Chapter 12- I Guess They Found Out.

Hope put the car in park and turned off the engine. She sighed heavily before she turned to face Lizzie. "Are you ready for this?" She asked.

"Not really. But I did promise that we could go public after my birthday, I just didn't think it would be so soon, or for people to find out this way." Lizzie frowned.

"Oh, so I'm not good enough for you now?" Hope laughed.

"Oh please. You've never been good enough for me. I'm only with you for your money." Lizzie laughed.

"Feeling the love there, Liz." Hope pouted.

"Baby, I'm joking. I love you. But like, I wanted everyone to find out in a super extravagant way. You know, like you run up to me in the middle of the dining room and pulling me into a hot and steamy kiss that makes everyone jealous." Lizzie beamed before she leaned across the seat and… Suddenly there was a knock at Lizzie's window, causing her to jump out of her seat slightly. "Fuck me." She muttered, grabbing her chest as she turned to see her dad standing at the car door.

"I already have babe. Plenty of times." Hope smirked, laughing as she got out of the car. "What makes you think I'm the one doing the running?"

"Oh please. You always do the running." Lizzie rolled her eyes. "I mean you are a wolf. It's literally in your blood to run."

"Exactly, so you should be the one doing the running. I want you to whisk me off my feet." Hope grinned.

"Is that any way to talk to your queen?" Lizzie scoffed.

"Eh-hem." Alaric cleared his throat, annoyed.

"Hi Doctor Saltzman." Hope smiled.

"Hi Daddy." Lizzie replied before she turned back to continue her conversation with Hope. "Well?" Lizzie tapped her foot impatiently.

"Both of you. My office. Now." Alaric replied.

"Well what?" Hope walked around the car and met Lizzie on the other side as they both walked to Alaric's office.

"Are you really going to talk to me like that? After everything you promised last night. I am completely offended. Now I know what a Queen means to you." Lizzie pouted, then proceeded to punch Hope in the arm.

"Oh you love me, and you know it." Hope smirked, flicking Lizzie in the arm. Lizzie gasped as she rubbed the injury.

"GIRLS! Now is not the time to be acting like children!" Alaric frowned, walking behind the two girls.

"SHE STARTED IT!" Hope and Lizzie replied in unison, both pointing their finger at the other.

"I don't care who started it! Now both of you. Sit." Alaric instructed the girls to sit down on the sofa in his office as he walked around his desk and sat in his chair. Caroline and Josie came in shortly after. Lizzie stuck her tongue out at Hope as they sat down next to each other. Hope shuffled closer to Lizzie and whispered, "you best put that tongue away before I tell them where it has been." Causing the young blonde's mouth to fall open and Caroline to choke on thin air. Hope's face blushed red when her eyes connected with Caroline's. Caroline frowned at them but didn't say anything.

"So, which one of you is going to start explaining?" Alaric asked.

"Explaining what?" They both asked.

"Start with what happened at the Twins' birthday on Saturday and go from there." Alaric facepalmed.

"Okay so… Me and Lizzie are dating. Well we were dating, she's my girlfriend now." Hope started, smiling as she took Lizzie's hand in her own. "On Saturday after the first dance…" She hesitated for a few seconds, debating whether to spill the beans about what happened with Penelope or not.

"After the first dance, Penelope walked over to Hope and full on hit on her, telling her that if she wasn't dating Josie, she would have fucked Hope on the table! Me and Hope agreed that we weren't going to go public about our relationship for a while because it started like 4/5 months ago, that night you tried to rescue the 10-year-old witch, but you couldn't save her. I was still fifteen at the time and I was just nervous, I guess, with it being my first relationship and my first one with another girl. So we decided to fake a fight. Neither of us were hurt. But I went outside and broke down, Hope was there, and we talked for a while before I came back inside." Lizzie interjected, slightly frustrated that Hope didn't immediately jump at the chance to bad-mouth Penelope.

