Never Say Never • Legacies

001. the apartment of pure chaos

Hope closed the door to her small Manhattan apartment, as she realised that she couldn't remember the last time it had felt so peaceful. Of course, when you share a five bedroom tight apartment with seven other people, it's nothing but noisy.

Hope wasn't even sure that some of the bedrooms were even possibly considered bedrooms, but by some capitalistic loophole they were.

The Mikealson slumped into the couch, munching on peanut butter toast she had quickly made, before she watched television. The girl took her phone, noticing notifications from her girlfriend Lizzie, but also her other roommates. Hope giggled, reading her message from Lizzie.

Lizzie 💘

Lizzie 💘
This morning there were
no clean spoons to use for
my cereal because Landon
and Raf don't clean their
dirty dishes. When can we
get our own place?
1:15 p.m.

Hope
Maybe if you win the
lottery, babe. We're living
the broke student life :')
1:17 p.m.

Hope went back to watching TV, before her phone pinged some more. The girl groaned, and paused the movie she was watching, before she opened the group chat she shared with her roommates.

Jellyfishes 🪼 (No brains)

Landon
Remember when I said I
wasn't going to show up
to work late again because
I'd lose my job? Well.
Funny story.
1:30  p.m.

Cleo 🔮
How were you late? You
left fifteen minutes early
1:31 p.m.

Landon
Well you see.. I left so
early that I thought it
would be a good idea
to stop for food
1:31 p.m.

Finch
Really dude... again? 🙄
1:32 p.m.

Rafael
I'm not covering your
rent again, bro
1:33 p.m.

Landon
Don't worry, they're
hiring at the coffee shop
near campus. I'll get a
job there
1:33 p.m.

Landon
Or maybe Lizzie could
cover my rent this week
since she has a fancy full
time job 😉
1:34 p.m.

Cleo 🔮
Landon...
1:35 p.m.

Josie
Seriously?
1:35 p.m.

Lizzie 💘
Not a chance mophead.
I'm saving so that Hope
and I can move out of
this mad house.
1:36 p.m.

Hope
I can't wait 🤩🥰
1:37 p.m.

Lizzie 💘
I can't wait to move out
either... it's so impossible
to have any alone time
with your significant
other when Landon and
Raf are always around
doing stupid things.
1:38 p.m.

Finch
She's not wrong, you two
do some weird things. I
think you've gotten a bit
too comfortable. 😅
1:39 p.m.

Cassie
Really? I don't think it's
so bad.
1:39 p.m.

Lizzie 💘
That's just because you
have dated Rafael for so
long... you must be
desensitised.
1:40 p.m.

Cassie
That is a legitimate
possibility.
1:40 p.m.

Hope couldn't help but to laugh to herself, before she placed her phone back down on the coffee table, and continued to eat her toast and watch TV.

❦

Finch and Lizzie slowed down their run, as they caught their breath. "You're getting faster." Finch stated, as Lizzie looked at the Tarrayo as she caught her breath. "I don't understand how you can practically run all day." Lizzie spoke between puffs as Finch shrugged.

"I don't know what it is... when I run, I feel like a free wolf running through the woods." The shorter girl rambled. "Just don't eat any grandmas along the way." Lizzie replied jokingly, causing Finch to laugh a little in response. "I don't know, maybe I like to milf hunt." Finch suggested as Lizzie snorted in amusement before she asked, "Wouldn't that be a gilf?"

The athletic ravenette and the fashionista blonde never had expected to become friends, but when Josie announced nearly 3 years ago that she was seeing someone, Lizzie made it her goal to become acquainted with her potential sister-in-law. And now, they weren't just roommates but also running buddies... and most importantly, friends.

They started to walk, before Finch asked, "Have you told Hope yet?" The question that Lizzie wished she'd stop hearing from the Tarrayo. But, it was a fair question... Lizzie kept putting off this particular news she had to tell Hope.

"Hope and I are in a really good place... I don't think she'd like to hear that I got offered a life changing job opportunity in Paris." Lizzie admitted, as Finch replied, "She probably won't, but if you let her know soon, it'll give her enough time to think about it... she might decide to move with you."

Lizzie turned to face Finch, "You really think Hope would move across the world for me?" She asked, as the ravenette shrugged. "I don't know... but what I do know, is that Hope loves you." Finch smiled, hoping to be somewhat reassuring, but for some reason her words had filled Lizzie with more dread.

"Come on, I'll race you back to the apartment." The Tarrayo said, but not before she nudged Lizzie. With that, the girl began to race away. Lizzie rolled her eyes playfully before she started running also, hoping to beat Finch.