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[novella]

Sadie Elizabeth Monroe

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When Kara looked up, an expression of unfamiliarity towards Sadie crossed her face - the same expression that many other people had given her when she approached them. Sadie quickly realised that Kara didn’t remember who she was, though she wasn’t too surprised - Kara didn’t seem to like her, and she probably was quick to rid Sadie from her memory.

“Uh… it’s Sadie?” She answered though it sounded more like a question. Despite it being a potentially good idea to avoid giving the real reason of why she knew her and reminding Kara of their past, she thought it would only be a matter of time before it was remembered anyway - she might as well be honest and get it over with. Plus, Kara was looking expectantly at her, Sadie needed to give her an answer and she certainly wasn’t good at thinking of a lie on the spot that she was going to have to stick with.

“Our middle schools went to the same camp that one time,” Sadie finally added with slight reluctance, saying each word slowly as she was still unsure about whether or not it was a good idea reminding her.

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@Kbail — Kara Melbourne

[Kbail]

Kara Melbourne

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“Sadie…Hmmm.” The name sounded familiar but she didn’t know why. “Wait…I think-” She proceeded to snap her fingers while thinking. The reason was almost at the front of her brain.

“Our middle schools went to the same camp that one time,”

“Oh, yeah I…remember.” The images of Sadie’s face getting angry and sad popped into her head. She couldn’t help but chuckle a little. “I used to call you saddie. You know because of the word sad?” She continued to laugh despite how insensitive it might look.

@novella Sadie

[benitz786]

ᴅᴀɴɪᴇʟ ᴘᴀʀᴋᴇʀ :

18th December 2019

“You know, an apology would just be a lot easier,”

Daniel laughed at the comment, raising his eyebrow at the girl in front as he thought about her statement. In his lifetime - Daniel had only said sorry five times. Most of those times were when he was a 6-year-old miscreant. “An ‘apollo-gee?’” he asked, purposefully messing up the word. “Never heard of it,” he continued with a cheeky laugh - an attempt to make the girl laugh, or at the very least, lighten the situation up. However, in all honesty, it was more nervous rambling than anything else. Suffice to say, Daniel Parker had never been in a clinic waiting for someone to get this specific procedure done.

Some quick Instagram photo banter later, the Doctor had finally walked in. It was hard not to notice the blatant removal of Delilah’s hand from his own - however, Daniel tried not to take it to heart. After all, Delilah and him… were nothing more than “friends with benefits” and the ‘friend’ part of the scenario was never concrete… perhaps ‘acquaintances with benefits’ was a more fitting term.

Moments Later:

“Well that wasn’t so bad…Well, of course, it wasn’t for you, all you had to do was sit on a chair.”

“Would you have rather that I did the surgery instead of sitting in the waiting room? I mean, I have absolutely no idea how to do a surgery, but if you wanted me to be more involved…” he explained with a joking smile as they walked back to the courtyard. Almost immediately in view, Daniel found his helicopter still sitting in the middle of the courtyard - security trying to argue with his pilot to leave.

“I should… probably go before Renolds gets arrested… I… Delilah if you ever need anything… I’ll be there. I’m just a text away,” he explained, scratching his head as he waved goodbye - unsure of what else he could say to make this moment less awkward.

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4th January 2020

“Please, Stephanie and Abby have got nothing on me,”

Shanking his head with laughter, Daniel did a one-over of the girl in front of him and allowed his eyes to trail her body. She wasn’t wrong - not many people in the school could compare to Delilah. However, Daniel wouldn’t give her the satisfaction of his agreement. “I guess… I’ll see you around then?” he questioned instead - placing his hands in his pocket as he sent a wink in her direction before walking away. Though Daniel would never say it out loud, it was clear that things weren’t the same between the two of them. Sure, Daniel made the same jokes; but there was something so… different now with what happened… even if neither of them would admit to it.

