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"Yes. Why do you think I have so many if I wasn't one?" She questioned her brother, she just happened to understand cats well and she liked to think that cats understood her too. "Nope. I fully believe that I was a cat in a former life and this is why I am the way I am now. Not sure I'd be able to go as far as dubbing myself The Cat Queen, but maybe like The Cat Princess or something."

"Kitten whisperer, hm?" He chuckled at that, knowing that would be a way to press Elara's buttons. They were very good at doing that to one another, thankfully it was harmless. "A spiritual level hm? Now you're reaching don't you think?"

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ELARA: And it's showing, are you like the weather, turning a new leaf? hehe ELARA: Yup. Had a first aid trained professional check me over to make sure nothing was broken, only bad thing about this being a muggle job is that if I do get injured I had to work on their medical timeline. Would seem sus if I really did some damage and then walked in the next day like nothing had happened. ELARA: Hey! I'm trying to find a way to infiltrate the footage myself so I can either get rid of it or take it to the grave with me. I'm hoping it never see's the light of day. ELARA: Hm, probably. Though I don't want to waste too much time not practicing, opening night is coming up quickly and I don't want to make a fool of myself by doing this in front of an audience. ELARA: You're not wrong, I swear I don't recall ordering as many and every now and then, a new tower turns up at the door. We're good at Tetris though, I have so much faith in us being able make a nice clear space for me to work with.

STELLA: Look I'm trying out being a little more considerate lol STELLA: Thank you, thank you 😌 STELLA: Bruising isn't the worst, but I'm still sorry it happened. Have you gotten checked over? STELLA: Rude :((( STELLA: You'll probably have to keep off your ankles for a bit before you start practicing at home. STELLA: I imagine we'll also have to Tetris the cat towers out of the way for you to have enough space to be doing that in the living room 😂

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Elara let out a somewhat huffed snort at the others words, crossing her arms over her chest. "Please, I am the kitten whisperer, they flock to me as though I'm their Mama." Elara tutted. "I wouldn't be so good at what I do in terms of kitten rescue and finding them good homes to live in if I didn't understand them on some sort of spiritual level."

"I'm sure." There was nothing in Orion's tone that suggested he believed that though. "I was." He agreed honestly, because he really didn't need to go there with Elara, at least not about this relationship. Where in the past, he might have enjoyed winding his siblings up by oversharing, with Bentley, he really didn't feel it necessary. Orion quite enjoyed keeping it private and he knew that Bentley would probably appreciate that more too. "If there is a kitten in a tree, maybe it is trying to get away from you, dear sister."

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ELARA: You know what, I'm kind of surprised that you asked if I was okay BEFORE you asked if anyone filmed it. ELARA: Proud of you, you're taking baby steps into a better direction. ELARA: I've got a bruised ego as well as some other body parts, but there was minimal blood on myself and the stage so I guess that was a success. ELARA: And yes the whole performance was being recorded and no you can't get a copy of it. ELARA: My foot just got caught of it and then yoink, I was no longer vertical. ELARA: This does mean though that I'm bringing one of these home and will be practising in the living room to ensure this doesn't happen again.

STELLA: HUH STELLA: dude are you OKAY? STELLA: ...also did anyone film it? STELLA: but ofc more importantly are you okay STELLA: yikes tho– i can't even begin to imagine what it's like dealing with those on the daily

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Text || Elara & Stella

ELARA: I've just a 5, 6, 7, 8 shit on stage in front of the whole ensemble. ELARA: Nose first might I add. ELARA: Skipping ropes are more dangerous then I thought, I'm starting to think that maybe they're the OG danger noodle.

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"I am nothing but a pure and innocent angel, Orion. My mind is never in the gutter." Elara replied, head held high as she did so. "Yes, yes, I know. You were talking about your intellect and well thought out words." She nodded. "Well you and layman can get the heck out of here if you're going to be mean." Elara nodded, her expression changing from one of sibling annoyance to appreciation. "I know you do, you're very good at taking care of me when I need you too. Maybe I'll get you to put your height to use one day if there is a kitten in a tree or something." She teased.

"Well it certainly sounded like it was." Orion shot back smoothly, a smile playing over his lips in amusement at the whole situation. "As I said, wasn't even talking about kissing." He almost sing songed at his sister. "I wanted to put it in layman's terms for you, darling sister." Though he knew Elara was far from stupid. None of their family was lacking in brains, even if they teased one another to the contrary. "You do recall that I already do things like that for you without you needing to try and call in favours, don't you?" If there was something Orion could be relied upon, it was that he was there for his siblings when they needed him.

