"I can try and help from the window… If that's okay?" The drus' voice was still soft, almost hesitant as he looked at the fae. But he took their hand all the same, carefully lacing his fingers with theirs. He's seen other people hold hands like that, so that must have been how he was supposed to hold it–right?
"Sure thing darling! Let us go then, what should we bake? Cake, cookies? Demon summoning cookie cakes?" They joked, happy they relived the tension at least a little bit. Nas did have a demon summoning cookie cake recipe somewhere.
(hello I am here now. I don't really have much to say so could we timeskip soon?)
(Yeah, that sounds good. Everyone else okay with that?)
(Yep)
(I’m fine with that)
(Same)
(Moxie did you want to start?)
(Yeah, sure, give me a sec)
Cora walked out of the hotel and saw Harrison's car, pulled up right where he said it would be. She could feel her palms start to sweat already. She blew out a breath and walked towards the boot of his car, where she opened it up and put her suitcase in it. She closed it and walked to the passenger side of the car. Here we go. She opened the door and sat down, smiling. "Hi."
When the passenger door opened, the adrenaline in Harrison's veins caused him to jump a little. He slowly turned, and came face to face with Cora. Her appearance had changed slightly since the last time he saw her, but in a good way. She seemed more mature, and beautiful. "Hey." he grinned, waving a little. "Hop in, we've got some catching up to do."
"We do indeed." Cora smiled and sat down in her seat. He looked older, but unchanged at the same time. Same messy brown hair, same blue eyes. "Where's your house again? Is it far from here?" What she really wanted to ask was, "How much time will I get with just you?" Roommates . . . they really did have a lot of catching up to do.
"It's about a half an hour drive." Harrison shrugged, a childlike grin on his face. "Do you know that massive red house by the lake?" He started the engine and slowly pulled away from the wedding reception down the lane leading towards it. He wasn't unfamiliar with that area, but it had been a good few years since he last drove there himself—if they got lost he would totally blame it on his grandfather.
"You live there? That house is ginormous. No wonder you have roommates." Cora couldn't help but smiled. Harrisons grin had always been infectious. "What are they like? Do you think they'll like me? Do you think I'll like them?"
“Woah slow down, too many questions!” Harrison let out a soft laugh while shaking his head. Cora always had been a curious person, some things never changed. “I think most of them will like you, whether or not you like them is another matter.” He went on to explain a little bit about each of them.
“Nas can be a little overwhelming but they mean well. Semele is a wild, strong minded woman who really knows how to try my patience, but again she means well. Aquila likes her space, but I don’t think I have ever known her to say no to meeting new people. Cat..Well she can be a little manipulative, does anything to get her own way, but she’s a softie. Noel is a gentle kid, and while he doesn’t exactly like social interaction he is usually quite friendly. And Lock…” Harrison paused for a moment. There was something about Lock that only he knew, and it was going to be a nasty surprise when Cora found out. “He means well.”
It wasn’t too long before they reached the roads leading in the direction of Harrison’a home. It would still be a while before they arrived, but that was a good opportunity to have some time to talk among themselves before being bombarded by them. “So how have you been? What are you doing with your time now?”
While he knew Harrison was away, Noel was washing the dishes the others left uncleaned. The only thing he knew or heard from the others was that his ‘landlord’ was bringing back a guest so it was best to show tidiness, at least a little bit. He was getting into the habit of being the one to clean most of the things other than Harrison.
He opened the windows in the living room, which was his bedroom, and tied the curtains up neatly. He soon grabbed his phone and texted Harrison.
”Hey, where are you right now?”
A loud ping distracted Harrison from the road, and after pulling his phone from the compartment underneath the ac dial he replied to Noel with a voice message. “Im on the ribbon, be about twenty minutes.”
The ‘ribbon’ was the road heading towards his house, it was just a really long and very smooth road.
Noel quickly read the text and typed back.
”Ah, sweet. If possible can you stop by the coffee shop at the end of the road before the slight curve? You know the one, Iced Americano please” he sent the text before he went back to tidying the room. He was not expecting his ‘housemates’ to be awake at this time so the job fell all on him.
“Yeah that’s fine, see you soon.”
Harrison slipped his phone back into the compartment and smiled apologetically to Cora. “We’re going to make a stop at the coffee shop near mine, if that’s okay?” He was going to do it whether it was okay with a Cora or not, but he didn’t want to seem rude by not letting her know in advance.
"Oh! Is he getting coffee! Can you ask him to get me a black coffee with whipped cream?" Nas asked, having peaked over Noel's shoulder. Usually, not a lot of people were awake, but Nas rarely slept and instead just roamed the forest and scared campers.
Noel nodded and picked up his phone again.
”Nas wants black coffee with whipped cream” he texted as he went back to cleaning the room. It was a bit soon that he began writing something down on his note.
”Nas, can you go check the outdoors for me? Perhaps someone’s outside?”
"Sure thing!" Nas hummed, slipping back outside and squinting their eyes. "Nothing!" They called back inside, growling at a bunny that made its way into the yard. It ran right back out with a squeak and Nas smiled victoriously.
Semele stalked out of her bedroom, for once properly dressed, and headed into the living room to check on her numerous plants. She was pleased to find that the open space looked more like an indoor vineyard than a living room. Sensing that Noel was in the next room over, Semele plucked a ripe grape and moved into the room where Noel was quietly cleaning. Grinning, she appeared before him. "Good morning." She murmured, popping the grape into Noel's mouth, which had dropped open in shock.
"Yeah, that's fine." Cora didn't mind. Plus, that was more alone time with Harrison. "I'm studying journalism right now. It's really interesting. I'm on the school paper, and I might have a job set up for when I graduate. Let's see . . . my dad is pretty sick, but he's been sick for a while, so I'm not really worried."
(I'm gonna be honest, I have no idea how college or university works in england, so I'm winging it. Also sorry that this is so short)
Cat walked downstairs stretching even though she'd been awake since at least 5 am. She sat down on the couch slightly pouting. She knew that once Harrison's friend came over she would have to stay in her human form until she left.