Chapter 5-I Was Made For Loving You by: Tori Kelly and Ed Sheeran

Once the last dance was completed, Hope smiled and Josie not wanting to let her go. They stayed there a few moments more, swaying to music that only they could hear.

"Ok Cinderella, sadly, the ball is over and it is time that we head to bed before we turn into pumpkins."

Josie laughed at the older girl's silliness.

"But I don't want tonight to be over. It was the perfect night. If I go to bed then that's the end of the dream."

"I know what you mean Jo, but what if I promise that the dream doesn't have to end?"

"What do you mean?"

Stepping back slightly, Hope held out her hand to take Josie's. She brought it to her lips and kissed it gently before intertwining their fingers.

Walking in silence, Josie tucked herself into Hope's side and smiled shyly at her as the older girl as she walked her to her door.

"This has been the best birthday ever."

"I'm glad that you enjoyed it so much. Lizzie really went all out to make it a great one."

Josie looked directly into the blue eyes that she couldn't help but to constantly fall into. Is it possibly that Hope really didn't know how she felt about her? She really thought that she was obvious.

"She did, but that isn't why it was so great."

Hope looked at her like she was trying to read her thoughts. The two came to a stop in front of the twin's door. They turned to face each other, not releasing the hold they had.

"Today was perfect, because of you. You made this day a dream come true."

Hope's eyes widen in shock. She couldn't believe what she had just heard. She made Josie's day special?

"Josie, um, I just want…Um"

Hope couldn't say it, she wanted to, but the words wouldn't come out. Oh well, actions speak louder than words right?

Placing her hand on Josie's cheek, she brought the younger girl in to claim the kiss that was owed. She made sure that she put everything she could into that kiss. She wanted Josie to feel everything in this moment. She filled that kiss with everything that her heart had been screaming at her to say since she was ten years old.

When the two pulled back, they rested their foreheads together while catching the breath that the kiss stole.

"Josie, will you go on a date with me tomorrow?"

Hope had to use all of the adrenaline coursing in her veins and every ounce of courage that she had, to ask this question.

The answering smile that spread on Josie's face made it worth it. Hope truly would do anything to see Josie smile like that, especially when it was aimed at her.

"I would love to Hope."

"Great. I'll pick you up here tomorrow at noon?"

"I can't wait."

Leaning in for one more, soft kiss to the taller girl's cheek, Hope pulled back and took a step back, creating space between them.

"Good night Princess Josie."

"Good night my Princess Charming."

The next day, Hope had spent hours preparing for her date with Josie. Everything had to be perfect. She knew that, even though they hadn't talked about it, the relationship between Josie and her and shifted.

"Ok, so I have everything set and ready to go. I have scared everyone away so that there will be no interruptions. Now, I just have to go get my date."

The tribrid waved her hand, sending the last of the preparations to set themselves in place as she walked to collect her girl.

Within five minutes, Hope had arrived at Josie's door and was anxiously shifting from one foot to another. All she had to do was knock.

"Come on you chicken, just knock."

After scolding herself, Hope knocked on the twin's door. She barely got to finish knocking before the door was pulled open.

Standing there was the most beautiful sight she had ever seen. A smiling Josie. Her eyes lit up and she was slightly bouncing.

"Hi Jo."

"Hi Hope."

Neither made a move. They were completely lost in each other and had no want to find their way out.

"Gag me!"

Lizzie was standing there smirking at the two. She had been taking pictures of the two while they weren't paying attention. She had a surprise planned for the two, but that was not important. If these two didn't move, they would spend their entire date in the doorway.

"Ok, you two, go somewhere else and be sappy. Bye."

With that Lizzie pushed her twin out of the room and right into Hope's arms.

Hope grabbed Josie so that she didn't fall and helped her to right herself again.

"Got to love that twin of yours."

"I don't know about that."

The two looked at each other again a laughed. So far this date was starting well.

"I meant to say, you look beautiful Jo."

The brunette was wearing short black shorts and a yellow t-shirt. She had some yellow Vans and black socks. A small yellow bow in her hair as well.

"This is nothing. Just my normal everyday clothes."

Josie was blushing at the compliment. She wasn't use to getting them. Usually she was overlooked as Lizzie was flashier.

"Well you are still beautiful."

"Thank you. I think you look amazing."

Hope smirk. She had put a lot into making it look like she put no effort in. She work black jean and a dark blue t-shirt. She paired this with her black boots.

"Are you ready to start this date?"

