Secrecy (Hosie)

Part 47: Precognition

"So you're together, but you're not...together?"

"Sort of."

Hope left the school a while ago, after talking with Dr. S and saying goodbye to her friends.

After she planted a kiss to Josie's lips and walked out the door, Lizzie dragged Josie up to their room for an update.

Josie's got a lot of mixed emotions.
She's giddy because she finally got a chance to be with Hope intimately, but she's saddened that the girl couldn't stay longer.
She's in love, but she's also afraid that Hope will sacrifice herself because of their love.
She's excited to be making new memories of romance, but there's this lingering possibility of Hope diving into Malivore, making her forget them all.

"And I'm assuming by the way you're walking and the marks on your neck that the make up sex was good."

Josie blushes ferociously as a goofy grin forms on her lips, "She's...perfect."

"You're so whipped, Josie."

"Well, I can't help it. She's hot, smart, funny, caring, powerful, did I mention hot?"

"Yeah, about 30 times since we got upstairs, and at least a million times since we met her."

"And her eyes are so blue."

Lizzie chuckles at her sister, pulling out her phone and dialing a phone number.

"Who are you calling?"

Lizzie holds up a finger to shush her as she puts her own phone on speaker, waiting for the girl on the receiving end of the call to pick up. She does a few seconds later, "Hey, Lizzie, is everything okay?"

Josie's eyebrows furrow in confusion, wondering why Lizzie would be calling Hope when she just left a little over an hour ago.

"You broke my sister, Hope."

Josie finally rolls her eyes, now seeing that her sister is only teasing her.

Hope doesn't catch on to it though, "What do you mean?"

"She's been talking about you like a lovestruck idiot for over an hour now."

Josie just knows Hope is grinning widely on the other end of the phone as she lets out a soft laugh, "You actually had me worried for a second there."

Josie interrupts, "Lizzie, you're the one who dragged me up here asking about my sex life."

"Well that's because you clearly can't walk straight nor hide hickeys."

Josie can feel her cheeks burning with a rising blush while Hope simply responds with, "Oops."

Lizzie pauses for a minute, "Wait...Jo, do you remember the projection crystal dad gave me?"

Josie's eyes widen in realization, "I thought it was only used to project your subconscious."

"No, it's for all projection spells. So you could use it to see Hope and stay out of danger at the same time...only downside is you won't be able to actually feel each other."

"Hope, can we try it?"

The excitement in her voice makes Hope smile sweetly on the other end of the phone, "Sure, love. Let me just—"

Hope pauses for a prolonged moment, making Lizzie and Josie exchange a confused look, "Hope? What's wrong?"

After a second of shuffling on the other end of the line, they both hear a groan of annoyance coming from Hope, "Malivore monster incoming. We'll try the crystal in a bit, okay? I love you."