Legacies - "A Cruel Summer"

Chapter 10 - „Hope Marshall"

Josie smiled, grinned and looked deep into my eyes. It felt like it was just me and her for a few moments. Everything around me disappeared and I didn't pay attention to anything or anyone else, except for Josie who was still looking at me. We even forgot, that Lizzie could watch us the whole time.

Lizzie's POV

I smirked, when I saw how close Hope and Josie were. I bet, that nobody from both of them makes the next move, because both of them are scared to feel anything again. My sister is too scared to get hurt again and Hope doesn't want to admit, that her heart wants something new, but I think her brain says, that she should take care of herself, because of everything what happened to her and her brain is fighting with her heart all the time. After Landon's death it was a really hard time for her and I totally get that she thinks she doesn't need someone, but these days are telling me otherwise. She likes my sister more than anyone else in the world besides me, her family, my dad and soon probably my mother. I mean.. I still don't know if the feeling would be mutual and if my sister really wants to fall again for anyone after everything what also happened to her, but if.. Hope would be better than anyone else. I know that I said, that the two of them would never happen, but now a few years later I can totally say, that Hope would be the best option from all.

I pulled out my polaroid camera and made a few pictures of them. Should I interrupt them again? No, I'm not doing that. They can continue with flirting and almost kissing. I left them flirting with each other and searched for the girl who invited me. When I found her I walked over to her and tapped her on the shoulder. She turned around and smiled when she saw me. „Hey, you really came, huh? Did you invite your friends too?".

„Of course, they're here too, but I didn't want to interrupt their flirting. There is this big thing between them and Josie would literally kill me."

I mean technically I'm already
dead, but I can't say that.

The girl laughed because of me. „So, you haven't really said your name."

I gave her my hand. „I'm Elizabeth Jenna Saltzman. My friends are calling me Lizzie. But I'm not from here. I'm visiting my sister Josie here over the summer vacation. She's also at your Academy for girls."

„Josie Saltzman? I know her. She once helped me with something."

„Yeah, my sister wants to help everyone. That's her 'style'. She just can't not help another person, but I love her more than anything in the world. What's your name?"

„My name is Taylor Watson. You said that you're also here with a friend, right? How's he?"

„Oh, you think it's a boy. Actually it's a girl. Her name is Hope..". I don't know if I can say her full name here. I mean nobody should know her here, but you never know. I will just use the name from her mother Hayley.

„...Marshall." It sounds so weird, because Mikaelson sounds so much better, but I can't risk it.

„A nice name. Hope, like the hope who breeds internally misery?"

„Yeah, but her name has a different story. She's amazing. You should know her, but just not right now, because she's a little bit too drunk and she's not like herself at the moment."

„A good friend said to me, that if you're drunk, you're technically more yourself than you think. Your feelings are more stable and they are willing to take the risk more."

She handed me a bottle of wine.

„Well that's kinda true. But I don't want to interrupt them. They're happy for once and I don't want to take that away from them. They deserve happiness after 3-4 really bad years."