Hope's cousin aria and mike has lived with her for as long as she can remember, They had no other family to live with when their parents died in a car accident when mike was just around the age of 3. Josie and spencer get along so well, Josie is the gay best friend while, spencer is the 'straight'. Their friendship doesn't go beyond itself, They are strictly platonic, sisters even. Now Hope and aria's family decides they need a great change and they move to mystic falls to find out some hidden truths, but most of all to find love they hadn't planned on finding.