taylorselvis:
may had her suspicions that something was up with jude but she boiled it down to jude maybe having a friend she didn’t want may to know about for whatever reason. may knew she’d prod at some point, making a mental note to ask jude after dinner but that all changed. elvis had organized a dinner with the entire family, him and meredith happily introducing their engagement which left may upset. she’d been waiting for elvis to snap out of whatever fever dream he was in regarding meredith and come back to reality but news of engagement freaked may out as she thought of meredith as a permanent part of her life. after dinner and everyone was settled in their rooms, riley would be able to hear that elvis was in may’s room and the two were bickering, with elvis sounding annoyed and may audibly upset. “but think about your children. that’s all you used to think about, now look at you. i don’t even recognize you!” may had screamed out, among many other things. “you know what? i don’t have to deal with this from you. i’m going,” elvis had said on his way out of the room, scoffing as he turned the corner and left. may quickly tried to calm herself down, knocking on jude’s room door. “hey jude,” may sniffed in. “i know i said we’d go out and find a dessert place but i’ve got a killer headache. we’ll do tomorrow, okay?”
riley heard the entire thing, the fighting on the other side of the door and truthfully, she was sure meredith enjoyed every second of it. this was her play all along and it was becoming more and more obvious to everyone but elvis and now it was getting worse and far more permanent, it seemed. looking up and out of concentration, riley couldn’t even pretended to be distressed. this was a situation and one that everyone would suffer from, now wasn’t the time to panic, but it's too big of a news to not tell jude, so with her phone in hand, and jude’s contact just on the screen, riley looked up, far more alert when may opened her door. “oh, that’s totally fine, we don’t have to go,” riley shook her head, and truthfully riley didn’t know what to say to may without giving herself away at this point. “i can’t believe this is happening, and elvis doesn’t have any idea about how this is hurting everyone? i know saying something must be done is easier said, but what can we do?”













