Never Say Never • Legacies

005. the sisterly reunion

Lizzie sat on the balcony of her Paris apartment, overlooking the township and of course, the Eiffel tower. She sipped on her iced latte, before she turned to look inside her apartment, which had a few mannequins floating around with half finished designs.

The Saltzman reentered her home, and found her phone on the counter. She thought about the group chat that Rafael had made, as an uneasy feeling filled her stomach.

She thought a lot about the night that the group ordered pizza and planned to spend time together but ended up fighting. Which lead to just more arguments.. mostly between Lizzie and Hope, Landon and pretty much everyone but worst of all, between the twins.

Lizzie wheeled her large suitcase through the apartment, catching the attention of Josie and Finch, who were cuddled together on the couch.

"Lizzie, you're leaving?!" Josie asked, as Lizzie stopped. "Yeah Jo, my flight is in four hours." She said, before she turned to her twin sister.

"I... Oh god you can't leave yet." Josie blurted. She was going to miss Lizzie a lot, but she was finally going to pursue her dream.

What bothered Josie, was now rent that had been split between eight people was now going to be split between three, making it quite expensive.

"Can you at least stay for a couple more weeks.. so Finch, Cleo and I can find a more affordable place to live?" She asked quickly. "Otherwise we're having to pay over double the rent."

Lizzie frowned, "Josie, you guys knew this day was coming." She insisted. "I just.. need more time." Josie pleaded. "Jo, I can't, I've got to go, I'm sorry." Lizzie decided.

But Josie didn't let Lizzie leave without a fight, and the pair hadn't talked properly since.

Currently, Lizzie sat on her sofa, peering down at her phone as Josie's contact was open. The blonde found her hand was shaking as she held the phone, and it was almost enough to make her want to put it away before she could call her brunette twin.

Fortunately, she clicked on the call button as fast as she could, before she could change her mind.

The ringing of the phone made her stomach turn, as she was constantly reminding herself that she hadn't spoken to Josie in two years.

The line picked up, and Josie could be heard saying, "Hello?"

Lizzie felt her lip quiver, as it hit her now just how much she had missed her sister. "Hey Jo." She managed to say as she tried not to cry.

"Lizzie? Oh my god—" Josie blurted, seeming surprised. "I haven't heard from you in so long." She confessed. Granted, Josie hadn't really reached out either.

"I know I'm just... I'm sorry Jo." Lizzie sighed, wanting to get that off of her chest. "I'm sorry for everything. I was so selfish."

There was a pause for a moment before Josie assured her, "No, Lizzie. I'm surprised you even wanted to talk to me after how I treated you." The brunette admitted. "I was awful to you.. and I realised it more and more after you left." She added.

"I was awful too... I didn't mean it." Lizzie spoke up, sounding teary, though she soon heard a sniffle and realised that Josie was crying too.

"Are you... crying?" Lizzie blurted, as Josie giggled. "I am... I'm just so happy to talk to you again, Lizzie. I was worried we'd never talk again." Josie replied, as she had felt so ashamed in how she'd treated Lizzie in the weeks coming up to when they had parted ways.

Though Lizzie was no saint, she practically left her old life behind her, and hadn't really spoken to anybody other than Cassie occasionally.

"It's so good to hear your voice." Lizzie finally said, as the two teary sisters laughed awkwardly, not aware that they were going to be on the phone to one another for hours.