Life In Mystic Falls

Chapter 7

Two days before school starts again, Hope Mikaelson sits in her dorm room at the Salvatore School for the Young & Gifted, she'd spent the past few hours unpacking the stuff she brought from the Mikaelson Manor and organising everything. When her suitcase is empty and the tribrid's tired of moving her belongings around, she leaves her room and begins walking down the hall. Once she finds the door, she's looking for, she knocks and takes a step back, waiting for the person on the other side to open it.

"Hey," Landon greets, causing a bright smile to spread across Hope's face.

"Hi," Hope pulls her boyfriend down for a quick kiss, "so, are you going to invite me in?"

Landon steps back and opens the door wider and with a grin asks, "would you like to come in?"

"I thought you'd never ask," Hope says sarcastically as she walks into the room and points to the two beds. "Which one's yours?"

"The left," he replies, watching as she walks across the room, leans back on the mattress and looks around the room. She's shocked to see the room is surprisingly tidy, all the clothes he brought with him put away in the dresser or closet, a guitar sitting in a stand near the desk and on old, worn out notebook on the nightstand.

"Dr. Saltzman said I don't have a roommate just yet and I might not have one for a while," Landon says, watching Hope's gaze linger on the other side of the room.

"Yeah, we get a few new vampires and werewolves join throughout the year, after MG, you'll probably end up with a wolf," Hope explains. "And since there isn't a full moon for a couple more weeks, you've got this place to yourself until at least then."

"What about you, do you have a roommate?" The phoenix asks.

"No," Hope shakes her head as Landon approaches the bed, "my dad donated a lot of money to the school, so I get my own room and a private bathroom."

"Must be nice having a rich family," Landon teases.

"It's even nicer having a hot boyfriend living down the hall from me," Hope smiles as she kneels on the bed and wraps her arms around Landon's neck.

"I've missed you," Landon sighs, burying his face in the crook of her neck and placing soft kisses there.

Hope had spent the entirety of the last week of July and first few days of August with Freya and Keelin, then the week after that Landon ended up working nearly every day, then Hope had to cancel their weekend plans to help Dr. Saltzman with a 16 year old vampire in Alabama and they had both spent the previous week packing everything they needed to move into the dorm rooms. This all meant that in the past month they had only managed to spend a few days together.

"I've missed you too," Hope tugs on Landon's hair, so he'd pull away from her neck and she could kiss him.

It doesn't take long for the kiss to become heated and they're tugging at each other's clothes, throwing them across the room. It's only a few minutes until Landon's hovering over Hope's body, pressing open mouthed kisses down her bare chest.

"I love you," Landon mumbles, rubbing his hand up and down Hope's naked back.

"I love you too," Hope replies, half asleep against Landon's chest.

Their moment of blissful silence is interrupted by one of their phones going off from where their jeans had been tossed in their rush to get rid of them earlier.

"Ignore it," Hope whispers, tightening her grip around her boyfriend's waist.

"What if it's important?" Landon questions.

"Then whoever it is will call back, but I'm comfortable right now and really don't want to move," Hope whines, snuggling in closer.

"Okay," Landon shifts slightly, pulls Hope closer to him and lets himself begin to drift off.

It's only moments after they've both fell asleep that the shrill noise of one of their phones ringing wakes them both. Hope jumps up startled by the loud noise, before laying back down with a groan, Landon pulls the blanket up to cover Hope's naked body, before climbing out of the bed and reaching down for his jeans. He quickly realises that it's not his phone making the loud noise, so he grabs Hope's from her jeans and holds it towards her.

"It's yours," he tells her, and places the device on the pillow next to her head. She lifts it up to her ear and has a quick conversation with the person on the over end of the line before hanging up and laying back down.

"Lizzie and Josie want us to go down and have dinner with them," the tribrid says, her voice muffled by the pillow.

"We should probably get dressed then," Landon points out, noticing the auburn-haired girl not moving.

"Fine," Hope groans and sits up, letting the sheet fall away from her chest before standing to find her clothes.