Chapter 7- It's A Date… Sort of.
Hope woke up to her alarm at 7am. She got up and had a shower, she got dressed. She picked a simple blue top, greyish jeans and a red jacket. She headed downstairs to join Alaric for breakfast. She checked her phone several times, but Josie hadn't replied. She felt her heart pull every time she checked. She shook her head and decided it would be better if she didn't think about it, so she put her phone on vibrate and shoved it in her pocket.
"Mornin'" Alaric greeted Hope as she walked into the kitchen.
"Morning. Is it okay if I can get a lift with you today?" Hope asked as she walked over to the coffee pot and poured herself a cup, gesturing to Alaric to ask if he wants one.
"Yeah that's fine, I can give you a lift in, but I won't be able to bring you back. I've got a staff meeting. Thanks for the coffee." Alaric smiled.
"That's fine, I'll probably hang out with Maya after school anyways so." Hope grabbed some cereal from the cupboard and poured herself a bowl. She munched away as she watched the news. There wasn't anything really interesting on, but it was better than sitting in silence.
Alaric and Hope left the house around 8:00am. They engage in small chat. But Hope could tell that something was bothering Alaric. "What's up?" Hope asks.
Alaric side-glances at her.
"You're gripping the wheel tighter than usual. That normally indicates you need to talk about something." Hope noted.
Alaric exhaled loudly. "I just wanted to apologise to you again. I know I didn't say it properly yesterday, I was more focus on Josie. I felt really bad about it. I'm sorry. You shouldn't have to see me like that."
"Honestly, it's fine Alaric. It's not the first time I've had to sort you out when you've come home drunk. But the one thing that hurt the most was having to do it in front of Josie. She really doesn't deserve that, neither does Lizzie for that matter. But you really need to make it up to her. You don't realise how much it hurts her. She acts like it doesn't, but you need to sort this out Alaric." Hope looked at him with sad eyes.
"Thanks Hope. I'll make it up to her. I'll take her out somewhere at the weekend." He placed a hand on Hope's shoulder and gave it a gentle squeeze before returning his hand to the wheel. Alaric switched the radio on for the rest of the drive. It was some country/folk music station. Hope just shook her head and remained silent for the rest of the drive.
Alaric drove to the Grill and Hope got out. "Do you want anything?" Hope asked.
"No thanks. I think I'll just head to the school. I'll see you tonight?" Alaric said.
"Yeah, not sure what time I'll be back though, but if you make some food, keep some aside for me?" Hope replied.
"Sure thing. See you later Hope." Alaric nodded, he reversed and drove off in the direction of MFHS.
Hope walked into the Grill and ordered a cappuccino as she turned around Maya walked in. Hope enjoyed being in Maya's company, it honestly felt refreshing to her. She didn't have to really pretend to be anybody else. She didn't tell her that she's a supernatural, but it felt like she had made a real friend, she might even go as far to say that Maya was her best friend.
"Hey Hope! How was the rest of your weekend?" Maya smiled.
"Hey Maya. Yeah it was good thanks. Sorry about bailing on the game. How's Ethan doing?" Hope asked as she shared a hug with Maya.
"It's okay, you'll just have to make it up to me." Maya laughed. "Ethan's doing okay, he's gotta spend another couple of days in Hospital, they want to see if they can reset the bone properly. So, he might still have a chance to play Football. We just have to wait and see. You can go and visit him if you want. I know he would like that."
"What do you have in mind? To make it up to you, I mean." Hope laughed. "I really do hope he gets better. Let me know when he's up for some visitors and I'll go and see him."
"Oh.. Oh.. Erm, I only meant it as a joke, but if your being serious then you can buy me dinner tonight. I have nothing better to do. And I will do, I'll let Ethan know as well." Maya was slightly flustered, but she just smiled at Hope.
"That's okay, I like food so it's not that big a deal. Plus, it would be better than spending another evening with Alaric… I mean Mr Saltzman." Hope shook her head.
"Wait… What do you mean it would be better than spending another evening with … Mr Saltzman?" Maya looked really confused.
Hope debated about telling her the truth but settled for a half- truth instead. "He's a family friend. I'm staying with him for a while because my family is travelling and they didn't trust me to stay at home alone, so they sent me up here." Hope shrugged.
"Where are you from then? If you're not a townie." Maya smiled.
"I'm from New Orleans… Are you heading to school? Why don't we walk together?" Hope smiled and pointed to the door.