"After Lizzie went back inside, I wanted to go on a run, so I started getting undressed, but Penelope appeared out of nowhere and kissed me. I told her to leave me alone. She said, "When I want something, I get it." She also said that her leaving me alone wasn't going to happen. Then she left and I went for my run. I came back to my room and told Lizzie the truth about what happened. I haven't lied to her yet and I didn't want to start on her birthday. Lizzie understandably freaked out and threatened to kill Penelope. I tried everything I could to calm her down, but nothing worked so I knocked her out with a spell. Then when you came knocking on my door yesterday morning, I freaked out. So I kidnapped Lizzie." Hope shrugged.

"She literally gay panicked and kidnapped me to Pocahontas State Park. She woke me up when we were halfway there and explained everything to me. We had a good night, I enjoyed it." Lizzie smirked.

"You would do. You weren't the one chained to the bed." Hope pouted.

"I don't even want to know." Alaric choked his drink back. "But Hope. You shouldn't have kidnapped Lizzie. You knew we were looking for her and that we were worried about her. You should have told me at least." Alaric stated.

"I know. I'm really sorry. But I just wanted Lizzie to feel safe for a few hours and not have to worry about anything. She's been through a lot in the past 6 months and we wanted to spend some time together away from the school." Hope replied.

"What exactly has she been going through?" Josie piped up, her voice small and she was still processing what Hope and Lizzie had said about Penelope.

"Well to start off with; You, Penelope and MG were trying to convince her she was having an episode when she wasn't. She was just trying to spend time with me." Hope replied.

"But what about all the cuts she had on her thighs?" Josie asked.

"Yeah… They weren't cuts..." Hope smirked, causing Lizzie to blush.

"HOPE!" Alaric shouted.

"What?" Hope laughed.

"Have you hurt my daughter?!" He spat.

"No, she hasn't. Apart from that one time… But she gave me her blood, so it was fine." Lizzie replied.

"WHAT?!" Alaric spat. "And when was that?"

"Like two days before I went to moms. She didn't mean to do it. She just bit down on my neck a little bit too hard and it made me bleed. I made her give me her blood, she was a bit of a ditz about it and almost went into the school to get a vile of blood from the fridge. Until I reminded her that she has blood in her veins." Lizzie laughed as she patted Hope's knee.

"Don't forget that you threw me in the lake before I gave you my blood." Hope laughed.

"Oh yeah. That was fun." Lizzie smiled as she recalled the memory. "That was the night you pretended to be my dad to get me out the room and away from Josie."

"How did you pretend to be me?" Alaric was shocked.

"Glamour." Hope, Lizzie and Caroline all said in unison.

"YOU KNEW ABOUT THIS?!" Alaric spat at Caroline.

"I've known about this since Lizzie stayed with me. The only reason she started opening up to me was because of Hope. The first week she was there she hardly spoke at all. For the first three days all she did was cry. But eventually she told me she liked Hope. Which I kinda already figured out. Then her and Hope got into a fight and she practically demanded that we come home. So we did. They've been together ever since." Caroline replied, smiling at them both.

"Awe, you like me." Hope teased.

"Fuck you Hope." Lizzie retorted.

"LANGUAGE!" Her parents shouted.

"Geez. Sorry." Lizzie held her hands up in defeat as she rolled her eyes, causing Hope to snicker slightly.

"I just don't even know what to say anymore. You've given me a headache. Both of you can leave. I'll deal with you later Hope." Alaric waved his hand dismissively as he dropped his head into his free hand. Hope and Lizzie looked at each other and shrugged as they stood up and walked out the office.

The two girls silently walked to Hope's bedroom. Once inside, Hope burst out laughing. "Oh god that was horrible."

"Well it definitely could have gone better." Lizzie laughed as she settled onto Hope's bed, pulling the laptop from the bedside table and placed it in the middle of the bed. "What film do you want to watch?"

"Anything but Harry Potter. I don't really want to repeat what happened last night. It will be a lot harder to explain to everyone here than out in the middle of nowhere." Hope laughed as she moved over to her dresser. She was rummaging around trying to find the painting she made last weekend.

"Yeah I don't think people would believe me if I told them that you were running through the school in your wolf form because you watched Harry Potter." Lizzie laughed, looking up from the screen to see what her girlfriend was doing. "You look a bit stuck there, do you need help?"

