Three's a crowd.

"Morning Lizzie. How did you sleep?"

Josie POV

"Hey Josie"

"Penelope?"

I was surprised to say the least. Penelope had went to Belgium after our fight because she said she needed some space. That was 6 months ago. No messages from her and she never even checked in to see how I was doing. We had decided to take a break from each other because we were fighting all the time.

The news that Penelope was moving away with her Mom was very sudden. I had no real time to process it before she had left and I remember I was a wreck for a couple of months before I got my shit together. It was around then when I realised my love for Hope never went away so I was taken by her and was trying to get up the courage to ask her out.

Now that things with Hope were finally going in the right direction of course Penelope had to choose now to come back. 

"Hey Jo Jo. Long time no see."

"I thought you were still in Belgium. When did you get back."

"Last night. I stayed in a motel and then drove here today. My Mom is still back there but I got bored so I changed schools again. I secretly missed this place and I needed to come back here sooner than later."

"That's good. I kind of have a date right now. Can I have some time to process you being back and then we can talk properly."

I noticed the hurt on her face but she quickly changed it. 

"That's fine. Take your time. I just thought you should be one of the first people to find out that I am back. I will talk to when you are ready. I hope it is soon because I missed you a lot. See you later Josie."

"Okay. I will see you then, Penelope."

Penelope left and I closed the door.

That was weird that she chooses now to come back. I decided to forget about Penelope tonight and get finished getting ready to meet up with Hope. I grabbed my jacket and put some perfume on. Then I picked up my laptop and was out the door. 

Lizzie POV

I had made it back to school and needed something to eat. I went to the kitchen and there was a couple of girls. They saw me and headed out in with scared looks on their faces. It was then I realised that one of them was one of the girls Hope made them run around the school naked because they were making fun of me.

I smiled because Hope did that for me. I didn't even ask which felt good because someone was doing it because it was the right thing to do. Hope was really a nice person under that vibe that she gave off to people. I have seen behind the mask that Hope shows to everyone else and now I can't get enough. 

I keep smiling as I make my sandwich. 

"Hey Lizzie. You seem happy today."

I turned around. It was MG.

"Hey MG. I've just had a good day. That's all."

"Are you sure? The last time I saw you this happy was when Rafael came to the school. You wouldn't stop talking about him. Is this something similar? Have you met someone new?"

"Are you sure you don't mind talking about this with me?"

"Hey it's all good. We tried a long time ago to see if this would work between us. It didn't and that sucked. But I am over that now. I think we should both be open on talking about if we met someone new. I always talk to you about the girls I like. You can do the same for me if their is anyone you like. I mean it is only fair. Right?"