Find Hope | The Originals

Chapter 21

"Hope, get up" Theo says as he pulls back the covers on my bed.

"No" I groan rolling over. I pull a pillow over my head to block out his voice and the light in my room.

"Get up" He demands diving on to the bed beside me.

"No Theo, go home" I mutter from under my pillow. Wait, Theo?

"Theo?" I mutter.

I pull the pillow off my head and sit up. Sure enough Theo's sitting beside me leaning against the headboard of my bed on his phone.

"Morning sunshine" He smirks down at me.

"What are you doing here? You need to leave if my dad sees you up here he'll kill you, literally" I panic and jump up off my bed. I grab his wrist and pull him towards my bedroom door.

He grabs my waist and picks me up over his shoulder. He carries me back over to my bed and drops me back on to it gently. I try to get back up and he stands in front of me.

"Relax" He half laughs, "Rebekah told me to come up, she said everyone's out" He informs me.

"You could have told me that" I scoff and playfully swat his arm as he sits back down beside me.

"I would have, if you gave me a chance" He rolls his eyes.

"What are you doing here anyways?" I ask.

"You weren't answering your phone so I came over" He shrugs.

"Why?"

"Because we're getting tattoos today" He says casually.

"We are? I wouldn't be allowed" I tell him.

"Just get dressed" He rolls his eyes. I do as he says and get dressed quickly, brush my teeth and my hair then apply my makeup.

"Ready?" He asks when I come out of the bathroom. "Yep" I reply taking my phone out of his hands.

"What were you doing?" I ask out of curiosity, I don't mind that he was on my phone.

"Nothing, just taking pictures of myself and looking at your camera roll" He says.

"No! There's so many embarrassing pictures"

"Yeah, you should put a passcode on your phone" He suggests getting up from my bed. We get into Theo's car once I let Rebekah know we're leaving.

"We're not really getting tattoos, are we?" I ask.

"I am, you said you wanted one, so why not?" He asks.

"Because my mom and dad would be so mad" I tell him.

"Get a tiny one they won't see" He suggests as we pull up outside a tattoo parlour.

"So are you going to get one?" He asks.

"I don't know" I shrug, he opens the door for me and I walk inside, he follows me in and we're greeted by a man covered in tattoos.

"Hey" Theo shakes his hand.

"Do you guys both know what your getting done today?" The man asks.

"I do, my girl here isn't sure she wants a tattoo yet so she needs a bit of persuading and motivation" Theo smiles at me and I nod shyly.

"What are you into?" The man asks me, I've no idea how to answer his question. "Big tattoos, small tattoos?" He suggests ending the awkward silence.

"My parents don't know I'm getting this done, so small unnoticeable ones would be best" I tell him without thinking.

"I'm sorry I can't tattoo you without parents permission at your age" He says and I look at Theo.