Teaching love

5: A white witch and soul mates

*Harmony*

When I come home I has this weird feeling in the pit of my stomach, a feeling that a big thing had happened today and I am going to test it. So I go to my cupboard to find the right ingredients. Yeah, by the way I am a witch.. A good witch or white witch, whatever you want to call it.

First I take an empty clean jar and set it in an open space on the floor. Then I take a bleeding heart flower and put it in the jar gently. After that I take 3 mint leaves and rub them in my hands for 3 seconds and then drop them into the jar surrounding the bleeding heart.

Then I take a silver locket and put in around the base of the jar on the outside of it. Once that is done I take a maple leaf in my favorite shade of red. "Oh, I pray to you goddess of love and beauty, Aphrodite, please tell me who my love is to me. I pray this and offer you this gift so mote it be that you help me". While holding up the jar.

I walk out into the garden and puts the jar under a tree with leaves of red. I go inside, getting a cup of tea and a warm bath. After two hours I go get the jar and once I picked up the jar I place the locket around my neck.

Now if I find myself standing in front of the love of my life, I should feel a slight tug from the necklace, as it is enchanted to seek him.

It might seem like a weird thing to do after seeing a man only once, but I have never felt a pull this strong towards anyone and I just feel like I have to know.

I go to bed feeling good about this and looking forward till tomorrow, hoping that he will be there, so I get to test if my feeling is right.

The next morning I take a long shower and rubbing myself in natural jasmine and vanilla oils, before letting my senses guide me to pick the right outfit to wear. I chose a long burgundy skirt with patterns and a very high slid. I pair it with a white shirt that are tied in a knot at the navel. The sleeves are slid open to show off my shoulders and upper arms. I put on a pair of flat strappy sandals and dangling feathery earrings in the same colour as the skirt. At last I braid my hair loosely over one shoulder.

*Alex*

Typical Will, just as I arrive at the auditorium I get a text from Will that something has come in the way and he won't be able to make it. But that there will be a parent there to help me sort through the old costumes.

So I am a bit annoyed when I walk onto the stage, finding the box of costumes. Of course it has been left a total mess last year. But hey we only have ourselves to blame for that. And once again I remind myself that this year we should sort it before packing it down, knowing we won't.

I hear the door open and as I see her glide down towards me I suddenly realise what Will was playing at. It is her, Harmony. I don't know whether I should love him or hate him for setting me up for an afternoon alone with her.

For each step her long flowing skirt slides open at the very high slid, slowing of one of her long tan legs, she looks absolutely sexy in a relaxed way, like she is resting totally comfortable in her own skin and sexuality.

God I need to find a way to ask her out without it sounding weird, and I wonder if a woman like her might find me interesting at all.

*Harmony*

As I walk towards the stage I see that Alex is most definitely here. Actually he seems to be the only one here and I wonder if it is only going to be me and him, alone ? Not that I mind.

He straighten up and flashes me a smile. He is wearing dark jeans and a fitted blue/white mottled long sleeved T-shirt, it has buttons halfway down the front, the top ones left open. As I get closer I become acutely aware of the dark hair visible in the opening and the way the sleeves hug his biceps.

And then I get aware of something else, the pull from the necklace. But not the slight pull I had expected, it feels like I am pulled forward and the necklace feels warm against my skin and I almost feel like ripping it of. Honestly this scares me a bit.

"Oh hi again Harmony". He says looking at me. "Unfortunately Will bailed so I guess it is just going to be you and me today".

"Well that is totally fine by me". I say with a smile. I am only happy to have a possibility to get to know him better with no one to interfere.

He turns slightly making a motion towards a big box, a wardrobe and a dresser. "Honestly I don't think there is much we can use for 'beauty and the beast', but we better look through it".

"Well let's get going then". I say, stepping up beside him, starting to pull up the clothes and sorting it in piles, one with things that has to be thrown out or totally redone, one with things that need fixing and one with usable things.

We talk as we work, and I find him easy to talk to. He is articulated and passionate when he talks and he is really funny. Several times when I look at him he has stopped working and is .. well he is staring at me. As soon as he realises he is busted he hurriedly starts doing something, mumbling about just spacing out.

I wonder how long he is going to fight the pull, because of the spell I know he must feel the same. I can't have this strong a pull towards him if he feels nothing. What is meant to be will be. But a lot of people have this notion that you should get to know each other, build up a relationship, talk and label everything to death instead of just following the flow of the universe.

*Alex*

I don't know what has gotten into me, I feel slightly jolted of my axle here. It is like I am a bit dizzy and try to find grounding. We have been talking a lot and I find her interesting and intelligent, she seems like such a free spirit.

She kind of hits all my senses here. There is a scent lingering on her, something flowery with a hint of vanilla and I stop myself in thinking that I would love to lick it of her skin. I shake my head trying to clear it. Holy f**k I need to keep myself together here.

Several times I get totally lost in watching her, they way she moves is like poetry and it enthralls me. And several time she notice and I try to say that I was just spacing out, feeling like a total i***t.

When we have everything sorted, I turn towards her, trying to sound unaffected. "Well first phase done. Now we just need to figure out what can be used for the play".

I suddenly realises how close we are standing, only a few steps apart. She is looking up at me, like she is waiting for something and I feel my breath hitch in my throat and I hear myself stutter. "I.. I.. I was thinking, maybe, after or some other day, we could do something, I mean besides this, something else.. private.. just you and me". Blushing when I realise how it sounded.

She placed a hand on my chest, wetting her lips. "So asking me out on a date are you ?" I nodded, suddenly feeling all dry in my throat.

Her fingers close around the fabric in my shirt and I am quite sure I forgot how to breathe when she slowly pulls me closer. "We could do that, or you could just kiss me right now".

"I could do that". I breath out on a half moan, okay so no doubt she is interested then. She smiles at me, and I can't stop myself, but let her pull me into her. Our lips melt together and I am quite sure the room is spinning.

My arms slide around her, pulling her closer as I feel her suck my bottom lip into her mouth, biting lightly down on it, making me shiver.