Cozy

Do you ever get that feeling?

That feeling that something's watching you?

01
Eve slammed her notebooks down on the table, Piper right behind her. They were both exhausted from the day's stressful work. They'd been studying all weekend, and when they'd taken the test, they figured out that their brain worked all the time, except for when they had a big unit test on wands.

"How was school, girls?" Their parents tiredly appeared at the counter, looking more worn out than the girls. Eve shrugged. "I'm pretty sure we did good on the test."

Judging from her last quiz in Wands & Forces class, she'd gotten a narrow 91%, and her progress report showed a 95. She'd been hoping to break her record of 98, but she hadn't yet.

Taking a deep breath, Piper decided to say the truth- or half of it, at least. "Hey, Ma?" Mom looked up, her face tired. She looked as if the most valuable thing in life would be a nap, and she looked like she sort of needed it at that very moment.

"Well, I didn't really study well. I was distracted. On the test, too." She cringed, waiting for Mom to yell at her, like she usually would've done. She must've been way beaten up because she didn't respond but nodded her head and walked off, probably back to bed. Piper started after her, but Eve grabbed her arm before she went. "Hey, Piper. She needs rest."

Piper acted as if the world was ending from then on, so depressed, slowly pulling out her books as Eve finished half an hour earlier and read. When Piper finished, they ran out into the pouring rain together and splashed around, momentarily forgetting about jackets. When they remembered, they were soaked anyway, and they'd have to take a shower no matter what.

(WIP)