#hope006

@hope-robinson

[Stiles]

Stiles had been thinking about things and he was still worried to tell Hope, but he didn't like when they were mad at each other so he knocked on her door and brought some treats for the kids. “Hope, there is something i need to tell you.”

[Hope]

Hope opened the door to see Stiles and just looked at him as he spoke. She saw the treats in his hand and she thought about just telling him she didn’t want to hear it but instead she just moved to the side. “Five minutes.” She said to him before closing the door as he walked in.

[Stiles]

Stiles stepped into the house before putting the things down. “I was hesitant to tell you about who I am dating because I wasn't sure about where we stand. I am with Grace you were right...but I don't know. I am worried about her. She basically refuses to eat and I just...I didn't want to stress you out and bring down.”

[Hope]

Hope wasn’t surprised at all but what Stiles said and sat on the couch as she looked at him. She didn’t even know if she had to tell Zach. She didn’t know if he would care. “Sit.” She said looking at him. “What do you mean she doesn’t eat?”

[Stiles]

“She won’t eat. She won’t talk to her father after they got into a fight and he slapped her. She found out about her brother and her mother and I never see her eat. I make her food and she tells me she isn’t hungry. The other day she only ate an apple.”

[Hope]

“And you care about her? I mean you think she might be the one for you? Because all of this you are going through...just make sure you know she isn’t like Liam Stiles. Otherwise tell her dad where she is and he can deal with it.”

[Stiles]

“Of course I do. I know she isn’t and I don’t want Liam. I want her Hope. I feel that pull with her unlike anything I have felt before. Even after changing into a siren I have always felt the pull with her..I can’t explain it. She doesn’t want to go home, she isn’t comfortable at home.”

[Hope]

“Maybe she is going through a lot then. When me and Zach went through our thing neither of us ate and when we did it was only so the kids didn’t think things were wrong. She has to get through that by herself, all you can do is be there for her.” Hope replied.

[Stiles]

“I know and I have been. I have been trying to cook her meals and everything but she still insists she isn’t hungry. I can’t help but to worry about her while I am at work. It’s almost like she is starving herself and I can’t do anything to help her.”

[Hope]

“Well she could be scared that if she tried to eat she wouldn’t be able to fully enjoy it. She could get sick. If she hasn’t eaten in a while, it takes your body a little time to get used to all the things it was deprived of for a time. Or maybe something is going on with her body? Maybe she is scared to eat? I mean when I was pregnant with Hallie I was careful about what I ate and then with Emmett I didn’t know what I was doing so I barely ate.”

[Stiles]

Stiles listened before hearing her talking about being pregnant and he remembered their conversation from last night. “She told me that she was going to the doctor today and I asked to go with and she told me no. We talked about how she didn’t want kids right now...I didn’t think to ask if she was...I mean...she told me it was just a check up…You don’t think she is…”

[Hope]

“She’s at the doctor?” Hope asked. “Did you ask what kind of doctor? Because if she isn’t eating then she should be seeing one that can give her proper care but if it’s for her being….well do you know if she is pregnant...would she...I...would she keep it?”

[Stiles]

“She just said the doctors...I don’t know if she is...I don’t know if she would.” He starts to panic and he starts to pace. “I should go and see what is going on. I am so stupid I should have gone and been there with her. I can’t sniff her out I am not a shifter anymore. Can you help me? Can you help me go and find her?”

[Hope]

Hope still up and stopped him. “Stiles breathe. Do you have her phone number?” She asked as he took his phone. “When Zach started taking Emmett to school I noticed all the moms started hitting on him and because I am a very jealous and possessive person I put this tracker on his phone. It shouldn’t be hard to do that to Grace’s.” She said before handing him back his phone. “There. She’s at the level e camp.” She said. “You can calm down now.”

[Stiles]

“She is at the level e camp?” He asks before looking at his phone that showed her location. “I will probably ask you how you did that later but for now I should go. Thank you for your help and I am sorry for not telling you earlier.”

