Note/Red eyes B God: here it is:)
iJo3L21: Yes, the day before the start of the first episode, to tell the truth.
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I was in my room now, which is the same as Hope, we are Family so Alaric allowed us to stay in the same room, two beds, two bathrooms, two wardrobes and some other things, our family in New Orleans helped with some things.
Hope was in her bed next to mine reading a book, lying down and curled up.
I took a deep breath and looked myself in the mirror.
Dark shirt with long sleeves that ran to the wrist, dark blue jeans with a simple black and white sneakers. I smiled and turned to Hope with arms outstretched.
" How am I ?" I ask my sister.
Hope looked me up and down and then looked up at me with a raised eyebrow.
"Ah ... I don't know, as always?" she said .
I sighed.
"That was not a compliment." I say with arms crossed. She laughed and shook her head.
"Well, but it wasn't an offense either." She closed the book and smiling she walked over to the wardrobe, grabbed a blue leather jacket and threw it at me, who picked it up and I examined the blue jacket.
She turned to me and smiled.
"Dress up and get out soon, I wanna read without a bore like you pissing me off every 5 minutes, You're fine, Stop being so nervous about it, You just need to get there and Talk to her," she said and I frowned. forehead.
"I'm not nervous about that." I say with a snort. Hope arches an eyebrow at me.
I grimace "Okay, maybe I am, a little." She raised her eyebrows with a skeptical look. "Okay, more than a little." I sighed and put the jacket over my shirt, Hope went back to her bed and picked up her book to read again as she pulled the covers over her.
I sighed and looked at her.
"Hope?"
She didn't take her eyes off the book but responded with a hum.
"Have you ever wondered if… Is our father all right?" She shifted her gaze from the book to me. "I mean, I know he did horrible things and everyone knows it, but he changed. For us, he sacrificed and I wonder all the time if…"
"I know, I wonder that too ..." She said and I shut up. "I'd like to know too." It seemed like the weather weighed on us now.
"I miss him and his mother." I say suddenly. Hope looks at me sadly and sits on the bed.
"We're two then…" she whispers and sighs.
A knock on the door catches our attention.
"Taylor, hurry up, MG is already jamming my messaging phone." It was Kaleb.
"I better go, are you sure not to go with me?" I say . Hope smiled slightly and shook her head.
"No, thanks, I have to go out with in a little while so it won't work." I nodded and in an instant appeared beside her and gave a light kiss on her forehead.
"Take care, Little Sister, and call me if necessary Okay," I said looking at her. She laughed lightly.
"I should say that, The most problematic is you after all." she says smiling.
I frown "Who? Me? Never." And smile amused.
"Dude!" We both laughed and I turned to leave.
"Bye Sister."
" Bye idiot. "
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"So, did you kiss her?" Kaleb asks in a whisper, We were leaning against a tree with soda cups in our hands.
Lots of students around laughing and talking, Playing and Drinking around. the loud sound of Centuries music in the background, which helps us talk about what we want in privacy, 'cause besides the music playing, no one is really paying attention to what we're saying.
Tomorrow will also have another party.
And that I'll have to go if I can't talk to her tonight.
I nod as I search for Josie or Lizzie among the supernatural beings present. Because where Lizzie is, Josie is too.
Kaleb laughed, "Dude, you're so into Sister Lizzie, You're so screwed." I rolled my eyes.
"You're not helping." I respond through gritted teeth while still searching.
Kaleb laughed harder But then straightened up and said "Okay, well my guess is maybe she just wants friendship, If she ran away after that and is avoiding you," I sighed.
"Is it?" I ask. Josie just wants friendship?
"This is confusing, she kissed me back, Kaleb," I say and look at Kaleb, He looked at me surprised.
" Same ?"
Flashback two days earlier.
I was sitting on a couch in the library, Reading a simple book, Hope was in the bedroom sleeping, It was 6 am, It was still early.
Being a Trihibido, With all sides active.
I don't need to sleep unless I want to.
I sighed and went another page.
I felt a slight thud beside me and saw Josie Smiling Sitting next to me, she had a book in her hands.
I arched an eyebrow. "What do you do here?" I ask . Josie and I aren't exactly friends, Lizzie can't stand me and vise versa, which complicates.
But if we talk to each other every now and then, we're not as hostile as I am with Lizzie.
She had her hair down, Her brown hair fell freely over her shoulders, She wore a thin yellow blouse, With long sleeves that ran to the wrist, And a simple brown skirt. One word to describe her would be, beautiful.
Josie looks at me and then at the book in my hand "Romeo and Juliet?" She smiled amused at me. "Who would say, Taylor Mikaelson is a romantic."
