You Are My Soulmate!

Chapter 10

Later that Saturday evening, Hope ended up in the kitchen to help her aunts with dinner preparations. Hope was happy they had a decent conversation with her dad about the whole soulmate dream fiasco and that her dad was willing to talk to Caroline, but it didn't mean she wasn't pissed at her aunt Freya for basically laying out everything to her dad about their confidential conversations. Hope gave her aunt Freya the cold shoulder while they were making dinner. Freya asked Hope to chop some peppers to the salad they were making. She didn't reply, just took the knife and vegetables out of her aunt's hand and started chopping fiercely.

"Okay... maybe don't work with knives." Freya added noticing her niece's strange behaviour. "Hope, talk to me. Is everything okay? Were you fighting with your dad again?" Hope stopped working on the chopping board and put the knife down. She turned to Freya and rolled her eyes at her.

"No, I actually had a very nice conversation with him. He also mentioned that you told him about my mark and everything else I told you confidentially. How could you Freya? I trusted you, you promised me you'd keep this between us."

"Oh... I'm sorry Hope. You know you're dad, he was so worried. I didn't mean to break your trust. Please don't hate me too much." Freya stepped to Hope and squeezed her arm hoping for forgiveness. Hope looked her in the eyes.

"Well, I only hate you a little." She replied in a soft voice.

"Can I do something to make up for this? Anything?" Freya asked with a smile, seeing that her niece wasn't truly mad at her.

"I actually wanted to talk to you about something, but let's put it off for tomorrow. I just wanna enjoy the rest of the night. Sorry I ruined our evening." Hope added.

"You didn't ruin anything. I am the one who is sorry, truly." Freya smiled at her and they continued with the food preparations.

When everything was ready, Freya texted Klaus so he would come eat dinner with them. Keelin, Freya, Hope and little Eli were already sitting in the dining room, when Klaus entered. Hope sighed loudly when she noticed he wasn't alone. Penelope was with him.

"I didn't know we are having a guest, I'll get another setting." Freya got up and set the table for one more. They all sat at the table quietly, clearly their guest made them all a little uncomfortable, it wasn't the carefree family dinner Hope was hoping for. Hope wasn't rude to the girl or she didn't lash out on her dad again. She did promise she would think about the spell so she just gave a forced uncomfortable smile to the witch at their table. After some time of eating in silence, Hope noticed something very familiar and she couldn't be subtle about it. She was staring. She was staring at Penelope's right hand and her mouth dropped. She was probably very obvious because she felt her aunt Freya kicking her leg under the table. Hope quickly dropped her eyes from Penelope and closed her mouth. She started to eat, but could keep her eyes and thoughts away from the girl for long. She glanced back at her and Penelope was staring at her now. She didn't seem like she was uncomfortable or embarrassed by the fact that Hope was staring at her soulmate mark very obviously. It was on the back of her right hand and it was an hourglass. Completely identical to the one on Josie's hand. The girl looked at Hope very curiously. Hope was the one feeling uncomfortable, and she could feel herself blushing. The girl gave her a confident smirk then she continued to eat.

After dinner, Hope was finally in her room alone. She had no idea what she was supposed to do in this situation. She knew life would eventually bring the two together whether she intervened or not. But there was the fact that Josie might not live more than 4 years. She had to call her and tell her about this girl. What about Landon then? With a slight hint of vengeance Hope smirked to herself. At least he would learn how it felt like to be rejected by someone who he loved... but on the other hand she didn't want Landon to be hurt, even if he'd never loved or chose Hope. Her thoughts were spiraling with her phone in her hand ready to call Josie when someone was knocking on her door. She told whoever it was to come in. She expected it to be her dad or one of her aunts but to her surprise it was neither of them. It was Penelope. Hope immediately turned to a defensive mode.