Three's a crowd.

"Let's get out of here. I hate this forest now."

Hope POV

I hadn't managed to get any sleep since I told Lizzie I loved her. It has been keeping me up all night worrying if I said the right thing or if it was the right time to say it. It was on my mind all the time and I just had to talk to Lizzie. I had tried looking for her but decided she must still be in her room. I headed there next.

I was walking towards Lizzie's and Josie's room and when walking past the canteen and saw Josie talking to Jed who was with the wolves. I would at least be able to talk to Lizzie alone then if she was in the room.

Josie POV

After talking to Jade and hearing her confession of knowing Jade and Penelope maybe even knowing her too. I had made it back to my room and was getting ready to head out again when the door knocked.

I went over and opened it and was surprised to see that it was Hope. She seemed pretty surprised to see me too.

"Oh, hey Josie. I thought you were in the canteen."

"No. I wasn't in there today. I was speaking with Jade in the library."

Confusion passed Hope's face. Then it turned into a smile.

"Did you need something, Hope?"

"I was looking for Lizzie but since you are here, maybe we could talk?"

I stepped aside and let Hope in. She came in and had a look around. I sat down on my bed and she sat down on Lizzie's. Hope looked a bit nervous which normally I would never see before.

"I know we never got a chance to speak about our breakup. It is mostly my fault because I am not good at talking about my emotions like that. I was so upset and didn't want t hurt you but I ended up doing that anyway. Hurting you was the last thing I wanted to do. But leading you on when I didn't exactly feel the same way would have been way worse. Maybe I shouldn't have entered into a romantic relationship with you from the start. I am so sorry, Josie. For breaking you heart and for taking so long to even apologise to you."

I was crying and Hope was too.

"Hope. I was so mad at you when it first happened. I nearly killed you in that old mill fire and for that I don't think I will ever forgive myself. We are both to blame because I can't hold it against you that you don't feel the same way. I was awful when we still could have been best friends. It shouldn't have taken this long for us to talk. I still want to be your friend Hope Mikaelson because no matter what we mean to each other I am happy just to know you. I hope you can forgive me for what I done."

Hope put her hand on my shoulder.

"There is nothing to forgive. I only want to move on now and look to the future. If we can look past what we had and only relive the good memories then we have nothing to regret. I know I will never forget what I had with you. Just enjoy your life now and some day we will hopefully laugh about the whole thing."

I pulled Hope in for a hug and we were just happy to be back on talking terms.

"Are you okay, Josie? I mean it. I want to know."

"Yeah. I am. I think I can see something happening with Jade. I'm excited for whats to come. What about you?"

"I have met someone else. It was going great but we are on a bit of rocky ground at the minute. I said something to her that made her run away from me. Literally."

Hope laughed.

"So her, huh? Well I know she will come running back to that Mikaelson charm in no time. Just give her some breathing room and it will all work out. I promise."

"I need some of your optimism, Jo. I hope it does."

We sat in silence for a bit.

"Oh, Hope. I have something to tell you about Penelope."

"What is it?"

Lizzie POV

I went out for a walk in the woods to clear my head. I was still going over everything in my head. From everything that has been happening recently and then Hope saying she loved me. I couldn't wrap my head around all of it.  

I had made it to the old mill which still seemed pretty deserted. No one was around and Penelope had came back and checked the place for any spells and burned all the things that were left behind. I was about to walk inside when I heard a noise come from behind me. I turned around and Kaleb was standing there. 

"Hey Kaleb. What are you doing out here?"

"Hey Lizzie. Just clearing my head. I woke up this morning with a groggy head and I don't even remember going to sleep. It's one of those weird days, you know."

"Yeah, you can say that again. I mean that creepy party last night didn't help either."

Kaleb looked at me confused.

"What party?"

I laughed.

"Did you drink last night other than the poison we consumed. How could you forget last night? It is something I'm never going to forget anytime soon."

"I don't know. Like I said. I don't even remember getting home last night. Not even what I did."

Just then there was a loud speaker that came over the forest with laughing track playing.

"Let's get out of here. I hate this forest now." Kaleb said.

"Same. Come on." Lizzie said.

We ran all the way back to the school as quickly as we could. The forest gave me the creeps now with everything happening in it at the moment. 

Penelope POV

I was pacing around my room. I had checked around the old mill but couldn't find a trace of any spell and then I burnt the stuff that I did found. It all seemed rather evil. I got a bit of that drink that we tasted last night and it was indeed poison. Some kind of stuff that combined two herbs to create it. If they are separate they are harmless but if they are combined they are deadly.

I also found they had compounds of Virvane and Wolfsbane. Which means that even if vampires and werewolf's drink them then they can have effects on them. This person knew what they were doing and had no problem with killing all of us. I had to track them down before they could hurt us anymore.

I was walking to the door when it opened and Hope came in.

"Penelope, you have some explaining to do right now." Hope said.

"What do you mean?"

Lizzie POV

I had made it back to the room and opened the door and closed it shut behind me.

Josie was standing there looking out the window. 

"Hey, Josie. Something just happened in the forest and there was this creepy laughing and me and Kaleb got out of there quick. I really want to find out who is behind this mess.

Josie turned around and was smiling.

"So would I."

Josie went over and picked up a glass of water off the table and handed it out to me.

"Here. This will calm you down. I just made it."

I drank it and it calmed me down almost immediately.

"Better now."

I nodded.

"Better."

I went to walk over to my bed and I felt really weak all of sudden and my legs felt funny. I collapsed on to the floor and I was on my back.

The last thing I saw was Josie standing over me with an evil smile before it went black.