"Absolutely. So what are we doing?"

"I had planned a day for us to just spend alone. The details are a surprise. Just follow me, as promised, another dream day awaits."

Josie smiled and took Hope's hand. She allowed the older girl to guide her to their date. Every ten feet or so, Hope would stop for a moment and produce a flower for Josie. It appeared to be more of the same ones from last night.

When they got to the opening of the forest, Hope stopped them and produced a blindfold.

"So, I would like to surprise you if that is ok?"

"I love surprises."

In all truth, Josie hated surprises. They tended to not be good ones in her experience. However, for this girl she was willing to be surprised.

Coming behind her, Hope slipped the blindfold into place. After waving a hand to ensure that she couldn't see, she was satisfied. The tribrid then leaned forward and pressed her lips until they were right on Josie's ear.

"I know you hate surprises, but thank you for letting me do this for you. I'm going to pick you up now so that you don't know how far we walk or what direction."

Picking Josie up bridal style, Hope starts to run, slower than she normally would, as not to disorient Josie or cause her motion sickness to act up.

After just a few minutes, the girls arrived at the location that Hope had set up earlier in the day. With a final wave of her hand and a muttered spell, all the finishing touches were completed.

"Ok, we are here and everything is ready. I'm going to take your blindfold off now."

Hope walked behind Josie and removed the cover on her eyes. She was really nervous about this. She needed this date to be perfect.

Blinking a few times, to readjust to the light, Josie looked out and saw the most romantic sight. On a raft, that looked like it was one of those blow up ones, there was a blanket laid out with a picnic basket in the middle. There were little lights floating around, and when she inspected them closer, she saw that they were little animals made of water, dancing in a circle around the raft, with fire lighting them up.

"Oh Hope, this is beautiful! I can't believe that you went to all this trouble for me."

"I would do anything for you Josie. You should be made to feel special every day. And this is just the first part of our date."

Josie's smile went from beaming to outshining the sun. She didn't think that she could be happier in this moment.

Hope took the taller girl's hand and helped her to step onto the raft and then took a seat next to her. She whispered a few spells and then the raft started to make slow circles around the lake.

Josie kept looking around, trying to figure out why no one else was around and didn't seem to be drawn by them.

"Don't worry Jo, I took care of everything. There is a spell on us so no one can see or hear us, and the raft will propel itself until we are ready to go back to land."

"That explains why no one is looking at us, it doesn't explain why no one else is by the lake. It's a warm day and the weekend."

Hope shifted her eyes away from the girl next to her. Josie always seemed to notice everything, well, almost everything, about Hope though.

"What did you do?"

"Well… I may or may not have threatened the entire student body to the same fate as Penelope if they came within a mile of the lake until after five today."

The witch couldn't help herself. She laughed so hard that she almost fell into the lake. Luckily, Hope's reflexes were attuned to everything Josie, so she caught her and held on until she calmed down.

"The best part is that no one has any idea what you did to her."

Again the tribrid turned her head and avoided eye contact with the other girl. Damn, it seemed that Josie was just as aware of all things Hope.

"What did you do? I asked you not to murder her or to do any permanent damage."

The smirk that the auburn hair girl had on her face did nothing to ease the sense of dread for the brunette.

"I followed all the rules that you gave me. I didn't even do any… much physical harm to her."

Josie crossed her arms and stared at her date waiting to hear what she did. She wasn't really mad at the girl, she just needed to know if Hope was going to be in trouble, and if so, how much.

"Ok, ok. So I may have decided to hit her where it really hurts. I made all of her make up disappear. Then I changed all of her clothes into uncool granny clothes. I locked her out of her room so she can't hide, and may have added a spell on her to that she is required to go into the most highly populated areas. I may have also put a binding spell on her tongue so that she couldn't say anything mean or negative and had to be nice all day. I also may have added a little extra that everyone who asks her out she has to say yes to and full fill the date. I may or may not of told this to a few dateless kids, like Wade. Then I called her mother and told her what she did and told her that she could handle her or I would."

"That is what you threatened her with that day in the common room that scared her so much?"

"Oh no, but if I did that, I wouldn't have been able to keep my promise to you."

The look on Josie's face was one of pure shock for a moment, and then she started laughing so hard she made herself cry.

"Hope that is perfect. She cares more about her reputation than anything. And leaving her with no makeup and taking away her clothes, those are her shields. The date thing may have gone a bit far. But the best and worse for her, her mother HATES scandals of any kind."

"I know."

