#thread:esther

esther, while she loved being a medical assistant with julian, had decided to let that job go and focus on expanding her potion shop. she’d decided a couple of days prior that she was tired of sitting around and feeling sorry for herself. a part of her still felt extremely guilty about what happened at the fair, still partially blaming herself for the ferris wheel incident but she knew sitting around and beating herself up over it wouldn’t help anything. 

esther was selfish and she’d made a lot of questionable decisions since arriving on the island a few years ago. one of those being, hiding something so big from skylar. she pursed her lips, having made her way to his place. she stopped herself from knocking on the door and just stared at the door for a long time but eventually, she rang the doorbell and sighed as he opened the door. she had no hard feeling between her and skylar but what they had was brief and she couldn’t remember the last time she spoke to him. “hey,” she paused for a moment and tucked some of her hair behind her ear. “i need to talk to you about something really important.”

“--what’re you waiting for? the ride’s about to start, hop on.” she encouraged the other with a smile on her face. they were alone though and she figured that was the problem. “if you’re that worried about riding alone, i don’t mind riding with you. my partner here can control the thing.” she nodded toward the other and then looked back at them, “unless you’re already waiting for someone?” she asked. 

esther wanted to check out the flower shop and see if there was anything new in irvin’s shop. not only that, but she had a habit of stopping by and making sure that her friend was doing alright. she pushed open the door and a smile rested across her lips as her eyes scanned over the place. she set her hand on the counter and gave her attention to irvin, “got anything new?” she asked, tilting her hand to one side. “i feel like i ask you that every time i come in here and i’m here multiple times a week but you know, you could’ve gotten something in since the last time i saw you.” she pointed out, a small laugh leaving her lips. “that, or i’ll just keep asking until you do.” she leaned against the counter a little bit, “it doesn’t matter anyways. i think i always leave with the same ol’ things. i just like to look is all. you get it, right?”

esther’s life literally flashed before her eyes. she’d never expected something so insane to impact the ride that she was in charge of and now guilt was eating her alive. her magic should’ve helped keep everything in line but it clearly wasn’t. she looked over at the other witch who had helped her out from under some debris and sighed, “you didn’t have to help me, you know? what happened, it was my fault. i should’ve put a stronger spell on the ride to protect it more and i didn’t...i deserve to face my consequences..” she trailed off, looking down at the cast on her foot.

esther’s not one to run late. in fact, she was pretty punctual and she’d always been that way but today, she’d missed her appointment and she was frustrated about that. her fingers were typing furiously on her phone screen, trying to get out her anger in a long winded text message to one of her friends. she knew she could blame anyone but herself. she stayed in bed way too long and that put off the potions she was supposed to be working on, and of course she didn’t have half of the ingredients she needed and she had to make a grocery store run. this entire day had been one big cluster and she was honestly ready for it to be over. a small noise of annoyance left her lips as she ran into someone and she knew, once again, it was her fault for not paying more attention. “ugh,” she paused, stumbling back slightly and letting her eyes land on the man in front of her. “today couldn’t get any worse. here i am running into strangers and being completely rude. i’m sorry. are you alright?”

esther knew it was time to come clean to everyone in her life including irvin and it wasn’t like she was ashamed but it was just that she didn’t know what to do. she let herself in to irvin’s apartment as she often did, “irvin, i’m here. i hope you’re dressed!” she’d been a little more cautious about just walking in than she was before she’d admitting her feelings but that was because she didn’t want him to think she did it on purpose, trying to catch a glimpse or whatever else. she moved into the living room and sat down on her couch, heading turning in his direction as he made an appearance, “so don’t stress yourself out over what i said but there is something i need to tell you and i was to start off by saying i’m sorry i never told you...”

“--i don’t know if anyone’s ever told you,” she paused, taking a sip of the cup of tea she’d made herself, “but red’s a good color on you.” she added, flashing a smile toward the older male. despite the fact that she spent her time hopelessly flirting with evan, she still cared about him as a friend and she tried to meet up with him a couple of times a week for lunch or whatever else they wanted to get into. “i mean, it really brings out your eyes. i don’t know what it is but maybe you should invest in more of it.” esther finished, her smile widening which only made her dimples deepen. “anyways, tell me, how are the kids? i’m sure with you by their side they can’t be doing too bad. what have they been up to?”