Animals (sequel out)

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"Hope it's time for dinner" Freya shakes me.

"We were just in the car" I groan rolling over.

"That was hours ago you totally passed out on the car ride. I wanted to wake you up but Keelin said I better not. What do you want for dinner?" She asks

"I don't care" I sit up.

"We could go to the grill. I'm so tired of fast food." Keelin walks out of the bathroom.

"Keelin" I reach out for a hug and she walks over and hugs me.

"Let's go then" I hop off of the bed.

"You have time to change if you want" freya offers

"I just want to eat I'm so hungry for bar fries." I walk to the car.

The drive there is quiet enough it's awkward but before anyone can try to make conversation I put in my earbuds.

I keep them on until we are seated at the restaurant.

"Are you both going to the meeting tomorrow?" I ask digging into the basket of fries.

"We haven't decided that exactly but I thought to heads are better than one when dealing with a school." Freya answers. "Keelin caught me up on how messed up the school system is on the ride here I watched a documentary and everything."

"Do you know what this meeting is about." Keelin inquires.

I shrug and stuff my mouth with more fries.

"Is it because you're ditching class because that's what Hopes plans were today." Freya teases

"Hope" Keelin scolds putting the napkin in her lap. "How much have you skipped?"

"Not much" I continue to swallow down the platter of fries.

"Ballpark it." Keelin squints.

"Couple hours here and there. Sometimes I don't want to go to chemistry so I take like a thirty minute bathroom break. Sometimes I pretend to look busy anywhere around the school and I'd say I do this about once a week."

"Once a week." Keelin looks shocked

"Hope this is how they get you, they're rooting out the problem students to raise their test scores and attendance records to increase government funding classic no child left behind implication." Freya crosses her arms

"That's not....Honey, Hope goes to a private school they don't get government money and they don't have to comply to those requirements. I'm impressed how well you payed attention though but it would be handled differently." Keelin tried not to laugh at her wife.

"Yeah fight the power Aunt Freya" I raise a fist.

"Hey what else could it be?" Keelin asks chillily "Have you done drugs, cheated on anything, snuck out, fought anyone, done magic outside of class or anything else like that?"

"We'll I've done a couple of those but I don't think I'm in trouble for that unless they've kept like a bar tab of my mistakes." I drink my root beer.

"Hope that's what schools do" Keelin sighs.

"How was I supposed to know that"

"Hopefully they're just concerned and want to talk to us" Keelin sips her ice tea.

"What if they are what would you guys do?" I ask bashfully and realizing the wording is wrong the moment it slips out.

"Do you know what the meeting is about Hope?"
Freya asks thoughtfully but sounding almost devoid of emotion.

"I don't..." I trail off and I start to get the dizzying feeling I got at Elena's. "I need to go for a second." I excuse myself.

I run towards the bathroom and then I dip out of the restaurant. I run down the sidewalks and through rows of houses and turn street corners until I'm at that familiar house.

I throw a small stick up at Josie's window and then a couple pebbles.

"Hope" Josie opens her window. "I thought you were with your Aunts?"

"Josie, I want to be more than friends." I blurt out. " I like you so much and I know the timing is weird but sometimes I just feel like I'm an alien and you're the last of my kind because I only feel this way with you. I want to take care of you and know your mind." I nearly shout up.

" I want to be with too, wait I'm heading down" Josie runs downstairs.

She opens the door and presses her mouth to mine and she wraps her arms around my waist and I plant mine on the door building off of her passion.

"My mom and Lizzie aren't here." She says pulling away for a breath.

I lean in again putting my hands slowly further under her shirt while she shuts the door.

"Let's go upstairs"she grabs my hand from underneath her shirt and leads me upstairs to her room.

I practically slam the door behind her and push her on the bed. She throws off her shirt and I climb on top of her. Tearing up her neck and chest. Josie moans in my ear and I chuckle.

She places her hands on my blouse and starts to pull

"Stop" I rip her hands off and shove her back.

"I'm sorry" I look around like a trapped bug.

"Hope it's okay"she springs back up and tries to approach me.

"Stop" I claw at the skin on my neck and start crying and I lay on the floor

Josie comes up and wraps a blanket around me and hugs and holds me from the outside of the blanket "I've got you Hope" she smiles sadly at me and I let go of all my tears while she rocks me back and forth and puts pressure on me like a weighted blanket.

"I've got you"she whispers and presses her lips softly to my cheek as the rain starts to pour down outside.