❛ uh, he most definitely WAS. i should have known better? gee, thanks for the lecture, mom. you think i’m fuckin’ scared of him? i’m not. i’ve gotten my ass kicked before, i’m sure i can handle it a second time around. i was thinking that he deserved to be punched. somebody’s gotta stand up to assholes.❜
❛i wouldn’t have to MOM you if you weren’t such a jackass. i think you should realize there’s a social HIERARCHY to this whole high school thing, and by causing and upset you’re only making things HARDER on yourself. what’s going on with YOU??❜
kate let out a small sigh when the girl tells her she didn’t know the way. she hadn’t meant to get lost but her car ran out of gas on the middle of the interstate and she had startedtrucking it to the nearest town to buy a gas can.❛back to my car – or like a gas station.❜she would have googled it, but of course, her phone was dead.
❛oh !! there’s a bp around the corner, i think !!❜or maybe it was a few blocks away. her sense of direction was POOR, to put it kindly, but she could at least offer a hand.
❛i could give you a ride, if you want. i swear i’m not trying to kidnap you, or anything.❜
❛alright, but, C’MON. sneaking out can’t be that hard, right?? just say you’re going to the library, or something. it’ll be worth your while. it’s not everyday you’re offered TENTH row seats to a non-highschool production of the tempest.❜
kate cursed underneath her breath realizing that she was lost, yet again. ❛hey, do you know how to get back to the highway from here?❜she asks the female that was currently walking past her.
it’s not that she was TRYING to waste time. she just wished she was anywhere other than her darling older sister’s new town. she let a bag of produce weigh down her elbow, and she was almost RELIEVED when she was stopped.
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‘m afraid NOT. i’m just visiting. but i can help you look. where’re you trying to get?❜
❛yeah, well, he was ASKING to be punched, okay? it wasn’t like he didn’tdeserveit. he’s a fucking asshole. ❜
❛he was NOT !! what the hell are you even talking about ?? asshole or not, you should have fucking known better. guys like him could eat you for BREAKFAST. what were you even thinking??❜
he wasn’t INTENTIONALLY not paying attention. he was distracted by his thoughts, preoccupied with ANXIETIES about the upcoming wrestling meet. losing wasn’t an option, not now and not ever. however, her conversation drew his thoughts away from wrestling and back to the prom, which he had yet to line up a date for. SHIT, he needed to get on that. ❝no, don’t worry. i’m just thinkin’ about something else, nothing important though. but yeah, i’ll vote for you. you have some pretty tough competition though, don’t ya? i think CLAIRE STANDISH is campaigning right now too.❞
she shrugs, at mention of the competition, because she’s well aware she HARDLY holds a torch to the claire standish. she wants to tell him about how its just a huge HONOR to be nominated, and winning isn’t even a priority to her. but she can only stretch the truth so far. ❝that’s great!! i really appreciate it. i’m trying to at least level the playing field, Y’KNOW, claire’s a shoe-in, but i’m not baking cookies tonight for nothin’.❞