[Hope]

“Yeah she’s...she’s at that place mom went. When she was losing Finn’s baby. Just-when you go don’t jump to conclusions. Maybe this is the only doctor over there...maybe she isn’t pregnant.” Hope said. “And it’s fine, I’m over it now.”

[Stiles]

@hope-robinson

[Nibs]

Nibs had made his way to Hope’s room since he knew he had to tell her of her punishment. Stepping into the room, he raised his hand up so that he could speak first. “Before you say anything, you snuck out and broke the rules. This means that I need to make your punishment harsher. I used magic to make sure that you can’t hurt yourself in this room, you can’t leave this room and you will have meals brought and stored in that fridge. I am the only one that can physically come into this room due to the charm. It will not be lifted until your punishment is over. Apparently two weeks of a punishment isn’t enough to teach you a lesson so you will be grounded here for a month. No arguing and no talking back.”

[Hope]

Hope was doing her hair when she saw Nibs walking in. She didn’t say anything as everything he was saying Zach had already explained to her. “I’m not going to argue.” She responded. “I’m assuming the fridge is because you don’t plan on visiting that much. Good to know.”

[Nibs]

“There are some things I need to take care of besides you are being punished. It isn’t a punishment if there is someone here to entertain you Hope. You need to take time to think about your punishment and why you are being punished. And the fridge is in case you have leftover or get hungry while I am working that way you don’t have to be worried about being too hungry since the fridge will stock itself with whatever food you want to eat.”

[Hope]

“I’m being punished for no reason. You are the one that says I’m “old enough” to make my own choices. So why are you grounding me like a child? You don’t get to treat me like an adult one second and then the next act like I’m ten.” She responded turning to look at him.

[Nibs]

“You are being punished because you broke your last punishment. Clearly if you can’t take a punishment and let it run its course then you aren’t old enough to make your own choices. Show me you are responsible and I won’t have to ground you like a child.”

[Hope]

“That makes no sense, I shouldn’t be punished at all. I should be able to leave when I want, drink when I want, or be with who I want. You never have a problem before I snuck out so this is a bit much. I didn’t do anything compared to what I did in the past.”

[Nibs]

“Your mother told me to pick the punishment so this is the punishment. I already told you that you can be with whoever you want that is fine. You have an imprint now so that doesn’t matter. I always had a problem but I was going through some things that needed to be addressed with your mother.”

[Hope]

“You are always going through things. You and mom, it’s a miracle to get either of your attention and when I do it’s only enough to punish me. I was going through stuff too dad that I needed you for. When I started sleeping around you weren’t there to say no or to talk to me about it. You waited until Stiles told you and then I was punished. Mom wasn’t there when Jack was hitting on me but she had enough time to kick Zach out. Both you only care when shit hits the fan. When it’s too late to fix something. You don’t care that I needed you way before then.”

[Nibs]

“I want to be there and I am trying to be there for you Hope. Hell, I was there when you needed me to take you to Zach because Liam broke your bond. If you needed me you could have come and talked to me too. I figured you knew what you were getting yourself into, I want to trust in the fact that I had raised my daughter to be strong and independent. I did not want to be too controlling because when people are too controlling then they tend to do the opposite of what you want and it just causes more problems in the long run. If people don’t learn from their mistakes then how are they to learn at all? Your mother and I won’t always be able to be there for you Hope. We can’t always step in and save the day. I don’t want you to be too dependent on us because soon enough you will move out of the castle and live somewhere with a family of your own. We can only hold your hand for so long Hope.”

[Hope]

“I wanted you to hold my hand when I was hit on for the first time. I’m not asking for much, I can handle myself. To the point where I don’t even need Zach to protect me or am anywhere near dependent on him. And that sucks because all he wants to do is be there for me and take care of me and yet I was raised to be independent and strong. I don’t know what it’s like to depend on someone. You are my parents you should want to save the day for me and make me do it myself every single time, but I did and I never complained. Now you want to be parents and ground me for doing something I have always done. Do you know no one came to talk to me after my siblings died? No one and I didn’t need them to because I am so used to doing this shit by myself so I don’t understand why I am being grounded. I didn’t understand when mom was doing and I certainly don’t understand now.”

