YOUNG DUMB & BROKE

the eldest benson’s home was no strange place for boo. by now, some of her stuffed animals resided in different rooms, making it obvious the brunette spent at least some time there. now, she was seated at the table with attina, coloring away at the pages on the book in front of her. it was a garden coloring page, so she was sticking with different shades of green. “ my weekend was okay, ” she told her. “ mama and papa were working, but i made my way to the beach. ” / @attinabenscn

“ ohhhhhhh, okay, ” she nodded, elongated her oh. she wasn’t sure why they wouldn’t just say one color. lots of words like that confused her. “ well, if you think she won’t be mean and you really need her you should do it! but i think we’ve made a pretty good choice on our own. how could you go wrong with blue? ”

it wasn’t totally unusual for boo to join people who were out eating at tables, especially if they seemed familiar. plopping down in the empty seat in front of the man, boo offered him a smile. she began pulling her own food out of her bag and placing it on the table. “ what are your favourite kind of french fries? do you like the squiggly ones? ” / @kitchvrming

boo directed her attention to the phone michael had set on the table. she always liked looking at pictures, especially of other people. boo didn’t understand the hype surrounding graduations, and if it weren’t for mike and sulley she probably wouldn’t have realized it was even a big deal in the first place. pictures of her in her cap and gown wouldn’t even exist if sulley hadn’t been the one to bring her to her graduation. “ were you nervous? ” 

now that school was out, boo had almost nothing to do. that was how she found herself at the beach so many times. the beach wasn’t her most favourite place, but it was a good one nonetheless. it was always so packed with people, and boo liked being around people. “ the sand is so fun! the more fun sand is over in the water, though. ”

“ michael? michael? MICHAEL?! ” boo was poking his arm with the purple colored pencil to get his attention. “ what are you looking at? let me see! ” boo was always trying to get her hands on other people’s phones. not to steal them, obviously, but she always liked to know what people were looking at / talking about. this got people calling boo nosy, which she always argued against.

boo never understood the whole sunbathing thing that people did. the best part about going to the beach was making things with sand and playing in the water. that’s why, when she heard another’s voice, she knew the obvious choice. “ go into the WATER! what fun is just laying down in the sun? ”

“ mono what? ” clearly anything fashion related was not something boo was in-tune with. she understood not wanting to ask for help, though. “ do you think E will be mean about it? ” boo had been around edna and was wary since the first meeting. she was very blunt and hard to be around. “ i think you should just go with the blue! everyone likes blue. ”

boo couldn’t help but laugh hearing about miguel’s dramatic family members. “ but doesn’t she see just HOW COOL they are?! i mean, how can you turn your nose up at these! ” boo lifted her foot and lifted it over the bench of the booth she was sitting in, as if miguel didn’t have his own pair of the same shoes. “ they’ll warm up to them soon. they have to! ”

boo furrowed her brows as she stared at the two shirts in question. it was rare someone asked her for fashion advice because, well, look at her. boo was never one to plan her outfits. instead, she just put on the first shirt and pair of pants she laid her eyes on. so, she didn’t want to mess this up. “ i think that because you’re already wearing a black jacket, you should wear the blue! ”

as soon as boo heard her full name, she knew it had to be either mike or sulley. however, she knew the voice of the one and only MIKE WAZOWSKI by heart. she eagerly wrapped her arms around him. it felt like she hadn’t seen him in ages. “ YES! of course i’ll be there! ” she couldn’t remember the last time she had a real intimate dinner with people she actually cared about. she’d had many dinners by herself lately and she was practically desperate to eat with anything that had a pulse. “ how is miss celia? i swear every time i see her she’s going the other way. i feel like i haven’t talked to her in a MILLION YEARS! ”