Up To Speed

Electronics 101

We got through three movies by the time lunch rolled around. Unsure if we were allowed to leave and finding the fridge to be empty I called for a pizza delivery. We moved our little group back into the drawing room while we waited. I was sitting at the center couch setting up my laptop while the three originals stood around discussing the movies we watched. I was thoroughly enjoying this entire day so far.

Finn and Kol both loathed 'Twilight', Rebekah hated the way vampires were portrayed but adored the romance between the main characters. Mentioning that Finn's brooding may have resembled Edwards made him give us all the silent treatment for the entirety of the second movie.

Kol was absolutely delighted by the second movie 'The Hangover'. Rebekah laughed during the movie, but then backtracked and said it was stupid. Finn was still refusing to speak to us but I saw the mix of confusion and amusement in his eyes.

All three of them enjoyed 'The Titanic' but only Rebekah cried at the ending. Kol was up on his feet screaming at Rose on the screen, demanding she share the door with Jack. Finn quietly watched his siblings with sad eyes as they acted like normal teenagers.

Finally I got the laptop connected to the internet. Luckily for us Niklaus didn't put a password on the WiFi. I logged into my MySpace account pulling up my home page so they could study it while I went to the door and paid for the food.

"What kind of music is this?" Rebekah had her ears covered with her hands as my pages song played on repeat. Her brothers weren't reacting much better, if their matching grimaces were anything to go by.

"Oh sorry forgot about that. It's Silverstein's 'Smile in Your Sleep', I haven't been on MySpace since I broke up with my college boyfriend." I passed the pizza to Kol so that I could shut off the music.

"You went to college?" She asked as we all began grabbing our own slices of cheesey goodness.

I nodded, covering my mouth with my hand while I chewed. "Yeah, just a two year associates degree in business."

Kol laughed maniacally from his reclaimed seat directly in front of the laptop. "You had the nerve to call me a dickface! Look at you! You look terrible!" He flipped the computer around to us the picture he had found.

"Oh my God!" I laughed as I took in the picture. "This was the best party ever!"

Finn leaned closer to the screen with furrowed brows. "Why are you dressed like that?"

Rebekah just let out a sound of disgust with a curled upper lip.

I continued laughing. "It was a Halloween party right before I graduated! The theme was animated films. I obviously went as Fiona from 'Shrek'. Specifically Ogre Fiona because one she's awesome, two it's fricken hilarious!"

"You painted yourself green on purpose?" Rebekah was aghast. She looked me up and down like the body paint was contagious.

Kol looked both appalled and impressed. His eyes never left the photo completely entranced by the ridiculous makeup.

Sobering my laughter just a bit. "Oh come on you guys are so boring! It's funny! Just for that, we are all watching 'Shrek' today! It's an American staple! I cannot hang out with such lame people!" At least Finn only gave the photo a raised brow.

I used my hip to shove Kol out of his spot quickly taking control of the laptop. Finn sat next to me on the opposite side of Kol. Rebekah moved around the back of the couch, jumping up to perch behind me. "Ok so this is MySpace, people still use it but it's not as popular as Facebook now. They are like websites that lets you talk to people over the internet from anywhere in the world."