"Oh cool. And yeah I am. Let me just grab a drink and we'll set off." Maya walked over to the counter and ordered her drink, after she ordered, she turned back to Hope and smiled. "Let's go."
Hope and Maya walked to school. Hope talked about her family, but she didn't mention her mom or dad. Maya didn't question it; which Hope was glad about. Hope checked her phone a few times, still no message from Josie. They arrived at school just before the bell rang. "Thanks for letting me ramble on. I needed a distraction this morning." Hope laughed and hugged Maya.
"Oh, it's my pleasure. Come find me at Lunch? I'll probably be sat outside somewhere." Maya said as she rested a hand on Hope's arm, giving it a gentle squeeze before they separated and went to their classes.
As the bell rang, Hope rushed out of her class and headed to the cafeteria and picked up some food before she headed outside to find Maya. It didn't take Hope long to find Maya sat on the grass near the football pitch. "Hey!" She said as she joined Maya on the floor.
"Hey! How were your classes?" Maya asked as pulled Hope into a sideways hug.
"They were fine, boring, but fine. I knew all of it anyways. Private education is actually useful for something." Hope laughed.
Hope pulled out her phone and checked it again. Still no message. Hope felt slightly defeated. She shook her head and threw her phone on the grass in front of her as she groaned. Hope and Maya chatted for a while about classes and about the football team. Maya even made Hope laugh a few times, but nothing could really distract Hope from looking at her phone every few minutes. Eventually Maya relented. "Okay, what is with you? You haven't stopped checking your phone all lunch."
"I erm… I'm waiting for a text. I thought I would have got a reply by now, but I haven't and I'm panicking slightly." Hope huffed.
"Oooo, who's texting you? I thought you didn't have any friends. Well besides me and Ethan." Maya laughed as she pushed Hope's shoulder.
Hope battered her hand away; she shook her head. "It's no one really. Just someone I met the other day. I think I might have pushed things a bit too far."
"Have you thought that they might just be busy?" Maya raised her eyebrow.
"She isn't busy… I practically know her schedule." Hope groaned and shoved her head into her hands, she's just admitted to Maya that she's a stalker.
"She?! Who's she? And why do you know her schedule?" Maya was slightly shocked, but she also started to laugh so hard that she fell backwards. "Awe does Hope have a crush on someone. And a girl no less?"
"Oh shut up." Hope playfully kicked Maya whilst she was still rolling around on the floor.
"Come on! You HAVE to tell me about her! She clearly got in your head. I've not seen you like this before." Maya finally stopped laughing and sat up to face Hope. Just as Hope was debating whether to tell Maya about Josie, she was saved by her phone. Josie had finally texted her back. Hope's face lit up.
Josie: I want you to give me an idea ;) And I definitely need to know more about the whole 'alluring and sexy' thing… Explain it to me? ;) xx
Maya shuffled closer to Hope trying get a sneak peek at the message, but Hope was too quick and pulled the phone closer to her chest. Hope was so distracted reading the message over and over again that she didn't have time to react when Maya threw herself on top of Hope.
"You're not getting up til you tell me about this girl. Who is she? What's her name? Does she go this school? How old is she? Where did you meet her? And the biggest question… HOW do you know her schedule?" Maya laughed as she pinned Hope to the ground. Hope let her, she didn't want to make things strange by using her wolf strength to get Maya off her body, but she did cling to her phone for dear life.
Just as Hope was about to open her mouth, the bell rang. "Saved by the bell." Hope laughed as she sat up. Maya huffed.
"That is so unfair! And don't think you've heard the last of this. I'll get it out of you tonight." Maya winked as she stood up, she offered her hand to Hope to help her up. Hope accepted. Maya helped her stand and they brushed the grass from each other. "So, should I just meet you straight after school or did you want to get changed before we go for dinner?"
"We can go straight from school if you want? We'll just go to the Grill for something to eat then sit on the green by the town hall for a while, the longer I'm out the house, the better." Hope shrugged as she slightly shoulder-barged Maya as they walked back into the school.
"Sounds like a date." Maya winked.
"See you later." Hope waved at Maya before she looked at her phone again. She smiled as she re-read the text for the tenth time. Hope typed out a reply.
Hope: If you're as good as you think you are then you'll just have to use a locator spell to find me tonight ;) and I might… MIGHT just explain it to you xx
Hope smiled as she hit send. She shoved her phone back in her pocket and ran to class.