"No, my arms are just slightly too short, and I can't grab your painting." Hope frowned at the gap behind her dresser.

"Baby, you are short." Lizzie laughed as she amusingly watched her girlfriend struggle. "Why don't you just move the dresser?"

"Oh. Why didn't I think of that?" Hope frowned at the furniture before she pushed it out of the way with one hand, the painting fell onto the floor and she picked it up. She looked at it and smiled as she walked over to the bed with it. "Here you go." Hope handed the painting to Lizzie as she sat down opposite her. The painting was realistic, it depicted the morning after Lizzie agreed to be Hope's girlfriend. Hope had woken up early that morning and she thought the way the sunlight hit the younger girl's body was captivating and she had to paint it, so she did.

"What's it meant to be?" Lizzie tilted her head trying to figure out which way it goes, trying her hardest to suppress a laughter.

"Are you being serious?" Hope frowned. "It's you, naked in my bed with the sheet draped over your waist… And you're taking the piss." Hope shook her head in disgust as Lizzie burst out laughing. "Fine, I'll just burn it then." Hope tried to grab the painting back.

"Babe. I'm sorry!" Lizzie laughed as she moved the painting out of the shorter girl's reach. "Don't burn it. I love it. I do! Honestly… But there's just one tiny problem."

"What's the problem? Hope asked.

"Where am I going to put it? I can't really hang it in my bedroom. I don't think Josie will be too happy about that." Lizzie replied.

"Oh… I'll just hang it above my bed? Right in the middle. So whenever someone walks in, they know that you belong to me." Hope smirked as she leaned in for a kiss, but Lizzie pulled back leaving Hope pouting.

"I'm sorry. Who belongs to who?" Lizzie questioned.

"You belong to me." Hope grinned.

"Bitch please. I am your Queen!" Lizzie exaggerated. "What did you say to me yesterday when you were practically begging me for sex? Hmm." Lizzie tapped her index finger on her face, trying to make a point. "Oh yes! That was it! You said and I quote "Elizabeth Jenna Saltzman, I want you to be my Queen. I want you to dominate me. Take me, fuck me and make me your slave. I'm begging you." So I'll ask you again. Who belongs to who?"

Hope swallowed thickly; her eyes glued to Lizzie's. She knew if she kept it up then the blonde would keep her in the doghouse without sex for another night and she wasn't ready for that. So she sucked up what little pride she had left and gave in. "Fuck… I belong to you. You're my Queen and I'm your slave. Can I fuck you now?"

"Damn right you're my slave." Lizzie laughed. "And I won't say no since you…" Hope cut off Lizzie's sentence with her lips, causing the younger girl to squeal slightly as they both fell back against the pillows. She dropped the painting on the floor as Hope climbed on top of her. Hope was so captivated in Lizzie's lips that she didn't realise someone was knocking on the door until they started shouting.

"HOPE MIKAELSON! I SWEAR TO GOD IF YOU DON'T OPEN THIS DOOR RIGHT NOW, I'LL TELL EVERYONE EXACTLY WHO YOU'VE BEEN FUCKING!" Josie bellowed, pounding her fists against the door.

Hope jumped off Lizzie at lightning speed and quickly ran to the door, pushing the dresser back into its home and opened the door slightly. "Hello Josie." Hope smiled.

"Don't give me that shit Hope!" Josie spat as she pushed her way inside the room.

"Why don't you come in? Make yourself at home." Hope replied sarcastically as she waved her hand and placed a silencing spell on the room. "How can I help you Josie?"

"You can start by telling me how you two ended up together and then you can finish with telling me exactly how you decided you wanted to fuck my girlfriend." Josie frowned; her arms folded across her chest.

"Lizzie's your girlfriend? I thought she was mine. At least that's what she keeps telling me." Hope shrugged. Lizzie tried her hardest to supress a laugh, but her twin caught her and glared at her.

"Hope that is disgusting on so many levels!" Josie retorted. "You know full well that I'm talking about Penelope."

"Ah. Here I was getting my hopes up thinking I was going to get a three-way with twins." Hope smirked as she made her way back over to the bed and settled down next to her girlfriend, closing the laptop and moving it off the bed. Lizzie took the opportunity to hit the older girl for that comment.

