Severity

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It's a week after the twins birthday and the Mikaelson family had returned after Josie sent an invitation about her baby shower. Only Keelin knew the results while Rebekah and Freya decorared. Hope has been nagging about the whole thing because she claimed that her wolf needed the answers. The Mikaelsons and the supersquad were helping setting up when Josie walks in and captured many of their attention.

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"White is definitely your color." Freya compliments as she carries some gifts to a table with her magic.

"Thank you, it's the only thing that fit me right now." Josie smiled then turned around after hearing approaching footsteps.

"He—hey Josie, do you need anything?" Landon wondered nervously, scratching the back of his neck.

"Beat it Landon." Hope appears drawing Josie's attention.

"Hope." She gave Hope a warning tone.

"Hm?" Hope hummed, looking at Josie, her eyes turning fully gold.

"No jealous wolfy." Josie tapped Hope's nose making the auburn's face scrunch up and she opened an eye.

"I'm not jealous." She huffed and Lizzie walked by with a smirk.

"Sure jan." The blonde whispers and Hope gave her a glare.

"Hopey you should be helping with the set up, and Landon I would take some water thank you." Josie ushered Hope to a different room and seen boy-boy, boy-girl and girl-girl shirts plastered on tables. "Pick." The brunette gestures and Hope grabbed the boy-girl shirt.

"I wasn't jealous." Hope informs.

"Mhm." Josie hums examining the designs of the shirts.

"I wasn't." Hope frowns.

"I agree with your choice." Josie ushered towards the shirt and Hope crosses her arms.

"Josie." She grumbles.

"Hm?" Josie hums again.

"Don't change the subject." Hope urged.

"What are you trying to prove to me?" Josie rose an eyebrow and Hope kept quiet, not having an answer.

Josie picked up a yellow and red marker and made stripes on Hope's face.

"Why?" The auburn asks and Josie giggles.

"Because I can." She shrugs and drew a yellow heart on her left cheek. "Since I'm wearing red lipstick I don't need red on my face. But you can do with a little more." Josie closed the cap on the yellow marker and Hope shakes her head.

"No more markers." She rejects.

Josie rose an eyebrow then set the marker down but grabbed Hope's jaw and smashed her lips on Hope's neck. After a long and lingering kiss on Hope's neck, Josie pulls away, wiping her mouth with a smile at her accomplishment.

"Uh...here's your water." Landon spoke catching both of their attentions and Josie flashed him a bright smile.

"Thank you Lan. Now that you have your shirt Hopey, go help with the set up." Josie ushers Hope out of the room while Hope groans and complies. Landon watch the duo cautiously unsure if what he saw was romantic or friendly, he hopes for the latter. No pun intended. After everything is set up, Josie goes up on the small stage and grabs the microphone. "Hello everyone, welcome to my baby shower! If you are here then I consider you all family and I'm happy to share this huge news with you all. If I start crying, it's the hormones." Josie passes the microphone to Hope who takes it confusingly then turns to the small crowd of people.

"Uh...I'm just the dad I guess?" She says and Josie rolled her eyes playfully while everyone else laughs.

"You are so bad at this." Josie takes the microphone back.

"I am no public speaker." Hope frowns.

"Hey Josie?" Lizzie sings and Josie tilts her head at her sister.

"Yes Lizzie?" Josie mimics Lizzie's action.

"Is that kiss mark from you?" Lizzie smirks and Josie rolls her eyes yet again.

"Anyways! Let's do this reveal!" Josie set the microphone down and walk behind a table with mixtures for a potion on it.

"I'm having déjà vu." Hope sighs and Josie giggles.

"Do you want to take the lead Mikaelson?" She asks in a teasing manner.

"No let's do it together." Hope shakes her head with a small smile.

"Alright, step number 1..." Josie read the instructions and they began to mix up the potion.

Once they are on their final step, they both throw in the final ingredient then next minute a large cloud of orange crowds the air. The smoke clears and reveals the word, 'It's a BOY and a GIRL!' Everyone erupts in cheers while Hope held a shock expression and Josie was in tears.

"We are having a boy and a girl, our little prince and princess." Hope kisses Josie belly and Josie pulls her into a hug.

Freya decided to not ruin their little moment because of the fact that they still do not know the DNA of the other parent. After a quick clean up spell, the group of people went to feast and sat down at the many tables with a plates full of food. Josie sat with Mikaelsons because Hope sat with the them and the twins clearly did not want to not be near the auburn. They got real kicky whenever Hope was 10 feet away.

"So Hope. Are you planning on taking care of the twins after they are born?" Rebekah wondered.

"I'll tell you this now...If those babies come out with bright blue eyes or with my hair color then the answer is immediately yes." Hope shrugs.

"When I give birth and my aunts give you one or both twins, check their back for your birthmark." Josie instructs and Hope kept that in mind.

"To be honest, I hope they are mine, no pun intended. If they are mine then they can conquer that thing easily and I can help Josie take care of them without having the mission of finding out which wolf is the other parent on my mind. It would just make things easier." She explains.

"Those babies would look so beautiful." Freya smiled softly.

"Don't say things like that, it'll make me cry." Josie held back tears and Hope shakes her head then rubbed Josie's back.

"Honestly, this whole thing is a waiting game. It still doesn't make sense as to why there hasn't been a monster to show up." Hope let out a heavy breath then Josie felt a ping in her back making her jump up.

Everyone looks at her confused and in concern but she looks behind her confused.

"Did you touch me with your ring?" Josie asked.

"My ring is on my right hand, I touched you with my left." Hope showed the brunette.

"I felt something like hit my back, can you check?" Josie gestured and Hope nodded.

"Yeah yeah of course." She stood up and went behind the taller girl.

"Are the babies alright?" Davina wondered.

"They feel fine, it was just weird." Josie feels Hope pulling down her zipper.

"Aunt bex, cover her chest." Hope instructs and Rebekah nods, doing exactly as told.

Hope reveals Josie's backside and her wolf eyes flash slightly.