alwaysontop:

Characters: Jenny & Sera.
Setting: Morning of December 26th in Sera's bedroom. Portage Lake, Maine.
Content: SFW.
Summary: Jenny doesn't know why Sera had been avoiding her, and she's determined to find out why. Sera has something to tell her.



From practically the moment Sera knew Mick had actually kicked Tatum out of the house, she knew something would have to change, she just really didn't have a clue what she was supposed to do. Christmas was ruined, Tatum refused to bring her along with her, she had to figure out something. She spent Christmas Eve and Christmas day almost entirely in her room, mostly just thinking and crying. Her parents forced her out for dinner but other than that she hadn't even come out to open her presents.. or try out her brand new car. It all just seemed kind of stupid and really unimportant now, especially with Tatum gone.

Sure, she had hidden the truth of who she was this long, from him anyway but after what happened to Tatum she knew it’d only be a matter of time before he found out about her too. Neither of them dared to speak about it, not that anyone in the house had really been doing all that much talking lately but she could still tell Madeline was having similar feelings. Even if she wasn’t quite stupid or as honest as Tatum claimed to be, not forward enough to tell him herself, there had been enough close calls already to tell her she couldn’t keep up the charade forever. She knew it was impossible, too many people already knew about them for it to stay a secret forever and the days of pretending he might not react too badly were over. He hated Tatum, and he'd hate her too. There were no if or but about it. No daughter of his would behave like that.

As much as Mick had always been disapproving of that lifestyle choice, as he liked to call it, part of her hoped, practically pleaded, that maybe they weren’t giving their dad enough credit. That maybe when it came to his own kids, he’d see things even just a tiny bit differently. He was their father after all, he was supposed to love them. No matter what, regardless of who theyloved. But did he? He had reacted exactly as she always feared he would, maybe worse. He'd been downright cruel, from what Tatum said. Considering that she had been practically forbidden to even mention her sister's name since Christmas eve, she was pretty sure he wasn’t about to change his mind anytime soon.

Sera never thought she'd say it, about anything Tatum ever did, but she wasn't quite sure how her sister had had the balls to go through with it. Any of it. Just telling him alone must have been horrifying. Sera was pretty sure she couldn't.. in fact, she knew she couldn't. She had about a million opportunities, but it was never a good time, it would never be a good time.

She just couldn't put herself through that, especially not now. And she was supposed to be the strong one. She could stand up to a lot of people but not him. It seemed kind of pointless anyway, when she knew exactly what he'd say. He made things pretty clear to Tatum. She couldn't live in sin and live under his roof and he clearly wasn't going to listen to reason, even it came from her.

The way she saw it, she only really had two options, and they were both terrible. Either way she went, she was basically losing everything. She had thought it out over and over again in her head. She could just leave, no second thoughts, no looking back, just walk out and leave it all behind. Her parents, her house, her room, her new car, basically everything she ever knew. She could just write them a letter or something. She couldn't do it face to face. She tried starting the letter at least a half a dozen times. She couldn't do that either.

For one, where was she supposed to go? She wasn't like Tatum. She wasn't an adult, not yet anyway, not even in the magical world. She couldn't even apparate or perform magic outside of school. She wasn't sure that she could even survive on her own. What if he threw her out of the car on the highway next? It was the middle of winter in Maine, she was pretty sure she'd have just froze to death if she had been in Tatum's position.

The more she thought about it, the more she was sure she knew what she'd have to do next. If she could. She really had no idea what to do or say. She still hadn't even told Jenny about Tatum, in fact she hadn't really talked to her girlfriend at all since Christmas eve. It was easier that way. Even just a text from Jenny was enough to make her start bawling. She hated ignoring the blonde's texts and being dismissive with her but it was all just too hard for her to deal with.

Still she knew that she could only avoid her for so long.

The brunette was sitting on the floor with her back against the side of her bed when she heard a faint knock on her door. She wasn't really sure who it could have been, but she didn't really feel like talking to anyone anyway. Not even Madeline or Rath really, but especially not her father. She couldn't even look at him. Her eyes were puffy and red and she hurried to wipe the tears off her cheeks with her fingers in case however was outside decided to come in. She pulled her knees up tight against herself too.

Her cell phone was still blinking on the floor next to her. She was pretty sure they were even more texts from Jenny but she couldn't bring herself to check.