Maybe, Someday (Hosie, Legacies)

[03] Let Me In || Part-1

Hope had never been a morning person, so when her alarm went off she had no desire to actually get up. She could skip a day of school, right? It had been a while since she was delinquent in that way. Hope actually enjoyed learning and was doing quite well in almost all of her classes. Although, she enjoyed some more than others, she did appreciate the value in all of them. But that didn't mean she had to suddenly appreciate mornings. Instead of even attempting to silence her dreadful alarm, she snuggled closer into the warmth beside her.

When she inhaled Josie's scent, her eyes immediately popped open and she remembered not only where she was; but all of the events of last night. She fought the flush tinting her cheeks as she blindly dug her phone out of her pocket and silenced the alarm. With bated breath, she waited for Josie to move or even Lizzie. But nothing happened. So she tightened her grip on the brunette next her her, she inhaled deeply and felt calm. Her eyes fell back shut almost instantly.

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Something was intruding on Hope's precious slumber. She was having the best dream and something...no, someone was interrupting it.

"Michaelson! Wake the hell up!"

"Hmmmm." She nuzzled into soft hair that smelled so much like Josie it made her smile.

Then her eyes flew open. She surveyed her surroundings until her eyes fell on a disgruntled looking Lizzie Saltzman.

"Lizzie?"

"Don't act all cute and innocent. I assumed when you stayed the night last night that you'd have been smart enough to get out of here before everyone in the school was awake. If you get caught for breaking curfew, I am not going down with you."

"Relax. Or you'll wake Josie." Hope prompted. "Besides, I can just grab something of hers and walk to breakfast with you all. No one has to know."

Lizzie narrowed her eyes at the other girl. "You say that like you've had a bit of practice. Do you make a habit of staying the night in random people's dorm rooms?"

Hope rolled her eyes and regrettably detached herself from Josie's grasp, although she didn't actually make a move to leave the bed. She pulled her phone back out and looked at the time. Shit, she really did sleep in longer than she meant to. What happened to the alarm she set last night?

"Well...." Lizzie stomped her foot waiting for an answer.

Hope raised an eyebrow. "You really need me to answer that?"

Immediately, Lizzie looked a bit uncertain and far less aggressive. "I mean, yeah?"

The tribrid huffed loudly. "First of all, Josie isn't a random person. And neither are you for that matter. Do you really think that I am the kind of person who makes this..." She gestured between her and Josie where there was barely space between their bodies. "A habit? I didn't have any friends up until a few weeks ago. Who the hell would I have made this a habit with?"

She whispered yelled at Lizzie and it made the other girl wince in return.

"So...you and Landon?"

"Never."

"You and Roman?"

"God, no. You do know that he was the one who was mostly responsible for the death of my mother right. So...worst first kiss ever."

Lizzie seemed to calm a bit more as her features softened. "And...Rafael."

"Really? He already had you and Josie fighting over him, I didn't want to touch that with a ten foot pole."