"I can explain" were the first words out of Faiths mouth as she entered the doors to find her mother awaiting impatiently for her inside. She bit her lip as Ann stared at her silently, obviously angered. "We searched the woods for you!" Clare said from beside her with a smirk, as she tapped on Ann's arm to join in on the interrogation. Faith swallowed as she saw the look on her mother's face. "We told you to stay put!" She spoke with disappointment in her voice. Clare agreed as she nodded her head, finding Faith getting yelled at quite amusing. "We expected you to be dead!" Clare spoke dramatically. "Imagine our surprise when we searched a particular Trail only to find you nice and cozy with Sir Killierlot!"

"Sir killierlot?" Faith retorted as she rolled her eyes. "For your information I actually just single handily saved a entire family!" She put one hand on her hip, and raised her head up proadly.

Ann's anger faded as a more concerned tone grew. "What are you talking about?" Clare's own smug expression changed as she herself grew curious. "What?"

Faith smiled as she found her footing in the augment. "As I said, I can explain." She half expectied one of them to interrupt her but they didn't. "After the communication spell I waited like you said." She pointed at her mother who looked at her doubtfully. "But after awhile I heard screaming so I followed it. I found a family locked in freaking changes by a dark witch!" She exclaimed getting carried away. "She tried to use her powers on me but she couldn't..so I ahh,"

They looked at her questionably as they awaited the rest of her story. "What did you do?" Clare asked with amazement, a hint of jealousy laced her voice.

Faith grew uncomfortable as she wondered the best way to say it. However there was no way to say "well I stabbed her." Without sounding like a sphycopath, but she did.

"You killed a dark witch?" Ann asked. "By yourself?" Clare Clarified.

Faith raised her eyebrows. Hadn't she said that already? They must of thought that Nicholas had a hand in it. "He got there afterwords." She explained. "And you should have seen his face!" She said as she did her best to imitate it. "Priceless!" She shouted through laughter.

Clare giggled, but quickly stopped as Ann glared at her. "Very unresponsible of you." She said as she shook her finger but still had a smile plastered on her face. Clare would have given money to witness Faiths story play out.

"Girls!" Ann raised her voice sounding like the mother figure she clearly was. "It's not funny," she said as she narrowed her green eyes. "We don't interfere with dark Witches," she turned to Faith "Especially with hunters following our every move."

Faith shifted her weight as she shook her head in disagreement. Her cheery mood fading "If anything doesn't it make them less suspicious? I think it really through Nicholas off."

Ann took a breath. Truthfully she didn't know what it did, or didn't do. None of these circumstances had happened to her. She had lived in the past for ten years now and never had this many complications until Faith showed up. Witches killing witches? Now that was unheard of.  "I honestly don't know." She said as she looked over her daughter one more time making sure she was ok.  "Unfortunately I don't have all the answers," she continued as she thought of how great it would be to have the gift of foresight. She made a mental note to speak with Hazel later to hear her thoughts. She felt a little useless as both young woman looked at her as If she were supposed to say something helpful. "I am glad you are alright." She said as she placed a hand on Faiths cheek, savoring the memory. Ann was much to use to being ripped away from the ones she loved without a moments notice. "You did the right thing by saving that family." She said proadly. "But about the Dumas boy," she started.

"What about him?" Faith asked. She didn't understand why she herself felt so defensive about to topic.

Clare rolled her eyes. She'd had seen how playful they acted on top of his horse. "As if you don't know."

Faith glared at her. "He offered me a ride back, and i accepted.. that's all, Hell, I'd probably still be out there wondering around lost if he hadn't brought me back." She stated, reassuring herself as much as them.

Ann nodded, but to Faith it looked doubtful. "I am going to reheat dinner" Ann said awkwardly changing to topic as she reached over beside the door to grab a fire poker. Faith was only eight when Ann got sucked back in time so she figured she missed the "talk" that her husband no doubt must have already given her.

Faith could sense the discomfort  radiating off of her mother as she left them to go to the kitchen. Faith began to feel sorry for her mother. Usually parents developed with there children and are able to adapt to there ages, but Ann? For her, Her daughter went from 8 to 18 without her being around. That must have been difficult.

Once Ann was out of the room, Clare smiled knowingly as she raised her eyebrows. "So he didn't ask you out then?" She asked with a smirk.

Faiths cheeks burned red as she stood there mortified. This was why all of this was amusing her? "Eavesdropping much?" She asked.

Clare tossed red locks of hair behind her shoulders, then placed a hand on her hip. "What did you expect from me?" she asked. "You come back with Mr, handsome, killerlot, and didn't expect me to be curious?"

"So now he is cute?" Faith asked trying to turn the tables on Clare but she simply replied with "You tell me?" As she smiled mischievously at her.

"I'm not having this conversation with you." Faith said as her cheeks became hotter then the desert. Obviously he was a attractive man, any woman would think so. Clare was just being ridiculous.

"So your not going to the lake tomorrow then?" Clare pressed, obviously amused with herself.

"Of course not." Faith answered immediately. As much as she wouldn't admit that she wanted to, she knew better.

Clare pulled her lips together as she nodded, but she herself were still not convinced. "Well see." Was the last thing she said before she left Faith standing there to go to the kitchen

Faith let out a breath she wasn't aware she was holding. What the hell was she getting herself into?

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