"If we're going to have a three-way with anyone. I'm picking them and it's definitely not going to be with my sister. So get that idea right out of your little sexed up wolf brain." Lizzie stated, tapping her finger on Hope's temple.

"Am I seriously just a joke to both of you?" Josie replied, getting more furious by the second.

"Sorry Josie, you're not a joke to me at all. Why don't you sit down? And we'll tell you everything. And when we get around to Penelope, Hope will show you what happened. How does that sound?" Lizzie responded.

Josie fidgeted in place for a few minutes, deciding.

"I promise I won't bite you." Hope smiled. "I only bite your sister." She winked, earning herself another punch in the arm from Lizzie. "Sorry baby." Hope pouted as she rubbed her own arm.

"You will be." Lizzie stated. "Josie, come on. You're going to be stood there for a long time otherwise."

"Fine." Josie replied after another few minutes. She moved over to the edge of Hope's bed and tentatively sat down, turning her body slightly to face the other two girls. "So?"

"Well it started almost 6 months ago now. But we've only been in a relationship for just over a week now." Hope stated as she interlaced her fingers with Lizzie's, smiling at how comfortable it felt to be holding Lizzie's hand in front of Josie. "I started it. I'd had a bad night. It was meant to be a simple rescue of a 10-year-old witch, but it all went wrong, and she didn't make it. I didn't speak to your dad the whole way back to the school and as soon as we got here, I immediately headed to the woods and wolfed out. I ran for a good, few hours and when I was done, Lizzie was waiting for me at the Old Mill with some new clothes. I wrecked mine. The last thing I wanted to do that night was talk and Lizzie wouldn't stop talking, so I made her." Hope smirked as she recalled the memory.

"And by that she means she tried to choke me and when I still continued to talk, she decided to kiss me and then fuck me, and I mean she well and truly fucked me. She left me with bruises and bitemarks all over my thighs and chest. That's why I asked you if it was meant to hurt after you've had sex because I hadn't had sex before. I mean I loved it, but it was a strange first experience. But she's gotten softer now, except for last week but that's a whole different story." Lizzie smiled.

"Well that's…" Josie swallowed. Her mind raced between being creeped out by hearing the details of Lizzie's sex life to being intrigued by how rough Hope likes it and a small part of her was jealous that Lizzie got to experience it. Josie shook the thought out of her head. "So that's why you said it was just a sex dream. Because you didn't want me to find out about Hope?"

"Yes. Because I know a part of you had feelings for Hope, or you used to. You hadn't really talked much about her since you started dating the She-Devil. I didn't actually like Hope to begin with, she annoyed the hell out of me, but she was definitely persistent. I'll give her that one." Lizzie laughed.

"Awe babe, you found me annoying? I found you annoying too." Hope grinned. "I'm glad I fucked that right out of you though." Hope leaned in to kiss the blonde, but Lizzie put her hand on Hope's face and pushed it away.

"You're still annoying. But I can tolerate you now." Lizzie smirked.

"I know you love me so that's alright." Hope shrugged.

"You're lucky that I love you." Lizzie replied.

"Okay, you two are starting to make me feel slightly sick." Josie lied, shaking her head. She wasn't ready to admit that she thought Hope and Lizzie made a cute couple, the way they banter and flirt with each other is nothing like what Penelope is like with Josie. "What happened that day you two got in an argument in the middle of the corridor?"

"Oh that day! Yeah, it was a couple of days after the first time we had sex… a couple of days after I fucked Lizzie for the first time. I didn't let her fuck me for ages, until like 6 weeks ago? The day she got back from her mom's. I'm digressing, basically Lizzie came up to me and told me off for fucking her and then leaving her there naked." Hope laughed. "You know, I was actually proud of you that day. I loved that you questioned me about it, but you pissed me off for doing it as well. Then I sent you that whisper."

"SO IT WAS YOU THAT SENT IT?! Lizzie refused to tell me who it was from or what it said." Josie replied.

"Yeah, it was me. It didn't say anything interesting really. I just said 'what do you think you're playing at? Come to my room. NOW.' And like a good little girl, she did." Hope winked at Lizzie.

