The bus driver shot me a considered look as I was paying my fee. The bus floor was gross, cold, and sticky on my bare feet. I know I must have stepped in or on something but I'm honestly too afraid to look.
"Just got on the bus" I whisper into my phone
The other passengers are pretending not to look at me. I know I look a little rough. My eyes have dark rings around them and it looks like I've been crying. My teeth chatter from the nervousness I've felt in for hours and the nervousness I feel by having everyone's eyes on me. I start picking at my bug bites trying to calm myself down. I know Caroline can hear my teeth chattering through the phone. I try to stop by biting down on my lips it helps but I know I'll leave two big cuts on my lips. I anxiously look around the bus hopping the ride to mystic falls goes quicker. I count over and over in my mind trying to make time pass quicker. I hang up to save battery after 30 minutes. Then the bus finally arrives back in mystic falls I practically sprint off the bus running in front of other passengers and pedestrians. I didn't want to go back to the school until Caroline gets back from her business trip.
I consider texting Caroline and asking for a place to stay. After a couple minutes of anxiously staring at my phone I text and ask her if she has a spare key to her house or something because I don't want to explain to Alaric why I've been gone"
I see the text bubbles appear and reappear twice which makes me nervous to read her message.
"Josie has a key but she's in a class right now but she can bring by a house key"
"Please I don't want Josie to see me like this I'm a bit of a mess right now, how close are we you?" I message
I nervously swipe up on my phone just refreshing over and over until her next message pops up "I'll be back around five, Elena Salvatore is across the street and eight doors down her house has a big green door and blue car in the driveway. She's working from home today on patient records and she said she wouldn't mind if you kept her company and Josie can unlock house at lunch because 'I forgot my key' so she wouldn't even have to know ,and then you can go and make yourself comfortable and I'll be back with dinner."
"Thank you." I take a deep breath.
"No problem, I'm just glad you called I worry about you." She replies. " please know you can always call we don't have to talk about it until you want to and I'm always here to give you solutions or help, please stay safe dear." She hangs up and I slowly trudge over to Elena's house.
I've talked to her a couple times and seen her at events but usually we just made awkward eye contact like what do you do when your family has committed atrocities towards another's like sorry about your Aunt my bad or actually my dads bad.
I knock on her door gingerly part of me hoping she doesn't open it but she opens it.
"Hello Hope" she smiles sweetly at me.
"Hello" I shift balance for foot to foot.
"Come in" she smiles
"Do I need to take my shoes..." In all the shock I forgot I wasn't wearing shoes. She noticed too.
"What happened?" She asks looking at my feet and then up at me. I don't answer and I look away.
"I'm fine " I look around at anything other then her.
"Caroline didn't tell me why you were coming over but if you need me to call someone?" She asks.
"No, I'm fine" I feel a burning in my head like almost like a fever burning hotter and hotter. My lungs were emptying and I couldn't fill them up. It almost felt like a panic attack but it felt different it felt like my entire body was just shutting down on me.
"Help" I blurt out reaching for Elena's arms.
She runs over lifts me up as my knees go weak. My eyes roll back into my head and I can't control they just keep rolling up as far as they can. My eyelids blink while I try to get any control of them. My neck starts almost bending and I start flopping almost like a fish. It's like electricity is shooting through my body. My body goes weak it hurts to even be partially standing up I lower my head.
"It's okay" Elena lowers me to the ground and I release a groan the light burning my eyes.
"Lights" I cry squirming around on the ground clenching my fists fighting to regain control of my body.
She cups her hands I've my eyes blocking out the light while tilting me on my side with her other.
"It's okay just try to breathe" she rubs my back checking my pulse.
"It's going to be okay"
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Animals (sequel out)
FanfictionAlarics treatment of hope this year is worse to the point where Hope just takes his constant abuse. She wants to tell Caroline,Josie, or someone but she feels like it's just punishment for her defiance and if she did tell it would tear Josie's life...
