she avoids looking at her reflection in the mirror as she ties up her hair in a blue ribbon.
something simple for today, she thinks. leave the extravagance for the impending homecoming day.
her next two throws also hit, and she's mourning 'sorry!' with each one.
she's totally buying melanie dinner tonight to make up for it.
she's showing up with a handful of cheerleaders.
they've got to show support for their teammate, don't they??
it takes her longer than she'd like to find somewhere to hide; too many places no longer the safe-havens they'd once been.
thankfully her feet worked better than her brain, and she found herself slipping into the chemistry lab and sinking down to the floor between —
After another moment of insecure hesitation, Melanie hurries to follow in the direction she saw @flaminglcks run off to.
"Jolene?"
Where could she have gone? How worrisome for someone usually so composed to simply up and disappear.
the pain in her chest is sharp, and cassandra's words only cut deeper; leaving her struggling to breathe.
the world starts to spin, lungs gasping for air that doesn't come as she stumbles backwards and breaks off into a sprint. she needs to leave. now.
“ how kind of you. ”
her words are flat, no longer interested in pretending with sofia as she hints at a truth jolene had hoped to keep buried.
she'd seen enough of sofia's antics with the others to know that she wasn't actually curious, she wasn't really asking. she had »»
«« on a lie. maybe out of some desperation to still save lars' reputation, or maybe it's a selfish attempt to save her own.
“ my manager thought it was better to just have my socials focus on me. help with my brand. now, i'm really sorry. but i do have a casting to get »»



