the road between us [hosie]

[part 2] hopes pov

                here i am. new orleans. it's been one month since i left but i still can't stop thinking about what i said to josie when i left, "see-ya josie". as soon as i turned around to go into the car my thoughts started making me overthink what i said. was that not enough? did it seem like i didn't like her? did it look like i care about her too much? should i go back and tell her something different? should i have not smiled? oh god, do people know i like her? crap.

but i quickly stopped thinking about it and got in my aunt freyas car.

"hi hope! how have you been? i missed you so much!" my aunt said while pressing some buttons on the car to get going.

"hi. i missed you too," i said.

but she could clearly hear the non-cheerfulness in my voice because she asked whats wrong, my brain took a second to answer since i was thinking about josie

"oh um, i um.. just uh," my brain froze until i finally came up with an answer,"i just am gonna miss my friends you know?"

"oh, i'm sorry i know it's gonna be hard but you will have fun in new orleans!" she said cheerfully.

"yea", i whispered until i fell asleep.