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"Oh we're practically the Brady Bunch, which would not be a bad idea for Halloween costumes actually." She mulled for a moment, "I mean I know I for one will not let them live stupid stuff like this down, ever. So maybe that actually makes me the mean one, which is weird to think about." She pondered for a moment before chuckling at his words, "Yes, I think it'd be safe to stay on our good sides. Though, you'd have to do something really terrible to face one of our wraths and I'm not sure you'd be capable of doing anything too bad given we're friends."

"I imagine you guys, in classic sibling fashion, don't let each other live that down, huh?" Tucker remarked through chuckles. "I have to applaud the dedication to wanting to get those sweets no matter what," he added. "But of course, your secrets are safe with me," Tucker assured, putting his hand to his heart for emphasis. "I wouldn't want the wrath of the Macmillan-Bones clan being thrust upon me. You are all total sweethearts but I fear what it'd be like to be on your guys' bad sides."

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"My mind was certainly not in the gutter, I don't really want to think about anything you're doing with your mouth with your boyfriend. Even if it is just kissing." Elara pointed out to the other before listening to the other speak more. "It's a hard concept for me to grasp, because there was nothing eloquent about you calling me a feather-brain." She pouted once again, feeling like it was her faces' natural state when she was around her older brother. "You say that like I'm going to ask you for some awful kind of favour or something criminal, it won't be. I'm normally very tame with my favours, most of the time it's just asking if you can go and run some errands for me when I'm having bad endo days and can't move from my bed or sofa. Or like to feed the cat hoard."

When the others face screwed up and he was called crass, Orion rolled his eyes, clearly exercising patience with his younger sibling as he gave a laborious sigh. "No, that wasn't me being crass, that was your mind being in the gutter." Orion corrected, shaking his head softly. "What I was actually referring to is the fact that on more than one occasion Bentley has pointed out that he is very much drawn in and attracted to my eloquence and mind when I speak. Probably a difficult conflict for you to grasp, you little feather-brain." Orion teased his little sister playfully. The actual fact of the matter was, they hadn't even taken that step in their relationship yet. Orion would be lying if he said it didn't leave him a little pent up but it was nothing he couldn't handle for the chance to date the other male. "Well then, I will gratefully accept the tickets, just don't think it'll get you anything you want in the future. I do have my limits."

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"Tucker, who do you take me for? Hm? Why would I kid about something as incredible as this." Elara couldn't help but tut, shaking her head slightly at the other. "Though I hope you know you cannot utter a word of this to my siblings. If they knew I was spilling such things about them and the family antics from when we were kids then I think I might be banished from the family group chat for at least a month." Elara warned the other. "And what, getting both hands stuck in separate sweet jars and trying for a third with their head isn't enough damage done? You need there to be more to the story?"

"No way– you're kidding me right now," Tucker burst into laughter at the other's humorous story. "Now that must've been crazy," he acknowledged through his amusement. "Was that all that happened?"

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"Don't underestimate the power of a kitten, Orion. Kittens can be a very powerful tool when used properly, they could have a grown man crumple to their knees if they wanted to." Elara explained to the other, knowing that sometimes you just couldn't resist something that was very small, cute and fluffy. Her face screwed up in disgust at the others speech about his mouth, "Merlin, must you be so crass. I'm your sister for Godric's sake, I did not need to know that, or picture it and I think I need to bleach my brain now, thanks." He was right about playing dirty being a family trait though, she was pretty sure that each of them had the ability to try and get what they wanted by bending the rules to their will. "I don't want anything from you right now, the favour will be cashed in at a later date. I just thought I would be nice and offer free tickets where I can."

"You know, it's kind of adorable that you think that because you have kittens that you can persuade Bentley to listen to you over me. It also makes you look like you have the least amount of common sense." Orion warned her with an amused smile. "Because I have something that you don't that Bentley happens to love and that as he has told me before, can always make him swoon and that's my mouth." He stated with a grin. "So take me on if you really want to but be prepared to fail. You're not the only one who can play dirty. It's a bit of a family trait actually." Orion was aware that none of the siblings was above pulling shit in order to win over each other. It was all thankfully harmless however. "You must really need something from me if you're still willing to give me the tickets though. What is it you want?"

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"Excuse me!" Elara exclaimed, arms crossing over her chest. "For one, I am not the whiny little brat in this family, that title belongs to you, Mister." Elara pointed out. "And two, a simple touch would be a classified as a boop, an action that is actually pretty delightful. You flicked me in the nose, far from a boop and I think I would be justified in classing it as an act of violence." Elara continued to frown at her brother, "He has more common sense than the both of us, but I'm sure I could persuade him onto my side. I happen to know he's a fan of cats and I have an arsenal of kittens at my side to use if I wanted to play dirty." Elara smiled at the other, though it did seem more smug than she had been intending. "Well, you are very welcome. I guess I can still get you tickets, put all this violence behind me for the sake of helping out my big brother- of course in return though I'd accept payment in the form of a favour."

