|♠︎|LEGACIES | MUSICAL | ONE-SHOTS|♠︎|

Light Me Up

(A change in the last lyric)
Always and Forever

Hope's POV

I feel like I'm about to throw up as Caroline held my hand and fed me some water "She's gonna hate it-" I spill out finally "She's going to love it Hope" Carolines smiled warmly "But what if she doesn't and it's too much or-?" Caroline took my face in both her palms and made me look at her "She is my daughter; I wouldn't be helping you if I thought she would act that way toward you after you do this in front the entire Salvatore school for her birthday. Lizzie has everything set up already and is ready to go, you just need to breathe Hope" I sigh heavily "I know I'm just scared she won't feel the same as me and I make a fool out of myself up there. I already hate preforming for people that aren't my family, I get shy and I close up and I get quiet and I just-" she held both my hands this time and waited for me to finish "-I'm just scared Caroline, that even if she does say yes that she'll find everything I hate about myself, a reason to not stick around. I'm scared she'll leave."

Lizzie showed up out of nowhere and smacked me on my head really hard "You idiot. She loves you; she wouldn't do that. You just have to trust her enough to know she won't" she leans against her mom "You trust her, don't you?" I nod quickly "Then you have no problem here, so go out there and waw her. She's waiting and so is the rest of the extras you had me threaten to be there" I take a final deep breath and smiled "You're right, thank you, both of you and Happy Birthday to you too Liz" she laughs "And I thought you forgot your best friend, the twin of the woman you want to kiss" Caroline started to drag Lizzie away to crowd outside the curtains "You're welcome Hope, your father would've loved to be here to see this but I'm sure he's already found a way to"

When they were out of sight, I finally let the tears of joy and pain fall. Though I quickly wiped them away. Today was not the day to sit and cry about my problems. The girl I love is somewhere in that crowd waiting to see me appear, waiting on the surprise I promised her and I am not about to be a pussy and wimp out last second.

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A little recap for those who missed it. I became the tribrid and ended up turning it off. My humanity. It was a messy and violent journey, but I made it. When I turned it back on I knew I wouldn't be forgiven as easily as before but the way it was, the way they treated me hurt a lot. But I knew it was nothing compared to the way I hurt them so I let it be. I took the hurtful words and statements until I couldn't anymore.

One night Josie found me on the roof crying and holding the only wooden stake that could kill me up to my unbeating heart, she easily took it out my hands and held me until the sun came up. No words were said, I fell asleep in her arms. We didn't speak for a week after that happened, not because we didn't want to but because every time she tried Lizzie or someone from the super squad would drag her way.

She was the first and only one to be there for me through everything, the only one that forgive me and stood by me when no one else would. It's that among other things that made me fall for her . She was the only one who didn't judge me for what I had done and told me I was still the Hope she use to have a crush on. She helped me see that I was still me, just a little broken up. She was still the Jo I fell in love with when I was 14.

So, I wrote her a song during our time together, I finished it a couple months back, but I couldn't bring myself to actually sing it to her until Lizzie found out and basically gave me her approval, saying that she forgave me a while ago she just didn't know how to start a conversation. So she did it in her own Lizzie way and was a bitch about it. She made me find some nonexistent confidence in myself to prepare the song for her and Josie's birthday.

Which is today, hence the panic attack you just witnessed me have behind the curtain just before I had to go out on stage in front of all the students who attended school that day, which was nearly everyone and Josie. My sweet Josie. I hope she likes it and doesn't run away.