Familia • Klaroline [SLOW UPDATES] ✗

𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘷𝘦

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Light streamed through the windows of Lexi's room, the girl herself had yet to wake up. She'd gone back to her room at around 4am and immediately collapsed onto her bed without bothering to clean up the mess surrounding her. Loose pieces of paper were strewn about her bed and floor; detailed drawings of her sisters and mother and the occasional one of the other students at the school.

The other half of the room remained bare as it always was, Lexi didn't have a roomate despite how fun she thought it would be to have one. Despite the cleanliness of the other side of the room, Lexi's couldn't have been more of a mess if she tried. The carpet was barely visible underneath the clothes scattered about. Her desk was in a similar state, paper and books covered the surface. The only thing relatively organised was her bookcase, several sketchbooks stacked in order, pencils and paints all tidily put away in containers and folders containing loose paper were lined up in rows. A separate shelf held two grimoires and multiple jars of substances, herbs most likely.

Clothes and blankets blocked the doorway, creating a wedge and preventing it from being opened. But it didn't stop the most determined of visitors. Lexi was awoken to Jade sitting at her desk, feet up on the table and flicking through one of her books; if it were anyone else she would've thrown them out of the window in a heartbeat.

"Ah! You're awake." Jade swung her feet off of the desk. Lexi groaned upon seeing the clock display the time. 6:45.

"You're evil."

"I know," Jade said in a sickly sweet voice, "Do you know your uncle is in town?"

"Yes, I spoke to him yesterday. Did you wake me up this early just to ask me that?"

"No," Jade mused, "I came here to ask you if you knew your other uncle was in town. And your aunt too actually."

Lexi froze in her blankets. Jade was the only one other than her mother, Alaric and her sisters -who'd only been told the day prior - who knew about her dad and his family. She was Lexi's closest friend, or really her only friend that she wasn't related to.

Lexi was aware they were coming today but to hear that they had arrived and she was in the same town as most of her family was a completely different thing. Jade swiftly stood up from the desk chair and jumped onto Lexi's bed, which was a double so she didn't land on Lexi. "So I heard you had a movie night and didn't invite me."

Lexi was grateful for the change in subject. "Oops?"

"Offensive, I feel really left out you know." Jade was only being playful, but Lexi took the opportunity to both spend more time with Jade and avoid addressing the fact that her dad's family was in town.

"Come on then, movie morning." She tossed a blanket and pillow at the blonde vampire and pulled herself out of her pit of duvets enough to see the TV screen on the opposite wall. Jade jumped up to the pillow next to Lexi without complaint.

Fishing the remote off of her bedside table, Lexi began flicking through potential movies to watch. "Hmm, Justice League?"

"Excuse me?"

"Avengers it is then."

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It was had reached midday before the girls finally got out of their pit of blankets and duvets. Lexi had messaged Kol telling him she was coming over to see him and Davina - being careful to leave out the fact she also wanted to see her other uncle and aunt - and left no room for him to argue.

The red-headed tribrid had dragged Jade along with her, she claimed it was to meet Kol and Davina but Jade didn't need to question whether she was actually there for moral support.

The two girls could hear the loud doorbell ring throughout the house. Kol's car was the only one in the drive so the likelihood of Rebekah and Elijah being home was low, but that didn't do much to sooth Lexi's nerves. The tribrid gripped tightly onto Jade's hand, hard enough to break her bones but she didn't complain.

When Davina was the one to answer the door and Lexi visibly relaxed. The pair were invited in and taken to the kitchen where they could get a 'drink'.

"You know I don't think Kol would be too happy we're raiding his stash." Jade mused.

"Kol's not here." Davina giggled but upon hearing the front door open she groaned, "Nevermind he is."

"What about me." Kol said as he entered the room and wrapped his arms around Davina's waist.

"Oh nothing." Kol narrowed his eyes at her innocent tone, clearly he didn't believe her. "Would you look at the time, I have to go."

Davina made a dash for the door. She gave Kol a quick peck on the lips before leaving hastily, leaving him with the two giggling girls in the kitchen.

In the following hours the three of them watched movies, raided the kitchen and just made a general mess. Kol was upstairs retrieving a jacket Davina had borrowed from Lexi when a car pulled into the drive, he was so focused on his hunt within the wardrobe that he didn't hear it, nor did he hear the front door open.

Lexi and Jade were laughing hysterically at something the latter had said, the TV was blaring louding in the background, preventing them from hearing the two incoming originals.

"Who the hell are you?"

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psa. Please don't ignore my update schedule in the bio, not vote or comment on any of the chapters and then comment 'update please' with nothing else relating to the story. It's super discouraging. I don't mind if people request an update - even tho it's written in the description when updates are - but at least show some appreciation for the story as well, I spent so long on these chapters in order to get them out on time.