Heather scrubbed the plate in silence as she finished with the last of the dishes to wash that night. She was about to put them on the rack when Josh took a hold of the plate, started to dry it and put the dishes away. Heather watched her boyfriend carefully as he walked around her kitchen as if nothing had happened. She turned off the water, wiped her hands, and leaned on the counter as he slowed to a stop with the last of the dried dishes.
"You know those tickets are worth a lot of money" Heather began.
"I know" Josh said cheerfully, "But I just thought it was a sweet thing to do before Christmas"
"That was a very generous thing for you to do" Heather told him, "You wouldn't be trying to do this because of Sally, right?"
"No offense to her, but she will be dead already" Josh responded.
"Why didn't you tell me this before?" Heather questioned, "We might have plans to go to New York around that time. My family is bugging me about coming over for Thanksgiving as it already is"
"I just thought it would be a nice thing to do, Heather" Josh said with a smile.
"If we ever get to meet on December 23rd" Heather muttered.
"What are you talking about?" Josh asked.
Heather sighed, "You know how powerful she is. She probably will kill me before then. I'd rather have her kill me before learning about Maria or you"
"Don't say that. She's not going to kill you- I won't let her" Josh said sternly.
"She brought Sally into this world and she could take me out" Heather responded.
"This is why you need to stick with me and Aidan. Heather, we can all fight her together" Josh told her, "She won't see a werewolf, vampire, or spirit witch coming in tow with her corpse"
"We don't even know where she is" Heather sank into the sink.
"We are still trying" Josh came up and stroked her arms.
"Magic is a very depleting thing" Heather huffed.
"You haven't shown it yet" Josh said as he glanced down to her pearl, "You haven't even noticed how much stronger you are than most witches of your time"
"And what about you?" Heather asked.
"What do you mean?"
"You're a purebred werewolf"
"I still don't follow you" Josh said slowly.
"Maybe you can come to her in your wolf form, Josh" Heather whispered.
"I can't control my wolf" Josh shook his head.
"You couldn't control it then but maybe a purebred can" Heather countered.
"You really want to risk that?" Josh asked her.
"No one can fight off a beast" Heather told him.
"Heather, neither can you" Josh said to her softly.
"I have my force field…" Heather trailed off.
"But the werewolf/vampire that you fought off brought you straight to the ground" Josh finished her sentence.
"That was nearly two weeks ago, Josh. I'm sure by now my force fields are a lot stronger" Heather argued, "Plus, we need to figure out what to do with Maria"
"Don't you have other witch friends?" Josh asked.
Heather rolled her eyes, "They use other names besides their own"
"So they won't help?" Josh questioned.
"Not if they hear I have a duel date with Donna" Heather told him, "They'll probably all leave Boston if I told them"
"Not unless she's a threat to the community" Josh responded.
"She was always a threat. Just no one ever messed with her that was one of our kind" Heather walked over and sat in a chair, "No one was dumb enough to even try"
"You're doing something that others have always wanted to do" Josh came up and sat in front of her.
"I'm doing this because it's my destiny" Heather told him.
"So you're saying that if you knew this was going on and Joy never told you about your path, you wouldn't have even tried to help us?" Josh asked, "You would just stand by and watch as Donna kills off Sally to take her soul?"
"That's not what I'm saying" Heather argued.
"I think that's exactly what you're saying. You would be one of those people who would've left if you heard this was going on" Josh stood up and started for the door.
"I didn't mean it like that" Heather called after him but she ended up only talking to a shut door right in front of her face.
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