A Different Breed ▻ Legacies [1]

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"And you will," Josie suddenly said, causing Valerie to turn to her with wide eyes, "I'll help you."

"How?" Valerie asked her curiously and Josie smiled.

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Valerie sat with Hope and a large group of witches on the stairs, both girls drinking a milkshake. Hope had felt bad for what she had done and both them both milkshakes. Valerie knew for a fact she hadn't forgiven Hope yet and was already planning to get revenge. She knew her first step in doing so was to screw up her talent show act.

She was honestly jealous. They had been doing the talent show for years while she and Hope attended the Salvatore School. Numerous times, Valerie had asked Hope to do the talent show with her, but she always said no. But now that Landon was here, she was going to do it? It pissed her off and she wanted payback.

"This is so much fun," Hope told the group of witches with a smile on her face, "I don't know why we don't do this more often."

"Maybe because you're an anti-social bitch and by association, you've technically made me one too," Valerie muttered under her breath, but of course, Hope had ignored her as the whole group laughed.

Josie began to walk over, only to stop when she saw Hope being social with the witches. Valerie sat with her, but for the first time ever while hanging out with the students of the Salvatore School, she looked like she didn't belong. Josie couldn't help but feel angry as she saw this. She couldn't help but think it was Hope's fault. Valerie was the Josie of the two. Just as Josie was with Lizzie.

She walked over, remembering why she had gone there in the first place, "Hey, do you know where they moved the stupid canes for the talent show?" Josie asked both Hope and Valerie, crossing her arms over her chest, "Lizzie was asking me to find them."

"You seem very anti-cane," Hope commented, standing up from her seat.

"No," Josie replied quickly, "Uh, just anti-doing the same exact thing every year."

"Tell me about it," Valerie muttered under her breath, "Now I'm stuck doing whatever half-ass thing Rafael makes up with the wolves."

"Wow, a great way to speak about your boyfriend," Hope commented, earning a glare from Valerie.

"I'll keep an eye out," Hope assured her, only to notice Penelope beginning to walk over to them, her eyes on Josie, "But, um...I think someone has their eye out for you..."

"Oh, dear God, hide me," Josie commented and Valerie nodded, gesturing for her to get behind her.

Josie quickly hid behind Valerie while Hope stood in front of Valerie as Penelope walked over to them, "Hi," Hope greeted Penelope with a smile on her face.

Penelope moved around Hope and peeked behind Valerie to see Josie. She let out a sigh, just before holding out a note for Josie to take, "Just make sure you read it in private," Penelope told her in a hushed tone.

Josie snatched the note from Penelope's hand, "I'm not going to read it at all," She told Penelope, who gave her a somewhat of a sad look.

As she walked away, Penelope gestured for her followers to come with her. They immediately got up, following after her.

Josie sighed, just before handing the note to Valerie, "Light it, would you?"

"Damn, okay," Valerie muttered, just before causing the note to erupt into flames.

After doing so, she dropped it to the floor, stepping on it.

Hope smiled, taking a sip of her milkshake before looking down at Josie, "Okay, what do you think it says?" She asked her curiously, "'Check this box if you want to kiss me, check this box if you want to kill me'?"