"Keep it up and you'll be going another night without sex." Lizzie warned.

"Yes ma'am." Hope swallowed. "That day I told Lizzie that me fucking her was only going to be a one-time thing. But she was the one that said it didn't have to be. I actually spent a few days hiding from you, Josie, because I thought Lizzie would have told you and I didn't want you ripping me a new one about breaking Lizzie's heart or some shit like that."

"Don't think I won't. Because depending on what else I hear, that still might be on the table." Josie stated.

"It was also the day that you were convinced I was having an episode, so you sent Hope to spy on me, but she actually just fucked me behind the Grill instead."

"OH! That reminds me, I have been meaning to ask you, how did you know my milkshake order? For someone who was very adamant that we weren't friends." Hope asked.

"I don't actually know." Lizzie frowned, shaking her head. "It's just in my head. I must have heard you order it before."

"Ladies. Back to the story please." Josie asked, repositioning herself on the bed so she was now facing her sister and Hope with her legs crossed, hearing them talk about their relationship so freely was starting to make the younger girl feel less pissed off about the whole situation.

"Sorry." The couple laughed.

"After the Grill incident, you wouldn't leave me alone, you even followed me every time I wanted a shower. Do you remember the night that Dad came to our room?" Lizzie asked.

"Yeah it was the night Hope sent you that half-naked picture of yourself." Josie shrugged; it took her a second for her to piece it all together. "It wasn't Dad, was it?"

"No. It was me. I used a glamour. It had almost been two weeks since I spent time with Lizzie, and I knew you wouldn't let her leave with me, so I pretended to be your dad. I didn't even want to fuck her that night. I just wanted to spend time with her because I missed her. I knew my feelings for her, I've known them for about a year now. I mean I could have told Lizzie about them to begin with, but I don't think she would have believed me. Plus contrary to popular belief, I'm not very confident when it comes to admitting my feelings. And Lizzie… She's… intimidatingly beautiful and breath-taking. And I love her. That's why I took the photo, because she was just stunning, and I wanted something to remember the night by." Hope's voice faltered towards the end of her speech. She looked over at her girlfriend who was smiling like a madman and had a slight tear in her eye.

"You never told me that." Lizzie replied.

"You just thought I was playing games with you. You never took the chance to see beneath the surface at first. That's why I wanted you to kiss me that night, I wanted you to see me for who I really am. I'd always been so rough with you, but I didn't want to be, I don't want to be because I was… I am scared of hurting you. Then the day after, when we were at the lake, I told you how I felt and what I wanted and you pretty much dismissed me and when I tried to show you how I felt you told me 'we don't do that shit. Don't make this any weirder than it already is.' Then you told me to 'fuck off with that shit' when I kissed your cheek. It hurt me, but it hurt even more when you left. But I know why you left. For the whole first week you had been gone I was awful to everyone. When I texted you on that Sunday morning to find out what time your flight was and you said that you weren't coming back yet, I threw my phone at the wall and smashed it, then I punched a hole in the wall in one of the shower cubicles. In all fairness it was a bad week, but I was happy when I phoned you. It was my aunt Freya who told me to call you. She was disappointed when I told her that I liked you, her and Keelin had a bet going on which twin I would end up with. Freya lost. Keelin won $20. But either way, I'm glad that I called you. I don't think we would be here right now if I didn't call you or we would be but having a very different conversation." Hope spoke as if Lizzie was the only person in the room, she completely forgot that Josie was sat on her bed listening to every word she was saying.

