A/N i cannot believe that we have reached fifty chapters! thank you soo much to all of my readers <3 i appreciate you all!!

we had learnt very little new information in the time at the good witches house. That is what i'm calling the house because 'the slip and skate' house sounds like a giant out door fun summer activity where mini people live underneath it and get crushed every time it gets used and you use it by skating on it. It also reminds me a bit too much of the ice rink. I'll get over that eventually...hopefully with Maddox when we have another date there ...if he wants of course. All that we had learnt from our conversation was that there's a difference between spells and curses. Me and Alaric are cursed which means that something needs to happen in order for us to no longer be cursed. Spells are less permeant and can be reversed with time or another spell. That is why Emily was able to restore our abilities to speak, see and hear.

I was really tired and we had all been hit pretty roughly by our day. I had to have a nice cup of coffee before I drove home or else I would have been falling asleep at the wheel, which is not a sensible thing to do ! don't drive when you are tired!....wow i'm so tired I am lecturing myself. I honestly didn't trust Amity or Alaric to drive us home either considering how i've seen them driving when they're not tired and i wasn't going to risk my car .

This was going to be...interesting to say the least. I hadn't actually had anyone sleeping over at my house. I was also incredibly incorrect when i said Amity was tired, unless I missed her downing five cups of coffee because she was now bouncing off the walls. "Oh I can't wait! this is going to be one of the best sleepovers any of us have ever had!...wait....who has had a sleepover before and before you answer Alaric no , staying in the other house does not count as a sleepover." Amity exclaimed before sounding a bit depressed at the end, interrupting Alaric who had started to lift his hand up but stopped whilst looking defeated.

I shook my head as Maddox answered "I've slept over at my cousins but i wouldn't consider that a sleepover..." Maddox trailed off at the end as we got to the front door of my house. This only seemed to encourage Amity some more as she squealed and wrapped her arm around Maddox and Alaric's shoulders "yes! it can be a first sleepover sleepover! It will be the best first sleepover sleepover ever!" Amity's enthusiasm once again made me want to slam my head on the nearest hard surface but I appreciated that she could still put on a brave and happy front when we're all somewhat in danger.

We entered the house calmly, Amity pulling on Maddox's shoulder a little bit causing him to stumble into the doorway. Though he stumbled into me so he didn't have any time to fall or hit the wall. I got an awkward smile in response as I shook my head. Amity was running around the place , looking at all the ornaments and other oddities I owned whilst Alaric calmly followed her. Maddox and I headed straight for the living room where Maddox promptly face planted my settee. I laughed and walked over , picking his head up and placing it onto my lap.

"you doing okay Maddox?" I asked gently and sincerely I had asked that too many times already but i wanted to make sure that he knew he could tell me if anything was wrong or if he was unhappy about something. I'm not clingy or obsessive what would make you think that? I'm not sure if i'm too worried or straight forward with people or ...is it normal to be this aware of how you act towards people or how people see you?

Maddox smiled and held my hand "Yes I know, Chester, I'm okay and you're there for me always, i'm okay at the moment, you you'd know if i wasn't doing well. " He was right but i honestly didn't want to admit that because then i would stop asking him if he was okay and i don't want that....i need to have a good meditation session and going deep into my mind to sort out my behaviour or attitude issues...if i have any. I'm not sure what's normal anymore...

"Chester? Are you doing okay?" Maddox asked me as I started to mindlessly run my own fingers through his own hair. I was about to answer when Amity came in , holding somethings from the second bedroom "Chester! you have soo much cool stuff here! we will totally have the best first sleepover sleepover ever! We'll make popcorn, watch movies, have pillow fights oohhhhhh!" She started to hit Alaric on the arm excitedly "LETS MAKE A FORT!"

I once again questioned the mental age of the person in front of me but I chuckled and smiled "Yes Amity that sounds like a good idea , how about you go around the bedrooms and collect what we need?" She disappointed me by shaking her head and starting to pull me up my my hand, causing Maddox to fall off my lap and hit the floor. Maddox's hair looked like it had been in a windstorm as he sat up and huffed some hair out of his eyes. He had a smile on his face but his eyes held a playful glare.

"thanks for that Amity, really apricate it, i wanted to get a nice good look at the floor..." He trailed off as he stood up and cleaned himself off a little bit. Amity was still holding my hand and dragged me upstairs to where one of my bathrooms was. I looked at her sternly as she started to run the bath "Amity why-" I started to ask very awkwardly as she spun around with a smirk and a raised eyebrow. "Chester don't flatter yourself , you need to have a bath and relax. Me and Alaric could build a fort and the only person who will join you is Maddox...if you want that is?" She winked at the end and seemed very satisfied with my very red face.

I scowled lightly before pushing her out of the room "Don't let Maddox carry blankets down the stairs in case he trips." I turned around to sort out the bath as i heard her laughter and Maddox come up, I turned the water on more so that I could ignore the conversation that they were having.

I only had a quick bath, though I made sure to get rid of all the dirt and stress from the day and let them run down the drain never to be seen ....until tomorrow when I wake up late and extremely stressed that i have to go to uni- I paused what I was doing as my train of thoughts came to a halt. Tomorrow was saturday, we had no university to go to. Perhaps this is why Amity was so keen on a sleepover? There was no need to actually go to sleep at a reasonable time , other then my health of course, and we could have somewhat of a lie in tomorrow. Though University didn't usually start until late, it was still nice to know that we didn't really have any obligations tomorrow.

