I don't remember how to spell the principals name so if someone can tell me if I'm right I'd appreciate it.
Chapter 2
Jerry looked at Juliet when she dropped onto the couch. "You alright?"
Juliet shook her head. "I had a sudden realization when Mom hugged Alex earlier…"
She'd started calling her adoptive parents Mom and Dad, though she didn't forget her own parents.
Theresa sat beside her. "Did I upset you?"
"No I just. I realized Alex is going to continue to grow. And I'm stuck this way. Forever."
"Oh. I see why that would upset you." Theresa wrapped an arm around Juliet and she rested her head on her adoptive moms shoulder.
Jerry frowned, understanding but not knowing what to say.
"I wish I wasn't a vampire. Then I could give her what she deserves." Juliet was now very upset.
"What do you mean by that?" Theresa looked down at her.
"Well, I can't go into the sunlight. I can't go with her anywhere. I can't even go to her graduation and I really want to."
"Not necessarily." Jerry said. "Juliet come with me to the Lair. I have something for you."
The confused vampire followed him.
Alex walked into the school and was immediately caught by Mr. Laritate. Well not caught really because he just walked up to her.
"Miss Russo. I'm surprised you showed up today. I figured you'd be one of the many people that skip this day and only come to the graduation ceremony." he said.
She smiled a little. "Yeah, but I thought that since it's the last day I have to be here why not go." The ceremony was an hour after school, which was only until twelve today.
"Well since today's the last day of school I've decided to let the students just go to whichever classes they want to go to. You know to talk to their teachers and whatnot." Mr. Laritate told her.
"I think I'll go to art in that case." Alex still loved painting. She'd also learned how to draw and hoped to get a job doing one of the two.
"I never thought you'd graduate you know." Mr. Laritate was being serious.
Alex gave him a smile and shrugged somewhat. "If you'd asked me two years ago if I thought I'd graduate I would've told you no. I only graduated because I met my lover and realized what was important in life."
"I'm glad. When you go looking for a job you can put me down as a reference."
"Thanks Mr. Laritate." She hugged him. "I'll see you at the ceremony."
"Yes. I'll see you then, Alex."
Alex walked to the school library to return her books then walked to the art room. The teacher was there with a few other students. One she knew all too well. Mason gave her a smile and she walked over to him.
"Hey Alex." He said. He'd still loved her, even hit on her sometimes, but she always told him not too.
"Hi. Still painting dogs I see." Alex was looking at his portrait of a dog dressed as Abe Lincoln.
He nodded and smiled. "Of course. I love dogs."
The wizardess rolled her eyes. She sat in a seat and started to draw in her sketchbook.
"So, I'm guessing Juliet won't be at the ceremony today?" he asked.
She looked up at him and tried to glare at him but it didn't look like it fazed him. "You know she can't go." Mason knew that Juliet was a vampire and that Alex was a wizard, and they knew he was a werewolf.
"She can't do a lot of things can she?"
"Mason. Stop. I know what you're trying to do and if you're going to start this crap again I'll go sit somewhere else."
He raised his hands in surrender and she sighed mentally. Then looked down at her drawing of a certain blonde.
Jerry handed Juliet an envelope that looked like wizard mail, addressed to her. "What's this?'
'It's from Justin. He sent it about a week ago and asked me not to tell you until today."
She opened it an inside was a letter and ring. She read the letter, well it was more of a note really.
It said: I know you'll want to go to Alex's graduation, like me. Whereas I can't go because I have to study, you can't go because of the sun. The ring is the solution to your problem. This ring will let you walk in sunlight as long as you're wearing it. Trust me. It'll work perfectly. You don't have to repay me. -Justin.
She looked up at Jerry, "You knew about this?"
He nodded. "Justin said he wanted to surprise you with it, then you could surprise Alex."
Juliet's eyes went wide. She put the ring on her finger. I was a little to big for her finger, but it shrunk to her size to fit her perfectly. She looked up at Jerry. "Let's go test it shall we?"
Juliet walked to the sub shop's door. Theresa ran up to her and grabbed her wrist before she could turn the handle. "Juliet what're you doing?"
"Mom, it's okay. Justin sent me a gift. Trust me okay?"
Theresa let go of her newest daughter and the blonde smiled at her. "It'll be fine." She turned the doorknob and walked outside.
