Oh I know I know. I haven't posted for a while but I am so torn. This is part one of episode 5 so its shorter but that means part 2 will be up within two shakes of a lambs tail. I want to thank y'all for your reviews, follows, and favs! It means so much that people are interested and care. You guys are like alpha squad, homie g's, etc etc. So I still don't know if Jo is going to Cali or not but there is an exciting plot twist at the end so I hope you like it! Love y'all Savy! Oh and P to the S I listened to What it is by kodaline for the very last part of this episode.
Johanna got up without an alarm today. This was a strange kind of good because it was earlier in the morning and she used to love the early mornings. Johanna sat up and peered out her window seeing the sun come up from behind Grants house across the street. She sighed and remembered all the events from the night before. Johanna pushed the memories aside just for now while she got up and went to the bathroom.
Johanna pushed open and Vicki was standing there brushing her teeth. Vicki stopped for a moment, "Oh um. I am almost done."
Johanna stared at Vicki. "Um. Yeah okay yeah. No take your time um… yeah" Johanna closed the door and walked down stairs quickly.
Vicki came out of the bathroom and tip toed back to Jeremy's room. "I think I might have just gotten you in trouble." She said jumping into his bed. "Oh what did you do?" Jeremy said smiling.
She leaned into him, "Johanna walked in on me brushing my teeth." She laughed.
"Oh Joey won't mind, she is just social awkward and doesn't know how to handle herself around those kind of situations." He smiled and they started kissing.
Johanna turned into the kitchen, "Okay are either of you two aware of what is going on up stairs? cause…" Johanna's eyes widened. Elena and Jenna looked at each other and giggled, "I mean Jo it is kinda obvious." Elena scoffed.
"Yeah he could at least try and sneak the girl in and out." Jenna said righting note down in her spiral. She looked up at Elena and I, "So I am not going to be home for dinner." Johanna smiled.
"She is going out with Logan." Elena said to Johanna.
"Yes and I am going to make it miserable for him." Jenna teased "So Johanna a little birdy told me Grant almost made a move on you last night." Johanna's eyes darted towards Elena's then she looked back at Jenna's.
"Not really it was more an opportunity. He wants me to go to California with him the headmaster of his school saw a tape he made of my singing and is offering a full ride." She stopped for a moment and both Jenna and Elena looked at her bug eyed, "I told him I would think about it. I don't know if I want to go."
"What?!" Jenna and Elena both asked.
"I don't know if singing is what I want to do with my life. I love all of my friends here and I said I would think about it."
Elena scoffed, "Johanna it's a once and a life time chance…"
"I know but its very life altering as well." Johanna grabbed a cup of grapefruit from the fridge, "How are you and Stefan, Elena?"
"Well it's been pretty annoying! He left me one voice mail four days ago, 'Um hi Elena… I have to take care of um some things I will um check in with you in a couple of days bye.'" She mimicked his voice, "You know I was going to write in my journal this morning and then I stopped and thought, what am I gonna write about? I refuse to be the sad hormonal teenage girl that is depressed when their boyfriend isn't around."
Johanna started walking out of the kitchen, "Well good luck with that." Then she hopped back up the stairs to get ready.
"So tomorrow I expect the whole cheer team to be there and then afterwards we all are going to Tyler's party. Tyler told us because his parents will be away for the weekend the party is moved to his place." Caroline handed Meredith, Abriana, Chelsy, and Johanna a flyer.
"Unbelievable how is she so normal. After, Damon put her through an abusive relationship." Johanna shook her head in disbelief leaning on the side of a locker.
"I am reading this psychology book…"
Chelsy interrupted Meredith, "Of course you are." Mere glared at Chelsy for a split second then went back to what she was saying, "any who it's a spiritual and mental block that girls use for a long time due to the fact that a. girls would become extremely judgmental. And b. showing that we were weak enough to stay in the relationship really shatters our self-confidence."
