aeonian four

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The trip was cut shorted. After what happened Hope immediately leave the island and even two days after the incident, still no one knows where the hell Hope Mikaelson is.

"Penelope? What are you doing here? Aren't you supposed to be on your class?" Josie asked Penelope. Peneleope warily smiled as she handed a cup of coffee to Josie. "Well because i'm no longer a student here. I'm expelled." 

"What? Expelled? How?"

After asking that question Josie sunddenly feel stupid, of course. Of course she know why. Hope.

"Hope."

But it's Penelope. Penelope came from one of the influential, powerful and prominant family not just in this city but in whole world, she shouldn't be worry, right?  But still, how could hope do that to her friend? Her friend for almost two decades? And if she managed to stomach all that, what else she could do? "I don't blame her though but I think it's better this way.... focusing her anger on me. Because in the first place it's my fault." Penelope said whilst fiddling with her cup of coffee, unsure what to say.

"I don't know if it's possible to regret hurting her and not regret kissing you at the same time. But i guess it is, because that's how i feel right now. "

"Penelope."

"But...don't worry, Josie. Right after that night...I now know....where i stand...what boundaries i shouldn't cross."

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"Hope don't you think it's unfair for Penelope?...and what you did... it's just...just too much." Davina said. 

Too much? What she did is too much? Penelope kissed the woman she loves and yet it's her who's being too much? 

Hope closed the book she's reading and glares at Davina. "If i killed her that's me being too much. But I didn't, didn't I?" Hope said and resumes to read her book.

"Hope! She's not just your friend!"

Hope gritted her teeth 'She's not just your friend.'  that what hurts most. Penelope is not just her friend. She treated her as her sister, as someone she could trust...and that's not Hope Mikaelson often do. She doesn't trust just anyone, she just doesn't let anyone in but she did with Penelope and Josie. But still, but still they betrayed her. "I don't care."

"Hope."

That voice. The audacity of that voice to even come to her place and say her name. Hope throws davina a dirty look, it's only Davina who knows where she is. "I'll leave you two alone." Davina said and exited... leaving Hope and Penelope.

"Did you already forgot what I said to you 5 days ago? Do you want me to remind you? Hmm? If you say one more word, i'm going to kill you." Hope.

"I'm sorry...and i know that's not enough to make up for what I did. But, hope. Please. Just let Josie be. It's not her fault.Dont..hurt her..please..Just let her be." 

  Hope clenched her fist and let out a unamused laugh." Huh. What if I dont?"

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Opening her locker with a red card tag on it like the first day of school when she defended Landon from hope, shouldn't be a shock to Josie. Hope Mikaelson is basically a god in this university she can do whatever she wants, hell she even got Penelope kicked out.

"It's the first time anyone's gotten one twice." Some student commented on.

Josie didn't say any she just ripped the red card from her locker and walks out with her head held high,She survived being a human pancake for almost a month. she survived it once, she'll survive it twince...hell even, hundred times.

And as if on cue someone throws a dozen of egg on her. Really? It's been months since she got her first red card, actually it's as if she's the last one who got it, because no one 'got' the said card since her...

Maybe..it's not even hope. Maybe someone is pranking her using hope's red card. It's possible since hope is off campus but at the same time who is even brave enoughto copy, imitate and use hope's name, right? But still, it's a possiblity. Since all the students whose enrolled in this university are spoiled rich brat kid whose only concern are themselves and making people suffer is their favorite past time.

"It's been 4 months since yet you didn't even bother to google some new tricks, same old shit." Of course, as if Josie will back down.

 From afar she sees Penelope walking towards her. "C'mon." Penelope said and hold her hand and together they leave the student behind that'll probably make Josie's life miserable again.

"I talked to hope."

"H-hope? How? How is she?"

She's not the one who put the red card in her locker right? Josie almost ask Penelope that, but she stopped herself, maybe because she's not ready and she can't bear the thought that it's all hope's doing.

"Mad. Hurt." 

Josie expected that. 

"She's not...she's not the one who..who...put the...card in my locker...right?" Josie can't help her self. Maybe because she's still clinging in her faith..... she's clinging on hope....

"I don't know."

Oh.

Suddenly the eggs that's been throwing at her that she didn't mind earlier...is now burning in her skin, the insults that she received earlier that doesn't matter to her are now slowly getting in her head, suddenly all things hurt.. because of hope...because hope let it all happened. But how can she blame hope? She hurt her first...though she didn't mean any of that..still

"I'm sorry. I should've been there for you, but don't worry from now on. I'll protect you. You have me. We're in this together."

Penelope promised.