Pretender (Posie)

Chapter 17

Penelope and I pulled up to my childhood home. It looked the same with some new  adaptations to the front yard. It has been a long time since I've been here but it still feels like home. It's been years since I've been here. My dad told me and Lizzie to never to come back here. I was so stuck in my thoughts that I didn't even realize that I was crying until Penelope grabbed my hand. "All the memories I have here, I wanted to take you here because this is where I grew up. It's not that big of a place but it was my home for more than half of my life... Until my mom died." I started to sob at the memories and how I'll never be able to make anymore again.

"Josie..." She pulled me into a hug and started to rub my back, "Hey, I'm here and I'm not going to leave you ever."

"...I'm n-never gonna-see her a-again," I cried. It was just so overwhelming. She had passed away a few years ago but that doesn't mean that it doesn't hurt. I needed to get out of this neighborhood it hurt me to look at it now. It's no wonder why dad sold it.
My legs couldn't support me anymore and I collapsed. I was so vulnerable and Penelope was comforting me even though she had lost a parent herself. She was so strong. I don't think I could've handled it if my dad was murdered. She didn't say anything for the next few minutes and just allowed me to cry on her shoulder. I didn't want to say anything either, I thought that I could handle coming back here but I just couldn't, it was too hard. 

"Can we leave?" I paused, "Please."

"Yes of course...Do you want to go get something to eat?"

I nodded.

Penelope helped me get up and we walked to her bike. She asked me if I wanted to drive and I told her that she should. I put on my helmet and wrapped my arms around her waist as we drove off.

(With Hope and Lizzie)

"I promise that I won't do anything with him..." Lizzie looked at Hope unconvinced, "I love you Lizzie, why would I do that to you?"

"You also loved Landon before he broke you heart," Lizzie looked down at the floor. She had to be honest she was scared that if Hope went on that date with Landon then she would go back to him.

"I only dated him so that I could get over you!" Hope admitted. It was true Hope didn't want to have the feelings that she had for Lizzie when Lizzie started dating Raf.

"What?" Lizzie asked curiously. She didn't know that.  She thought that Hope actually liked Landon which she did but only after they started dating.

"Lizzie when you started dating Raf it- it broke me, I couldn't deal with the fact that the girl that I was in love with was dating another person. Why did you think I was "sick" for a week after you two got together?" Hope looked Lizzie in the eyes.

"Hope..." Lizzie didn't know what to say.

"Because I couldn't handle it!"

"You started to date Landon right around the same time that Raf and I got together-" Lizzie was cut off.

"Because I was trying to convince myself that I wasn't in love with you Liz, that I only liked boys, but I don't only like boys, I like girls too, more specifically I like you."

"Hope, I like you too."

"That's not the point Liz,"She said.

"I know, I promise I will break up with Raf after homecoming."

"I know, but I have to go with Landon and I know that he isn't only going to use this against us once. He's going to make sure that he abuses this power."

"Homecoming is in a month, it's only going to be until then."

"He can do a lot until then," Hope said starting the car,

"Just don't let him make you do anything okay, I care about you more then my stupid reputation, okay?"

"Okay," Hope agreed.

"...Do you want to go to the diner before I drop you off?"

"Yes I would love that."

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(Ignore this)
(my brother wrote this, I am so so sorry)

"I really don't like you Hope, I'm so sorry, I love Rafael with all my heart," Lizzie said.

"It's okay I am SUPER straight, I love Landon and will ALWAYS be straight," Hope said.

"Yeah I don't like girls either, I will ALWAYS be straight!" Lizzie said.

"Yeah... I... AM... STRAIGHTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT," Hope said, "I'm going to go kiss Landon now, because i'm straight, byeeeeeee!
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Anyway thank you for reading that and if you did whatever my brother wrote which I could probably do something with. Also I know this is a Posie thing but Hizzie's story in this is really easy to write. Also last nights episode was interesting like two Landons but let's be honest here we had a Handon moment and a Hosie moment and it was amazing. Okay that's all thank you.