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Clarissa: For sure -- wait till you see what happened at the store.

Clarissa: It's definitely treat yourself day.

Beth: uh oh, i almost don't want to ask

“All I’ve got is my honesty, apparently.“ He gave a shrug, taking a sip of his coffee. He placed the cup off to the side, finally sitting up properly. ”So, what I’m hearing is that I have to come bother you at work later, go it.” He grinned, looking up at her. “But I’ll even bring coffee, a peace offering.”

“If that’s what you got from that then sure.” She chuckled, not one to deny company during her shifts, especially when some days were far too slow for her liking. “Though, you’re a much kinder person than I am, I wouldn’t even bother giving you a peace offering you’d just get me bothering you and you’d have to just deal with it.” 

He had accepted the answer of distraction, thinking of what they could do to keep entertained since neither of them seemed like going out at the moment. He raised a brow hearing Beth’s next words, it was clear with that statement that ignoring their issues was over. Lark was well aware of his sister’s heartbreak. “How did that go?” He asked carefully, though his guess was not well given their current conversation about problems.

Clarissa: Oh yes, please! You'd be a life saver

Clarissa: Can you get me of those chocolate croissant things? I shouldn't have one but I need one.

Beth: It's definitely a treat yourself day for sure

beth: next time we get drunk im giving you my phone and UR NOT LETTING ME MAKE DRUNK TEXTS

beth: are you awake?

Beth: hey girl

Noah’s own laugh betrayed him as he laid on the ground, defeated for a moment. “Yeah, on one of those shows where people just wipe the fuck out, apparently.” He groaned, sitting up. At least his drink hadn’t spilled, so he didn’t completely fuck up. “So I’m assuming you also didn’t wanna spend too much time with the, uh, everything going on?” Noah was a people person, sure, but c’mon, sometimes it was too much.

“Something like that.” Beth agreed, with a shrug of her shoulders, she had always thrived around people but sometimes she could only handle so much. Especially, around large crowds. It was too loud and she needed a break from all of it. “I need at least an hour before I head back to that mess.” She admitted, “Might put my feet in the water and just chill. Want to join?” 

Lark grabbed an extra beer for his sister, heading back into the living room and took the opposite spot on the couch. Carefully tossing the can across the short distance between them. “I have. I’m leaning towards a distraction from our problems, at least mine since it’s not really my business to be sharing. We can talk about yours if you wanna.” He offered, in case she wanted someone to vent to.

closed: @beth-sullivan​

location: that camp thing

Maddie had never been camping before and so far not a fan and didn’t know why Harlow was insistent that the girl comes along. Somehow though, here she was out in this wooded area and her mood improved slightly when she saw her best friend. “Hey,” she playfully nudged her with her hip. Maddie’s interest in the event improved with Beth presence but quickly soured with the texts from Dom. She had texted him not to fire them off, it had to be pretty common knowledge that fireworks are bullshit and can be triggering. But he did give off himbo vibes- so what else could she expect. “Some dude said he has fireworks, so if I end up in fight tonight- just know I warned him not to pop that shit off,” Maddie shoved her phone in her back pocket. “Let’s get drunk.”

The longer Beth spent at the camp the more she started to regret her decision to come for a multitude of reasons. Mainly, it was far too humid for her to have the patience to deal with all the people around her. Though, the only good part was that Maddie was there and made the whole thing more bearable. “I’ve never been so happy to see your face.” Beth teased, nudging her back.Though, her mood soured when her friend explained how some guy had fireworks. “If you end up in a fight, I’ll be right by your side with you.” She stated with nothing but complete honesty. “But yes, I think I’m going to need to be drunk to deal with this. I’ve got a secret stash with me, in preparation for how dull this was going to be.” 

“I know, that’s why I gotta try and defend myself, as much good as that’ll do.“ He raised his eyebrows, looking over at her. “C’mon, Beth, I’m always vaguely pathetic. Plus, I gotta run down to the studio in a bit so there’s no use in going home. I just need to like, jump start myself.” Excuses, really, but he couldn’t bring himself to say much else. “Whatcha doin? Or did you come here to make jokes at my expense?”