( Instead of meeting her right outside Hellburbia, Hope posts up at the gates, bringing with her her bag with, yes, one crossbow just in case. She has to catch up with her best friend, and, maybe scream it out. And, she'd like to be beside her just in case. Who knows what's out there. And what's not.
Not that it's as bad at what waits for her back in the hotel.
(lizzie wishes she came tiding better news, hope has had enough to deal with lately -- but she deserves to know where josie is, have the chance to visit her if she wants. but she doesn't lead with that just yet, instead she gives a little wave as she meets up with hope at the gates. she wraps her arms tightly around her best friend, hugging her.)
I figured you might need a release after....you know.
(she saw hayley's post, she might not have replied like josie did, but she noticed. not to mention elijah was her roommate for a while so...awkward...thank god she and josie have their own suite now, even if josie isn't there to share it.)
(at least that doesn't happen here the way it did at home, but lizzie is all to aware of what it feels like to have people whispering behind your back. or to your face. neither one feels good.)
( In front of Lizzie, she hadn't meant it like that. She's never thought of her like that, even when they were on the outs. She always saw her as a person. Just an entitled, bitchy person. )
( She crossest her arms, that familiar anger bubbling up again. )
She didn't just get here, she's been here. She was here in September, but -- he took her to the hospital and thought she wasn't real so he didn't tell any of us.
( Thanks to Lizzie, she knows it's not a real hospital. She'd heard all about her stay. That Josie could be going through the same thing. )
Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if Elijah suddenly believed all the women needed to be taken there.
( It's callous and cruel, but it is what it is. She's angry. SHe's allowed to express it. )
I thought he was supposed to be the sane one in your family?
(no offense...well maybe some offense, but still, everything she ever read on elijah made him sound like the most measured of the originals but this just sounds unhinged and this is coming from a girl who legit thought she made up a boyfriend in her mind.)
Well, if you ever need to escape inappropriate men, you can always crash with us. Or me, for the time being.
(not that elena hasn't also volunteered to keep her company while josie is gone but hope would be welcome too. misery loves company. plus elena doesn't need to feel like she has to watch her all the time. she deserves to have a life too.)
Sure, we'll make a schedule. I can only avoid my mom for so long. Avoiding my mom. My dead mom, what's wrong with me?
( She starts off toward the lake, though, slinging the bag over her shoulder. Her hand rests on the strap where it meets the bag opening, in case she needs to use it. )
Nothing. I mean...it's hard. When Jo, my birth mom, was brought back, I didn't want to get to know her because it felt like I was betraying the mother who raised me. I lost my chance to get to know her. But feelings are complicated.
(and considering how hayley introduced her presence, she doesn't blame hope, honestly.)
Always and Forever really stretching to its limit.
( not that... Lizzie is privy. )
Hilarious. It's -- I don't know. We're fine? We're... ( Doing it, she doesn't say. But, she implies it with her eyes. Because, Lizzie's not a virgin, right?
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Not that it's as bad at what waits for her back in the hotel.
It's still so hard to wrap her mind around. )
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(lizzie wishes she came tiding better news, hope has had enough to deal with lately -- but she deserves to know where josie is, have the chance to visit her if she wants. but she doesn't lead with that just yet, instead she gives a little wave as she meets up with hope at the gates. she wraps her arms tightly around her best friend, hugging her.)
I figured you might need a release after....you know.
(she saw hayley's post, she might not have replied like josie did, but she noticed. not to mention elijah was her roommate for a while so...awkward...thank god she and josie have their own suite now, even if josie isn't there to share it.)
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Yeah, I should probably fill you in on some things.
( She leans back, winces, and steps away. )
Not that I won't be participating. I could probably scream once a day for the next month. But, I wouldn't want people to start talking about me.
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Yeah, take it from me, that's never fun.
(at least that doesn't happen here the way it did at home, but lizzie is all to aware of what it feels like to have people whispering behind your back. or to your face. neither one feels good.)
