[color=gray][right][sub][b][u]TIMESTAMP:[/u][/b] Tuesday, July 20th 2021
A [@BrutalBx] & [@Venus] Collaboration
Featuring [color=00A868]Alexandria Davies[/color] & Introducing [color=C1473E]Adelaide Davies-Drake[/color][/sub][/right]

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[indent][indent]With the windows down and Tame Impala’s “The Boat I Row” blaring from the speakers of her Santa Fe, Lexie drove down the hometown roads that led to the west side of town. After the events of the previous night and driving Clay and Niles to their respective destinations, the brunette was more than ready to return home for a full day of rest and relaxation. She could already picture how she wanted the rest of her day to go: sleeping in until the afternoon, a walk around the neighborhood to get some sunshine, a relaxing bubble bath with a blunt in her head and a scented candle filling the room with the smell of eucalyptus a generous amount of Japanese food being delivered to her door, and an evening spent underneath a warm blanket catching up with her favorite series. But as was often the case in Edenridge, things never went the way you expected them to. By the time Alexandria pulled up into the driveway of her small house, she noticed the familiar figure of a petite, pixie-haired, bleach blonde female sitting on the front steps. She had barely taken her seat belt off and stepped out of the vehicle when the girl’s short frame collided with hers, pinning her against the car in a tight hug.

What she lacked in size, Adelaide Davies-Drake more than made up for in raw energy. With her arms wrapped around Lexie, the blonde girl lifted up her counterpart off the ground for a moment before placing her seated on the hood of her car. Addie took only the smallest step back when she finally released her cousin, giving her the modem of personal space before placing her hands on Alexandria’s knees. [color=C1473E]“F.M.A, you sexy fucking bitch.”[/color] She looked over the brunette for a few seconds longer. [color=C1473E]“I swear you get prettier every time you leave and come back again, like it’s not even funny. Stupid, sexy, fucking Davies genes.”[/color]

Addie plucked one of several blunts from the front pocket of her leather jacket and placed it between her thick painted lips. She lit the roll up before placing her hands on her cousin's tanned face. Lexie had been Addie’s closest confidant their entire lives. They were only a year apart and were raised together. The two women were not related by blood, with Adelaide’s mother having been adopted into the Davies family as a child and raised as a sister to Alexandria’s father but as far as they were concerned, they were cousins, hell they might well have been sisters. Their bond was deep, meaningful and oh so unpredictable.

[color=C1473E]“Now where the fuck you been? Keeping me waiting like that? You know what, don’t even answer. I don’t care. I missed you.”[/color]

[color=00A868]"You are so dramatic!"[/color] Lexie laughed and shook her head, playfully pushing Addie away by the head. Even though she and Allison shared that close sister bond until Lex was about twelve years old, her bond with Addie had withstood the test of time. If there was anyone in the world who had the ability to cheer her up and who hyped her like nobody else did, it was her cousin. Of course they argued and disagreed sometimes just like everyone else, but in the end they knew they always had each other's backs. [color=00A868]"I was gone for, like, maybe 20 minutes. And you didn't text me you were waiting, either! I would've stepped on it if I'd known you were waiting."[/color] She told her, plucking the blunt from the other girl's lips and taking a drag. After the scare of the night before, the smoke was very much welcome.

[color=C1473E]“Well bitch I lost my phone.”[/color] Addie shrugged as she moved far enough back to allow Lexie to get off of the car. [color=C1473E]“I don’t know whose house it’s at so I’m just gonna bed hop until I find it again.”[/color] To look at the two women was looking at two very different entities. Lexie was a traditional beauty: tanned, heartbreaker eyes, an hourglass figure dressed for the summer heat that stopped men dead. Addie was the opposite: pale, with ocean blues and wearing a heavy leather jacket over a black and white striped t-shirt, a denim skirt and fishnets. [color=C1473E]“I think it’s at Verity’s-- or maybe Emerald's? Then again I was tongue deep in Devi last night…”[/color] She trailed off before snatching back the joint from her better half and bringing it back to her lips.

Alexandria chuckled and shook her heac. One thing she had always admired about Adelaide was her ability to be unapologetically herself without giving a damn about what anyone else thought. It was something that Lex had only been able to achieve in the city, but never to the extent of her cousin. That kind of bravery to live life on her own terms was something the brunette was still trying to find within herself.

[color=00A868]"Making your usual rounds around town, weren't you?"[/color] She teased her younger cousin with a playful wink. To anyone else, that comment would probably come across like a sneak diss or an insult. When directed at Addie, it was meant to be flattering. She had always been the family's most sought after, desired member-- even more than Allison, and that was saying a lot. Lex couldn't even begin to compare, but she was more than happy to support her cousin in all of her wild endeavors.

