Realistic or Modern Westbrook

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June
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She quietly walked into the auditorium along with everyone else, but felt an overbearing sense of dread. She didn’t want to speak to anyone today and here she was. Forced to see everyone. She had seated herself nearly away from everything and only focused on writing on her blog, until she heard something about a musical.

June frowned as she thought back to her days in elementary school when she wanted to be a performer. She cringed a little at the memory before looking back at the phone. She had no choice to be part of it. She had been responsible for the dare and gotten away with it. Not to mention what she heard happened to Ryan through Grace’s story. She hadn’t known him well, but still felt like she should help. With everyone. However everyone wanted to fight. She watched Ash and Kanen go at each other in front of everyone. She bit her lip, wanting to help, but honestly afraid to get in between something she barely understood.

What consumes you? She thought making her shutter at the thought and looking back at her phone. All she could see was Georgia and her words. She couldn’t help it. What she said had a point and that’s what freaked her out the most. Then when Sawyer hushed everyone did she finally look from her phone to her. She waited a bit for everyone to settle before slowly speaking up. “I can be an understudy for anyone. But, I think I can help better with advertisement.” She said loudly, then getting quiet again in her corner of the auditorium.

 

[Winona]

Ash

Everything around her happened so fast, with everyone trying to diffuse the argument between herself and Kanen, except for Alaska, who just tried to add to the fire. Ash was prepared to keep going, maybe even shove Alaska since she'd decided that there was little chance of Kanen actually hitting her, and she figured she had nothing else to lose at this point. She was spiraling downwards towards her own version of rock bottom, and Ash figured she might as well go down and hit harder than needed.

Sawyer's voice cut through everything, and Kanen turned to look at her. For a moment, Ash's eyes followed afterwards, but then Nova was grabbing at her, trying to get her to turn away. Again, Ash grew angry, and she yanked her arm away from Nova, stumbling backwards for a moment as she did so. "God, leave me the fuck alone. I don't even know who you are. Don't act like your someone to me when all you are is some thirsty bitch trying to steal my brother."

With that, Ash turned and pushed her way passed Kanen, her shoulder bumping into him before she stormed out of the auditorium.

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Meanwhile, Principal Nona had been watching with eyes wide, unsure of where to go. At least Sawyer seemed to have it under control, so the principal cleared her throat. "Uhh, you will all be spending the rest of the day in here planning out the musical and everything. I will leave now so you can all get started." She offered a little bit of an awkward smile, and then slipped her way out of the auditorium to leave all the murderous teenagers together.​

 

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Nova
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Nova was used to people asking her for some space, and maybe back off a little... but Ash's outburst was the last thing she expected. The blonde girl just looked like she needed someone to get her out of there, and Nova was now realizing that maybe she had just misread the girl. But it wasn't even Ash telling her to back off that hurt, it was what she thought about her relationship with Jace that brought heat to the brunette's face, tears pooling in her eyes and one thing she didn't do was cry in public. More so in a room full of people that she barely knew. Turning, she quickly caught the eyes of her beanie boy, opening her mouth as if she was trying to apologize or ask for help, anything... but she couldn't force any sound out.

Instead, Nova nodded her head, feeling small and tugging at the sleeves of her sweater, pulling them over her hands and balling the fabric into her fist. She felt like everyone was watching her, and when she looked up, it was only confirmed. So many eyes were on her, eyes that she didn't know, eyes that she was almost positive didn't know her name, or where she came from, and the anxiety of that made her feel like she was going to melt. "I'm sorry," Nova managed out in a wavering breath, tucking a strand of hair behind her ear before pushing past Ash, Alaska and Kanen to push out of the auditorium doors and into the hallway. She wanted to go home, she wanted to cuddle her dog and lay in bed, and not do anything. Her breaths were short, tears dampening the sleeve of her faded sweater as she pulled out her phone, texting her mother and asking when she was going to be home. She hated the thought of running to her mom, but really didn't know what to do at this point. Wanting to get out of there in a hurry, the hazel eyed girl had left her backpack, her wallet, everything. All she had was her phone and her keys, and that was all she needed to get home.