I make a face "Oh Sure, and my reading this boring and ridiculous romance book has nothing to do with the fact that I have work on the lines of this ridiculous book," I say sarcastically. She shook her head smiling.
"Totally nothing to be had." She answers.
I smile sideways and look at her book.
"Beauty and the beast? Really?" I say with a frown. She laughed shyly. I smiled at that, Her laugh is so cute… But I didn't admit it out loud, No, not even thinking.
"Hey, you're reading Romeo and Juliet." She says and looks at me.
"Not by choice, but Touche," I reply and turn my eyes to my book, I could feel her eyes on me but need to ignore, She's right next to me and Looking into her brown eyes is pretty tempting.
" Are you alright ?" The question took me by surprise and I turned my face to her, And I was surprised by the closeness as soon as our eyes met. We both blushed but didn't look away.
I sighed and left the book on the left side of the couch.
"Do you want me to be honest?" I whispered and continued "I'm still trying to get used to just animal blood, It's complicated, I'm surprised if you want to ask me if I'm fine considering I turned out to be a monster-"
She dropped the book and took my hand. She gave it a gentle squeeze and looked right into my eyes.
"You're not a monster," she said.
I mocked "Your father thinks differently," I say.
"You're part vampire, it's normal to want human blood." she says.
"It's different, Josie, I could have drunk from bags but instead I drank from people, I could have killed someone like I did when I activated my vampire side for the first time," I say.
She frowned "But you didn't, you would never kill anyone on purpose, you're not like that," I sighed.
"How can you be so sure? I'm a Mikaelson, Making mistakes and killing people is common in my family, I've done it before, When I activated my vampire side I killed innocent people without mercy, The only ones to find me and contain me was my father and my aunt Freya, so Josie, how can you be so sure? "I ask.
Josie bit her lip nervously but then I felt her other hand grasp my cheek and caress her gently. I leaned into the touch and closed my eyes with a sigh.
"Because I trust you," she whispered and I opened my eyes to meet hers.
And with their eyes crossed, I felt my heart beat like a drum and hers was no different, we were inches from each other, I leaned a little closer and got so close to her lips, Such a small distance from her lips , we were nose to nose, Eyes almost closed, I left her a moment away but to my surprise she didn't, And I closed the distance between us crushing my lips to hers.
It was just a touch of lips, Eyes closed, and then I felt her lips move against mine. It was so surreal.
The kiss became intense and I felt her hold and pull my face even closer (if possible) And the air seemed to be fading between us, we parted and I leaned my forehead against hers with my eyes still closed, me and her we were panting and each other's hot breaths were on our faces.
"Josie ..." I whispered and opened my eyes at the same time as hers.
Her brown eyes looked at me with a hard-to-decipher look and suddenly widened. She stammered and grabbed the book hastily and got up faster than I expected.
"Wait, Josie, what -" but my voice stopped when I saw her run out of the library without looking back.
What just happened?
Flashback end.
I continued searching for Josie, to no avail.
"Okay now until I'm confused. Have you talked to your sister about this yet? Maybe Hope can help? Because I have no idea what to say to help you." Question Kaleb
I sigh "Yes, Hope said maybe Josie is scared because of Lizzie, I thought the same, even because Josie always puts Lizzie's boring on a pedestal and forgets herself," I say. Kaleb scowls and smiles.
"Well, my friend, you're in a complicated situation," he says.
"or she's still recovering from Penelope, and not ready for a relationship yet, you'll know." I shrug my shoulders.
"Are you talking about me?" I moaned. Damn it.
"Speaking of the devil …" I grumble and Kaleb crosses his arms as we both turn to see Penelope smiling sideways against a tree.
"Wow, not a 'Hi Penelope, how are you? This is impolite, Mikaelson," she says.
Kaleb and I in between looked at each other.
"Funny, I'd say the same thing. Listening to other people's conversations is pretty ugly, you know." I say with narrow eyes.
She laughed "Don't worry about it, I just arrived," she smiled.
"What do you want, Penelope?" I ask already tired of her presence.
She smiles and tilts her head curiously.
"So you like Josie?"
"How do you-" she interrupted me with a laugh.
"It's kind of obvious, and I also had other ways to figure it out." She answers.
Kaleb scoffs "That's none of your business Witch, Leave him alone." says Kaleb. I give him a grateful look for his support and he waves back.
"All there has to be with Josie is of my business, I just want the best for her, just like you," she answers seriously. I snort.
"And since when is breaking the hearts of others the best?" I ask with a frown.
Penelope sighs "I admit I made a mistake, But I still care about her Okay?"
"It's not what it sounds like." I answer.
