Viv

Viv greets you with her wonderful rendition of the ‘Sweet Home Alabama’ chorus, complete with sounding out the guitar parts, and mumbling everything outside of the phrase ‘Sweet Home Alabama’. She finishes it all off with a laugh before giving you a hug. She gives a soft moan during the hug, before hugging you even tighter. You’re guessing she really enjoyed her time with you and the girls this morning, and that’s why she’s being really friendly now.

“Wow. Your hugs are like the first cool breeze after a summer-long heat wave.” Viv tells you after the hug.

“Uh~ Thanks?” was all you could say as a reaction to her compliment. She walks past you and says hi to the girls. “Come right in, I guess.” you say under your breath before you close the door.

You watch as Viv hugs and gives cheek kisses to Tanya and Cassie, before making her way to Stella.

“Ooh~, someone got the short end of the stick. Were you a naughty girl for Daddy?” Viv teasingly asks Stella.

“We’ve spent one breakfast together. Don’t come up into my house acting like you know me.” Stella says in a fake threatening voice, but she obviously finds Viv amusing.

“Ooh~, still feisty. I like that. Here I thought that was just the shock from me seeing you naked.” Viv responds with a friendly smile, which Stella returns with an amused smirk.

“Anyway, in all seriousness, I just dropped by to get my towel back.” Viv tells Stella.

“Oh shit, right. I think it’s in my room. I’ll get it once I’m done with these.” Stella replies.

“Don’t worry about it. I can grab it for you.” Viv replies jokingly before walking towards Stella’s bedroom.

Stella turns around to look at you, and you both turn to look at Cassie and Tanya, having an unspoken conversation with just your eyes discussing if you should warn Viv that Celeste is in Stella’s bedroom. Before you all come to a conclusion, Viv is already opening Stella’s bedroom door. Thankfully, Celeste’s reaction wasn’t ‘Mrs. O’Brien will file a noise complaint’ level of loud.

“Viv!?” you hear Celeste shout in complete surprise. “Celeste!?” Viv shouts in equal shock. The ensuing shriek from Celeste was definitely worthy of a visit from Mrs. O’Brien though. Hopefully, Mr. O’Brien can stop her again from making her way down to your apartment. You take a mental note to try and address that, maybe even magically. For now though, you make your way to them to try and lessen their volume non-magically.

Celeste is hugging Viv tightly around the latter’s arms as they reunite in your apartment. “Hey guys, sorry to be the killjoy, but I got a noise complaint this morning so, maybe you guys could lower the volume a bit?” you ask them. Celeste immediately nods, but Viv didn’t seem to hear you at all.

“What the fuck are you doing here!?” Viv asks incredulously.

“I’m doing the spotlight on you tomorrow. What do you mean what am I doing here?” Celeste answers her.

“Duh. I know that. I mean here. As in, this apartment. I thought you were booking a hotel? Don’t tell me you’re involved with him too.” Viv clarifies her question, with a look of confusion.

“Jay and I are cousins… and you know I’m with Hal, Vivian.” Celeste answers Viv with a tone you couldn’t quite place.

“Cousins? You know saying that doesn’t automatically mean you’re not sleeping together, right? Not with this guy.” Viv replies to Celeste jokingly, her look of confusion completely gone as she has a wide smile now.

“Oh, stop!” Celeste laughs it off as a joke.

That stings a bit.

“I’m staying here since our moms suggested it.” Celeste explains to Viv.

“Oh, cool. I know I’ve apologized about this already, but still, I’m sorry I said you couldn’t stay with me.” Viv tells her.

“We’ve had this talk already, Viv. It’s fine. You told me you would’ve had to miss work just to pick me up from the airport. So, don’t worry about it.” Celeste reasons with her.

“Well, you’re already here. You could always stay with me now, if you want.” Viv suggests, but Celeste raises an eyebrow.

“Oh, uh, I guess we forgot to mention, she’s our next door neighbor. That’s how we know her.” You tell your cousin. Celeste just reacts in shock that that little detail wasn’t mentioned at all during dinner.

“So, are we doing this or what?” Viv asks. Celeste looks at you and considers Viv's suggestion.

“No, I’m good here, and I’m ready to go to bed anyway. How about I stay at your place after we hang out tomorrow?” Celeste suggests.

“Deal.” Viv answers. “OH! How about we invite them tomorrow? I haven’t hung out with Stella and she seems like a delight.” Viv suggests, and Celeste looks at you for your approval.

“We can go ask them.” you answer, and Viv and Celeste immediately walk back towards the other girls, but you tap Viv on the shoulder to make her turn back to you.

“Hey, don’t be having ideas about my daughter. You are not going to trick her into kissing you too.” you tell her.

“Ooh~, looks like they told you that part of the story.” Viv reacts amused.

“Yeah, and I don’t appreciate you making moves on my girls.” You say in the most confident and intimidating voice you can conjure.

“Oh. Shit.” Viv immediately becomes apologetic and she bites her lower lip.

“Hey, I was just having fun, okay? I wasn’t ‘making moves’ on your girlfriends. It was more like a practical joke. I actually thought you’d be into that if you ever heard about it. Guess not. That’s my bad.” Viv apologizes sincerely, and now you feel like an asshole for intimidating her. You rub the back of your neck, a little embarrassed that you may have made things awkward for the both of you.

“I’m sorry, they told me you were just having fun too. Stella just pointed out that if you were a guy, I’d be pissed off about it, so I thought I should address my own double standard.” you tell her.

“Hey, I get it. I’m guessing Celeste told you I was into girls and you were trying to be protective. I get that.” Viv comforts you.

“But I’m into guys too, you know. So if you’re not going to allow me to make moves on your daughter, maybe I should just make moves on Daddy instead.” Viv says in a very seductive voice as her finger runs along your chest. Her demeanor has changed back into her playful self, realizing that your intimidating demeanor was just a facade. She looks up to you. Her lips close to your chin.

“I heard from Tanya you have magic in those lips. How about you show me directly how magical they are, so I don’t have to trick your girlfriends to find out?”