sᴇʟғɪsʜ~ʟᴇɢᴀᴄɪᴇs {slow updates}

TWENTY THREE

I couldn't shake this Sebastian out of my mind so I was currently back at the mill trying to do spells to find him, or at least see if he was still here.

"Hello Arabella." I jump because he literally appeared out of no where. "Oh my god, stop doing that." I complain my heart beating way too fast.

"Ah you're a witch." He says looking at my set up, making me nod, "what are you?" I ask bluntly, "you're something because you've made it past the schools magical defences twice now." He smiles but doesn't reveal anything.

"Who were you looking for?" He kept doing that, changing the subject or asking me a question to avoid the ones I was asking him. "My dad." I was not going to let him know it was him I was searching for, his brows raise so I continue. "He's missing and everyone else thinks he's dead." I mean it wasn't technically a lie, I'd used all these spells to look for him before.

"I hope you find him." I shrug, "maybe he is dead."

"Anyways, I know what you're doing, you keep avoiding my questions, if you're not a student what are you here?"

"I came to see you." Oh, that was a surprise. "Cause I have a request." I nod, "which is?"

"Stop looking for me." That was embarrassing, "I'm not, I wasn't looking for you." I protest but I think we could both tell it was a lie, "you're drawn to me, I can sense it." I don't know what to say, is it even worth it to continue lying. "I'm drawn to you too," well that made me feel a bit better, "but you shouldn't let me get too close."

My brows furrow and I go to take a step forward only to stop myself, "why not?" Was he dangerous? Is it bad that I didn't care? "You seem like a nice girl, and, well, my life is shall we say complicated."

"So? My life's plenty complicated too, I'm sure you're not the only one with issues." He smiles but shakes his head, "Goodbye Arabella." I frown as I watch him walk away, I guess this was karma because I was thinking of doing the exact same thing to Ethan earlier today.

He stops a moment and turns to me, "you deserve better." He says before actually leaving. Alright this was it, I was taking a break from boys. I was right when I said to uncle Ric I wasn't ready, or there wasn't anyone for me.

***

Milkshakes were the answer to this problem so I found myself back in the square to see hope and uncle Ric fighting a troll? No it had one eye it was a cyclops. They kill it before I can even do anything so I make my way into the grill, I wanted my milkshake.

Once I leave I see hope sat alone on the bench, Landon was just leaving and so I go and sit beside her. "Milkshake buddies." I say making her look up as I approach. "Is it ok if I sit?" She nods and so I sit beside her, sneaking glances trying to think of what to say to break this awkward silence.

"You like Landon don't you?" She looks up alarmed, "it's fine, why you like him I don't know. But I'm guessing the two of you were dating before you jumped into the pit?" She nods, "how did you know?"

"I don't know, ever since summer even before he got with Josie I've felt like I needed to protect him? Because he was important to someone and then when he got with jo I really didn't like it. I was confused because it's not like I had feelings for the little elf but I knew I didn't want them together and that it was wrong almost as if he were cheating on someone." She smiles slightly, "How did you know who I was?"

"I found a box hidden in my moms room, it was filled with your lifetime worth of memories with us, there were drawings, notes, pictures just a ton. I saw how close we were, I've been looking for you since." I say which makes her start crying.

I quickly remove the space between us and wrap my arms around her, "I'm sorry." I didn't want to upset her and I couldn't imagine how she must've felt right now. "We'll figure out a way at to fix this." I say trying to make her feel better. "I don't think there is a way to fix this."

Once she's stopped crying we're still sat there and so I decide to ask a question, hoping it won't upset her. "What were we like? As friends?" She glances at me and smiles, "you were kind and funny, you always went out of your way for me, to make sure I was ok and happy. You were always so loyal. You're sister understood me but you accepted me, all my faults and mistakes you always had my back no matter what." I couldn't imagine being so close to someone and then having them not remember.

"I really missed you, and kiara and your mom, you guys were the only people I actually saw before I joined the Salvatore school, I don't want to go back to being alone." I shake my head, "hey you're not alone, you have me always. And I'll call my mom here and you can speak to her, I think you should she'll believe you and we have the boxes of proof. You shouldn't burden yourself hope." She agrees and so I call my mom to ask her to pick me up.

***

Hope tells uncle Ric first whilst we wait for mom it goes alright he believes her and comforts her immediately so at least she knew she had us.

"Arabella what was so urgent?" Mom asks as she finally arrives and approaches Hope and I, "you need to meet Hope." She looks at Hope and waves a kind smile making its way to her face, "hi, are you alright? Do you need some help?" She asks probably thinking Hope was a new vampire or something.

"You don't remember me but I'm Hope Mikaelson, the daughter of Hayley and Klaus." Mom's eyebrows furrow as Hope takes a breath, "and you're my aunt Thea, you helped my mom raise me and you've always been there for me, showing me unconditional love. Ever since I lost my mom you've taken extra great care of me because you loved me and I loved you, you're my godmother and I really need you aunt Thea. I miss you so much." Hope begins crying as she speaks, her voice cracking by the weight of everything she'd been keeping to herself.

Mom doesn't waste anytime in embracing her, she holds her tightly in her special mom hug. "I'm so sorry," she says making Hope pull back confused, "why are you sorry?" She wipes hopes tears as her own begin to fall. "If I'm you're godmother I should've done a better job of protecting you." Hope shakes her head, "no you were the best, it's not your fault."

"Regardless I'm going to do a better job this time." She promises making Hope smile and hug her again.