Chapter 42:Hayley Worries about Hope.
After spending time in the greenhouse, every student went to their respective buses to return to school.
When Jojo and Alice exited the greenhouse, they noticed Bella and Edward arguing about something.
"Alice, are they quarreling?" Jojo pointed at Edward and Bella, who were talking some distance away from them.
Alice nodded with a solemn expression on her face.
"What happened? Is something wrong?" Jojo looked at Alice with concern.
"Nothing. It's just Edward being Edward," Jasper, who just arrived with Edythe holding hands, replied.
As the conversation between Bella and Edward continued, Edward turned his back on Bella and started to walk away from her.
He didn't seem to care about what Bella might think and entered the second bus on which Jojo, Alice, Jasper, and Edythe came.
Bella looked very flustered as she watched Edward walk away, and she started to walk towards the first bus.
"Your brother looks like an expert in dealing with women. I should learn from him," Jojo mock-saluted Edward, who had entered the bus.
"Same thought," Jasper placed his hand on Jojo's shoulder with a fake awe in his eyes, looking at Edward.
They all burst into laughter, and Edythe playfully punched Jasper on his arm, while Alice pinched Jojo with narrowed eyes for making fun of Edward in public.
"Hey, he is my brother," Edythe said with narrowed eyes, looking at Jasper and Jojo, while Jasper looked fine, but Jojo was rubbing his arm where Alice pinched him.
"Sorry, Jojo. I accidentally put some pressure on it," Alice showed her tongue while lightly bumping her head with her hand.
"You tore my skin from my biceps," Jojo complained, jokingly.
"Well, we were just admiring your brother. That's all, you see," Jasper said with an innocent smile on his face, looking at Edythe.
Edythe didn't reply to Jasper, but with a huff, she went to the bus, followed by Jasper.
Jojo and Alice also entered the bus. They immediately noticed Edward sitting grumpily on the seat behind where Jojo and Alice were sitting when they arrived at the greenhouse.
Jojo and Alice sat on the seats near the door, and the seat beside them was taken by Jasper and Edythe. They exchanged amused glances at Edward's grumpy demeanor.
Alice wasted no time and instantly linked her arm with Jojo's while leaning her head on him very intimately.
'He is very warm,' was the only thought Alice had as she closed her eyes throughout the journey.
Jojo, looking at Alice, slowly closed his eyes and fell asleep.
At Fork High School, after half an hour, the two buses arrived at the parking lot. Everybody exited the bus.
The final bell rang, indicating that today's classes were over.
"Um... bye, Jojo. My mother wanted to invite you to our house tomorrow," Alice said, looking into Jojo's eyes.
"Hmm..." Jojo nodded his head in response.
"See you tomorrow," Alice waved her hand to Jojo and started to walk towards Rosalie's car.
Jojo watched Alice leave with a smile on his face.
After the Cullens left, Jojo drove his motorcycle back to his residence.
In New Orleans...,
At the Mikaelson's compound...,
Hayley took her mobile phone and called Freya while sitting on the couch.
Ring... Ring...
"Hello," a female voice was heard from the other side of the phone.
"Hey Freya, it's me, Hayley," Hayley said while checking if her daughter was in her room.
"What happened, Hayley?" Freya asked, with a hint of confusion in her voice.
"It's about Hope."
"Hope. Is she all right? Should I come to check on her?" Freya asked, concerned.
"No, it's not like that."
"Then what?"
"Hope was drawn to the kid she saw in her dream a year before."
"What? When?"
"Today at school. Not only that, she even started to become aggressive when it comes to that boy," Hayley said, expressing her concern.
"____"
"She started to become possessive of that kid even though she didn't meet him," Hayley complained helplessly to Freya.
"Is she all right?"
"Yeah, I saw Klaus' rage for a second in her."
"Maybe she started to feel lonely, maybe because she was far too away from her mate," Freya started to explain her guess to Hayley.
While this conversation was going on downstairs, Hope was playing videos and listening to music on her mobile phone in her room.
Suddenly, she saw an advertisement on her mobile phone. Her eyes widened as she looked at it.
She was about to skip it when she had a weird feeling. It was an advertisement for a group named "Devil May Cry," claiming to be experts in supernatural cases with a 100% success rate.
"____"
"Can they solve the problem of Hollow?" Hope muttered to herself, looking at the advertisement.
'It must be fake,' she thought to herself. She knew that if there was even a slight chance that the problem of Hollow could be solved, her family would have taken that chance.
"But what if it's real? My family can be together again," Hope thought, even though she knew the chances for the curse of Hollow to be broken were almost nil but not completely impossible.
Hope clicked the advertisement with a glimmer of hope.
The advertisement led her to a webpage where she needed to fill in details about the supernatural case and what problem it caused her, along with her mobile number and email id.
After filling in her details, she looked at the end of the form on the website, showing a red button that said "Submit."
After a few seconds of thinking, Hope pressed the button and submitted the form, seeking help from the organization to reunite her family.
At Forks...,
Cullen's house...
Esme was sitting on the couch when she noticed her children had arrived from school.
When Esme looked at the door, Edward entered the house with an angry look on his face and moved toward his room with the same expression.
"Esme, we are home," Alice entered the house with a bright smile on her face, followed by Rosalie, who was pouting for some reason.
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