Author's note: I got an idea for this one shot thanks to TanylaStrickland, I hope you like it and enjoy
Hope is 16 and Josie is 15
Hope's pov
I am driving back to the school with my aunt Bex and aunt Freya. I had to go back to New Orleans because my mom died and I had Hollow to deal with and in order to defeat the Hollow my dad and my uncle had to die
I was so broken when I lost my mom and my dad a week apart from each other and I knew I had to stay in New Orleans for awhile, so I can learn to live with the loss of my parents
It still hurts a lot and I can't really say their names without starting to cry or scream, but at least I'm eating on my own again and I don't wake up screaming their names every night
I do still have panic attacks when I get really stressed, but they didn't happen in awhile now, so that's good and my family and I thought it was time I go back to school
I also took over as the head of my family and that's also one of the reasons I stayed in New Orleans for a year because there was a lot of things to do
It's all finally under control and all three fractions are not at war with each other anymore and some of the families that have a deal with my family were confused when my aunt Freya said that I'm the new head of the family
I quickly showed them what I'm capable of and that I know how to be a leader. It took me about 6 months to show everyone that they can trust me and that I will respect the deal with everyone
I also can't wait to see all of my friends, but especially Josie and Lizzie because I am closest with them. We kept in touch while I was in New Orleans and both of them helped me to deal with my parents dieing
Especially Jo and I can't wait to see her and tell her that I love her and hopefully she feels the same way about me. Lizzie and Caroline know how I feel about Josie and I will tell her today because I'm done wasting time and if anything my parents's death taught me is that even immortal beings can die eventually
So I will tell her how I feel because I've been in love with her for 2 years now and I was always too scared to say anything and even if she doesn't feel the same way, at least I'll know that I tried
I drive through the gates of the school and see all my friends waiting for me and I smile and stop the car a few feet away from them and my aunts look at me ''Are you ready Hope'' my aunt Bex asks and I nod
I take a deep breath and the three of us get out of the car and smile and we walk over to everyone ''Hey guys'' they smile, but don't say anything and hug me tightly and I hug back the same
All of them pull away except for Josie and she hugs me tighter and I smile and bury my head in her neck and take in her sweet scent that I missed so much
''Hey Hopey'' she mumbles in my neck and I smile ''Hey Jobear'' I mumble in her hair and I feel her smile and after a few seconds she finally pulls away and looks at me and I smile at her
But then Lizzie yells ''Okay hosie, you will have enough time for all that cute stuff later'' I laugh and look at Lizzie ''I actually missed all your comments'' she smiles and then Caroline walks over to us
I smile ''Hey Caroline, it's nice to see you again'' she smiles and gives me a quick hug ''Hey Hope how are you'' I smile a little ''I'm good, I've been busy, so that took my mind off of everything for awhile''
My aunts have a sad smile on their face and Caroline nods ''I heard that you took over as the head of your family'' I nod my head ''I did yeah and I think you can imagine it's not so easy to be the head of the craziest family of all time''
