perpetual anticipation is good for the soul but it's bad for the heart

Why is it that every time we find someone we like, but not someone people believe we should like, we're settling?

( And )

Sleeping Beauty curse?

Jealousy or projection. At least that's usually my experience.

[Oh yeah she should explain that.]

Have you heard of heretics?

( (16). Yes, she has stumbled upon research and her dad encountered one of them. )

Vampires who can wield magic.

Me and my friend pissed off a bunch of them when I was in college. More specifically, they were targeting my best friend. So they cast a spell to tie the two of us together - basically, I would be caught in a magical sleep for as long as she was alive, and when she died I would wake up.

[Essentially severing their relationship for the rest of their lives.]

I think they thought that because the guy I was seeing at the time was known for his lack of impulse control that he would just kill Bonnie in order to get me back, but Bonnie was his best friend and he knew that if I woke up and found out he murdered my best friend, it wouldn't exactly be a way to keep the relationship. Plus, he was a vampire.

[So he was going to outlive Bonnie anyway.]

I knew Bonnie would figure it out before then though. Still, I wound up sleeping for three years.

( Throughout Elena's explanation, Allison peeks into every doorway, listening, but keeping on the hunt. )

I think I remember an episode of Charmed that went like that.

( A man and woman in love but cursed to never be human at the same time, this being every 24 hours at a time. )

That's a lot of pluses.

( She has a lot of darkness herself. )

And Bonnie is still alive, so, alls well that ends well. I can't imagine being asleep for three years. What I'd come back to... Was everything different?

Yeah. They had all been through stuff that I hadn't and ...

[And Matt was dead. That's something that she hadn't been prepared for.]

Things got complicated. But I figured it out.

Jackpot.

( Opening the door wider, she steps aside. There is an underground pool lit by a few blinking fluorescents. The pool is covered, as it should be, the light reflecting along the plastic. )

Nice.

[She follows Allison into the room, before looking for a mechanism that will help them retract the cover so they can swim.]

How long do you think it's been since this has been used?

Years?

( Allison drops a bag down and reflects Elena's movements on the other side of the pool. )

It can't have been taken care of. Sam mentioned they briefly had this housekeeper wood nymph, but that she went a little psychotic. I wonder if she filtered out the pool?

Maybe? Guess we won't know until we open it up.

[Elena knows nothing about pool care but she's hoping that they're not opening up a giant pool of algae or something.]

( Allison gets a (9) to find the proper mechanism to pull the cover back, but a part of her is doubting whether or not they should. )

[Elena isn't really going much better (12) but she does think enough to pull out her phone to try and search for the warning signs.]

Okay this says that if the water is cloudy or it looks like there's algae growing, don't swim in it.

Good tips.

( Allison's (4) has her almost stumbling over something metal (the mechanism?), but she catches herself and turns the light from her phone on. )

[Elena catches the mechanism in the light of the Allison's phone (10). And she leans forward to try and work it.]

Wait, hold on. Maybe if we just ...

[This is clearly not an activity they should be trying after they were drinking.]

( Allison's fingers find the button, and drunkenly (and with a flourish) (nat 20), Allison taps into her gymnastics background, flips and holds herself above the pool, flicking the button, before gracefully returning to her feet.

Because ... (Nat 20 and she's drunk)

The cover comes to life and starts retreating! )

And there we have it.

[Elena blinks at the gymnastics of it all and holds up a hand.]

You know what? That was amazing. I would give you a ten.

I will take your ten and raise you a night swim.

( Finally. She does take a moment to breathe it all in, this moment with Elena. )

After tonight, I won't have the luxury of these stupid, fun moments. When I leave here, I go back to being Allison Argent.

[Elena starts to strip down, folding her clothes off to the side as she raises an eyebrow.]

Allison Argent isn't allowed to have any fun?

Allison Argent commands an army.

( For lack of a better term. )

And that excludes you from being a person who needs things like quality time with her very tall boyfriend?

[She knows what she means. That there's a lot of pressure for a woman in power, and that means she can't allow herself the weaker, more personal things.]

I get it. But I also think that you need to remember that if you feel like you need a break, you can text me, and I can encourage Sam to get out of town and pay you a spontaneous visit. We can even have a codeword. Like "pickles."

[Pickles is an excellent codeword.]

"Pickles."

( She tries it on for size. )

I promise, if I miss him, and I make the time, that I will reach out myself. Unless, something prevents me from doing that, then, lookout Elena's inbox.

( Pickle emoji and all. )

Thank you. For the offer.

Of course. Sam and Dean are a pretty tight unit.

[And it makes sense that they are, given everything they've been through.]

It makes sense for us to have each other's backs.

It does. Solidarity, sister.

( She bursts into laughter. )

I'll come up with something better next time?

[Elena laughs.]

I mean, I can work with it.

[But she's also a little wine drunk so ... her judgement is compromised.]

Enough boy talk. We love 'em, they love us. Let's go for a swim.

( Something does occur to her. )

Did you bring either of the bottles with you?

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