An hour later, I said goodbye to Malachi and Jessica as the room began to empty and people started leaving. Adara had left a while ago with a giggling, tipsy Caitlyn in tow.
“You’re not mad at me?” I asked Malachi, referring to my use of magic, and he smiled.
“That was different somehow, you looked in control of it,” he said to me as we hugged.
I walked into the night air to my car. I drove home slower than I normally would and pulled into the garage. The house was quiet and dark and I went upstairs. I stopped in front of Adara’s door and sighed, it was closed.
I opened my door and she was there, sleeping where she always slept in our bed. I took off my jacket and shirt, kicked off my shoes and then my pants. I sat down on the bed and took my socks off, and I climbed into bed slowly as