"How do you know that?"

"Do you really think that one of the oldest covens isn't going to try to make connections with the Mikaelson name? The coven owes allegiance to my family."

Josie just shook her head, because of course. Then a thought popped into the witches head, but no, not even Hope would do that, would she?

"Hope, by any chance, did you remind Penelope that you are the head of your family and that since she would be the head of the Park Coven… by chance did you point this out to her?"

The tribrid didn't even try to hide the smile on her face. She smiled wider if that was possible.

"Have I ever mentioned that sometimes, it is good to be a Mikaelson and that I really hate bullies and mean girls, especially ones who mess with you?"

Josie leaned over and gave Hope a kiss on her cheek, which caused the older girl to blush.

"Enough about that, let's enjoy our date. So what food did you bring?"

Hope smile got even bigger. She was so head over heels a goner for this girl. She reached into the basket and started to take out containers full of food. She had make sure to pack all of Josie's favorites.

"We have pasta salad with the diced tomatoes and cucumbers in it. I also have hummus and crackers. I made dressed grilled cheese sandwiches, spelled to stay crispy and warm. For desert, I have vanilla ice cream and chocolate chip cookies so we can make our own ice cream cookies sandwiches."

"Hope! These are my favorites!"

"I know. I pay attention and listen when you talk."

The girl smiled shyly at each other. They spent the next hour on the lake eating and talking about whatever came to their minds. They would occasionally feed each other a bite of something or other. The looks passing between the two were doing a lot of the talking for them.

Once they were finished eating, Hope waved her hand and said a small spell to make the basket disappear. The girls laid back and cuddled together, Josie's head on Hope's chest with her hand perfectly placed on the tribrid's chest so she could feel her heartbeat. Hope had one arm wrapped around the younger girl and the other was intertwined with Josie's free hand. They watched as the clouds rolled by and talked a little more.

After a while, the raft steered them back to the shore. Hope got out first and then helped Josie out. With another spell, Hope sends everything away.

"Are you ready for the next part of our date?"

"What, wait, there's more?"

"Of course there is. I told you that this wasn't the end. You said that you wanted the dream to continue, who am I do disappoint?"

The younger girl bounced up and down on her toes with excitement. She couldn't believe that there was someone out there that was willing to go to such lengths just to make her happy.

"You never disappoint me. Not once."

They stand there staring into each other's eyes for a beat. Long enough for both girls to blush but not long enough for either to give in a make a move.

Holding her hand out, Hope led Josie towards the next stop on their dream date.

"So, I was thinking of taking you into town so that we could watch a movie, but then I had a better idea. I know how much you hate it when people talk and give away what is going to happen or ruin it by talking over it."

"I mean come on! In fairness, some of us hadn't read the books and were going to watch the movie first!"

Hope chuckled at the brunette's cuteness. The indignation in her voice made the short girl want to give her other reasons for her passion. Hope quickly shook that thought out of her mind. This was not the time for that.

"I know Jo, but I was the one that hadn't read the book. You read the whole series, three times."

The blush on Josie's face made Hope melt. She could feel the butterflies, which felt more like pterodactyls, in her stomach.

"I want to make sure that we got to see a movie that you liked, and to ensure that there was no talking. So why don't you do the honors and pull the curtain?"

Walking up to the door to the Old Mill, Josie pulled back the curtain to reveal a movie theater for two. She couldn't believe her eyes.

"What is this? Hope, I didn't even know there was a spell for creating something like this."

"Oh yeah, really powerful spell. Its call a Black Card with no credit limit."

Spinning on her heels, the younger girl was clearly shocked. Hope didn't mean to say that this was real and that she paid for it.

"Hope, you shouldn't have done this, it is far too much!"

Smiling at the girl who had stolen her heart, though since she gave it willingly was it really stolen? Questions for another day. Hope found herself smiling softly and shaking her head.

"Josie, when are you going to learn, there is nothing that is too much for you. I would do anything for you, including spending all the money that my family worked hard to collect and that I did nothing to deserve."

It took everything in Josie not to pull Hope into one of the deepest kisses that either have ever experienced. Instead, Josie threw her arms around the shorter girl's neck and pulled her into a tight hug.

"You Hope, deserve everything, and I will spend forever if I have to, getting you to believe that."

The hug lasted for what could have been a minute or an hour or a year. Neither girl seemed to want to release the other. When Josie lowered her head onto Hope's shoulder, the tribrid made a decision. She lifted the witch up from where her arms were wrapped around her waist and smoothly carried her over to the theater seating that she had rented for the day. In one of her smartest moves, Hope opted to get a loveseat sized seat instead of two chairs.

