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As afternoon approached the day, Lizzie and Josie had gone to apologise to the tribid, they ended up talking for about an hour, about what? Charlotte has no idea but she was about to find out.
The headteacher gently knocked against the oak door and waited for a response, when the door opened, she moved a little back to face the emotional auburn haired girl.
Hope was still in her bathrobe, when she saw who knocked, she hid herself with the door, still avoiding eye contact making Charlotte internally sighed, it was going to be able for their relationship to go back to normal.
"Hey." She softly said with a smile, the girl responded with a quiet hello back. "I was wondering if I could come in but if you're not dressed yet, I can come back lat-"
Hope shook her head and opened the door more. "No, it's okay."
Charlotte nodded and walked in, awkwardly looking around as if she hasn't seen the place a million times and Hope walked to the vanity desk, standing there awkwardly, using her fingers to brushed out the wet knots in her hair. The mother, slightly flinching at the harshness of the teen's actions, walked besides her and opened one of the drawers to take out a brand new hairbrush.
She nodded for Hope to take a sit on the chair and she started to gently brush the knots out. "So, I figured we should talk, I know what happened in the past twenty four hours must've been confusing and you might have some questions ~"
"Why did you allow me to enroll in the school?! How can you even stand being near me?!" The tribid suddenly asked a little louder than expected making Charlotte pause from brushing her hair.
Hope couldn't wait any longer in asking, especially reading first hand how the blonde felt after her fathers betrayal.
The vampire raised her eyebrows and continued to brush the auburn hair. "Okay, firstly, I opened this school for my daughters and other supernaturals alike, for those who didn't have the resources or the right environment to flourish in, who am I to turn away from children who need the help that we can provide for them."
Hope looked down in shame, she hoped (pun intended) that she didn't offend the woman anymore.
"Honey, I "allowed" you to enrol into the school because you are just a seventeen years old girl, who had been shielded her entire life and didn't get to live it. Rebekah told me how you were homeschooled this whole time, how your family is crazy overprotective and the only person close to your age was Davina meaning you probably didn't get to do what normal teenage girls got to do." Charlotte quoted, putting the brush down and grabbing two hair bands before parting her hair in two.
"As for how I can stand being near you, that's easy; because you've done nothing to me." The blonde concentrated on braiding the one side, not even realising the look that the tribid was giving her, it was a mixture of disbelief, admiration and respect. "How?" She whispered. "How can you be so nice to me and my parents, Miss Forbes?"
Her smile falters for a second at the mention of Niklaus and Hayley. "Secondly, if we're going to have this conversation, you're going to have to call me Charlotte." She joked, tying the end of the braid and moving onto the next. "There is something you need to know about me; I am not my sister, I don't hold grudges, I never really have ~ well there was this one time but that's a whole different story, a different villain and everything. The point is Hope, that it never ends well, if I kept all those negative emotions inside, it would've ruined me years ago, there's no coming back from that."
Charlotte smiled as she tied the braid in the black hair band, Hope had to looked down so that Charlotte wouldn't see her smile and be weirded out.
She never had anyone to do this, her mom doesn't know how to braid neither does her Aunt Freya since she always had short hair while Davina always fumbled around with it and Aunt Rebekah thought it wasn't ladylike and would go for a different style.
If Charlotte did see, she didn't mention it.
"Shouldn't you hate me? Shouldn't you want me to leave?! Kick me out or something" Hope was so confused, she wasn't getting it, how the hell was this woman so calm with her being here?
"You need to breathe. Let's talk for real, like a teen to a teen." Hope stood up and turned as Charlotte placed her hands on her shoulders and suddenly shook them. "Why the hell would you think that I would hate you?! What is up with you Hope because I'm starting to think that this isn't just about me and your parents."
Charlotte looked at Hope worriedly as she watched the young teen suddenly break out in tears and not the sort of tears where you're bailing aloud but the heartbreak, covering-your-mouth-so-that-no-one-else-can-hear-you tears.
"Okay." The mother of two had rushed forward and engulfed her in a hug, wrapping her hard around her arms, being Hope to her chest. The tribid weakly puts her arms up, clutching the back of Charlotte's white blouse. "Okay. It's going to be okay, I promise but you need to tell me what's going on in your head sweetheart."
Hope's heartbreaking sobs echoed in Charlotte's head, it was a sound she would never be able to forget. "I hate myself. I hate myself so much. I thought knowing that I was a mistake from a one night stand was bad enough but knowing that I was a product from a affair that broke up something my father had treasured and on top of that being a painful reminder for you. How can I not hate myself?!" Charlotte went to deny everything that was just said but Hope kept on going.
"I'm a comic mistake Charlotte, before I was born my family considered me to be their hope, their redemption but all I've caused is pain and suffering and more problems even more so after being born; witches, my evil grand aunt, crazy ancestral spirit, all the people that died because of me. It would've been better off if I wasn't even born."
"Hey, that is not true." She shook her head. "From what I heard, Hope Emilia Mikaelson changed her family for the better. Her reckless Uncle Kol had become somewhat stable, her Noble Uncle Elijah finally took a breather and stepped back to relax, her Aunt Rebekah who desperately wanted a child of her own finally was able to help raise one and the Big Bad Wolf who cared about nothing and no one finally found his source of happiness."
As tears dropped down the tribid's face, she looked up at her mentor, shaking her head. "But he had you."
Charlotte gave her a sad smile. "I could've never of given him what he would treasure the most ~ a child." She placed the baby hair that was poking out, behind Hope's ear.
"How are you like this? My parents are monsters that ruined you and you still here, smiling."
Charlotte looked down for a moment, thinking of a plan when a thought came to her, making her beam. "Trust me Hope, I've dealt with monsters before and your parents don't even come close ~ and I think I know how to show you. Come on, you need to get dressed, I'm taking you and the girls with me for a little trip down memory lane."
Charlotte practically skipped to the door before pausing and looking back to the confused teen. "Do you know where Josie and Lizzie are?"
Hope's eyes widen. Crap, she can't know where they are!
"They went out with Damon." She blurted, telling half the truth. Charlotte raised her eyebrows in surprise. "Oh okay. Get changed and we'll meet them there."
"Where's there?" Hope asked curiously.
The blonde vampire just smirked.
"You'll see."
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I wonder what the twins and Uncle Damon are up too? 😏🤔
I have nooo idea what's been going on with wattpad, especially the last time I updated some of you guys dmed me saying you can vote or comment, I'm really sorry, I had no idea what was going on but hopefully it's back to normal ❤️
I uploaded today because well now that quarantine is happening meaning I'm just going to be writing more and more but also because today is the anniversary of Charlotte and Klaus breaking up, I've been using FANDOM for information and all that and the day Hayley and Klaus conceived Hope was the 24th of March soooo...
On that note what should Klaus and Charlotte's ship name be 😂😂
A fair warning ⚠️
Next chapter is a mess, it's chaotic and confusing but only because I don't know how to torture people 😂
Anywhoo, take care everybodyyy 💕💕