Josie was in her Defensive Magic 203 class daydreaming about Hope when she felt something vibrate between her legs. She forgot that she hadn't put her phone away since she sent her message to Hope at lunch, because she wanted to reply back straight away. She moaned slightly at the vibrations before she remembered where she was. She shot up in her seat and her phone fell on the floor. "Shit." She muttered as she picked up her phone. Luckily, she was sat at the back of the classroom, so the teacher didn't see.
As Josie read Hope's message her body filled with lust. She groaned as her head hit the desk. Hope was definitely torturing her. Josie really wanted to see Hope, but she knew she couldn't sneak out of school. She already spent Saturday night off campus and was in trouble for that. She shook her head as she typed out a reply.
Josie: It's a date ;) xx
Josie triple-checked that she actually sent the message this time. She had. Josie needed to come up with a plan to get her out of school. She needed MG's help. So after class Josie made her way across the school to find MG before he went to his next class.
"MG! I need your help again! It's really important this time. I need you to help me sneak out of school later." Josie spoke fast because she was excited.
"Why do you need to sneak out of school?" MG looked confused.
Josie huffed. "Hope texted me back. She wants me to meet her tonight. So, I'm going. I need to see her again. I need to find out why she has this… hold on me. I can't stop thinking about her."
MG shook his head. "Okay fine, but it's on you if you get caught… Meet me in the Dining Room at dinner and I'll help you."
"Thank you soo much MG!" Josie gave him a kiss on the cheek before she skipped away to her next class.
Hope waited for Maya on a bench near the car park to the school. Her heads were in the clouds thinking about the possibility of seeing Josie later. She didn't hear Maya sneak up on her.
"HEY!" Maya shouted as she placed her hands onto Hope's shoulders.
Hope grabbed Maya's wrist and went to flip the girl over her shoulder but she stopped herself when she realised where she was. "Jeez woman. Don't sneak up on me like that. I almost threw you over my shoulder." Hope laughed as she pushed Maya's arm. "Let's go."
"What are you? Some kind of ninja woman?" Maya giggled as she linked arms with Hope and they headed to the Grill.
"Oh, you have no idea." Hope chuckled. The more Hope thought about it, the most sense it made… Maybe she was some sort of ninja.
The two girls walked arm in arm to the Grill. Maya was moaning about her lessons and her mom. They entered the Grill and found a table to sit at. Hope didn't realise until the ordered food that the table they were currently sitting at was the same one Hope, Josie and Alaric sat at yesterday. The one where Hope started to tease Josie under the table. The memories flooded back into Hope's mind. Hope moaned and dropped her head on the table.
"What's on your mind Sweet?" Maya laughed.
"Nothing." Hope whined into the table.
"Oh, don't give me that. I know you better than that. Tell me." Maya playfully kicked Hope under the table.
"Ow! Okay that's not fair… And it's Josie." Hope sighed as she finally lifted her head but didn't have the courage to look at her friend.
"Oooo. IS that her name?!" Maya was giddy. Finally Hope said something about this mysterious person she had basically been pining over all day.
"Yes, Josie is her name. She's 16. And she goes to the Salvatore Boarding School. And yesterday… at this very table I … I erm, started to feel her up whilst her dad sat where you are… And then, in the bathroom, over there… I basically forced her into kissing me… And you're gunna hate me, but I told her to come and find me later." Hope groaned again and hit her head on the table… again.
Maya looked slightly shocked at the revelation; she didn't think Hope would actually tell her. But then intrigue crawled across her face. And then it hit her. "WAIT! You are crushing on Mr Saltzman's daughter?!" Maya exclaimed in a hushed whisper.
Hope's face turned bright red, but she never spoke.
"How did you meet you? When did you meet her? What happened between you two?" Maya was genuinely curious.
"Well she was at the game on Saturday and then after Alaric punched Vardermus, she came over to check on him. But he'd gone out and I was in the house alone. She was walking around the house when I got out of the shower and she walked into me. My towel fell down." Hope shook her head. "Anyways we got drunk and went to bed… NOT together… but she thought I was asleep and she… used a toy… and started moaning my name. It was soo HOT and it turned me on so much. Then yesterday whilst we were here, she wouldn't stop swinging her legs and they kept hitting me, so I forced her to stop but putting my hand on her knee. And well, she opened… her legs. But then we got interrupted by the food." Hope swallowed, hard. Her eyes turning black as she recalled the events.
