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🪐 — AIMEE GIBBS​  for  rae !

            “ Yeah, yeah, ‘course. ” Her voice was distracted, eyes glued to her phone screen, but she did take a moment to glance over at her new partner in this English lit project and offer her a sweet smile. What was her name — Rae? Rachel? She didn’t hang out with the Untouchables, but then very few people were ever allowed to be in their orbit, and instead were just the topic of their ridicule. She seemed nice —- and smart. Aimee lowered her phone and turned fully to face her. “ It’s just… don’t you think that lesson was really hard? And this joint project… shit, I don’t feel like I took any of that stuff in. Kyle just texted me to say he’s smoking weed ‘round the back of the bike sheds and I really wanna join him for some first to help chill out a bit, you know? You can come with and then we can just head to the library after that…? ”

    IT’S JUST HER LUCK  to be paired with an airhead popular girl instead of a teacher’s pet who would do all the work, or at least another normal kid.  but as aimee distractedly checks her phone, rae feels her eyes rolling in exasperation.  if the first impression is anything to go by, she’ll definitely end up doing most of the work on their supposedly partnered project.  ❝ i didn’t think it was that complicated.  it’s just shakespeare. ❞  she says, her tone betraying her irritation.  admittedly,  she hadn’t read  as you like it  yet herself, but how hard could it really be ?  aimee seems far more interested in taking a smoke break than finding out.                       &  rae is just considering marching straight back to ms. sands  &  demanding a new partner when the unthinkable happens  —  aimee gibbs, one of the untouchables, invites her, rae earl, to hang out with her.  ❝ oh.  really ? ❞  the shock at being included leaves her staring for a moment, blinking in disbelief.  but then she catches herself, snapping her lips closed  &  nodding enthusiastically, like she hadn’t just been annoyed at the whole idea.  ❝ i mean, yeah, alright.  that’s smart, actually.  we’ll probably study better when we’re good  &  relaxed, anyway. ❞  &  hearing it come out of her own mouth, it almost sounds convincing. 

🪐 — LILY IGLEHART​  for  ola !

 ❝  ──────  feel like i hold back…and i don’t know why i can’t seem to say just what i mean.  ❞

   ❝  I NEVER WANT  you to feel like you need to hold back.  not with me, at least. ❞  ola has never met anyone like lily before.  the way she sees the world is entirely unique.  &  for someone like ola, who has spent years trying to come to terms with reality, there is something magnetic about the idea of escaping into her girlfriend’s fantastical world, even for a little while.  but it’s not a place she can go without being invited,  &  she can tell that @mysfated​ isn’t used to inviting people in to such a private place.  so ola does her best to be patient, head cocked to the side as she considers. ❝ maybe it would help to draw some of it out, like you do your glenoxi stories ?  it might be easier for you than trying to say it all out loud. ❞

🪐 — ADAM GROFF​  for  ola !

      “ Just have to keep on trying, don’t I? And… get better every day, I s’pose. ”

    THE LOOK OLA GIVES HIM  is bright with approval, an encouraging smile  &  a nod given as she places her hand on her friend’s forearm.  ❝ that’s right.  that’s all any of us can do, really. ❞  she hasn’t known adam that long, but already she’s seen a drastic change in him.  the truth is, he had already become almost unrecognizable from the sullen boy she’d met back when he first started working with her at brown’s.  ❝ everyone makes mistakes  —  what matters is that you try to learn from them.  &  i’m really proud of you, adam.  you’ve learned a lot lately.  you should be proud of yourself, too. ❞

      HIS EVERY WORD HITS HOME, & for a moment rae can only nod her head in utter shock. ❝ yeah, actually. i know exactly what you mean. ❞ it was almost unbelievable that jackson marchetti ( the swim team icon, head boy, & indisputable hunk ) of all people would struggle with anxiety. he always seemed so confident all the time, so unbelievably handsome & cool. but the symptoms of an impending panic attack are instantly recognizable — especially to someone who has firsthand experience with them. ❝ you're going to be alright. listen, just forget about it all for a second, close your eyes, & count to ten. slowly. it's something ti- something my friend showed me to do when everything seems overwhelming. it sounds strange, but it works. ❞ & rae reaches out to rest a friendly hand on his shoulder, hoping that the point of contact will help steady his breathing. ❝ here, i'll count with you, alright ? one ... two ... ❞

@musecraft​ ( rae ) sent a meme for jackson:

33. west end girls  /  pet shop boys

        “ Too many whispering voices. If, when, why, what… It just doesn’t fucking stop, you know what I mean? ”