Friends don't get to do this (Hosie)

Part 4

AN: Here it is! The long-awaited final part of this looooong oneshot! I mean it's obviously not a oneshot anymore butttt you know, it's the general idea that I'm talking about. Well, less talking and more reading I guess! I hope you guys enjoy the ending and the fact that this is the longest part of them all!

- B

The two had been running for a bit now and Josie didn't understand why they were headed toward the Old Mill but with her hand still intertwined with Hope's, there wasn't much she could do about her situation.

While Josie was left to a whole load of confusion little did she know Hope was in a lot more than she was. She didn't know what she was doing. What had just happened? Why did she have a sudden urge to kiss Josie? They were friends and just that. She needed to stop reading into things.

This wasn't supposed to be happening so she panicked. Doing what she does best, Hope ran away from the situation and decided to just proceed on their previous endeavors before Lizzie left them in that odd predicament. Now, she was doing it in the most abrupt fashion but the spell she had mentioned was actually tucked away in a loose board at the Old Mill which was why they were running in that direction.

"Um, Hope!" Josie yelled out as she continued to be yanked forward, trying her best not to slip up and fall, which Hope, undoubtingly would probably catch her before she hit the ground but that wasn't the point.

The tribrid didn't stop at the calling of her name but instead, she kept her eyes forward and gripped onto Josie's hand a bit tighter.

"What is going on and why are we running so fast toward the Old Mill?" Hope didn't answer right away but just then they arrived at their destination and Hope halted to a stop. Josie not being prepared for that ran right into the shorter girl who stumbled backward, catching Josie in her arms. At this once again unforeseen closeness Hope jumped back, letting go of Josie.

It was obvious that something was up because up until a few moments ago Hope was okay but now, she was being very odd and more out of character than usual. Josie wasn't sure if it was because of Lizzie or if Hope was starting to get tired of hanging out with her but her insecurities started to seep in.

"Hope," The younger girl's voice was soft, scared that she could be right. But before Josie could get answers the older girl leaned down and pulled out a piece of paper from the floorboard.

"This is it!" Hope held the paper up in front of Josie's face a bit too enthusiastically. "This is my aunt Freya's spell that I was telling you about." The tribrid bit her bottom lip in hopes that this would be enough of a distraction for Josie to let go of whatever she was trying to say. One thing Hope was great at was avoiding things and the last thing she wanted right now was to talk about what had happened.

It appeared that Josie was picking up the hint and decided to drop it. If Hope wasn't leaving then there was no reason for her to give her a reason to leave. Maybe if they both pretended it was all fine it would be fine?

"Oh, great!" Josie managed to muster up a smile to hide what she was feeling. Hiding her true feelings was something the siphoner witch excelled at.

"C'mon let's go," Hope hesitated a moment before she took ahold of Josie's hand again. "We've got a couple of vampires to knock out." Josie stole a glance at their folded together hands, unsure what to make of it but at this point, she was back to being her submissive self so she let the older girl call the shots.

Hope took a step out of the abandoned building but before she could get any further Josie paused. "Wait, please tell me we're not running again because I think you're forgetting only one of us has supernatural stamina." This earned a breath of a chuckle from Hope. She had indeed forgotten that the younger girl could only run half a mile before losing her breath.