Hope sat down bringing Josie with her. In the position that they were in, Josie wound up sitting on Hope's lap. She smiled down at her date. Without having to talk about it, the two seamlessly fit together laid down and cuddled so that they were pressed together at every possible inch.

"So what movie are we going to watch?"

"What movie would you like to watch? The projector is hooked up to my computer. I have all the streaming services, and an extensive library of my own. You pick it and I have it somewhere."

"So there is one movie that has been on my list to re-watch for a while. But I'm not sure that it would be to your taste. It's kind of a... um, a movie that you wouldn't normally watch."

"Oh, I'm sure I have it! What's the title?"

"Better Than Chocolate."

"I love that movie! It is hilarious when the mother starts knocking and they are in the shower!"

For what felt like the hundredth time that day, Josie was shocked. She couldn't believe that Hope knew this movie.

"You've seen it before?"

"Oh yeah! Aunts Freya and Keelin love this one. Though I have to say that if you want a laugh, But, I'm A Cheerleader is better. Maybe we can watch both, or at least we can watch But, I'm A Cheerleader, later?"

"Sounds good to me. Let's see how we feel after the first film and go from there."

Hope grabbed her laptop and pulled up the movie and started it. Once she sat the computer back down, the two girls cuddled deeper into each other and Hope pulled a blanket, seemingly from nowhere to cover them with.

"In case you get munchie, we have popcorn, Skittles, M&Ms, Twizzlers, and Oreos. We have soda, tea and water to drink."

"So again, all my favorites. Did you get anything for you? What if we don't eat or drink anything?"

"I got the Oreos and Skittles for me too. I also have dark chocolate. Anything left over will wind up back in my snack draw in my room for later. Now shhhh, the movie is starting."

They managed to make it through the movie, right up until the end. They were watching the credits, when Hope couldn't take it anymore. After watching a movie where two people meant to be almost lost each other because one couldn't speak up and say what she wanted, Hope knew what she had to do. There was no way that she would risk losing Josie out of fear of rejection. Hope sat up and brought Josie with her. She didn't bother to turn the screen off or to stop the credits.

"Um Josie, have you had a good day?"

"It has been a dream date Hope. The absolute best. I don't think it could get any better."

Nervously, Hope wiped her hands on the blanket before taking Josie's hand and lacing their fingers together. This was the moment that she had been building up to since last night. She refused to chicken out now.

"I could always try. I have a question that I have been wanting to ask you for a while now. I'm really scared to ask you though, because I'm scared, for the first time ever in my whole life. I'm scared that after I ask my question, that I might lose you."

"Oh Hope, you could never lose me. I will be with you forever. You are stuck with me."

"Promise? No matter what?"

"Promise. No matter what. You and I are a package deal."

Josie pulled the older girl into a comforting hug. She had never seen Hope this nervous before. It actually made her a little scared for what the question might be. What could be scary enough to frighten the tribrid?

"OK, Josie… Will you … um…Will you be my girlfriend?"

Josie eyes tripled in size and her heart felt like it just jumped out of her chest. Was she hearing things? Did Hope really just ask her to be her girlfriend?

"Did you just ask me to be your girlfriend?"

"Yes? I mean, yes."

Josie paused just long enough that Hope thought that she had messed everything up. This was the moment that she feared most. The brunette was going to turn her down and thing would never be the same.

"You beat me to it."

"What?"

"Well, I was going to ask you to be my girlfriend, and you beat me to it."

Hope was getting a swelling in her chest that was sending the pterodactyl butterflies in to a frenzy. Did she hear her right? Did she just say what she thought she did?

"Is that a yes then?"

"Yes! That is absolutely a yes! I would love to be your girlfriend!"

Hope grabbed Josie and pulled her into her lap. They stared at each other for a solid minute, neither of them making a move to close the space further between them.

"Hope, can I kiss my girlfriend?"

"Please do."

Josie leaned in to close the gap between them. Hope's eyes slowly closed, as she wanted to watch for as long as possible the beautiful face coming towards her. Josie's breath caught in her throat and she got closer to the soft pillow that were Hope's lips. This was going to be the kiss that she had been craving.

Just as Josie's lips breathed above Hope's a loud screech made the jump.

"There you two are! What are you doing in here? Where did all of this come from?"

"Lizzie."

T.B.C.