Come a Little Closer
With a push of her hand, the door opened, Josie looked at the tribrid's room in amazement, she had never entered her room. Hope took her hand and turned her onto her back against the closed door. Josie can't stop the flutter of excitement that was attacking her stomach.
Hope was sure that by the end of the night, her curiosity about Josie Saltzman would be satisfied. Her golden eyes roamed the curves of her body that she hoped to become familiar with in no time. Her eyes brightened with anticipation.
She went to take the brunette in her arms, but was stopped by two hands on her shoulders, she arched an eyebrow at the brunette who only smiled mischievously. Josie took the buttons from the tribrid's cardigan and began to undo them, then pushed the cardigan down her arms. Their lips met again in hungry kisses. Hope with one arm wrapped around Josie's waist pulling her closer to her body, while the other arm tossed her cardigan away behind her.
Josie's hands tangled in her hair pulling her mouth closer to hers, the softness of Hope's hair tickling her against her palms. She tried to get closer, but the yellow jacket she was wearing was hindering her movements and she frowning, broken the kiss.
Hope smiled at the pout on Josie's lips, she realized what was bothering the brunette. Her hands went up her neck and she took Josie’s hands with a little squeeze. In her mind she wondered why she kept her distance from the brunette, when the mere touch of her fingers against her skin felt like electricity and the hunger for her touch overcame everything.
She gave her a carefree smile that left the brunette breathless, amusement shining in her blue eyes. This was the part of Hope that was always hidden, the happy and carefree part, and the times she had seen it always left her wanting more.
She wraps her wrists with her fingers and pulled her hands down, nibbling the sensitive skin of each one and softening it with the caress of her tongue. Josie's heartbeat thundered in her chest and she wondered if the tribrid could feel her pulse beneath her lips.
Hope cupped her face with both hands, trailing her thumb across Josie's lower lip, making the brunette tilt her head toward her touch, she felt her hands slide down her neck, making her shiver. Then she felt Hope's mouth follow the same path her hands had done before, she took her jacket, slowly sliding the material down her arms.
The moment her hands were free, she wrapped her arms around the tribrid's waist and pressed her lips against her. When she sucked on her bottom lip, Hope quickly tossed the jacket to her left onto a small table.
Hope's hand cupped Josie's cheek, while the pressure of her mouth invited the brunette's lips to part. Josie did so with glad, Hope's tongue savouring the sweetness of the siphon's mouth. Josie's hands began to unbutton Hope's shirt impatiently. She broke the kiss, to help the tribrid to shake her off and throw her to the floor.
Josie ran her fingers across the tribrid's toned abs with a smile and pulled her closer with a wicked smile. Hope's hands landed on either side of her against the door. Their head bowed and their mouths met again. Josie let her fingers slide over the sensitive skin of her arms, teasing her with her nails. Hope responded by pulling her fully into her arms and with more demanding kisses.
Hope took Josie's shirt and yanked it open, her eyes falling on Josie's brown ones. She smiled at the tribrid, asking with her eyes how far she was willing to go. Hope responded by taking off her shirt completely, she bent down a bit so she could lift the brunette in her arms.
Hope lowered her, placing her on her bed, watched as the brunette bit her lip waiting for her next move.
She knelt between her legs, leaning toward the brunette with a smile, Josie arched up to her needing to kiss her again. Her mouth opened over hers and their tongues collided, she wrapped her arms around Hope’s warm body, knowing that after this, she would never be alone again.
Lizzie was approached by Landon.
"Have you gone crazy?" the blonde asked, as she sat and Landon pointing a crossbow at her.
"You’re infected with a parasite that controls minds, that's why you have been nice all day" explained the boy.
"That's not why, that ... auch" she complained when he illuminates her with the small lamp he held in his hands.
"It appears you have no sign of the slug," Landon said as he inspected her face.
"What you're talking about? damn ... ahhhh" Lizzie complained
"what was that?" Landon asked scared.
