Not out (On Hold)

I'm a coward

⚠️TW: MENTION OF RAPE⚠️

Josie POV

Roman: "Can I talk to you for a second?"

Klaus: "I don't think that's a good idea, mate"

Hope: "It's fine, dad. I'll be right back"

I worriedly look at Hope. I mean she just had a full blown panic attack from looking at him from across the room two days ago, and now she's going to privately talk to him. Before she gets up I whisper in her ear. "Are you sure?". She responds with "Yea, babe. I'll be right back, ok?", then kisses my forehead. I hesitantly nod, and she softly smiles at me. I think she's trying to convince me and everyone else that it's ok, but we all know she doesn't believe it herself. I watch her as she follows him outside, with butterflies, and not the good ones. I just feel like something is about to go terribly wrong...

Hope POV
I can feel my family's stares as I'm walking out, but the only one I care about is Josie's. Should I have declined him and stayed by her side? My thoughts are interrupted by a cold breeze hitting my skin, goosebumps forming directly after

Roman: "I have to admit, when Josie said she had a girlfriend I never would've guessed it was you"

Hope: "You brought me out here to talk about my girlfriend?"

Roman: "Uh, no. I brought you our here to apologize"

Hope: "For what exactly?"

Roman: "For everything"

Hope: "Are you really sorry, Roman? Are you sorry for using me whenever you wanted, because you knew I'd do it, then leaving me? Are you sorry for completely obliterating any self esteem I had, then doing it again after I gained the tiniest bit back? Or is it that you feel guilty and need to clear your conscience?"

He silently stares at me, so I say "Your wasting my time" and turn to leave but don't get far before he grabs my arm. I immediately take it off

Hope: "Touch me again and I cut your damn fingers off"

Roman: "Look, I'm really sorry"

Hope: "Do you have any idea what you did to me? How you ruined my life? How you ruined me?"

Roman: "I didn't mean to-"

Hope: "How the hell do you accidentally do all of that? I blamed myself for years because of what you did. So, you can take that sorry ass apology and shrove it straight up your lying, manipulative, cheating ass. I don't want to fucking hear it"

He looks a little hurt but I can't give a rats ass about his feelings. I felt my blood start to boil, and I don't want to snap on him. I've worked so hard on controlling my anger these past few years. I've been slipping up a lot more lately. Maybe it's this city. Maybe it's all the bad memories that've been brought to the surface over the past couple of days

Josie POV
I impatiently bounce my leg, waiting for Hope to come back. Every time I hear the bell, signaling some one has entered the building, I quickly look up, but it's never her. What if somethings wrong. What if she needs help or something. I can't just sit here and hope for the best. Hopes family has been trying to take my mind off it with small talk but soon gave up, because I kept giving dry, two worded answers. Once again I look up at the sound of the bell and this time someone yells for the security, because there's a fight outside. We all immediately get up and run outside. A little ways down the sidewalk there's a small crowd of people forming a circle. We quickly push throw them and what I see is Hope brutally punching romans already-bloody face while on top of him. She has blood on her fists and some splattered on her face and dress. It looks like he's unconscious. I immediately tear up and start crying. Hopes dad tries to pull her off but she pushes him away and goes back to hitting Roman. I yell "Hope, stop. Your gonna kill him". She stops swinging and sits there chest heaving while she's out of breath. She slowly stands up and looks down at her hands then at his bloody face then up at us. She doesn't look like herself