I have something to fill you in on too.
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Maybe you go first?
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(she supposes she should just rip off the band-aid.)
Josie went missing....Aunt Elena found out she was taken to the hospital. We're allowed to visit, but we can't get her out.
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Who. Who took Josie to the hospital?
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I don't know! I didn't see or hear them I just woke up and she was gone.
(and considering lizzie's time in that place....well she doesn't feel any better than hope does about josie being there.)
Aunt Elena was able to find out from one of her demon connections where she was.
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( She crossest her arms, that familiar anger bubbling up again. )
She didn't just get here, she's been here. She was here in September, but -- he took her to the hospital and thought she wasn't real so he didn't tell any of us.
( Thanks to Lizzie, she knows it's not a real hospital. She'd heard all about her stay. That Josie could be going through the same thing. )
Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if Elijah suddenly believed all the women needed to be taken there.
( It's callous and cruel, but it is what it is. She's angry. SHe's allowed to express it. )
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....So after first having a hand in her death he took her to be further traumatized?
(yeah sorry lizzie is officially team fuck elijah. except don't, maybe.)
I'm glad I barely saw him, and that Josie and I have our own room now away from him and other adult men, even if Josie is gone right now.
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( She'd worked through it. She had. But. God, if it doesn't feel good for her best friend to get it. )
Please, I think whoever posts room assignments gets off on teenage girls rooming with inappropriate men.
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I thought he was supposed to be the sane one in your family?
(no offense...well maybe some offense, but still, everything she ever read on elijah made him sound like the most measured of the originals but this just sounds unhinged and this is coming from a girl who legit thought she made up a boyfriend in her mind.)
Well, if you ever need to escape inappropriate men, you can always crash with us. Or me, for the time being.
(not that elena hasn't also volunteered to keep her company while josie is gone but hope would be welcome too. misery loves company. plus elena doesn't need to feel like she has to watch her all the time. she deserves to have a life too.)
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( Maybe with screaming. But, also, she feels like she doesn't quite have to scream now. She'll support Lizzie's screaming. )
So, where are we going to be doing our screaming?
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We can make a whole night of it.
(hell sure isn't going to create fun for them, so they'll have to create it themselves, best they can given the circumstances.)
I don't know...I don't trust the forest here. I don't want to get mauled by a hellbeast while screaming.
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( It's not hers to say, but she has opinions. And, those opinions are, Lizzie doesn't need to be alone. )
That's literally out of a horror movie. So. The lake? I don't think there's anything in it that can get us while we scream.
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Elena's offered to stay some nights too, so you guys could switch off or something.
(lizzie really doesn't want to be alone. she's never lived alone and while her sister is stuck in that hospital is not when she wants to start.)
Seems like our safest best, as safe as anything is here
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( She starts off toward the lake, though, slinging the bag over her shoulder. Her hand rests on the strap where it meets the bag opening, in case she needs to use it. )
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Nothing. I mean...it's hard. When Jo, my birth mom, was brought back, I didn't want to get to know her because it felt like I was betraying the mother who raised me. I lost my chance to get to know her. But feelings are complicated.
(and considering how hayley introduced her presence, she doesn't blame hope, honestly.)
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( She glances to Lizzie, and then back as they keep walking. )
And I'm married, that never gets any less weird.
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I don't blame you. I wouldn't want to hear about my parents love lives either, even if it didn't involve someone who was complicit in their death.
(just saying.)
How has that been going, with you and Landon being married? Honeymoon phase wear off yet?
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( not that... Lizzie is privy. )
Hilarious. It's -- I don't know. We're fine? We're... ( Doing it, she doesn't say. But, she implies it with her eyes. Because, Lizzie's not a virgin, right?
...Raf. Sebastian. )
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(she's not. but she grins a little at hope's admission.)
Oh? And how has that been? (sorry hope now she's getting nosey.)
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( This moved into territory. )
It's nice, okay?