Winona @anyoneelse

 

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Grace

Grace moved a bit out of the way to let Ash out of the aisle. She watched the two argue with each-other back and forth. Kanen was..well he was Kanen, she didn’t expect anything nice to come from his mouth at the moment. But Ash was being pretty harsh, she knew she was bound to be upset. She knew what she said probably hurt Kanen. A lot.

Everyone’s attention was grabbed by Sawyer, and for a split second she thought everyone was done. Until Ash started yelling at a girl, who obviously didn’t deserve it.

Grace stood up, throwing a apologetic glace at the two of them, before running after Ash, out of the auditorium. And placing a gentle hand on Ash’s shoulder. “Ash..” she pleaded. “What is it? Talk to me.”

Winona

 

[Winona]

Ash

She wanted to explode more and keep everything bottled up, but how could she blow up at Grace? Despite everything that had happened, Grace was still her best friend, and all the fight had left Ash's body. Now she just wanted to go back home, crawl back under her blankets, close her eyes and never wake up again. But instead, she turned to Grace, looking deflated and defeated as she opened her mouth to explain everything, but nothing came out right away.

"Grace... Grace I messed up." She choked out, shaking her head as she spoke while tears started falling down her face. "After... after the party, when Ryan and you and Sawyer left and I didn't know what was happening. I... I thought Ryan left because he didn't like me and I fucked up that date, too. I had no idea what really happened..." She felt sick to her stomach as she kept talking, and she wrapped her arms around her stomach as she kept talking.

"I went to Ryder and Alaska's house to stay the night because I was feeling so horrible, with June and Raven and I don't know... I was feeling really bad. Like, really, really bad, and Ryder suggested I go lay down in his room and we started talking, and... and..." Ash shook her head, tears falling down her face, as she closed her eyes. "Grace, I slept with him."

"I slept with Ryder while Ryan was in surgery and at the hospital and he's in a coma, and I did it because I was so upset. I thought Ryan just ditched me and now... now I don't know what to do." Ash was full on sobbing at this point. She had yet to tell anyone had happened, and it had been eating away at her. Sleeping with someone wasn't something Ash took lightly, and this was destroying her. She wasn't some kind of player who slept around at all -- and heck, Ash could barely even keep a boyfriend. And then she had gone and done something like this.

"I need to go see Ryan, but how I can I sit beside him knowing that I basically cheated? Obviously we weren't together together, but we were on a date and I slept with someone else. And I told him not to worry about Ryder because he was just a friend, and then I went and did that, and I just... God, I don't know."

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Jace

He couldn't believe everything that had just happened, particularly Ash's strong, hateful words at Nova. Jace watched in shocked silence as first Ash ran out of the auditorium, and then Nova. Yet again, he was lost and confused as to what to do. Follow the girl he was so desperately into, or follow after his little sister who was obviously hurting? Luckily, while debating, Grace rushed out after Ash, and he decided that it was a sign. He'd go after Nova, apologize for what happened, and then talk with Ash about everything that happened later. So scooping up Nova's things, Jace pushed his way past Stu, muttering a sorry, and then awkwardly slipped his way down the aisle where everyone was staring, scooted his way past Kanen and Alaska with an awkward smile and a "I'm really sorry" while he tried to avoid getting punched, and then scooted his way out of there, looking down the hallways until he saw Nova in the distance.

Jace ran to catch up with her, backpack in hand. By time he got to her, he was practically out of breath. "Nova, I'm so sorry for what Ash said." Oh lord, he really needed to start working out. "I don't know what got into her, but I'm sure she didn't mean it and I'll talk to her about it later and see what got into her. She's usually so... nice." He had no idea what was going on with his sister, but he doubted that it had to do only with what was going on with Ryan.

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Grace

Grace listened as she spoke. She was surprised Ash slept with Ryder. Her heart hurt for her best friend, she wasn’t at fault. She didn’t know what happened to Ryan. She just thought he left her..like many other guys did. She didn’t deserve any of it, and it killed Grace more as even more tears fell down her face.

She pulled her into a hug. “Hey, c’monn. You didn’t know.” She shook her head. “Don’t put that kind of guilt on yourself.” She rubbed her back before releasing her.

“Don’t worry about what you said to Ryan. You were upset. Everyone acts irrationally when they’re upset.” It’s the truth, but Ash wasn’t a terrible person. Grace needed her to know that.

