Fight With Me

Chapter 12

Josie's POV

I open my eyes to see Lizzie sleeping in the bed next to me. I try to roll over to my other side, but something is holding me in place. I look down. Hope. Her arm is draped around my stomach, clutching me tightly to her. I look around and finally see that I am in Hope's room, not mine. I slowly peel away her arm to turn around so my face is toward hers. I lean forward to peck her on the nose. Hope scrunches her eyes together before rubbing at them with her hand. Her eyes start to flutter open.

"Good morning, babe," Hope smiles but keeps her eyes shut.

"What time is it?"

She rolls over to check the time on her phone. "1 p.m." She rolls back over and wraps me in a huge hug, barely leaving me room to breathe.

"Hope, I can't breathe," I quietly laugh and she releases me.

"I love you." She opens her eyes to look at me, "I love you too, Jo."

Hope's POV

Josie and I quietly try to change so we can go get some food without waking Lizzie. Most kids should be in class right now since it's a Monday, but Dr.Saltzman is giving us the day to recoup. I throw her one of my hoodies before we head down to the cafeteria. We run into Alaric on our way down to get food.

"Hey, Hope and Josie, Hope, can you swing by my office when you're done?"

Josie looks concerned that I'm standing so close, thinking he doesn't know we are dating.

"Yep, I'll be there in about 45 minutes." Dr.Saltzman nods and keeps walking. I turn to look at Josie, whose eyes are wide open.

"Jo, I told him on the ride back last night; he knows." I chuckle at how quickly she shuts down.

"You could have told me that!" She gives me a light shove, but I catch her hand.

"Come on, I'm starving." We walk the rest of the way hand in hand.

Alaric's POV

There is a knock on my door. "Come in!" Hope walks in and sits down. I look at her smug expression and can't help but ask, "You didn't tell Josie I know, did you?"

Hope starts to laugh. "No, but she knows now. It was kind of funny to see her reaction." I look down at the paperwork on my desk with a slight chuckle, too.

"Well, I need help setting up more permanent boundaries. We figure the Peryton will come back, so if you could help Emma with that, otherwise, I will leave you and Josie be for the rest of the day to do whatever," I say, making a face regretting what I just said. I then sigh as I continue to look at my paperwork, avoiding eye contact. "Be responsible."

Hope laughs and walks out of my office.

Josie's POV

I head back to Hope's room with a food tray for Lizzie. I open the door to see her opening her eyes.

"Hey, Liz, I brought you food." I hand her the tray and sit down on the bed next to her.

"Where is Hope?" Lizzie looks toward the bathroom.

"Dad wanted to see her, so she is with him right now." She raises one eyebrow at me.

"You know you have to tell him eventually, right? He's not going to kill Hope. Plus, you guys have gone through so much." I laugh to myself.

"Hope told him last night and then let me believe he didn't know this morning, so I made a fool of myself."

Lizzie starts to laugh. "Hope Mikaelson, that trickster."