On Purpose

Chapter 5

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This chapter is written with Josie's POV mixed with 3 persons POV :D

*present time*

It has been a week since I burned Hope's room, she hasn't tried to talk to me again since what happened at dad's office, she won't even look at me whenever we pass each other in the hall, and the times she does, all I'm getting is death stares from her. Lizzie and Penelope haven't tried either to talk to me, which means my plan is working, but I just hope I'm doing the right thing here. I miss my sister, friends, and girlfriend or should I say, ex-girlfriend. A knock on the door broke me out of my thought, I stood up from my bed and went to open the door.

"Dad, what are you doing here"? I asked.

"I finally got a hold of your mother", "what did she say?", I interrupted him.

"She said she wanted to talk to you first, so here is her number", he gave me a piece of paper. He turned around to leave, but not before saying, "sweetie, just be sure you're making the right decision here", and with that, he left.

I looked at the piece of paper in my hand, it's been 6 years since I last saw my mother. I took my phone and dialed the number.

"Hello", I could feel the tears in my eyes, I can't believe she's actually here on the phone, her voice is still the same. "hello, is anyone there, well I know you're there, I can hear you breathing", of course, super hearing.

"Mom", I said as I let out a sob, "oh baby". "I want to come and live with you, I know about the merge and I can't stay here any longer", "your dad told me, baby, I'm sorry, you weren't supposed to find out like this". We talked for a couple of hours catching up and then I told her about my plan and how far I was with my plan. Mom gave me permission to come and live with her in Europe, she was currently staying in Brussels in Belgium. We then decided that I would leave the school on Saturday, it's Wednesday today, so 3 days left.

It's Thursday today, I slowly began to pack m clothes, but still choose to look damn good, I don't want to raise any attention to myself, I have thought about telling the them that I would be leaving, but I don't know how, so I'm gonna keep it to myself for now. I decided to ditch school today since I don't see any point in going since I'm leaving in 2 days. I decided to go into town to buy some flowers for Jo. I want to go visit her grave before I leave.

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At Jo's grave

I decided to buy some white lilies for Jo's grave. I kneeled before her grave and laid the flowers down, "I may never have known you, but I'm really glad that you got resurrected on my 16 birthday even as a zombie. I finally know what you meant, when you said that we should be there for each other, you were talking about the merge. I'm sorry that I haven't done as you told me to, but I think this is for the best. I came here to say goodbye because I'm leaving for now. I'm gonna fight for me and Lizzie, I'm gonna try help Caroline finding a solution and if that doesn't happen, then this would be goodbye forever", I say as a tear roll down from my eyes. I stand up and turn around, "dad", I say in shock.

 "What are you doing here? Were you following me?". Alaric clearly still in shock over what he just heard cleared his throat, "Dorian told me, you weren't in class and then a student mentioned that he saw you walk out of school. I went into town and saw you come out of the flower shop. And then I followed you here". "Well I'm not going back to class, I'm leaving in 2 days to go live with mom", I started to walk away, "Josie, you know you don't have to do this", he said looking at me with pleading eyes", I know" and with that I walked away.

After I had visited Jo's grave, I went to my secret spot near the lake in town. I would often come here with P on dates. No one knows about this place except for us, so I know I won't be bothered since she's probably in class. I stayed at the lake for hours just sucking in the sweet memories that I have of this place before heading to school, making it just in time for dinner. 

I went to the cafeteria where I was attacked with a big hug from Mg, "Jo, where have you been all day. I was worried", I looked at me sweetly, "I was out Mg, just had some things I needed to take care of". We went to our usual table in the cafeteria, I was debating with myself if I should tell Mg about me leaving, I guess he, at least deserves to know since he has been there for me through it all. "Mg", I say with a serious tone, "I need to tell you something", I take a deep breath, "I'm leaving the school in 2 days, I'm going to Europe to live with my mom", Mg choked on his drink as I told him this, very loudly I may add, everyone looked at us, "what why?", including my former gang.

"It's for the best Mg, I can't stay and live like this until I turn 22, I need to get away from here", "are you going to let the rest of the gang know?", "I don't know".