ordinary girl

Charlotte knew from the moment she saw Deja that they were going to be friends. She thought that about most people, since she wanted to be friends with everyone but she could tell they would be great friends. Someone who had the same outlook on life as her seemed hard to come by these days, someone who wasn’t jaded by cynicism. 

“Oh my god, no, you are!” Charlotte protested, as they danced. She was so happy to be dancing with someone who loved to have a good time as much as she did. She spun Deja around and giggled. “I honestly think I’m in heaven because they’re playing the best songs and everything is pink. Like…what’s next? Is Bruno Mars going to come out here and serenade me?!”

mia was glad she had someone she could confide in and not feel judged. deja reminded her of her sisters back at home and she didn’t feel as alone as she felt when she first arrived. “well…i doubt anyone likes me yet.” she shrugged and gave a defeated laugh. “it’s still too early but sadie, quinn, kathy and piper seem to be closer to my ideal type. i know they might be talking with other people though so i’m not trying to get my hopes up. i think i’ll just go with the flow rather than rush things.” 

“that is also very true which i think is really nice of the hosts to do for us. it’s the perfect opportunity to talk to everyone and get to know everyone better.” she commented then nodded her head with a smile when deja picked the dress she pointed out for her to wear. “you’ll look gorgeous i mean you always look gorgeous.” she complimented her with a sweet smile. a soft hum vibrated against her closed lips as she thought a moment. “i’m not sure yet, i have a pink dress but i don’t think it’s too pink party enough.”

“For real?” Jules lit up at Deja’s immediate enthusiasm, and took her proffered hand as confirmation. She pulled herself up and held on, hurrying alongside Deja with a grin and a giddy skip in her step. “Let’s go!” she whooped, stepping into the pool area with a little twirl. “You know, I honestly thought that was going to take a little convincing… but I’m glad it didn’t.”

Sadie knew things had been going well between the other and another contestant , but that didn’t stop her getting what she wanted , and doing what she liked . The brunette swayed from side to side , trying to copy Deja’s moves but feeling silly after a minute or so , knowing it wasn’t really her thing . “ how about you dance and I just stand here looking pretty doing the bare minimum , do you think we could get away with that?” she teased.

mia blinked a few times, realizing exactly who she was speaking to. “oh that’s right! you are lucky, deja.” she nodded. she bit her bottom lip for a moment before shrugging her shoulders. there were so many people she felt like she still had to get to know. there wasn’t an easy way of knowing exactly who among the others was her perfect match. what if her perfect match didn’t even like her? “i have a few people that i think are beautiful and fun to be around.” she admitted. “but i don’t know if that necessarily means they’re my perfect match or even if they see me in that way.” she took another big sip of her wine before letting out a sigh. 

hearing a familiar voice, quinn’s head turned to face the direction of where the voice was coming from. when she saw deja she can’t help but to smile. her eyes scanned both options as she thought a moment trying to figure out which one she should pick for deja to wear, “well they’re both very pretty and they both have that you’re hot..” she paused and continued to think, “maybe hot and fun?”

‘And they both have that you’re hot,’ made Deja laugh. “It’s the first real party, we all have to look super hot. Not that anyone here is gonna have a problem with that,” she mused, then held up the ‘hot and fun’ sparkly pink number to her body. “You’re right, I think this one is good for the first party. Maybe I’ll save this one for the next ceremony.”

♡

It was getting a little late, the evening was already getting on, but the lights along the path to the hot springs made the snow glisten as they walked. This place still felt like a wonderland, so completely different from where Duckie had grown up. This whole thing was a first; a once in a lifetime opportunity. It was the perfect background for such a daunting adventure.

Her eyebrow raised when her brain processed learning that Deja would be okay if they were one of the perfect matched, giving away how relieved she was to hear that. “Yeah? High energy, I’ll take that,” she teased, knowing she’d remember the whole compliment, especially the part that came next. It was one she hadn’t heard before and it seemed to come from a genuine place. “How’d you get so sweet, huh?” she asked, bumping her hip against Deja’s again. “I know people like it more when they do the whole ‘opposites attract’ thing, but I’m not stuck on that. I just like your energy. I kinda… hope we’re a perfect match.”

“I’m not sweet,” Deja guffawed, jokingly batting at Duckie’s arm. She was really, really cute, and knowing that she hoped they were a perfect match made her feel...warm inside. Could they really be that lucky, to find each other on their first week of the show? She stole a glance at Duckie, and a smile twitched at the corner of her lips. “I kind of hope we are too.”