“It’s okay. Nobody’s blaming you.” She tried to reassure her. “You don’t have to figure your feelings out right now.”

“And i’ll even come with you to see Ryan, i need to see him too.” Grace had been at the hospital a few times already to check on him, and Sawyer. So she didn’t need to see him. But she said that so Ash would feel more comfortable knowing that Grace wasn’t just going for her.

Winona

 

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Nova
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Nova cringed as she heard Jace apologize for something he didn't do. The blonde boy had done absolutely nothing, he never did anything, he was just this sweet, innocent boy who was put in awkward situations. Her anxiety building, and getting the best of her, the brunette stopped abruptly and turned to Jace, tears streaming down hot cheeks and eyes burning slightly red. "You didn't do anything," The brunette sniffed, wiping at her eyes and shaking her head. "You didn't do anything but that? That wasn't just some thing that your sister said out of anger, Jace. That was how she felt. That is how your sister sees me, as just some thirsty bitch. Do you have any idea how that makes me feel? That your sister thinks so... so lowly of me?" Nova's voice was low, panicked and all around, she wanted to get out of there. She didn't want to be anywhere near this school at the moment, and part of her didn't even want to be near Jace. Part of her felt dirty, as if Ash's words had just shot her to the core, like she didn't deserve to be around the blonde boy at all. Wiping her eyes again, Nova grabbed her backpack from Jace, softly tugging it off his shoulder before taking a deep breath. She couldn't even look him in the eyes as she said a quick "I'll see you later," before starting towards the doors of school, out towards the parking lot. All the small girl wanted to do was curl up in her truck and cry.

Winona

 

[Winona]

Ash

God, it felt good to be able to unload what had happened, and to hug Grace, the tears finally starting to come to a stop. No matter what Grace said, Ash still felt horrible over what had happened, and she knew that she had been horrible to Kanen and Nova and everyone else who had crossed her path today. Her own anger and guilt had been taken out on everybody else, but Ash couldn't bring herself to be able to apologize for what had happened. Not yet.

She pulled back from the hug, and started drying her tears off with her sleeves. "Yeah. When people are upset, they act out by like buying things they don't need or eating a ton of ice cream. Not sleeping with their best friend." Ash groaned, and pressed her sleeves over her eyes. "Well, you know, like guy best friend. Second best friend. After you." She did need to make that clear. Grace was at least here for her, talking it out. Ryder had gone and gotten broken.

"I need help. I don't know what to do." Ash felt like she had been thrown into an impossible decision where nothing would ever bring her happiness again, or uncomplicated relationships. "Like, I want Ryder back. But if Ryan wakes up and wants to like, get together or something, what am I supposed to do? Tell him what happened? 'Oh yeah, remember my BFF that I said not to worry about? We slept together but no big deal because we're just friends.'"

"I feel like I can't have both, and it's either one or the other." And how was one supposed to choose in this impossible situation? Best friend, or crush? "But like, I don't even know when or if Ryan is going to wake up. And I'm scared to see him. I don't want to see him like that. I just... I can't see him like that." Plus she was pretty sure Ryder was still there, which would be an issue.

Ash wished that someone could just swoop in, solve all of her problems, or reset her back to the beginning of the school year. Then, she could just make sure that she never made bad decisions again.

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Jace

Well, Jace had never really hated his sister or even had a ton of fights with her, but this... well, this was too much, and Jace couldn't help but feel hatred towards Ash at the moment. Nova had just been trying to help, and Ash had lashed out as if she was the one causing all the harm. He felt horrible, and had no idea what to do as Nova explained everything she felt about his little sister's words. For a moment, he was stunned as Nova turned and walked away, but then he followed after her. Jace didn't want to give up too easily, and would just keep following her, no matter what she said like a puppy being kicked over and over again. "Nova, please, don't think like that. It's not true. God, of course none of what she said was true. I don't know what's going on with her, but I promise that's not what she thinks of you." Damn it, Ash. She had just ruined the only good thing to happen to Jace for his entire high school career. How could he make this up to her, to make Nova see what he did? "You've got to know that none of that is true."

