Converted Hosie Oneshots

1.12 Continuation

Original: kayleebrynt on archiveofourown

It took awhile for things to calm down after that. After Hope left the girls’ room, Josie and Lizzie were left to themselves. Neither of them had spoken to each other while they mindlessly wandered around to finish getting ready for the night, and the tension in the room settled heavily on them both.

Once they were both settled into bed, Lizzie was the one to break the deafening silence between them.

“Josie?”

Josie squeezed her eyes shut and stayed quiet. After everything that just came out, this was a conversation she really was not in the mood to have right now.

A few moments passed and the only sounds heard in their room was the faint breathing of both girls, so Lizzie spoke up again, this time a little less confident than before.

“Okay.. I know you’re awake so it’s obvious you’re just ignoring me. I just- I don’t understand why you didn’t just tell me the truth. I know you said you didn’t want me going after Hope, but did you really have to lie to me about this? I thought we told each other everything.”

Josie stayed as still as possible and drew in a breath. She knew Lizzie wasn’t finished but she didn’t want to do anything that would make her stop. She just wanted this to be over with.

“I can get over you not telling me about your crush on Hope and I can get over you not wanting me to..” Lizzie paused, thinking about how to finish. “Steal her from you, but the lie that you started to come in between Hope and I? I don’t know if I can forgive you for that just yet. You know how serious my episodes can be, you know how they make me feel, and I know that you know all I’ve wanted since we were five was to be friends with Hope. For three years, I’ve held a grudge towards her for ruining things, when this entire time, it was all you.”

Josie hadn’t known she was crying until she felt the hot tears make their way down her cheeks. She heard Lizzie getting herself comfortable and let out a shaky breath.

Thinking back, she knew none of this was a good idea. She knew then, that this would come to backfire, but she hadn’t expected it to be so soon.

Her thoughts were interrupted by Lizzie speaking up once more.

“Oh, and by the way. I would have totally been okay with you liking Hope. You two would have been good for each other.”

Josie just closed her eyes and let the tears keep falling.

A few hours had passed and Josie had yet to fall asleep. It was almost two a.m. and all she had done was stare up at the ceiling and think about the what ifs. The tears stopped falling about an hour back and a pounding headache took its place.