Realistic or Modern Westbrook

[Moonshadow]

June
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June paused for a little to long to absorb the information before she saw Sawyer walk over to her. She had never seen such rage in Sawyer’s eyes before. She baced herself as Sawyer slammed her back into the door and looked at her fist then her with terror before slowly hearing the bathroom stall open.

June watched at Grace, puffy eyed and sniffling only asked her what she did. It broke her heart. She needed to figure this out. No one is going to help her so she’ll help herself or at least try to. She tightly grabbed Sawyer’s hand that was holding her back. “I’m not the one to release the blogs, I can’t even find my camera.” She gritted her teeth as she pushed and finally was able to break free of Sawyer’s grasp before any fist could hit her. “I’ll fix this and I’m sorry.” She said as she quickly grabbed the door handle and ran out.

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[Winona]

Ash

Despite everything, Ash was thankful that June managed to get out before Sawyer could put her in pain town. Sighing, she didn't know if she believed what June had said or not. It was obvious by her expressions that she had written those articles, and taken all those pictures -- and videos. Yeah, Ash wasn't too pleased with her confession being out, but she shook her head. She could deal with those feelings and misgivings later. For now, all she was worried about was Grace.

Ash hesitated, then grabbed Grace, squeezing her tightly. "I'm going to let you talk, but if anything happens, just call me, okay?" She said as she pulled back, smiling at her friend before looking at Sawyer. Ash started walking out, pausing by Sawyer as she did so. "So now that I know what's going on, let me just say that if you hurt her, I will hurt you." She whispered to Sawyer, then smiled at Sawyer, and then Grace, and then walked out of the bathroom to leave them alone.

Once out, eyes turned to her once more, and Ash started down the hallway, hoping to find somewhere that she could hide out in alone for a while. Away from these judgemental people.

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[KingofAesir]

Sawyer
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Sawyer was more than ready to have her fist meet June's face when Grace made her way put of the stall. The moment she saw her, Sawyer's offensive stature dropped a little. Her anger shifted into sadness and suddenly June was talking and was able to free herself from Sawyer's grasp and take off. Sawyer cursed and attempted to grab after her but she slipped away.


"God damnit." Sawyer's hand slammed into the wall of the bathroom in anger, "I swear to god I'm gonna kill her." For now she would settle on turning back to face Grace and Ash. Ash quickly went to make her leave, only stopping to inform Sawyer that she would hurt her if she hurt Grace. Sawyer smiled despite the threat, glad Grace had someone as willing to defend her as she was. With Ash gone all that was left was Grace.


"I'm sorry." Sawyer breathed, taking a step forward, "I-are you...fuck." Still unable to find the right words Sawyer simply grabbed Grace by the arm and pulled her into her arms. Sawyer had always hated seeing people she cared about cry and the fact that it was Grace only made it ten times worse. Even if she wasn't very good at the whole comforting words thing, she was still a damn good hugger.

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Grace

Grace watched as June left, she wasn’t sure if she should believe her or not. She just.. wanted everything to stop. She tried to give a smile at Ash. She’ll talk to her soon about it, but for now she didn’t have any words. Grace just settled on a nod. Ash was still her best friend, having that in the back of her mind helped.

Turning her attention back to Sawyer, she apologized for something that wasn’t her fault. Grace didn’t want Sawyer to see her cry, but she didn’t exactly have a choice. She took a deep breath as Sawyer tried to find the right words. When she pulled her into a hug, she immediately responded. Hugging her back tightly.

It was weird that Sawyer helped ease the pain she was in. There were better ways to come out instead of being forced out. The truth was if Grace would’ve had to went through this time and time again just to have her, she would. “Thank you.” Grace said, it was muffled but she hoped she got the point across. She couldn’t pin point what it was for. Maybe it was just for being here, being her. Even though she felt like her world was crashing down..

Sawyer made her feel safe in the midst of it.

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[Rock And Roll Boy]

Angelina Nikki



Angelina cooed inside as she heard Rory say she was already the best girlfriend. She looked concerned as he seemed to be under a trance, or something. His eyes were watering before he complained about his drink being sour and offering to leave. Adjusting her glasses, Angelina considered asking Rory what was wrong. She could see it in his face. But maybe outside was a better option. "Sure. You do so, then we'll head outside". Deciding to go with it, she finished off her drink as quickly as she could.


