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Lizzie watched. It was something of a ritual at this point. It of course was something she could control. Apart of her didn’t want to, a part of her just wanted to stay in the dark observing everyone’s lives around her. Watching people be happy and go about their lives. She looked around and saw everyone engaging in conversation, she saw Kaleb and Cleo cuddling across the firepit and smiling softly. She was relieved to find that Kaleb was somehow brought back by nobody other than Landon. The person in theory also seemed to be in the living plane, touching and interacting with physical things just fine, Lizzie however was still confused about the how and why of it all.
Lizzie took a swig of the cooler she had, she knew it wouldn’t even get her tipsy, but she knew she didn’t want to rely on heavy alcohol anymore. She also didn’t know her limits as a heretic now, as far as she knew everything is enhanced, and she didn’t want to chance it and become an alcoholic as her father had been. She didn’t want to rely on substances to help her, she didn’t want to rely on other people as well.
Since coming back, she and Josie had got into many arguments, mainly at fault because of Lizzie, who refused to open up and would turn the argument into something petty. Whenever Josie would ask about her and Hope's lack of stability in their ‘friendship’, she would shut her down. Lizzie would get defensive, she realized she'd been doing that a lot since her last attempt at a love confession. Hope was a sore topic to talk about, for confessions that went unaddressed and ignored by Hope, and for situations that developed between the two. She may have also been trying to ignore the tribrid, but of course, this never worked in her favor. Since the final battle Hope has been hanging around the Saltzman twins more and more each day, some would think it was out of guilt, but Lizzie knew it was Hope's way of trying to go back to a sense of normalcy. Of course, nothing would be the same for all of them, nothing can go back to the way things were before.
If she’s being honest with herself, Lizzie’s mind has been filled with images of Hope, it’s been circling her mind more and more often. So far, she’s been unable to stop them, she’s been unable to keep her distance from Hope, even though that’s the one thing she wants most of recent. She watches as Mg enjoys himself in conversion with some students, sensing her gaze he turns and smiles at Lizzie. Lizzie offers a small smile and lifts her bottle, once Mg turns his gaze back to the group, Lizzie's smile instantly forms into a frown. She’s immediately filled with guilt; she still feels her heart shatter at the thought of breaking Mg’s heart. She of course loves him, but not as much as she does Hope, which is another issue that Lizzie isn’t ready to think about. Even if her mind is plagued by the thoughts every time, she and Hope have sex or anytime she catches Hope's eyes as she longs for Landon.
Lizzie knew she was just an extension of Hope that was called upon when needed, and a part of her wasn’t sure why but, she basked in it.
“You want a separate room?” Josie asked.
Lizzie nodded as she did her hair, refusing to look Josie in the eye. “Yeah, I thought it was a good idea. I mean it will certainly help our independence, right?”
Josie shook her head, “I think our independence is fine, I mean we really haven’t been that codependent recently.”
At this Lizzie turned to look at Josie with a knowing look, “Jo, since you’ve been back, I’ve barely been to the bathroom or showers by myself, we’re always at each other’s hips. And when we’re not at each other’s hips it’s at each other’s throats, mainly because of me.” Lizzie sighed and looked down. “If I’m being honest, I haven’t been myself lately. And I don’t want you to see this new side of me, even if some of it is returning old habits. It’s something that I wa-, Something I need to do and discover on my own. And I can’t do that with you and Hope hovering over me with remnants of the past.” In some ways, she knew it was the truth, but a part of her knew it was a lie to get Josie to fold, and she immediately felt guilty for manipulating her by throwing her mental health in Josie's face.
Josie nodded her head, “I understand, but that doesn’t mean I still like it.” She laughed and sat closer to Lizzie, “You would think I would get your need for space when I literally ran away a couple of months ago.”
Lizzie shakes her head, “You didn’t run away, you just choose what’s best for everyone, and that was focusing on yourself. Which is something I need to do.”
They brought their heads together, “You’re right. But this means I get twin cuddles indefinitely.”
