Cordelia Goode x Reader- Instead

The time you chose not to be with me

''Delia?'' Myrtle's voice fills the headmistress office and she jumps a little because she didn't expect anyone to be awake yet. ''Good morning you scared me'' Cordelia says with a little smile and she carries on cleaning her desk and moving piles of documents into her drawers. ''My dear may I speak to you?'' Myrtle asks and Cordelia nods and offers her a seat. ''Of course what is it?'' she asks fearing this will be about you. ''My dear Delia I know this is none of my business but I need to speak my truth or I might regret it someday'' she starts and Cordelia simply answers ''Go on'' and by now she knows what this is about. ''Okay so I know that Y/N has feelings for you and I encouraged her to confront you about it because we both know you don't love that idiot Hank'' but Cordelia quickly shakes her head and stops her ''Listen I love Hank and I will tell you the same I told Y/N I am not leaving him, he will be the father of my children one day'' and Myrtle shakes her head in disbelieve how foolish Cordelia, the woman who she helped raise is being right now. ''Delia if this is only about children there are other options and I know Y/N's intentions they are true'' but Cordelia is having none of that and she quickly carries on her work. ''I am not listening to another word of this'' she says before basically kicking Myrtle out of her office. Myrtle sighs in defeat and she feels like she owes you her opinion about this and that Delia is being stubborn so she makes her way to your room hoping you are awake and ready for the classes ahead. ''Y/N dear'' she knocks on the door and opens it after you tell her to come in. When she enters she is surprised to see your bags packed, room empty and you basically ready to leave. ''Y/N darling please think about this'' she pleads trying to get you to stay because you are part of this coven. ''I can't Myrtle I tried but I can't keep doing this and having false hope, seeing them be happy'' and Myrtle nods accepting there is nothing she can do to change your mind and with Delia's stubbornness there won't be a chance for you to be happy here. ''Can I at least walk you out?'' she asks and you nod and take your bag. As you exit through the door you look at your room one more time and the many nights of you worrying about your magic or classes the next day, coming home drunk or being annoyed at Fiona for being horrible and Delia comforting you when she was the one who should have been comforted. You close the door and close your eyes for a second taking a deep breath accepting the reality that you are leaving this place once and for all. ''Are you going to say goodbye to her?'' Myrtle asks and you wish you could just avoid it and leave but you owe Cordelia the truth and you at least want to see her one last time before never seeing her again. You nod ''I will wait downstairs'' Myrtle says and takes your bag, gathering all the girls so they also get to say goodbye to you. You carefully knock on Cordelia's door your heart beating out of your chest and you hear a quiet ''Come in'' before entering and as her eyes meet yours and she sees you are fully dressed expects you leaving. ''Cordelia I just wanted to say goodbye I am leaving, I wanted to thank you for everything you have done for me in the last few years and also teaching me'' you say and you look at her and you can't read her reaction. She doesn't seem hurt or surprised but at the same time she doesn't seem like she doesn't care. Cordelia doesn't even say anything and so you just nod and save the picture in your head of seeing her one last time before leaving her office and walking downstairs. All the girls are waiting and you try hard to be strong and compose yourself. Zoe cries a little and you promise them to reach out and stay in touch. As Myrtle walks you out she says ''Please don't be a stranger and if you need anything we will always be here darling'' and you hug her tight before leaving and walking aimlessly until you are gone from this place. ''Bye'' you mumble after letting go and you take your bag and start to walk away from the coven not once looking back at Myrtle standing there waving or Cordelia watching you leave through her office window, her heart breaking and her head screaming at her to go after you but she doesn't manage to just like she didn't manage to say goodbye to you. 

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A few years later:

As you stand by your balcony this morning you shiver a bit at how cold it is and you pull your cardigan a bit closer. You take a few sips of your coffee and you look into the distance of the city you live in. You see people on the streets busy walking to their work or others going on about their day meeting friends or sitting in cafes. Today you are going to teach a new student because you kind of need the money. Despite it being years since you last belonged to a proper coven you still practice magic on a daily basis and you eventually decided to teach witches that can't or don't want to be taught in a coven and around other witches. It wasn't really something that paid the rent but whenever you occasionally got a student it would get you through the following weeks for a while. The other week you got a call from a Mr. St. Pierre Vanderbilt and you have heard his name before despite you not being sure where. He called and asked if you could teach his daughter Coco and you expected another young teenager whose parents don't want to send their child to a coven and completely accept the reality of their child being a witch or warlock but this client is different you just didn't know it yet. These days you enjoy teaching so occasionally you help out at the closest university, that you graduated from a while ago and you teach about history often subject witches and you do some classes about herbs and plants and that's how you still get to meet witches from time to time. The doorbell rings and you look at the time and make your way over to the door. When you open it you see a man wearing a suit with grey hair and a woman probably in her late 20's or maybe early 30's with blonde medium length hair wearing some fancy clothes. You are a bit surprised because you expected the witch you are supposed to be teaching today a little younger. ''Hello my name is Y/N'' you say politely and shake both of their hands and ask them inside. After small-talking for a while Mr Vanderbilt says ''Well my daughter seems to be in good care here I will send a driver after every lesson Coco have fun'' he says before leaving. You ask her inside your living room and offer her a drink. ''Just so you know I don't appreciate being here'' she says in a sassy tone and slightly rolling her eyes. ''Um okay why is that?'' you ask and hand her some iced coffee that you made earlier assuming she would like it. She takes it and rolls her eyes ''Because my daddy is forcing me to come here and I don't want to be here because I am not a witch'' she answers and you furrow your eyebrow in confusion a little. ''Okay so let's start with why he thinks you are a witch and you think you are not'' you say and she sighs before explaining. ''Well I can sense calories and gluten in food'' she says and you blink for a few seconds thinking this is all some kind of prank or joke. ''Are you serious?'' you ask a bit dumbfounded but she stays completely serious. ''Fine let's see it then'' you say and point towards the ice coffee on the table in front of you. ''How many calories?'' you ask with a raised eyebrow and she closes her eyes and rolls them slightly. ''70 calories, 4 grams of sugar'' she blurts out and you quickly get your phone to google it and it's correct. ''Fine come on'' you say and she follows you into the kitchen and she doesn't seem too pleased with the whole situation. You open every single one of your draws and she tells you every single calorie even in the fridge and you watch her in awe. ''Coco this is amazing I haven't heard of this magic but I will read into it I promise'' you say and praise her and she seems a little bit more hopeful now. ''Fine'' she says and you give her a pat on the back before ending the lesson for today. The rest of the night you research about her powers and you try to find every single detail about that kind of magic and how to determine whether she has other powers too.