Well I know I said it was probably going to be a one shot but I guess I lied? Anyways I finally watched the episode and now I'm just like...going with the flow I guess. What even is life really? Well anyways on to the story.
Okay, so maybe Hope shouldn't have said that, because now Josie was blushing all the way down to her neck. She just turned back towards Hope's laptop, annoyingly dodging Hope's stare as Cut Throat Kitchen played in the background.
"So then...would you have kissed me? If I gave you consent?" Josie asked, turning to face Hope, even if she was blushing she had this new determined look in her eyes.
"I'm uh...we'll...I don't-" Hope was shamelessly rambling, where had all Josie's new found confidence suddenly come from? Hope could feel her face heating up, this time she was the one to look away.
Josie sat up, putting the laptop to the side so she could sit in front of Hope. "I've realized something, that if I thought hard enough I probably could have figured out, but...I lied." Hope's eyes widened slightly, what the heck was going on? "I didn't have a crush on you, I have a crush on you, at this point I might even borderline love you. You don't have to feel the same- well obviously you don't because your with Landon and you love him but I just, I've realized how precious time is, and I don't want to waste another second hiding how I feel. So...I think I'm in love with you Hope Mikaelson,"
Hope felt like a fish, her mouth opening and closing over and over, she didn't know what say, and why was she so happy about it? She was with Landon and she loved him, at least she thought she did. "I um...I'll be back, just, just stay here please?" Hope asked and Josie nodded.
Hope stood up and practically booked it out the door, she just needed a moment to think. But the only thing running threw her head was something she said to Josie not so long ago. "I had a choice to make, and I didn't choose him."
She didn't choose him, she chose Josie Saltzman, and Alaric and Lizzie, but only one person had been on the front of her mind when she had been trying to convince Aylssa to stop, Josie.
Maybe..maybe it was because she hoped Landon could help himself? She needed to put them in the same situation, who would she save first? Why did she even ask herself the question? She knew who she would save, any day, every day, Josie, Josie Saltzman.
Did she even really love Landon anymore? After Josie returned everyone's memories and he walked away Hope had felt distant, like she couldn't really trust him anymore. Hope suddenly stood still, did she really just subconsciously walk to her boyfriends room?
Hope sighed, knocking on the door, Raf answered, dressed in his Pj's, "Sorry did I wake you?" Hope apologized, Rafael just shook his head, "Nah come in, me and Lan were just talking." Hope nodded, offering Rafael a small smile.
"Hey Hope," Landon stood up, moving to hug her, suddenly the weight of what she was doing came crashing down on her and she wasn't sure if she could do this, she loved him, right?
Obviously not if she's had returning feelings for Josie for almost four weeks. "I- Landon we need to break up." Landon instantly pulled away from her, looking like a kicked puppy. "What?"
"I'll uh...take that as my que to go," Raf stated before practically running out the door, shutting it softly behind them. "We need to break up." Hope stated again, trying to sound calming as it looked like Landon was about to explode.
"Wha-why? Did I do something wrong?" Landon asked and Hope shook her head, looking to the floor. "No um...actually I uh, I-" Hope wasn't sure if she should be completely honest with him, she doubted he wanted to hear she caught feelings for his ex.
"Just spit it out!" Landon yelled, throwing his hands up in the air. "I don't love you, at least, not like I used to." Hope finally admitted, bowing her head slightly.
"You just what? Fell out of love? I hate to break it to you Hope but if you can't commit to me what makes you think you can commit to anyone else?" Landon asked and Hope frowned, everything about what he just said rubbed her the wrong way.
"Landon I didn't just fall out of love, I've been out of love! And I keep trying to fix us over and over again! I keep trying to feel something that isn't there! I've stayed committed to you, but the more I think the more I realize you were an obsession, something to distract myself while my life was going to hell. I'm not going to say I never loved you, because I did I just- I don't love you anymore," tears were stinging Hope's eyes, she wasn't necessarily crying because she was sad, but because of the wave of relief that washed over her at getting everything out in the open.
"Why didn't you tell me sooner? I could have tried harder, I could have been better," Landon stated, running a hand threw his hair. "No, Landon, this isn't on you. This isn't your fault, I just..." Hope wasn't sure how to make this better, how to make him blame her instead.
"Hey," he finally spoke up, looking into her eyes. "No relationship is black and white okay? We could have both tried harder, we've both been distant these past few weeks and if we really wanted us we could have tried to make it better, but maybe this is for the best. Thank you Hope, for one very amazing year."
Hope nodded in reply, there wasn't anything else she new to say, so stepping out of the room, she took a deep breath before her feet started leading her in the one direction she wanted to go. She almost slammed into her door because she was running so fast, skidding to a halt just before she went head first threw the wood.
Out of breath Hope stepped into the room and Josie looked up at her, instant worry filling her eyes."Hope are you okay?" Josie asked standing up from the bed, she moved towards Hope, interlocking their fingers, Hope was nodding frantically, even if you could very much tell she had been crying.
"Josie I have a question for you," Hope stated, partly ignoring Josie's worried look, "Can I kiss you?" Josie instantly gave her a confused looked. "What about lan-?"
"We broke up," Hope cut her off and Josie grinned, instantly pulling Hope's body closer to her so their lips could meet. and for the first time in Hope's life everything felt right.
Hmm...for some reason I like Landon more after writing this? Like after writing what I assume he would say he's not really a bad guy, he's just so boring / not saying I ever thought he was a bad guy but, maybe I like my version of him more...you know what I'm getting off track, do y'all want more of this story that was supposed to only be a one-shot?