Hate me more, love me harder

Twenty

10 more days to Christmas.

10 more more fucking days until Christmas and Hope had been running around town looking for the ukulele.

It was hard to find but Hope did in fact learn that it was still out there.

Hope and Josie hasn't talked such but Josie is still fighting to be with Hope and Hope has forgiven her for the most part...

Josie seems as if she is still trying to win over Hope love

In reality Hope love was never lost and it has always been with Hope.

Lizzie and Hope had talked and Lizzie says actually reasonable and she told Hope like it is.

Hope then really understood that Josie didn't kiss Maya while they were 'together' but in fact Josie only wanted to call things off so she can be with Hope instead.

But back to Hope. Let's see what she's up to.

Hope POV

"It should have Elizabeth carved into the inside of it" I explained to the guy.

"We have one like that... well we had one until some man came here and brought it... he said he works for some art museum." The guy says

"Do you know where it's located?" I asked

"Somewhere down town... I don't know but if you aren't going to buy nothing then I may ask you to leave"  he says

"I was planning on doing just that" I said

I then left out.

I haven't talked to Josie all day.

She was trying to tell me about this date she wanted to take me on but I didn't know how I felt about the whole thing.

I mean I forgive her but I didn't forget.

When I got to the museum I had looked around.

I have been looking all over the place for hours.

When I go to the 4th floor something had caught my eye.

When I walked over to it I saw that it was a bit old but beautiful.

"Like what you see?" The guy asked as I stared at the ukulele in front of me.

"Yup, do you think it's for sell?" I asked

"As the owner speaking... it's not for sell" he says

"Why not?" I asked

"Well it wouldn't be for sell for a person like you... it cost a lot." He says

"How much are we talking?" I asked

"125.7k" he says

That was a lot for a ukulele.

"Why is it so much?" I asked

"Because it's the last one that was made from scratch and you can't find. Something like this in the now days" he says

This would mean so much to Josie and even though she doesn't deserve it I just must get it.

"I will take it... do you take checks?" I asked

Josie POV

I have been trying none stop to get Hope to forgive me or at least give me another chance and she doesn't seem to have any interest in me anymore.

Is this really it? Has the person that I only ever loved.. fell out of love with me?

"Hey jo" said my moms wife.

"Hi, Bonnie." I said

"What's going on you seemed stressed dear" Bonnie says as she took a water out of the fridge.

"I'm just not in the mood" I said

"Oh no... I see where this is going" she says

"You do?" I asked

"Yup!" She says

"Okay well let's see what you got.." I said

"Well you are mad at me because your mom is with me... and you are being that every stepdaughter in the movies" she says

"What? No. I'm mad because I was thinking about this girl" I said

"Thinking about what girl?" Bonnie asked

"Well if you must know nosey, it's this girl name Hope, hope mikaelson actually and I really love her but I can't be with her because I messed everything up" I said

"Well have you tried talking to her?" Bonnie asked

"Of course I have" I said

"No like I mean really talking to her.. telling her what you deeply want to tell her no matter if she listens or not because if she don't then that shows you that she's not the one" Bonnie says

"Thanks, for whatever this is" I said

"No problem, now I have to go beat your sister and mom in some tennis.. you want to team up?" Bonnie asked

That's when my phone light up from a text from Hope.

I then looked back up at Bonnie.

"I understand if you have other things to do" she says with a smile.

"Sure I'll play" I said before turning my phone off.

Hope POV

"Hello? This is my fourth message and I just wanted to say that I just did something crazy and my parents are definitely going to kick my ass but you are worth it... and I forgive you jo and I'm learning life is too short... so I'm about to come over there and finally ask you the question that you have been waiting for 'will you be my-" the phone beeped.

The answering machine couldn't take a full message like that.

I didn't know whether to send another one or to rush over there but now I'm just dying to ask her... I don't even know the next time I'm going to see her since I did just spend a lot of money in the matter of a month.

*

When I arrived outside of Josie house I had seen they ordered pizza.

I got out of the car and paid for pizza before knocking on the door.

"Coming!" I heard Caroline say

And that's when she opened the door.

"Hey hope," she says

"Hello Caroline" I said

"Are you here for Josie or Lizzie?" She asked

"I'm actually here for Josie" I said

She smiled a bit.

"Right this way" she says

When I walked in Josie had just walked in from the backyard.

"Hope? What are you doing here?" She asked

"I called you" I said

"I was busy" she says

"I have something I want to ask you" I said

"If this is something dumb or making me work for it for you finally to realize that I'm so sorry then just save it"

"Will you be my girlfriend"

We had said this all at the same time.

"What?" She asked

I don't know if she heard me or not over her talking but I definitely got her attention.