2.40: Alice’s POV

~ 20 Years Later~

"Aria hurry up we're going to be late!" I yelled as I straitened out Alex's bow tie for the fifteenth time tonight

Alex had just turned 10 and was quite proud to now be in the double digits. Their bright blue eyes were fixed on Blair as though they were silently begging her to save them and I rolled my eyes before ruffling their curly brown hair.

"Hey stop it!" They whined

Blair smirked at me from the kitchen, lazily leaning against the counter with her arms crossed over her chest. She was wearing a classic black suit that threw me back to our wedding night and damn did I want to tear it off of her just as much now as I did then.

She raised an eyebrow as though to call out my not so appropriate thoughts but then smiled nervously "I still can't believe they're making such a big deal about this."

"It is a big deal." Aria stated from the bottom of the stairwell, her blonde hair curled and styled into a half up half down hairdo

She was a sophomore now and had g