Maybe, Someday (Hosie, Legacies)

Just Friends || Part 2

About ten minutes later she received a text from Lizzie.

Thank you.

She smiled to herself. The blonde had been awake for at least part of that conversation. It must have been frustrating for Lizzie though, knowing that Josie barely spoke three words to her and yet held a long and deeply sincere conversation with Hope. She felt bad for the other girl.

You're welcome.

I hope she takes my advice and talks to you in the morning.

So do I.

Astral projection, huh?

I happen to like the idea.It's a good one.

I think so too.

Josie was right. You're one of the good ones, Hope.

That's high praise coming from you.

Yeah, well, it's all you're getting.I'll take it.

Goodnight Mikaelson.

Bye Saltzman.

Hope didn't even realize she missed lunch and the period after, but she also didn't care at all. Josie talked to her. They were still okay. Instead of going to her next class, she went to speak with Alaric.

"I'm guessing your request to visit your aunt has something to do with trying to learn how to use astral projection."

"How did you know?"

He sighed loudly and even produced a slight smile on her otherwise overstressed face.

"Josie actually texted me. I've been trying to get her to respond all week, and then suddenly out of the blue she texted me. About 10 minutes before you walked in. She wanted to make sure that if you did use magic in school, outside of a classroom, she wanted to make sure I understood why and didn't expel you."

Hope couldn't help smiling. "She said that?"

He leaned forward across his desk and studied her face. "Caroline said she hasn't so much as looked at her or Lizzie all week, but that she is glued to her phone when she talks to you. What's going on between you and my daughter?"

Hope shrugged. "We're friends. And I've been through Hell in my lifetime, as you are well aware, so I guess Josie just figures that if anyone could understand what she might be dealing with, it's me. Or maybe she knows that I might be the only person who will never judge her or who will never get scared away by whatever demons she may have."

He narrowed his eyes at her. It was as if he was scrutinizing her words for their verity. "Josie is a kind-hearted selfless girl, and yes, she got buried alive and almost died...but I don't understand...what demons could she have? I get that she's traumatized and haunted by what happened, but Josie..."

"Josie is a pure-hearted person who was forced to basically kill her birth mother, the love of your life. How well do you think she can handle that?"

Alaric's eyes widened and his mouth dropped open. He closed it as he swallowed harshly and shook his head as if to clear his mind.

"Has she told you this stuff or are you making assumptions?"

She raised an eyebrow at him questioningly. "Are you saying that she and Lizzie didn't kill your wife?"

"She was already dead. She...they just returned her...they didn't kill Josette."