Begin Again

Padawan (4)

Josie and Rafael walked through the hallway as she showed him the layout of the school.

"Everybody gets along with everybody here," Josie said, looking at Rafael. "For the most part. The wolves, though, typically stay together because of their pack mentality so you won't see them far from each other."

Rafael glanced at Josie, taking in the information.

Josie met his eyes briefly before looking away. Briefly, she realized that he had really pretty eyes.

"Which is in defiance of the school's commitment to inclusiveness," Josie continued. "Which is why my sister and I typically volunteer as tour guides, so that you meet some witches before the wolves pull you in."

With that Josie's thoughts turned to her sister. Was she doing okay? Had she convinced their dad yet or was she biding her time?

Josie's worry for her sister was threatening to overwhelm her. This morning had left her confused and a little scared.

Her sister had a vision of her death which was a terrifying thought. Especially since Lizzie implied it was going to happen in a few years.

Josie never thought she would die young but now, she didn't know what to think or how to feel. Besides, seeing her sister so different had shaken her.

Sure, Lizzie was a very emotional person but she was typically very good at pretending with certain emotions.

While others, like anger, just burst out of Lizzie as if she was a volcano, which wasn't her fault but still.

It was even more strange to see her apologize - for being a bad sister? Lizzie never apologized for anything.

It made Josie happy to learn that Lizzie actually appreciated her but it was scary to learn it at the same time as Lizzie seeing her die.

God, if Josie had seen Lizzie die, she had no idea how she could keep going. It would destroy her.

Wait, she was on a tour, focus Josie.

Josie turned her attention back on Rafael as he started talking again.

"I wanted to ask about that, why did your sister want to go with your dad?" Rafael asked.

"Lizzie wanted to see if she could convince our dad to let your brother stay," Josie said, looking over at him.

That was a shock as Lizzie typically only did things that benefited her in some way, and from what Josie could tell, babysitting a human so that he could stay here with his brother wouldn't help her in any way.

Except, it could also make Rafael like her or get her in their dad's favor, but for some reason, Josie could sense that that wasn't the reason she wanted to do it.

"Landon's not allowed to stay?" Rafael asked with a frown.

"This school is for the supernatural only, mainly because it's far too dangerous to have a human around. In case, someone doesn't have good control, which could result in the human getting hurt or possibly killed," Josie explained, causing Rafael's eyes to widen in surprise but also worry.

"Why would your sister try to convince your dad to let my brother stay?" Rafael inquired, looking confused and Josie couldn't blame him. Being in foster care, they had learned that most people didn't do things out of the goodness of their hearts.

Some do but greed often wins.

"Because she didn't want you and your brother to be separated," Josie replied with a smile.

It was confusing and probably would be for a while but Josie also was a little pleased because it seemed like Lizzie was changing for the better.

"Really?" Rafael muttered, looking surprised.