𝓻𝓮𝓶 / 𝑩𝑹𝑨𝑵𝑫𝑻

a loud yawn escaped his lips as he rose his head. “you’re the worst alarm clock,” he mutters once he recognized the girl in front of him. rory leaned back in his chair and crossed his arms over his chest. “i can sleep anywhere really…” he eyed her plate of pancakes. he nods. “i’d feel better if i could get in on that pancake action.”

“  at  least  i  am  one  ,  dumbass  .  you’d’ve  slept  there  all  day  otherwise  .  ”  teddy  raises  a  brow  ,  watching  as  rory  eyes  her  pancakes  .  “  hey  ,  hands  off  ,  sleepy  head  !  buy  your  own  if  you  want  some  ,  they’re  ten  bucks  without  tax  ,  with  a  drink  .  and  no  ,  you  can’t  have  my  drink  ,  either  ...  ”  a  few  more  bites  ,  this  time  sans  moans  ,  and  then  she  says  ,  “  so  what  were  you  studying  for  ?  y’know  ,  before  you  practically  fell  asleep  on  your  book  ?  ”

           her eyes snap up at the feminine voice echoing down at her,   the look on her face could kill.    it wasn’t like the brunette was going to tell her it was mothers who had recently passed  but  if you could read eyes you could see it wasn’t as simple as lifetime warranty.                  so instead the brunette laughs quite a bitter laugh and packs her things up in her bag.   “well don’t you know everything,”  she says pushing herself up,  folding her arms over her chest in a huff.     “warranty or not your clutzy ass needs to watch where it’s going,”  once more the brunette is shoving her hand in to her bag finally retrieving the gum she’d been searching for.  peaking up and rolling her eyes before popping a piece in to her mouth.                   “i don’t do fifty-fifty.” 

teddy  is  glancing  down  at  her  phone  ,  curses  under  her  breath  when  she  sees  the  series  of  keyboard-smashed  words  interrupting  carefully  typed  sentences  .  “ goddamnit  ,  ”  she  mumbles  ,  quickly  locking  her  phone  to  prevent  any  more  mistypes  .  it’s  only  now  that  teddy  looks  back  up  to  the  other  ,  and  her  eyebrows  raise  in  surprise  .

“  i  like  to  think  i  know  some  things  ...  ”  she’s  quiet  now  ,  not  attempting  to  speak  over  the  other  woman  .  until  ,  that  is  ,  she’s  insulted  .  “  my  klutzy  ass  ?  oh  ,  fuck’s  sake  .  we  were  both  not  looking  where  we  were  going  .  maybe  all  that  gum’s  gotten  to  your  head  .  ”  a  half-hidden  eye  roll  ,  a  deep  sigh  ,  and  teddy  tries  to  ignore  the  attitude  .  “  listen  ,  i  really  am  sorry  about  the  bag  ,  if  it’s  damaged  .  i  obviously  didn’t  step  out  of  my  apartment  today  hoping  to  mark  up  someone’s  designer  bag  ,  ‘kay  ?  i’m  teddy  ,  by  the  way  ,  if  you  wanna  know  your  assailant  ...  ”

             the afternoon was fading into dusk,   a once blue sky was now a watercolour picture of oranges and purples.   the brunette preoccupied with her handbag as her heeled boots clicked heavily against the pavement walkway out of the graveyard.   her head was down and her hands were shuffling through the contents as she tried to find her gum packet that had seemingly dropped to the bottom of her gucci bag.                                     but it was another figure that seemed to clash with her own body,  sending cordelia back a few paces and causing the brunette to drop her handbag straight on the concrete.   “oh my god !!”  she hisses,  squatting down to retrieve the scattered belongings.   “you scratched my gucci,”  her tone rather sharp.  looking up and tucking her hair behind her ear,   “are you blind ?? jesus,  watch where you’re going.”

teddy’s  thumbs  are  moving  at  a  record  pace  ,  composing  an  email  on  her  phone  to  one  of  her  professors  .  she  has  several  this  semester  ,  having  decided  on  a  full-time  schedule  this  term  .  but  this  one  ?  hellbent  on  failing  her  ,  she  swears  it  .  and  so  ,  after  five  unanswered  texts  (  “  text  me  at  this  number  ,  i  want  to  help  you  pass  my  class  !  ”  yeah  right  ,  teddy  thinks  )  and  three  voicemails  left  unanswered  ,  teddy  is  composing  her  second  email  .