Lizzie laughed, “Duh.”
Lizzie could say that maybe moving into her own room was a dramatic move, especially given her constantly being around Josie whenever Hope isn’t around, which in Lizzie's opinion is bare. She could also say avoiding Hope was harder than she thought, the older girl was somehow everywhere in the school wherever she turned and looked. Of course, Hope always had a soft smile on her face whenever she saw Lizzie, she would follow it up with a confidant arm wave which Lizzie would ignore. Apart from her felt bad, but the other half was satisfied with it. Lizzie was optimistic that Hope would get the hint and lose all contact, but Lizzie also knew that being optimistic was Josies thing, not hers, so she evidently, should have known it would come back and bite her.
“Honestly Jo, how many times do I have to say just com-” Lizzie froze and her words died down as she saw who was in front of her. She tensed against her door and closed it a bit to hide her lack of pants. “What do you want?”
Hope smiled, “Nice to know you still have your sense of humor.” She held up a box with tools, “Josie asked me to come over and help you set up some things, she said it would give us a chance to reconnect.” She said the last part with a smirk and Lizzie rolled her eyes.
“Mmm, I bet she did,” Lizzie said with a tight smile. Hope stood there awkwardly, Lizzie walked away from the door as she went to grab her rope, she heard Hope shut the door as she walked in.
Hope looked around the room with a smile, “Can’t believe this looks exactly how it was when I had this room.”
Lizzie sat on the floor and looked at the paper in front of her, “Well it’s not like a fire is going to change the layout of the room Mikaelson.”
Hope still looking and walking around the room smirked, “So we're back to last names?”
Lizzie didn’t look up as she responded, “Yes, so come sit down and help me figure this out.”
Hope squatted behind Lizzie and placed her head on her shoulder, she could hear Lizzie let out a breath. “Now you know I like to be in command.” Hope waited for Lizzie’s response but known came, she only heard uneven breathes coming from Lizzie. Hope moved some of Lizzie's hair from her neck and rubbed her nose on it gently, she smiled softly as Lizzie pushed back into Hope lightly, as a way of enjoyment. Hopes stood and walked to sit beside Lizzie, smiling as Lizzie turned to look at her in disbelief. “What? You want everything done or what?”
They sat there looking at each other, Hope with an amused look and Lizzies chest rising and falling. Hope saw as Lizzie folded the instructions back up before discarding them and stood, silently inviting Hope to do the same. Lizzie stepped causally toward Hope, afraid she’ll rapidly change her mind, she placed her hands on Hope's hands and guided them to her sides. She gasped as Hope pulled her closer, wrapping her arms around her waist, she closed her eyes as Hope leaned in closer and placed a peck on her lips. Lizzie opened her eyes, and in a rush, she surged forward and kissed her with passion, maybe too much but Lizzie really didn’t care at this moment.
Hope smiled into the kiss as she brought Lizzie even closer before unraveling her arms and going to Lizzie's tied rope, she fumbled with the tie for a while before it finally came loose. Not taking her lips off of Lizzie she brought her hands to the sides of Lizzie’s bare skin and started lightly playing with the rims of her underwear, which made Lizzie moan into the kiss. They walked backward as Hope pushed the rope off entirely, she heard Lizzie let out a groan as she hit the wall, she quickly brought her lips back to her and ran her hands up and down her body.
Lizzie started to do the same as Hope before her hands were pinned by her. She let out a whine at this and Hope bites her lip with a smile before starting to place kisses on Lizzie’s body. She knelt with Lizzie's hands still pinned as she went down her body, dedicated to kissing every part of her. She came back up and let go of one of Lizzie's hands, leading her to the bed with the other, making her sit in front of Hope. Hope looked down at Lizzie and pushed her backward until she leaned on her elbows, Hope spreading her legs came in between them and leaned over her as she helped Lizzie out of her shirt. she leaned back over to place a kiss on her forehead before backing up to undo her jeans and take her underwear off as well. At this, Lizzie scooted back on the bed until she was in the center of it, satisfied with this, Hope smiled as she crawled towards Lizzie. She came up to her knees as she reached Lizzies and ran her hands down her legs until she reached her underwear, she pulled gently before Lizzie raised up a bit to help her get them all the way off. Hope kissed Lizzie's stretched-out leg as she slipped the underwear off, with both legs now back on the bed, Hope brought her hands to the top of Lizzie's knees and then spread them. She came between Lizzie's legs and started kissing her neck, grinding down as she did so. Lizzie moaned and wrapped her legs and arms around Hope's body, making Hope lose her balance and fall on top of Lizzie.
