it's a date (the only problem is it's fake)

is that a winnie the pooh quote?

Hope is the last one in the locker room, she changes quickly, well aware that she's almost late to her volleyball practice. She tightens her ponytail and is about to head into the gym when the door of the locker room suddenly opens. Hope almost groans when she sees Dana walking in her direction with a fake innocent smile on her face.

"Hi Hope, do you have a second?" Dana says sweetly.

"Actually, no I don't, and neither do you. Practice is about to begin." Hope says as she tries to move past Dana.

The blonde girl gently grabs her foreharm. "It'll only be a second. I just want to make sure you're okay with Landon and I dating."

Hope uses her hand to push Dana's hand away from her arm. "It's perfectly fine."

"You're so sweet!" Dana says with a smile.

Hope walks out of the locker room and rolls her eyes. What a fake girl. She knows Dana is following her, and it takes everything within herself not to trip her as she runs to her friends.

"Since our captain thinks it's okay to be late, we'll all stay to run 10 laps after practice." The coach calls.

Every girl in the room groans and starts to protest. Some of them even glare at Hope, and she glares at them right back. As the practice starts and Hope and Dana happen to be on the same team, an idea form its way into Hope's brain. The auburn haired girl is the first one to hit the ball, and she happens to 'accidently' hit Dana in the back of the head with the ball. The blonde girl turns around ready to shout, but when Hope gives her an apologetic smile and apologizes, Dana fakes a smile and turns around. It happens once or twice after that. Hope's having a bad day, that's what she tells the coach when she asks about the 'accidents'.

When they run their laps after practice, Hope makes sure to be the first one to finish. She exhaust herself, but it's worth it, since she's very late to meet up with Josie.

*

It takes Hope a good five minutes before she gathers the courage to knock on the door of Josie's house. They had agreed the day before to meet one last time before the Homecoming dance, just to be sure everything would go smoothly. But the idea of actually being in Josie's house is turning Hope into a nervous mess. They met once, texted a billion times and talked on the phone a handful of times. This shouldn't be so hard, but it somehow is.

When a blonde woman opens the door and smiles widely at her, Hope feels her nervousness lessen a little (just a little).

"Hi! You must be Hope, right?" The woman asks.

"Hello Mrs. Saltzman, uh yeah it's me." Hope says as she tries to smile back.

"Oh, it's Forbes actually, but please call me Caroline." Josie's mother says, then she opens the door a little wider. "Come on in, Josie's in her room. You can go up, she's waiting for you."

"Oh, okay, thank you."

Hope comes into the house and the first thing that comes to her mind is that it feels really homey. The house is nothing like Hope's, for starters it's a lot smaller, but also a lot more warm and welcoming. There's pictures on every wall. Family pictures, Lizzie's volleyball pictures, Josie playing the guitar, the whole family fishing and even some wedding pictures. It makes Hope feel a little sad as she thinks to her own house. There were no family pictures in her house, she made sure of that. Seeing the faces of her parents everyday would be a real torture. Hope shakes her head and quickly makes her way upstairs. It takes her half of a second to spot the twin's room. There's a room on the left side of the hallway, a bathroom on the right and another room at the end of the hallway. On the door of that last room, written in bright pink letters are Josie's and Lizzie's names. Somehow, Hope is sure it's Lizzie's doing. She walks to the half open door and knocks on it.