but  it’s  short-lived  .  upon  crashing  into  another  ,  her  facial  expression  doesn’t  change  at  first  .  it  isn’t  until  a  second  a  later  that  she  grimaces  ,  seeing  the  gucci  bag  -  and  she  would’ve  felt  bad  if  it  hadn’t  been  for  the  other’s  tone  .  “  relax  ,  gucci  has  a  lifetime  warranty  ,  don’t  they  ?  just  send  it  to  them  and  they’ll  send  it  back  repaired  ,  easy  peasy  .  it  happened  to  me  in  high  school  .  ”  to  be  fair  ,  her’s  had  been  an  louis  vuitton  ,  but  she  guesses  it’s  the  same  concept  .  “  for  what  it’s  worth  ,  sorry  .  but  you  weren’t  watching  either  ,  so  ...  fifty-fifty  ?  ”

howdy  !  i’m  niks  ,  i’m  23  in  cst  tz  ,  and  i  go  by  she/her  pronouns  !  i’m  so  excited  to  be  here  and  write  w  u  all  🥺  but  first  things  first  i’m  the  realest  ,  here’s  teddy  !  i’ll  undoubtedly  be  sending  one  or  two  wcs  to  the  main  as  well  ,  so  keep  an  eye  out  👀

teddy  was  born  theodora  demelza  brandt  in  westchester  ,  new  york  ,    back  on  july  18th  of  ‘98  .  her  parents  were  middle  class  -  no  frill  ,  no  drama  .  her  mom  ,  though  ,  passed  away  when  she  was  six  .  she  has  fond  memories  of  her  ,  but  since  she  was  so  young  the  only  thing  teddy  truly  misses  is  having  a  mother  figure  .

at  school  ,  teddy  was  impatient  to  say  the  least  .  she  was  constantly  on  the  teacher’s  tail  about  each  subject  they  taught  ,  attempting  to  learn  faster  so  she  could  be  done  with  her  classes  faster  .  however  ,  this  was  seen  as  disrespect  we  luv  the  school  system  and  so  instead  of  pulling  ahead  ,  it  held  her  back  .

in  high  school  ,  she  was  popular  -  though  not  by  attempting  to  be  .  she  was  friendly  and  outgoing  ,  had  nice  clothes  from  her  dad’s  money  ,  and  a  cheerleader  to  boot  .  it  was  during  these  years  she  became  extra  close  with  her  dad  ,  banding  together  when  times  were  tough  for  him  -  especially  during  the  holidays  when  he  missed  teddy’s  mother  the  most  .

teddy  became  somewhat  of  a  partier  ,  though  never  heavily  into  drink  /  drugs  .  pretty  much  just  enjoyed  the  clout  of  sending  a  bunch  of  snapchats  from  a  bunch  of  parties  ngl  !  if  it  ever  interfered  with  her  grades  ,  her  dad  would  step  in  -  otherwise  she  was  pretty  much  allowed  to  do  whatever  she  wanted  .

at  her  graduation  ,  however  ,  teddy  received  quite  the  shock  .  her  dad  showed  up  ,  but  not  alone  as  he  always  had  to  her  recitals  and  football  games  .  he  had  a  woman  on  his  arm  ,  someone  he  introduced  as  his  fiancé  .  he’d  kept  the  relationship  a  secret  in  hopes  of  protecting  teddy’s  feelings  ,  but  all  that  was  accomplished  was  teddy  removing  herself  from  the  situation  entirely  .

teddy  moved  out  after  that  ,  scarcely  saying  goodbye  .  from  lack  of  anything  else  to  do  ,  she  became  an  assistant  teacher  at  her  high  school  to  earn  some  money  for  herself  ,  though  her  dad  still  helped  pay  her  rent  and  expenses  -  out  of  guilt  ,  probably  .  even  still  ,  teddy  wasn’t  content  .

she  just  moved  to  rvc  to  start  over  ,  and  began  her  first  semester  of  college  at  molloy  college  not  long  ago  (  with  a  major  in  psychology  and  a  minor  in  women's  studies  )  .

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