Life compelled

58~Family History

"I know I just want to"

I nod and continue walking around. "Brie we need to talk" "gray nows really not the best time" "Then when is the best time" he raises his voice slightly. I look around the class and see that some of the kinds were looking so I grabbed his arm and took him outside of the class

"Talk" I say as I fold my arms. "Look I hate this ok? I hate not having you as my friend. I know how you feel and I'm sorry. I'm so sorry but I don't want it to change us" "but gray" "no. It sounds selfish but I need you here. You've been there for me my whole life and I don't want you to leave me"

"Gray I would never leave you"

"You sure?" "Oh my god of course I'm sure" I step towards him and feel him wrap his arms around me. "I've missed you"

"I've missed you too gray"

Isabella's POV

I walk my way to the table. I felt the breeze from the air and felt the sunshine hitting me as I walked to the garden where the art class was held. But when I got there, there was only one kid at the table

"The rest of the class bailed?" "Yeah. Once they heard the teacher wasn't gonna be here they went to do other things" the girl said

"Well I'm new and know nothing about art so what do you guys normally do?" "Just sit. Paint. Talk. Normal stuff"

I take a sit next to her and take a piece of paper

"Woah you're really good" I was pleasantly surprised at her artwork

"Thanks. My dad loves to draw and paint"

"Your dads an artist?" "Not really. It's just one of his hobbies"

"What are you?" She asks

"What am I?" "Yeah. Are you a witch?"

"I'm a hybrid" she nods and continues painting "wow. I wouldn't expect someone your age being so open to talking to vampires" "I'm not scared. I know some"

I like her

"So what are you?" I ask. She looks at me and says "a witch"

For the rest of the time we just continued to paint until it was time to go back inside

While packing the brushes I noticed something shiny on her wrist. "Nice bracelet"

She looks down at it "thank you. It helps me control myself. I can be alittle strong sometimes"

I nod and smile. "My parents gave it to me. See it even has my name"

She lifts her arm a bit and shows me the small print

Hope

My mouth drops a bit but I try not to act surprised. We pack up the rest and walk back inside

I run back to see Brie and Grayson monitoring the kids

"Why do you look like you just saw a ghost? The kids weren't that bad were they?" Brie says. "Not kids. Just kid" "what happened" Grayson asked "I think I just met Hope"

A smile grows on Brie's face and she starts jumping up and down slightly

"How was it?" "Well she likes to paint" "you didn't tell her who you were did you" "how could I?"

"Just say it. Tell her hey I'm your step sister, let's go get ice cream and chat about our lives"

"Yeah like that's normal"

"Yeah like any of this is normal" gray laughs

"Ok that settles it you two need to know each other" Brie states "I can get some information on where she lives so you can met her" "I don't know" I say rubbing your arm "this isn't the time to be stubborn. You are going to met her" and she and gray walk towards the car

I feel my back pocket buzz and grab my phone. I look and see Ethan's contact on my screen

"Hi"

"Hey. What are you going later?"

"Nothing. Why?"

"Because I just remembered, I never took you on that picnic"

I felt my cheeks get warms and a smile spread across my face "you don't have to" "yeah but I want to"

"Lk but it's gonna have to be tomorrow because I have business to take care of" "what is it?" "I met Hope today. I'll fill you in later but right now I need to finish what I started" "you sure you'll be ok?" "Yeah. See you then"

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I walk to the door step and look at the number

Yep. Right address

Brie says that since the school opened Hayley moved to Mystic Falls to enroll Hope

I knock and wait for someone to answer

Hayley answers the door in confusion "Isabella?" "Hayley. I need to talk to you" "about...?" "Hope. I met her today and I was wondering if we could talk"

She moved to the side and I stepped in

We sat at the table while I told her everything. She agrees to let us meet saying that it would be good for Hope and walks me to their garden

I see Hope playing with the flowers then she sees me

I turn to see Hayley has already walked off

"So you're my sister?" She asks. "Pretty much yeah How did you..." "I'm 7 not stupid. Plus dad talked about you" "really?" "Once. I guess whenever you visited him and left he went a little crazy. Him and uncle Elijah talked about it"

I nod. "I've never had a sister" she says "I've never had one either. We can go through this together"

Grayson's POV

I lay on the couch half asleep drooling on the pillow when I jolt up to the sound of my phone ringing

I shuffle through the various chips bags on the table and look at the name

Brooke

Oh god

"Hello" I said "hey Grayson. I just wanted to call and see what you were doing tonight" "sorry but I'm busy. I have to study" "Well I can help you" "no no. I'm fine"

"You're avoiding me" "no I'm not avoiding you. Who said I was avoiding you?"

"You don't have to lie" I sigh "look I'm free tomorrow. Maybe we can hangout then. Cool?" "Cool. I'll see you there"

I hang up and through my phone on the table