawn.”
My sister let out an overly dramatic sigh. “Okay, do we have to go over the rules again, Hollie? You can’t just run around putting spells on people!”
“I know that! I only want a simple little spell to kind of push them together. They’re both crushing on each other, Sarah. It’s like I’m looking in a mirror at me and Lucas from a few months ago.”
There was a silence before she asked, “Did you ask Kristin and Shawn if you could put a spell on them?”
When I didn’t answer, she laughed. “Why am I not surprised?”
“Come on, Sarah! Hold on, let me find my good witch’s guidebook.”
“I told Lucy not to give that to you!”
I giggled as I flipped through the book.
“Found them! Okay, we can use the notice me spell, which is what I thought I was using on Lucas, but that still turned out in my favor. Have I mentioned how hot the sex is? You really should use this spell, Sarah.”
“I’m going to ignore everything you just said,” my sister stated dryly.
“Then we have the ‘Small-Shell Love Charm.’ Ohhhh…this one sounds good!”
“No, you need Kristin or Shawn to do that spell, Hollie.”
Pouting, I replied, “Right. Right. Okay, then I’ll do the notice me spell. I just need a picture of Shawn.”
“Oh, God, what have I done? Hollie, I don’t think you should do either spell. You cannot mess with free will…remember?”
“I know! I’m not. I’m simply trying to get the two of them to get their heads out of their asses.”
Sarah let out a low growl. “Listen to me, Hollie. To do the notice me spell, you need to have Kristin do it, not you.”
“Can’t I just use their names and pictures?”
When she didn’t answer, I fist-pumped. “I can! Perfect! How do I do that?”
“Hollie,” Sarah warned in that annoying mother voice of hers. “You cannot do it. The last thing you need to be doing is messing around with spells. Lucy already told you that your gift is very powerful. Look at what happened to Lucas.”
I flinched. My spell to get Lucas to notice me had gone all wrong, and I had ended up putting a hex on him instead. I still felt terrible about it.
“That won’t happen again. I’ve already learned so much from you and Lucy. Besides, you’ll help me to make sure I do it right. Right?”
“Wrong. I will not help you.”
Instead of letting my anger get the better of me, another idea popped into my head. I needed to throw my sister off my scent.
Letting out a sigh, I put forth my best acting skills. “You’re right. I got carried away.”
“Wait, you’re giving up on this way too easily. What are you up to, Hollie Craft?”
Laughing, I replied, “Jeesh, thanks so much for having confidence in me.”
“I know you, Hollie. And I know you’re not going to let this go.”
Before she could lecture me anymore, I called out, “Coming! Hey, Lucas needs me. We’ll chat later!”
“Hollie, wait!”
“Toodles!”
