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Chapter 25 - The talk

Scene setting

Coven premises, Manhattan

5:30| Saturday

The last few days in the penthouse had been tense. Bo woke up early and left before either of them could greet him. Breakfast was lacking the morning banter, and when he returned home, the air was thick with unease. How did the girls react?

Faith tried to ignore it with her music, but her nervous eyes and pulling at the sleeve of her jersey. 'Bo...I'm ok right now.' She thought.

Bobbi used work to ignore it, and it worked for a while until a client complained about her prickling of the tattoo machine. "Why is he being so weird? Did Jane bite his nerve or something?" She muttered as she meticulously cleaned the counter.

Jane on the other hand was not doing good at all, her movements were fidgety, she barely read her books as she stared into his back during dinner and tried to cuddle with Bobbi for comfort and ended up on the floor from a nudge from Bobbi's socked foot.

"Bobbi, can't you be supportive in my time of need?"

"Jane, the last time I let you cuddle me, I woke up with drool down my shirt.

"It's how I express my love."

"Go express it in a f*cking coffin then. "

"Sure, you gonna buy me one?"

That earned her a pillow to the face.

"Next time, it's going to be my foot up your mouth," Bobbi warned.

"Kinky~"

Scene change

Living room,

Everyone was sitting across the living room, and Bo sat on his reading chair, which he personally made. Eyes staring off to nothing.

The girls were watching his posture, from the light tapping his foot to the brow crossing in deep thought. The suspense was unbearable.

"Ok Woody, why have you been all quiet lately?" Jane accused, voice a bit shaky.

"Yeah... you're scaring me, Bo," Faith added hesitantly.

Bobbi was still silent, just giving him a look of doubt." Just...talk to us...please."

Bo, finally looking at them, sighed, "I've been thinking of us lately. "

"That's good, I think about us every second. " Jane nervously chuckled, but the joke did nothing to lighten the mood.

Bo rubbed his forehead, "You three are amazing but...I don't know if I can continue like this."

"W-Wait–" Faith's voice hitched.

"Bo, this better not be what I think this is," Jane warned, nails digging into her palm. "Bo, please don't do this."

Bobbi stood up, the couch shrieked at the force, and she got closer to him. Her eyes burned into his. "If you end it now, I'll make sure you regret it." Bobbi threatened.

Bo kept his stoic gaze, letting the crippling silence fill the room, looking at their frantic faces, "I think we should end it." A smirk crept onto his lips." And make this relationship official. " he added.

"What?"

"Are you serious?'

"You bastard!" Bobbi tackled him, sobbing on his shirt. "D-Dont do that...it's not funny. "She got out through tears.

"I was this close to stabbing you, Bo. This is close." Jane chuckled, wiping a tear off her cheek.

Faith moved to his right and punched his arm," You bastard, I was going to delete all my playlists about you."

"I'm flattered Red."

"Shut up." She pouted, wiping her spot with his shirt. "You deserve this."

"Ewww, freckles. " he chuckled. "...so are we official?"

"Yes."

"F*ck off."

"You are stuck with me until eternity tether ~"

They huddled up to him, letting the emotional high phase in the hold. His shirt was definitely ruined but he got something better in it.

"Will it be a bad time to announce a getaway?"

"Getaway?" The 3 chanted.

"Yeah, next week. It's for us to escape the city and focus on whatever... this mess is." He finished.

"This means we can finally do the ritual?"

"Jane," Bobbi warned.

"Yes! The Coven can finally do the initiation to the Moon Goddess~"

"Moon Goddess?"

"Faith, don't encourage it!"

"Hush–Bobbi. We still need candles and an ancient dagger."

"Jane, this isn't a cult trip."

"It's now love~"

Author's note:

Next is the getaway Arc, a whole lot of slice-of-life, romance and chaos.

Until next time–

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