The way you love
is the way I wish to be loved, but asking you to teach me
how to love is bittersweet
because I don't
want you to teach me,
I want you to share it with me
and for it to be ours.
Today was the day of the dance. The grand ball, Hope was excited yes. But she was nervous. More nervous than she had ever been in fact, for she liked Josie. She needed not an ounce of clarification, she really really liked Josie.
She had picked out a beautiful dark burgundy dress coaxed in soft sombre silk, she felt like a princess. A princess going to the dance with a queen on her arm. She felt the known fairytales in her head told to her by her father when she was a mere infant crumble away. Hope didn't want a Prince Charming, she didn't want a cliché. She wanted a forever, she wanted someone she could trust and rely on, she wanted a home; Josie felt like home. She smelt like warm cookies and cotton, felt soft like buttercream on a cake slipping past her lips, she sounded like the heavens were singing down on Hope, she looked like a vision. What she tasted like however was what Hope wished to know.
Time had now come, Hope cascaded down to Josie's room; her sparkling blue eyes scanned the door and she knocked with her soft hand. "Hey, anyone here?" She questioned. The door was swiftly open by Lizzie, "Hey Hope." She moved out of the way so Hope could come in the door, Hope looked straight ahead as a figure emerged from the door. "Jos-" Hope breathed "You look beguiling, incredible." Josie smiled, blushing shyly at Hope, "You don't look so bad yourself" Josie winked. Hope moved closer to Josie taking her hand into her own, "may I?" Josie nodded as Hope leant down to kiss the Saltzman twin on her hand. "M'lady, shall we?" Josie giggled and led Hope out of the door.
Halfway through the dance, Hope and Josie were sat down, their feet sore and tired from dancing to heavy base pop music. The current upbeat party song came to an end and a slow song began. It was 'The night we met' by Lord Huron, Hope abruptly stood up. "I love this song! Dance with me Josette?" Josie met Hopes stance as they walked to the dance floor. They danced hand in hand, at first it was soft and slow but passion built and increased. Hope pulled Josie closer, they were chest to chest, they could feel each other's hot breath coaxing their faces. "I'm sorry I can't do this" Hope cried as she realised Josie's and ran off of the dance floor. "Hope" Josie called as she followed after her.
The pair ended up back at Hopes room, Hope had locked herself in and didn't know that Josie was outside. "Hope, I don't understand let me in!" The door slowly creaked open and a tearful eyed hope pulled Josie into a tight embrace. "I'm so sorry Josie" Hope sobbed, Josie stroked the back of the Tribrids head and whispered calming words into her ear. "S'okay baby" Hope winced at the nickname and cried even more. Hope pulled away and sat on her bed, pulling Josie with her, "What's the matter, Hope? you can tell me anything." Hope shook her head "I can't Josie. Not now."
"Let's play a game Hope" Josie nodded.
"Okay, what?" Hope returned.
"Well it's not really a game but we just ask each other questions and tell each other the answers," Josie admitted.
"Okay, sure." Hope murmured,
"What scares you more than anything?" Josie asked.
"Losing my family...a-and you" Hope entertained. Josie looked back at her, shocked but she didn't say anything.
"Why are you always smiling jos?" Hope asked.
"Mostly I try to put on a bray face, but when I'm with you it's different. You make me happy, really happy." Josie smiled, Hope raised her hand to Josie's cheek. "I'm glad."
"What is your dirtiest fantasy?" Josie asked with a smirk. Hope blushed and went an extreme shade of red. "Uh, i -"
"Being with this person, this person is my world, I want to love this person forever, I want to give them my heart and for them to give me theirs. I will treat it like it was my own and I'd never break it. They make my heart go crazy and they make my emotions go in a loop. I don't know, this is cheesy." Hope admitted. "Josie I'm gay." Hope let out, crying once more. Josie pulled her in for a hug "it's okay Hope, I understand." Hope shook her head, "But you don't, no one understands. You're straight Josie."
"No I'm not" Hope looked into Josie's eyes, "what?" She stuttered. "I'm pansexual Hope, I understand you." Hope lied down on her soft bed, Josie joined beside her. They were wrapped in each other's arms, with Josie being the little spoon.
About 45 minutes later, Hope assumed that Josie was asleep so she leant over to Josie's ear and whispered "I love you Josette Saltzman" retreating with a kiss on the cheek. Hope moves away as she felt Josie turn around. "I love you too Hope Mikaelson." Hope looked at Josie with wide eyes, she reached across and stroked Josie's hair out of her face, leaning in. Their lips touched for a minute but Hope pulled away, "Is this Okay?" Hope asked. "Yes, it's more than okay." Josie admitted. Hope leaned in again and embraced Josie's lips, the kiss was sloppy, but they liked it as it was theirs. It was their moment, their time. Josie ran her tongue along Hopes lip, but then she pulled away. "I'm not ready for y'know. But I really wanna kiss you more" Hope nodded "Neither am I, but we will go slowly. We'll take it as it comes, wherever this goes, it needs to be based on communication." Josie agreed. "I'll start with some Honesty, I love you Hope, now I'm not sure whether it is love or whether it's just liking you but I do love you Hope and I not sure whether this will turn into anything or what the future will hold. But I want to try." Josie concluded "I want to try aswell Josie, more than anything else in the world." Hope leaned over and kissed Josie. "I love you cutie." Josie smiled and kissed Hope back.
It was the shy of the morning, Hope and Josie were still laying in bed when Hope got a call from her aunt Freya. "Hello?"
"Hope you need to come home." Freya added, "it's your mother, she didn't make it Hope."
Hopes face was flabbergasted with sadness, she roared out crying her eyes out. "Hope? What happened are you-" Josie quickly arose "MY MOTHER IS DEAD" Hope cried out louder and louder. "Josie, I need to go home."
