The Glastonbury Witches Academy

We are not in a relationship.

Jonah

Leaving the class, I head towards the canteen. I get to where the lockers are and I see Mary-jo soaked in water and she tries to kick Kasy, Oh just great, that’s exactly what I need. Dante my dad aka Mr Demonix, is going to kick my arse for this. I’m not meant to be ‘dating’ other students that I teach, school policy and all that.

Mary-Jo lands on her butt, it’s not a pretty sight. Kasy’s friends have obviously soaked her for whatever reason. It’s no doubt because of me.

I wasn’t being that flirty was I? I mean yeah sure there was a moment where I was just mesmerised by Kasy, but she’s an attractive young woman who’s my age! There’s nothing wrong with that, unless your Mary-jo the girl who caught me off guard one day and asked me to escort her to prom as she had no one to go with.

Mr Demonix said that was OK. The head teacher said that was OK too.

Somehow I don’t think this will be OK! I’m so screwed.

Kasy and her friends walk over Mary-Jo and laugh at her as they leave towards the canteen.

I rush over to Mary-jo and haul her up none so gently.

“My classroom now!” I hiss at her and pull her towards the classroom.

“What’s wrong?” she asks me as I get her inside and close the door behind us.

“What’s wrong? Are you mad!” I shout at her.

“Look Mary-jo I said I would take you to the prom, yes but I absolutely did not say we were in any kind of relationship together!”

Her face falls and oh s**t she is going to cry! Her dad’s on the governors board for the school.

I’m so dead, or fired at the least! No scholarship for you Jonah. Kiss goodbye to your luxury living arrangements.

“But you said you would take me, I thought we were going out?”

I rub my hand over my face, I can feel a headache coming on.

“Yes I said I would take you as you didn’t have a date Mary-jo! That’s the end of it. You haven’t even spoken to me since then and that was two weeks ago!”

I sigh in exasperation, how am I going to let her down gently?

“Look I know its unfair, but Kasy is an original Witch, they by far out trump your father in every way.”

She looks at the floor.

“But it’s not fair! Your going to end up going with her instead!”

OMG she whines like a three year old who’s just lost her favourite toy.

Stay clam Jonah, just stay calm. Taking a breath so my head doesn’t explode with stress I look her dead in the eyes.

“I will take you to prom. But that is it, Ok. Do you understand? Your father doesn’t want you going by yourself so I have been allowed to escort you. That is all Mary-jo, we are in no way in a relationship!”

Her shoulder slump and she try’s to bat her lashes at me.

“We would make a good couple though. Don’t you think?”

“No Mary-jo I don’t think I know we won’t. Its against school rules.”

This makes her laugh, “My father will change the rules, for me!”

Now I’m laughing at her

“Look kid no he can’t he doesn’t have that power and you know it. Behave your age for goodness sake”

“Don’t call me a kid!” She screams at me and I roll my eyes at her.

“Your behaving like one, what else would you like me to say? I think we will leave it at that Mary-jo. Please find another escort for the prom, you have plenty of time to find someone in your own year group. Now kindly leave my classroom before Mr Demonix comes in.”

I leave the classroom first, she looks like she’s about to cry and I can’t be dealing with that. Ugh school policies, why did I even bother trying to be nice! It doesn’t exactly go with who I am.

As I’m walking towards the canteen, I can hear Kasy and her friends sat at the table.

The way she had shut Dean down like he was nothing was if I’m honest absolutely brilliant. Never have I been stood up for in my life, Mr Demonix certainly didn’t bother that much with me even when I was young.

He had a nanny babysit me.

But kasy the girl who had seemed so self entitled, is actually really sweet and kind. She stuck up for me! I’m still shocked at that; I stand by the wall just listening to her laugh with her mates.

Not a care in the world, I could use some of that in my life. It’s not been easy, parents dead, vamp adopted dad, not like I kept a normal schedule as a kid.

Kasy made me smile, truly smile, that hasn’t happened for a really long time. I can’t remember the last time I had a care free smile.

I’ve just been trying to stay in this bloody school for the last two years.

But there she is, laughing and living happily. It’s infectious her attitude. I feel myself wanting to go see her again.....

Then the memory of what I’ve got to do floods my mind. I feel sick, can I really do this? What about all the reasons why I hate that girl?

Slowly but surely, she is chipping away at those reasons and making me see exactly what living is all about. Can I destroy it all? Do the reasons I hate her still count for me doing this?

This is harder than I thought it was going to be, I never expected her to be nice!

The more time I spend around her the less I hate her, I’m coming up with reasons for why I hate her and then all I can think of is that it’s not really her fault she was born at that time is it???