Chapter 14- 6 months later

"My father's so unhappy and me lying doesn't make it any better. He even threatened to kill Jackson and Gia the other day saying how unimportant they were to the family and that then mom and uncle Lijah could be together, even Cami couldn't stop him for a while"

"Hope have you thought of telling your mom where you actually where when you came to visit us."

Immediately Hope sat up from where she was laying in her bed to face Josie whose face was currently filling the laptop screen.

"Why would I do that? You know I didn't even tell Auntie Bek and Uncle Lijah much other than your mom says hello."

"Maybe it would feel good to let it all out, I even told Lizzie the other day about our parents."

"You did? How did she react?"

"She refused to talk to me for a while, she didn't want to believe even though the evidence was right in front of her. I even took her to moms closet but she has this picture of a perfect family and parents miles apart doesn't really fit into that but she did ask me how you were at breakfast this morning and to tell you sorry that its been a while but she'll call you later or Skype in a few days."

That got Hope thinking, maybe if she did tell Hayley she would feel better about it or maybe then Hayley would be able to explain it to Klaus and then she wouldn't have to lie to him or her family any more.

"If I did tell my mom, would you mind being there to help explain it and would Caroline as well."

"Of course Hope, you're one of my best friends and mom just got home, I'll go and get her. Don't be nervous. Relax. She's your mom and she loves you." Josie rushes up and quickly runs of screen but Hope was still able to hear her shout up the stairs.

"Mom, can you come in the kitchen for a minute."

There are muffled sound in the background.

"Ok so what do you - Hope, is good to see you, how are you?"

"I'm good Care thanks but I need your help."

"What with? How can I help?"

"I want to tell my mom where I was when I came to visit you so she can help me tell my father."

Suddenly Caroline's constant joy was replace with nerves.

"I promise I'll tell her what happened as well as I can."

"Thank you Care, let me just get her." Hope said before she shut the laptop and poked her head out the door.

"Mom!"

Flashing right in front of her, Hayley appeared.

"What's the matter?"

"I need you to see something."

"Ok"

"Mom, before you go in please promise that you'll keep an open mind." Hope wavered outside her door.

"Hope..."

"I can't explain it at this moment but can you please just go inside."

Hayley just nodded and walked in a few strides before waiting for her daughter to follow which she only did after she checked the corridor and locked the door behind he.

Hope led them over to the bed where her laptop sat face down.

Quickly she lifted up the top of her laptop and watched as the bright light from it shone through the room to reveal two faces on the screen.

"Caroline?" Hope watched as shock filled her mothers face.

"Hello Hayley."

She looked up at her daughter.

"Hope?"

"I'm so sorry." She whimpered.

"Hope?"

"I didn't mean to lie to you but father was right all along, Uncle 'Lijah and Bekah helped me, we were only trying to make him be truly happy."

"And Caroline has something to do with this?"

Hope nodded solemnly.

"Why don't you guys leave me and Hayley to talk for a bit."

No one replied but the answer didn't need to be said.

Josie left the screen abruptly while Hayley led Hope to the door shutting it loudly.

Damn.

With the door shut the silencing spell would be complete and she wouldn't be able to hear.

Beep beep. Her phone vibrated as Josie texted her.

Can u hear wat theyre sayin?

No theres a spell on my room u?

Some of us dont hav super hearing.

Wait I think I hear shouting

Just as Hope was about to text back the door flung open to reveal a flustered looking Hayley and in the background a smashed down laptop.

"Mom?"

"You went to her! Why?"

"Father loves her."

"No he had a thing for her, he loves Cami! We all do, she's part of this family!"

"Does he really?!"

"Of course he does!"

"Have you been in his study? There are no pictures of Cami, only a few of us and the rest are all of her!"

"Don't exaggerate, he loves Cami as much as I love Jack."

"That's the whole point! You might love Jack but you're not in love with him, not like you are with Elijah."

"Hope!"

"No I hate these lies. Don't think I don't notice your longing looks at each other or how unhappy you were when you were without each other. At least you can see each other, father only has his memory of Caroline to go on."

"Elijah has Gia, I have Jack and Klaus has Cami!"

"But what if they weren't there?"

"But they are. These are members of your family you're talking about!"

"But you are unhappy and so is father, I just want you to be happy."

"Life isn't fair, especially when you're a Mikaelson. Hope you have made this family so happy when you were born, we don't have to be perfect so stop with all the but this but that. This is our life."

"Life can change if you want it to change."

"It's not that easy Hope."

"Why can't it be?"

"Because Caroline is MARRIED to a nice guy with two children, why would she leave that to move here?"

"She loves father she's just not ready."

"When will she ever be ready? Probably never. Don't tell Klaus about this!"

"I won't."

"Also you're grounded."

"For what?"

"For lying to me."

"Why don't you like Caroline?"

"That doesn't matter."

"It does though, I was just trying to help. She looked after me, gave me food,shelter and I made two amazing friends."

"This is the way it is, let's leave it at that."

"But I don't want to leave it like that."

Hayley didn't reply but just strides down the corridor out of sight.

"Mom!"

"Mom!" Her voice hurt so much from the shouting that the next thing she said came out as a whimper.

"I'm going to make this family happy if it's the last thing I do."

Omg that was the last chapter... Of this part of their story. I loved writing this and it was the first of my stories that went well so I feel like I can't leave it yet. The first chapter of the sequel will follow this and there will also be the title of the sequel. Thank you to everyone you has read, followed, favourited, reviewed, without you I wouldn't have a story that I am amazingly proud of and don't know how my life would be without this account. I know this might not have been a very dramatic story but I never said it would be, this is the story of a girl trying to help her father and has made some friends on the way but I promise the next story will be a hell of a lot of dramatic.

Xoxo Laura