Legacies: The Pure Coven

Chapter 15: Did You Have a Meltdown?

2 WEEKS LATER :

It was a sunny day at the Salvatore School, but, the students didn't feel happy as the weather intended. Nope, the students of the Salvatore School were estranged and crossed off both physically and mentally. Hope stood in front of a blank canvas, Lizzie got ready for the day alone in her room, and Josie researched something in the library. After Josie uses the encyclopedia and looks up 'Merge' some books on the shelf behind her begin to stick out. Josie turns around to see each of the books that poked out said 'Merge' and Josie grabs one. Hope walks out of her room to see Roman sitting and talking with other vampires. Roman freezes when he sets eyes on her and Hope just smiled and walks away. Rafael turns the corner as Hope approaches. The wolf turns around as she walks by and his heartbeat quickens while his eyes glow yellow.

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"Head's up!"

Suddenly, Rafael was in the gym and a ball flew by the wolf's head. Rafael didn't remember even moving his feet to walk towards the gym much less change into the clothes or partake in the game. As the ball passed by he followed it with his eyes and watched as Jed caught the ball.

"That almost took your head off." Jed said.

Rafael looked around in confusion, "Yo, how long have I been here?"

"For an hour. But you've been going through the motions like a zombie. You sure you're okay?"

"Yeah, I'm fine. And look," Rafael marched towards Jed, "you don't need to pretend like you give a crap about me just cause I'm your alpha." Rafael said scrunching up his face, snatching the ball from Jed and walking away, "The game's back on. Come on."

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Alaric pressed play on the voicemail button. When he pressed to play a message from Landon started.

"Hey, Ric. Sorry to take off like that but I just needed a little time. So I'm going camping for a while. Hopefully, I can catch up on classwork later. Tell Raf hi for me." Landon explained before the voicemail ended with a beep.

"Ugh. At this point, he's being petty and I'm done. I'm gonna go to that damn campsite or wherever he's at and tell him about himself." Hope proposed.

"You've been around Chris and Lizzie a bit too much." Emma pointed out.

"Hope. We kept a massive secret from him, and I think he just needs some time to process that. I think we should respect his privacy and just wait." Alaric reassured.

Hope scoffs and walks out of the room slamming the door behind her. Alaric and Emma both let out large sighs.

"What's wrong?" Alaric asked looking at a saddened Emma.

"These kids have been through so much lately. I've done everything I can for Rafael but things are still hard for him. And Chris hasn't left his room since he's returned from Seattle, I just think something must be done." Emma said looking at Alaric.

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Lizzie stood in the kitchen wearing a dirty apron. Hope walks into the kitchen to see that it's a complete mess, there were pots everything, dough everywhere, and somehow Lizzie got cream on the ceiling.

"Did you have a meltdown?" Hope asks.

Lizzie turned her attention to Hope, "There you are. I got tired of waiting, so I attempted a banana cream pie by myself."

"Where is it?"

"In the garbage I said 'attempted.' So we're going back to plan A and you are gonna make it for me." Lizzie says walking towards Hope and taking off the dirty apron.