She's Mine

Chapter Fifty-Seven

Hope POV-
"Josie! Come on wake up, babe." I start muttering to myself. I place both of my hands on Josie and start pushing magic. Kol bursts through the door. "What's wrong?" I don't say anything. He just sees me trying to focus. He rushes out again probably to get Aunt Freya. I close my eyes trying to concentrate.
"Josie, wake up, wake up Josie, come on." Finally, my hands start to glow. "Push it forward. Come on, Hope." Aunt Freya runs into the room followed by Keelin. My entire face is scrunched together as I push, push everything I have in me into her. "Come on, come on, come on!" The room fills with the red glow. It is more intense than earlier.
Aunt Freya begins to walk over towards Josie and my eyes flash gold. "Hope, I'm just going to check her pulse." I blink a couple of times shaking my head. My eyes turn back to blue. "She has a pulse, it is just weak." Aunt Freya takes a step back. I close my eyes again. My hands begin to glow red again as I give her everything.
Aunt Freya or Keelin at some point turned on the overhead light. "Hope?" Josie's voice cuts through my concentration. I open my eyes and see Josie's eyes fluttering open. "Josie," I quickly pull her into me and don't let go. "Shhh, I'm okay, babe. I'm okay." I now notice the tears that are still streaming down my face. Josie turns her head enough to look at Aunt Freya. "What just happened?"
Aunt Freya takes a seat on the edge of our bed. I still haven't let Josie go. I never plan on letting go. "You heart rate and breathing were very slow. Hope couldn't get you to wake up so she starting pushing energy to you." I bury my head into Josie's neck, my arms still wrapped tight around her. "Hope," Josie reaches her arm up to place it on the side of my head. "Look at me." I lift my head away from her neck only far enough for her to see my face. "I'm okay," she tilts her head down so our eyes are level. "I'm okay, Hope." I push my forehead against hers and just stay there. I shut my eyes to try and stop the tears.
Josie POV-
"Hope, do you need any more energy from one of us?" She shakes her head and pulls back so she can look up at Freya. "Okay, girls, come get us if you need anything else. Otherwise, we will see you in the morning." It was 4 in the morning. It took about 6 hours for the babies to start draining too much. Freya gets off the bed and walks out of the room with Keelin shutting the door and turning off the overhead light behind them.
I push on Hope a little so she'll lay back down. She scoots back and places her back against the headboard instead. "Hope, you need to go back to sleep too." She shakes her head no. I know this isn't a fight I will win. I lay down on my side between her legs with my head in her lap, both of my arms wrapped around her waist. Hope places one hand on the back of my head and the other on my arm. She needed to be able to feel me. The side table light is still on but I am pretty sure Hope wants to be able to see if something changes in my face so she doesn't turn it off. I begin to drift off to sleep again.
I wake up and can feel Hope lightly running her fingers through my hair. I turn my head to see she hasn't moved since I fell back asleep. "Did you get any more sleep?" It was stupid to ask because I knew she wouldn't. She shakes her head no. Hope finally speaks, "I kept putting energy into you about every hour to try and stay ahead of it. How are you feeling?" Hope's voice is raspy, tired. Her face is still blotchy, and she has deep bags under her eyes.
"I am doing alright." She hums to my response. She hasn't taken her eyes off me. Hope's phone is next to her so I grab it to check the time. "8:10 am. Want to go get some food, babe?" She nods her head. We both climb out of bed and start to get ready.
"Hey kiddos, here," Freya places two plates of food in front of us at the kitchen counter. She turns to me. "Josie, how are you feeling? Your parents should get here late afternoon." I take a bite out of my breakfast. Hope is still watching me. I reach out and place my hand on her thigh and say in my head, "I'm okay, Hope." She nods her head ever so slightly but doesn't drop the eye contact or say anything. I turn back to Freya. "I'm doing okay. Just tired. Pretty sure Hope didn't sleep anymore though." Freya turns to look at Hope. She shrugs her shoulders but doesn't say anything.
After breakfast, I sit down on the couch in Hope's usual spot. She lays down between my legs this time. We have to adjust for the huge baby bump though. Hope lays her head on my leg and wraps her arms around me. Similar to how I laid on her last night. I start scratching back and forth between her shoulder blades. She presses into me more and lets out a sigh.
"Hope, you should try to sleep some. I'm okay, I'm awake right now. I'm not going anywhere. If I need you, I can wake you." She doesn't say anything but places her hands on my sides. I can feel the slight heat as she transfers more energy into me. After about a minute, she stops and returns her arms to around my waist. But keeps her head up to look at me. "Are you sure?" I can see it in her face how badly she needs to sleep. She is draining herself to keep the babies at ease. "Yes, babe, go to sleep." She lays her head back down on my leg. It doesn't take long for her breathing to settle.