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[benitz786]

ℂ𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕚𝕔𝕖 ℂ𝕝𝕒𝕣𝕜𝕖:

It was all fun and games… well until Mikel Lucas utilized his dare of “Do something you’ve been fantasizing about to someone here,” to look in her direction with a knowing stare. Oh f!ck. She knew what was coming before it even happened, and before long, the man’s lips were aggressively on her own. However, Candice had learned from her mother how to play to a crowd. After all… appearances were everything. Although it wasn’t necessarily something she enjoyed, Candice cupped Mikel’s face with one hand and allowed her other to wrap around his neck as she reciprocated the kiss - earning ‘Woo’s’ from the crowd. To be honest, however, it was possibly one of the worst, sloppiest kisses she had ever endured - likely due to Mikel’s drunken state and her current sober one.

After pulling away, Candice discreetly wiped her lips and shot the girl next to her a smile. “Hey I’m going to go… freshen up,” she explained before standing up off the couch and making her way towards the bathroom.

Approachable

[novella]

Calen James Hunter

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His dare had perfectly kicked off their long Truth or Dare game, as he had expected, Valerie easily completing the dare by kissing Elodie, who had continuously been uncomfortable by his presence since their last interaction. But Calen was good at ignoring and brushing off, and he did so effectively. And it was easy to ignore when Kara Melbourne suddenly sat on his lap. Though he didn’t hear it, Calen assumed it was a dare - or an unexpected attempt of flirtation.

After a while of watching the game, Calen grew impatient about the Truth or Dare question not being directed to him - and it annoyed him as it meant he was not the centre of attention. At his own party. So, Calen got up and left, since it would mean he could do a little more interacting from people not in the game - plus, a dramatic exit always caused a few eyes to direct his way.

As he weaved through the growing crowd of people - at his party - the majority being mutual friends or random people he had spoken to at award parties. So when he finally saw someone who he knew was in his class, Calen stopped and looked her up and down. Though he had never spoken to her before, he still recognised her.

“Hey, what’s your name?” Calen asked - which translated to: ‘do you have the same name as a celebrity that will make you worth becoming my friend?’.

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@Nil — Tala Garzon

@CerealKiller — Valerie Wood (mentioned)

@Kbail — Kara Melbourne (mentioned)

@astxrism — Elodie May DeLoughrey (mentioned)

[novella]

Sadie Elizabeth Monroe

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“Yeah…” She replied vaguely, but with an unknowingly-fake smile, to fill the silence that had quickly started to creep up between them. Sadie waited hesitantly as Kara scanned her brain for where she knew Sadie from. Part of her hoped that Kara wouldn’t connect the dots, and as soon as she continued to talk, Sadie regretted trying to further explain to Kara where they knew each other from, and grew even more guilty and annoyed at herself as a look of realisation grew of Kara’s face.

Kara’s recognition quickly changed a laughing face, with somewhat spitefulness, at Sadie. She started to laugh with her, but then Kara started talking. “Oh yeah, that was pretty clever,” Sadie replied, attempting to find the right words to say, and she figured trying to compliment her would be the best option. Despite the past memories flashing in her head of feeling small because of her. Sadie quickly looked around to see if there was anyone she recognised around her, to see if there was an escape.

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@Kbail — Kara Melbourne

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Delilah Rose Hawthorne

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18th December 2019

She raised her eyebrows though definitely didn’t laugh as Daniel suggested doing the surgery instead of sitting in the waiting room. “Well, if it would have meant you being too busy figuring out what to do to be making extremely unfunny jokes at a poor attempt of lightening the situation…” Delilah looked around as if she were thinking of the second part of her answer - despite already knowing it. “Then I would have been all for you doing that instead.”

Daniel pulled away from their conversation, looking around and explaining how he had to go. Delilah was unsure of how to respond. Part of her wanted to hug him. A big part of her. Mainly because there wasn’t really anyone else for her to do that to. But she didn’t. He walked away, leaving her standing alone - much like how she would spend the rest of her Winter Break.

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4th January 2020

Though he purposely didn’t say so, Delilah knew with great confidence that he agreed with her. After his laughter died and silence instilled, Daniel cut their conversation short before it could get too awkward. Delilah had a feeling that it would be how most of their conversations would end in the future… if they even had any more in the future. So, although she doubted she would see him around, Delilah still nodded, opting against giving an audible response. Then, she watched him walk away again.