(Angelina's Outfit)

Jiyoon

 

[Dede]

[IMG='align:right;']https://i.imgur.com/5Mi2tyB.png[/IMG]‘Yeah, I do,’ Neck Tie answered, picking at the torn bits of padding underneath the piano bench. He thought about his brothers all the time. ‘But like I said, they’re babies. . . I don’t know if they’ll remember me when they grow up.’

He half-smiled back at Beanie Boy and rocked back and forth a little on the stool. ‘You shouldn’t wait too long. . . to talk to her, I mean,’ he said. Yes, Neck Tie was giving out relationship advice. ‘I’m sorry about what Ryder did to Ash. It’s so bad. . . But I guess Kanen really taught him a lesson, huh?’

Neck Tie wasn’t expecting Jace to take the handkerchief, otherwise he probably wouldn’t have offered it to him. You see, the thing is. . . he might or might not have blown his nose into it in class this morning. The boy carried a handkerchief around because of his mild allergies, which often gave him a runny nose. Well, Jace probably didn’t need to know that.

‘I guess. . . I’m kinda weird like that,’ he said with a chuckle. The handkerchief was hardly the worst of his offences. ‘You know I wore a stupid tie for a whole week. . . Now the kids in my class won’t stop calling me Neck Tie.'

Then Neck Tie got up for a quick stretch and lumbered around in small pointless circles around Beanie Boy. He eventually stopped at the music stand and picked up the music sheets and walked over to the piano. He glanced over the black notes on the paper and gently pressed a few keys on the piano with his pinky. Then he put his foot on the damper pedal and played around with that some more. Squeak. Squeak. Squeak.

Finally Neck Tie turned his head round at Beanie Boy. ‘Hey Jace, I gotta tell you summink, but first you have to promise not to get mad, OK? . . . Well, you know how I told you I was a musician? Well. . .’ He scratched his own head. ‘I mean I used to take piano lessons, but that was like ages ago. . . Like ages ago. . .’ The boy was stammering as he tried to explain himself. ‘I only said it cos I don’t wanna dress up and act and all that. . . It’s so stupid. I hate musicals. I just wanna do the music with you and Nova. . . But you gotta teach me how to read this, OK?’

Squeak. Squeak. Squeak.

Winona

 

[KingofAesir]

Sawyer
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Sawyer sighed into Grace's hair and ran her fingers through it in an attempt to be soothing. She whispered soft words that she wasn't even sure Grace could hear. Grace spoke a muffled 'thank you' into Sawyer's chest and Sawyer felt her heart thump hard against her ribcage. She just tightened her hold on Grace and placed a soft kiss against her head.


"Listen to me," She whispered pulling away only slightly to look Grace in the eye, "I am here. I will do whatever you want me to do. I'll kill June if that's what you want." She brushed hair away from Grace's face and ran her thumbs under her watery eyes.


"What do you need, darling? Tell me what you want me to do."

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Grace

Grace was as calm as she could be in her circumstances, being with Sawyer helped her a lot. Looking at her with admiring eyes, She couldn’t help but chuckle when Sawyer mentioned she’d kill June.

Grace wasn’t sure what to tell her, but she knew she didn’t want to be here. “Take me home?” She said. Being at school today didn’t seem like the best idea. And Grace wasn’t exactly in the perfect state to drive. She’ll pick up her car later.

She stared out the window on the drive home, lost in her own thoughts. Grace wasn’t sure how’d she tell her mom, David she didn’t really care about. But because they were together, he had to have some influence on her. So maybe talking with him wouldn’t be the worst thing.

Once they arrived, she stood at her doorstep. “My parents aren’t home.” She told her, wincing at the fact she called David a parent. And then shaking her head. “That wasn’t supposed to sound like a..booty call or whatever.” Smiling softly at the humor of it.

“I just meant we could just hang out. ..if you want to.” Grace didn’t want to be alone, especially with her own thoughts tormenting her at the moment.

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[Dede]

Martin

Martin had finished his latte a long time ago, yet he was still holding his cup to his lips every now and again, feigning a sip to cover how nervous he was feeling about this whole scenario. Could it have been love at first sight? If it wasn’t that, it must have been something pretty close to it. He thought Elise had the most gorgeous head of hair. He couldn’t stop staring at her rosy cheeks and her eyelashes. And there was something alluring about her smile as well. Something incredibly passionate and romantic that he’d never felt before, especially not with his first wife.

