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Definitely an improvement.

I'm trying. Or was. It doesn't really matter anymore. He's not here. I haven't seen him in almost a year.

[ okay that gets her excited. ] Really? So do I get to meet her or are you keeping her all to yourself?

It may in the future. [ She was now learning not to count things out ]

You can meet her. [ Oh, her smile is wide. She's focussing on all the good of having her back, not wanting to bring up the rest ] I've been letting her settle in a little first.

Guess we'll see. [ she's not getting her hopes up. ]

I look forward to it. Maybe Elena will come back and they can meet. [ they can talk about the rest later. ]

I'm good with talking about this all night, but if we're going to keep going, it's your turn.

[ Helen gave a nod ] That would be nice.

[ And she quickly takes a sip as she thinks ] Never have I ever had a niece. [ Such a cop out, she knows, but she's having to really think again ]

I'll share mine if she ever comes back. [ sip. ]

Never have I ever lived past 28. [ side-eying. ]

Yet. [ And sip. A big sip. She has lived far past twenty-eight ]

Never have I ever [ She's trying to keep it casual, or bring it back to it ] lived in one place my entire life.

True. My birthday's still coming up.

[ she sees that there. ] At this rate we're going to need another bottle. [ brb she's refilling as she contemplates that question. ] Does skipping town for a while because of the Scumfell count as moving? I wasn't gone that far or that long.

[ eh, she sips anyway. ]

Never have I ever wanted to live anywhere else. Not counting the time I skipped town. That wasn't me moving away from Mystic Falls as much as getting away from Scumfell.

I came prepared. [ Because she does still have that second bottle.

And she's sipping ] I've travelled a lot, and lived in many places. Only two have truly felt like home. [ Mostly because she gave the time to them to make them home ]

You've never wanted to go elsewhere?

Maybe I should've brought a bottle, too. [ teasing. oh yeah, she's feeling it. but it'll be a while before she goes over the edge. ]

Not really. Mystic Falls has always been home to me. That and when I was old enough, I had to watch Jeremy and Elena for Miranda and Grayson.

Wine cellar, remember? [ She gave a smile. She was more glad of the company than anything else ]

London was that for a long time for me. I travelled but I hadn't considered settling anywhere else. [ She may have lived in other places before settling in Old City but it wasn't the same - it wasn't home ]

Hey, that doesn't mean I can't bring some myself one of these days. [ the company is definitely the best part, jenna can't deny it. and she's not used to that, but it's very nice. ]

There's not really a need for me to go anywhere anymore. Jeremy and Elena have another few years of high school. And now... [ she ducks her head for a moment and that miiiight be a bit of a blush there, but well it's tempered by sadness. sob alaric. why. ]

Perhaps. [ Although there's more reason to drink it at Jenna's ]

And now... [ Helen starts to ask but she knows that look. Oh she may not have used it often but she's still a woman ] Alaric?

[ she nods. she can't help it. it's pretty clear she's head over heels for him. ]

He's the nicest guy I've ever met, but he's got so much baggage... more than me and that's saying something.

[ she fingers the wine glass, debating explaining the whole thing to helen, why it's such a strange situation. prompt her, helen. she needs to talk about this. ]

[ Helen gives a small nod, curious but not quite certain whether or not to press - with Logan she had known not to, not with how Jenna spoke but Alaric? It was fonder, and prompted her next question ]

Never have I ever said that someone had more baggage than myself. [ Which was true anyway - she had centuries of it ]

Okay that was cheating. [ but she takes a sip anyway. ]

There's a lot about Mystic Falls that I don't talk about. At first it was because I couldn't... trying to protect Elena from something that could have happened. But she's gone. So until you came... I didn't really have anyone I trusted enough to explain it all to.

[ yes, helen, that means alaric and his wife are all wrapped up in this vampire mess. ]

[ She just gives Jenna a small smile at that - she knew that it was but she was enjoying the conversation ]

As home as Mystic Falls is it would appear that a lot happens there. [ She could relate, partially ]

It seems to attract the vampires and criminally insane. [ meaning scumfell. ] Most of which no one knows about. But I wouldn't have it any other way. I do miss it, even with school and my thesis looming over my head. It's a tiny place where everyone knows me as Miranda Sommers-Gilbert's kid sister, but it's still home.

Home does have a habit of being a little 'odd', but it will always be that.

Yours, too, huh?

[ oh she has a good one now. she gives helen a mischievous smirk. ] Hmm Never Have I Ever had a boyfriend in Taxon.

[ come on, helen. fess up. ]

In many ways.

[ If Helen Magnus blushed (or properly so) she would have been blushing then. There's a slight (cheating) part of her that's tempted not to sip - it is new - but with the truth she's been given? She's playing fair ] Caught. [ Sip. The floor is open ]

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I knew it! [ she crows triumphantly, leaning forward on the arm of the chair. ] Come on, who is it, what's he like?

Jenna. [ She may have answered but that didn't mean that she was going to give you everything - it was new and these things were some of the more private to her ]

Oh come on, you can't dangle that in front of me and not expect me to ask! [ she's like a teenager sometimes. just forgive her. ] I just want to know if he's going to be good to you. Friends are allowed that much.

I hardly dangled it. [ She'd answered the question, there was a difference. But she gave a nod ] He will be. [ And if not? Helen could handle it ]

[ siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh. she'll let it go for now. ]

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