AfterShocks

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Freya makes an annoyed face at Rebekah as she fills her plate

"You didn't even bring anything back" he whines .

"Just had to check something out"  Rebekah pours wine into her glass.

"You look like hell" he sips his wine and chuckles .

"Kol leave it" Marcel defends.

"I'm just saying my posh sister never looks messy in our 1000 years on this earth."

"Kol" Marcel warns.

"What did I say?" He seems genuinely confused

"Jesus bloody christ Kol" Rebekah gets up from the table and wads then throws her cloth napkin on the table "I don't want to be here when you tell him."

"You think I want to?!" Freya seems to hiss.

"Everyone take a seat let's just calm down" Keelin gets up.

"What are you talking about" he sets his glass down with a clatter  and Davina reaches for his hand to hold.

"Do you think I want to be the one to see the life drain from everyone's face when I tell them. You don't get to just leave and let me do this alone." She looks so incredibly hurt. "Do you know how hard it is to say every time and every time it becomes so much more real. If you're doing this to punish me for this just tell, tell me!" She slams her napkin on the table knocking her glass over as Keelin holds her to try to keep her steady.  "Every-time I say it I know it's my fault. I play it back every time all of the things I did to lead here. She almost died and it was all my fault for taking that stupid medication." She starts crying

Kol looks anxiously between Freya and Rebekah. Rebekah swiftly walks around the table and tightly hugs her older sister. "It's not your fault. I want you to feel well and be here and those pills make it so you can. It's not your fault. I don't blame you." She lets her sister cry in her arms. "I'm not leaving. I'll say it."

"Screw this" I stand up and throw my napkin on my plate. "This is my mess-"

"Hope-" Rebekah start trying to hold my hand from behind freya.

"I was molested by my schools headmaster and I tried to overdose on the medicine cabinet, fucking surprise." I'm left breathless by my own admission. Freya was right this takes a lot out of you

Everyone including Freya seems just completely trapped in shock.

"I need to go" I feel tears start welling in my eyes and I want to leave before they show up.  I quickly walk out the front door wiping my eyes with my hands.

"Hope please stop." Keelin, Freya, and Rebekah follow me.

" Just leave me alone." My voice effected by my tears.

"Please just come here and let us be here for you. You don't need to run anymore." Rebekah stops

I stand still.

"I can come to you" Rebekah offers and I reach my hand backwards waiting for her to accept it.

As soon as our hands collide she pulls me into a hug.

"I miss my mom" I sob into her shoulder. "I don't want to do this anymore."

"Hope-" she starts.

"I don't want to anymore. I just want to be with my mom and dad. I just want to sleep and not wake up. I don't want to be in pain." I sob.

She rocks me side to side. I feel her tears fall into my hair

"Please Hope I don't want to lose anyone else. Please stay for me." Freya shakes and cries. "I just got my family back."