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Alaska

The situation was so entirely overwhelming that Alaska had no idea what to do besides walk away. Everyone was upset about something and no one seemed to be level-headed enough to solve their problems as they continued to unravel, anytime someone tried to fix things it just got worse. Ash had snapped on the poor girl who'd tried to calm her down for no apparent reason, especially since the brunette had been the one to take care of Ryder when Ash had apparently cared so much.

"-I slept with Ryder."

Alaska stormed out of the auditorium intent on finding the small brunette, instead stumbling into a seemingly very important conversation. Her heart stopped as she realized it was Ash's voice who had spoken, her fists clenching as she realized why Ryder had been so down since Saturday night. Ryder was mad at her for kissing Kanen when he'd slept with her friend. Hypocritical wasn't even a good enough word to describe it. There was no way she was going to confront the cheerleader about it now, afraid of what she might do or say when she was this angry. She'd deal with them later, trying to forget about it as she turned the opposite direction to follow Nova.

"Hey! Wait!" The brunette called, chasing after Nova as she walked out the front door. Once she stood only a few inches away from her she stopped, catching her breath as she thought about how she was going to phrase all the ways she felt right now.

"Thank you for taking care of my brother. I was just....so mad...and...I shouldn't have hit him it was so stupid! But I couldn't stop myself and...just thanks for taking care of him when I should have." It was practically word vomit, her words tumbling out as she tried to prevent her eyes from watering up. She was still so mad at her brother, yet she felt like this entire shit show was her fault.​

 

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Nova
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He needed to stop. Everything in Nova knew that he was just trying to help, but he didn't understand. It wasn't that the brunette didn't want comfort, because god the only thing that she really wanted was to fall into the blonde's arms and have him tell her that he cared about her, and how much he adored her, and have him pet her hair and kiss her forehead but something within her couldn't let that happen. She felt dirty in her own skin, as if her relationship with Jace had just been twisted in the minds of everyone at Westbrook, including herself. Taking a deep breath, she turned to Jace again and sighed. "Please, I just-" A sharp inhale held back the sob that threatened to leave Nova's lips, cutting her off and forcing her to actually breathe before continuing. Her eyes slowly trailed up to meet Jace's, her face full of defeat and her hands shaking slightly. "I just want to be left alone right now," The words didn't come out as anything louder than a whisper, her hands out in front of her as if to prevent Jace from following her anymore before she turned and pushed out of the double doors.

Nova was almost to her car... almost to freedom... but that would've been too easy. The girl from the hallway, Kanen's girl, appeared in front of her out of nowhere, making a frown tug the corners of the hazel eyed girl's lips down. The girl that had broken Ryder's nose, was she here to yell at Nova too? Just in case, she braced herself, holding her breath for a minute. Although it seemed all for naught as the blue eyed gal practically wrote a diary page into Nova's ears, apologizing and thanking Nova, a complete one eighty from what had just happened in the auditorium. "Oh, uh... it was no problem," She shook her head, wiping away tears and nodding her head. "Your brother seems like a nice guy, I just hope he's okay."

This was so weird. One minute her boy's sister was calling her a bitch, then the next the girl who had broke Ryder's nose was thanking her for helping her... brother? "I-I'm sorry, I just... what's your name?" Nova sniffled, rubbing her nose with a soft sweater sleeve.

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Grace

“I’m almost positive that people could do worse things when they’re upset.” Grace chuckled when Ash had to clarify guy best friend. Not to be cocky, but of course he was the second best friend. They had each-others back. No matter what. It’s what Grace believed anyway.

“And I’m here to help.” She told her, “but it’s ultimately your choice.” Shaking her head. “Ryan will wake up.” Grace stayed positive. “There are so many what-if’s. But Ash, you need to stay open to your own possibilities. It’s high school!”

“I love Ryan, i do. And what happened.. it was awful. But don’t give yourself a guilt-trip over a guy you went on one date with. It isn’t a matter of who to pick.. not right now. You can make up with Ryder. And when Ryan wakes up deal with it then.” She explained.

“If Ryan don’t understand, he’ll just need time.” She shrugged. “And if he just never understands. It isn’t meant to be.”

“Whoever doesn’t try hard enough in a relationship, well.. they shouldn’t be in one.” Not that Grace will fully know, she’d only been in one for a few days. But it’s what she thought about it. “ What you did, it isn’t unforgivable. Don’t hate yourself.” There was no reason for her to. Maybe she messed up, but that didn’t mean there wasn’t room for her to make up for it.

