Time After Time (Book 2)

Chapter 7

As Hope sits in front the portal, she holds the prism in her hands, her subconscious simulating a fake Josie beside her. She smiles at her as Hope smiles back. The moment is soon interrupted when Lizzie shouts from afar. "Reporting for portal duty!" Hope turns her head to see Josie and the twins walking towards her. "I brought back up. Well, more like forced her." "Lizzie!" Josie slaps her arm. The two stare at each other for a moment before sitting down. Lizzie sitting between them and the twins sitting on the grass in front of them. "So, this is...nice right?" Lizzie asks all of a sudden. "Together again?" "It's great." "Awesome!" Hope and Josie nod. The twins both sense the tension between their mother's before glancing at each other. They decide to let it go, it's rare that their mom's argue or at odds with each other but they know better than to get in the middle of it. They actually know from experience.

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"Josie, I already said no." Hope walks away from her wife. "And I already said yes." Josie crosses her arms. Hope sighs turns around. "Look, I don't want to be the mean parent here. I really don't. But they got into a fight, they need to be punished, not going to some school dance." Josie shakes her head. "And I already told you, it wasn't their fault. That kid was bullying someone, they had to do something." "They didn't have to do anything. They should have just stayed out of it and gotten one of us." The twins watch as their mother's argue back and forth. "Can we at least go to our room?" Marshall asks. "No!" Both mother's shouted. "They are grounded, and banned from the dance tonight, that's final." Hope looks at her kids one last time before leaving the room. Josie sighs and turns towards her kids. "Look, your mom is gonna hate me for this. But you're allowed to go to the dance tonight. Don't worry, I'll cover for you two with your mom." The twins look at their Ma. "Are you sure? But Mom said no." Andrea shakes her head. "And I'm saying yes. Now, go get dressed and ready for the dance. Don't let your mother find out." They both nod and hurry to change.

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Things didn't go exactly as planned that night, in fact things went horribly wrong that night when they ended up dead and turned into vampires. Well, technically full tribrid's. That didn't go well with their mom and their ma has regretted it ever since. Both have moved on from it by now, accepting the fact that it would have happened sooner or later, this way, at least it's over and done with now. "I've never been better. My work paid off. My mind is sharp. All perceived mental breakdowns were a figment of my imagination fed by two manipulative vampires who will remain forever my enemies." Lizzie sighs. "What's going on with Sebastian?" Hope asks her. "Headmaster Downton Abbey wants us to enroll him to keep him off the streets. But after deliberately letting me think that I was unwell, I will not let that happen." Lizzie shakes her head. "You know, if you want us to kill him, we could." Andrea raises her eyebrow. "Kids, no." Hope and Josie both tell them. The twins put their hands up. "Ok, double mom's no. No killing, got it." Marshall nods. "You know, you should probably forgive MG." Josie tells her sister. "Never." "He didn't want to hurt you." "He hid things from me. Zero stars." Josie shakes her head. "He's not the only friend keeping secrets." She whispers, to no use considering 3/5 of them have supernatural hearing. "I didn't want to hurt you either." Hope tells her. "Yeah well, zero stars." Josie shrugs. She turns her head and spots what's in Hope hands. "Is that what I think it is?" She asks. "Yeah." Hope nods. Josie bites her lip and looks away. Hope then reaches out and hands her the prism. "Here. I don't need it anymore." "Thanks." Josie smiles slightly. The twins both bite their lips. "What's wrong?" Lizzie asks them. They both shake their heads as they glance between their moms. "Damn it you two! You're doing it again!" Lizzie shouts at them. Josie and Hope both quickly turn to see the twins in pain. "Oh my god, I'm so sorry. I totally forgot." Josie rubs Andrea's arm. "It's fine. We're still here, aren't we? We're not going anywhere. At least, not any time soon." She glances down at her Ma's stomach. Josie subconsciously rubs it as she remembers something. Something important, something she still hasn't told Hope yet. And she doesn't know how to either.