Severity

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A/N: I finally scored myself a job, but I actually might become more active because I was inactive job hunting 😭

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The core 4 once again find themselves sitting in the blonde Saltzman's office, this time with a regulated peace as Lizzie and Mg continues to catch the parents up on the past decade.

"I can assist you two in taking care of the school. I mean I don't plan on finishing college...well starting since I didn't get to go to a single class." Hope kicked up her feet on the desk.

"That'll be greatly appreciated, the monsters are an unpleasant time and energy usage." Lizzie lets out an exhausted sigh and Hope chuckles.

"You sound like your Dad. What about you, love?" She then turns to her wife.

"And I sound like my Dad." Lizzie mutters with an eye roll.

"I'll stay here as well, study all of what I can to get my doctorate while taking care of the kids." Josie reassured and they all nodded.

Hope then remembers something Mg had said and decided to follow through on the plan.

"I'll form a new Super Squad in the meantime, we can't protect this school forever...I mean we can but I don't want to." Hope rose to her feet while they laugh.

"I'll go establish a small space to work. Send injured children, I guess I'll be your school nurse." Josie followed Hope's actions.

Just after, the phone on the desk started to ring catching the blonde's attention.

"Awe man, you two are great. I'm so happy you're back." Lizzie excitedly also stood before picking up the now ringing phone.

As the couple leave the room, Eileen walks up to them with a bright smile.

"Hi darling, what's up?" Josie wondered, seeing her daughter's pearly whites.

"The sky?" Eileen shrugged playfully and Josie pinched the bridge of her nose while Hope laughs.

"Sorry for asking." Josie goes to leave and Eileen and Hope high fives each other.

"I'm kidding, look how many people want to be my friend. I told them that I wasn't related to the twins." She showed her mother a list of people's phone numbers since she had no phone before she could get too far.

"You're full of jokes today huh?" Hope rustled Eileen's hair causing the girl to play fight with the auburn.

"More friends than Hope and I combined when we were in high school, I wonder where she gotten her popularity from?" Josie continued her walk and Eileen decided to join the two.

"Maybe your Mom, or Lizzie...Nah Lizzie didn't have friends people were just afraid of her." Hope shrugged making Eileen giggle.

"Hm, this room will do." Josie opened the door of an old storage room, getting some flashbacks that she would rather not bring up to her wife nor child.

"I didn't even know this was here." Hope looked around, flicking the light switch causing nothing to happen.

"Post tenebras spero lucem." Lizzie casted, remembering the spell when Hope was once trapped in her subconscious.

"Nice." Hope smirked.

"Thank you." Josie gave her a small smile before walking towards the back of the room.

Shinning the light towards an old desk, she sees a stack of books that she used to read way back when, full of dust and cobwebs. Eileen squeals and jump onto Hope when she sees something crawl across the floor.

"It's just a mouse." Josie used her super hearing.

"I don't like them." Eileen frowns.

"You dealt with bigger animals." Hope furrowed her eyebrows.

"Mom just get it!" Eileen cries and Hope's eyes widen.

"Okay okay." She sets the small girl on the desk before using her wolf to track down the critter which took no time with a little bit of magic. "There, I'll let him out." Hope held up the small critter.

"What if he comes back?" Eileen now holds onto Josie while the mother went into deep thought for a moment.

"It'll be a good usage for spells and potions so you should kill it." Josie claimed and her wife sighs.

"You're seriously going to make me kill another innocent mouse?" Hope frowns.

"Your wolf probably already does that." Josie rose an eyebrow.

"Touché." Hope turned around and snapped its neck making Eileen jump down from the desk.

Josie continued to look around when Eileen now screams.

"Spider!" She immediately began to swat at the insect making a person appear from behind the door.

"Wait no, don't kill her please." A young girl spoke catching the families' attention.

"How long have you've been there?" Josie looked at the girl in concern.

"For a while, sorry I was skipping PE but that's my pet so please don't kill her." She pleaded and Eileen stepped away, watching the eight legged bug crawl to the girl.

"Creepy." The 10 year old mutters and the other girl frowns.

"They are cute." She declares.

"Nuh uh." Eileen pulls a face.

"Be nice." Josie scolds.

"Fine." Eileen huffs making Josie shake her head.

"Now that she mentioned it, why aren't you in class?" Hope turned to Eileen who tried to think of an excuse but she had none.

"I'm also skipping PE." Their child admitted making Hope face palms herself.

"Eileen." Josie scolds once more.

"The boys in that class are misogynistic so I kicked one in between their legs and the PE teacher sent me to Aunt Lizzie." Eileen crossed her arms with a huff.

"Oh my lord." Josie looks at Hope who only shrugs.

"It is not my fault Mommy." Eileen pouted.

"The boys in that class are very mean and scary." The girl in the corner admitted.

"I don't know about scary but I wanted to—" Eileen says through gritted teeth but Josie cuts her off.

"Enough enough, you can stay here if you help me clear out this mess." She crossed her arms, the girl in the corner face light up as she steps out from behind the door.

"What even is your name?" Hope asks.

"April Stoteraux." April greets and Josie looks at Hope again but Hope only shrugs, she had no recollection to the last name.