“If you leave me alone, I might tell you. Disgusting Hobbit… ohhhh” she complained again
"If you're not infected why are you acting so weird?"
"I didn’t act weird, I'm turning the page with this" She indicated the metal bracelet on her wrist "I cast a spell on it to shocks me when I say something cruel and the voltage increases. The worst idea in the world "
"No, it's brilliant, that's why you're not infected, what I can't explain is, why are you wandering around instead of being in the contest?"
"I could say the same about you"
"I'm looking for Hope" said Landon
"Well, I'm looking for Josie, I haven't seen her all day" then she gave a big sigh "I guess because she must be infected"
"We have to find them, they are probably together," Landon commented.
"Fine" Lizzie said getting up and walking down the hall.
At the end of the hall the couple met MG.
"Hey, have you seen Josie?" the blonde asked her friend.
"Ammm ..." Mg took the blonde's arm and pulled her away from Landon long enough for her to hear what she was going to say "I heard a rumour, I don't know if it's true but ..."
"MG just say what you have to say"
"The witches said they saw her with Hope in the kitchen ... they were kissing" the vampire said slowly.
"WHAT?"
"Shhh, keep your voice down, Landon must not know, it would break his heart"
"I can't believe my sister was making out with the dog" Lizzie commented with disgust.
"Not only that, someone else saw that they were heading to the bedroom, I can almost swear they must be in Hope's room" he said.
"Hey what's up?" Landon asked seeing how they acted weird.
"I need you to go get Dorian," Lizzie ordered.
"What about Hope?" asked Landon
"We need Dorian to stop Hope in case she is infected" Lizzie said trying to sound convincing "MG will help me look for Josie and ... Hope, of course, although it is not certain that they are together, Why would be?" she started to ramble.
Mg took Lizzie's arm and pulled her away from Landon.
"We will find the girls, go get Dorian" said the vampire giving Landon an uncomfortable smile.
"Sure, I'll go for him" said the boy running down the hall.
"Come on" Lizzie said walking purposefully towards the tribrid's room, but first they stopped in the twins' room, Lizzie ran to her bag to pull out an electric stunner.
"Why do you have that in your bag? You're a witch, you can defend yourself" MG said confused by the weapon.
"Dad and mom thought it would be good if we had some, we are siphons so we don't always have magic at our disposal" explained Lizzie "now we are going for my sister infected by that bug"
They walked down the hall to the door of Hope's room, she put her hand on the door handle and turned it. Surprisingly the door was open, Lizzie poked her head cautiously, fearful of what she might find. But the room was empty, she sighed in relief.
"Looks like they aren’t here," Lizzie commented, turning back to see MG.
MG was about to comment on something, when he looked at Lizzie's sister coming out of Hope's bathroom just dressed in a towel and just when Lizzie thought it couldn't get any worse, Hope came out behind her sister also dressed in a towel, wrapped her arms around Josie’s waist.
"You're mine now" Hope said, reaching up to caress Josie's cheek.
Lizzie nearly choked on the sight of Hope and her sister like this.
Josie noticed her sister and her best friend standing in the doorway looking at them in surprise.
"Hi Lizzie and MG" greeted the brunette with a smile.
"Hi" MG replied seeing that Lizzie was not going to reply in the near future.
Hope stepped in front of Josie, blocking her from their view, her eyes turning gold.
"what are you doing here?" Hope asked, her tone dangerous.
Lizzie’s sister approached the tribrid as if she had no care in the world. There was a carefree happiness in Josie's eyes that Lizzie had never seen before, not even when she was with Penelope. She put her head on Hope's shoulder. To Lizzie right now, that move looked as safe as petting a wild wolf, which at any moment turns and bites you, but Hope didn't.
Lizzie watched in amazement as the gold in Hope's eyes faded. There was a strange sweetness when she turned her face and kissed Josie's cheek, which Lizzie had never seen in Hope. It had to be the slug, she decided.
