maybe when the time is right - ms. venable

•seventeen•

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Yesterday's dinner with Ms. Venable went just perfect. We talked, laughed, she opened up to me, the food was tasty... Later she drove me home and... we kissed. My first kiss ever. I was so happy. I still am.

I walk into school and I bump into a random person. The hallways were filled. Why is everybody out of the classrooms?-I wonder and ask a girl in the crowd. She shrugged in confusion.

I suddenly hear the crowd get quiet as the principal spoke;

-"I wanted to take this time to have a moment of silence for young Michael Brown whose lifeless body was found in the pond behind school, yesterday evening. It seems as though he was murdered. The investigation is underway. All my condolences go to his poor family. Everybody else, please stay safe. That's all from me."

-I was shocked and scared. A killer in our boring town? Who could it be? And where is Liz for god's sake!?-I think before starting to look for her, but instead, I see Ms. Venable standing with the other teachers. I come up to her;

-"Hello, Ms. Venable!"

-"Oh, excuse me, I'll be right back."-Wilhemina says to the teachers, then continues;-"Well hey, honey."

-"Did you hear this?"

-"I did. Well that boy was pretty annoying anyways."

-"Wilhemina!"

-"What? Okay, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I was joking. A-are you scared?"

-"Kind of..."

-"(Y/n), I promise to protect you. I'll give you a  drive home today. How about that?"-Wilhemina says before placing a kiss on your forehead.

-"That would be nice, thank you."

-"You look pretty. And I like the outfit again!"-Mina compliments you. You were wearing a short, black sundress and fishnet tights. You also had on a green zip up hoodie.

Out of nowhere, Elizabeth shows up. Unlike yesterday, now she looked gorgeous and happier than ever;

-"I was searching for you, (y/n). Hi Ms. Venable!"

-"It's a goodbye actually. I'll be leaving now. See you later."-Wilhemina says, then leaves.

-"Liz, have you heard?"

-"About the murder? Yup. Don't be scared. I've got it under control."

-"You've got it under control? Elizabeth, you can't even open a jar of pickles by yourself."-Elizabeth and I laugh and she hits me jokingly.
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May 24, 2021

Wilhemina and I have been dating for four months. My parents didn't accept my lover and they weren't happy with my choices which eventually resulted in kicking me out. I started living with Mina. We love one another so much.

It's a saturday and Elizabeth is coming over to tell 'something important' to me and Wilhemina. I hear the doorbell downstairs and I put down Mina's cat I was cuddling with.

-"Hey, Lizzy."

-"Lizzy? What the fuck? Look, (y/n), I'm dead."-Elizabeth says and I hear Wilhemina laugh from the kitchen.

-"Cool?"

-"Not basically but- I've talked with Ms. Cordelia and she made things more clear for me."

-"Who's Cordelia?"-Wilhemina asked.

-"A witch. But that's a story for another time... Anyway, let's begin."

-Elizabeth starts to tell everything from the beginning-

-"Wait, so I was a leader of an outpost whilst the apocalypse?"

-"Yeah."

-"How'd I get in that position?"

-"That's the part I don't know either."

-"How did I get into the outpost?"-I ask.

-"I invited you probably- duh."-Wilhemina says and Elizabeth stays silent so Wilhemina continues in confusion;-"What?"

-"Nothing... Y-yeah. You invited both her and I."

-"Was there somebody else we knew?"

-"Hm... No."

—Elizabeth continues her story of the erased timeline—

-"Do you believe me?"

-"Elizabeth, I think your need professional help..."

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We went to visit the so called 'supreme' a few more times. She says Elizabeth had so much death in her, the half of it keeps her in an erased timeline.

I loved my friend so much and I wanted to believe her, but both Wilhemina and I were skeptical about all this. Even though... There were some weird things Elizabeth knew without possibly having a way of knowing;

Wilhemina and I both had strange scars we didn't know how we got. My scar was round and on my temple, Wilhemina's looked the same but it was beside her right breast;

-"Wow... I think you guys got shot."-Elizabeth says and continues after moving the hair away from her forehead-"I have this."

-"Do you remember getting it?"

-"Yes... I was killed... With a knife. Do I have to tell the details?"

-"Oh..."

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Apparently Ms. Cordelia has one too. On her chest. She doesn't remember anything Elizabeth is talking about, but she didn't deny the possibility of it.

Once we were there, Elizabeth claimed a girl from the coven, Mallory, worked as the staff in an outpost, but Mallory denied all of that, even though it seemed like she was hiding something.

Elizabeth found herself to be the happiest with Cordelia and the friends she made there, so after our graduation, she eventually became a part of Miss Robichaux's Academy.

Wilhemina and I would visit very often. Cordelia became Wilhemina's only friend. Now she is even invited to our wedding!
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i can't wait to write the wedding chapter!! (also here finally... have ur happy ending :)