"Or she is just in denial. That is the first step to acceptance." Abriana jeered. Johanna and Chelsy laughed. Meredith rolled her eyes and walked off. Abriana and Chelsy turned to look at Johanna. Johanna was bugged eyed, "Oh no here we go. What did I do now?" Johanna put her head in her hands.
Abriana smiled, "We are so proud of you. Boo you stood up to Damon." Johanna laughed and wrapped one arm around each of her friends.
"Thanks you guys. But what I did to Damon wasn't for me it was for Caroline. I have something I need to tell y'all… Um Grant asked if I wanted to go to California with him. He sent in a tape of me singing and I got a full ride." They stopped and looked at Johanna much like Elena and Jenna did. "But I think I am going to turn him down. I need to stay here for Elena and Jeremy. I know what you two are going to say, 'but it's a once in a life time opportunity'. However, I have this gut feeling like bad stuff is about to start happening and that same feeling came before my parents died. I can't leave now."
"If you feel like you should stay then we will support you." Abriana said smiling kindly.
"Yeah no judgment here. Come on let's get to class before Mrs. Gore kills us." Chelsy said pulling Johanna and Abriana along.
After school Johanna went to Tyler's house and they played video games. His game room was huge. It was as big as Johanna's first floor of her home. There was loud music and they were playing on the play station 4. "Oh come on that was not cool Ty. You can't use your advanced rifle when I am just using a freakin' shotgun with not a lot of mag." Johanna shouted with a controller in her hand.
"I can do anything Miss. I am the best gta player ever." Tyler sarcastically mocked Johanna.
"At least I have the bad ass military helicopter." Johanna laughed flying her helicopter around in the game she then saw a jet come up and drop a bunch of grenades on her copter and it exploded. Then the 'WASTED' sign popped on her screen her mouth dropped.
Tyler was crying he was laughing so hard, "I have a jet, I win." She set her controller down and jumped on Tyler he grabbed her waist and threw her on a big bean bag. She tried to get back up but the large beanbag basically engulfed her small frame. He laughed and helped her up with ease.
"Hey Johanna it's nice to see you again hanging out with Tyler." Mrs. Lockwood came in to check on the two teenagers. "Oh hey Mrs. Lockwood, well I had to prove to Tyler I could beat him at video games still." Johanna said smiling.
"Well it's nice to see you two hanging out, we have missed you." Mrs. Lockwood said leaving the Tyler and Johanna alone again. Tyler flinched like he was going to go after her. She laughed, "Bring it Lockwood." He ran towards her and she stepped aside and he flipped into the beanbag. He laughed getting up easier than Johanna. He grabbed her and flinged her over his shoulder. She screamed a little laughing her phone started to ring, "Wait pause" she reached up and grabbed her phone. "Hello, Oh hey girl what's up. Uh-huh… Uh-huh… oh that's not good. Okay be right over." She got off the phone and Tyler set her down.
"What's going on?" He asked.
"Oh Chelsy and Cort just got in there first fight. Abriana called saying she needs backup at the Stevenson residence. I got to go see you tomorrow at the studs and suds thing?" She asked grabbing her jacket. "Yeah of course. See you at my party?"
Johanna sighed, "Hmm a Lockwood rave… I wouldn't miss it, see ya Ty." She saw herself out and went to Chelsy's house.
Johanna arrived at Chelsy's house and let herself in with her house key. She ran up to Chelsy's room and opened the door, "I brought Meet the Miller's, Bridesmaids, Ted, and 21 Jump Street. I also brought skittles and Apple O's" Johanna smiled and saw Chelsy lying on her pathetically and Abriana was sitting on the floor doing her nails. Johanna gave Abriana the "really" look.
"What I offered to do hers before mine." Johanna rolled her eyes and went over to Chelsy.
