(Caroline POV)

I was in my dorm with Elena. We were setting up Friendsgiving and this one would be special, I would make sure of it. I looked up to ask Elena where the party streamers were when Jo entered the room.

"Jo."

"Hi."

"Where's Alaric?"

"Don't kill the messenger. Something about an impromptu guys' weekend."

"Caroline? I'm sorry but can I be excused?"

"Yes, go call them up and remind them they are supposed to over here. I'll get the silverware set out." I replied and did just that. I moved on to setting up the whole table, hanging lights, hanging streamers and so on until everyone arrived.

"Sorry Care. They're not coming. They had chilli."

"I TOLD them to come. What are we going to do about the food they were supposed to bring?"

"Already bought it." She said putting them on the table. I counted the people in the room and the new people who had just arrived.

"All right! If everyone could gather around the table at their assigned seats, then, um…" Luke came in, late.

"Oh. Sorry I'm late." I ignored him.

"We will each share something that we are thankful for in 100 words or less, so…"

"Uh, anyone want to see some embarrassing baby videos of Liv?"

"Oh. You know what? Now would actually be an excellent time just to shut down anything with an on-off button." I replied, nothing would ruin Friendsgiving. He ignored me and played the video. I sighed. No. Please let the food get cold. Whatever that is is far more important."

"Happy Birthday! Wave to me!"

"Hi, Josie."

"How old are you?"

"Four."

"How do you add that? You guys want to do some numbers? OK. What's one plus one?"

"Two!"

"Two plus two?"

"Four!"

"Nice." Jo came in with Elena. She looked confused.

"What are you watching?"

"That kind of sounds like your voice."

"That is my voice. I took that video 18 years ago at a birthday party for the twins."

"Oh, my God."

"Lukas and Olivia?"

"Jo as in Josette?"

"Hang on. You guys know each other?" Jo looked like she was going to cry. Yay! Family reunion on Friendsgiving. Now I was happy that he played that video.

"I'm their sister."

"So if you don't know each other, then how did you all just happen to end up at the same tiny liberal arts school?" I asked.

"We had a family friend here… Sheila Bennett."

"You knew Bonnie's grams?"

"She took me under her wing. She also helped my family put Kai away. Our brother, my twin."

"There are two sets of twins in your family?"

"Yeah, there were until my coven put Kai in a prison world."

"Now there's just Luke and me." Liam stood up… I forgot about him…

"I'm sorry. Did you say coven?"

"Oh, my God. Liam… Is still here."

"I think he meant 'oven'" I quickly cut in.

"Yeah."

"Oh, look! We don't have a wine opener on the table. 'Liam, you have a wine opener in your room. Why don't you get it? Take your time.'" Liam left. As you were saying, you put Kai away?"

"Kai killed 4 of our bothers and sisters to make a point, but he was really targeting Lukas and Olivia."

"Why them?"

"Because in our coven, twins are in line to be leaders."

"Hence our lame-ass name… Gemini."

"Kai wanted to be the leader, but that wasn't possible if Lukas and Olivia were alive. So I protected them with magic. Which just pissed him off more. My brother was born without his own magic. He can only draw it from others. It made him feel like a freak. My parents saw him acting out, isolating himself, and they realized that he'd never be capable of leading our coven, so they kept having children until another set of twins were born. Kai figured it out, and he snapped."

"He was a psychopath, so they sent him away. Kai went to his prison, Jo dodged a bullet, and now the leadership falls on us."

"OK. Well, now that we've all gotten to know each other a little bit better, could someone please pass the dinner rolls?"

"Sorry that my family drama isn't appropriate dinner conversation, Caroline."

"That's not what I meant. It's-" She stood up and left.

"OK. I think I may have missed something. If you and Liv can both be the leaders of your coven, why did she just get so upset?"

"Because there aren't two leaders, are there, Jo?"

"In our coven's tradition, after their 22nd birthday, the twins merge their strength. The stronger one wins, absorbing their twin's power, and the weaker of the two…"

"The weaker of the two what?"

"The weaker one dies." Luke also left. After that, no one had much of an appetite. I sighed. All the food was going to go to waste. Is this what I have to look forward to when Christmas arrives? I ate my plate until I was done and by that time, almost everyone was gone. Friendsgiving was officially ruined.