Paradise Is Here

Laundromat (Elizabeth Olsen VI)

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"We're here." Elizabeth stated when opening the front gate to her house, and once they entered, Sammy couldn't see a lot of things since it was dark and there was no light. However, with the moon giving minimal amount of light, she could see Elizabeth owns a garden.

It was unfortunate that she couldn't admire it as soon as she came. Elizabeth led the woman to the front doorsteps and began unlocking the door, turning on the lights. The interior of the place looked like any normal house, it wasn't too big nor was it too small. "Make yourself at home." The older woman said with a warm smile.

Sammy took off her shoes before stepping any further in, "Um, do you want anything? Like a drink or something." Sammy could hear the nervousness coming from Elizabeth.

"I'm okay right now."

"Right, um...Well, I'll go put these dirty clothes down somewhere and grab you some comfortable clothes to wear."

"Okay." Elizabeth then rushed out, leaving Sammy in the living room. She wandered her eyes around and also started moving. The first thing that caught her eyes were the framed pictures, some were on the wall and the others were on a small night stand on the side. Sammy picked one up and took a closer look.

It was a picture of Elizabeth and her twin sisters, Mary-Kate and Ashley, they looked like they were in their late teens. Elizabeth was in the middle, smiling widely and had much darker hair. Both Mary-Kate Ashley were on her side, squishing her as they all took the photo. A little grin creeped in as she found them cute.

The photo was placed down and she gently grabbed the photo next to it. This one was a family illustration, and it seemed like it was only taken a few years back, having dinner of some sort. They were all huddled up together with the meal right in front of them, all of them were ready to take the picture, except for Elizabeth, who looked like she couldn't wait to eat, her eyes didn't leave the roasted chicken and her hands were holding tight on the knife and fork.

What a goofball.

"Hey, I got you the clothes." Sammy turned around and Elizabeth immediately saw the picture frame in her hands.

"Nice photo!" A finger was pointed to the illustrated photo of Elizabeth in the frame causing the older woman to cringe her head away.

"God, I don't even know why I keep that photo hanging publicly out in my house, it should be somewhere in private."

"No, it's adorable!"

"I was practically drooling over that roasted chicken!" Elizabeth exclaimed and Sammy laughed as she placed back down the photo where she found it. "Here, the bathroom is right upstairs. I'll be down here if you need me."

"Thank you." As Sammy went upstairs to change, Elizabeth began to panic. Pacing around the floor when a mix of anxiousness and giddiness suddenly came over her as she couldn't believe that she had Sammy in her house staying the night.

Elizabeth tries calming herself and said that a woman of 34 shouldn't be acting this way, but it was like she was such a nerve wrack that she has lost control herself. Her hands were sweaty and her feet couldn't stop walking. When she heard the door to the bathroom close, Elizabeth instantly stopped and instinctively pulled out her phone, pretending like she was scrolling through something.

Barefoot footsteps were heard coming down the stairs, "Hey." Sammy softly called out and Elizabeth turned to the woman, "I left my clothes in the bathroom for tomorrow, is that okay?" The woman came down wearing the clothes that she was given, which were a large shirt and shorts that were pretty much covering by the shirt.