Delilah stood alone for a moment, quickly dismissing the many attempts at shallow conversation and small talk from freshmen and sophomores. After a while, she made her way to the bathroom to check her appearance again. When she opened the door, Delilah was disappointed… disgusted… to see someone else occupying the mirror.

“Can you… move?” Delilah harshly asked Candice Clarke, looking her up and down.

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@benitz786 — Daniel Parker (mentioned) and Candice Clarke

[benitz786]

ℂ𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕚𝕔𝕖 ℂ𝕝𝕒𝕣𝕜𝕖:

As Candice entered the bathroom - which was, somehow, open and still clean whereas usually at parties someone would either be throwing up in the corner or hooking up - Candice looked in the mirror. Not necessarily actually at her appearance, but herself; questioning within her mind what the hell she was doing at a party she really didn’t want to be at.

With a sigh, Candice splashed some water on her face - an attempt to clear her mind from the party and what happened moments earlier. Though the peace and serenity she had just achieved had been lost in a moment when Candice found the door to the bathroom opening, soon accompanied by the familiar voice of Delilah Hawthorne stating “Can you… move?”

Being in the same room as the girl had brought up the memory of what had happened a month or so earlier - a threat made by the girl. And perhaps at first Candice was going to obey and stay out of Delilah’s way, though that all changed with an additional threat her mother had made a few days later. And now, because of the girl standing before her, CC owed the one thing she had been avoiding for the last few years. A favor to Daniel Parker - which in return he had corrupted all files of the video Delilah had as well as put a virus or something online in case Deiliah had an extra copy on a flash drive. So forgive Candice if she wasn’t exactly in the mood to listen to Delilah. Despite that, Candice still had no intention of making it on Blue Bloods - rather she simply wanted her mother to think she was trying to make it. Hence the reason Candice had voted to remove points on herself.

Candice only looked at the girl for a second before looking back at herself in the mirror. “Feel free to share - but I’m not moving,” Candice uttered - running her hands through her hair as she removed lipgloss from her clutch.

@novella (Delilah Hawthorne)

[Madilfill]

The game died down but Mikel didn’t actually really care either. Nothing super intense happened and no secrets were spilled so it was mostly boring to him. He took a drink from his cup and it was finished off again. He started to stand up to go fill it back up but he was welcomed by Brandon. Mikel let out a huff and leaned back into the couch again, not amused with the situation and it was clearly showing in his face. “How’s the party going for ya? Pretty good?” He groaned and ran a hand through his dark hair. Knocking his glasses off his face and into his own lap. “Yeah, it’s great.” He sort of lied. He wasn’t having the best time and could think of a couple of other things he would rather be doing right now but drinking was numbing his pain and that was a pro for him. “Why do you care?”
@Kbail

[Madilfill]

Mady wasn’t really a party girl. She went to them but she didn’t drink much and that sort of had to do with her tolerance being so low and she would be buzzed off half a cup. She stood talking to a few people that were all strangers to her since this was a new town and new school. She really missed her old home but was also happy for a change. As they spoke she was looking around and fiddling with the necklace that she wore. Her other hand was holding a cup, which she hadn’t even taken a drink out of and her finger was tapping against the plastic.

“I know you, right? Mady?” Said the boy who she had noticed only seconds ago walking towards her. She dropped her hand that was playing with the metal chain she wore around her neck and her hand snaked into her back pocket as she took in the man talking to her. She slightly looked over at the people she was with and smiled at them to motion she was leaving the conversation even if she wasn’t really involved in it. This blonde boy looked familiar but she couldn’t pinpoint where from but he knew her. She nodded his question with a small smile. He was tall, a lot taller than her, and good looking in her book. He finally said his name and it clicked. She kenw him from social media. It was a mutually following and they would like and comment on each others posts. A sigh of relief came from her lips. “So are you like the welcoming committee here?” She asked with a raised brow to him but still had a sweet smile on her face.

@astxrism

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[Kbail]

Kara Melbourne

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Kara continued to snicker and drink her cranberry juice, while remembering the past. She realized that what she did was mean but she didn’t want to dwell on that part. She mostly wanted to think about the “funny” names she called her. “Wow, I changed a lot.” She wanted to make herself look good in front of Sadie even though she still felt like the bullying wasn’t a big deal. “I’m sorry if this sounds rude but, most of the people here are from Cerulean high?” She looked at her with a confused face. “I know you don’t go there so what brings you here?” Kara was secretly hoping that she didn’t say she went to Cerulean high. She especially hoped that she wasn’t competing in the game to be in the blue bloods list.