"Looks can be deceiving, you from everyone here should know, right? Mikaelson," she says looking at me accusingly. I narrowed my eyes. Does she know of my past in New Orleans, if so, how? I have no idea, but she seems to know.
The few that know are Hope (Obviously), My Family, Mr. Saltzman and Josie.
I made serious mistakes when I activated my vampire side, I lost control, I disengaged my humanity and massacred innocents. The only ones who know all the details are My Family and .
Josie only knows that I killed people when I became a vampire, Unintended in a way, Because I lost control, Just that.
Already Alaric Knows everything, all the same, That's why he's so wary of me drinking human blood, He saw what I was capable of doing, and he said that famous phrase in that situation, 'Like father, like son' that wasn't a compliment.
I didn't tell Josie about turning off my humanity, or why I did it, I hate talking about it. I feel vulnerable and ashamed just thinking.
"Well, Mikaelson, I need to talk to you, alone. " she said referring to Kaleb.
I looked at Kaleb "Kaleb, I need to talk to her in particular, Could you give me a few minutes?" I ask.
Kaleb smiles slightly and nods "Of course man, can anything call me, okay?" I nod, He pats me on the shoulder and walks away.
I look at Penelope with narrow eyes.
" So ?"
"I want the best for Josie, you already know that," she says.
" And what does that mean ?" I ask.
"means you're good to her." For this I did not expect, for a moment I thought she would tell me to walk away from Josie, but it was the other way around.
"Wait, what?" I am confused now.
She sighed "Listen Mikaelson, you and I have something in common, We both want the best for Josie, And I know you as I realize how toxic and selfish Lizzie is, Josie would do anything for her sister, Even if it meant leaving your happiness aside. " She crossed her arms and looked at the floor.
"I couldn't take it, I won't say it was right that I broke up with her and hurt her, It was selfish of me, I admit, But Josie can't go on like this, And I know you can get her to turn off Lizzie in a way I couldn't. "
I thought of your words for a moment.
"And you think I could make Josie care more about her?" I laughed humorlessly."Me? Are you serious? Look, I care about Josie, You're right about that, I ..." I swallowed and stopped for a moment "I think I care about her more than I should, I wish we were something else?" I'm- I'm confused and it's all so complicated, I want her to be happy, I want, But I'm not an example of a person, I don't know if I could make something work between us, I don't know if I'm good for her or enough."I say with total sincerity.
"Then why did you kiss her?" she asks with raised eyebrows "If you don't think you're good enough, why did you kiss her?"
I sighed frustrated "like I said, I'm confused." I rubbed my neck nervously without looking at her.
"I think I've complicated everything between me and her. I'm already complicated. And maybe I'd better get away from her. I'll just apologize and say it was my mistake, she probably doesn't even like me like that." I say .
"She likes it." she said suddenly and I looked at her confused.
" What ?"
"She likes you, Taylor." I frown.
"you don't know that." I answer.
She smiles sideways. "I know, believe me, she won't stop thinking about you since the kiss." I narrowed my eyes at her suspiciously.
"How do you know?" She smiles even more.
"Penelope, How you know?" I asked stopping at each word. What did she do? This is suspicious.
"I have my means." she says .
Then I noticed something "And how do you know about the kiss? You were really spying on me And Kaleb, really?" I say .
She laughed "sort of." she stops and looks at me "but it doesn't matter, what matters is what you're going to do now, you can't give up like this, she needs you, okay? you have no idea how much she likes you." It's weird.
"That's pretty weird coming from you, Don't you like her ? She needed you before and you left her, And now you want me to be there for her, you shouldn't give the 'Stay away from her' speech or I mean, you love her and you're asking me not to give her up, do you realize how crazy this is? "I say.
She sighs "Yes, and it's because I love her that I want the best for her, And the best for her, Against all my judgments, Considering who you are, You're the best for her now, Even if you don't realize it now. " I frown in confusion but nod.
"You really love her, don't you?" I say in almost a whisper.
She smiles sadly "Yes, so please, don't give up like that." she asked.
I snorted "I would never do, look, Even if I walked away, I would never totally leave her, I care about her, I always will, so don't worry about it." I answer .
She smiles "So will you try?"
"Look, I meant to run away but if you say she really likes me back, I can try." I say smiling.
"Good, because now is your time to act." she looked at garlic behind me and I turned to see Lizzie and Josie coming to the party, Lizzie laughed and talked to some witch, I think.
Josie was smiling shyly too, but then her eyes shifted and met mine. I saw her eyes widen and she blushed looking away at her shoes.
I sighed, This is going to be complicated, I turned back to Penelope and found nothing but tree instead.
Perfect, I'm screwed.
