Beck laid in bed, her brown strands strewn out on the white covers as she thought of the events that took place at the theater. She closed her eyes, and lightly licked her lips.
Flashback
She watched Shaun get up from his chair and walk down the theater, until he exited the door. Knowing that he was going to the bathroom, As if on cue she rose up from her chair and said to Lysander, “I’ll be right back.” Then rushed down the theater to the door he went out of. She pushed open the door and once she saw him down the hallway, her eyes immediately widened and her already quickened heartbeat from running sped up even more. They were the only two in the hallway. It was quiet which was why the sound of the door opening caused him to turn his head. Beck stood there looking at him. This was the most nervous she had felt when it came to a guy. She wasn’t sure if he was looking at her and judging her, wondering why she had followed him. She wasn’t sure if he even wanted to see her, still, she began walking. She hesitated a bit and swallowed, then started walking again. Now standing in front of him, she looked into his eyes, searching for anything that could tell her his feelings. Without a word, she gently kissed him. For some reason, It felt like the first time even though she already kissed him before. She frowned, making the kiss go on longer than intended, but she kept her hands at her sides. When she was done, she turned around and quickly went back into the theater, feeling embarrassed. The movie was just about to be over and she and Lysander left shortly after when the credits ran.
Beck swallowed and slowly opened her eyes, facing the ceiling above her. She could still feel the kiss lingering on her lips. It felt like a fairytale for some reason. Even her heart started beating a bit faster. She didn’t know if that moment would lead anywhere but she kept it close to her heart not wanting to let it go, still not knowing if she should say her true feelings to Shaun. Beck sat up in bed in a criss - crossed position and picked up her phone that was laying beside her. She started scrolling through Instagram and stumbled across a new Instagram post from her frenemy Ashley.
It’s sad when you have a friend who can’t appreciate someone who genuinely likes them after so many failed relationships and they even get a fake boyfriend on the side. Then that same friend worries about me “stealing” the guy she didn’t want in the first place
Beck frowned and stared at the screen, knowing she must have posted that before going to the theater.
Beck decided to write a comment, which devolved into a back and forth with Ashley where she tried to put her in her place. Then something unexpected happened, Shaun appeared. He commented something at first, trying to keep the peace but then ended up asking Ashley to come to the Mayor election that he was running for. This made Beck audibly gasp at the screen. She immediately knew that he was trying to get her back for having a fake boyfriend but why? What about their kiss? Didn’t that mean something? She thought to herself. She immediately started typing back which caused Ashley to taunt her again. At this point, Beck was fuming and wanted to get Shaun to see that he was being ridiculous and would lose her again. She responded with “I’ll see you both there” and made sure to mention how she knew that he was trying to make her jealous. This resulted in Ashley taunting her again and Beck putting up a middle finger emoji. That was well…classless and her followers would certainly see all that she was doing, but at this point she didn’t care.
Beck decided to lay back in bed and take a picture of herself to show Shaun what he could be missing if he decided to mess up again. She pulled her frown into a normal expression and snapped the picture, then she posted it.
This devolved into Josie commenting “internet arguments are so childish!” under her post. This made Beck even more annoyed since Josie had no say in anything since they were not friends anymore.
After a few back and forth"s, Beck had enough and she let out a groan. She was going to call up Lysander to get back at them.
“Hey Lysander can you come over, I have something that I want us to do and I kinda don’t want to be alone.” She had a devilish grin on her face and struggled not to laugh.
When Lysander came over they both sat on her bed with snacks, feeling excited about their plan. After posting some pictures online and getting some responses from Ashley and Shaun, Beck felt satisfied, that is until she read a new comment from Shaun to her. “Nothing to be jealous of when you have such a loving boyfriend” Beck frowned and let out an angry scream, hitting Lysander’s shoulder. “Look at that! Look! Do you see what he said?” She looked closer at the screen. “He’s such an asshole. You know what…” She looked at Lysander. “I want you to message him. Tell him anything that will make him pissed off I don’t care.” She gave her phone to him, even though he already had his own phone. Thats how mad she was. Suddenly, she heard a new message ding on her phone and snatched her phone back from Lysander, immediately checking who it was in her Instagram Dms
Ashley:
"Beck what is wrong with you. Shaun actually likes you and you’re ruining it for yourself with your fake boyfriend who can’t even hold a candle to him. I don’t know if youre trolling or what, but you need to pull your head out of your a$$ because this is going to be another relationship in your long list of failed relationships.
Beck made a noise that could only be described as being between a squeal or a car honk. She turned to Lysander. “Oh my gosh, look at what she just said! She said you can’t even hold a candle to him. Who does she think she is?” She looked down at her screen, holding it to Lysander.
@LunaticLeviTheSecond - Lysander
@eunoia - Shaun