Just For a Little Bit (On Hold)

Are you asking me to choose?

Hope POV

I get shaken awake, pulling me out of the best dream ever. Josie and I were on a boat, and we were having a good time. At some point, we started drinking a little, which led to us...never mind. Anyways, I roll over, and let out a yawn. "You look like such a bottom right now" Faith tells me, laughing a little. I flip her off with my eyes still closed. "Hurry up and get ready. We leave in 45 minutes" Kaylee says. I hear them leave, but I keep my eyes closed.

"You getting up?" Josie asks. I feel her sit up, then get off the bed. "Mhm" I hum. "Well, I'm gonna go in the bathroom while you get dressed" she says. "Ok" I mumble. "Don't fall back asleep" she tells me. "Ok" I repeat, flipping onto my stomach. I hear the water in the bathroom start running, so I think she's brushing her teeth. A few minutes later, it cuts off, and I hear footsteps coming towards me. "You wanna get up?" she asks, putting her hand on my back, and rubbing it soothingly.

"No" I answer. "Please?" she follows. I shake my head. "Ok, well, I'm not asking anymore" she tells me. "Get up" she demands. I flip onto my back with a small smirk on my face. "Ok, mommy" I joke. She starts turning a shade of red, making me laugh. "I'm just messing with you, love" I tell her, sitting up. She rolls her eyes, then walks away. I watch as she walks into the bathroom, and shuts the door behind herself. I smile to myself, and get up.

I strip myself until I'm left in my underwear. I pick up the white button down shirt, then put it on. I button it up, grab the tie, then tie it. I fix the shirt up, then put on the cardigan. I grab the pants, and put them on too. Though, they were way to tight near the crotch, to the point where it hurt. "Josie" I call. "Yea?" she replies, opening the door a little. "The pants are too small" I tell her. "Give me a minute, and I'll get you another pair" she says. I stand in the middle of the room silently.

A minute or so later, she walks out. I was kind of covering my bottom half with the pants. "Don't worry. I'm not gonna look" she chuckles, holding her hand out for the pants. I reluctantly gave them to her. She just turned, and walked out of the room. I sat on the bed, and patiently waited for her to come back. I was messing with a loose string on her blanket when the door opened. I looked up, and there she was, holding another pair of pants. "Here" she says, giving them to me.

"Thank you" I say. Though, I don't stand until she goes back into the bathroom, taking her uniform with her. I quickly put the pants on, and look at myself in the mirror. "You done?" I hear. "Yea" I answer, turning around. She walks out of the bathroom. Today, she put her hair in a high ponytail, but it's curled. Like she braided her hair, then look it down. That mixed with how good she looks in her uniform is enough to make you fall in love.

"You look good" she tells me. "Me? Look at you" I reply, walking closer to her. I look her up and down, which I can tell is making her nervous. I rest my hands on her waist, and stare silently. Our eyes lock, and neither of us look away. "You are so beautiful" I tell her, though, for some reason, it comes out as a whisper. "So are you" she replies. I find my eyes wandering down her face, to her lips. With a sigh, my eyes meet hers again. "Wanna know something?" I ask.

"Sure" she answers. "I've never went to school before" I tell her, backing away a little. She smiles immediately. "Seriously?" she asks. "Yea, ask Faith" I reply. She laughs a little. "Wait, you can't start in the 12th grade" she says. "Well, I'm not starting in kindergarten" I say. "Actually, it'd be preschool" she corrects. I roll my eyes, and start walking towards the door. "Come on, you goof" I joke, opening the door for her. She walks out with a smile, and I follow.

We see the three of them already downstairs, though, it looks like they're waiting for us. "Finally" Faith groans, standing up. "Shut up" I tell her. "You guys missed breakfast. You're gonna have to eat at school before the assembly" Caroline tells us. We both nod. We leave, and drive to the school. Once we get in, we only have 10 minutes before the assembly starts. "We don't really have time to eat, but we could still go to the cafeteria if you want" Josie tells me.

"Or we could just go and wait for the assembly to start" she adds. "Um...are you asking me to choose?" I ask. "Yes" she answer. "I'd rather go and wait" I say. She nods with a small smile. "We're gonna go wait, if you guys wanna come" Josie tells Kaylee. "We're gonna go to the cafeteria until it starts" Kaylee responds. "Ok" Josie says, grabbing my hand. Josie leads me to where the assembly is being held, and we take our seats in the front.

The whole time, she doesn't let my hand go. No one else is in here, so it's just us. "Do you wanna go to the grill for lunch?" she asks. "You know, you always ask me what I want" I say. "What about you? What do you wanna do, love?" I ask. "Uh...I wanna go to the grill" she answers. "Then that's what we'll do" I tell her. She nods with a smile. With my free hand, I gently grabbed her chin, and made her look at me. I leaned in, and kissed her softly.

She blushed when I pulled away. I heard someone walk in, so I turned my attention to them. It was Caroline, and she was walking over to us. She stops right in front of us. "Here is you, and your sister's schedules" she starts, handing me two pieces of paper. "I tried to put you in some of the same classes as the twins, and Faith, but some are already full" she finishes. With a smile, I say "Thank you". "No problem" she says. "Um, I'd like to apologize for last night" she tells me.

"No, don't. It wasn't your fault" I tell her. "Maybe not, but I shouldn't've tried to hide it from you" she says. "You know how your father is. He misses you both, he just..." she starts, but I cut her off by saying "I know. I accept your apology". She gives me another smile. "Well, students should be arriving in a bit" she says. "Also, that was the second time I've walking in on you two in under 24 hours. Maybe don't do anything while I'm anywhere near" she adds.

"We won't" I tell her, chuckling a little. "Thank you" she says, then walks away.