Life's Passing

Jakes's POV

I looked down at my hands as Bekah's words sank in. She had died and then lived in hell. She had had a second life here in this little town. Everyone at the table sat in silence, and I looked up to see Bekah crossing her arms. My guess was that she was feeling quite vulnerable. I looked to Leslie and she was staring down at her hands a twiddling her thumbs back and forth much like I was. I heard the sound of foot steps then and turned to look behind me. Juliet was walking into the kitchen and looking at us in confusion. "What's going on?" She asked.

"Were trying to figure out how to stop Matthew." CC spoke. Juliet nodded and took a seat next to Ashley. CC took a deep breath and wrote a little more down in his note book before returning to us. " We need to work together with all the abilities that we have to try to stop him. "Do you know if you and call to him Jinxx?" CC asked Jinxx shook his head no.
"I'm sure if you tried to call t him he would answer. Demons are usually only provoked by those who call out to them. I'm sure he would love the chance to try to harm any more of us so he will be willing to talk to you Jinxx. " Leslie said. I looked over to Leslie with realization "That's why he can talk to us when we are asleep." She nodded and took in my words. "So I assume when we are ready one of you guys just call to him and he will tell you were to go from there. "Leslie spoke the words casually. "Were just gonna call him? Like he's an old friend and we need to chat. You realized he killed one of our friends yesterday right? Do you even realize how serious this is?" Ashley said angry. Juliet had jumped at his words. Ashley sat there and fumed for a moment letting his anger out. I knew he was mad we all were but that didn't mean he had to freak out on Leslie she was just trying to help.

We sat there for another silent moment before Leslie finally spoke. " I cant imagine what you are going through. I really cant. And no amount of sympathy from me is ever going to be enough to express to you how sorry I am for your loss, however if you don't calm down you will simply be putting yourself in more danger. Don't think he isn't feeding off of that. Let me guess anytime anything has happened to you guys you've either been alone, scared, or pissed off. He knows that when you feel that way and he will use the shit out of you."
CC nodded and stood up at the head of the table. "Alright then so we figure out how to do everything that we can, to the best of our abilities, and then kick this guys ass." Ashley took that as his dismissal, stood up and walked away. "I don't think anyone has talked to Ashley so bluntly before." Jinxx said and laughed slightly. Leslie shrugged. She was right. Juliet moved to make herself another cup of tea, cc helping her. Jinxx went into the living room and turned on the TV to see how long we were going to be trapped in the house for. I hopped it wasn't long. Bekah followed behind CC and Juliet discussing different flavors of tea at teavana. I sat at the table with Leslie who was still holding her legs to her chest. "I'm sorry for kicking you." I apologized again. She smiled at me, "It's okay." I sat there awkwardly as I tried to listen into the TV. It was mostly bullshit about how people were still trying to drive in the snow and most stores were out of bread and milk. Then someone talking, it kind of sounded like Leslie. 'Holy shit what have we gotten into now. Of course this is happening, Devil's Chair is a fucking opening to hell. Wait....." Leslie smacked my shoulder then. "Can I help you?" She yelled like I just tried to grab her but or something. I turned to her shocked. "What? I was listening...." I caught the expression on her face and to be honest it terrified me a little bit. "You were listening to what? " She yelled at me to finish my thought. CC, Juliet and Bekah stared at us until Bekah started laughing. "Thank God! I'm not the only one!!! Yeah don't read her mind it pisses her off." Bekah stated with a huge smile on her face. CC looked at her then in shock . "You can do that?" Bekah nodded her head in excitement. "So can you." She laughed. Leslie turned and walked out of the kitchen and onto the back porch with the door slamming behind her. " Yeah, it is the ultimate form of privacy invasion." Bekah said. I sat there with my mouth hanging open in shock. "I didn't even know I could do that. Bekah started laughing even harder. "Oh, that makes this so much funnier." Bekah continued laughing.

I stood up then and followed after Leslie to apologize. I stopped at the back door to see her sitting at the first stair that lead off of the porch. The snow was up to her feet, and she sat staring out into the city that laid below. I couldn't help but be a little afraid to talk to her. She was mad at me and I had pushed the wrong buttons already. I owed her so much, taking them away from their lives with such short notice. I took a deep breath and walked outside and sat down beside her. I didn't say anything at first not knowing how to start. "Well, it seems like within twenty four hours I have complete destroyed your life, and I am so sorry for that." Leslie let out a deep sigh. "We were planning on leaving at some point anyways, if anything you helped us out. A little earlier than expected but you helped us." I turned to her. "Why were you leaving?" I asked curious. "Other than demons this town isn't really that bad." She looked up at me then. "Really?" She laughed sarcastically. " Demons come in all forms and sizes. This town is crawling with them. Try working in the food industry. " I laughed at that thinking back to when I was in high school and worked at a burger joint. "Yeah I know all about that." I laughed . "I'm sorry that I read you mind. I didn't even know that I could. I'd like to thank you though for showing me that I could calm down last night, and keeping watch over me." I was looking down at my hands again, each word feeling like it was getting stuck in my throat. Leslie leaned her head on my shoulder then. "So I guess all we have is each other then." I smiled at this. If I had to be stuck in this situation with all my friends and one crazy, interesting, angry fueled witch, this might not be too bad.

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