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When she finally made it home she went straight to her room and laid down. She knew she had to forgive her sister but there were lines and limits that were made and she crossed all of them.

She put on Looney Tunes for a while until she fell asleep. She had her notes from earlier that she was going over—now they had drool on them.

An hour later there was a knock at the door which made her jump out her sleep. She went to the kitchen to grab a knife—as defense of course—then headed to the door.

"And you don't have your keys?" It was Bonnie.

There was a sigh from who she was assuming was Nell. She opened the door putting her knife held hand at her side.

When she saw her sisters face she rolled her eyes and walked to the kitchen.

"You can come in if you want to Bonnie." Nellie smiled at the girl.

"Oh no thank you. You guys have enough going on. I'll take you up on that offer later tho. Bye Theo—Bye Nell." She smiled walking out.

Theo waited until she heard that Bonnie was out the driveway to speak.

She threw the towel that was in her hand on the counter and turned to her sister.

"You want to know what I told her?" Nell sat at their table.

"Oh please Eleanor. Enlighten me." She faked a smile leaning against the counter.

"I told her we're witches and—"

Theo's eyes widened and her mouth fell open. It only lasted for a second before her anger got to her.

"You fucking told her? God you are just so..." She didnt finish her sentence but she sighed and went outside.

She slammed the door behind her, sitting on the porch. She pulled out her cigarette pack and grabbed one lighting it up.

She stopped but always kept a pack as a reminder that she always had something to look forward to. She only did it when something was on her nerves. And her sister was dancing on them.

"Will you let me finish please?" Nell's voice was soft but eager.

"When I left you at Whitemore I didn't want to hear your voice. And you just told a stranger that we are Mystical beings..." The smoke she blew out made her look like an animated cartoon.

"Well she is one too. And the professor is a Vampire...along with her friends Caroline and Elena." She said it like it was the key to life.

A big weight put itself on Theo and she rubbed her temples. She looked over at her sister who was smiling at her.

"What did you hear them saying?" She furrowed her eyebrows changing the subject.

"Who? O—oh! Uhm it was something with an S. Couldn't really hear him." She closed her eyes trying to think.

Theo looked over and seen her then grabbed her. "Stop. Open your eyes."

When she did she had pure fear in her eyes. The scream she let out was hit wrenching and came from her core.

"What happened?" Theo shook her.

She got up and ran in the house. Theo looked around and seen their neighbor was outside—nothing worth screaming though.

She got up and followed her sister wanting to know what she seen. She hear heavy breathing coming from her sisters room but it was locked.

"Nell, whatever you seen wasn't real. Nothing was outside but us." She sat against her door.

"It was you...I seen you. Your head—it wasn't...it wasn't there fully." She spoke in breaths.

She put her fingers under her door and told her to count them. They often did this as a calming mechanism. She would use her gift and send calmness 10 times. Each finger. Every time.

"Can I come in and we can talk?" She still had her fingers under the door.

There was shuffling then breaths. A minute later the door opened and Nell was there with a fully flushed face with her eyes closed.

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