"I didn't realise you were so sensitive that a simple touch to the nose was going to turn you into a whiny little brat." Orion teased his younger sibling, more than happy winding her up. He'd gotten good at it after so many years of practice. "Attacked you hm? I'm sure he's going to think you're very mature describing it as that. Thankfully I know he has more common sense than you." The man laughed at Elara's behaviour. "But thank you for the idea. It didn't occur to me to take him out to a show but now it has given me that idea."

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"Oh it is, I think my siblings are convinced that I'm going to be the spinster in the family with a hoard of cats. Which they totally see as a sad thing, whereas I think it'd be a pretty good way of living." Elara shrugged, because even though she was a bit of a hopeless romantic. Or well, a big hopeless romantic, she knew that if she had her cats, she'd be okay. "I have two myself, Sophie and Donna and they seem to get along with the fosters thank goodness."

"That..." she thought of saying, it wasn't what she expected, but Elara definitely looked like the type of girl who would. Lily could respect that, she herself would die for her cat, "actually I feel like that's something on brand for you. Do you own cats yourself, or just rescue them?"

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"Well given the amount of times you've prodded yourself in the ball of the eye, thought I'd just let you know in case you forgot." Elara teased the other. "And I don't think you can go blind from it- well, unless you decided to like colour in your eye with the pen then maybe. But that's not what you're trying to achieve so I think you might be safe." Elara looked at the other and let out a small hum, "Yeah- okay, I think it is eyebrows but surely the same wording can be applied to eyeliner, right?" Elara let out a small whine, her head tipping back before looking at the other. "If you don't got it, I'm giving you a countdown."

"Um– rude. I know that," she scoffed, the tip of the eyeliner pen poking her in the eyeball once again. "Shit," Stella grumbled to herself, taking a pause from doing the makeup to look at her sister in the reflection of the mirror. "Please don't– I'm already concerned I'll go blind from this. Can... can you go blind from this?" she paused before shaking her head a little and then trying to attempt fixing up the line again. "I'm pretty sure that's eyebrows, El," she murmured, moving to the other eye and them back again. "Okay, okay– let me just finish this side and we can go. I've almost got it," Stella insisted, her tongue sticking out in concentration.

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Elara responded to the others comment with a very mature action of sticking her tongue out at him. "Too bad you came in here and flicked me on the nose then, huh? You could have been wooing him with a night at the theatre if it wasn't for that." She tutted. "And no, no, no- you're not pinning this on me. I'm sure when he learns that you came here and attacked he'd be more than understanding. After all, he's not the big brother of his family, so he will be far more sympathetic with me than you when it comes to sibling abuse." Elara hummed, "I have learned the great ways of warfare and I think I may have perfected them at this point."

"Careful or you'll give yourself wrinkles scowling like that." Orion spoke in a light hearted manner, clearly she was going to have to work harder to get under his skin. At the mention of tickets to a show however, his smile softened. "I feel like that's something he would really enjoy actually." Orion admitted, thinking about the brunette and how he'd respond to such an evening. "And now you've said that, I'll be letting him know you're the reason he isn't going if you rescind the offer." He added playfully. "Now the weak tea that is cold however... that's a truly heinous act of revenge."

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"Pretty sure that the eyeliner is supposed to go around the eye, not on the eyeball itself. I don't think that's a trend you want to start, sis." Elara chuckled as she crossed her arms over her chest. "Also not going to lie, the temptation to knock your elbow is so strong right now, but, I'm not going to do that because it'd only delay us further and I can feel myself on the turn of hangry." She warned the other, hearing her stomach rumble as if on cue. "Aren't they supposed to be sisters not twins? It looks fine and I'm starving, please." She whined.

"One sec– I realize I'm holding it up but I keep poking myself in the eye," Stella groaned when she felt someone approaching the mirror she was using. "Can you wait a few more minutes? I swear I can get them even," she grumbled more to herself as she continued to try to fix her winged liner.

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"Well it didn't feel like an act of love." She continued to scowl, just watching as her brother smirked at her which only caused her to tut. "Well I was going to offer you two tickets for opening night of Legally Blonde. Thought you could take Bentley on a date to the theatre and given I have connections and all that." She shrugged. "But I think the flick on the nose has made me want to rescind the offer and my kindness. Tempted to serve you tea that's too weak and on the side of cold in revenge."

"No, that was just an extra bonus filled with love." Orion responded with a smirk at his younger sibling, watching the others face form a scowl. That only seemed to deepen his own amusement. "Offer me something? Just what were you planning to offer me, Lara? I'm curious now."