08-19-2020, 08:36 AM
[align=center][div style="width: 350px; text-align: justify; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 1.4;"]there were many similarities when it came to the stirling and van doren families, one of use to be the strong dedication to following family traditions. though, starting with their grandparent’s generation, they began to draw a line when it came to personal affairs and relationships, ultimately deciding that they were free to do whatever their heart desired when it came to marriage and things of that nature. even if they did have traditions regarding that like the stirling’s, the van dorens had almost no more strong family traditions left. ever since the house fire, the traditions began to dwindle down to the point where they were now and it only grew worse when the remaining siblings began to get picked off one by one. without their once strong legacy to fall back on and only four known siblings remaining, they didn’t feel the need to keep up anymore with the rest of the traditions they once held high.
max tended to stick close to the other three siblings for the most part, including now as she sat in the little group with the younger two, listening to the conversation as she pulled her legs up to hug them close to her chest. she didn't say much, only nodding along to certain parts of the conversation that stuck out to her and laughing along to the jokes that aspen would make. it wasn't long before her attention was on william as he made his way across the room to joesphine, skeptical eyes watching his movements as she tried to figure out what he was doing.
her breath had caught in her throat when she heard the question that will asked joey, her eyebrows furrowing together. her mouth hung open for a brief second in surprise, blue eyes darting back and forth between her sister and william. max was never really vocal about her distaste for the man, but the question leaving his mouth had made her stomach turn into knots as she waited for her sister to catch onto the fact that he was serious. max lowered her head and rested her chin on her knees to try and hide the fact that she was biting her lip - a nervous habit she picked up when she was younger.
a part of her felt bad (probably due to the secondhand embarrassment she started to feel for him), but max felt relieved when joey had said no to his proposal. seb, on the other hand, was quick to let out a cheer. ”hell yeah! girl power, you tell him jo-" he cut himself off as max quickly elbowed him in his side to quiet down. in different circumstances, max would have agreed with his excitement since joey stood her ground, max was proud of her for not bending herself backwards to please anyone, something that she herself was guilty of. once upon a time, max was also asked that same question and instead of looking out for herself like joey had, she accepted it and the family saw how that turned out for max. she stopped seb because william scared her. he was an arrogant man and if she had to take a guess, having joey turn him down in a room full of people watching, there was going to be some part of him that didn’t like that and she didn’t want seb to add fuel to that fire.
other than an awkward clear of her throat as she looked back towards the other two, max did what she did best and remained quiet, waiting to see how things played out.
max tended to stick close to the other three siblings for the most part, including now as she sat in the little group with the younger two, listening to the conversation as she pulled her legs up to hug them close to her chest. she didn't say much, only nodding along to certain parts of the conversation that stuck out to her and laughing along to the jokes that aspen would make. it wasn't long before her attention was on william as he made his way across the room to joesphine, skeptical eyes watching his movements as she tried to figure out what he was doing.
her breath had caught in her throat when she heard the question that will asked joey, her eyebrows furrowing together. her mouth hung open for a brief second in surprise, blue eyes darting back and forth between her sister and william. max was never really vocal about her distaste for the man, but the question leaving his mouth had made her stomach turn into knots as she waited for her sister to catch onto the fact that he was serious. max lowered her head and rested her chin on her knees to try and hide the fact that she was biting her lip - a nervous habit she picked up when she was younger.
a part of her felt bad (probably due to the secondhand embarrassment she started to feel for him), but max felt relieved when joey had said no to his proposal. seb, on the other hand, was quick to let out a cheer. ”hell yeah! girl power, you tell him jo-" he cut himself off as max quickly elbowed him in his side to quiet down. in different circumstances, max would have agreed with his excitement since joey stood her ground, max was proud of her for not bending herself backwards to please anyone, something that she herself was guilty of. once upon a time, max was also asked that same question and instead of looking out for herself like joey had, she accepted it and the family saw how that turned out for max. she stopped seb because william scared her. he was an arrogant man and if she had to take a guess, having joey turn him down in a room full of people watching, there was going to be some part of him that didn’t like that and she didn’t want seb to add fuel to that fire.
other than an awkward clear of her throat as she looked back towards the other two, max did what she did best and remained quiet, waiting to see how things played out.
[align=center][div style="0px; width:450px; height:auto; text-align: center; font-size: 9pt; line-height:13px;"]'cause i don't know much about me. — info