I walked up to the IHOP that my sisters and I agreed to meet up at. I opened the door and was welcomed by the scent of syrup and the noise of people arguing. I walked up to a lady playing on her phone. "Hi, I have a reservation under Clearwater for three." She looked up annoyed. "Yea the other two got here first." She placed her phone in her apron then looked up. "Follow me." We went around twists and turns around the restaurant and finally got to a table with my two sisters. I haven't seen them in about a year but they hadn't changed much. Seraphina was still tall with short brown hair and Skylar still has long and multiple color hair, now black with some red. Seraphina was making swirls in her drink and swayed slightly to the music playing in her ear buds. Skylar was picking at her nail polish and looked up with a smile when we came by. "Rose!" Skylar got up and ran over to me and hugged me almost knocking me over. I giggle, hugging her back, "hi Skylar." The waitress left us and I sat down next to Skylar. Seraphina looked up and pulled out an ear bud and grinned. "Hey Rose, I ordered your favorite." My eyes went wide as well as my smile. "I knew there was a reason I love you." Then I shook my head and stated. "Okay so how was Maryland and North Carolina?"
Seraphina groaned and leaned her head back on the chair. "Hello ladies and here is your food." A tall guy which shaggy black hair, just barely not covering his eyes, said as he came to our table smiling. He handed the plates of food to each of us. In front of me is a plate of pancakes covered in strawberries. I absolutely love strawberries. In front of Seraphina is a plate of hot cakes with blueberries with whip cream about two inches high. Skylar had a plate of waffles with a small bowl of jams and syrups. Skylar started off by saying. "Maryland looks nice. It's quite and has a neighborhood that's isolated but we can't go there." She took a quite bite of her waffle as I looked toward her raising an eyebrow. "What did you do?" I popped a strawberry half into my mouth. God these are good! Seraphina chuckles then sighs and shakes her head. "She set a school on fire." I gasp, this isn't new but we thought she had more control." "Skylar!" She looked up holding up her hands. "Hey, those prissy girls were asking for it." I shook my head. "Okay then you're grounded for a month, now Seraphina how about you?" She sighed and swallows her hot cake. "It was boring honestly. Not much happened and everyone was very cliqued."
I at this point I have finished half the strawberries on my plate and smiled. "I found this one city I think would be great for us. Isolated, people are friendly and a huge forest is around in with a little abandoned house in it for us to live in temporally." They skeptically nod as they start to finish up there food. "It's this small town in Virginia called Mystic Falls. There are also jobs and a school so we will fit in easier. Seraphina, you are ready for weeks of work?" We usually live in a tree house like building. Seraphina is able to bend earth to her liking, so we usually grow a tree and shape it kind-of house like. This is my way of asking her without hinting about our powers. She finished her hot cakes and took a sip of her milk. "Yea, But, I will be late to school some days." I shake my head and a smile appeared on my face. "That's fine, I'll start the paperwork on a little home and you guys into school and me a job."
Skylar groaned and drank the last of her chocolate milk. "Do I have to go to school?" Here we go again. "Skylar, yes you will be going to school." I looked through my wallet and pulled out a fifty to pay the bill with. "But school is just a waste of space?"The waiter came back around and I gave him the money to pay for it and he walks away towards the back. "Yeah, well have fun with going to the waste of space?" I look back at the table and saw Seraphina finishing her meal and Skylar listening to music, rolling her eyes. I ate my last strawberry and said. "So you guys head out to get your things and come to Mystic Falls, by then I'll have a place for us and I'll text you the address." They nodded, Seraphina got up and left the building. Skylar left and zipped into the bathroom then out the store. The waiter came back with the change and told me to have a "great evening". I smile thanked him and left. When I exited I smile looking up at the sky, breathed in the cool night air and started walking back to Mystic Falls.
