The whole car ride I can't talk it's like I'm frozen. Until he pulls into a McDonald's and in-between ordering and getting food he tries to make conversation.
"We should probably take that arrow out before we get back" he chuckles and goes to grab the arrow but I full body flinch before he can get to my leg.
"Hey come on Hope" he holds down my thigh and rips the arrow out while I lean my head back against the seat and try not to make a noise.
"I hope you know I got you your usual order." He smiles at me.
I jam my finger into the arrow wound that was trying to close.
"Here" I nod at him and look in the bag.
"What do you say" he grabs my chin.
"Thank you Dr. Saltzman."I refuse to make eye contact with him.
I pull the napkins out of the bag and start jamming them into the hole in my leg.
For the rest of the ride I kind of just tried to distract myself by looking out the window but that made me too nervous that he was going to try something.
At around 6 we were back at the school. When we get there Caroline is there waiting. She walks up to the car.
"Thank god you found her" Caroline lifts me out of the car.
I dig my fingers into Caroline trying not to scream over the throbbing pain in my leg.
"Help help help" I start mumbling into her shoulder over and over.
She lifts up my head and I'm in tears and the skin around my eyes looks swollen and stained red.
"I'm going to help Hope upstairs." Caroline looks down at me.
We both slowly trudge up the stairs and she takes me too my room that Alaric's placed me in so he can check on my in the middle of the night.
"Why do you smell like blood?" She ask trying to figure out where smell is coming from.
"He..He shot me" my face starts contorting and I start crying and wrap my arms around my chest trying to stop my shaky breaths. I wipe my eyes and start to really feel the knot in my throat "I wanted you to believe me" warm tears drip out of my eyes as I start pulling the wadded up napkins out of the hole in my leg.
"Oh my god" she bends down and looks at the massive hole in my leg.
"I'm sorry for running away I won't do it again" I start crying harder "I'm sorry for being selfish and stupid I shouldn't have run away" I keep crying
"Hey it's okay Hope" she tries to calm me down.
"I'm not trying to ruin your life"
"Where would you get an idea like that hope " she lifts up my face "I'll chase you down every time you run off because you're like a daughter to me Hope and you not feeling good and trying to do the best you can to cope with that even if there way better methods too could never destroy my life."
"Caroline"
"What"
" I need help" I shake "I can't do this anymore"
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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...
