AFTERMATH [ 2 ] | LEGACIES

T W E N T Y - F I V E

I kinda want a new faceclaim for Lilah since there's barely any Caitlin Carver gifs to use, but she works so well since she looks like she could pass as a Mikaelson. S i g h.

On that note, in the previous chapter, we met Evelyn Mathews, a character that Healer9999 suggested, with the faceclaim being Shelley Hennig

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"Did Emma slip everyone fucking happy pills?" wondered Lilah to herself, noticing almost everyone acting kind of loopy. She was sitting with Hope as her cousin mixed up the spell the teacher wrote on the board, "HEALING WITH MAGIC," the instructions for a "Quick healing gel" following.

Rafael walked in slowly, feeling awkward and a little out of place, his hand on the one strap of his backpack that was actually on his back. He took a seat with Lilah and Hope.

"Hey," he said.

"Hey," she smiled. "Thanks for coming to help my cousin."

Rafael showed up on Lilah's request: a note in his pocket asking him to come to the classroom she was inside of. With the Saltzman twins acting weird and Hope not wanting to ask Landon since he wouldn't heal on his own, Rafael was really the only person Lilah talked to.

MG and Kaleb had crossed her mind, but she hadn't gotten that close to them. She herself couldn't be the one Hope performed the healing spell on since she healed a lot faster than everyone else.

"Anything to avoid the wolves talking about that stupid talent show," he replied.

All three of them laughed, Hope's sounding more forced than the other two.

"Apparently, deciding what we do is a alpha thing," he explained.

The teacher started talking, saying, "Once you have your gel mixed, make a shallow cut on your volunteer."

"Do you trust me?" Hope asked, looking up from her mixture at Rafael.

He looked at Lilah, then to her, his voice cracking as he nervously said, "Kind of."

"Well, if this does work, Lilah will just kiss you better," Hope said, before quickly bringing her hand to her mouth to cover it. "Oops, that was my inside voice."

That was a Lizzie thing to say... Lilah thought, wondering what the actual hell was going on with her cousin.

"So, what're you gonna do?" Hope asked as she started to place the gel onto the cut she placed right below Rafael's face.

"Huh?" he asked nervously.

"About the talent show?" Hope asked.

"Oh, um, one of the wolves said he was gonna teach me, to-to juggle."

"Juggle?" snorted Lilah.

"Come on, you should do something bold, spontaneous, totally unexpected."

The cut on Rafael's face closed itself, and the teacher congratulated Hope on her good work. Rafael touched his face, and Lilah reached over, grabbing his chin to have him face her so she could get a look himself. His lips were slightly open, watching her intently while she inspected his face.

"See?" Hope said. "Okay, you two, sorry to bolt, but I gotta go figure out what Landon and I are good at together. Besides making out."

"Baaaarrrfff," Lilah said dramatically.

Hope got up to leave, leaving her cousin and the werewolf in the classroom together.

"Something is seriously wrong," Lilah told Rafael. "And I have no idea what because the magical pony is still in it's trap with Dorian."