"We are here to fix things" she said to the couple, she handed the shock gun to MG who using her vampire speed electrocuted the couple. Both girls complained and watched as one slug came out of Hope's nose and another out of Josie's ear.
"Incendia" Lizzie said, setting both slugs on fire.
Hope approached Josie worriedly.
"you're good?" She asks to the brunette who just nodded.
"I think, it’s better if we all get dressed" Lizzie commented leaving the couple.
The girls looked uncomfortable before picking up their clothes to get dressed, they had a monster to eliminate.
After defeating the monster, Hope went to her room, she needed to be alone, she couldn't believe everything she and Josie had done. She needed advice so she called her aunt Freya, she used astral projection.
She bravely told her everything that had happened while she was under the influence of the slug, she only omitted what had happened between her and Josie in her room, that was too private to share with her, with anyone.
"I can't believe all the things I did," Hope said with her aunt.
"It really doesn't surprise me" said the blonde "you have been bottling everything for years, basing every decision on what is right for other people, you never stop to think about what is best for you"
Hope looked at Freya in disbelief.
"Do you really think that was me, did I want to kiss Josie?"
"I think there is some truth in what you did, you said that the slugs only lowered your inhibitions, it does not change who you are" Hope opened her mouth, but her aunt silenced her with a look, needing to make her understand. Sometimes Hope was as stubborn as her brother Klaus and this was one of those moments. The feelings for the twin were part of her and she couldn't ignore them and hope they would go away "I think you should start being honest about your feelings"
"So ... do you think I love Josie?"
Freya shook her head; it was a decision she couldn't make for her.
"You’re the only one who can know that"
"Josie and I are just friends" when her aunt raised an eyebrow at the little witch, the girl protested "I love Landon and he loves me, we’re happy together, I can't break his heart"
"It’s your decision, Hope, I will support you in whatever you decide" said Freya smiling at her.
The next day Hope ran into Josie at the mill, she didn't know the siphon would be there, in fact she had been avoiding her.
"Hey" Hope said uncomfortable.
"Hi" Josie said avoiding her eyes.
They looked at each other for a moment without really knowing what to do.
"Well, about what happened to us ..." Hope began waving her arms nervously.
"We don't have to ..." Josie cut in softly.
"I know, but what happens between us, you're my friend Josie" Hope said a little vulnerable, she didn't want to lose the brunette.
"Don't worry, Hope, it won't change anything" Josie lied looking at the wolf.
Hope nodded and said nothing as Josie left the mill, Hope sat in the old chair, listening to the brunette's footsteps fade. The slug had turned her life upside down, she wished for the happiness she felt while she was under the influence of the slug, the lack of concern was intoxicating.
Her Aunt Freya was right; she had been bottling her emotions. She had always kept things to herself, especially when she had to protect the secret that she was a Mikaelson, and at some point, she had also gotten used to hiding what she felt.
She sighed, her hands against her face, she no longer knew what was the best for her. Her whole life had changed a lot, what did she want?
The answer came quickly ... Landon. She loved him, nothing could change that.
She knew she loved Landon, but last night, she inhaled sharply as memories flooded her, last night Landon didn't even cross her mind.
All she had wanted was Josie.
She wanted to show her that she was everything that the brunette needed, she had wanted to impress her, be with her. She was all that mattered to her.
She tried to tell herself that this wasn't really Josie, just a slug-induced alter ego, but that was a lie. She was still the same girl she had grown up with, the sweet and cute Josie, the girl who cares more about everyone than herself. She had wanted the acceptance and love reflected in those brown eyes.
For a moment she was lost in the memories of the night before. The taste of her kisses, the way her body moved with hers, how She had clung to her.
She let out the breath she was holding. Her aunt was wrong, the feelings, all of them were caused by the slugs.
Josie was still in love with Penelope like she was in love with Landon. They were friends.
Just friends.