"After she finished eating, she went to the bathroom and I followed her. When she came out of the stall, I continued to… push her buttons and she told me to stop flirting with her because she had a boyfriend, but I just said "Oh really? Because it didn't seem like that last night when you were moaning my name… Or about 20 minutes ago at the table…" And well, she forced me up against the bathroom wall and kissed me. Oh man… that kiss though. But I stopped her, it killed me to do it, but I wanted to … cock block her. GOD knows why. And it's killing me because all I want to do is see her and kiss her and I … don't know. Help me?" Hope felt like she rambled on for ages and when she finally looked up Maya had a massive smile on her face.
"It sounds like you're in love Hope." Maya laughed so hard. Hope just scowled at her. "I'm joking, sort of. And from what you just told me; you didn't force her to do anything she didn't want to do. And the fact that you might be seeing her tonight and that she wants to see your is a good sign, right?" Maya reached her hand across the table and took Hope's hand in her own and squeezed it.
"I guess." Hope shrugged.
Hope and Maya's food arrived shortly after Hope's confession. They ate in relative silence. After they had finished eating and Hope had paid, they headed out to the green and sat on the grass.
Josie met MG in the Dining Room. She spent ages trying to decide what to wear. She eventually settled on a pair of black shorts, a white top and a red jacket. She left her hair down. "Hey MG, sorry I'm late." Josie apologised.
"Wow Josie you look hot." MG looked kind of shocked. "She must be one very special lady." He smiled.
"Okay, so what's the plan?" Josie blushed at the comment MG made, but she couldn't really contain her excitement.
"You can take the old tunnels. It will bring you out by the Old Churchyard, near the Cemetery. You should be able to syphon some of the magic from there to do your locator spell. Let me know if you're coming back tonight or not. And what should I tell Lizzie?" MG had everything planned out, which Josie was grateful for, he was an amazing friend.
"Just tell her I've gone to see Dad. She won't ask too many questions." Josie hugged MG. "Thanks MG. I really appreciate this."
"Just don't make it a habit." MG called after her as she skipped away.
Josie made it to the Old Churchyard safely and without getting caught around 6pm. She found a place where she could syphon magic and got to work. The locator spell was kind of tricky to do by herself, but she managed it, just about. The easiest part was finding Hope. She was in the middle of the town centre. "Well that wasn't very hard." Josie shook her head and folded up her map and made her way to Hope.
It took Josie about 20 minutes to walk from the Old Churchyard into town. She listened to her music on the way. For some reason she found herself listening to You Got Me by Colbie Caillat several times. It just made her feel so warm inside. Josie walked into the Grill and brought herself a coffee before she made her way over to the green. From the distance she could see Hope's red hair flowing down her back and she was talking to someone who was lying diagonally across to her. Josie's heart twinged with sadness slightly, she thought Hope would have been alone. She debated turning around and going back to school. But she's come this far already, and she REALLY wanted to see Hope.
Josie took a deep breath and cleared her thoughts as she stepped towards Hope and the other girl. They weren't facing her, so she planned her moves. When she approached Hope, she put her cup down beside her and she sat down and scooted herself into Hope's back, resting her legs on either side of Hope's legs and wrapped her arms around the redhead's waist. She laid a small kiss on the left side of her neck before resting her chin on Hope's shoulder and whispered, "I thought you would have made it harder to find you." She felt Hope shiver against her then lean back into her.
Maya started laughing next to them. She could see that Hope's face flushed red. Josie scowled at her. "You must be Josie. It's nice to meet you… again. I'm Maya. Hope's … only friend." Maya held out her hand. Josie went to shake it but Hope punched Maya in the arm, causing her to pull her arm away, rubbing it. "I would try and shake your hand again, but your girlfriend just caused me some serious pain." Hope punched her again. "Ouch, okay. I deserved that one." Maya tried to punch Hope back, but Hope was too quick, and she blocked it.
"Try it again and see what happens." Hope laughed as she wrapped Josie's arms tighter around herself, interlacing their fingers together.
"So where are you from Josie? I mean Hope gave me very little information about you. And I'm curious about how you could turn her into a wreck in just one day." Maya smiled as she sat up to face them both, she flinched when Hope started to play with Josie's fingers. "Please don't hit me again."
"I'm Mystic Falls through and through. Been here my whole life, apart from when I was younger, but I don't really remember that much about it. There's not really anything else for me to say. And in all honesty, I think she turned me into a wreck first." Josie laughed.