"It was just a fight Chelsy. You know Cort he is stubborn and gets freaked out when teachers call him out for pda. He loves you. She pulled Chelsy up and started to walk her to the living room. "Abriana be a doll and go make butter lovers popcorn." Abriana got up and walked to the kitchen. "Oh sissy you will be fine me and Ab's are staying over tonight and then we will go be sexy studs at the Caroline's thing and we will be A-Okay." Chelsy just moaned with her red puffy face.
The alarm started to blare and I grabbed my phone and turn my alarm off. I was on the edge of Chelsy's bed and she was in the middle Abriana was on the other side next to the wall. I moaned out of exhaustion, "How late did we stay up last night?"
"We finished ted at three in the morning." Abriana sat up her hair was in a messy bun, "I am literally just putting on a bathing suit and sunglasses for this fund raiser." She hopped out of bed first.
"Well I am glad I took a shower in between movies. My hair is going to look like a mermaid." I giggled getting out of Chelsy's bed getting the sleep out if my eyes. I changed into my neon lime and icy blue body wrap swim top from pink and some black bottoms then I pulled my light wash jean shorts on over my swim bottoms. "You look tan." Chelsy said slowly rolling around in her.
Abriana came out of the bathroom in a neon pink swimsuit, "I beat both of you in being tan. Cause I am black." We all laughed.
"You got us there Abs." Chelsy scoffed getting out of bed and putting her black swimsuit on. I pulled my hair out of the once wet French braid I put it in last night, "Oh look Abriana a mermaid." Chelsy laughed as I flipped my hair around jokingly.
"Come on y'all get your things and let's get going, Kathy will kill us if we are late." I said running out Chelsy's bedroom.
"Chelsy, Abriana, Johanna your late!" Caroline said with a clip board in her hand. "Whatever. Johanna you are with Tyler. Abriana you're with Chase. Chelsy you are with Cort." She smiled and we all went our separate ways.
"Wow Jo you look good." Tyler said with his shirt off. His tan body and abs were wet I couldn't help but stare a little as he stared at me. "You clean up nice Lockwood, ready to get to work?"
He threw me a sponge and we started cleaning, "So you may go to Cali?" I nodded awkwardly.
"Why didn't you tell me when we were playing gta?" Tyler questioned me I just shrugged it off and got a sponge, "Well are you going to go?" I set the sponge on top of the car with a sigh making Tyler look at me more intently.
"I don't think so. I don't think it's a good time to leave." I smiled.
"Well I think if you are going to regret leaving you shouldn't I like to believe I live without regret…" Tyler said bending down.
"Oh…" I simply replied. He started smirking and he stood up and sprayed the hose at me. I cringed throw my arms up trying to block my face. "I was going to regret not doing this." He said running to my side of the car still getting me soaked.
"Tyler!" I squealed grabbing the hose and spraying him. "Wet and Wild right Ty." I smirked.
"You two! Back to work." Caroline yelled from her chair by the money. We looked at each other and laughed going back to work.
Logan was being filmed on the other side of the parking lot by the football field, "All proceeds are going to the school's athletic department still healing from the tragic death of their football coach William Tanner. The citizens of Mystic Falls coming together in support of one of their own. Cut it." The camera man stopped the film and went to the news van. Logan looked up and saw Jenna with a smirk planted across her lips, "Classy." She scoffed
Logan chuckled, "Thank you."
Jenna pushed off the van and walked up to Logan, "But you're still going to video the girls in bikinis, right?" She enquired.
Logan shrugged his shoulders, "Well, 53% of Americans watch the news with the sound off."
Jenna's eyes widened slightly as she giggled, "Thank you for dinner. I had a nice time."
"Do you remember the last time we were in the school parking lot?"
Jenna pretended to think about it intently, "Nope. Doesn't ring a bell."
"Really?"
"Nada. Especially not having sex in the minivan." She smirked and Logan wrapped an arm around her shoulder.
"That was a good day." He whispered in her ear and she playfully hit his chest, "What?"
Elena was scrubbing a car with Stefan. His hand caught her attention, "You're getting soap in that." She pointed to his big blue ring.
