another time skip...

"Hey guys, come here." I motion my hand for Tyler and Caroline to come over to where I sit during free time in class, drawing in my sketchbook.

"What's up?" Caroline asks, sitting in front of my with Tyler following suit.

"Yea, what's up?" Tyler asks.

I look over to make sure Elena and Matt aren't listening and I tell them. "Can you two hangout later. Just us three and don't tell anyone."

Caroline frowns in confusion. "Uh...why can't anyone know?"

"Because I'm gonna tell you something you can't ever let anyone know. Not unless I say you can." I tell her and her eyes widen, I can tell she is intrigued and judging by the look on his face, so is Tyler.

They share a look before looking back at me.

"Where and when?"

•*•*•*•*•

My dad has a business meeting at 6 and I told him Tyler and Caroline were coming over so he ordered us a pizza. We're ten now so he's not worried about us being home alone for a couple hours until he gets back.

Before Ty and Care get here, I clean up and set out some snacks and drinks; cut up fruit, a bag of chips, and then cups with ice for water, juice, or soda -which is coming with the pizza.

I set an unlit candle on the table and go to turn on the tv and DVD player, putting Harry Potter and The Sorcerers Stone in and not yet starting it. It's one of our favorite movies.

Since it's September 2002 the first one is the only one out but soon the Chamber of Secrets will come out and then the other movies will follow!

Ten minutes later, there's a knock on the door and I see Caroline and Tyler, both wearing pajamas, same as me, and with pillows and blankets. They also brought some candy to share and overnight bags. After all, we decided on a slumber party.

"Hi!" Caroline grins.

"Hey." Tyler smiles awkwardly.

"Come in." I open the door and they walk in, setting the candy on the kitchen counter, they drop their bags off in my room along with the extra pillows and blankets before we get back to the kitchen to hangout as we fill out cups with drinks.

Tyler just has some water, while Caroline and I get some apple juice.

"I hate apple juice, it's too sweet." Tyler says.

"Well I hate you." Caroline fires back and sips her juice.

His jaw opens in shock at her little burst and I laugh at the interaction.

"So." Caroline draws the attention back to the reason they're here. "What do you want to tell us?"

The doorbell goes off right as im about to explain.

"One second." I grab the money my dad left for pizza and head to the door, opening it to find a brunette girl who looks like she hates her job.

"Pizza for Bennetts?" She asks.

"Yep." I nod.

"That'll be 18 dollars and 42 cents." She tells me and I hand her a twenty and a five, letting her keep the extra for a tip before she hands me our cheese pizza (plain boring, I know and I like it) and our 2-liter sprite.

With that, I walk back inside to find Caroline and Tyler snacking on some watermelon.

"Okay, I'm hungry. So I think it should actually be pizza first, then explaining." Tyler suggests and I can't argue with that as I open the box with eight slices. Each of us take two, putting them on our plates and I wrap the last two in foil, leaving them in the fridge for my dad. I throw away the pizza box before we each pour ourselves some soda before I also put that in the fridge.

I clean as I do things because I find it makes my day to day life easier.

We eat pretty quick and soon enough I'm back to being interrogated by Caroline.

"Alright, our bellies are full and our minds are ready to take in the secrets. Also, I want to watch that movie so we need to get through the important part."

I sigh and begin to explain.

"You know how my Grams like to make kinda crazy comments to me about being psychic, or witchy?"

"I've never personally heard them." Tyler shrugs.

"Neither have I." Caroline says. "But you've definitely told us about that."

I nod and continue. "We'll she has been telling the truth."

"What do you mean?"

"Listen." I tell them. "What I'm telling you and what I'm about to show you cannot ever be exposed to anybody without my permission."

They look at each other with wide eyes and I give them a serious look. "I'm being for real, okay? You guys need to promise me."

"We promise." They both say without hesitation and I sigh in relief. These two are my closest friends, that's why I'm telling them and only them.

I raise my hand over the candle to our right and as I move my hand to be in the middle of us, the candle follows.

"What the..." Tyler trials off and watches in shock.

"Incendia." The candle lights.

"You're a witch!?" Caroline gasps and I cover her mouth.

"Girl, I have neighbors." I hush her.

She basically bounces in excitement. "This is so coooool. Right Ty?"

"Mhm." He nods in awe. "Can you show us more."

And so I do. I show them more magic, using it to create allusions as I tell them where my power comes from. I also go on to explain other supernaturals and myths. Including a certain supernatural bloodline of my friend.

"I'm a werewolf?" Tyler says in wonder.

I shake my head. "No, but you could become one. Your family carries the werewolf gene, my ancestors wrote about it in their journals." I explain to him.

"You would only turn if you were to take a human life. Werewolves turn each full moon, breaking every bone in their body. It is said to be excruciatingly painful."

He swallows and nods. "I hope that never happens."

He looks at me with those sweet brown eyes. "Thank you for telling me."

"Of course." I say. "I wanted you two to know because I care about you both and your my closest friends. I want you to be safe."

"Well..." Caroline says. "I love you both and I'm the boring human who supports you."

"I'm human too." Tyler says.

"Kinda." She shrugs. "Now, let's watch Harry Potter and see if Bonnie can cast the same spells."

She grabs the bag of chips and her drink, walking over to the couch while I grab my drink and the fruit and Tyler bring his own drink and the candy.

We watch the movie, my dad eventually coming home, not bugging us as he takes his food to his office.

After the movie, we brush our teeth and go to my room. With the extra blankets and pillows they brought, we basically make a giant nest on the bed and fall asleep cuddled together.

I'm in the middle. Tyler is on my left, holding my hand with his head in the crook of my neck. Caroline is on my right, her head on my chest as she sleeps.

These aren't just friends. No, they're like family.

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