Mika's P.O.V

I wish there was a way to tell Shelby I was sorry. I came here, not knowing she was apart of the FAE. I didn't want to do the things I did. But after everything... of course she wouldn't believe me if I tried to explain.

We ate lunch, and I tried staying as far away from Shelby as possible. I noticed her sneaking glares at me, and honestly, I didn't really mind. That... thing that took over me. It destroyed Shelby. And I did nothing to come back from that. Meghan noticed me playing with my food. "You okay?" she asked.

I looked up at her. "Yeah... I guess. I mean, I've been better, but..." I replied.

"Been better dating my boyfriend," Shelby huffed.

I didn't reply. "So you have nothing to say about that, huh?" Shelby spat. "You ruined EVERYTHING! I WAS HAPPY, HE WAS HAPPY, AND YOU SWOOPED IN AND RUINED IT!!"

"I did..." I whimpered.

"Oh, so you have emotions now?"

"Look, Shelby, listen to me—"

"No, Mika. You listen to me. I perhaps could've kept Ethan safe from this whole mess. If I knew where he was, what he was going through, he'd have no motivation to even get to the EAPE in the first place."

"I made a mistake. I know that. But you have to understand... I didn't want to hurt you."

"But you wanted to steal the one I loved?"

"No. I wanted to see him happy. Sure, I was crushing on him, but you two looked so happy together... I didn't wanna ruin that! This... this weird spirit possessed me, convinced me that you two had to seperate. Ethan had to be mine. I'm sorry. I can't say that enough."

"It'll take more than an 'I'm sorry' to make me forgive you." Shelby's hands started to glow. I was scared. After hearing what I did, hearing how upset Shelby was because of me, surly they wouldn't protect me if Shelby were to obliterate me with magic.

"Shelby..." Cory warned.

Shelby picked up a fork, touched the prongs of it, and in a ribbon of light, it had transformed into a sword. "You hurt me so... much... and you can't get away with it," she hissed. She stood, despite Cory's best efforts to hold her down. As she drew closer to me, I began moving closer and closer to Meghan. Maybe she liked me? Shelby stood next to me now, shaking with rage. "I can't believe you thought I'd ever FORGIVE YOU!" she shouted, raising her sword.

But before she could do any damage, Stacy bounced a beam of light off Shelby's sword and into her eyes. Meghan reached over and grabbed the sword, holding it under the table. Shelby shook her head, her vision coming back. She looked around the room before settling a glare on me. Her hands started to glow again, but Meghan climbed over top of me, sitting between me and Shelby. "Calm. Down," Meghan ordered.

"You don't understand! She's manipulating you too!" Shelby growled.

"Calm down! You really think harming her will make it better? By the sounds of things, you have every right to be mad at her. But the FAE just got you back. They can't have you leave again. Go cool down."

Shelby balled her fists. For a moment, she looked as if she'd punch Meghan. But she shocked me when she burst into tears and ran out of the room.

Everyone glanced nervously at each other. "Do we go after her?" Scott asked.

Em slipped down off her chair. "I will go," she squeaked. Before anyone could reply, she'd left the room.

Em's P.O.V

I knocked on Shelby's closed door. I could hear her crying. I waited a moment before opening the door. She was curled up into a shaking ball, crying hysterically. I closed the door and waddled over to her. I sat down next to her, wrapping my arms around her. "Please stop crying..." I frowned. "You'll make me cry."

"That's not w-what..." Shelby choked out, but she didn't finish.

"I don't like seeing you mad. It's scary. And everyone else is scared too."

"I don't want to harm anyone."

"But you want to harm Mika?"

Shelby went still. She looked me dead in the eye. "She hurt me. I have every right to hurt her back," she hissed.

"Except you don't! Sure, she upset you, but that doesn't mean that you have to be a bad person! It's okay of you don't like her, but you have to try and stop yourself from hurting her. Please?" 

Shelby shook her head with a sigh. "Would you mind... going to get one of the mentors for me?" she asked.

"Okie, I'll do that."

I hugged Shelby one last time before leaving the room.