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everyonelives2022-11-07 10:31 am
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Entry tags:
- aiden l.,
- alaric saltzman,
- alexander abernathy,
- alice earp,
- allison argent,
- alys,
- angel,
- annie chen,
- au bobby singer,
- benny rhodes,
- bonnie bennett,
- caroline forbes,
- cooper sullivan,
- cora hale,
- cordelia chase,
- crash,
- damon salvatore,
- danny brighton,
- david abernathy,
- david gainor,
- davina claire,
- dean winchester,
- doc holliday,
- elena gilbert,
- evelyn sullivan,
- ezra adin-gainor,
- faith lehane,
- freya mikaelson,
- gabriel,
- gloria robinson,
- isaac lahey,
- jackson whittemore,
- jacqueline melroux,
- jeremy gilbert,
- jo laughlin,
- josh rosza,
- julian connors,
- katherine pierce,
- kieran connors,
- klaus mikaelson,
- kol mikaelson,
- lydia martin,
- mary winchester,
- maxim melroux,
- mia smoak,
- michael sullivan,
- mickey adler,
- rebekah mikaelson,
- ryan atwood,
- sam winchester,
- scott mccall,
- shipp laughlin,
- sierra harper,
- stiles stilinski,
- taylor townsend,
- wes butler,
- william queen,
- wynonna earp,
- ❦ aiden/josh,
- ❦ alaric/jo,
- ❦ angel/cordelia,
- ❦ cooper/william,
- ❦ cora/stiles,
- ❦ dean/elena,
- ❦ doc/rebekah,
- ❦ ezra/david,
- ❦ isaac/bonnie,
- ❦ michael/evelyn,
- ❦ sam/allison,
- ❦ sierra/jacqueline,
- ❦ wes/mickey
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( But if she says she's got this! )
You know, any time you want, I have this tab at the place I'm staying at. We're talking big breakfasts and even bigger mini-bars.
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[Which is a little uncharitable to both parties in this conversation, but it also might be true.]
How long are you planning to stay?
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( Whatever Alice puts on her tray, Wynonna snatches it away playfully. )
I don't need to know Rebekah's motives to take advantage of them. Anything I don't have to claw for.
( Shit was never easy for her. )
Another lesson. Always take advantage. Someone wants to extend themselves, that's on them.
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[If there's one thing her daughter is good at, it's calling her mother on her shit. Maybe it helped, having her be raised by Gus for a little while in the way of Gibson women, where her mother was never completely portrayed as the hero that someone else might have.
Alice loves her mother, but that doesn't mean she doesn't want her to be better. She hopes that Wynonna realizes that Alice does accept her for all of her flaws, but sometimes Wynonna needs someone to stand up to her.]
Besides, part of my being here is making an effort, right?
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( She doesn't have to be. )
And by the way, I'm not shaking in my boots because she's a Mikaelson. The Mikaelson's are notoriously lower key now, all about Always and Forever. And you, my baby girl, are a part of that. So, streets aside, they got your back. And maybe they have mine thanks to John Henry. It comes down to it, family covers family.
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[She also knows when to drop it. She finishes collecting her food and leads the way towards one of the tables.]
I have plans to have lunch with Dad later this week.
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Doc made better strides with Alice first, riding out of town and going straight to her. Wynonna followed suit leaving Waverly in wedded bliss. But, life isn't easy for estranged parents who can't get it together with each other. Doc cut and ran first and Wynonna was not a first rate parent. Until she could get her shit together, Gus asked her to leave. She deserved it.
She returned to town in time for Waverly's relationship unspooling. Nicole's PTSD and Waverly being overly fixated on Wynonna's mess made for a poor marriage. Nicole's ex came back into the picture on a case and things disintegrated from there. The beautiful and simple love they had at first had grown too complicated and too frayed. Nicole couldn't live up to the legend of Waverly and Waverly had never been an angel - except that one time - but not metaphorically.
That Doc has maintained their relationship, through letters first and then E-mails courtesy of Rebekah's influence, is something. He's worked hard the past few years, harder to be there, in spirit if not in person.
But everything has worked better with Alice ending up at NYU.
Wynonna had a far more difficult road in person, there for holidays and birthdays and weekends she could scrounge. But, never for more than a week at a time. Sometimes, never more than two days at a time.
Alice still had to be safe. It strained everyone on all sides.
She is trying. )
Great, baby girl. I think that's a kickass idea.
( It's overenthusiastic language, but said very casually. Because she does. )
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[It's not like she knows anywhere around here anyway. And she's going to swiftly change the subject.]
And Lizzie knows about supernatural stuff, so I don't have to dance around that so much. She actually went to high school with Rebekah's niece.
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You live in Purgatory, you think, small world, but New York apparently gives Purgatory a drunken run for its' money. ...Is that weird for you?
( Again, she's trying here. )
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Nah, it's actually kind of nice. She already knows about all the stuff I know about and am not supposed to talk about with everyone else. I can actually be myself.
[Which is nice. She was worried she wasn't going to be able to do that.]
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( Being herself got her thrown in the loony bin. Then again, the things she was spouting would've sent anyone. )
Aunt Waverly is insisting on taking you to one of the big libraries but I can tell her you're busy doing cool college girl things like getting wasted and sleeping with the wrong people. Or, you're in class.
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[Because she is going to have to do that if she wants to make the most of the education she's paying for.]
But I'll take a library trip with her one of these days. Is she staying with you too?
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( And she likes a good bubble bath and a nice-sized closet. But, Alice judged her for it. Not that Waverly has ever judged her. She should give her a call after this lunch. Just an address and a room number. Like a spy. Surprise her with champagne and bacon donuts. )
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Well, maybe you should. If you're going to keep staying there. You guys should see the city together. You know Aunt Waverly doesn't get out of Purgatory much.
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( Including staying awhile.
In the meantime, below the table, she texts her sister the address, the room number and a time an hour and a half from now. )
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[And in response to that text, she gets a thumbs up emoji and a sparkly heart emoji.]
Then it doesn't feel like I have to choose one side of the family over the other.
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( She has never won parenting awards. But she loves Alice as hard as anyone can love anyone else. It goes Alice > Waverly > Doc > the rest of the world. )
You feel that way? Like you're choosing sides?
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No. I think Dad and I both know he's got a kind of uphill battle ahead of him, given ... everything. But it could look like that, to someone who doesn't know everything.
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That being said they will enjoy their parent time together and later on, Waverly will appear at the hotel and knock on the door she was given, curious as to what her sister is up to.
She also has a big canvas bag full of books from the Strand. She is nothing if not predictable.]
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Welcome to the high life, baby girl.
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[Waverly's eyes sweep through the room as she makes her way in.]
This is swanky. Rebekah is paying for all of this?
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( She removes the cigar, the weight of the door closing itself behind them. )
Whichever nameless benefactor hooked us up isn't as important as the full room service menu at our disposal, or the hot tub on five.
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[She will drop it and just enjoy the luxury.]
We are on vacation. We should enjoy it.
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( Waverly doesn't have to. She's been without her sister before. But, it's been a long time. )
Saying Jeremy would actually approve of my little N-Y sabbatical.
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