Hosie - Death Date

Chapter Five- This Isn't About You

Chapter Five - This Isn't About You

"Wake up ladies!" Mya says enthusiastically as she walks over to the blinds and opens them, letting the morning sun in. Because of Jet lag Hope and Josie had been up all night talking and hadn't gotten any sleep. "It's my death day and if I don't die with an accident gone wrong jumping off the Sydney Harbour bridge then I will be pissed. Imagine just being hit by a car... boring." She states. Josie gives her a weird look.

"Your death day is tomorrow..." Josie says.

"Yes it would have been if we were still in the united states but Australia is nearly a day ahead" She explains. "So hurry up and get up, hopefully I don't die from choking on breakfast, I really want to bungee jump" Mya says with a shrug before walking out of the room. Josie looks over at Hope sadly, she didn't realize how close her best friends death date was.

"can't you do something?" Josie asks Hope in a whisper. "She's my best friend"

"you want me to turn her?" Hope asks. She thinks about it for a moment. "Being a vampire isn't for everyone Josie, I know you're destined to become one but I'm not sure what would happen if Mya became one. We have no idea how destructive she can be. And not everyone wants that for themselves"

"Can you at least give her the choice?" Josie asks.

"If it will make you happy I will slip my blood into her breakfast juice this morning and when she dies she will go into transition. She can make her choice then" Hope explains.

"So if someone dies with your blood in there system?"

"They go into transition, she will need to decide to drink human blood or let herself slip into a painless death" Hope explains. Josie sits up straight and looks at Hope in disbelief.

"I'm going to have to drink human blood. Ugh that sounds gross" Josie says before she gets up. She moves to her suitcase and gets clothes out that she wants to wear for the day. Hope gets up out bed as well.

"yeah I mean, Vampires drink blood Josie" Hope says matter of factly. Josie rolls her eyes and walks towards the bathroom.

*

"Did you do it?" Josie asks quietly while Mya is talking to the bungee instructor.

"Yeah, slipped a small amount into her coffee. She wasn't able to taste it through the coffee." Hope explains. Josie and Hope sit on the seats in a safe space on top of the harbor bridge. They both decide that they don't want to do the jump, mostly because it's scary as hell to them.

"I really hope she gets the death that she wants" Josie says quietly with a small laugh.

"That's a bit sadistic" Hope mutters with a smirk.

"Well this is a cruel world we live in, isn't it?"

They both watch as Mya gets strapped into the harness and they watch as the instructors safely attach everything. Mya looks back at Josie and Hope and she does a peace sign before willing jumping off the bridge herself. Josie and Hope look at each other and then they run to the edge (that has a cage stopping them from falling off) to look at Mya. Mya is fine and she has her thumbs up with a smile on her face.

"amazing" Josie says with a smile on her face. When Mya gets bought back up she wants to go again. The instructors allow it and Mya falls backwards off the edge. Hope and Josie watch as she appears to be fine. "I think we better go when she gets back up, we don't want to test her luck" Josie says. Hope nods and lets the instructor know. When Mya is done, they make their way down the bridge.

"I honestly thought bungee jumping would do it" Mya says with a chuckle.

"don't be in a rush to do things that could kill you" Hope says.

"I'm going to die anyway" She replies.

"Yeah but I want to have a chance to say goodbye when you actually go" Josie sadly murmurs to her best friend. Mya frowns and nods.

"If you were to have something as your last meal, what would it be?"

"One of those really expensive sushi places" Mya says happily.

"I'm allergic to sea weed" Josie mutters.

"This isn't about you Josie" Mya says with a smirk. "eat around it"

*

After sushi, Mya is skipping down the street thinking that she is invincible. Hope and Josie walk next to each other, watching Mya in amusement. "She seems fairly happy" Hope mutters. "You'd think that she would be more... down"

"Yeah well, I think she is ready" Josie says softly as she watches her best friend. "Maybe it was wrong, giving her your blood this morning" she whispers.

"Why?"

"She has always known when she was going to die, I think she has come to peace with that over the past week" Josie explains. Josie stops walking and turns to Hope. "I guess she will have that choice later though"

"Yes she will and if she decides that's what she wants then you can say a proper goodbye" Hope says and then turns to catch up with Mya who hasn't realized they've stopped. Josie takes Hope's hand to stop her. "what is it?"

"I want her to stay Hope. She has always been there for me and now that I know that I'm destined to live as a heretic, I'm not sure I want to do it without my best friend" Josie says, tears forming in her eyes. Hope raises her hand to wipe a single tear off Josie's cheek.

"We all lose people Jo, but we can't force her to stay" Hope says, her hand still on Josie's cheek. Suddenly their attention is taken away from each other by the sound of a scream and a braking car. Mya had skipped into the street without looking. Hope runs to Mya right away with Josie following close behind.

"No no, not yet" Josie says.

"She's dead, must of died on impact" Hope says quietly. "We need to get her somewhere private" Hope states as she picks her up. People begin surrounding them and they begin to worry that they won't be able to get Mya out of there without Police or ambulance showing up. "EVERYONE OUT OF THE WAY, I NEED TO TAKE HER TO THE HOSPITAL" Hope says before running through the crowd with Mya in her arms. Josie chases after her.

They find themselves in an alleyway and into an abandoned building. Hope places Mya on the ground and casts some spells that will stop people from coming in. "How long does it take?" Josie asks nervously. Hope looks down at Mya's body, her cuts and bruises are already healing back up. "Are you sure she's not still alive and your bloods healing her?"

"Yes I'm sure. I can't hear her heartbeat yet but she's healing back up which means my blood is turning her. She should be awake any minute now"