Stefan inspected it for a minute then smiled back up at her, "Oh, it's fine."
"I noticed that Damon has one, too. Is there a story behind it?"
Stefan sighed, "Yeah, it's the family crest from the Italian renaissance."
"Hmm. What's the stone?" Elena looked at the ring again.
"It's called lapis lazuli."
Elena smiled, "Oh. You should really take it off. I could put it in my bag."
"No, it's- it's fine, really. Thanks, though."
"Ok. I'm gonna get some towels."
Stefan smiled, "Ok." Elena walked away and went up to Caroline, "Hey, we're out of towels and those shimmy things." Elena said.
Caroline set down the money she was counting, "I'll go get some more. Mind the money." Caroline walked into the gym door on the side of the school.
"Bonnie, Caroline left me in charge so please don't make me angry and sweep the ground." Mere said smiling devilishly. Johanna walked up to Bonnie when Mere skipped away. "Bitch" Bonnie mumbled to herself.
"Oh who… Meredith yeah she is uh kinda power hungry you know what I mean." Johanna looked at Bonnie who was entranced by the water on the ground in front of her, "Bonnie?" Bonnie tilted her head slightly and a fire came from her water. "Bonnie?" Johanna touched Bonnie's forearm and energy spiked through Johanna. The fire in front of them grew lighting a car on fire. Bonnie was still mesmerized but Johanna let go of Bonnie and the fire stopped Stefan ran over to the girls.
Bonnie stared at Johanna, "What are you?"
Johanna saw Stefan come up, "I need to go. Uh find Caroline she will know what to do." Johanna left before Stefan grabbed Bonnie and looked into her eyes.
"Hey you okay?"
"Stefan I know I started that fire but Johanna she has… her power is different." Bonnie said still in a trance like state. She looked around, "Did anyone else see?"
"No I don't think so." Stefan turned around and saw Johanna walking away quickly. She turned and locked her eyes with Stefan then quickly turned back around. Johanna collided with someone quickly, "Woah, I am so sorry I just… Oh Grant."
"Hey you okay? You look like you just saw a ghost." Grant rested his hands on my shoulders.
"I touched Bonnie and then… boom fire and…" She stated shakily.
"You're doing that thing where you hyperventilate and only say fragments of a sentence." He smiles and Johanna laughed a little catching her breathe, "Hey I want to show you something." He smiled and took her hand and she followed him. Johanna looked to where they were going curiously.
"Why do you have to show me in the woods?" He just looked behind towards Johanna and smiled.
"Trust me." Johanna sighed and continued to follow him. They walked for a while in silence then Grant slowed down and turned to Johanna. "Okay close your eyes." She looked at him like he was crazy than started to laugh. He laughed, "I am serious just close them."
"Fine." She giggled and closed them. She felt a light breeze pick up around her.
Grant smiled, "Open them." Johanna opened them and let out a light gasp taking in the beautiful sight around her. Grant was only a few steps away from her his arms bent and palms facing towards the sky. There were thousands of red leaves twirling around suspended in midair. Johanna spun around looking at all the leaves she touched one now her eyes bright like a child. "You were so honest with me I thought it would only be fair to do the same with you. I know, Johanna, it's scary finding out that you're the impossible and that you feel alone but you're not. There is a world of mystical beings out there and we are just the beginning." The leaves fell with Grants arms and he walked up to Johanna, who now had tears rimming her eyes, and hugged her tightly.
"I'm scared." She whispered clinging on to him.
"I know, I know but you will be able to control yourself someday." His hand lazily pets her soft hair while his chin rested on the top of her head.
So its a little bit of a Grant and Jo moment. Grant is a Warlock or Wizard whatever they are called surprise! So if whoever wants Jo to go to Cali send a review saying that and vise verse for the ones who want her to stay! I will update really soon so inevitably I will have to make a decision! Love y'all thanks for reading, Savy