Chapter 1: Song: Run To You By: Lacey Strum
Josie POV
I have spent the last two year watching Hope every day. With as much time as I spend studying her, you would think that I would know more about her. No such luck! She refuses to let anyone in. No one can get close to her. The second that she start to find that she likes someone, she pushes them away.
That is why I won't give up on her. She pushes me away the hardest of everyone. That must means that she actually cares about me. That has been enough in the past, but now, I just can't let her do this anymore. She has to let someone in, and I swear, that someone is going to be me!
I actually got worried about that a few months ago when Landon showed up. He spent a lot of time flirting with Hope. He thought that they were going to be something, and truthfully, so did I. Hope was talking to him and paying attention. Turns out, he was a lying shit and she was just trying to find out the truth about him. Now he is locked up in the dungeon cages until we can figure out what to do with him.
Hope has been even more stand offish lately. She spend all of her free time in her room. She only comes out for classes and training with dad. If it weren't for the fact that he forces her to have meals in the dining room then I'm pretty sure she would take her meals there too. As it is, we have five out of six classes together and I get to see her in all expect for the first class of the day. That is out P.E. class and she does that with my dad.
As fate would have it, we have been paired up in most of our classes for this semester due to me and Lizzie being siphons. This allows me to get to talk to Hope more often than ever before.
Hope POV
I can't do this anymore. Staying away from Josie is proving more and more difficult. She is always smiling at me and she is so sweet. I just want to spend all my time with her, which of course means that I have to stay far away.
People in my life have a tenancy to get hurt or die. I can't let that happen to Josie.
This would be so much easier if she were just mean like Lizzie! Then I could just not care. But no, Josie is a ray of sunshine and I find that I am drawn to her light.
That is the only reason why I haven't asked to be moved to different classes or for a different partner. These are the rare opportunities that I allow myself to be close to Josie. This way, it isn't me wanting to spend time with her, it's me having to spend time with her.
'Yeah right Hope, tell yourself more lies.'
T.B.C.