Ash

Is that a tear in the form of a flame?!?!?!?!?!

Coley, I swear I bow to you at least once a post cause MAAM!!!! OMG!!

(And now I see why today’s post took so long. QUEEN SHIT)

Elsie do not underestimate her! Who knows what else she’s been doing in the lab.

In the words of OutKast, “crazy bitch”

Yep!

And knowing me I would have deflected any speculation 😂😂

Their dynamic will be fun to show/write

Yep! I just went off of first impressions and Alex definitely thinks Emira is pretentious

They also have bad social compatibility

Yep!!

(I also thought for sure when I shared that you would have made a guess they were sisters 😂😂)

“Out of all the camps”

“And all the girls”

Both girls fell into a genuine laugh with each other, the ice more than melted

Wait until their parents found out

“Did your camp have a cabin that had a family of crickets who kept everyone up at night?”

“Yes! And there was this weirdo kid who wanted to keep them as pets”

They stared at each other, a surprise turn of events melting away their fears

“What a small freaking world,” Emira laughed

“Really?” Alexandra perked up

“Yeah, it was a long time ago. I actually met a girl who was from Willow Creek like you. Very bossy”

She took a closer look at Alexandra’s face, trying to shake the feeling of Déjà vu

Luckily for her, Alexandra was also feeling it

“I’ve only ever been to camp once. In Gibbi Point I think,” Emira reminisced

It was right after her great grandfather had passed. She met a girl there…Alex something…

…from Willow…Willow Creek

It couldn’t be

No way

“Must be nice”

“You’re judging me”

“I’m not.”

“It’s fine. The girls in my debut court are worse than an angry cow plant,” Emira shrugged

“I’m sorry. It’s not my place to judge and they sound like they make the girls at camp feel like a walk in the park”

Alexandra bit her tongue

She promised her mom she would play nice, but everything about the Salvatores screamed privilege

They had maids, butlers, personal chefs, stylists, assistants…

Did they do anything for themselves?

She took a breath and checked herself

Alexandra sighed

“Nothing like this for sure. The closest thing we have to a palace is a shopping mall downtown”

“We have a few but I’ve never been,” Emira replied

“Really?”

“My mom hired me a stylist who visits once a month to take care of my closet”

On the floor and don’t even match the holes they’re supposed to screw into

Same like we shouldn’t be debating you’re an evil piece of *beeeeeep* and yet here we are…

They both needed a moment to sit in silence so they took it

It was Emira who would break it after a few short minutes, her curiosity about the girl beside her winning out

“What’s it like living in—“ she paused trying to remember where Alexandra was from

“Willow Creek”

Period!

“Hi,” she said approaching the older girl, “can I sit here?”

Alexandra looked up and nodded. “Sure”

She took a seat, watching Alexandra out the corner of her eye, still unable to shake the feeling of familiarity that went beyond a familial connection

Girl, he doesn’t have to prove anything to you of all people. Her sense of importance is astounding

After dinner, Emira did what she promised her mom she would do…extend an olive branch to Alexandra

All in all, everyone was on their best behavior despite whatever anxiety they may have been carrying at the start of the evening

Girl…

Luckily for Ro, Elena took control of the evening as the head of House Salvatore

She gave a passionate toast about the importance of family and legacy

The dinner table received her words with gratitude and humility

Ro was operating more like a diplomat than husband and father, his voice flitted around the table checking on everyone

The last thing he wanted was dinner blowing up in his face

Rosalind was the perfect host (on her third glass of champagne or fourth)

She couldn’t believe this was now her world…a queen hosting the King’s illegitimate child and former mistress

She needed to drink straight from the bottle

At least her parents were absent

Emira couldn’t stop staring at Alexandra…

There was something familiar about her that she couldn’t quite place

Their grandfather was the buffer between them but he was too preoccupied with Alexandra’s mother

When Elena and Darius arrived, the family took their seats at the table

Elena watched with a curious eye the interactions between the newly blended family

(She’d given Ro a stern talking on making Olivia and Alexandra feel welcome)