𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔗𝔴𝔦𝔫𝔰

Chapter 54

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I walked along side Landon, Hope, and Rafael. "Babe." Hope said turning to Landon. "We should do a talent." She told him. "What? Uh, you and me?" Landon asked. "I never wanted to before 'cause I would have had to do it alone. But now I have you. And we make up our own faction. The Tribrid and you." Hope answered as she hugged him. "Yeah, all right, yeah. Team Other." Landon said before they kissed. I glanced over at Rafael before scratching the back of my head. Raf walked away and I sped over to him. "You good?" I asked. "Uh, yeah. I'm good." He said. "You sure?" I asked. "Yeah. I'm fine." He said with a fake smile. I stopped walking before staring at him deadpan. "You do realize I can tell when you're lying, right?" I asked. He looked at me before sighing before I crossed my arms. "It's nothing you need to worry about Stiles, seriously. I just...I gotta get to class." He said before walking away with a smile on his face. I squinted my eyes before sighing shaking my head. "Of course, I don't." I said leaving the hall to go find Jo. 

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I laid on the sofa in my office. "Vampires, werewolves, dragons. I mean, I have faced...terrifying danger in my life. But there's only one day in my calendar marked with a black "X." One day I...fear above all others. Because if I have to hear somebody sing how many minutes there are in a year...one more time...I'm gonna throw myself to the unicorn." I said. Emma laughed. "So why don't you play hooky with me?" Emma asked. My eyes went wide as I sat up on the sofa, looking at her confused. She laughed. "What? The latest monster is harmless, your daughters are playing nice, Stiles is under control with his thirst, and no one...is paying attention to school. So give yourself the day off." Emma explained leaning against my desk. I took in a breath before exhaling.

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I searched the school for the Saltzman twin before finding myself in the assembly hall watching the witches doing their routine for the show. Well...trying anyways. It was absolute chaos. Which a large majority of me enjoyed watching. Did I do this? I walked in and everything went wrong. I shrugged the thought away. "Looks like we haven't been practicing. And some of your outfits must have shrunk. Or maybe there were just too many late-night visits to the ca...But it's fine. We'll adjust. From the top. Josie?" Lizzie stated. "Where is Josie?" Lizzie asked. I disappeared from the top of the stairs and sped to ground level next to Lizzie, stopping unsteadily. I steadied myself stretching my arms out in front of me. "Yeah...that's gonna need some getting used to." I said standing up straight. "Nik. Can I help you with something or are you being your usual troubleso..." Lizzie started. I turned around. "Actually. Uh...yeah. Wait...why did I come here?" I answered furrowing my brows. "Josie, you blundering idiot." A metallic demonic voice answered in my mind. "Oh yeah! Where's Jo?" I asked her. "To be honest. I thought you two were busy shoving your tongues down each others thr...spending some quality time together." Lizzie said forcing a fake smile clutching her wrist. I squinted an eye before raising a brow. I leaned toward her. "Are you okay?" I whispered into her ear. "Why wouldn't I be?" She answered. I shrugged. "I don't know. You seem...less...bitchy than usual." I said trying to find the words. She furrowed her brows, opening her mouth to retort. "Wuh-oh." I squeaked. I threw my hands into the air, widening my eyes. "Not that that's a bad thing! I mean I like this version of you. I'm not saying that I didn't like the other version of you. Because...THAT is NOT true! I like this you...just...as much...as the...other...you." I said quickly stammering for words. Lizzie stared into my soul, squinting her eyes. I smiled widely out of nervosity. "Uhhh...smoothie?" I asked snapping my fingers to have a pink fruit smoothie materialize into my right hand as I smiled. She took the smoothie from me before turning away. "If you must know...I don't know where Jo--." She said looking at the drink in her hand. "Found her." I announced interrupting her, while I stared at the brunette with a smile on her face. "Am I late?" Josie asked Lizzie. "Pick your jaw off the floor, Mikaelson. It's unattractive." Lizzie stated before gasping rising onto her toes before taking in a breath and settling back onto her feet. "Where are the canes?" She asked Josie. I blinked my eyes quickly shaking my head. "I don't know." Josie answered in a whisper. "I actually went to go find them, right? But then I was thinking, I don't feel like stressing about it." Josie explained. "Y-You didn't want....? Okay. That's fine. Why don't you just take your usual place?" Lizzie voiced as Josie sipped from a smoothie in her hands. "Ah, about that. I was actually thinking, I really don't feel like being in the back row." Josie announced. "Uh, well, I know you haven't been practicing. But if you want to be in the front, you..." Lizzie started. "I mean, I just think we should scrap that lame routine, right? Do something totally different. It'd be super fun, right? And without the canes. It'd be fun." Josie explained as I took the smoothie from Lizzie's hand and started to drink it. "But, my beloved sister, this is the routine we do every year. Because we win. Every year." Lizzie told her. "I think I should sing a new song." Josie voiced. "And then everybody can contribute some choreography and it can be like a real...collaboration, hmm." Josie continued walking to Lizzie. "Doesn't that just sound...nice?" Josie asked Lizzie before putting her head to Lizzie's. She pulled away and stood next to me. "Stiles! I want to tell you something." She said with a wide smile looking at me. She leaned towards me and pressed her lips to my ear before whispering to me. My eyes went wide as my face blushed red. Josie pulled away and looked at me with a mischievous smirk on her lips. The smoothie slipped from my hand and fell to the floor as I froze like a statue, staring at Josie. "Sound good?" She asked. "Uhhh..." I sounded trying to get my body to function after what I was just told. "YEAH! Good! No! Not good. Great! It's great! Yeah, great!" I stammered. "I mean...I was planning on going to study hall right now but I guess we can--WHOA!" I started before Josie grabbed my hand and pulled me along with her and hurrying up the stairs out of the assembly hall.