The Secret Society 2 Always and Forever

Chapter 2

Jo's pov

The never ending darkness is enough to drive anyone mad but I hold on to the memories of the ones I love with all I have. Hero. My one true love I miss him so much it physically hurts. I'm just glad he doesn't have to suffer the agony of remembering me. "Still sulking I see" Ryan says annoying me. "Go the fuck away I told you I'm not helping you escape" I yell at him as I start to walk down the endless black tunnel. "You might not have a choice" he says with madness in his eyes as he lunges towards me my instincts freeze and he actually has the chance to grab me suddenly a white light appears above us and a magnetic pull starts to pull us up into the air as I get my shit together and start to punch Ryan in his face making him groan out in pain as we struggle together flying through the air. "Motus" I yell trying to throw him off of me but he holds on to me tighter as we get closer to the blinding white light. "Get the fuck off of me" I grunt out as I knee him in the groin making him gasp for air as he loses hold of me falling through the air until he grabs hold of my black boot. I kick and kick as hard as can to get him oft and then suddenly I am lying on the ground. The sky above me is so blue the white clouds looking like little puffs of cotton.

I've missed this too. Seeing color and not just blackness is definitely a sight for sore eyes. I blink adjusting my eyes to the brightness as I sit up taking in my surroundings looking to see if Ryan is anywhere in sight but thank goodness he isn't. It's then that I realize I am in a cemetery not far from the Salvatore School as I look around and see the old Salvatore mausoleum. Should I even go back there? No one remembers me anyway. Can we really start all over? My thoughts plague me but even with all the things that can go wrong from me being out of Malevore I need to see him even if only for a moment. I dust the dirt from my pants and make my way through the woods toward the school. I smile as I hear the birds chirping and inhale the fresh air. I'm back. I don't know how or why but I've made it out of that darkness. As I get closer to the gates of the Salvatore School my nerves kick in. What do I say to them? How am I going to explain all this? It's then that I see them getting out of Ric's old jeep. Hero, Josie, Faye, Mercy and Felix. God have I missed them all even Ralph who I usually despise. I wonder where the others are but my heart sinks when I see Hero put his arm around Josie as they both smile widely making there way into the school. He's moved on. He's happy. I shouldn't even be here.

"Josephine Hope Michaelson get your ass over here" I hear Lizzie say from behind me. What the fuck? How does she even remember me? "What? How?" I start to stutter out but get cut off when she wraps her arms around me squeezing the life out of me as she holds me tightly. "I'll let Hero explain all that. In fact we better get you inside your Aunt Freya will kill me if I don't bring you to her first" Lizzie says smiling as she puts her arm around me opening up the gates with a wave of her hand. "So you all remember me?" I ask her curiously wondering if what I saw earlier between Hero and Josie was just a mistake. "Now we do but for weeks only Hero could" she says shrugging as we walk up the stairs. "What do you mean? How come he could remember me" I ask anxiously praying he didn't suffer the way that I did. She ignores my question and leads me towards her father's office as soon as I open the doors I see all my friends inside the room as everyone starts to smile at me.

"Josephine thank the goddess it worked. How are you feeling?" Aunt Freya asks me coming over to place her hand on my forehead. "I'm fine" I say my eyes searching to find Hero's as they lock on to his greenish-blue orbs my heart starts to pound in my chest as he looks at me. Suddenly he rushes towards me grabbing me into his arms his scent engulfing me as I inhale smiling as I wrap my arms around him tightly. "I've been lost with out you Josephine" he says tears streaming down his face as well as mine as he grabs my face in between his hands and caresses my cheeks wiping the tears rolling off my face. Our lips crash together in a heated kiss as everyone else around us disappears and we are in our own little bubble. "I'm so sorry Hero I never wanted you to remember me and feel all that pain" I say in between kisses. "I could never forget you Jo not ever. Always and forever yeah" he says kissing me again.