Cele was surprised at Claire blurting that she didn't want to go home for the winter. The smile faded from her face as she stared at her twin. She knew that her sister wasn't happy that they'd have to stop using magic, something they both loved, every time they went home. But, how could they not go home every chance they got?
While they'd been home for a few months over the summer, something she was looking forward to even more than she was the short weeks coming up, she wasn't sure she could not practice what she'd learned.
Home was closer for them than some of the other students, literally being just across the lake, but it wasn't close enough for Cele. She couldn't talk to Mama and Papa, and she rarely even saw them on the other side of the lake. She felt mildly homesick at the thought of not seeing them until June.
But there was a worse feeling of not having her twin with her for Christmas that left a bad taste in her mouth. She didn't know which thought made her feel the worse.
“Okay,” she started, still trying to make up her mind as to what she would say. She still wasn't completely sure why Claire didn't want to go home. Whatever happened, if one twin stayed and one went home – or both twins stayed – Cele was sure she'd spend Christmas day crying in the privacy of a bathroom without her twin's knowing.
MJ is a goddess & made cele's set