College Affair

Chapter 22

Hope's P.O.V.
When Josie called me last night, I hesitated to answer but I did in the end. It definitely made my night better hearing her voice. She managed to distract me from my thoughts again. But once we hung up, I was back to wondering what she was hiding from me. How can I be so worried about it and then hear her voice and it instantly goes away? I have to ask her what she's hiding.. whether I'm scared or not. It's the next morning and I'm just laying in bed thinking about this when I should be getting up and getting ready to spend the day with my family. I was about to get up when I heard my door open. "Hopey!" I hear and then feel two small bodies jump on me. "Hey munchkins, easy." I say, hoping they'll calm down so they don't end up hurting me because then they'll just feel bad about it. They both stopped and looked at me. "Wake up!" Nik said and I tickled him a bit. "I'm awake little dude." I said and he laughed. "You guys go and I'll get up, get changed and see you both downstairs." I tell them and they nodded. "Don't be too slow." Kayla said as she and Nik both ran out the door, probably to go wake up anyone else who isn't up yet. They are excited because we're all spending the day together. I get out of bed and jump in the shower to take a quick one. Again, I'm alone with my thoughts and of course my mind goes to Josie and what she isn't telling me. I try my best to not think about it but that was useless.

    I get out of the shower and dry myself off. Once I'm completely dry, I put on a pair of tight jeans and a top. I fix my hair and brush my teeth. I put on a bit of makeup, not too much, and head downstairs to see everyone else. It takes a bit of time before everyone was ready but once everyone was, we headed out. We all can't fit in one car so I take mine as well and of course the kids wants to ride with me. So that leaves the passenger seat and aunt Freya takes it so in case the kids need anything, they at least have one of their moms with them. Once everyone is settled in, we start driving.

    It's been a little while since we left and I've been thinking again, when I wasn't responding to the kids or something that my aunt says. "Hey beautiful, are you alright?" I hear aunt Freya ask and I glance over at her but then instantly turn my attention back to the road. "Yeah, why do you ask?" I asked her. "You just seem to be spacing out a bit." She said and I smiled softly at her. "I'm fine. Just thinking is all." I say, trying to reassure her I'm fine but I know she knows me better than that. Besides mom, aunt Freya is the one who knows me best so she knows when something is up. "About what?" I knew she would ask that. "Oh nothing. Just stressing a bit about classes." I lied. Well not really because classes are stressful but that wasn't what I was thinking about. I think she saw right through my lie but luckily she wasn't one to pry. She lets me come to her with things and not pushes me to spill my guts. "Well if you ever need to talk.. about anything, I'm always here." She said and rubbed my shoulder. I know when she said 'anything', that was her way of saying she knows it's not about school. "I know." I say softly and smiled at her.

Eventually we made it to our destination and we all got out. We spent the day, relaxing and having fun together. The thing about Josie pretty much left my mind, or so I thought, because whenever I looked at my mom, I got reminded of it because she knows what Josie isn't telling me. I keep thinking about asking her about it but I know my mother. She would just tell me that it's something Josie should tell me or to ask Josie. She would never tell me what it was, unless it was something that I deserved to know and she knew Josie wouldn't tell me. For example if she knew Josie was cheating, she would have definitely told me, even if it would hurt me. So I know it's nothing like that so that makes me feel somewhat better. Throughout the rest of the day, I tried my best to just focus on my family and spending time with them before having to go back to school tomorrow. I did get messages from Josie, saying that she hopes I'm having fun and being safe and that she misses me. I miss her too but I didn't reply to the messages. I was trying to focus on my family and if I had messaged her back and we started talking back and forth, I would just be distracted by her again. Somehow she manages to distract me from everything. Sometimes it's a good thing but sometimes it isn't because she'll even distract me while in class and she doesn't even do anything but sit next to me and jot down notes, looking all cute while being focused.