"Henry?"
I opened my eyes blearily.
"I'm a witch."
At first I didn't react. My brain wasn't working. I was euphoric after the best sex I'd ever had with Anna. We had just celebrated our engagement with a party at her flat. All the guests had gone and we had gone to bed to make passionate love. Whether it was the limited amount of alcohol I'd drunk or the occasion, I don't know, but I had been able to spend hours on foreplay, arousing Anna to screaming orgasm several times before we had coupled frantically. After more foreplay and more intercourse in different positions I had drifted off to sleep holding her in my arms.
"What did you say?"
"I said: I'm a witch."
"Why, Anna?"
"What do you mean, why?"
Anna was far more awake than I was and her tone of voice warned me that I'd better get with it soon.
"Why did you say: I'm a witch?"
"Because I am."
I sat up in bed. As I did so, the bedclothes slid down exposing my chest and Anna's breasts that I loved so much. I looked down at her. She appeared to be serious, slightly worried, and waiting for a response from me.
"OK, Anna," I said. "We're engaged. Officially engaged. Last night we celebrated our engagement with our friends and very satisfyingly in this bed. Is your statement the dark secret you've been hiding from me, or is this a test?"
Anna's face crumpled slightly. I could see the glistening of a teardrop.
"Yes, it's a secret. No. It's not a test. I am a witch."
I hugged her tightly.
"OK. You're a witch. What does that mean to us? Do I have to become one too? Do I have to escort you to midnight assignations at Stonehenge? Will you park your broomstick in the hall?"
The humour wasn't working. I tried to be serious.
"Anna. I love you. I love you for what you are. If that includes you being a witch, then I love Anna the witch too. Does that answer the question?"
I kissed her forehead. She snuggled against my shoulder.
"Thank you, Henry. I love you too."
Anna kissed my bare chest.
"Well?" I asked.
"Well what, Henry?"
"Aren't you going to give me details? What does being a witch mean to you? Did you choose to be a witch? Did you go to evening classes to get a diploma of witchery?"
Anna giggled slightly.
"No evening classes. I was born a witch, daughter and granddaughter of witches. I have inherited powers that I have learned to develop and use. I don't have, and won't have a broomstick. I can't fly except in my imagination."
"So what can you do? What powers does my Anna the witch have?"
"Well..." Anna paused. "There's this one."