My Promise

10

"I can't believe you're not transferring." Lizzie complained flopping on her bed. I was visiting them at the school. It was the day we were dropping Steffi off. She was staying at the boarding house three nights and she was staying at Home 4 nights. I was sad that she wouldn't be home all the time we were pretty close. We did most things together, she hung out with me and my friends and she would be at every football game I was cheering at despite hating sports. 

"I'm letting Stef try it out first." "Hope, Jo and I have been here since were 6 and she was what 10? I think your safe." she teased I rolled my eyes and sat on her bed. "I just don't like change." "Boring." I threw a pillow at her. "Hey. Not fair." She complained. "Stop teasing." "Don't you want to be able to just use magic whenever?" "No. No I don't." "You're still not over the woods thing? Hope literally killed someone doing that... get over it." "I hurt my dad! Over a boy dumping. I'm not gonna get over it." I said to her getting annoyed that she wasn't understanding. She rolled her eyes. 

"Have you even used magic since?" "No." I say in a small voice she was judging me. "If I could-"I'm not you okay!" I shouted at her. "Eli? Are you okay?" Dad said putting his head into the room. I looked at Lizzie who looked in shock. "Wheres Stef? I should help her." I say leaving the room with my dad. He stopped me in the hall and pulled me into a hug. I relaxed in his embrace. "You don't have to rush anything." He told me. I nodded. "Stef's getting her schedule. Why don't you go and meet her?" I nodded and walked off int he direction of the office to meet my sister. 

Mum was up in her new room setting it up for her. She still babies us, the little things she does just makes me feel so loved. She puts notes in our lunches, and dad turns our pancakes into vampires. 

"You okay" I asked Stef as I lean against the desk beside her. "Yeah. Her eyes were wide as she looked around I guess taking it all in. We come here a lot, we stayed here before it got turned into a boarding house again. But it was different this time, she's be here without our parents... We have never been away from both of them for longer than a date night. And even then we'd face time them if we needed something despite Bonnie or someone being with us... We had attachment issues to them I guess. But they weren't the type to push us away either. "It's going to weird not having you down the hall from me." She tells me. "Lizzie and Josie are right upstairs." I tell her. "They're not my sisters." "I know but I'll visit and call and you'll be home most of the week." I rest my hand on top of hers.

"What if-"Salvatore?" The office lady said holding out a piece of paper. "Thank you." Stefanie took the packet. "Can I help you?" "No... I'm just with her." I say with a smile. We left shortly after that. "What classes do you have?" I asked taking her packet from her. "hey give it back." She said going to get it from me but I was taller and held it higher. "tease!" She said giving up. "Ooh Wolf anatomy. Interesting." I said sarcastically. "Ew gross." "Who you calling gross." Some guy shoved my sister. Her eyes darkened but she regained herself quickly. "Thought so little witch." He shoved her again. "Hey Back off." "Or what?" He challenged me. "Or you'll have be to deal with." "Oh I'm so scare-" He cut himself off. "What are you doing to me?" "Boiling you blood." I said casually checking my nails out. "Touch my sister again and I won't stop next time!" I said shoving him back and taking my sisters hand pulling her along. "You used magic!" She said shocked. "Mums gonna kill me." "Why am I going to kill you?" "Eliana!" Caroline said. "Thats why" I said pointing at Care. "Word travels fast in this place." Stef said under her breath though that doesn't really work having a vampire family. "You can't go around boiling peoples blood." I looked at my mum, Aunty Care can be intense, I don't know how the twins cope. "Hang on... Don't shout at her." Mum said stepping in. "She could have killed a student." "She would have had a reason." Mum said knowing me... I haven't used my magic in 4 months... She knew I wouldn't just randomly decide to boil someones blood. A spell that took a lot of focus... Aunty Davina taught it us before we went to our first school dance.