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"Okay, this should be good as new by tomorrow. Those healing spells are really impressive." Jade said. She looked up at Josie.
"You were great, by the way, in the show. Really charming." Both of them smiled.
"Thanks. I was fighting it at first. I didn't want to think that Elena and I were actually going through the same thing.." Josie admitted. "I've changed, but nothing around me really has." she continued with a sad smile.
Jade had really a hard time to look at Jo, as she was fighting her own battle. "So, maybe it's not the place for you anymore." She looked at her finally. Josie puzzled. Oh that came out wrong, Jade thought, so she continued.
"I mean, not permanently. Just... maybe you should see what else is out there. You know?" She looked at her again. "That's what I'm doing."
Josie's brain stopped. Everything what was playing in her head calmed down. "You're leaving?" she asked once again like she could not believe what she just heard.
"Yeah." Jade admitted quietly. Goodbyes sucks she thought.
"This place is too tied up in the person I used to be. Also, um..." she struggled.
"Sorry if this is awkward, but I hate ambiguity." She looked up to Josie again. "We shouldn't be a thing, right? Uh, I mean, like, I'm way older than you. And I used to, like babysit you, so..."
Josie could not help but smile during Jade's speech, she was so cute to trying to explain why they should not be dating.
"Yeah, it's a little weird." She admitted.
Her head was spinnig, she does not want to let go of this girl in front of her. Not just yet...
"But..." she said to get Jade's attention. "um, if you are actually leaving, um..." She was trying to get all the courage from inside her and put it into the words. "I think I would kick myself if I didn't get to kiss you, for real."
Jade was listening to her, her eyes moving from Jo's eyes to her lips and back.
"Just because last time I was hopped up on black magic, and just so there's no ambiguity."
Jade smiled at her, she could not stop herself anymore, maybe it was wrong to kiss her again. Maybe not.
"Right."
She leaned into the kiss. It was sweet.
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The next morning, Josie woke up in her room, her hand no longer hurting, she took off her bandage, circled her wrist carefully, and bent it. "I love magic." she thought.
She looked around the room, her sister still asleep after the musical night.
Her stomach churned. She placed her hand on the stomach, as if it were possible to silence the beast inside so as not to wake her sister. She decided to go for breakfast.
Yesterday's conversation with Jade was still running through her head. Maybe she was right. Maybe she should really change the environment. She was walking toward the school kitchen deep in her thoughts when a person rushed around the corner.
"Ugh." Josie staggered. At that moment, she felt two strong hands on her arms, which stabilized her.
"Josie." she heard a familiar voice. "I'm sorry, I didn't notice you. Are you okay?"
"Jade ..." Jo said in surprise, "I thought you were gone."
"I was supposed to leave early in the morning, but a new monster appeared, so I promised your dad I would help." the vampire explained.
"Oh, ..." was all the young witch could say. "Well..., I'm going to the school kitchen and have something to eat if you want to join in ..." Josie added after a while.
"Oh yeah, why not. I'd love to." said the vampire.
This is going to be a bit awkward Josie thought and immediately regret that she asked the vampire to join her for breakfast.
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In the end, breakfast with the young vampire went better than she thought. They talked about the old good days, when Josie was young. She told what happened during Jade's imprisonment in the prison world with Wendy, Diego, and her uncle Kai.
Hope watched the two girls' conversation from a distance. Since she was trapped in Josie's subconscious, they haven't had much of a chance to talk. Everything then happened so quickly. Hope was torn from her thoughts.
"I thought that Edward in woman's body is no longer here to ravage my sister's heart." Lizzie said ironically.
"Your dad asked Jade to stay. A new monster has appeared." Hope informed Lizzie calmly.
They both stared at the two young girls at the table, who were laughing at one of Jade's jokes.
"I refuse to keep watching my sister flirting with the vampire. I'm leaving, and you should go too." Lizzie said, turning on her heel and heading for the classroom. .