We'll Be Fine

Chapter Twenty-Seven: You Belong With Me

Hope's POV:

Yesterday was a lot and I'm still not sure if I'm over certain things that happened. I know Alaric wants to talk to me this morning then Josie needs my help with something for Jade, then I have my date with Lizzie who is planning it as I speak. She has been so excited for this and that scares me a little because the last time she got excited like this, I almost lost my car and my head. I'm still happy that this is making her so happy. I did eventually roll out of bed. Liz woke me up before she left, I just never got up. I went and took a shower before coming out to get dressed. I didn't have anything on beside a towel on my head and around my lower body. I was listening to music off my phone when I heard someone clear their throat. "Ah what the fuck?" I said scared. "Oh love. I've seen it all before. I helped raise you. We should talk about what you said yesterday. Some of it stuck with me and I want to make sure you didn't mean it, at least not entirely." Rebekah said while sitting on my bed like she owns the place. I rolled my eyes before finding the clothes I was going to wear. A simple red t-shirt and ripped jeans, it is. 

Once I had finished putting that on, I sat next to her and she looked at me. "Did you mean it when you said you were almost at peace with them?..." She asked softly and I can feel the worry building in her stomach the longer I didn't answer. "Bex.... I will never know true peace until I find it here. I wasn't at peace up there. I just wanted more time with them and when Lizzie brought me back, it was like I lost them all over again. It hurt and it still hurts. It will probably always hurt but there are two reasons why I was going to fight to come back. I have my family, blood and not. I have Lizzie and Josie who need me, this school needs me. I know what happened when I wasn't here. Josie had a dark magic moment to which you stopped, thank you by the way. Lizzie had a mental breakdown to which Freya eased with a soothing spell. Alaric seems to regret what he did and Caroline just seems to be relieved that I'm not dead yet. I will never know peace until I find it where I am now but I think I'm on my way to getting it." I told her and she smiled. "They're proud of you Hope. We all are. You had the weight of this world on top of you from the moment you were conceived and you never once stop to ask why me. You soldier on and that's what makes you a Mikaelson, that's what makes you Klaus and Hayley's kid. You are equal parts your mother and father. Did Lizzie tell you it was her because I told her not to. I was ok with you hating me over this. I don't want you to do anything with her that you regret." She said and I smiled at her before pulling her into my chest where she laid her head. 

"I knew it was her when I came to. She was standing over me and you weren't even in the room at the time, but I was angry, and you were right, I would have done something I regretted with her. I am sorry for coming after you like that. I just... I had to relive their deaths and I'm not saying I'm perfectly ok now, but I do have a sense of peace knowing they're together and happy in the afterlife. I'm doing a little better, I just need time to make a few things right. I love you Bex. I'm sorry." I said as I kissed the top of her head. I could feel she had tears coming out of her eyes as my shirt was getting wet. I held her for a while but we both had other affairs to deal with. She promised to come check on me a bit more and that her, Kol, and Freya were planning a surprise for me. She left before I could even ask. I guess we'll see what they come up with. 

I eventually made it to Alaric's office and knocked. He told me to come in and I did. "You said you needed to talk to me?" I asked as I sat at the chair in front of his desk as he sat in his chair. "Yes, I did. I have a couple questions and I would really like you to be honest." He said as he offered me a cup of coffee. I smiled and took it from him. I knew it had truth weed in it but hell, it's about time I let the truth out. "Why did you really save me?" He asked. I smiled, setting the cup that was now empty down. "For your daughter and for you. I didn't want them to know what it felt like to have that hole in your heart that only our parents could fill. I did it for you because even though you tried to kill me, I wanted to show you that I'm still that kid you taught how to fight and I'm still the same kid that you forced to hang out with yours. Thank you for that by the way." I said before sitting back. Woah, I'm soaring right now. I hope this wears off before the date tonight.