[color=C1473E]“Well if you must know, cousin dearest, I’m officially taken.”[/color] Addie spoke in her best impression of a southern belle, which was awful. [color=C1473E]“Ok so not so much taken as, so I’m currently seeing…”[/color] With the blunt between her fingers the grungy blonde countered her fingertips. [color=C1473E]“…six people as part of…the fuck was it they called it again? A sextet? Anyway so yeah I’m sort of dating all these people but I’m allowed to go out and get girls whenever I want. Like it’s such a good fucking idea.”[/color] Spinning on the heel of her Doc Martens combat boots, Adelaide hopped up the stairs of Lexie’s porch and stopped in a star jump in front of the door. [color=C1473E]“Let’s go inside and get a drink ‘cos I’ve got something for you.”[/color] She said in a sing-song whilst shaking her butt.

[color=00A868]"Six people? At the same time?"[/color] Lexie inquired in curiosity and amusement as she made her way to the house, unlocked the front door, stepped inside, closed it, and opened the living room window for Addie to climb in. The way her cousin was describing this arrangement made it seem like the perfect fit for her free-spirited lifestyle. On Lex's end, she couldn't even fathom the idea of six people being attracted to her at all, let alone at the same time. But for Addie? That was a mere sample portion of the pool of individuals lusting after her. She was surprised she’d settled in the first place-- no matter how unconventional it was.

[color=C1473E]“Yeet!”[/color] Addie dove through the open window with little regard for her own well being but luckily landed on a soft beanbag. She had always hated doors. She remembered once someone telling her that evil made its way through open doors to steal into the lives of the living. That was probably why she rarely if ever used them. Why use a door when a perfectly good window would suffice? Adelaide jumped back up to her feet, joint still hanging from her painted lips. [color=C1473E]“Six is barely anything. There’s fourteen billion people in the world, why in the blue fuck am I limiting myself to one kitten?”[/color]

Kicking off her shoes, the manic pixie made her way into Lex’s kitchen and jumped cross legged onto the dining table. [color=C1473E]“HOWEVER!”[/color] She clapped her hands loudly. [color=C1473E]“What works for me doesn’t always work for you. Now, do you remember the last conversation we had….actually I don’t think it was that conversation….point is! We had a conversation where you were lamenting your lack of suitable dicks-- sorry, I mean 'dates'?”[/color] She used air quotes over the word dates. [color=C1473E]“I believe we were in the pool at your mom's house, my lovely Alexandria.”[/color]

A grimace and a sheepish expression immediately settled on Lexie's face. During the sleepover they'd had after the family's Fourth of July party, a drunk Alexandria had gone into a passionate rant about how pathetic her dating life was, how she felt like the least interesting one of all the females in her family, how there was no guy in their right mind who would ever be attracted to her lame self, and about how long it had been since she'd gotten properly screwed by someone who was truly attracted to her and who genuinely cared about her. When she'd woken up the next day, she'd thought she'd imagined the whole thing-- a drunken dream of sorts. These were things she wouldn't proclaim so bluntly and loudly like that, much less to a captive audience. Addie bringing the topic up meant that she [i]had[/i] indeed said all of those things aloud, and that her wayward cousin had seen it as an opportunity to do something she had always wanted but was never allowed to do: play matchmaker.

[color=00A868]"I was drunk that night, Addie. Take anything I said with a grain of salt, or just forget I even said it at all!"[/color] Lexie chuckled, settling down beside her on the small dining table.

[color=C1473E]“Nah, who wants salt when you can add chili flakes? And girl I’ve added ghost peppers.”[/color] Sucking her blunt between her teeth, Addie began to scramble around her leather jacket, hands checking every pocket until she became frustrated and just took it off and threw it on the floor. As she did, her phone fell out and she swiftly scooped it up. [color=C1473E]“Ah-ha! Victory!”[/color] She exclaimed, holding her iPhone like a trophy. [color=C1473E]“Here’s the deal. I’m gonna air drop you a restaurant and a time. You have a date tonight: a good one, too, if I do say so myself. I’ve also already pre-paid for everything so you cannot not go or I'll whoop your tight, perky little ass.”[/color] Adelaide quickly tapped her phone a few times to send Lexie the details. [color=C1473E]“You’re gonna go, have a great time with a dashing tall drink of water and probably get your fantasies fulfilled with something fierce. Rough and hard, just like you like.”[/color] Leaning back in her chair, the blonde girl offered her joint to her cousin. [color=C1473E]“How much do you love me?”[/color]

Alexandria's jaw dropped in shock. [color=00A868]"A date. Tonight."[/color] she repeated, hoping that voicing it around might help her make sense of the whole thing. Addie pulling a stunt like this wasn't exactly surprising. She'd wanted to set Lexie up with someone for years now, but the older cousin had always politely declined the offer for one reason or another. It was the short notice and how unexpected everything was that had the brunette's nerves suddenly going into overdrive. [color=00A868]"You're telling me that you set me up for a date [i]tonight[/i], and you're just telling me now?!"[/color] Lexie playfully whined, gently pushing her cousin's shoulder away in fake displeasure.