Though I realized that I had made a mistake when I realized...I hadn't brought clothes with me. My face paled as i looked to the door in hopes a miracle would come through. Surprisingly my prayers were answered. I had unlocked the door and opened it a little bit to let some air in and on the other side i heard a quiet voice "Chester? Amity said you didn't take any clothes in there...I have clothes in arms ....can I come in?"

I had frozen even more, I've done that a lot today, before clearing my throat . "Maddox? It's okay to come in, but if you don't want to you could just place the clothes outside of the door..." I thought giving him the option was the best idea but I am not sure if i was ready myself, personally. Honestly it would be like him seeing me shirtless , cause there was nothing more on show ...that's normal right? A lot of men walk around shirtless and it's nothing to worry about...Sometimes I wish that i had been brought up in the same time as Maddox , then I would know what's normal and what isn't. Though I suppose that is another challenge that i'm supposed to deal with.

I waited a few seconds, expecting to hear Maddox leave the clothes outside and walk away, though when the door started to be moved I nearly shouted out to stop it from moving. Maddox walked in with his eyes closed,, expertly i might add ,and he held some clothes in his arms. I chuckled "Maddox you can open your eyes, I may not have brought clothes but i do keep towels in here." My voice was strained and i'm pretty sure that My face was as bright as his .

Maddox opened one of his eyes before closing it again, he did the same with the other eye before opening them both and sighing "Well that's a relief! I like having my eyes open." we both shared a laugh as he handed me a pair of sweatpants and a t-shirt. "Do you want to take a bath? I could get one sorted for you and you can borrow some of my clothes...if you want? this time the clothes will be in the bathroom before you go in the bath..." I trailed off several times due to the awkwardness but he didn't seem to notice as he was looking around the room once again. I had learnt that Maddox was much more curious then i had already assumed.

"If you don't mind at all? it's a bit noisy downstairs and i've had a ...day." Maddox replied with a defeated look, I gave him a polite smile in return and stood up . I gave him a peck on the cheek before nodding "Alright then, i'll sort that out as soon as possible once i'm dressed." He didn't say anything after that other then a little squeak and turned on his heel, waving a little bit.

I wasted no time in getting ready and sorting a bath for Maddox. I used lavender bubble bath and I turned on the battery powered candles. ....That may be overkill but i don't care. I got him some basketball shorts -which will be about three quarter length pants on him , and a T-shirt which was a bit too small for me and i was too nervous to take it back to the shop. At least we knew that he had everything that he needed in here , there wouldn't be any missing clothes mishaps.

I poked my head out of the bathroom to see if Maddox was anywhere near and I followed the sound of humming. Turns out Maddox was in my study, looking at some of the books that I owned from years and years ago. I spent a few moments watching his hands be very gentle with the paper so that he didn't rip or tear any of the pages. His tongue was in between his teeth as he strained his eyes to read the words.

"Maddox." I said once again , this cause his head to snap up and look at me startled . He chuckled nervously before carefully shutting the book and putting it back where he found it . "I'm sorry Chester...I like books." That was all the explanation he needed to give me really so I nodded my head and walked over to him, giving him a hug.

I felt like all the emotions that we have felt in the past day came running back to us. The panic that i had felt. the sadness and the loss. the confusion. Also the gratitude and the happiness of having him safe in my arms. I valued this moment that only lasted a second but it felt like an eternity.

Once it got to the point where it was nearly awkward i pulled away and before i could do anything Maddox kissed my cheek. "Maybe tomorrow we can do some reading together. but for now, the water will get cold ." he sighed but nodded happily as he left the room. I looked at the book he was reading , of course he was reading a fantasy romance book.

I had went downstairs to see a disaster in my living room , that means that more time shall be added to my cleaning routine ...which i hadn't done in a while. My routine was heavily disturbed recently but i didn't completely mind, it was nice doing different things. "sooo, did Maddox have fun?" Teased Amity as she was lying on the floor under a roof of blankets . Alaric seemed to nearly be asleep next to her , holding a cup of coffee. I sent her a dirty look "that was your idea wasn't it?" I asked , sighing as she gave an enthusiastic nod.

"Maddox didn't see anything I-" I started to say before I was cut off by a loud crash coming from the bathroom. I immediately ran upstairs and knocked on the door to the bathroom "Maddox? are you alright in there ?" I heard a lot of splashing and stuttering before I decided to head inside, I had my hands covering my eyes but I knew my bathroom well enough to make it to the bath without tripping on anything. Maddox was still coughing and so i hit him gently on the back and got him a glass of water from the sink .

After Maddox composed himself and was fine he muttered "sorry , i just slipped...I'm okay now...but Chester?" I still had my eyes covered but i gave him a polite smile as I repositioned my right hand to be in front of my eyes only . "it's aright i'm just happy you're okay, what is it?" Instead of asking me anything he took my hand away from my face and gave me a kiss .

I...wasn't expecting that. My eyes flew open at the unexpected nature of the kiss, my shirt was getting a little bit wet from the water that was dripping from Maddox's hair, he had his hand on the back of my head making the kiss deeper. If i had thought that hugging Maddox earlier showed all the emotions that we had felt throughout the day, this kiss showed all the emotions that we had ever felt. I was reminded of all the happy and positive memories that I had, each moment of laughter, every time I cried of happiness. All of the love and compassion that I ever needed was here in this moment and this kiss. I was certain that I only wanted to spend my life with Maddox. But now i wanted to spend my eternity with Maddox.