HEIR~HIZZIE

55

A MONTH LATER ~

all the mikaelsons were sitting at the dinner table, it was silent and no one knew how to address the elephant in the room, so they all stayed silent. until hope spoke up.

"Lizzie and I are together now," she said finally, looking around the table as everyone's eyes widened. after a few seconds of silence, Klaus smiled and nodded his head in approval.

"I'm glad to hear it," he said warmly before looking at his youngest sister, rebekah had gone through a hard month, getting staked whiles sleeping, awake. being poisoned and having horrible dreams, but hope thought this was all okay because of the emotional pain rebekah put her through but nobody in the family agreed.

"so..." Freya spoke looking at hope, "I don't want to sound, like your annoying aunt but, can you leave rebekah alone now?" her voice was calm and hopeful as she looked at the two of them. Kol nodded eagerly agreeing, but hope looked away before speaking up

"Sure, I will treat rebekah with nothing but respect.. even if it's not what she deserves right now."

the room went silent for a few seconds.

"that's why your my favourite niece!" Kol laughed putting his arm around hope and squeezing her, hope laughed, and all the tension that had built up in the room had now disappeared.

"I'm so glad I don't have to walk on eggshells around you, I thought you were going to blow my head off," Klaus spoke looking at hope who raised her eyebrow with a serious face that slowly turned to a smile.

"I wouldn't do that, I'm only one-third vampire after all."

Everyone laughed at her comment and the conversation changed to lighter topics.

A few weeks later Klaus put up some boundaries between hope and rebekah which slowly but surely bore fruit and eventually made them friends again.

 Hope was thankful for this because it meant she could talk to her aunt about stuff, even if she wasn't as comfortable as she use to be. it had been different with Lizzie and Caroline, they were not agreeing that Lizzie and hope should get back together and hope somewhat understood where the woman was coming from.

hope sat in her office when there was a light knock on her door, "come in!" she yelled, she waited for the door to open before she greeted the person, the blonde vampire walked in.

hope looked at the woman as she walked in and shut the door behind her, "caroline salvatore." hope looked at the woman who just sat down and looked straight at her, "so... what brings you here?" hope asked while leaning back in her chair.

 Caroline took a deep breath before she started to talk, "Lizzie." hope looked amused, "So you know, we're back together." hope knew that Lizzie had told Caroline but she liked playing dumb, "Well, I got suspicious, when she suddenly stopped crying and started being out until four in the morning." a small giggle escaped hope, "well, that does sound like your daughter, next time ill make sure she gets home at a reasonable time." caroline just looked at hope.

"you make her happy, and even though I don't agree with her getting back with you. I want her to be happy." the tribrid raised her eyebrow, "weren't you the one who told her we broke up," 

Caroline nodded, "Yes I did, and that was my mistake. I understand why Lizzie wanted to be with you, even though it wasn't the best decision for either of you. I just want her to be happy." Hope smiled at Caroline's words before she said, "I'm glad we could talk like this." Caroline nodded in agreement, "So am I."

Both women stood up before hope extended her hand for a handshake, "I look forward to seeing you around." Caroline smiled and shook her hand, "I look forward to it too." With that, they both parted ways.

As she walked out the door Hope couldn't help but think that her life was getting so much easier. 

Maybe Lizzie and Caroline weren't so bad after all. With that thought, she continued her walk home, a small smile on her face.

The End.

But it was only the beginning of something even greater...Hope had finally found acceptance from someone who used to be an adversary, and with this newfound acceptance, her relationship with Lizzie continued to grow and blossom in ways she never thought possible. From here on out, Hope knew things would only get better.

The End.