She's Mine

Chapter Thirteen

Josie 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 tight 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 towards 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. "1pm." She rolls back over and wraps me in a huge hug barely leaving me room to breathe. "Hope, I, I can't breathe," she quietly laughs and releases me. "I love you," she opens her eyes to look at me, "I love you too, Jo."

Hope 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 is a Monday, but Alaric 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 are done?" Josie looks concerned that I am standing so close because she thinks he doesn't know we are dating. "Yep, I'll be there in about 45 minutes." Alaric 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 shut 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 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 make 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 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 then sit down on the bed next to her. "Where is Hope?" Lizzie looks towards 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 lately" I laugh to myself. "Hope told him last night 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." I sit with Lizzie making small talk keeping her company as she finishes eating her food.

Hope POV-

I leave Alaric's office and walk down the hall to Emma's. I knock twice before hearing a "Come in". "Hey Hope, how can I help you?" I sit down in the chair across from her. "Dr. Saltzman asked me to help you enforce the boundary." She stands up and walks towards her door, "That is right, come with me please." I follow Emma out past the garden to the front gate of the school. "We will start here and work our way around. The Peryton probably flew into the boundary from the sky last time so I want to try this spell. It has an overhead protection as well to prevent flying creatures from entering." She pulls out a sheet of paper with the spell on it and hands it to me. "You walk one way; I walk the other, and we will meet on the other side." Emma and I recite the spell at the same time right at the gate before walking in our own directions. It took us about an hour to meet on the other side. "Perfect, thank you for your help, Hope. How are you and Josie doing?" My face blushes. Alaric probably told her.  "She seems to be doing better today than yesterday." Emma walks back inside the school with me. "I'm glad, if you or Josie need anything please feel free to stop by." With that, she turns and walks towards her office while I head upstairs towards my room.

My room is empty when I get there so I assume Josie and Lizzie went back to their room. I jump onto my bed and pull out my phone checking for messages. "Hey Hope, I am in my room with Lizzie, talk tonight at dinner? Around 7?" I smile at my phone instantly when I read her message, "See you then." I set my phone down and fall back onto my bed thinking to myself, "I've got planning to do." I jump back off my bed and walk out of my room.