But it wasn’t by her looks alone that Martin felt the most burning desire to get to know her better. The two of them seemed to have so much in common that it was hard to attribute to chance. Elise was checking all the other boxes as well. She was an intelligent woman, who shared his passion in the arts and literature and history. They were both passionate about their career, and had made sacrifices to get to where they were in academia. Not only that, but Elise was also clearly making flirtatious attempts at him. So the feeling must have been mutual.

‘You know, Elise, I think Stuart would really enjoy meeting you as well.’ Martin said. His heart was beating a lot faster than he’d be willing to admit. ‘I’d love to introduce you to him. Would you care to have dinner with us sometime? Mind you it’s not a big apartment and we don’t usually have guests, but it would be nice for a change. . . Stuart and I have been trying our hands on some Italian dishes and recipes. I think we’re going to need an impartial judge, however. Sadly we’ve become a bit of an echo chamber in that we both equally hate the food!’ He laughed.

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[KingofAesir]

Sawyer
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Sawyer was more than happy to take Grace home. To be honest she didn't really feel like being at school either. She let her music play on the way home and sang a little, but didn't try to get Grace talking. She didn't want to seem pushy. When they got to Grace's house, Sawyer walked Grace up to her doorstep where Grace informed her that her parents weren't home and offered to let her stay.


"Of course I'll stay. You can tell me about all those secret talents I still don't know about." Sawyer grinned as they walked inside. The house was nice, a lot bigger than Sawyer's for sure but not Ash's mansion by any means. It was a comfortable middle and Sawyer liked it.


"Awe, this is cute." Sawyer pulled her beanie off her head and pulled it over Grace's as she walked by her to examine the house. "This is the kinda house I'd want to live in when I get married. Picket fence, ya know?" She grinned at Grace and ran her fingers along a shelf with pictures on it.


"You will find I'm a lot more homely than I look."

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[Winona]

Jace

Well, that was sad. His little brothers probably wouldn't remember he was. Man, parents sucked. Jace blew his nose loudly into the handkerchief, balled it up, and then tossed it on the table next to him. Alright, so yes, he wasn't going to tell Stu about all the snot that was now wrapped up in there. It was his little revenge for having to deal with slippers when they covered in the boy's bodily fluid. A beautiful little karma that Stu was completely unaware of.

Jace pushed himself up from the chair and made his way over to Stu when he admitted to not knowing music. "Yeah, I could kind of tell. But it's cool. Nova and I will teach you how to play." He promised, although his heart hurt at the mention of Nova. Right. He'd have to talk to her eventually about what happened.

For now, he pushed those thoughts aside and leaned over Stu, his eyes running across the sheet of music. "Alright, so what basics do you know? Like, do you know how to read the notations and the difference between treble clef and bass clef?" He frowned as he spoke. "I feel like the piano might be the hardest thing to learn."

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Elise Daniels
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"That sounds like a date." Elise replied happily. She then took a piece of paper and pen out of her bag, writing down her name and number and slid it across the table to Martin. "I hope you won't leave me waiting too long." Elise said with a smirk, as she put her pen back into her purse and picked up her almost empty cup of coffee.

"Anyway, I must be getting back to work. But it was lovely to run into you again, Martin." She said, standing up and smiling at him. "I'll see you soon." And with that, Elise turned and headed out of the Starbucks, throwing out her cup on the way and looking over her shoulder once at Martin before she went on her merry way.

Dede​

 

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Grace

Grace was glad Sawyer decided to stay, she shook her head chuckling at the mention of secret talents. Walking into the house, she just watched her as she looked around. Adjusting the beanie that was put on her head.

Her eyebrows rose in surprise when Sawyer said that this was the kind of house she’d live in when she got married. She didn’t expect it from her, Grace always thought she seemed like she didn’t want to settle down. “It’s like everyday i learn something new about you.” She said it more as her thinking out loud, rather then a statement.

“I like the ‘picket fence’ side of life too.” She smiled at her, Grace wasn’t just saying it to agree with her. She always dreamt that she got married she’d have an actual home. And not just a house necessarily.. it was the people inside of it that made it a home. Grace walked over to Sawyer and grabbed her hand, leading her upstairs.

“C’mon, let me show you where i bring my other girlfriends.” She said teasingly before adding, “I’m kidding, I’m kidding.” She quickly reassured her. Although she probably didn’t take the joke seriously enough to be reassured by it.

