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"GOOD MORNING, ATHENA. AM I INTERRUPTING SOMETHING?"
"Elijah?"
Athena blinked, her speech centers rendered momentarily useless as she met the gaze of the smug Original. She forcibly looked away from Elijah to the two others standing behind him, one man looking less than happy to be standing before her and another fixated on her with a smirk she had the instinct to frown at.
Looking away from the other two, she met Elijah's imploring gaze again and quickly made a decision.
She took a step back from the open door and promptly slammed it shut, not missing the utter confusion on Elijah's face as the door swung shut in his face. Spinning on her heel, she frowned at the silence that followed the sudden arrival of the Original, and who Athena presumed were other Originals with him.
Her brows furrowed on her forehead and she physically shook her head, trying to clear the last bit of fogginess from it as she straightened her clothes and tucked her hair behind her ears. Clearing her throat, she turned back to the door and opened it again, this time meeting Elijah's gaze with a smile.
"Elijah!" She cheered his name, earning a raised brow from the man as she stepped to the side to allow him in. "Please, come in,"
Elijah nodded dutifully and stepped over the barrier, his eyes immediately flocking to the unusual disarray that lingered in the halls of the boarding house.
The other two men stepped forward and Athena raised a dark brow at them, a scoff leaving her lips. "Not you two, I don't even know you,"
Identical looks of shock and anger fell on their faces, but Athena paid no mind to them as she slammed the door shut in their faces and turned to Elijah. The Original looked pointedly at the front door, then at her, and then at the mess behind him, a small, curious smile twisting at his lips.
Athena held up a finger, shaking it at him in a warning. "I'm not inviting the rest of the vampire mafia in here until I know what you're doing here in the first place. As for the mess– we threw Caroline a surprise party and it got a little out of hand."
"I take it you had a good night, then?"
Athena hummed, stepping around an unidentifiable puddle that was close to seeping into one of Damon's rugs. She bent over and rolled the expensive fabric up, pushing it away from the puddle as Elijah followed behind her to the kitchen.
"Yeah, it was great, but I forgot the reason I don't throw parties at my own house is because I'm the one that has to clean it up after."
Elijah chuckled slightly as she picked up the trash can and began sweeping her arms over the counters and wiping all of the stray cups into the bin. "Was my brother in attendance, perhaps?"