@novella Sadie

Brandon didn’t know if Mikel was annoyed at him or tired. Suddenly, Mikel knocked the glasses off of his face which made Brandon spit out his drink in the other direction while laughing. “Bro, are you okay?” He asked curiously. He wouldn’t normally be this forward but the party was making him looser.
The question made him hesitate a little. “Umm…what do you mean?” He was feeling slightly taken aback and offended. “We haven’t…really talked a lot so I want to get to know you.”

@Madilfill Mikel

[novella]

Delilah Rose Hawthorne

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Much to Delilah’s surprise, Candice refused to move and suggested to share as she pulled out a lipgloss that very poorly matched her skintone (but that would be advice she would give to her friends). At first, Delilah merely raised her eyebrows.

A small part of her was proud at the confidence Candice was suddenly showing, but that part was overpowered by the disgust she was feeling towards her. How dare she speak to Delilah Rose Hawthorne like that? Delilah did not share. Her instinct was to yell and push and demand her way in front of the mirror - which was always effective for her, plus there was no one else around them in the bathroom for them to see what she could have been about to do.

“Oh,” Delilah responded at first, processing what Candice had said, and trying to work out what her approach will be to this situation. Then, before Candice had the opportunity to think she had defeated Delilah with that one statement, her facial features softened instead and a stronger, even somewhat excited, tone appeared as she continued. “Oh!” Delilah continued, talking as if she were trying not to laugh, “Well, who finally gave Candice a pair of balls? It couldn’t have been Dominic, we all know he certainly doesn’t have any.”

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@benitz786 — Candice Clarke

@Caticorn — Dominic Lucier (mentioned)

[Caticorn]

— Zion Pestana
After truth or dare ended, Zion walked through the party to get themself a drink. After procuring their beverage, they decided to indulge their desire to explore Calen’s house. They wandered through the halls, taking occasional sips of their drink. Eventually, they came across Jezebel, one of the girls who they’d gone on the Paris trip with. They nodded. “Yeah, I’m checking out the place.” They admitted with a smile. “I’m pretty sure it’s three times the size of my old apartment in Queens.” They commented. They paused for a second to think about her last question. “It’s fun so far. Hopefully, there isn’t too much drama.”

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@Littlefeets - Jezebel

[benitz786]

ℂ𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕚𝕔𝕖 ℂ𝕝𝕒𝕣𝕜𝕖:

As she finished applying the lipgloss, Candice removed her mascara and begin applying that on her eyelashes - not necessarily because she needed it, but rather, to further prove that Candice didn’t ‘need’ to move just because Delilah had said so. So if that meant Candice would redo her whole make-up routine to stand her ground, well then, so be it.

“Oh… Well, who finally gave Candice a pair of balls? It couldn’t have been Domonic, we all know he certainly doesn’t have any,”

CC could feel a flash of anger rising up within her as Delilah stood there smugly. Whatever happened to the sweet girl Candice knew years ago, she’d never know. Biting her tongue, Candice stopped herself from reacting out of emotion - it was what Delilah wanted and Candice Clarke would not give her the d!mn satisfaction. Taking a deep breath, Candice put the mascara away before turning towards the girl with an emotionless smile - one that was practiced over years of modeling that Candice never wanted to do… though apparently it had a use in this situation.

“I’m sorry, Delilah, are we talking about who has balls in this room? From what I remember you’ve created a reputation by going behind people’s backs and being a two-faced b*tch to everyone you meet. So if we’re really talking about who has balls, well, at least Dom’s are bigger than yours because he’s willing to tell you something straight to your face.” with that, Candice looked at the girl up and down - newfound confidence she truly didn’t know she had within her. “…but I guess that can’t be said about everyone though… namely you,”

Running her hands through her hair as she turned back towards the mirror, a slight scoff escaped Candice’s lips. “You know - I can’t believe I ever actually thought we were friends. Man, was I wrong? You know, that first day I brought you home when we were 6 - I remember my mom telling me to stay away from you the moment you left my house… that my time wasn’t worth being spent with you. I never thought I’d agree with my mother… but I think that in case, she was right. I should have listened,” Candice uttered with a shrug. With that, Candice took her phone out nonchalantly - scrolling through social media as if nothing had happened as she leaned against the sink - discreetly placing her phone on record in case something went awry. Though Candice didn’t know what was causing her to do this… she knew she may regret it soon.