She wasn't upset in the slightest about this unforeseen twist of fate. Considering how questionably things were going at the moment, this date might be something to restore her fading faith in her decision to return to Edenridge. As her initial shock began to wear off and she processed the news in her head, a very pressing, important question came to mind. [color=00A868]"Hold on-- who is this date even with?"[/color]

[color=C1473E]“That’s the beauty of a blind date, sexy Lexie, I-don’t-have-to-tell-you.”[/color] Addie preceded every word with a small golf clap. [color=C1473E]“You have terrible taste in men. There was Sonny, there was Mika, that guy from Maritime school or whatever, Johnny? Jonno? Jonty? Either way, he wasn’t important enough for me to remember his name so he can just get in the bin.”[/color] Adelaide leapt up to her feet and discarded the last of the joint she had shared with Alexandria. 

Lexie wasn’t one to shy away from taking the blame for her questionable choices. Getting involved with Sonny Cerniz had been a decision rooted in a need for rebellion and comfort. He’d arrived in her life at a time in which her sister’s passing and her parents’ increasing overbearingness had left her feeling vulnerable and misunderstood. She’d been seeking solace from her sorrows, and she’d found it in his arms. The way things abruptly ended after Lex was shipped away hadn’t been his fault. 

Mikhail Zima… [i]That[/i] mistake did warrant Addie’s description of ‘terrible taste in men’. After a short-lived crush during high school, Lexie had gotten the chance to fulfill her fantasies of hooking up with him during her Christmas holiday week spent in Edenridge. The act itself had been fantastic, but the nasty attitude he gave her afterwards had put her off in such a way that she’d blocked him from all of her socials and swore to never speak to him again. While sleeping with him had been her choice, his rude behavior had definitely [i]not[/i] been her fault.

And although Addie had dismissed him with ease, meeting Jonah Bradford at maritime school and falling in love with him had been an integral part of Lexie’s journey to becoming the woman she was today. He’d been her best friend, her rock and one of her biggest supporters during her healing process throughout their healthy, loving relationship. The decision to part ways, albeit painful for the both of them, had been mutual. They knew that, in order to thrive and reach their dreams, they needed to set each other free. They continue to be friends to this day, sharing weekly calls to stay updated about life’s happenings, share their victories and cheer each other up after any setbacks. This was one guy she'd defend.

[color=00A868]“Hey! What happened with Sonny wasn’t on him. And Jonah was actually a really sweet guy! It’s not my fault he decided to stay in the military and get shipped off all the way out to Japan!”[/color] Lexie argued, sliding off from the table and following Adelaide around the house.

[color=C1473E]”Well he’s probably deep in some little anime bitch, so you dodged a bullet.”[/color]

The pint sized blonde had a reputation for wildness, so much so in fact that many disregarded the notion that there were brains behind her beauty. Addie was a straight A student, currently top of her class at college studying Botany and highly perceptive of the human condition. She had always been the one to pick up Lexie’s pieces when she was cast off in the shadow of her sister. Addie loved Allison, they were cousins raised together but she knew how tough it was for Lex to constantly be compared. She was rarely matched with her own sister Dallas because she and Dally were always different people, no one ever tried to paint them with the same brush. Lexie and Allie weren’t so lucky. 

Adelaide pressed a big kiss to her cousin's tanned cheek. [color=C1473E]“Trust ol’ Addie, have I ever steered you wrong?”[/color] She slid over to the open window from which she first entered the house and turned to look at Lex once more. [color=C1473E]“Wear something a little slutty, a little slinky. Your body is looking very bodacious right now. You've deffo been in the gym. Show that shit off. You and your future fuck buddy, boyfriend, or whatever the shit you wanna call him will thank me later.”[/color]

[color=00A868]“Alright, I will.”[/color] Lexie answered in between giggles, rolling her eyes and shaking her head in amusement. Growing up, there were plenty of times in which Addie's antics and impulsive ideas had gotten both girls in a sea of trouble with their parents. The one common factor is that, all those times, Lex could never deny how much fun she'd had. As crazy as some people labeled Addie to be, Lexie trusted her with her life. She knew the blonde only wanted to see her happy, and would never do anything to hurt her.

Adelaide dramatically saluted her cousin. [color=C1473E]“Go. Have fun. Insta me with all the gory details later. Length. Girth. Fave position. The full Monty.”[/color] Pressing her hand to her lips, the manic grunge pixie blew Alexandria a big kiss. [color=C1473E]“Love you, Lex. Now I gotta go see a girl about a cat and by that I obviously mean I’m gonna go eat some. Top girl, out!”[/color] She clambered back out of the window she had entered through, catching a foot and nearly going face first into the ground as she did.

After a few moments had passed and Lex had just shut the window her cousin had left from, the front door of the house opened and Addie stepped back in. Dragging her feet like a stroppy child, she breezed by her bewildered cousin and leaned down by the table, picking up her black boots. [color=C1473E]”Forgot my shoes.”[/color] She turned, brushing the chuckling Lex’s hair as she drifted by before locking and closing the door behind her once more.[/indent][/indent][/color]