"Hmm, I'm not entirely sure about that one. I think I was a wreck first. I was just better at hiding it. That reminds me, you need to get better at hiding things. I found your vibrator within the first 5 minutes of being in your room… Did you really think that putting it in your second drawer down, under some clothes was a good hiding place?" Hope smirked.
Maya burst out laughing, and all Josie could do was bury her face into Hope's neck to hide her embarrassment, which didn't work.
"I hate you." Josie mumbled.
"No, you don't." Hope chuckled. "You wouldn't be here if did. Although, you probably would be safer if you weren't here. I mean I could start talking about what you did with that vibra…" Hope was cut off halfway through her sentence because Josie released her right hand from Hope's grip and moved it up to Hope's neck, gripping it slightly, tilting her head back as she targeted Hope's lips once again. Josie shuffled herself further back on the grass, causing Hope to fall lower into her lap.
Now that Josie had a better angle of Hope's lips, she leaned further into the redhead, deepening her embrace. The passion re-ignited inside her, the same passion she had felt yesterday. Josie rolled her tongue across the Tribrid's lips, asking for access which was granted. They moaned at the same time as they felt their tongue's meet. Josie's thumb traced along Hope's jaw, causing a shiver down the redhead's spine. Hope was seconds away from turning over and pinning Josie down when she heard Maya speak.
"Wow. Okay. You two are… extremely hot when you kiss and it's turning me on a lot watching you both, but I think I should probably get going…" Maya starts to stand up but Hope pulls her back down as she breaks her kiss with Josie.
"You're staying. At least for a little while longer… I need you to cock block me when it's getting too much." Hope laughs. Josie slaps her.
"I'm sat right here, and I can hear you." Josie says as she furrowed her brow.
"Sorry babe." Hope pouted.
"You will be." Josie smiled and kissed Hope again. Hope tried to deepen the kiss, but Maya did an exaggerated cough.
Hope and Josie broke their kiss and looked at Maya and spoke in unison, "Sorry."
"So Maya, tell me about yourself. All I know about you is that you go to Mystic Falls High School and you're Hope's only friend." Josie smiled at her.
"Okay I will tell you, as long as you can keep your tongue out of Hope's mouth for more than 5 minutes." Maya laughs.
"Can't make any promises." Hope winked at Maya and Josie slapped her. "I was joking. Maya knows I was joking." Hope and Maya laughed.
"It's okay Josie, I've known her long enough to know that she's always going to be a pain in my ass. Well I have a brother, Ethan. my mom is the new sheriff of Mystic Falls. We've not long moved here, it's a weird little town you have here. It's cute, but there's definitely something strange about it, I haven't been able to figure it out yet." Maya stated. Hope and Josie shared a quick glance.
Well Josie is glad that Hope hadn't told her about the supernatural entities in this town. But Josie was reeling inside. Ethan is Maya's brother. She used black magic to break his arm. Josie started to spiral outwardly. Before long Josie is having a full-blown panic attack. She pushed Hope off her lap and started to walk off with no direction in mind. Tears started to roll down her face, she found herself sitting against a tree with her head in her lap.
Hope and Maya looked at each other. Hope looked really concerned. "Stay here, okay? I'll go and talk to her. I'll be back soon." Hope gave Maya a weak smile and squeezed her hand before she stood up and followed Josie.
Hope found her sitting by a tree, she was in a complete state. Hope crouched down next to the brunette. "Hey, what's wrong? What happened?" Hope placed her hand around Josie's shoulder. "Hey, talk to me okay? You can tell me anything and I won't judge you. I'm pretty sure I can outmatch you on the scale of bad things done." Hope gently chuckled. She sat with Josie for about 5 minutes before Josie had the strength to talk.
"At the game on Saturday, I… I was the one that hurt Ethan. I was the one that broke his arm. I used black magic. Professor Vardermus gave me the spell. I didn't know… I honestly didn't know that would happen. And now that I know your friends with him and his sister, this just makes things a lot worse. I don't think I can stay here any longer." Josie struggled to speak in between her spouts of intense crying.
"Oh baby, come here." Hope kisses the brunette's forehead. "Okay, I can fix this. It's not a big deal. I can just give him some of my blood and it will heal him. Okay? We won't tell Maya. What she doesn't know can't hurt her… that was a poor choice of words, but what I mean is. When I give him my blood, he's just going to be so pleased that he can play football again that no one will question it and if they do start to question it, then we'll just get MG or Caleb to compel them. Sound like a plan?" Hope pulled her into a hug. She kissed the witch's forehead and down each cheek, before reaching her lips. She lifted Josie's chin and looked her in the eyes. "Okay?" Josie nodded slightly and she leaned in to let Hope kiss her.
