She's Mine

Chapter Forty-Four

Hope POV-
I went out to dinner with Josie and her family after the graduation ceremony finished. Aunt Freya came as well. Once dinner was finished, Josie and I said good nights and we turned to go up to my room.
I close the door behind us and pull Josie to me. "You looked gorgeous today, babe." Josie blushes and places her head forward on my shoulder resting her face against my neck. We stand there for a second. "Hey, can we go run? Or you can stay here I just need to run a little bit." Josie lifts her head from my neck. "I'll come with you, I need to keep you out of trouble." Josie winks at me as she pulls away to change into sweats. We head outside and end up running about two hours.
My alarm goes off at 8 am. I reach over and turn it off rolling over to look at Josie. "Ready?" She forces a smile but I know she is nervous. "I'm ready." We get dressed and go downstairs to get into my car. I ended up getting a car a couple of months ago because Alaric and I kept needing to split up on missions and I got tired of running in my human form.
We don't say much as we drive to the appointment but I keep my hand on her leg our fingers intertwined. We walk inside and check in. "Josie Saltzman." The lady starts typing on her computer. "Please sit down, the doctor will be with you soon."
Josie and I grab a seat in the waiting room. Her leg is bouncing up and down which I very rarely see happen. I am more calm than she is right now. I turn to look at her, "Babe, take a deep breath." I say in my head. She looks over at me and gives my hand a quick squeeze. "I'm okay, promise." Finally, we get called back to the room.
"Alright so Josie, we have already combined the DNA from both eggs so today is just the implant. We figured that we will try three eggs but the likelihood of all three implanting is extremely low. If they implant, you will begin to test positive for being pregnant by tomorrow night. If you are ready we will take you into the next room to do it." Josie nods her head in understanding. "Babe, do you want me to stay while they implant the eggs?" I ask in my head. She looks over at me, "Please."
They take us to the next room and have Josie lay down on the bed. I grab a seat next to her head so I can hold her hand and distract her. She looks up at me, fear in her eyes. "Look Jo, this is going to feel like nothing compared to the pain we have felt. Just keep looking at me. It'll be all over soon." I continue to whisper in her ear, her hand holding mine tight until the doctor is done.
"Alright, you are all set. We recommend waiting 36 hours to take a pregnancy test. Otherwise, you are good to go." We thank the doctor and walk out to the car. "Are you doing okay, babe?" Josie has been just really quiet. "Yeah, thank you for distracting me. It really helped." A smirk formed on my face. "I know what else can distract you." We both get into the car. Josie looks over at me. "Doc said we have to wait to see if I'm pregnant before we do anything." I put the biggest pouty face on and make a big show to sigh loudly. "I know, sadly." Josie laughs at me before we pull out of the parking lot and head home.
"Want to buy some pregnancy tests on the way home for you to take tomorrow night?" I couldn't help it, I was excited. "Sure," we pull into the local grocery store and walk out with three tests. We head back home and find Aunt Freya waiting for us.
"How did it go?" Aunt Freya was standing outside of the school knowing we would be getting home soon. We hadn't told Alaric that we were doing this. I turn to Josie to let her answer. "Good, everything is done. Just can't take a pregnancy test until tomorrow night." Aunt Freya nods her head. "Good."
We decide to grab some food from the kitchen to make lunch for the three of us. Once we finished eating, Aunt Freya left to go back to her hotel. We had an early morning tomorrow to start house hunting. "Babe, wanna go upstairs? There are some houses the realtor wanted us to look at online before we saw them." Josie stands up grabbing our plates to bring them back to the kitchen. "Sure, sounds good."
We spent the rest of the night talking about how we would decorate and set up our house. We had a couple of houses we are going to look at tomorrow but Josie and I like one house in particular. We want to move in soon since our wedding is coming up in 6 weeks. Josie fell asleep early curled up into me.
Josie POV-
We both wake up to the alarm Hope set. Time to go meet the realtor. I was anxious to take a pregnancy test but knew I needed to wait. Hope and I grab our keys and walk out the door towards her car. Freya meets us downstairs.
"So, this is a 3 bedroom 3.5 bath house. Two stories. It has a nice fenced in yard and is right down the road from the town center of Mystic Falls. It also has a two car garage." This is the house Hope and I liked last night. It was beautiful. We take a full tour of the house. Freya is talking up the realtor when Hope and I go upstairs to the master suite. "Is this enough closet for you, Jo?" I love that she is checking with me to make sure I like everything. "Yes, babe, this house is-" Hope finishes my sentence, "Perfect." I walk over to Hope and wrap my arms around her. "Is this the one?" She nods her head with a huge smile on her face. "I think it is."
We go back downstairs to see the realtor. Hope takes charge immediately. "Can you put in an offer on this house for us?" She nods her head and pulls out her phone. "This is a great choice." The realtor walks out of the room. Freya turns to us pulling us both in for a hug. "I wanted to tell you. We are buying this house for you both as your graduation gift." Hope steps back. "Aunt Freya you don't have to, my trust fund has enough to cover it." Freya cuts her off and looks at me. "This will be the perfect house for you guys." I lean back into Freya giving her another hug. "Thank you so much." A single tear rolls down my cheek.
The realtor walks back in after making a quick call. "I will let you know what they say but I think they will take it." I launch myself into Hope's arms as she swings me in a small circle. "I love you." Hope sets me back down to the floor. I don't let go of her hand as I step back. "Always and forever, babe."