Lizzie started rocking back and forth, dragging her clit up and down any part of Hope, Hope pushed up on her arms to look at Lizzie, “Wait, you don’t want me to go down on you first?”
Lizzie shook her head as best she can as she continued to grind on Hope, “No, I’m already wet, I’m so wet Hope.”
Hope smiled at this, “Take your bra off, I want to feel every part of you.” Lizzie
stopped grinding and leaned up so Hope can help her take it off, once she helped her, Hope leaned back to take the rest of her clothes off. “That’s better,” she kissed both of Lizzie's breasts before ushering Lizzie to wrap her arms and legs around her again. Lizzie obliged as Hope put both of her hands on Lizzie's hips and started guiding them to go against Hope. she groaned as they started to pick up speed, Lizzie unwrapped her arms and started caressing Hope's sides as she did this letting out moans as her clit become more sensitive with each motion.
“Fuck fuck, Hope I’m going to come.” At this Hoped leaned forward completely dropping her weight on Lizzie as she kissed her and continued to grind on her, she took her hands off her hips and brought them to Lizzie's face. Hope broke the kiss but continued to hold Lizzie's face, she was about to come herself and she knew Lizzie was too, so she kept her tempo.
They both tensed as they came, both panting as Hope placed kisses on Lizzie's neck, Lizzie smiled and relaxed as Hope did this until she spoke. “Mmm, I love this,” she kissed Lizzie's shoulder blades before continuing, “so much, I missed this.”
Her smile fell as Hope said this, and she was immediately reminded of why she was trying to cut this out in the first place. You didn’t have to tell Lizzie that she was a terrible person, she already knew. It should have been the fact that she has a boyfriend that she occasionally cheats on with their friend that made her stop their arrangement. Not the way that Hope makes her feel whenever she says she loves everything besides Lizzie. A small tear come down her face as she was reminded of all the times Hope said she loved Lizzie's body, loved the way she sounded as Hope did things to her, loved the way their bodies were so compatible, loved the way her face would look as she came.
She faked a smile as Hope shifted and looked at Lizzie with a smile, “You wanna be on top?” Lizzie knew she should say no and make up some excuse as to why she couldn’t, but she also didn’t know any better coping mechanism than sex. She nodded and Hope turned over until she was on her back, Lizzie straddled her and scooted until she was on Hope's stomach, she immediately started griding on her abs with her hands holding her breast, and Hopes arms went to rest behind her head as she laid. She closed her eyes as she picked up speed and let out a small gasp as she begins to feel the pressure in her stomach. She kept going as she tensed, nails digging into Hopes skin. She opened her eyes as she heard Hope groan, she slowed a bit as she looked down and saw Hope staring directly at her face with an unreadable look on her face. Lizzie picked up speed again and kept her eyes open as she looked into Hopes' eyes, never breaking eye connect even when she came all over her. She slowed but never stopped as she and Hope looked at each other, Hope removed her arms from her head and sat up bringing a halt to Lizzies grinding. She pulled Lizzie closer as she kissed her, it was messy and sloppy but neither could get enough from it. they broke from the kiss; both panting out of breath and Hope hugged Lizzie with her face resting in Lizzies breast and Lizzies head on top of Hope.
It was a new addition Lizzie thought, something she wasn’t entirely prepared for, but neither were the words that Hope murmured into her chest. “I love every part of you Lizzie.”