On Purpose

Reunion pt 2

Lizzie returned later at night with the biggest smile in her face, "thank you for bringing mom home", "you should thank her, she brought me home".

Lizzie laid down next to her sister, "have you talked to p yet?", "no, but I saw her in dad's office when we first arrived. She excused herself and left the office. She looked so hurt and broken, has she been like that the whole time I have been away".

Lizzie looked at her sister with pity in her eyes, "no, not always. Some days have been better than others, she did try to move on, she was always hooking up with someone at a party, she even tried to be in a relationship, but in the end, it didn't work out. I guess it's hard to make something work if you always compared to what you once had". Josie just nodded. They both fell asleep after some time.

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Just like Josie had, the Salvatore's seniors had graduated, so many of them were packing and preparing to start the next chapter of their life. So when Josie finally got the courage to leave her room and made way to the cafeteria, but stopped when she saw Penelope sitting her friends or as Josie would like to call them her minions. One seemed to be extra touchy with her, but Josie didn't have a say.

"Is that Josie Saltzman I see", Josie turned around a smile on her lips, "Mg", she walked towards him and hugged him, "God I have missed you Mg", "Likewise Jo", Mg said grinning.

"So you're not eating in the cafeteria today?", "no I lost suddenly lost my appetite", Mg looked over her shoulder to see what she was referring to, instead of commenting on it he said, "well do you care to join me on a walk in the garden?". "I would love to", and with that, they walked away from the cafeteria and made way towards the garden.

Penelope was eating breakfast surrounded by her minions, she didn't focus on anything they were saying, all she was thinking about was that Josie had returned and she looked great, the years had been good her. She didn't know if she had imagined it or not, but when looked at the entrance to the cafeteria, she could see Josie and Mg laughing together while walking away. She stood up, muttered an excuse before leaving the table to go outside maybe a breath of fresh air would clear her mind.

Penelope was walking around in the garden, when she bumped shoulders with someone, "I'm so sorry I- ", she hears someone say, brown eyes she knew too well blinking back at her. "I'm so sorry", Josie repeats herself "I'm sorry". She waits for Penelope to turn around and walk like she did last night, yell at her, slap her cause that what she deserves.

Penelope just stands still, so just as Josie was about to say something probably apologize, Penelope took a step forward and said, "I'm Penelope", "I'm sorry?", Josie asked confused. Penelope just shoved her hand in front of Josie, "my name is Penelope Park, I just graduated from here. What's yours?", Josie stood frozen for a couple of seconds not sure how to react before she gets it 'oh'.

Josie reached out to take her hand, "I'm Josie Saltzman, I just returned here, to stay", it took a sec or secs for Josie to understand what was happening, but she finally got it, Penelope offered her a new beginning for the two of them, a chance to start over as Josie Saltzman, a mere human and as Penelope Park. 

Penelope offered her a smile and motioned for Josie to walk beside her and together they made their way towards the Salvatore for the young and gifted and maybe a new life together. 

Author's note

So that was the end.

I want to say thank you to everyone that has ever read, commented and giving me kudos on this story. It's been nice to know that you actually liked this story.
And i also hoped you liked this chapter, I kind of got lost when i was writing this chapter, cause I didn't really know how Josie and Penelope's reunion should go, but I hope you liked how it turned out:-D