[Nibs]

“If someone was hitting on you chances are I would have killed them and I don’t think you would want that overprotective dad image to be glued to you through school because then kids would tease you about that instead. You are being grounded because your mother originally grounded you because you were drunk off your ass talking about things that you shouldn’t be talking about. I am enforcing the punishment that you broke. If you want me to be there for you then tell me that. I can not read your mind Hope.”

[Hope]

“The guards dad, you don’t think I wanted you to get them away from me? To stop using the fact that when we were alone it was alright to touch me? I didn’t know how to come to you or mom and ask for help. And as I child I shouldn’t need to. You saw me change, you noticed I wasn’t the same what I was I supposed to do scream that I needed someone? The kids teased me anyway it wouldn’t have mattered. I don’t even know why I am telling you any of this, you don’t care. No one cared why I was drunk. My mom didn’t even ask she just grounded me. I can’t wait to move out and just continue to live the same way. You guys won’t even notice, independent and strong right dad? That’s all that matters to anyone in this family.”

[Nibs]

“You want us to sit down and have a therapy session right now? Fine, let’s do that then. How did you feel when your siblings were killed? Why were you drunk?” He asks while sitting down.

[Hope]

“No, what are you doing? No I don’t want to talk about any of that, I’m fine. I’ve gotten over it. You can leave and focus on whatever problems you and mom have.”

[Nibs]

Nibs shook his head, “No, you want to talk about this stuff then let’s talk about it. That way you can get everything out that you need to.” He responds.

[Hope]

Hope sighed running a hand through her hair, “I really don’t want to do this. We don’t have to talk about anything. We were okay before I said anything, I should have just stayed silent.”

[Nibs]

“According to you we do, so let it out. You want to speak about how you feel then now is the time to do it Hope. You have my full attention.”

[Hope]

“I don’t even know where to start.” She responded honestly.

[Nibs]

“Well I don’t know how you are feeling so you will need to be the one that finds somewhere to start. How about start from the beginning.”

[Hope]

“The beginning? I don’t know...I guess...after you guys told me you were expecting TJ and mom’s parents came back you both got so busy. It was hard to get your attention and that’s when the guards starting paying extra attention to me. I didn’t want to tell you guys cause you were so occupied with other things. But I really wish one of you would have stopped and just payed attention.”

[Nibs]

“We were busy trying to make sure your grandparents didn’t cause us to lose your little brother since as you know your grandfather does not have a great history with this family. I am sorry for not noticing but you should have said something to me, I would have addressed it right away but since I wasn’t aware of it, I couldn’t.”

[Hope]

“I know but while you were doing that I was trying to figure out what all the attention meant and I was having the wrong people telling me what I supposed to be feeling and doing. I didn’t even know what I was telling you, I didn’t know how to have that conversation or even address the issue. I didn’t understand.”

[Nibs]

“What people were you talking to during that time? Who was giving you this advice about how to feel and what to do?” He asks in confusion wondering who was giving her such bad advice in the castle.

[Hope]

“The guards, the royals, people that used to work here. And I believed them because of the way I thought loved worked. All I saw was guys looking at me the way you looked at mom so I thought it was normal, obviously as I got older I realized I was wrong but back then it seemed right.”

[Nibs]

“I don’t look at your mother with just lust you know. Why would the royals tell you something like that? It makes no sense.” He responds while confused at the idea that the guards and royals would say such a thing. “None of them do that to you now do they?”

[Hope]

“It wasn’t just lust dad it was more, they wanted me to feel special and once they got what they wanted I didn’t matter anymore. The royals wanted to sleep with me so of course they weren’t going to tell me to ignore them or that what they were saying was wrong.”

[Nibs]

“They don’t do that anymore do they? Are they still working here?” He asks with his eyebrows furrowing together as he knows how he will deal with them.

[Hope]

Hope shook her head, “Not since I got with Zach. They tend to leave me alone now. I mean I am trying to get them to respect Zach, but they don’t talk to me. And it doesn’t matter, they did it and it’s over with. They are good at their jobs and they leave me alone so it shouldn’t be an issue.”

