[u]Finale - Full of grace[/u]
Josie opened her eyes slowly. It was dark outside. No one else was in the room with her. Her eyes focused and she realised it was her room. Her joints felt stiff as she tried to move, but she wasn't about to give in. She forced herself off the bed and threw open her travel bag.
[i]Sorry[/i].
When she had packed enough to last her she was about to leave the room—until a letter sitting on the desk caught her eye. She grabbed it tearing it open. Corrine addressed it to her, just in case she didn't wake up, no doubt.
[i]Josie,
I'm not sure what to even say here. You've been out of it for three days straight. Everyone's been on edge since it happened. Vaughn and Lucas are okay, a little distraught that you're not awake. I'm still not speaking to Marshall—it's just to hard...[/i]
She couldn't read anymore, she folded it up and slipped it in her back pocket. She glanced around the room sadly, biting her lower lip slightly. After all this time, this is how it was going to end. She shook the emotion and the pain away, and opened the door, making sure no one was around. She jogged down the hall past the other dorms.
Vaughn walked towards Josie's room slowly, hoping that she would finally be awake. He heard the footsteps echoing and followed them, catching a fleeting glimpse of Josie. Wide eyed, he stopped in front of Lucas and Marshall's room. He stopped himself from opening the door when he heard them talking.
"It doesn't bend that way, Marshall," Lucas complained.
Marshall sighed. "Keep trying, it will work! And it'll be really fun!"
"It's kind of hurting though," Lucas bit out. "Owowowowow! No that's it! It won't go in there!"
Vaughn—trying hard not to laugh—tore open the door, and walked in avoiding looking at the boys and grabbed Lucas by the back of the shirt and dragged him out of the room in front of a stunned Marshall.
"You can finish doing that later," Vaughn whispered harshly.
"What?" Lucas asked confused.
"It's Josie!" Vaughn replied running down the hall after her.
They found her boarding a bus just near the school. Tired and out of breath they had to stop. She knew they were there, she felt it. But she didn't turn to them, not even when Vaughn called out to her. She boarded the bus faster and took a seat towards the back.
Lucas fell to his knees right there and the bus pulled away. Vaughn started shaking uncontrollably.
"Oh god," he murmured his words barely audible. "She's gone. She's... We've lost her."
Lucas fumed at this. "No! She's not gone! You don't just say that!"
He swung his fist half-heartedly at Vaughn, who moved to the side and grabbed Lucas as he fell. He embraced his friend. This was too much.
Josie looked outside as the bus sped up, taking her away from her life at the school, her friends, the strange days, the clones and the alternate selves. That was all behind her now.
She slid the letter out of her pocket and continued reading.
[i]... Everything will be so different when you wake up—and this hurts me to just write it—if you do. It's all changed. John disappeared completely. So did Mirror-Josie. But Josie2 returned with the Mirror-selves. Despite Mirror-Marshall's protests. I wanted to go. We made up, but he wouldn't let me. Josie, I love you know that right? Listen to me...[/i]
Josie stopped reading for a moment as her tears began to smudge the words. She looked out the window again, this time she put her hands on the window—and felt a dagger in her heart. She had no reflection.
The sun was rising. She didn't know how much time had actually passed.
[i]It's better this way[/i].
Fin.
Josie opened her eyes slowly. It was dark outside. No one else was in the room with her. Her eyes focused and she realised it was her room. Her joints felt stiff as she tried to move, but she wasn't about to give in. She forced herself off the bed and threw open her travel bag.
[i]Sorry[/i].
When she had packed enough to last her she was about to leave the room—until a letter sitting on the desk caught her eye. She grabbed it tearing it open. Corrine addressed it to her, just in case she didn't wake up, no doubt.
[i]Josie,
I'm not sure what to even say here. You've been out of it for three days straight. Everyone's been on edge since it happened. Vaughn and Lucas are okay, a little distraught that you're not awake. I'm still not speaking to Marshall—it's just to hard...[/i]
She couldn't read anymore, she folded it up and slipped it in her back pocket. She glanced around the room sadly, biting her lower lip slightly. After all this time, this is how it was going to end. She shook the emotion and the pain away, and opened the door, making sure no one was around. She jogged down the hall past the other dorms.
Vaughn walked towards Josie's room slowly, hoping that she would finally be awake. He heard the footsteps echoing and followed them, catching a fleeting glimpse of Josie. Wide eyed, he stopped in front of Lucas and Marshall's room. He stopped himself from opening the door when he heard them talking.
"It doesn't bend that way, Marshall," Lucas complained.
Marshall sighed. "Keep trying, it will work! And it'll be really fun!"
"It's kind of hurting though," Lucas bit out. "Owowowowow! No that's it! It won't go in there!"
Vaughn—trying hard not to laugh—tore open the door, and walked in avoiding looking at the boys and grabbed Lucas by the back of the shirt and dragged him out of the room in front of a stunned Marshall.
"You can finish doing that later," Vaughn whispered harshly.
"What?" Lucas asked confused.
"It's Josie!" Vaughn replied running down the hall after her.
They found her boarding a bus just near the school. Tired and out of breath they had to stop. She knew they were there, she felt it. But she didn't turn to them, not even when Vaughn called out to her. She boarded the bus faster and took a seat towards the back.
Lucas fell to his knees right there and the bus pulled away. Vaughn started shaking uncontrollably.
"Oh god," he murmured his words barely audible. "She's gone. She's... We've lost her."
Lucas fumed at this. "No! She's not gone! You don't just say that!"
He swung his fist half-heartedly at Vaughn, who moved to the side and grabbed Lucas as he fell. He embraced his friend. This was too much.
Josie looked outside as the bus sped up, taking her away from her life at the school, her friends, the strange days, the clones and the alternate selves. That was all behind her now.
She slid the letter out of her pocket and continued reading.
[i]... Everything will be so different when you wake up—and this hurts me to just write it—if you do. It's all changed. John disappeared completely. So did Mirror-Josie. But Josie2 returned with the Mirror-selves. Despite Mirror-Marshall's protests. I wanted to go. We made up, but he wouldn't let me. Josie, I love you know that right? Listen to me...[/i]
Josie stopped reading for a moment as her tears began to smudge the words. She looked out the window again, this time she put her hands on the window—and felt a dagger in her heart. She had no reflection.
The sun was rising. She didn't know how much time had actually passed.
[i]It's better this way[/i].
Fin.