text ♔ to alex

[bittersweeter]

[ a couple of weeks after alex's birthday, after sending her apology card, lila texts alex like thirty pictures from their aquarium adventure and SHARKS and also, ]

I was an asshole. You were saying no and it made me feel bad so idk I wanted to make you feel bad too and I was a bitch. It was a genuinely mean thing to do. I'm sorry.

[ and then she jams her phone in the couch and climbs into the shower so she doesn't have to dwell on whether or not he answers. a+ coping. ]

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[ambitionist]

[it takes a little bit for him to respond. probably the entirety of her shower. but, eventually, in rapid succession …]

well, it worked.

[ambitionist]

i'm sorry i acted that way. you sprung it on me and i was just surprised. and then you said all that shit about what a brother would do, knowing full fucking well i didn't get to go to my sister's wedding and i was done.

[ambitionist]

but i am happy for you. and if you want me to, i'll still be in your wedding.

[bittersweeter]

A. You don't need to apologize for reacting.

[ like if she weren't such a garbage heap he wouldn't have had anything to react to. she'd also forgotten about the middle sister until after... because she's trash. ]

I thought there was a B, but that was it.

[ambitionist]

i was being a selfish twat. not that you weren't, but two wrongs don't make a right and whatever the fuck.

[bittersweeter]

We're a fine fucking pair.

[ambitionist]

guess so.

[bittersweeter]

Wanna come over and get drunk and watch pirated PRoject Runway with me?

I have cake.

[ambitionist]

why do people always want me to watch reality tv with them? do i just give off that vibe?

yeah give me like an hour. you know how it goes

[bittersweeter]

It's because you're basically that guy who was like

IT'S FUCKING RED

You have good commentary. We can watch whatever.

[ambitionist]

project runway is fine

[and then ... like an hour later ... he knocks on the door lmao. he even brought a bottle of vodka. peace offering vodka :'| ]

[bittersweeter]

[ aggressive meowing precedes her to the door and "you're fucking house cats, you pussies, get away from the door!" before she yanks it open. she looks like a hot mess, in her pjs, with artfully smudged raccoon eyes from "sleeping" in her makeup and not bothering to fix it when she finally rolled out of bed and took a shower. ]

Hey. I ordered pizza. [ two! which are on the coffee table and the cats and trying to paw at instead of escaping. she steps back to let him in. ]

[ambitionist]

Cool. Uh ... I brought this. [he holds out the vodka.] I figured you probably had your own lemonade or whatever.

[bittersweeter]

Thanks. [ she takes it, bringing it to the kitchen to set it on the counter next to the already open bottle she's got. ] Do you want any?

[ambitionist]

Getting drunk was one of our nightly goals, right? So sure.

[bittersweeter]

What'd'you want? Straight or...? I have OJ. And like soda and shit. [ if he doesn't want her lemonade, which she's mixing for herself. ] You can sit down, just shove my blankets out of the way.

[ she's got her little nest going on as per usual, a pile of blankets in august. ]

[ambitionist]

Uh, OJ is fine. [he'll just take a seat then. wheee.]

[bittersweeter]

[ the end of the first episode of season 10 is on so he gets to watch christopher win and beatrice go home while lila makes him a screwdriver and refills her own glass. she's a pro, however, yay alcoholism, so she's pretty fast and flops down next to him on the couch, passing him his drink. ]

Uh, top pizza is for you. Bottom is mine.

[ambitionist]

Did you remember how I like it?

[bittersweeter]

[ she stretches forward to flip the box open in answer: there is his pepperoni and mushroom. ]

I told you I had a good memory.

[ambitionist]

You're a peach. [he reaches over to take a slice.] And you said there was cake, too?

[bittersweeter]

Yeah, it's in the fridge. That I don't know what you like so I just got what I wanted. [ in case he didn't want to come over and she had to eat her feelings. ]

[ambitionist]

What is it? [he's too lazy to get up and that's dessert anyway lmao.]

[bittersweeter]

White cake with raspberry filling and vanilla frosting.

[ambitionist]

Sounds good.