“Whenever you’re ready, if you ever want to go see Ryan.. i’m more then sure you could handle it, and if you can’t..I’m here if you need me.“

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[Dede]

[IMG='align:right;']https://i.imgur.com/5Mi2tyB.png[/IMG]Neck Tie didn’t know what was happening. One moment he was worrying about the musical. The next some people were yelling up front and he didn’t really catch what it was all about. That was at least until he heard his name. He craned his neck right away. Ash was lashing out on Kanen about getting him drunk. Kanen then spat back saying someone dared him to drink the vodka. If Neck Tie hadn’t been confused out of his mind, he probably would have reacted a lot sooner.

The beanie boy pushed his way past him and out onto the aisle. No way Neck Tie was going to be left sitting there alone like a pillock. He shot up out of his seat and followed the beanie boy out. He had to see what was happening. Not because he was nosy or anything, but because this was about him.

When he finally squeezed his way through he saw Ash yelling at Kanen jabbing him in the chest with her finger.

‘Leave him alone!’ Neck Tie shouted at the girl. Or he thought he did. It all happened very quickly. Ash was storming outside before he knew it, and someone else was shouting from the stage. Neck Tie quickly went up to Kanen. 'Are you alright?'

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[Winona]

Elise Daniels

It had been a couple days since her initial meeting with Professor French, but as fate would have it, as Elise stepped into the local Starbucks, she caught sight of Martin waiting in line just ahead of her. Well, wasn't this just perfect. Smirking for a moment, Elise approached the other professor, and quickly replaced her smirk with a sweet smile. "Professor French. What a surprise to find you here." She cooed as she came to a stop beside him, and looked up at the menu board.

"If you don't mind my asking, how is that son of yours doing?" Elise figured Martin was just like every other doting parent and that expressing interest for his son was the best way to continue a conversation. As for her, well, she could care less about children. They were far too needy, and far too weak in her opinion. So she had chosen to spend her life without kids, instead trying to mold the minds of young adults into better versions of themselves.

Of course, none of that would be told to Martin.

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Kanen's eyes dropped down to Stu when the smaller boy approached. It was honestly like looking down at a child, combine that with Stu's innocence and he'd probably fit right in ith a class of fifth graders. He chuckled softly to himself. "Imagine I'm Darth Vader, and every fucker in here is a Jedi Youngling." Kanen spoke, choosing to talk in terms Stu would understand.

"I'll catch ya later, Stu. Have fun with all this bullshit." He muttered, turning and continuing on his way to the exit. He was just so done with everything. It was ridiculous how much had changed in just one day. Ryder hits him, and somehow Kanen ends up the bad guy? It's not even like Kanen had beat him that hard. So what if the kid had a broken nose? Take him to the football coach, not the hospital. Don't start shit if you can't finish it.

Dede

 

[Winona]

Ash

At least she had someone that made sense in her life. Grace was the voice of reason for Ash when nothing in her head was making sense, and she could feel herself calming down, and she pulled her hands away from her eyes, nodding her head in agreement with everything Grace was saying. Now, Ash was feeling at least somewhat more grounded about the whole situation... kind of. Still lost, and she wasn't sure how she was going to face Ryder ever again.

She nodded her head slowly. "Right. It was just one date. Like half a date, actually. I didn't even really spend that much time with him." Because of-- ... Oh god, Ash needed to get her priorities straight. Ryder was going to end up being the death of her with all this stress, and his distractions when she was on dates. Well, the social death of her, anyway.

"Should we go back? Help figure out the musical? Sawyer seemed kind of, uh... well, like she could probably use help." Plus, Ash could use a distraction from all of this for now. Even if it meant going back up in front of all of her fellow peers after she had just made a scene, Ash wouldn't mind talking about plays... unless everyone had left.

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Alaska

"Yeah, I guess he's alright." Alaska tried to joke, offering Nova a smile. She seemed like a sweet girl, having barely known Ryder and going out of her way to help him. Watching the petite brunette wipe tears from her eyes was the breaking point for Alaska, silent tears streaming down her cheeks as she wrapped her arms around herself in a small effort to calm herself down. Today was a positively shitty day. There was no way that she was going to sit through the rest of the school day, she couldn't handle the guilty stares her classmates had been giving her. Dread filled her veins as she thought about having to go home and see her brother, but she definitely didn't want to stay here either.

