Secrets |Hosie|

Chapter 2

"You're soaked" Cleo frowned, watching her friend walk past her without even a glance.

She ripped off her dress as soon as she made it to the room, grabbing a pair of sweat pants and a tank top. "Did It not go well?"

Hope continued to dig through her room, looking for her painting supplies. "Is it the girl? Did you find out anything?"

"Josie was nice" Hope said simply. "And pretty" She added, just as she grabbed her paint supplies. "Oh, so theres nothing between her and Landon?"

"Not that I could tell?" She dipped her paint brush in the paint, beginning to draw on the portrait. "Thats good, Is it not?"

"Yeah" Hope shrugged.

Cleo continued to stare at the girl, realizing she wasnt going to get much out of her anymore. Per usual, she left without a word.

The auburnette ended up painting Josie that night, catching her smile perfectly. Not that the painting was at all close to finished by the time she fell a sleep. Yet she could already see the form of the brunettes smile which was enough for her to declare it perfect.

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"Did you like her?" Landon asked his bestfriend. "Yeah, she was different than all your other girlfriends" Jo admitted, remembering the stern expression Hope always held.

Its like the girl didnt care how Jo viewed her, or how Landon did and that just gave her a sense of assurance. "Shes a keeper"

"I think I love her" Landon admitted, taking a glance at Jo as he did. "We've been dating a year and maybe we had a few cracks here and there but just as you said shes different, special."

The brunette gave him a weak smile "You going to tell her?"

"Not for a while" He shrugged. "You should date Raf so we could have double dates all the time"

The brunette, smiled. Nodding to his idea even tho she didnt agree, she didnt even like Raf is she was being honest. He was probably going to end up as a drug addict with his fathers money being cut off by age 20.

"I should focus on Soccer tho, I'm not ready for a relationship"

"Thats fine, you could just continue to come on dates with me and Hope. I think she likes you"

That peaked Josies interest "How could you tell?"

"Her face was less stoic" He laughed, just thinking about how relaxed it was. Her guard had still been up but less and that assured Landon enough that there wasnt going to be a problem between his girlfriend and bestfriend.

"Oh"

A few days flew past, Landon had made a group chat for the three of them but ended up feeling like a third wheel.

MyBitch
Jo has a game tomorrow, think you can make it Hope?

Mikaelson
Cant, I have a game that day too

SaltzmanSiphon
You play sports?

Mikaelson
My mom thought it was a good idea before she 😯😵

MyBitch
Whos game will I go to then?

Mikaelson
Josies, she told you first

SaltzmanSiphon
Or he can go to neither and you could skip out on yours, I'd like to see you in the stands

Jo regretted the message as soon as she sent it, she could only imagine what Landons face wouldve looked like reading that. Or what Hope couldve thought, Jo wasnt coming onto the girl or anything, she was about to clarify that till her phone dinged.