To the afterlife and back

Face-time and chicken

Hope's POV 

We have one more week on holiday and I am loving it here. We have been swimming every day apart from one when we went sightseeing. Spending this time with my family is amazing. I wouldn't change anything. 

"Where is Raf?" I look at my phone and Lizzie has her eyebrows furrowed. I was currently face-timing her. Josie was next to her, and MJ was leaning above Lizzie's seat. 

"I'm here. Sorry, I was just in the shower." Raf walks behind me and looks at the screen, pulling his shirt over his head. 

"Raf?" Landon appears on the screen and looks shocked. "Why were you shirtless?" 

"He was in the shower." I turn to Raf and smile. "I won't belong." I give him my phone and grab some clothes, going into the bathroom and shutting the door. I can hear them through the wall. 

"Where did Hope go?" Josie asks. 

"She has just gone in the shower. Even though she will be going in again tonight after we go to the beach. She hates having seawater in her hair for too long." Raf explains, which makes me smile. He actually pays attention to what I say. 

Literally jumping in the shower, giving myself the quickest wash ever, I jump back out and quickly get dressed, wrapping a towel around my hair. Walking back out, I lean over Raf's shoulder and look at my friends. I hadn't face-timed Landon at all since I was here. I had texted him, but either he was too busy or I was. My friends had texted a lot though, and nearly every night they wanted to call. 

"Where are your parents then Hope? Are you staying with your Mum?" Landon asks me. 

"No. Me and Raf are in this room, and they are in a room down the hall. They had a room with a double bed in and a room with twin beds so they gave us the room with the twin beds in." I explain to him. 

"Did your parents finally tell you?" Josie asks me and Landon looks confused. 

"Yeah, they did. I said that I heard them talk about it, so they had to explain. My Mum said she is dating this guy who she liked years ago. At the ball, he said he liked her too, so they are seeing how things go. My Dad said a similar thing. The person he is dating is known by the family, but just wants to keep it a secret, for now, so they don't have the pressure from the family. Both my parents won't tell me who they are dating. But, when my Aunt Rebekah told me how my Mum described him, he seems a bit like my Dad. Being an ass." I laugh and they laugh with me. 

"How is it at school? How was it with your Mum?" Raf asks them. 

"School is school. Being with Mum was great though. I loved it. We loved it. As you know anyway, we are coming to New Orleans, looking for a new teacher or too, so we might see Hope there." Lizzie says.  

They tell us all about the school, there had been three fights, students fighting each other, and a classroom got set on fire. So, the normal. After another ten minutes of talking, Ric came on the phone to check in with us. He had to go to his office, so he left us alone for a minute. For some reason, Landon wouldn't drop the fact that me and Raf were sharing a room. 

"How are your parents and family ok with this?" He asks. We all roll our eyes, as this is the fifth time he has asked this question, just in different ways. 

"We trust them. And seeing as Hope is your girlfriend and Rafael is basically your brother, I would have thought you would trust them. Even more than me and Hayley. And I am very protective of my daughter." I turn around and see my Dad standing at the door. 

"Hey, Dad." I smile at him and wave him in. He walks over to us and smiles. 

"Morning, my Littlest Wolf, Lone Wolf." He says. When he found out Raf was an alpha, his respect for him grew even more, but with Raf being on his own for so long, he started to call him Lone Wolf. Raf actually liked the nickname, saying that it felt someone actually knew him for what he was. My Dad had told him that he should never feel alone, with himself being alone for a thousand years, being the only Hybrid, he felt alone too. But that all changed when he had me, and when my Mum became a Hybrid too.