Inside the Moreland home, everyone was getting settled after seeing Andromeda give an amazing vocal performance outside. Nat and Rei were holding their hands on Chenoa's pregnant belly as they felt her little one kick. Spark was asking her son Jay to go and play carefully and nicely with little Frankie so he wouldn't feel alone with a lot of girls in the house. Cali meanwhile was especially excited as she set up a little table with her tea set for herself, Andromeda, and Kaida to play at.
"Can you please play tea party with me and my big sister please miss Andr....Andraw....Andy.....how do you say your name?" Young Cali asked sweetly as Andromeda's name was hard for her to say.
"It's An....drama....da. But you can call me 'Dromy if that's easier for you to say, that's what my aunt calls me." Andromeda suggested to the young girl who nodded as she got went over to her older sister and was begging her to play tea party with her.
"Well, it looks like Cali wants you to play tea party with her, that's so sweet." Nina said watching her granddaughter convince Kaida to play tea party with her as she finally rolled her eyes and nodded exciting Cali.
"Did you and your sister ever play tea party when you were little with your friends?" Nina asked Andromeda.
"Well, we didn't really have a whole lot of friends in the palace, we did however usually have one guest who was there out of obligation more than anything." Andromeda replied.
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7 year-old Andromeda and 7 year-old Nyx are having a tea party sitting at a table wearing fancy little dresses.
"More tea miss Nyx?" Andromeda asks her sister.
"Oh, yes please miss Andromeda." Nyx says as they pretend to have tea together.
"Would you like any more tea Mrs. Pemberton?" Andromeda asks as she looks over the table at little Ann who the girls have dressed up in a fancy outfit but has a face of contempt.
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Nina Moreland looked surprised at this. "Did you do this a lot with her?" Nina asked trying to hold back a laugh.
"Sometimes, but whenever she came to one of our tea parties, she usually brought alcohol with her." Andromeda said.
Chase laughed a little at this now too. Although he saw his older brother give a small smile as he drank from a glass of his, the mention of Ann seemed a bit of a touchy subject to him, especially considering that Chase was severely beaten by Ann not too long ago in a gladiatorial battle.
Pretty soon, Andromeda was sitting at a little kids table with Cali and Kaida. Cali was thoroughly enjoying her time with Andromeda calling her 'Princess 'Dromy' when she asked about wanting tea or pretending to talk about important stuffed animal politics.
"The elephants want another elephant in the white house, but the donkeys want to have another donkey in the white house...because they think he's too pom....uh...um...pompy...pom pom...." Cali said trying to say the word 'pompous'.
"Proud Cali, he's too proud." Kaida said shaking her head thinking her sister a little silly for trying to pretend she knows what she's talking about.
"So....Andromeda, you really like my uncle Chase, right?" Kaida asks.
"Oh yes, very much so. He's sweet, kind, very strong, romantic...." Andromeda began listing.
"Yeah, okay, I'm happy you guys are so in love like my parents and all that. But what about your sister? Does she love Aaron?" Kaida asked raising her eyebrow at the older girl.
"Well yes, but right now Aaron's a little upset because he accidentally hurt your uncle and yelled at her for the wrong reason." Andromeda explained clearly not wanting to bring up the touchy subject.
"I see. So....do you think she's good enough for Aaron though? From what uncle Chase said, she seems kind of moody." Kaida commented.
"Kaida!" Spark shouted to her daughter putting her hands on her hips as Connor held their son Colton in his hands. "Do not talk rudely about Andromeda's sister like that." Spark said criticizing her daughter.
"But mom, she made Aaron upset and run away!" Kaida argued.
"That's not at all what happened and don't you go accusing people of something like that." Spark scolded her daughter. "Now you apologize to Andromeda about what you said about her sister." Spark said tapping her foot.
"Sorry I said mean stuff about your sister." Kaida apologized.
"It's okay. My sister is kind of moody sometimes and....it hasn't been easy for her since she saw Aaron last." Andromeda explained.
"I love your nails Princess 'Dromy." Cali complimented seeming completely unaware of the argument her sister had as Andromeda thanked the young girl.
Connor looked over to see Chase talking with Miles and asked for Spark to come and hold their son for him while he went over and talked with the two of them.
"Hey, so what are you two talking about?" Connor asked walking over to them while holding onto his cane.
"Oh, I was just telling Miles about how I had met Andromeda after that incident at the bar and I was upset with....with Caleb." Chase said thinking about his older brother.
"I know, I know, Caleb is a good brother, but you know he's not always the best father figure for you. God, if you think he's hard, you should've seen how hard dad could be on me when I used to argue with him." Connor said as Chase now looked lost in thought.
"What?" Connor asked.
"It's just...what you said about dad. I was just remembering when I was back in the vampire realm, when I was fighting....her," Chase said not wanting to say Ann's name as he saw Connor clutch his cane a little tighter. "I was in a bit of a delirious state and....for whatever reason, I thought I could hear dad's voice pushing me on. I heard him say that Andromeda looked like a keeper and that a last thing Moreland does is give up." Chase explained as he looked over at Connor to see tears welling up in his eyes.
"Damn, I don't.....I don't know if that was really him you saw. But it sure sounded like him. Wherever he is, he must really be looking out for you." Connor said as he wiped his eyes.