She's Mine

Chapter Forty-Nine

Josie POV-
After a little while Dad pulled me away to dance with him, and Hope's family pulled her away. I know she was getting tired of the chaos. Social situations aren't her favorite even our own wedding but she has done a good job so far. "Babe, you good?" I hear Hope in my head while I am dancing with Dad. "Yep, all good here, real question is are you doing alright?" I spot Hope out of the corner of my eye. "Might get some air in a couple of minutes."
I ended up dancing with everyone, Hope's family, MG, Kaleb, Penelope, my family. It was a lot. My feet are tired of being in these heels. Everything is finally starting to settle down. I start looking for Hope since people keep wanting to say goodbye to us. "Hope, where are you?" I ask in my head. I wait but don't receive a response. I am trying to keep my heart rate down. Don't want to upset the babies.
I see Lizzie talking with Mom. "Hey, have you guys seen Hope?" Both of them shake their head no. "We saw her head outside earlier. Told me she needed some air." Lizzie points to the balcony doors. I start walking that way.
Hope POV-
I finally manage to elude more family members and friends and escape to the balcony that is off of the venue. "Finally." I say to myself. The sun has gone down and the stars are beginning to show. I rest my arms on the railing letting out a breath of air I didn't know I was holding. I can be social when I need to be but doesn't mean I want to. I just needed a quick break.
It is super quiet minus the slight thump of the bass from the speakers inside. I close my eyes enjoying it. All of a sudden, I hear a loud crack of a branch.  Two vampires launch up and on to the balcony. "Hope Mikaelson. We have been waiting for this day for too long." They both step forward immediately cornering me. I turn my head to look through the balcony door window and see Penelope. She can see on my face that something is wrong.
Penelope POV-
This wedding was amazing. I am so happy for Josie and Hope. MG, Kaleb, and I each take a turn dancing with Josie before settling at a table to enjoy some food. We are making small talk when I see Hope standing outside on the balcony. Her face ridden with fear. "MG, Kaleb, come with me." We all three stand up and start walking towards the doors.
Once we get closer, we see two men begin to attack Hope. We pick up speed closing the distance and tear open the doors to find Hope in a choke hold. One small movement and her neck can be broken. I raise my hand and begin chanting a spell. A magical force bursts from my hand sending the two vampires flying but not before we hear a snap.
Josie POV-
I am walking towards the balcony doors from across the room when I feel pain shoot through my neck. Hope. I start to run. I arrive at the open doors to see Penelope kneeling next to Hope. "What the hell happened?" I couldn't keep the anger out of my voice. "Josie, these two vampires attacked Hope, MG and Kaleb just jumped down to find them. I blasted them off the balcony." I reach my hand up to my neck, it is throbbing.
"Penelope, go get my Dad. I'll stay here with Hope." I sit down placing Hope's head in my lap and slowly start stroking her hair. I know she'll wake up soon but it is hard to see her like this. I don't know exactly what happened. I look up to see Dad rushing towards us with Mom right behind him. "Dad, what," I stutter. "What do we do?" Dad turns around to Penelope and mumbles something to her. He didn't like Penelope's response. Dad turns to Mom mumbling again. She turns around and vamps away. I can see Lizzie inside saying goodbye to our guests for us. "Dad, what is going on? Why is Hope unconscious?" Dad kneels down next to me. "Penelope said Hope's neck was snapped which means she died." He pauses. "Her vampire side was just triggered."
I don't respond. Mom returns with a blood bag. Lizzie walks over having just ushered everyone else out of the venue. "Jo, it's going to be okay." She sits down next to me placing her hand on my knee. Dad's phone buzzes in his pocket. "Hey MG, yeah, okay, I'll be right there." He hangs up the phone. "MG and Kaleb managed to apprehend the vampires. Penelope's spell knocked them unconscious." Dad turned to look at Penelope. "Will you help me get them back to the school with the boys?" She nods her head. Dad stands up letting Penelope kneel next to me. "It'll be okay, Jo. She is going to wake up." I nod my head still not saying much. She stands up and walks away with Dad.
Mom and Lizzie are still with me. We are all three just waiting for Hope to wake up. After a couple of minutes of staring at Hope's lifeless body, she starts to move her head lifting it slightly out of Josie's lap before dropping it back down. She opens her eyes and looks up at me confused. "Jo, why does my neck hurt so much?" She blinks her eyes a couple of times and raises her hand to her neck rubbing it.
Hope finally notices the company. A look of recognition crosses her face. Mom talks for me. "Hope, two vampires attacked you. They snapped you neck and you are transitioning." I can tell Hope is having trouble processing this. My eyes are flooding with tears. Hope looks up at me. "No, no no no, we had a plan. Jo, I'm so sorry I was doing my best to fight them off but," Hope closes her eyes tight and grabs my hand letting out a shaky breath. "I am so sorry."