Ophelia loved Christmas, well to some extent. She loved it up until 3pm. Before her Dad's best friend came over and made it a big event.
Four adults who liked a good drink, and their youngest children. The two older Hewson siblings living their own lives.
It ultimately meant that she was outnumbered. She already had two brothers herself, Joseph and Rowan being the biggest pains in her arse. But adding Elijah and his younger brother John to the equation just made the whole situation worse. Lucky for her, the three older lads classified Rowan as being too young, meaning they often left him out much to his dismay.
This left the two completely alone, needing to entertain one another while the other three obnoxiously left them out.
It's only one of the factors that made her hate when the family came around. If you had told her that the family were coming round a few years prior, she would have been jumping for joy. Not only would her 'boyfriend' have been coming round but his older sisters too. The pair being big role models for Ophelia.
But instead she was stuck, in her own home that often felt like the walls were closing. She only acted happy so her mum gave her dessert. She would never miss out on a log roll.
"Ophelia, will you get the door?" Her mother shouted from the kitchen, catching the girl by surprise and dragging her away from her thoughts.
She hadn't even heard the door ring.
"yeah one minute" The girl shouted back, mentally and physically she was not ready for this in the slightest. Taking a deep breath she stood up from the sofa, shuffling towards the large oak door. She could roughly make out the silhouettes of four people through the frosted glass, and the only thing she wanted to do was pretend like the door wouldn't open as if the four would turn around and go home, as-well as complete ignoring the side door and the back door which they could easily enter through.
The brunette girl reluctantly pulled the door open, Ali immediately rushing in and pulling the girl into a hug.
"look at you, even more beautiful than the last time i saw you!" The woman pushed Ophelia back by her shoulders to be able to clearly scan her face, meaning that the girl was moving over the place like a ragdoll.
"thanks Ali" She smiled stepping away from the woman so she could enter the house properly "mums in the kitchen, she'd probably love if you went and kept her company, we've all been kicked out"
