𝓨𝓸𝓾'𝓻𝓮 𝓜𝓲𝓷𝓮 - 𝓗𝓸𝓼𝓲𝓮

13

Hope's family had left right after that, it had now been two weeks and we hadn't heard anything from any of them. Freya refused to tell us where they were going since she was afraid Hope would follow them there. My days for the past week had gone extremely similar, I would go to work, alone. Hope was too anxious for her family to go there. After work I would go to the store to get food for Hope and I. Then I would go to Hope's house, I would talk to her, comfort her, and let her let it out.

I loved being near Hope all the time but I couldn't enjoy her when she was like this, she was scared for her family, I tried to tell her that they were gonna be fine. But I'm not sure if even I believed that, I just didn't want her to live like this anymore. She was barely getting by and if I was to start believing in her families death I don't think she would be able to handle everything any longer.

Here I was, driving to Hope's from work again. I wondered what I could possibly do to help Hope, but nothing. What can you do to help your girlfriend grief these kinds of things? I think to myself as I pull into the driveway.

"Hope! I'm here!" I say loudly as I walk through the door. "Hope?!" I yell louder after a while had passed with out response. I walk into the kitchen to leave the groceries, I'm met with a box and a letter, from Hope. I open the box to see a piece of skin carved out, my hands fly to my mouth as tears formed in my eyes. It's the birthmark that Hope and her mom share. I figure out quickly that it must be Hayley's skin because of the note addressed from Hope. The writing is shacky and difficult to read but I manage to make out the words.

Hey my love,
This is Hope, I got this box today in the mail, it came with a note, it said that my mom is dead. When you are reading this I'm not home anymore, and frankly I'm not me anymore either. I'm sorry, I love you so much but I couldn't handle the pain from what happened to my mom. I just can't feel this anymore, I cant feel at all anymore, don't try to find me Josie, please. Don't make this harder than it has to be.
For the last time.
Love,
Hope Andrea Mikaelson.

The letter has countless drops of tears, both mine and my girlfriends. I can't believe it, she turned it off.

I think back to the night before.

-

I had just gotten home from work and sat down next to Hope.
Me and Hope sit next to eachother on the couch, I look over at her.

"Hey my love, how are you feeling?" I ask.

"Better when you are here," she says, giving me a dull smile, I kiss her gently and she kisses me back.

"I love you," I say as we pull apart, Hope looks at me taken aback, since we hadn't said it this way before.

"I love you too," she says, her smile growing.

"You do?" I ask her cupping her cheeks.

"Yes! More than anything, I love you, Josette Olivia Saltzman," she says, leaning into my touch. I smile widley before kissing her, this time passionately and warm. I love her so much.

-

I drop the groceries on to the floor as my sobs grow louder and bigger. I run back to my car. I unlock it and get into the drivers seat. My eyes are filled with tears as I turn on the radio and drive home. I pull up to mine and Lizzies apartment and I lock the car before vamp-speeding to the door, not even caring who sees me. I open and shut the door behind me as I fall on to the floor, sobbing.

"Jo?!" Lizzie yells, she walks toward the door to see me, sitting there leaning against the door. My eyes filled with tears, my face messy from the makeup that had ran down my face. "Jo! Are you okay?" Lizzie says as she falls to the floor next to me letting my face fall on her shoulder as she puts her hand at the back of my head and kisses my head, she wipes a tear from my face. "What happened?"

I try to answer her but my sobbing causes me to struggle forming words, I take a few deep breaths.

"It's Hope sh-she turned it off," I sobb.

"She WHAT?!" Lizzie yells in shock, I look at her through the corner of my eye "sorry, why would she turn it off?" I try to form words but there is no point, so I hand her the letter that Hope had given me.

"So Hayley is..." Lizzie says after finishing reading the letter, I nod slowly.

"I'm so sorry Jo," Lizzie says hugging me tighter and pressing my head into the crook of her neck. "I love you, you know that right?" Lizzie says into my head, I nod.

"I-I love you too," I says hugging her tighter. Lizzie and I were always different but she is still my best friend, I couldn't have survived anything without her. When we were nearing our twenty-second birthday and the merge I said that I would be willing to turn, I could never go through with killing my other half. Lizzie refused to let me do it alone she said that if I was to do it so was she. I was so happy because I wouldn't have been able to go through immortality without her. She is my family, my best friend, my other half and I could not have become who I am today without her.

"Do not worry Jo. We will find that tribrid, and her family. I promise you, twinsie promise," Lizzie says holding out her pinky, I hold mine out aswell and our fingers tangle together.

A/N: updates might be more spaced out I dont feel very motivated atm.