@novella

[benitz786]

ᴅᴀɴɪᴇʟ ᴘᴀʀᴋᴇʀ :
As Daniel walked away, he immediately went towards the open bar - asking for a double shot of the strongest drink they had on hand and drowning it immediately. It was clear to see that his “relationship” with Delilah Hawthorne would never be the same. Although that wasn’t necessarily a bad thing, Daniel seemed to truly be losing everyone he even slightly cared about. Jezebel… Delilah. Leaning against the counter, Daniel scanned the room. Perhaps it was the slight daze that the alcohol had brought about him - but the moment Daniel laid eyes on Dorian… and then Tala nearby engaged in another conversation - Perhaps he would bother them later.

Daniel had heard rumors that Dorian may have a crush on Tala - so what better way to annoy him than to beat Dorian to the punch and ask Tala out. Especially when Tala owed him a favor. Though he halted in his process when he saw the host of this… okay party approaching her. Interesting. Though Daniel hadn’t personally met the man yet, he had, indeed, read his file - and, to say the very least, he was a yawn of a read. In other words, Daniel wasn’t looking forward to meeting him. In it’s place, Daniel watched the crowd once again and found Elodie - approaching her with a slight sigh - grabbing two glasses of champagne as he did so.

“Here you go Miss DeLoughrey,” he started, handing her the glass. “Or should I start calling you by your new name?” he asked with a slight smile - though not saying anything further as he took a drink of the bubbly alcohol in his hand. “Bad news; I didn’t get the problem fixed… I’ll keep trying though. But In the case I can’t, I do think we should host a party - wouldn’t you say so?” he said with a slight joking tone, attempting to make her laugh.

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[Nil]

Tala Garzon

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Talking to Reina made Tala whisk away her attention from the party’s game. She was really looking forward to make a dare, but when she turned her head to drag the girl there, only dismay met her face when the group of senior students became smaller. She turned to Tala with a sigh and shrugged, “Well, I guess it’s done.” she said. Suddenly craving for water, she gestured her head towards the kitchen. “I’m just gonna get water. Wait for a sec?”

She didn’t wait for Reina to answer and hurried towards a maid, politely asking for a lukewarm glass of water. It didn’t take her more than a moment to get her glass, muttering a “thank you” and turning her head to search for Reina from the crowd. She spotted her, but was approached by someone. Her brows arched as she studied his features, easily recognizing him by face—he’s a classmate, one that Tala never really thought of ever talking to.

“Hey,” she replied, lifting her other hand to wave. “I’m Tala… you?” Tala took a sip of her water, waiting for the man to introduce himself.

@novella - Calen James Hunter
@Littlefeets - Reina

[novella]

Sadie Elizabeth Monroe

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A faint laugh followed Kara’s as Sadie watched her take another drink. “Yeah, you have. In a good way,” She replied. Sadie’s hands fell to the small bag she had brought, to hold onto for safety. Her eyes switched from Kara to the ground as it seemed like she was going to continue to dwell on the past. It wasn’t necessarily about the fact that Kara had made her feel bad - though, yes, that was a big part of it - she mainly associated those memories with being in a bad financial place and having a really hard time. But Sadie knew she couldn’t blame Kara for that, for how was she to know?

Kara’s face changed to a confused one and Sadie braved herself for whatever question was going to come out of her mouth. “Oh, right,” She started, seeing that Kara didn’t believe there was a possibility that she could be somewhere like Cerulean High. Well, she was about to prove her wrong. “I transferred. Here. To Cerulean High. Yeah, it was pretty recent but, yeah, I’m doing my senior year hear. Though I think the main focus at this school is Blue Royalty.” She said, then Sadie turned it back onto her. “I’m guessing your also focused on that?”

