❁𝒥osie 𝒮altzman❁
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Mom pulls up to the nearest hotel worried about hope's iregular nervous breathing. She parks the car and asks "Since you don't feel well do you want me to check in while you wait in the car."
Hope nods and tucks her legs to her chest.
"Okay I'm going to get us a room." Mom runs inside and after a minute or so she comes back with a room key.
She trudges tiredly out of the car grabbing her backpack and quickly walking inside
I start to get my bag but mom hands me the room key and asks me to follow her in. I sprint to catch up with Hope, she's sitting outside of the room.
I press the room key to the sensor and hope struggles to stand up but grabs the door frame support her. She runs to one of the bed closest to the door and curls up on top of the comforter.
"Hope do you feel ok" I stroke her hair
"Ok" She mumbles.
"Do you feel sick physically or mentally" I rub her back.
"Mentally" She responds quietly.
"Was it the dream" I ask softly.
"Kind of" She mumbles hiding her face in embarrassment.
"Was it my...father?" I ask softly, sliding the hair out of her face.
"Yeah" She mumbles trying to look away from me so that I don't see her tears.
"Hope please tell me I'm worried about you"I rub circles into her back.
Mom walks in the room our bags and looks over at Hope and I. She sets down the bags and walks over to us "Whats wrong hope" She sits on the edge of the bed.
Hope hides her face in her hair. "Can I tell her" I ask Stroking her hair softly.
"Sure"She hides her face.
"She was upset over the.. nightmare....it was about dad" I struggle out.
"Can you talk about it? My mom asks in her mom voice.
"Do you want me to leave" I ask softly .
"No,please stay" She mumbles grabbing my hand for comfort.
"Okay" I hold her hand.
"If it gets to be to much you can stop" My mom comforts her.
"Ok" She wipes her eyes "Yesterday I was sick it made me vomity and It made me feel sick to move, Josie wanted me to stay in bed and I did, I stayed in bed all day." She recalls
"But you weren't in bed when I came back" I remember.
"I wasn't, your dad came in soon after you left, He told me to get to class and I told him I was sick, but he told me I couldn't get sick and I argued that I was, but he was getting angrier he grabbed my arm and he wouldn't let go, I told him I agreed to go to class so that he would let me go, he told me to go to detention when I was done and I did, but I felt like crap, I could barely stand up after class I thought I was going to vomit all over the floor or pass out from exhuastion. I went to detention and My head and my stomach hurt so bad I started crying, I-I wasn't trying to cause a scene" She tearfully stutters
"He held me after class and he yelled, 'Drop the act hope, Some of the people may believe your little cries for attention, but not me and I will not tolerate it, understand me'" She quakes in fear "I wasn't trying to cause a scene" She crys burying her head in my lap while my mom rubs her back.
"I wasn't trying to cause a scene." Hope looks up at her.
"I know" My mom pulls her into a comforting hug letting her breakdown in her arms.
"Josie can you get some dinner in the dining hall, I need a minute alone with hope." Mom asks trying to calm down hope.
"Ok" I nod trying to give her some space.
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FanfictionFor most of her life, Hope has sat back and watched the world spin around her trying to fit into the picture. She tries to lay low like she does every year, but an accident causes her to see another student in a different light.
