Secrecy (Hosie)

Part 51: Sleep

Hope is gently woken up early the next morning by her Auntie Bex. She picks up her head from Josie's shoulder, turning to look in the direction of the woman lightly shaking her from her sleep.

Her aunt whispers softly to her, "Sorry, love. I was just heading out before any other students get up. Didn't want you to be alarmed by my absence."

Hope glances to Josie, seeing that she's still sleeping soundly. Hope goes to carefully peel her body from Josie's, only to be stopped by her aunt placing a soft hand on her shoulder, "No, sweetheart, you can stay. You have until afternoon before the boundary spell stops working. Stay here with your friends, I'll be fine at the safe house."

"Are you sure?"

"Of course, dear," Rebekah leans down to leave a kiss to Hope's forehead, "I'll see you soon, little one. Love you."

"Love you too Bex."

After that, Rebekah is out the door, leaving Hope to snuggle back into Josie.

Josie adjusts her body as she remains asleep, wrapping her arms tighter around Hope's waist and parting her legs for Hope to intertwine her own in them.

Hope smiles softly at the feeling, tilting her head to leave a soft kiss against Josie's jaw before letting her head fall back against Josie's shoulder.

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A few hours later, the sun starts to peek through Hope's curtains, causing Josie's eyes to flutter in reaction to the light.

She can feel her arms now wrapped around Hope from behind. They must've somehow shifted positions in their sleep.

When Josie finally grows a little more awake, she realizes her hands are also under the material of Hope's shirt, one placed on her stomach and the other indecently high as it rests against Hope's breast.

At first, she doesn't move, knowing that Hope is still sleeping comfortably and enjoying being so tangled up in skin, but then she thinks about Hope's aunt being there, and the thought causes her to quickly withdraw her hands and arms from Hope's body, which in turn causes Hope to spring awake, turning to Josie with worry in her eyes, "Jo, what's wrong?"

"I'm sorry I didn't mean to..." Josie looks past Hope to see the empty bed on the other side of her room, "Where's your aunt?"

"She left a few hours ago. She didn't want any of the students to see her." Hope furrows her eyebrows in confusion as Josie's whole body relaxes. She definitely wouldn't want Hope's family seeing her groping Hope the way she was in her sleep.

"Oh, okay. Sorry, I didn't mean to wake you...or invade your personal...skin."

Josie gestures dramatically at Hope's chest, causing a chuckle to leave Hope's lips as a small smirk shows on her lips, "Yeah, I got up about an hour ago to brush my teeth, and when I got back in bed, I seriously thought you were gonna remove my shirt completely."

Josie blushes at the obvious tease, trying to change the subject, "Speaking of that, is my extra toothbrush still in your bathroom?"

Josie slips out from under the sheets, already heading to the bathroom knowing her toothbrush is in there. She hears Hope groan at her absence as she dramatically falls back against the pillows, "Yes, love, it's in there."

Josie begins brushing her teeth as she responds, muffling her words, "You're so dramatic, I'll literally be back in 2 minutes."

"Tick tock, babe."

Josie finishes up and heads back into the bedroom, adoring the image of Hope sprawled out in bed, hair tussled, shirt riding up to reveal her a sliver of lace underwear peeking above the waistband of her pajama shorts, a bit of her lower stomach showing with it.