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@Kbail — Kara Melbourne

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Delilah Rose Hawthorne

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After a moment of silence in the isolated bathroom, Delilah leaned over the sink slightly to find Candice’s reaction. The delay in a response hinted to her that there was a hidden emotion that Candice was refusing to bring to the surface, to which Delilah smiled to herself about.

Instead of expressing the initial emotion that there clearly was, Candice had decided to go down the route of turning it onto Delilah - that she was the one who didn’t have balls, talking behind people’s backs rather than to their faces. Clearly Candice didn’t know Delilah at all, since practically everyone knew that she never hid how she felt about people and always stuck by being straightforward, sometimes even with the intention of hurting them. Though she couldn’t be too surprised at Candice’s lack of knowledge about her, Delilah had actively been cutting her off for a while now.

Only a laugh, a genuine - but disdainful - laugh, came from Delilah at first and she hung her head back. “Wow, Candice, I’m really sorry,” She started when her eyes fell back on to her, “I’m sorry if I ever gave you the wrong idea about how I feel about you,” She started, with an excited tone of voice. “But I’ll say it ‘straight up to your face’ now that I just strongly dislike you,” Delilah continued, almost mockingly. “Though I can promise you I have never wasted time talking about you, or everyone else I dislike, to anyone else.”

Delilah’s eyes rolled as Candice began to talk about how they used to be friends - something she had already heard from a less sober Candice. For a moment, she zoned out of what she was saying, uninterested of reliving their childhood. Then, her attention was caught again when she was referring to a memory - about Candice’s mother - she had not heard before.

A pit began to form in Delilah’s stomach and she could feel a wave of different emotions hit her. She didn’t look back at Candice or attempt to compose a reply and she instead left, turning to lean against the wall next to the bathroom entrance as Delilah was unsure of where else to go.

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Approachable

@benitz786 — Candice Clarke

[Kbail]

Kara Melbourne

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Kara didn’t notice that her mouth was slightly open. She closed it quickly and started uncomfortably rubbing her arm. The girl that she bullied might get on the blue bloods list? It would make her look so stupid if people found out that she bullied her. “Well…just know that’s it’s not going to be easy.” She said while looking her up and down. Then she started talking in a rushed manner. “Yes, I’m very focused on that. It’s pretty much changed my life. It’s on my mind every day.” Kara’s face was starting to turn red from frustration.

@novella Sadie

[benitz786]

ℂ𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕚𝕔𝕖 ℂ𝕝𝕒𝕣𝕜𝕖:

“Wow, Candice, I’m really sorry…I’m sorry if I ever gave you the wrong idea about how I feel about you,”

Scoffing, Candice shook her head ever so slightly. “I feel like you’re the only person in the world that could start a statement with ‘I’m sorry’ and still make it sound degrading,” she uttered as the girl continued expressing her ‘intense dislike’ for CC. Candice would probably never figure out the real reason for Delilah’s hatred, but at this point, Candice no longer cared. She was done trying to be in people’s lives who clearly didn’t want her in them. Delilah… even her own mother sometimes.

To her surprise, however, Delilah soon left the room. Perhaps something CC had said about the two of them had gotten to the girl, or maybe Delilah was just not used to someone standing up to her. Either way, Delilah had left the bathroom and Candice was once again alone - simply a reflection of herself looking back at her.

Despite her heart racing, the girl took a deep breath before placing her phone in her clutch, forgetting to turn off the recording mode she had started - even though it was fruitless with Delilah simply leaving the room. Looking in the mirror one last time, Candice left bathroom and walked back towards the middle of the party, missing the fact that Delilah had situated herself next to the entrance.

In all honesty, CC felt like it was the perfect time to make an escape - but with the adrenaline rushing through her veins due to the confrontation with Delilah, she was too on edge at the moment. However, as her eyes locked on a familiar face - she instead made her way in that direction. As she reached Maverick, Candice shot him a familiar goofy smile before grabbing the glass of god-knows-what-alchol out of his hand and drowning it in an instant - her pointer finger up as an indication for him to ‘wait’.

“Thanks, I needed that,” Candice explained, putting the empty glass in his hand as it had been before she stole the drink from him. “Hey… what do you say if we got out of here a little early?”

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