She opened the door to her room, walking inside. The light pink walls, the white decor. A vanity in the corner, and of course. The teddy bear in the middle of her bed. “Is it as cliche as you thought it’d be?” She asked.

Throwing her bag on top of the bed, not noticing the sketchbook in it had fell to the floor, as she walked over to the vanity. Putting her hairbrush and other essentials including the pills she didn’t take this morning into the drawer.

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[a z u l a]

Alaska

"Drake..." Alaska started, unable to find the words she wanted to say. While her reaction was justified, she felt bad that her best friend had stuck up for June while she'd been threatening to kill her. The sophomore was much too kind, it continued to baffle the quick to fight girl. Violence was the only answer for Alaska, while Drake was perfectly content to talk things out. She wondered how he and Mason were related.

"Are you okay?" She finally spoke again, looking between Nova and Drake with worried eyes. Both of her friends were such kind people, she'd do anything for them.


Ryder

Once he was certain his sister wasn't going to murder anyone, he decided he needed to hunt down Ash and check on her. While he didn't give two shits about the blog, he had a feeling she might have stronger feelings than him. They had just made up, and now the entire school knew.

"Ash!" He called, spotting the blonde with her head down as she walked through the halls. Anyone who said anything about this to her was getting punched in the face. This was his mistake, not hers. She didn't deserve for any of this to happen.​

 

[Yarrow]

Josh

Josh was playing with his car keys when he noticed someone in the corner of his eyes. It was the blonde girl from the video he saw this morning. She was very cute and Josh wouldn't mind spending a night with her. The new boy at the school had totally no feeling of how things were done here, or how sensitive some topics were. He was sitting at the bench and spread his arms, sitting very casual at the bench and showing of his muscles. "Hey cutie, do you fancy another night to the stars?" He looked at Ash, simply asking if she wanted to hook up with him. His use of language, and especially flirting was very cringe to see and hear. Josh had totally no idea what he had called upon himself.

a z u l a Winona

 

[Winona]

Mason

Raven's little shoulder check and dig on Drake may have gone unnoticed by his brother, but Mason had had it. "At least Drake's not going around maiming kids with his addiction!" He yelled after her, although it was kind of a bad insult and he almost regretted even saying that. June had left. Now Drake, Nova, and Alaska were there because Ryder had also departed.


Alaska obviously softened for Drake, and Mason wish he could do the same. But he was angry, and nothing was going to make him feel better now. "You shouldn't be okay, Drake. This is fucking stupid." And it was his fault. Mason had told someone about Drake's issues, and now the whole school knew. Maybe his mother was right. Mason just caused havoc wherever he went, and he'd be better off dead.


He couldn't stay in that stupid room any longer. So Mason turned, cursing under his breath, and made a straight bee line for the door. Which meant there were a couple tables and chairs in his way. He was like freaking Godzilla going through there, kicking chairs over with his duct taped Converse, and flipping tables until he finally made it out, leaving only havoc behind him.

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Drake

His brother's abrupt exit made Drake cringe, but he figured that it was a better way for Mason to get his anger out than throw punching. Shaking his head, he leaned back against one of the unturned tables, shrugging and crossing his arms over his chest.

"Yeah. No reason to be upset. But, uh..." Drake's face grew worried at his next question. "Now that you like... know... are we still best friends?" He asked Alaska, then looked at Nova. He'd only talked to her yesterday, but she was sweet and the kind of person Drake didn't want to lose as a friend. Not for this.

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Ash

Her face lit up when Ryder made his way over to her, asking if she was alright. Ash shrugged. "I mean, a lot of people already knew. Not super happy that a ton of people saw my confession on video, but I guess whatever. Everyone I cared about already knows." She sighed, her thoughts going back to Ryan. Would it have been better if he found out this way? "Are you alright? About all of this?"

Of course, before Ash could really keep talking, some blonde jerk on a nearby bench called out to her. Although his flirtatious attempts were weak, that's definitely what they were. "Uhh... I've been good, other than all the jerks trying to sleep with me." Ash admitted. Her walk down the hallway had been filled with football players, other jocks, and just scumbags in general asking her about having a good time. Josh was obviously no exception.

