What Magic Is This? by Holly Bourne

Author:Holly Bourne [Bourne, Holly]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary, Young Adult
ISBN: 9781781128855
Goodreads: 44424546
Publisher: Barrington Stoke
Published: 2019-07-25T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWELVE

I pull out one white candle and one red candle from where they’ve been hiding under my bed, and the cheap dying red rose that Mia brought.

“Isn’t it, like, unethical to cast a love spell on someone?” Alexis asks.

Her nose wrinkles as I also get out a photo of me and Aidan. I printed it this morning. It’s the only photo I have of us. One I took in McDonald’s. Both sipping from straws in the same milkshake. The only evidence that we’ve shared anything at all.

I get out the final ingredient – a long length of silk I’d bought in town. “I was googling it earlier to check and it’s fine,” I reply. “This isn’t going to interfere with Aidan’s free will or anything. It’s just putting energy out into the universe to remind him of his love for me.”

Mia shakes her head. “If he needs to be reminded of it, then it’s not love, babe.”

“Come on. I was serious about your spells. I’ve just helped a freakin’ dog cross over to the other side.”

Mia holds up her hands. “I’m just saying.”

I put the photo down, with Aidan’s gorgeous eyes staring up at me. “Look,” I say, “I admit that his behaviour has not been perfect. I’m not denying that. In my ideal world, no, I would not have to cast a spell to get my boyfriend to remember he likes me. But we are not living in an ideal world and I just want to put something out into the universe to help him along. I’m just trying to remind Aidan that he thinks I’m great. What. Is. Wrong. With. That?”

Alexis is smiling. “You’re so cute when you’re angry.”

“Stop it.”

“What?”

“Making fun of me.”

“I’m not!” Alexis complains. “We don’t see you like this very much, that’s all. All angry. It’s funny.”

“Can we just get on with the spell already?” I say.

I close my eyes and try to get myself into the magic zone – a bit like the trance I was in when I cast the spell on the Bunsen burner. Intention is the most important ingredient in magic. You have to believe your spell will work. You can’t have doubts or the universe will pick up on them and ruin things. I picture the grand reconciliation between Aidan and me. I see us kissing at the school gates again, but I want to add to the fantasy to feed it and let the universe know how seriously I’m taking this. So I picture Aidan introducing me to all his friends as his girlfriend, and reserving me a seat in the front row of the next school play, and coming to pick me up for the Year Eleven prom, where we win King and Queen, even though that’s two years away. I’m just picturing my prom dress – green with lace, maybe – when something hits my head.

I open my eyes. “Oww,” I say. Alexis has balled up the silk and thrown it at me.

“We needed to get your attention,” she says.

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