"I'm Alaska. Do you maybe wanna ditch and go get ice cream...?" Alaska asked shyly, unused to asking anyone to hangout. While she was far from shy, the hockey player was a bit much for most people and she'd never really gotten close to anyone besides Drake and recently Ash, though that seemed to be over now. So many pent up feelings were threatening to pour out of her and the idea of ditching school to eat her body weight in ice cream and complain about her stresses seemed heavenly.

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[Dede]

[IMG='align:right;']https://i.imgur.com/5Mi2tyB.png[/IMG]‘Hey, wait up!’ Neck Tie jogged after Kanen. He wasn’t going to stop his friend from leaving. I mean, he didn't stand a chance of doing that even if he wanted to. But Neck Tie just didn’t like that Kanen was having to walk out by himself and that the whole school was going up against him. Kanen didn’t do anything wrong so why should he be made to pay the price? It didn't make any sense.

He went up a couple of steps ahead and got the door for Kanen, leaning his whole body against the door to keep it open. They felt the breeze in the hallway and smelt the fresh air, which was good for a change. ‘I mean, Darth Vader was a good person, right?' he said. Probably not the part where he killed all those younglings, but hey. 'He was alright in the end, wasn't he?'

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Nova
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It was almost as if this girl, Alaska, got inside of Nova's head at her request. She was being so nice, and right now, it was everything that the hazel eyed girl needed. A friend. Besides, ice cream sounded pretty great, and getting out of this school was all Nova wanted. Wiping off more tears, Nova sighed and gave a weak smile to the girl before her. "I look like shit... but lets go," The brunette laughed, gesturing for Alaska to follow her to the old burgundy truck that Nova loved so much. Emotionally, Nova was exhausted from everything that had gone on today. So going to an ice cream shop with a girl to just hang out? Normal never felt so good.

The drive over was quick, silent but not awkward with music playing lightly in the background. The two girls shuffled into the ice cream shop quickly, Nova fidgeting with her loose black tank in line before ordering a mint chip in a cup before going to grab a table. "So," Nova sighed, taking a small bite as Alaska sat across from her. She wondered how the hell this girl could be Kanen's girlfriend... if that's what she was. She seemed far too nice. "Do you wanna talk about it?" Of course, her voice was small in light of what had just happened in the auditorium with Ash, but that didn't change who she was. The blue eyed girl looked like she had a lot on her chest to unload, and Nova wasn't going to pretend that she didn't recognize it.

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Kanen walked out the door after Stu had opened it for him, continuing down the hallway a little while before turning around to look at the smaller boy. He was fuming, partially because of what Ash had said, but also because he was criticizing himself. "Darth Vader spent a lifetime terrorizing the galaxy, plaguing it with genocide, war, and poverty." Kanen argued."Just because he turned out good in the end, doesn't mean he was a good person."

He was silent for a moment. "The world doesn't care about the good you do. It doesn't give a shit about that. As far as anyone is concerned, you're only as good as your worst deed."

 

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Grace

Grace smiled at her, relieved that Ash had felt somewhat better. Also a bit relieved for everyone in the theater, when Ash wanted to.. she could probably win any fight, and she made that clear today.

She winced when she remembered Sawyer attempting to get everyone calmed down. “Yeah, let’s go.” She tilited her head back towards the auditorium.

Winona

 

[Dede]

[IMG='align:right;']https://i.imgur.com/5Mi2tyB.png[/IMG]Neck Tie lingered at the door, the metal handles pushing against his small hip as he leant awkwardly against it. He would have left with Kanen if he could. But he figured Kanen probably wanted to be left alone. Plus he promised his father he’d stay out of trouble. Leaving the auditorium and away with Kanen was just asking for a letter to be sent home. It would just break Dad’s heart.

"The world doesn't care about the good you do. It doesn't give a shit about that. As far as anyone is concerned, you're only as good as your worst deed." Kanen said.