"Sorry. No thank you. Not interested in your type in the least." Ash said to Josh, albeit uncomfortably.​

 

[Moonshadow]

June
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She found herself running directly to the storage closet. The one that Mason had told him her secret. She shut the door behind her and immediately bursted into tears. She turned and slid down the door until she was sitting down. Whenever she closed her eyes she could just see everyone’s faces. They were angry, they were sad, they were hurt because of her. She had said she’ll fix it to Grace, but sitting here couldn’t be more fruther from fixing anything.

She wasn’t sure how long she cried, at one point she had gotten up to throw things. Anything she could wrap her hands around she hurled at a wall. But eventually, she stopped and quietly laid on top of the table that was there. This had to be the second worst day of her life. Now topping when her father left them.

She closed her eyes for a moment before she felt a buzz on her phone. Dreading it, she pulled it out and looked at the screen with fuzzy eyes. She sighed before answering it and bringing it to her ear. “Hello?”

“Well I’m sure you liked my suprise huh?” Georgia said on the other line.

June’s eyes widened and she sat up. “You.” She snarled.

“Oh no, you didn’t figure it out before.” She laughed. “Ruby always did say you were sort of a dunce.”

June paused, she knew Ruby? “Who are you? Why are you doing this?” She demanded standing up.

Georgia laughed again, it could be taken for sweet if it wasn’t for the context. “Now you are asking the real questions, MJ.” She used the nickname mockingly as she continued. “You wouldn’t know me personally. Ruby was never keen to telling others about her girlfriend.” June paused wide eyed. She had a girlfriend? Now it made sense why she told no one, she was crazy. “You don’t know what lengths I had to go through for this and it’s all going so harmoniously. It was easy to find out where you were going. I have a lot of connections here. And the party was easy to slip something into your drink to find out about your cute blogs.”

June covered her mouth as she remembered waking up the next day from Ash’s party with no memories after the laundry room. “I’m going to tell everyone it’s you.” She threatened before heading to the door.

“I wouldn’t do that if I were you.” Georgia voice went dark. “I know everything about you and you have a big heart, June. It would be ashamed if something worse happened to Grace, to Raven, to Mason, to Sawyer, to Ash, to Nova, to Alaska, to Dra—“

“Shut up!” June yelled tempted to throw the phone.

“If I think this is bad, I won’t mind snapping their hearts in two as well. While everyone fights with fists I like to fight with fire.” She said referencing to their conversation at the bonfire. “Although, this will not be the case. Listen here, little red.” Her voice got low. “I want you to meet me at Harden Lane, under the bridge tonight. Don’t tell anyone where you are going, don’t tell anyone about me, don’t tell anyone anything. If you do or you don’t show up, I will find out and you’re friends will get it. Got it?”

June’s hands trembled and it took everything in her being to mutter a “yes.”

“See you soon then.” If you could hear a grin, she certainly had one as she hung up.

June her hands to her side. She was beyond afraid, but at the same time, she felt the fire she was talking about. And June was going to aim it at her. She slipped her phone away and left the storage room feeling like strings were pulling her forward. She had no choice to go through the day, even if everyone wanted her dead.

@everyoneshouldreadthisplsiputtimeintoit

 

[KingofAesir]

Sawyer
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Sawyer was glad to be lead up the stairs, smiling up at Grace as she did so. She couldn't remember the last time she'd felt so enamored with someone. The joke Grace made about other girlfriends went unheard by Sawyer lost in her own thoughts. Truly, Sawyer couldn't think of anyone who could grab her attention quite like the girl leading her through her bedroom door. Speaking of which.


Sawyer pulled herself out of her thoughts as they made their way into Grace's room. A smile lit up her face as she took in the room. She'd always thought you could tell a lot about a person from their room and this sure did look like Grace. The sight of a book falling open on the floor. Sawyer knelt down to pick it up, starting to inform Grace as she did so.


"You dropped your-woah." Sawyer stopped mid sentence when she saw what was inside the book. Obviously now revealed to be a sketchbook filled with drawings of....well she was pretty sure that was her. Sawyer flipped through a few pages of drawings and stopped on a sketch of her playing basketball.


"Babe, these are so good." She chuckled a little as she ran her fingers over the sketch, "Is this me?"

