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Chapter 1-The Aftermath Song A Fire On A Hill By Hands Like Houses

Hope was passed tired; she was completely drained. It had been a very long day. All she wanted to do was to go to her room and take a very hot bath and let the day wash from her. Then she wanted to go to sleep and not wake up for a week!

But first, the Tribrid need to go and have a conversation that had been put on pause for the last several hours, on a count of mummy.

As Hope walked up to the open door she heard the voices of the two witches that she was looking for. Hope spied in to see what was happening before she made herself known.

Lizzy looked at her sister while getting ready for bed. "Why would you drive a wedge between me and Hope? Why lie?"

Just then, Hope made her presents known. "I was gonna ask the same thing."

Exhaling, Josie looked over her shoulder and turned to face the older girl. "I didn't just lie. I started the fire." She took a breath before continuing; "Lizzie had made some remark... about me being obsessed with you. I just blurted out, "How could I be obsessed with somebody who would say such mean things about my twin?""

"But I didn't." Hope defended.

"I know. I just made it up."

"Why?"

"Because I didn't want Lizzie to know the truth." Shyly Josie continued. "I had a crush on you. And I had slipped a note into your room that morning and... I don't know, I just really immediately regretted it but I couldn't get in by then. So I did a fire spell under your door. I was really only aiming for the note."

The blond looked shocked and appalled at her sister. "Why would it matter that I knew?"

The taller twin turned slightly upset. "Because my whole life, any time I've ever liked anyone, you go for them. And you always win."

Hope chuckled softly with a small smirk. "You had a crush on me?"

"Of course I did. Who wouldn't?"

Josie and Hope shared a look that spoke to something small that had the possibility of more.

"How could you do this to me? I have been trying for six years to be friends with Hope and because of you, I wasted the last two years thinking she hated me!"

"Hey! Lay off Lizzie!" Hope walked into the room and stood next to Josie. "This isn't just on her. You could have said something along the way so that we could have cleared this up. You didn't think anything of it because you truly though so little of me."

Lizzy stared at the shorter girl with an extremely shocked expression on her face. Josie, on the other hand, looked like she wanted to either cry or hug her, not really sure which would be better at that exact moment.

With that Hope turned to Josie. "We need to talk, but for now, why don't you get some sleep. Everything will be okay."

The brunette nodded her head and watched as Hope walked out of the room. 'Damn, I wish that I would have let her find the note.'

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