[Nibs]

“Well now that I am aware of what they have done, they will pay the consequences for their actions. With new kids on the way, I am not letting them think that they can do that with them. I will take care of it. What else is there that you would like to talk about?”

[Hope]

“It’s mostly my personal guards and one of moms. The royals I haven’t seen much of so I don’t even think they come around anymore.” She replies. “Why didn’t you check on us after the sets of twins died? You didn’t even remember who we were and when you gained your memory back you never came to us to see how we were doing? You never stopped by...why?”

[Nibs]

“Well they won’t be around anymore. I am replacing the staff. Because your mother is my number one priority. I needed to make sure that we were stable or else that would affect how efficiently I would be able to handle any situation that would arise with your brother and yourself. I was still trying to figure out what it would mean to mourn children I couldn’t even remember. I have been so focused on trying to get my life together and it was...it was just hard. I don’t want to disappoint you and your brother but how can I be there for you when you see how much of a mess I am in my own relationship and position in this castle. You need someone with their life together to be an example, not someone who is a mess otherwise what would that teach you?”

[Hope]

“But we needed you. Even after you got your memories back you and mom never said anything about it to us. Or how she lost another child. You never said anything, we just had to go about our day like it never happened. I understand that you were going through your own problems but it always seems like you guys are going through something. When will we be your number one priority? When will our problems be the only thing you are focused on?”

[Nibs]

“When you come to me and tell me what your problems are. I drop what I am doing and I help you do I not? I can not read your mind as I have stated earlier nor can I understand what you find comfortable or uncomfortable. If you are uncomfortable speak up and you know that I will listen. I can not babysit you and your brother all the time. If I do not do my job, we won’t have a family nor kingdom so please do keep that in mind.” He responds. “You were figuring things out with Zach. I am not one to interfere with that since who you choose as a suitor is your own personal decision. You can bring them to me and I can approve is disapprove of them but I refuse to control your life.”  

[Hope]

“I am not asking you to control my life. I just want to know you aren’t trying to get rid of me. You seem to love pointing out I’m not a kid anymore and you are right, I’m not but I am and will always be your kid and I am apart of your job. If you didn’t want it you shouldn’t of had me. I understand what has to happen, I have never complained or stopped you from doing your job. I am not asking you to babysit me, I am asking you to parent me. Be my dad not a king.”

[Nibs]

Listening to her words, he takes them into consideration as he thinks about things. “I can do that. I am rather new at this so I am not sure how it all really works honestly but I am willing to try to work together with you so that we can keep open communication on how we handle all this.”

[Hope]

“I can also try to speak up more and come to you when I need your help. Asking for help is also something I have to work on but I can do that if we work together.” Hope replied as she looked at him.

[Nibs]

“That would be good then. Asking for help isn’t something that you should be ashamed of and plus working together will help us in the long run then. I can’t shorten the punishment or anything like that since I did promise your mother I would handle this.”

[Hope]

Hope nodded. “I understand. Kind of sucks you want to keep me away from Emmett for a month but I understand.”

[Nibs]

“Mhm.. that is true you do have Emmett. I can see what I can do about that. I will try to bring him around to see you if I can since I know he does need his mother.” He explains. “ Would you want him in the morning or evenings?”

[Hope]

“The evenings.” She answered. “Unless he is still sick, then it’s probably best he stay with Zach and where the doctors can get to him.”

[Nibs]

“I think he has recovered by now. I will bring him around tomorrow then.” He responds with a smile before looking at the time. “I should get going. Your mother is preparing dinner. I can bring you some as well.”

[Hope]

“Okay. Thank you for talking with me, I really appreciate it.” She smiled.

[Nibs]

“Anytime Hope. I do wish that we would spend more time together to. It has been so long since we did that.”

[Hope]

“Of course I would love to spend more time with you. Anytime. I miss spending time with you too. Especially going hunting, that was always fun.”

[Nibs]

“Hunting is always one of my favorite things too. We can do that once you are ungrounded.” He smiles before getting up.

[Hope]