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[txlos]

Nova
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The entirety of what had just gone on left Nova in a state of shock... again. The yelling, the fighting, the secrets that haunted the students of Westbrook being posted on some stupid blog for every student to see. She watched with wide, almost glazed eyes as Mason confronted his brother, telling him that he should care, that this should matter to him, and Drake simply just... not. And that was his choice, to brush it off as he did. Hell, if everyone found out about Nova's past, she would probably attempt to do the same thing. If anything, the brunette envied how calmly the blue eyed boy was able to remain. After everything he had been through and well... done, Nova couldn't believe the mindset that Drake was able to hold. It made a small grin tug at her lips just at the thought.

Nova's thoughts were briefly interrupted as she turned to both Drake and Alaska, both sets of blue eyes looking at her as if she was about to scream like everyone else had. Though yelling wasn't Nova's way, and their questions made her involuntarily laugh. "I'm fine," Hazel eyes came back from their stubborn state of being zoned out, meeting the two people's before her as a small, genuine smile graced her lips. As Drake's question came, she couldn't help but feel her heart break a bit, face softening as she reached up and grabbed both him and Alaska in her arms. "Oh my god, of course we're still friends, why would you even ask that?" Her words dripped with feigned offense as she hugged both of them close, up on her tiptoes since both parties were substantially taller than her. She loved these two people and she had only known them for a day. But she felt safe, and somehow oddly connecting to them. Nova squeezed the two slightly closer for a minute, her eyes closed. "I don't care what happened, or happens, you guys are the first people to just kinda... take me in. And I love ya, nerds."

 

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Grace

Grace traced a finger over her eyes, looking in the vanity. Jesus, why didn’t anybody tell her she looked so.. shaking her thoughts off, and picking up an near-by makeup pad, cleaning off her face. She turned around when Sawyer started to talk, her eyes landed on the book that was on the floor. “Wait, Sawyer those are-“ She bit her lip as she flipped through the pages.

“Private.” She continued. She shook her head when Sawyer mentioned they were good. “They aren’t good, it’s just a.. hobby or something.” She awkwardly shrugged. She blushed furiously when she flipped through, and asked if it was her.

“Um.” Grace never showed anyone anything she drew, it felt super personal and to be perfectly honest with herself, she was afraid of criticism. She walked over to Sawyer, leaning over to see the sketch she was looking at. It was the first one she drew, that day at basketball practice. If only Grace knew how much she’d mean to her back then. “...yeah.” She admitted, avoiding eye-contact.

“I..uh also did the flyers for the play.” She was just trying to change the subject. Grace didn’t want Sawyer to think she was a weirdo who was obsessed with her. Okay, maybe she was. She couldn’t help it how much she liked her.

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[KingofAesir]

Sawyer
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Sawyer frowned when started to talk about the sketches not being good. She continued to flip through the book and was blown away by each sketch. Looking up as Grace informed her that she'd also down the flyer she'd shown Sawyer at play practice, Sawyer raised a brow.


"Grace, these are too good. So was the flyer." Sawyer closed the book and sat it down on the bed before returning her attention to Grace, "You're like crazy talented at a whole bunch of things." She smiled at Grace and reached up to adjust the beanie on her head, letting her hands linger on the sides of Grace's face.


"You gotta stop being so shy about this stuff. You could be like....a super famous artist or something." Sawyer placed a kiss on the tip of Grace's nose, "My super famous artist."

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[a z u l a]

Ryder

It was a relief to know that Ash was okay with their not-so-secret secret being revealed to the entire school, glad that his mistake hadn't continued to unravel their friendship. While it was still shitty that someone had purposely leaked Ash's confession, it wasn't so bad that they wouldn't be okay. It seemed perhaps they had a chance of going back to normal after this. He was about to respond and say that yes, he was okay as long as she was fine, expect before he could speak some random guy cat-called Ash.

"Are you fucking stupid? She's having a shitty day and you're gonna hit on her?" Ryder yelled, his blood boiling as he whipped around to face the asshole who'd called out. Before anyone could stop him he had picked the blonde boy up and slammed him against the nearby wall, winding up and driving his fist into his face without remorse.

"Don't you ever talk to her again." He spat, turning back to Ash and gently placing a hand on her shoulder to be sure she was okay. "Let's get out of here."

Alaska

"Of course we're still friends!" Alaska said, wrapping her arms around the younger boy and squeezing him tightly. It broke her heart that he had even entertained the idea of her not wanting to be friends, it made her sad to even think about. Drake, and now Nova, were her only friends at Westbrook. She would die before they were no longer friends.

