My Heart Skips a Beat

Falling

So I decided to speed thing along. I didn't want to drag it on that long. This chapter was so long so I had to split it into two parts.

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Hope and josie didn't go shopping the next day. They had to push back their plans to go shopping due to a change in Hopes schedule. She had to go back to New Orleans for a couple of weeks per her fathers request.

During these two weeks the two girls have been texting and calling each other. They talk about anything and everything. Classes, movies, music anything they feel like talking about. They found that it's so easy to talk to one another.

These past couple of weeks have given both girls time to think about their developing relationship and it's possibilities. Especially Hope who's been dying to talk to someone about it.

Right now Hope is walking back to her dorm after a long busy day. With the virtual conferences with her father to her classes Hope is ready to take a long bath and sleep.

"Hope!" She'd recognize that voice anywhere. She turns around to the person running up to her. "Cleo! Hey!"

Cleo reaches Hope and hugs her. "Hello friend it's been a while. You look horrible." Hope rolls her eyes and let's out a laugh. "I feel worse than I look." They go and sit at the nearest bench. "Tell me what on your mind."

"There's a lot going on up here." Hope points to her head. She shifts in her seat a little debating whether she should tell Cleo or not. It's not that she can't trust Cleo it's just that she's scared that Cleo will tell her something she doesn't like.

Cleo is very kind and also very wise. She always know the right things to say and do regardless if it's good or bad. It's tough love. Which is why Hope knows that what Cleo says about her and Josie will most likely be true. She just really doesn't want it to be bad.

"So, there's this girl." Hope starts. "I met her a couple of weeks ago. I quite literally bumped into her. When I saw her I felt something I haven't felt in a while. It felt good, amazing even. We've been texting for a while and I love it. I think I'm starting to have feelings for her. Well I know I am. That's what I'm scared of. It just happened so fast and I'm not sure what I should do." She looks at Cleo who has a wide smile on her face.

"Why are you smiling?" Hope asks. "You're  thinking to hard about this." Cleo takes hopes hand. "I know it hard for you to trust people outside of us ever since Roman. Trust to not be abandoned and have the fear of not being enough. But you can't let that fear dictate your life. This girl that your talking about makes you happy I can tell. You've been the happiest this week then I've see you in a long time." Hope smiles.

"If you want advice I'd say just go for it. If she makes you this happy. I mean you don't have much more time before you have take over the family business. And when that happens you won't have time for much of anything else." It's true. When Hope becomes CEO she'll be busy for a while, months she'll be swamped with meetings and conferences.

"Hope you have to live in the present not the past. Enjoy your time with the girl. See where it goes? Who knows what could happen." Hope brings cleo into a tight hug. "Thank you cleo. I know what I need to do now." They get up and collect their things. "Any time Hope." They hug once more before parting.
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"Lizzie!" Josie called out from the bathroom. It's 5:36p.m. Hope is going to be at the dorm soon to pick her up. "What?" Lizzie walks to the front of the bathroom door.

Josie searches for the door handle and opens the door. "I need your help." Lizzie gives her arm over to guide Josie to their bed.

They've been in the room for two weeks. Josie has memorized a good half of the room. So Lizzie doesn't always have to assist her moving around the room. But Lizzie insisted that she keep doing it just in case. At this for another week.