"I'm so sorry baby, I didn't realise. I just… I was so caught up in my own head that I didn't know. I never meant to hurt you, you know that, right? I was trying to process my own feelings for you because you really messed with my head for a while. Don't get me wrong, I wanted to be with you, be near you, because I liked the attention you were giving me. The sex was mind-blowing to say the least, but I was falling for you. That day at the lake when you asked me what I wanted, I told you that I didn't know, but I lied. I wanted you to be mine, I just didn't know how to say it, but I knew what to say to distract you. I mean you made it pretty clear that you can't resist my body. You've not hurt me Hope and you're not going to. I'll tell you when something is wrong. I promise you that." Lizzie leaned forwards and placed her forehead on Hope's, her left hand rested on the base of the older girl's neck whilst her thumb rolled over her cheek. "I'm sorry for leaving. I didn't realise how bad things had gotten for you. Josie mentioned that you were acting differently but I just put it down to the lack of sex you were probably not having. I'm glad you called me. Even my mom was glad you called. It was the first time I really spoke to her since I got there. I love you Hope. I honestly do, with all my heart." Lizzie kissed Hope softly on the lips. Her thumb wiping away the tears that were falling from Hope's eyes. After a few seconds Lizzie pulled away, confusion and amusement covering her face. "Did your aunts really bet on whether you'd end up with me or Josie?"

Hope pulled away and started laughing through her tears. "Yeah, they did. I wasn't happy with them. If I was there, then I probably would have killed them both."

"Awe babe. Well I'm glad Keelin won." Lizzie smiled as she kissed Hope's forehead.

"Me too." Hope smiled.

"You know I'm sitting right here? I can hear you." Josie frowned. Hope and Lizzie's eyes both went wide as they started laughing.

"I'm sorry Josie. This is what it's like with us." Hope replied.

"We didn't mean to forget you were here, you're just so quiet sometimes." Lizzie smiled as she reached out her hand to her sister. Josie took it and gave it a little squeeze before she let go.

"I forgive you both, but only because watching you both is so cute and adorable. I mean I was really pissed when I found out about you both, less than 2 hours ago. Lizzie, I thought you would have told me. We used to tell each other everything but just lately it feels like we don't even know each other anymore." Josie stated.

"I'm sorry. It's partly my fault. When me and Hope started our thing, I didn't really want to tell anyone because I didn't know what it meant or if it was going to go anywhere. And it just felt… kinda weird telling you about the sex I was having. It's fine now, I can tell you about it if you want me too. I promise that whatever happens between me and Hope I'll tell you, okay? But it was also partly your fault, well not your fault but Penelope's. Since you two started dating, it's hard to find time to speak to you without her being around. I don't really want to be talking about my life in front of Satan. And when you do eventually come back to our room, you're too tired to talk and you just crash on the bed and fall asleep. I hardly ever see you anymore Josie, so are you really surprised that I didn't talk to you about Hope? At the end of the day, Hope was there for me, even when you weren't. Yes, she wanted to spend time talking to me, but I wouldn't let her, because a part of me wanted to talk to you, you're my sister. Those two weeks when you were constantly following me, you were there physically but not mentally. You were more worried about the fact that you thought I was having an episode than actually talking to me. It felt like I was a prisoner, or I was locked up somewhere not nice." Lizzie replied, her voice was soft, slightly full of heartache and sadness. "I miss you, Josie."

"I'm sorry I made you feel that way Lizzie. I should have spent more time with you, talking to you instead of being dismissive about what you were telling me. I should have listened to you when you told me that you weren't having an episode. I should have trusted you. I'm sorry. I miss you too, Lizzie." Josie replied. "How long have the two of you been together anyways?"

"We've been sleeping together for almost five months now; we were unofficial since Lizzie came home and official for nine days." Hope replied.

"Wow, really? Only nine days? You act like an old married couple." Josie shook her head in disbelief.

"Thank you." The couple laughed as they intertwined their fingers together.

"So. What happen with Penelope?" Josie grimaced slightly.

"It's better if I just show you." Hope replied.

"Are you sure you want to do that Hope?" Lizzie asked.

"Yes, she needs to know the truth. It's not fair on her otherwise." Hope nodded.

"How many times do I have to say, 'I'm right here' today?"

"Right, yeah… Sorry." Hope released her hand from the blonde and gave her a quick kiss on the cheek before she shuffled closer to the younger twin. She placed her hands on either side of Josie's neck as she closed her eyes and replayed the events of the twin's birthday party.

After a couple of minutes Hope removed her hands and opened her eyes to see Josie crying. "I'm so sorry Josie." Hope stated.

"I need to go." Josie hastily replied as she wiped her tears away and pushed herself up from the bed and headed out the door, slamming it closed behind her.