Location: Fired Up Pizzeria

"I can't believe it took us this long to catch up again!" Fia knew from the moment she asked Sloane for their opinion on an outfit that the two of them were cut from similar cloth. Simply in the way in which they carried themselves and were unapologetically themselves. She loved everything about what she sensed from them at first encounter and was looking froward to learning more about them. "Things have been so insane lately. Shall I give you the skinny on my life, because my brain is a bit scrambled not gonna lie."

Location: NYE Masquerade Ball

This was honestly the first time Clare has attended an event of this caliber. It was bit nauseating at some point that she found herself sipping on a ginger ale to calm her nerves. Things had gone from zero to a hundred since her arrival to town. Finding Axel was one thing but jumping into the deep end that was his life was a bit much. Of course, she simply bit her tongue when appropriate so as to not piss him off. She did want a relationship with her father, but he'd built this whole life and now she was trying to figure out where exactly she fit. Hence why, she's avoided his house like the plague. Leaving at the crack ass of dawn and returning well after the sun had set.

Christmas was awkward at best, albeit the company is what she really needed right now. The dynamics were really trippy and the Flannery learned that it was best to make astute observations independently before expressing her thoughts. It's why when she saw Sloane appear, she was a little taken aback. They had been walking on eggshells around one another which was to be expected. The question that remained was how did the move on from here. "Did you want to sit? I'm sure your feet hurt."