‘Well, I do care,’ Neck Tie said. ‘You’re like my only friend here.’ He reached into his pocket and gave Kanen the M&Ms. Then the weight of the door slowly pushed Neck Tie back into the auditorium, where the boys were quietly separated.

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Sawyer
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So the whole trying to take control of the situation went south super fast. Instead of heeding her yelling everyone just seemed to get upset all at once and just left the auditorium. Sawyer was left with only a few stragglers. Somehow she ended up just laying on the stage and staring up at the ceiling. The auditorium doors opened again and Grace and Ash returned to grace her with their presence.


"This is going to suck so hard and I can't even seem to care!" Sawyer's arms flailed up into the air only to fall back to the stage with a thump, "My best friend is in a coma and everything sucks." She threw an arm over her eyes.


"Grace, do me a favor and kill me now, please and thank you."

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[Winona]

Ash

Ash couldn't help but feel like this was partly her fault... probably because it was. By now, the students assigned to this stupid musical thing had more or less dispersed, leaving only a few stragglers in the auditorium. And of course, Grace, Sawyer, and herself on the stage. She was fiddling with her sweater sleeves as she listened to Sawyer complaining about how this was all going so far, although Sawyer was far from wrong. This musical was going to be a failure.

When she mentioned the whole Ryan in the hospital thing, Ash couldn't help but feel sick to her stomach again. Everything she had just laid on the table for Grace and then tried to forget came rushing back, and she felt like the biggest idiot in the world. Again. And pretty much the worst person ever, and as much as she wanted to flee, she forced herself to stay there.

"Well, I guess do the musical for him." She mumbled, sniffling still from sobbing in the hallway with Grace. Ash found herself hoping that no one had seen her -- it wasn't her best moment. "And we can still make it good. We just need a good play, or something that a lot of people will want to attend. Something fun, but not overdone. With our own twists so that people want to come back." Oh lord, she was starting to sound like her mother, and that made her feel even worse.

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Grace

Grace laid down on the stage with Sawyer, and Ash. Semi-thankful that Ash was in the middle of the two. “I’m not going to kill you, no.” She replied to Sawyer’s request. Looking up at the auditorium roof.

She agreed with Ash to do the play for Ryan, she turned her head to look at her as she spoke. “We could do hairspray?” She regretted it as soon as she said it. “No, nevermind..” biting her lip trying to think of others. “High school musical?” She rolled her eyes at the thought. “Why can’t i think of literally any kind of—“ She cut herself off for a brief moment.

“Grease.” She told the two with a smile on her face. “C’mon it’s perfect!” Granted, Grace was just excited because she liked the movie. “I’m amazing, you can say so.” Grace said teasingly, elbowing Ash.

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Alaska

It may have been strange that Alaska was taking a girl she'd just met out for ice cream, but it was the most normal she'd felt in a while. There had never been time for the only Vaughn girl to be a normal teenage girl. Their parents expected their kids to be perfect, good grades, amazing athletes, and guaranteed to succeed in life. It was so much pressure on a teenager that sometimes she couldn't take it, there was constant competition between the three siblings to be the best and get the recognition from their parents they desperately wanted. With their father in New York and their mother working insanely long shifts at the hospital they were mostly on their own, and when their mother did have free time she often had to pick which child to spend time with because of their schedules. Alaska couldn't remember the last time her whole family had been cheering for her in the bleachers, at most Ryder or Chase would show up as long as they didn't have practice at the same time.

It was refreshing to relax and just be a normal teenager for once, the usually angry girl's mood lifting almost immediately once they'd left the school grounds.

Alaska knew instantly she and Nova would be friends when the brunette ordered her favorite kind of ice cream, smiling as she ordered a second cone of mint chocolate chip for herself before following her to a table. At the mention of the incident her smile faltered, her seafoam eyes darting to the floor to avoid looking at Nova as she tried to gather herself.

"Well...I knew my brother wasn't particularly fond of Kaden but when he punched him without even trying to talk about it I just...sometimes Ryder can be a total dick." She sighed, taking a lick of her ice cream to stop it from melting down her fingers. 'Then he called me stupid and I was already mad and it's kinda just instinct to punch." It was a stupid excuse, but after playing hockey her whole life and practically being raised in a barn she was always ready to fight.

"Do you think he hates me?" She muttered, half hoping Nova wouldn't hear her.​