Chapter 53: Old Friend.. Or Something More?

"Oh hello.. seductress..." I hear his voice from behind as his shadow grew more smaller... "What business do you have here?"

"Did you miss me... my dear?" I giggled going close to him giving him a tiny peck in the cheek.

"No. Being with you is mentally and emotionally exhausting..."

"Oh! You are so funny Luther... I'm pretty sure it's just your physical part that's exhausted..." I burst out laughing...

Nothing brings me more joy than teasing Luther... although he doesn't show a lot of emotion from my little teasing I know he's just flustering inside... Haha! "Right... what do you want from me.. surely you must want something.. since you come in here strutting your legs with that outfit." He then sighed.. giving me a lantern.

"Well I've been longing to talk with you.. so let's talk.. or would you prefer we do something else..." I naughtily winked.

"Like hell, I'd do anything with you a crazy witch like you. Just cut your fake sweet crap and tell me what you need..." He pushed me away.

"Aww... it's not nice to push away a woman like me."

"You mean a thot."

"That's not something you should be saying to someone." I giggled.

"Well if you act more of a person rather than a slut then I would consider.. anyways here." He hands me a blanket. "Cover up.. it must be cold here... and with that revealing outfit, you'll get even colder. Follow me in my magic shop. Let's talk there." Luther sighed and proceeded to lead the way with his lantern illuminating the way.

"Oh.. thank you.." I said a little flustered.

Although I act really foolish towards Luther... and how he shows clear distrust and dislike towards me.. he never really feels to help me. His mouth is saying he doesn't like me but his body says otherwise.

As we continued to walk under the cover of the dark alleyway... I look up to see a full moon... hmm.. this means magic is strongest... I said to myself.. until I hear a large thump.

"Reveal the door." He said to a wall.. which a door did appear.. it was brown and old similar to a pirate ship's door. He then opened it and signaled me to come in first.

I slightly nodded looking down at the dark cellar-like door... "Ever heard of lights?" I said to him sarcastically. "That's why I gave you a lantern.." He responded.

"Fae light," I whispered.. appearing a ball of light in the lantern. Luther looked at me surprised.

"You learned fae light? I thought you weren't interested in druid magic spells?"

"Nah... honestly I find them quite cool now when I got a druid magic spellbook. I also learned this spell." I whispered the words and brought out a rose. "For you..." I smiled.

"This is not a siphoning flower right?" He asked me, wary of my motives.

"Of course not. Think of it as a gift my dear... You really love flowers right since you are a druid." I smiled.

(In case you forgot what a siphoning flower is. It's a flower that can get the soul of a person when the person touches the flower. It's often used in dark magic. It's the same flower that Grace used to get a part of Louie's soul during the reunion.)

"Thank you..." He slowly grabbed the flower and looked at it intently.

"See.. no thorns." I smiled.

"You really need to stop worrying about my true intentions and trust me you know?"

"Right... like I'd trust a criminal..."

"You know we've been friends for quite a long time.. and I'm still quite wary of you.. especially when you are in my presence.." We both got down the dark stairway.. he then continued to talk. "When I'm with you... I always have this feeling you are going to do something to me... something dangerous."

"I thought we were more than friends..." I chuckled softly... making him dead silent...

Huh? What's wrong with him all of a sudden.. why did he suddenly just turn quiet... that's pretty weird... what's with this awkward atmosphere around us...

"Here we are..." We are in front of a door... as he opened it.. we are now in a shop.. somewhere... "Where is this exactly?" I asked him.

"It's in the spirit realm. We went to a hidden spirit realm portal... we can't exactly go in the main gate.. you're a wanted criminal."

"Oh.."

Just these little things with him... I don't know why he tolerates me... he knows that bringing a wanted felon in his shop will have him also get arrested.. and yet he still comes over and helps me. It's just really weird to me...

"What are you standing around there for.. sit down." He said to me.

"Oh right..."

"Would you like some tea and biscuits?" He asked me.. as I sat down on a coffee table.

"Yes... I would love to... although.. we could have talked in the human world you know.. it's not like what I'm going to say will take that long for you..."

He turned his head to me to answer as he's preparing the tea. "I'd rather not go out in the cold night... vampires and other night creatures go out at that time... we can get killed if we stayed. You know you should go out in the dark like that. You might be put in harm's way."

"Aw.. are you worried about me baby? Maybe you can walk me home after this then.." I giggled.

"Ya right... whatever... I'm just acting concerned.. because we are friends. That's all.. nothing more to it..."

He then comes back to the coffee table bringing the tea and biscuits... Hmm.. these cookies are appetizing... my mouth watering..

"There's more if you want more.. something tells me you want the cookies." He giggled.

"Oh right... you know this kind of looks like that we are on a date.. you know that?" I said to him trying to push his buttons.

"Ya right!" He blushed as red as a tomato. "Anyways..."

"What is it that you need to talk about exactly? Surely you didn't come in here just for a conversation with me..."