𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐞 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧, hope mikaelson

twenty-three

"This is bullshit!" Lizzie was the first person to object, "This makes no sense, Dad, why are we being punished?"

"Because, you guys started a brawl at a charity football game that risked exposing what we really do here" Doctor Saltzman answered, only referring to the reason to do with the boys and twins.

The pale blonde furrowed her eyebrows, "But you weren't mad last night—"

"I was mad last night," Alaric disagreed, positioning the books he had taken out of the shelves in his hands, "My undying love for my daughters just happened to trump my rage" He finally stopped at the bottom of the stairs and put the books down on a table, "I volunteered everyone in the game, so stop complaining. You're lucky that it's just community service and not actual jail time"

Lizzie and Adrian were the only ones who hadn't descended the small staircase, "Can I at least offer a rebuttal in my defense if it pleases the court?" The blue-eyed Saltzman girl asked.
The father sighed and gestured for her to go ahead and defend herself, "First of all, I was provoked. My response was totally proportional considering the levels of abuse that I was forced to endure, just ask Adrian and Owen"

The boys nodded, the three of them may have started the fight but only because the Timberwolves wouldn't keep their mouths shut. Hope bit her lower lip, trying not to chuckle as the siphoner continued, "And secondly, if anyone should take the blame it's Josie"

A look of betrayal spread across the brunette siphoner's face, "What?"

It only took a millisecond for Lizzie to realize that the comment hurt her sister, "I'm sorry, I totally cracked under cross but if you had just let Kaleb catch the ball—"

"You'd still be in trouble," Alaric said, cutting his daughter off before she could finish her sentence.

"But nice job throwing your sister under the bus" The tribrid smiled, obviously amused by the scene unfolding before her.

"Thank you, Hope," Josie mumbled, her arms crossed as her sister glared at the Mikaelson girl before giving the brunette a look.

Alaric let out a sigh before attempting to end their conversation and send the teens off, "Speaking of, the bus leaves in ten minutes, and I expect all five of you to be on it, working together today, harmoniously and without drama. End of debate"

Owen shook his head, he had no intention of getting stuck doing community service for something that he believed had been done right. He thought it fair that the Timberwolves had finally gotten a taste of what the Stallions were made of, "Dude, no"

"'Dude', yes" Alaric replied before he faced all of the teenagers, "I don't want to hear about you starting another brawl with the locals again"

The auburn-haired girl scoffed, crossing her arms, "I wasn't even at the game. Why am I being punished?"

"You know what you did," Doctor Saltzman answered which peaked Lizzie and Josie's curiosity about the occurrences of the previous day. Alaric swiftly evaded the twins' matching inquisitive stares to avoid having to answer any questions about what happened when they went on their Landon Kirby hunt, "Alright now go, all of you. Come on" He clapped and the twins cleared out along with Owen.

"Seriously?" Hope questioned once she, her boyfriend and the headmaster were left alone in the library.

"What part of what I said needs translating?" The adult sighed, facing the tribrid again, "Go, the others are waiting"