Make Quiet Things Heard

Chapter 16 : That Was Weird (Ep. 10)

Hope's POV

Ever since we fought the Oneiroi we haven't had a big monster problem. I mean we've had 2 monster attacks this past week, but they're easy to defeat, we don't know what they are but we know that they can be killed by brute force. We haven't had any monsters that talk or are harder to kill. But hey I'm not complaining. School is peaceful or at least as peaceful as it can be. I've already taken my exams, and my grades are good. A week has passed, me and Landon have been hanging out, and are going back to being friends, it's no longer so awkward but it's still there. And I don't know maybe it's just me but he keeps doing these charming things for some reason, maybe he's trying to woo me or something. But I just brush him off.

Me and the Super Squad are getting a little more closer. They're my friends. We talk sometimes at lunch about random stuff. Kaleb and Mg are very open and talk a lot. Landon is being really kind and sweet like I said doing charming acts for some reason. Meanwhile, Raf is keeping his distance from me, and I just let him and try not to think about it. I enjoy spending time with them, but not like I do with Josie. Speaking of Josie. She's coming back tonight! We have been calling each other when we wake up and before we go to sleep, for the past week. We talk about random things, we talked about exams, school, her time in Europe, monsters, we even talked about Lizzie, and apparently, Lizzie agreed to play nice as long as I do too. I agree because Josie wants me and Lizzie to get along.

Over the course of this week, Josie has kinda developed a habit of watching me sleep, not in a creepy way, she just makes sure that I do go to sleep, this has been a regular occurrence ever since the night I fought the Oneiroi. And because of this, I've been getting the sleep I need. I feel a lot better. Today's a Saturday and Josie's coming back tonight. I'm really excited to see her again. I plan on giving Josie the painting I made of her tonight when she arrives, I hope she likes it and won't find it creepy that I painted her. It's still 3 pm and I am currently painting to pass the time since I finished all my school works. My painting session gets interrupted when Dr. Saltzman calls me to his office. I go to his office immediately probably because of some monster problems. And it turns out the urn glowed again.

"You sure it glowed again? " I ask.
"I sleep with the damn thing under my pillow.. It's hard to miss." he replies.
"What do you think it's gonna be this time? Hmm? Cyclops? Slender Man? Santa?" I ask.
"Well, given our luck, I think it's safe - to rule out Ol' Saint Nick." he chuckles.
"I don't know. I mean, Santa Claus is kind of terrifying when you think about it. Breaks into your home. He sees you when you're sleeping. Not to mention, judge-y." I state sarcastically.
"Hope, I need you to focus."
"Look, I'm trying. I just wish that Satan's nightlight would give us some rest."

"Yeah. And I wish that knife was never in our school to begin with, but it's not like we can change that now. All we can do is make sure we're not blindsided by another monster waltzing through our doors." he says, and the door opens to reveal the twins, as if on cue. "Too late." Josie's back!
"Oh, God. Uh, girls. What are you doing here? You're not supposed to get in until tonight." Dr. Saltzman asks.
"Mom was able to get us direct into Dulles. Then faxed, texted and e-mailed you our revised itinerary." Lizzie replies. "I am so sorry. It's-it's chaos around here." Dr. Saltzman explains.

"It's okay, Dad. We know that you're overwhelmed. But Europe was amazing. And seeing Mom was really good." Josie says smiling. Then she looks at me. I smile back in return.
"Jo's covered the bright side. Far less sunny was waiting for you in the chilly dark of morning at the terminal and you not showing up." Lizzie states.
"In his defense, um, we've been in crisis mode around here." I explain.
"Oh, we've heard all about it. Hope got bamboozled by one of the monsters and now only two keys separate the entire supernatural community from being consumed by a hell portal." he says.