"Love and Pain." ~~~~~~A LEGACIES STORY

Chapter 25: Reminiscing

I was eleven when Makayla and Chris came into my life. "Hey, are you lost?"

There was this guy with bright red hair. He had a huge smile. "What do you mean lost?" My plane had barely gotten to Paris. Obviously I couldn't pay for it, so I had to sneak on board. God was really on my side because I was sure that I would get caught.

"Kids usually isn't on this side. This is where the adults are." He points to all of the adults. They slipped my mind. It seemed like people were able to stay wherever, regardless of age.

"You make it seem like this is some fancy hotel. Who are you anyways, and why are you on the on the adult side?" The boy seemed to be happy. From afar he didn't seem like he was an orphan, but up close you can see that he was for a long time.

"I'm Chris. This is Makayla. We're on this side because we thought the adults would want to take us in. Even though there is no where for us to be besides alleyways." Chris had a huge smile on his face considering the circumstances. All these years alone I wished that my personality was like that. I could get kicked in the face and have a smile. I wish that was me, but if somebody kicked me there is a good chance things would end up with me in jail.

"Do you have any sort of family or friends?" Chris looks around. He doesn't see anyone that is close to me.

"No. I don't." Of course I didn't tell him the reason why I came here. It would ruin my whole plan, so my mouth stayed shut. Besides my plan, the only thing I had of my family was a picture of my brother. His name is Rafael. My mom told me that one day we will all be reunited. My hope had went away a long time ago. Mom and Dad abandoned me. They left me to starve or the die of thirst. I hated them.

My brother didn't do anything. He probably didn't even know that I had existed. My hope was that I'll find him.

Makayla and Chris were now dead because of me. They were killed because of me. I know that they were going to kill me, but there is still a pit of guilt in my stomach. A huge grin comes across my face as I turn towards Hope. She's still asleep and she looks so peaceful. Her face is calm, a slight small on her, the light reflecting on her. She was the most beautiful person I had ever met.

A string of hair falls into her face. I pull it back and tug it behind her ear. She starts to wake up.

"Oh sorry. I didn't mean to wake you up." She shakes her head smiling.

"No. It's okay." Her eyes stay on mine. My eyes stay on hers.

"We should probably get to class, right?" Hope nods.

"I don't want to go." She says as she makes a pity face. Her eyes plead that we skip class.

"Hope Mikaelson wanting to skip class? Wow. I'm shocked. I guess you're really sleepy."

Hope joins in on my joke. "Saving the world is a full time job. I'm exhausted." She shrugs at the end giving me a small smile.

"Well why don't you have some fun?" Hope leans closer and gives me a smile.

"Oh? What type of fun?" She is full on grinning now.

"Why don't we have a party? Not like the last one, but a better one. It can stay inside. The whole day is yours. Hell, if you want to the whole week can be yours."

The smile falls off her face. "Not that simple. I'm a tribid. The only one of my kind. These people need me."

"Hey, they won't have a hero if you get so exhausted you can't save the world anymore. Besides, you're always being a badass saving the world. I want to see the soft, caring Hope that I know is there." My smile grows to help her feel better.

After a moment, her smile returns. "Hey, you've seen quite a lot of soft, caring Hope."

I raise an eyebrow. "No. I have not."

Hope leans closer to me. "Yes you have."

I think for a moment before shaking my head. "No. I haven't. Why don't you show me her?"

Hope giggles as she leans in to kiss me. The giggles and kisses are interrupted by Penelope coming in with Josie and Lizzie.

They come in laughing and talking. When they see me and Hope in mid kiss, they have different reactions: Josie turns around, Lizzie makes her eyes huge, and Penelope raises her eyebrow laughing.

"Sorry. We thought you guys would be up and not kissing." Josie says while turned around.

Hope looks at me and smiles. "You can look at us Josie. It's not like we were naked."

Josie takes a deep breath. "Right. Well, we thought that we should throw another party."

"Yeah. Sure." Hope gets up out of the bed and puts on her shoes. The sarcasm in her voice is really detectable.

"I was thinking the same thing Josie. It would be nice to throw another well planned party." Josie nods as I get out of my bed.

Hope stands on the opposite side of the bed. She turns to me. "Yeah. Another well planned party that will get you kidnapped and tortured."

I walk to the other side of the bed and grab Hopes hand. "Don't worry. You're going to protect me, remember?"

Hope nods and rolls her eyes.

"Well then it's settled. The freak show and her freak girlfriend will be coming to the party." Penelope gives us a smile. "Let's go JoJo." She grabs Josie's arm and walks out the door.

Me and Hope look at Lizzie. She has this huge smile on her face. "Hope, I hope that we can set aside our deep seated hostility for the greater good. That greater good being Alexa."

Hope does a weird smile at Lizzie. "Done."

Lizzie turns to me. "I see my plan worked out. Except for the whole kidnapping Alexa part. Totally wasn't on me."

"It's okay, Lizzie. Thank you." I give Lizzie a smile. She nods.

After she leaves, Hope turns to me. She laughs a little. "She is a handful."

"Hey. She's my best friend. You just said you would get along with her."

She smiles at me, and kisses my forehead. "I have to get to class, but see you later?"

"Of course." Hope walks out of the room and I start to change clothes. If I'm going to torture that girl, it needs to be without her.