No One's POV
"So-" Caroline starts, walking out onto the large back deck of the Mikaelson mansion, plopping herself down in a lounge chair, Rebekah and Alexis already seated comfortably, for once the Mikaelson men all out of the mansion, leaving Alexis alone. "I've come to the conclusion that men are completely, irrevocably dumb."
"Here, here!" Rebekah waves her lemonade absent mindedly, actually agreeing with her fellow blonde instead of showing silent or not-so-silent distain for Caroline; they got along better since Caroline had come down the first time and Elena wasn't in the picture any longer, since Elena was really the whole reason Rebekah didn't like the blonde to begin with, but Rebekah was still a bit frosty towards Caroline even without Elena in the picture.
"Okay… And… What makes you say that? Not that I disagree… To some extent… Kol and Nik have their moments." Alexis snorts lightly, thinking back to Kol's almost not so bright moments of nearly charging recklessly head first into things.
"Marcel, I think he's avoiding me. It's been what- a week since I've been here? And I know I'm not the only one who felt that- whatever it was… The mate bond, right? He felt it, I'm sure! He's a vampire too! And- and if anything- he's older than me! I'm just a newbie vamp! So- so he should be the more responsible one!" Caroline screams, throwing her hands up in the air for emphasis.
"Ugh. You're telling me!" Rebekah complains, looking at a nail and throwing a glance in Lucas' direction, who was off helping Kol train Davina. "I swear, Lucas must be as dense as a brick! Completely oblivious! Men, sometimes! What's wrong with them!?"
Alexis flat out snorts this time, covering it up with a poorly concealed cough.
"I- I'm sorry… Really, I am! I- I'm completely sympathetic." Alexis says, both blondes giving her dirty looks.
"You don't have morons for mates!" Caroline just growls. "Yours- yours are- are like perfect! They're- they're like freaking princes straight out of a romance novel or Hollywood movie!"
"Okay… I beg to differ on that one. She's saddled with my brothers." Rebekah points out. "A few weeks ago Kol was flashing around downstairs practically hysterical because he couldn't figure out how to make taco pizza for Alexis… He actually ran into an open cupboard door…"
"Finn made that for me…" Alexis waivers for a moment, looking confused.
"Finn threw him out of the kitchen and then made that for you." Rebekah corrects, rolling her eyes.
"Okay, can we get back to my problem now?" Caroline asks, waving her hand to interject.
"Haha. Of course. Sorry to intrude on your drama moment, your Royal Highness." Alexis snarks.
"Okay, really?" Caroline rolls her eyes playfully. "If anything, that's totally you, missy! Who's the one that has four Originals basically at her beck and call? But seriously! This is a problem! It's a crisis! I'm in crisis right now!"
"Alright, alright. We're serious…" Alexis snickers one last time. "But, hate to say it. Marcel is totally ignoring you, Caroline..."
"You're supposed to tell me it's in my head." Caroline deadpans.
"And is that going to help you? I'm hardly going to lie to you." Alexis points out logically.
"Hey guys! What's up?" Olivia bounces up to the three women.
"Hey Liv. Girl chat. Wanna join?" Alexis invites, smiling at the Gemini leader. "Are you guys done?"
"Sure! And I am. Kol and Luke wanted to work with Davina more. I decided to quit for the day though." Olivia plops down in an empty lounge chair, taking a sip of her water bottle that she had brought over with her from the training grounds.
"Kol isn't working Davina too hard is he?" Alexis worries a little, casting a glance towards the training grounds off in the distance.
"Maybe a little. But she's fine. Lucas and I wouldn't let him over work her. The Quarter and New Orleans is a dangerous place for a witch. If what Celeste is doing is any indicator. And I'm sure she's not the only witch out there practicing dark magic, I mean, we know this... She needs to be prepared. She's got a lot of magic. She needs control. Everything is fine. Don't worry." Olivia promises.
"Alright…" Alexis trails off, still a bit unconvinced, but dropping the topic nonetheless.
"So, what are we talking about?" Olivia jumps into the conversation.
"Boys." Rebekah offers, having actually taken a liking to the female Gemini leader over the weeks she has been staying at the Mikaelson mansion.
"Oh, that's a topic I do like." Olivia grins. "So dish."
"I'm complaining about Marcel. I think he's thicker than a box of rocks." Caroline pipes in with a dramatic sigh that was her fashion.
"It's plain and simple Care… Marcel is obviously intimidated by you. He just doesn't know how to approach you. So avoidance is the next best thing." Alexis shrugs, wiggling around in her seat to get comfortable again, the babies tumbling and kicking a little in her stomach; damn those Hybrid wolf and Original genes, she wasn't even half way through her 2nd trimester yet or just.
"Well that's stupid." Caroline replies bluntly, huffing and taking an angry sip of her lemonade.
"Hello ladies, Elskan…" Elijah appears suddenly, stepping out onto the deck from inside to check on his mate before he had to whisk off to the Quarter to deal with some business with Finn and Niklaus. "What are we discussing this afternoon?"
"Girl talk. You know, thrilling drama, gossip, secrets, our celebrity crushes, and other such things. I am really partial to Chris Pine, his eyes are dreamy…" Alexis immediately rambles off sassily, hiding a mischievous smirk.
Elijah is instantaneously at his mate's side, hand resting on Alexis' belly possessively, splayed over it completely.
"Elskan." Elijah rumbles lightly, leaning down to press his lips to Alexis' temple.
"You're so easy to tease, 'Lijah." Alexis giggles, fingers pressing lightly against Elijah's jaw, cupping his face as she leans into his touch.
Elijah growls lowly, nose nudging gently against his mate's jaw in return.
"Are you well, Astin?" Elijah asks, straightening and pulling away from his mate.
"I'm fine, 'Lijah." Alexis calms, hand dropping from his face to wave errantly back towards the house as if to wave him off or dismiss him. "Like I said, girl talk. Go, do whatever you need to. Be your badass self or whatever… Thank you for checking in on me."
"Enjoy your time then, Elskan." Elijah nods, lips quirking in the half smile that his mate loved. "Ladies. Sister." Then in another flash disappears.
"Ugh." Rebekah comments, nose scrunching up in distaste at her brother's suffocating territorial display and sappiness.
"I think it's romantic and sweet!" Caroline gushes.
"No, it's gross." Rebekah denies with a shake of her head, even if she silently agreed; it was the premise, she had to disagree, it was her brothers after all.
"Don't even deny it, Bekah. You think it's cute." Alexis teases. "But it gets to be a bit much… At times…"
"At times? A bit much?" Rebekah raises a brow.
"Most of the time." Alexis tacks on with a laugh.
"You're saying." Olivia snorts. "It's not even me and I get tired of watching it for you."
"Men." Caroline simply says.
"You know what we need right now?" Alexis says rhetorically. "A girl's day… Junk food, spa day, movies, the works… And no boys, most importantly!"
