Gods among us

Twenty

Anna returned from her parents house. She opened the door and found the house empty. "Maaaark?" She yelled but received no answer. She took a look on her watch. He should have been home by now, she thought. She went to the bedroom and went in the shower.

At the same time at Nora's place, they were having dinner all together. 

"How are you feeling?" Kate asked Mark.

"Stronger day by day" he replied. 

"I assume that you haven't gained your full power yet" Phil said.

"No, not yet, but I'm getting there" Mark said.

"When will you talk to Anna?" Kevin asked him. At the same time, Nora took a deep breath.

"Today. After our dinner." He said and smiled at Nora. He put his hand on her knee. Nora smiled back.

"What will you tell her? I mean obviously you cannot tell her the truth" Mary said.

"I will tell her that I am in love with someone else"

"Ouch!" Mary said "Are you sure?"

"What else can I say?" He asked 

"Maybe that is not working between you too?" Lilly said.

"Mary, this is all your fault!" Mark said.

Mary looked at him surprised.

"How can this be my fault?" She asked

"You are the goddess of love! You made her fall in love with me, so now undo it"

Mary was serious.

"Its not my fault! You know that this is not how is working" Mary said and stood up.

Suddenly a cold breeze surrounded them

"WOW relax babe" Alex said and touched her hand. "Mark just made a joke".

Mary was still staring at Mark.

Mark stood up as well.

"Are u sure you want to do this?" He asked her slowly with a cold look. Their eyes were glowing.

Phil came between them.

"Its not the time!" He said calmly by looking both of them. "We have enough to deal with and the last thing we want is to fight with each other."

"Don't you ever say that is my fault, when it comes to love " Mary said ignoring Phil's words.

"Careful " Mark answered at the same tone. 

Mary finally sat down. Her eyes were not glowing anymore but she was still staring Mark.

Nora pulled him down to sit.

"Don't fight." She said. "We need to keep our strength"

"She started it" he said looking at Nora.

"OK" James interrupted "So, say to Anna that you think this is not going to work between you two and thats it. No need to say you are in love or anything else. This will only make things worse"

Mark took a deep breath.

"I will see how it goes "

Suddenly his phone rung and saw Anna’s name on the display.

"Speaking of the devil" he said. 

"Hi Anna"

"Hi love, where are you? Still at work?"

"No, I am at a friend's house."

"The one from the museum?" Anna asked.

"Who?" Mark said.

"The one that you went to the museum with"

"Oh, yes yes this one"

"OK, and when will you come home?"

Mark looked at his watch.

"In about an hour" he said

"OK, I'll wait for you. Bye"

"Bye" he said and hung up the phone.

Nora looked at him.

"You have to leave?"

"Yes. In 30 minutes. Now, lets finish our dinner".