Chapter 41: Hope's Drawing.

Jojo's heart started to beat rapidly. He tried to control his feelings, but Alice could sense his rapid heart rate, revealing his genuine emotions, which made Alice have an even larger smile.

"Edythe, let's move a few seats back," Alice said.

Jasper, who was sitting behind Alice and Jojo, suddenly got up from his place and moved a few seats back from Jojo and Alice.

Edythe smirked at Jasper and moved with him, enjoying his peril.

Edythe looked at her sister, who was enjoying her time with her mate, and she started to remember how she and Jasper first met, how she proved her love to him, and how she convinced him to join the Cullens.

Thinking about all this, Edythe started to giggle to herself.

"____"

Jasper, who was taking blows from Alice and Jojo with their wild feelings for each other, was now assaulted by his mate's feelings for him, and the intensity started to increase as he watched Alice and Jojo.

"They remember us, our past," Edythe said, holding Jasper's hand while leaning her head on his shoulder and looking at the new couple before them.

"____"

"Yeah, I too feel like it," Jasper said with a bitter smile on his face.

After an hour, they arrived at the destination for the field trip.

The first bus, which left with Edward and Bella, had already arrived at the location, and students were gathered in the yard waiting for the second bus to arrive.

The bus stopped, and Jojo and Alice, near the door, were the first to come out of the bus, holding hands.

After a few students exited the bus, Jasper and Edythe exited, standing away from the new couple.

"Oh, it's a greenhouse," Jojo looked at the greenhouse before them with a slight tone of surprise.

"____"

Suddenly, everyone in the group looked at Jojo intensely without blinking.

Jojo became confused and looked at everyone. Even the professor who accompanied them looked at Jojo with blank faces.

"Hey, what's up, guys?" Jojo's mild voice came out of his mouth with a confused look on his face.

Alice, who saw this, smirked.

"Jojo, actually yesterday afternoon, everyone discussed this field trip to the greenhouse," Alice said softly in his ears to clarify for him.

"What! How did I not know?" Jojo exclaimed loudly in shock.

"How will you know when it's your bedtime in class?" the biology professor with twitching eyes replied to Jojo.

'Oh... so I was sleeping when they informed me about the greenhouse. Being a busy man is normal,' Jojo comforted himself.

The greenhouse was separated into two compartments.

Alice pulled Jojo to the second compartment, looking at the beautiful flowers and plants in it with a twinkle in her eyes.

Jasper, who got his chance, caught Edythe's hand as she was about to follow Jojo and Alice and dragged a dumbfounded Edythe to the first compartment.

After entering it, he felt somewhat better than in his previous miserable position.

New Orleans...

Mikaelson's compound...

Hope entered the house with a sad face, deep in thought.

Past...

Even though she didn't have the same dream, she couldn't forget the face of the man she saw in her dream. She wanted to see the boy she saw in her dream.

On that day when she had a dream, she overheard a conversation between her aunt Freya and her mother Hayley, who were discussing her dream.

When Hope heard about the boy from the discussion between her aunt and mother, her face turned red in embarrassment.

She heard her aunt say that Hope saw her future husband in her dream, sharing an unbreakable bond named "mate." Her lips unknowingly curled upward, blossoming into a small smile.

Suddenly, she heard another thing that made her narrow her eyebrows.

Her aunt mentioned that her husband, her mate, has another three-mate bond, so she has to share him with three other unknown women.

As time passed, she started to feel very lonely and incomplete. Hope wanted to meet her mate more than anything.

During this period, she even tried to run away from home in search of him.

Present...

Hayley, who noticed Hope's mood, came out of the kitchen and started to observe her daughter with a sad look on her face.

"Hope, how was your day?" Hayley asked with a warm smile, looking at her daughter with concern.

"____"

"That bit..." Hope was still lost in thought and blurted out with narrowed eyes.

"Language, dear." Hayley lightly smacked Hope's head to remind her.

"Sorry, Mom. But that Lizzy spoiled my drawing at school." Hope complained to her mother with a serious tone.

She started to explain what happened at school.

Hope was drawing a picture of a boy who was focused and didn't pay attention to his surroundings.

After completing the picture, she looked at it, but she was not satisfied. She felt the drawing was perfect, yet imperfect.

Hope placed her painting on her desk and opened her school bag to keep the drawing in her collection.

Lizzie, who saw Hope painting happily, took this chance and poured her paint on Hope's drawing.

"It might be an accident," Hayley said with a sigh after hearing the story from her daughter.

"I know she did it on purpose." Hope pouted, feeling angry at her mother's support for Lizzie.

Seeing her daughter angry, Hayley could only sigh...

"Mom, when will Dad come back?" Hope asked Hayley, thinking about her dad.

"You should understand, Hope. Our family can't be reunited until it's an emergency. Otherwise, the Hollow will hunt us down."

Hayley placed her hand on Hope's head and rubbed it, explaining the situation once again.

Hayley knew that Hope wanted to see her father, but she couldn't due to the curse on them.

Forks...

Greenhouse...

Jojo and Alice were spending their time inside the greenhouse, chatting with each other.

Alice felt someone looking at her. She turned her head and saw Jessica looking at her with narrowed eyes and overflowing jealousy.

Alice noticed this and smirked, showing her tongue.

Jessica gritted her teeth and entered the first greenhouse while sending daggers at Alice.

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