Giving you away - Hosie

Love

Hope & Josie - 19/18 - August

Josie sighs as she walks into the cabin she shares with another monitor. Looking after children in a summer camp is so much harder than she thought it would be. When she sees that Sarah's not inside the cabin, the brunette doesn't hesitate to take her blue shirt off and throw it on her bed. She's sweaty and gross, but she doesn't have time to take a shower before she has to look after the kids during the evening activity. She can at least put on a clean shirt though.

When her new shirt is on, Josie sits down on her bed and reaches for her phone that she left on her nightstand that morning. She has a good ten minutes before she needs to get back to the kids. She goes to her missed calls and bites her lower lip as she sees the three calls she missed. Her mom, her sister and Hope. She only hesitates for a second before choosing who she's gonna call back.

The phone rings once before Hope picks it up. "Josie!"

The brunette chuckles. "Hi, Hope."

"How are you? How's summer camp? It's been two weeks since you last called!"

Hope speaks so quickly that Josie barely understands every word. Hearing her best friend's voice fills the Saltzman girl with warmth before making her heart sink. Even though she took this job to take her distance from Hope and hopefully move on, it doesn't seem to be working at all.

"I'm exhausted." Josie chuckles. "I swear these kids never get tired. Summer camp is great, I'm having a good time. How is your summer going?"

The brunette avoids the topic of her not calling for two weeks. She can't exactly tell Hope she did it on purpose and that's it's been killing her.

"It's been chill. I came home and spent some time with my mom." She chuckles. "I even went to the movies with Lizzie because I was missing you. I came back to New Orleans last week though, and I got settled in my new apartment. Other than that, I've been spending time with Landon."

Josie forces herself to smile even though Hope can't see her. She has to be happy for her friend. She has to move on.

"Enough about me though." Hope ends up saying. "Tell me more about your summer. Did something interesting happen?"

There's only one thing that comes to Josie's mind and it makes her cheeks heat up.

"I did something dumb." Josie says quietly.

"What did you do?" Hope asks, curiosity clear in her voice.

"Isleptwithsomeone." The brunette blurts out.

"What?" Hope automatically replies.

"I had sex with a boy. Here, at camp."

There's a pause as the information sinks in for Hope. The more time passes, the worse Josie's nervosity gets.

"How did that happen?" The Mikaelson girl asks.

Josie shrugs. "He's nice, and... I don't know. It just happened."

"It just happened? Josie, your first time should have been special!"

The Saltzman girl rolls her eyes and stands up. "Look, it was my first time. If I wanted to lose it with a boy I barely know then it's my business."

Hope sighs loudly. "I guess you're right. Are you okay? I mean, he didn't hurt you, right?"

Hope's soft tone of voice and her obvious worry make it impossible for Josie to stay defensive.

"He didn't hurt me. The whole thing wasn't that good, but it was the first time for the both of us so..."

Hope sighs again. "Yeah."