Never Giving Up On You- A Hosie Story

one option, one choice

"What?"

Josie said. She started having tears.

"Yeah before it's too late."
"Hope. No, please."
"Josie please don't make it harder. Please."
"No. If you are going to break up with me give me a decent explanation. What happened?"
"Josie, we can't be together. It won't work. Not for you at least. Everyone that comes close to me end up getting hurt. My father, my mother, Elijah, I don't want you on that list."
"Hope, those people didn't get hurt for nothing. They made sacrifices because you were worth it."
"Yeah? And how about Lizzie, your dad and Landon, ha? I had to kill Landon remember? I killed your Lizzie, your sister. I sent your dad on the hospital in a coma to left a warning. He is now hurt and probably never recovered. Josie i am a monster and you shouldn't have forgive me."
"You are not, you are Hope Mikaelson"
"Exactly. A Mikaelson. Mikaelsons are meant to be alone"
"You, are Hope Mikaelson. The person that saved my life. The person that brought me from my darkness."

Josie took Hope's hands. She looked at her. Hope kept looking down

"Hope. Please don't do this. I can't lose you. Please don't leave me, stay."
"I-i can't. Jo don't ask me to stay cause i will never be able to walk away. Okay? Just get inside forget all this and find someone that deserves you because i don't."
Hope said as she left Josie's hand. Josie started crying. Hope vamped herself away. Josie went inside, she imedietly rushed to her dormitory. Lizzie was there, sleeping Josie tried to be quiet. She changed clothes and laid on her bed. She spent the night thinking about Hope.
In the midtime Hope went in the celer. She got in and punched the wall imedietly. She didn't have the power to go to the school. She spent the night there.

The next day:

Once Josie woke up. She imedietly got up and and went into Hope's room. Hope wasn't there, her bed was the same. Josie understood that Hope didn't spend the night there. She went to Caroline.

"Is Hope here?"
"No. Why? Everything okay?"
"Yes. I gotta go now."

Josie left the office. She went out of the school and started looking for Hope. She didn't have any luck. Josie went back to the school. She went to her dormitory and tried to call Hope. She left her a voice message.

"I don't know if you will get this, i really hope you do. Look, Hope. I don't wanna break up. I don't know what happened last night but i do know that i care about you qnd i want you and im pretty sure you feel the same. Even tho you tried to push me away, but i am telling you this: i will come back every single time you push me away till you stop. I love you."

Josie closed the phone. Lizzie got in. She walked closer to Josie.

"Jo. Start talking. What's wrong?"
"What are you talking about?"
"Josie, Hope isn't at the school. She didn't even come back. You came last night and didn't even tell me what happened. You woke up at 6 am and lost all your classes i am pretty sure you were looking for her. What's wrong?"

Josie took a deep breath. She started talking. She told Lizzie everything that happened last night and today.

"Look, i know you will tell me I have to leave her because of last night but i can't l."
"No i won't. Josie, look. Hope- she went through more grief than anyone i have ever met. She's afraid to get emotional attached with, well everyone. That's why she basically ran away last night. Because you made her feel things again. But, look at her backstory everytime she loved someone they ended up being dead. She just doesn't want you to get hurt."
"So you really think she feels the same? That she cares?"
"I think she would give up her life for you and i know that you would do the same. She will come around. Just wait."

Josie nodded. Lizzie hugged her.

As for Hope, she spent the entire day away from the school she couldn't stop thinking about Josie. She kept having flashbacks, about their day and their kiss and as much as she wanted to, she couldn't stay away from her. While she was sitting, her phone rung, it was Josie's message. She opened it.

"I don't if you will get this, i really hope you do. Look, Hope. I don't wanna break up. I don't know what happened last night but i do know that i care about you qnd i want you and im pretty sure you feel the same. Even tho you tried to push me away, but i am telling you this: i will come back every single time you push me away till you stop. I love you."

Hope started having tears during the message. That was it. She couldn't do this, she couldn't leave Josie. So during the night, Hope went to the school. She got in Josie's room. She and Lizzie were sleeping. Hope kneed next to Josie's bed. She was staring at her and then touched her little finger. Josie got scared she imedietly jumped.

"Who's their?"
"Shh,shh. It's me."

Hope whispered. Josie calmed down then.

"Hope?What are you doing here? I looked for you everywhere."

Josie whispered as she touched Hope's face.

"I don't know. I just wanted to see you."
"I don't understand. You told me that we can't be together. What are you doing now?"
"I know i did and i was being the dumbest person in this world. Look, i was wrong. I now understand that i don't know anything about anything. But one thing is clear now that i am here talking to you. I am meant to be next to you. Be with you. Because Josie, since from the very start, you gave me one option, one choice- to love you. I love you Josie Saltzman."
"Hope- i"
"You don't have to say it. You already said it once."

Josie smiled. Hope kissed her. Lizzie woke up. She saw them kissing and smiled. Then she turned around. Josie backed off.

"I gotta go, but i'll see you in the morning. Okay?"
"Yeah, yeah."