A basis of life is built on death,
We live to die.
At least that's the view of some.
Some view life as a take each day as it comes, or live life in the moment. But some cannot help resist but think about or fear death, for death is the unknown and the unknown attracts people, intrigues them.
A lot of people wonder what happens after death, is there an afterlife? One shan't know unless they die; people are not born to die, no matter the length of their lives people are born to live, to thrive on this planet and to make peace with the world. And some, some want to watch the world burn.
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It was a summers night at the Salvatore boarding school for the young and gifted. Life is rich, love is poor. Teenagers playing with hearts like a puppet master with a set of strings. On and off like a light switch, for love was easy. Love is never easy, if it is, then clearly it is not love.
Hope Mikaelson
The daughter of the great powerful original hybrid Niklaus Mikaelson and werewolf alpha, Hayley Marshall. Hope had been at the Salvatore School for a few years now, dabbling in an out of short live romances, experimenting with her youth and trying new things. Hopes relationships were not enough, she was trying to fill a void, a void of her parents, they died when she was 15. Being an orphan at 15 took a toll, yes she had her aunts and uncles but they weren't her parents, she craved love but she was too scared of it.
Josette Saltzman
Josette (Josie) saltzman, an ordinary witch. Uh kinda. She's a Siphoner, meaning she gets her magic from objects and can do it herself. She is the daughter of Alaric Saltzman and Josette Laughlin. Technically anyway. However, Josette was stabbed and killed by her brother Kai, so Josie and her twin sister Lizzie were implanted into Caroline Forbes. She and Alaric raised them as their own and they now go to the Salvatore Boarding School. Josie's love-life is also pretty messy. Her relationship with Penelope Park was bumpy and rocky. When they were happy, they were reaaaally happy. When they were low, they were reaaaally low. So their relationship ended, leaving Josie heartbroken. She also dabbled around with crushes, acquiring one on rafael waife, a fellow student at the school. However she let her sister have dibs. She also had a childhood crush on Hope Mikaelson but I'll get to that. Josie also craved love like hope, she wasn't scared of it, just cautious. She didn't want another broken heart, she couldn't take another.
Elizabeth Saltzman
Lizzie has the same birth story as Josie, so no need to repeat. Nevertheless, their love-lives have been different. Lizzie had issues, dark issues. She knew she needed help, even from when she was little, but she never knew how to ask for it. So she exploded. Josie told her that hope was spreading rumours about Lizzie being "witch bipolar" Lizzie was outraged by these remarks, so decided she despised Hope.
Lizzie didn't know how to love, she felt it. God she felt it, she just didn't know where to feel it. She tried rafael, but he didn't feel it for her, she's tried a lot but no one can reciprocate. Other than one Milton greasley, but he wasn't really lizzie's type per say.
Penelope park
Penelope Park, "evil one", "Satan". Any name with any correlation to evil, Penelope Park was called. She's josie's evil ex. Breaking up with Josie is her biggest regret of her life, but it was for the best. Josie Saltzman put everyone's needs before her own, Penelope couldn't deal with the pain, she didn't want to see Josie suffer in the shadow of her sister. And eventually it broke her heart, she was josie's first love, Josie still loves her. But she moved to Belgium with her parents as Josie gave her no other reason but to leave, as again, it was for the best.
Where it started
Hope Mikaelson, known then as Hope. Marshall, had freshly turned 14, and Josie and Lizzie were 13 [I know they are 2 years younger than Hope but but for the purpose of this they are only 1 year younger] Josie and Hope had some classes together and Josie decided that she wanted to have a sleepover with Hope, her first sleepover without Lizzie.
It was fresh noon, and Josie had stepped into her math class. She strapped over to Hope and sat in the seat next to her,
"Hey Josie"
Hope smiled with glee at the girl beside her.
"Hi hope, I was wondering if you wanted to have a sleepover, but I want a sleepover just us without Lizzie so if it is okay, can we have a sleepover in your room?"
Hope smiled at Josie's cute rambling, and quickly nodded.
"Of course we can jos, come at 5pm with the things you need."
Josie fist-bumped the air with joy and hope happily beamed at her. They went about their math class, occasionally stealing glances from eachother, they both pinned after one another, but both to afraid to admit their feelings. Their teacher was boring and they both clearly had no idea what was happening, but they were both so besotted that they didn't really care.
1:2
Later that day, Josie rushes over to hopes room abruptly knocking on her hard door. The door softly opened and a pair of beautiful bright blue eyes followed with it.
"Hi Josie come in"
Josie shuffles through the door with all of her belongings and smiled at Hope.
"Thank you hope."
Hope nodded with an empathetic tone,
"S'okay jos."
They both made their way over to hopes bed to sit down.
"So, what'd you wanna do?" Hope asked,
"Let's play truth or dare" Josie enthusiastically squealed.
"Okay, Josie. Truth or dare?"
Josie took a moment to think and then smirked "dare!"
"I dare you to scream out of the window" Josie nodded and scurried to the window undoing the latch and forcing it open, proceeding to scream at the top of her lungs earning some odd looks from students passing by the grounds outside.
"Hope, truth or dare?"
Hope thought about doing a dare, she did. But she was intrigued to find out what some truths between the young friends would unveil.
"Truth"
Josie frowned as to say that hope was boring.
"Um..do you have a crush?" Hope blushed, being put on the spot and stuck on her words "I'm not sure?" She questioned. Josie frowned back clearly confused,
"Have you ever kissed a girl?" Josie quickly follows, causing hope to blush further. Hope shook her head, "I've never kissed anyone".
Josie looked into hopes eyes and began to lean in, Hope hadn't realised what was happening until she head the door slam open "Hope, Josie. It's time for dinner!" Alaric alerted. Fuck thought Hope.
Josette Saltzman is her first crush.