"There is nothing you could do to make me not want to be your friend." She reassured him, ruffling his hair teasingly as she stepped back to smile at both of her friends. It seemed another movie night was in order.​

 

[Jiyoon]

Rory Quinn
His date with Angelina went great...until he started thinking about his brother. That night after they left the coffee shop he confessed to his mother about what was happening to him and she gladly helped his pick out a therapist. At first the man seemed a bit eccentric from his description but he was willing to do everything he could to forget Jayden because he didn't want his relationship to suffer because of his past. It wasn't fair to Angelina and she shouldn't have to deal with his trauma.

He walked into school hoping to see her and apologize for what happened. He'd get his hands on some pills that'd make him feel much better and he could be a better boyfriend to his girlfriend. She deserved the world ad he'd figure out how to give that to her that no matter what.

R Rock And Roll Boy

 

[Soap]

Grace

Grace watched as she flipped through the rest of the book, giving her a small smile at the praise. “I never showed anyone before.” She told her referring to the sketches. As her eyes lingered on the book Sawyer set off to the side, before looking towards her when she spoke. Grace didn’t believe she was good at other things besides maybe cheerleading, but when Sawyer told her so. She kind of believed it.. Her smile brightened when Sawyer reached up to adjust the beanie.

Grace chuckled at Sawyer’s words. “A super famous artist, huh?” She repeated, gazing at her when she said that she was her artist. Blushing and rolling her eyes playfully at the nose kiss. She leaned in to kiss her correctly and sweetly for a soft moment, before pulling away. “You’re amazing.” Grace told her.

She gave a small laugh, “Hey, you found a secret talent.” nudging her, she spoke. “Looks like I’ve got to step up my game, if i wanna find out any of your own.”

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[Winona]

Ash

Well, there went trying to not draw more attention to herself and Ryder. Ash winced as he threw the guy into the wall, and then punched him. On one hand, it was nice to have someone stand up to her being cat-called by random guys. On the other hand... well, people were staring. So when Ryder came back over to her, she simply grabbed his hand pulled him down the hallway.

"Yes, I'm fine. But we need to talk." Ash would not have boys punching each other for her, not after all the fights that happened so far this year. So once she found a currently empty and unlocked supply closet, Ash opened the door and shoved Ryder in, following in after him and closing the door after her.


"You can't punch guys who do that!" Ash said, hands angrily on her hips as she did, staring up at Ryder as she did so. "You punching people after that rumor is going to make people think that, like, you really like me." okay, so wasn't that what he'd say just yesterday, before she went to Ryan? Whatever. "Or that we're together or something, and I'm not dealing with explaining people that we aren't." At her last few words, she started poking him in the chest as if that would help her point.

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Drake

Man, he was glad to have these two as his friends. Drake grinned, hugging then back for a moment before letting go and remembering that they were still in the news room. "Right. We should, uh, go." He suggested and slipped his way out as the students left in the room glared at him while they picked up what Mason had thrown. "So Alaska, would we still be friends if I slept with your brothers?" Hey, don't judge. Alaska came from a family of Greek gods.

Once out of the room, Drake turned towards his friends, worried more about them than anything. "So how is Ryder handling this whole thing?" He'd actually been high enough on the day of the incident that he really don't remember much, so watching the video was a surprise. Kind of.

Then he turned to Nova as he slipped his hands into his pockets. "And Nova, how's things with you and Jace?" In one hand in his pocket, he held a small bottle of prescription pills. God, he wished he could take them, but not here with these girls.​

 

[KingofAesir]

Sawyer
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Sawyer fell backwards onto the bed after Grace kissed her with the girliest sigh that had ever come out of her mouth. "Thank you. I know I'm amazing." She plucked up the teddy bear in the bed and hugged it to her chest. Stroking the teddy bears head, she tried to think of any secret talents that may impress Grace.


"Welllll," Sawyer lifted the teddy bear into the air and moved it around as if it was flying, "I'm like...really good at impressions." She brought the teddy bear back down, "I can do a mean Christopher Walken."


Sawyer sat up and screwed her face into a glare at the thing before speaking in the most exaggerated Christopher Walken voice imaginable, "Hey! Ya stupid bear, how bout I rough ya up a bit? Wouldn't like that too much, huh?" She fell into a fit of laughter and fell back into the covers again.


"Oh my god. I have never done that in front of anyone but my dad. That was terrible."

Soap