This time their kiss was soft and patience, there was no need to rush or race. This time it felt like there was no time between them. It was gentle. This time, Josie broke it. "Oh God, I'm so sorry that you had to kiss my tear-soaked face. And I'm sorry for pulling you away from your friend. I didn't mean to dampen your night." Josie shook her head.
"It's fine, I'll just tell her that you're crazy and you forgot to take your meds today." Hope laughed, but it didn't last long as Josie used her full strength to punch her, which for Josie isn't that strong but Hope played into it. Okay, I deserved that." Hope grinned. "Are you ready to come back now?"
Josie wiped the remainder of her tears away from her face and nodded. She placed a finger under Hope's chin and pulled her closer, kissing her once more before they returned to Maya. They walked back hand in hand. They sat down and Josie started to apologise. Maya just waved her off and said there was no need, we all have bad days.
The three girls chatted until it got dark and chilly, they decided to relocate to the Grill to warm up. They walked in together and headed towards 'their table'. Hope and Josie slid into their respective seats and Maya sat opposite them. "No funny business you two." Maya laughed. Hope and Josie just stared at her, then they looked at each other. "Who did you tell?" Both supernaturals said at the same time.
Hope was the first one to speak. "Well I only told Maya, because she was getting annoyed with me constantly checking my phone every 5 minutes waiting for you to text me back and then we came here for dinner and we sat… here and I just broke and told her… Who did you tell?"
"I told Lizzie and MG and…. Landon, sort of." Josie shrugged.
"What do you mean you sort of told Landon? What's he got to do with this?" Hope was extremely confused.
"Well when I told you I had a boyfriend. I wasn't lying. Landon was my boyfriend. But I broke up with him when I got back to school yesterday." Josie spoke softly with a sad tone.
"That … explains a lot." Hope shook her head.
"What does that mean?" Now Josie was the one that confused, bordering on annoyed.
"Well it explains why you were both being really weird at the game." Hope learned into Josie and whispered, "And the fact that me and Landon used to date, but everyone forgot that when I came back from Malivore. So, it looks like we have the same taste in men."
Josie looked shocked. She didn't know how to process that information. Hope placed her hand on Josie's knee and squeezed it. She used her free hand to turn Josie's head to face her. "But I definitely prefer you. Your lips are a hundred times softer. And your body… My God your body… is just… enchanting." Hope's eyes turned black. "I just want to…"
"Don't even bother finishing that sentence. You two are so gross. You need to get a room or something. Because you're starting to make me feel a bit sick… It was hot earlier, but now it's just… Ew." Maya laughed.
"Oh shit. I'm sorry Maya, I completely forgot that you were here." Hope winked at her.
Josie's cheeks flushed pink. "Sorry Maya." She tried not to make eye contact with her.
"it's fine. I guess I'm just going to have to get used to having to share my best friend with someone else." Maya reached out both of her hands, took one of Hope's and one of Josie's then gave them both a squeeze.
Maya checked her phone, she had 6 text messages and 3 missed calls from her mom. "Oh shit. I need to go home before my mom tasks the whole sheriff's department to find me. I was nice to finally meet you properly Josie. And I'll see you tomorrow Hope? If you come to school. Either way, text me. Bye guys." Maya shuffled out from the table and headed for the door, she turned back briefly to wave to the two girls left at the table. They waved back as she vanished from the Grill.
"Oh wow, It's almost 9:30pm… What are you going to do? Are you going back to school or do you wanna come to your dads with me?" Hope took Josie's hand in her own and fiddled with her fingers.
"Erm, in all honesty I don't think I want to be alone tonight. Yes, Lizzie is at school. But it's not the same. So, I'll come to my Dad's. I don't know what I'm going to say to him though." Josie was slightly nervous.
"It's okay. I'm sure we can think of something on the walk over there. I mean it is like a 40-minute walk to get back. So, plenty of time." Hope chuckled. She shared a chaste kiss with the brunette, before she broke it. "Okay, let's go."
Josie shuffled out from the table first, then Hope quickly followed. Hope grabbed Josie's hand as they walked out the door and back to Alaric's.