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connection: best friend, f/m/nb !! 

Lana’s thoughts stopped in their tracks when Bambi climbed onto her lap. She’d had this fantasy time and time again, but that was different. It was imaginary. She also wasn’t still caught up on someone else. As much as she wanted to stay the night; to stay multiple nights and catch up on every minute of the years they missed out on, she knew she couldn’t do that. She couldn’t even bring herself to get rid of the engagement ring; so she definitely wasn’t over her ex yet. 

“I uh… I do remember the kiss.” Lana answered, hesitating. She was trying to keep a level head, but she was torn between embracing the person she’d spent years thinking about and doing the ‘right’ thing. “That was um… kind of a dick move by me,” she continued. “I shouldn’t have left things like that, but I just… really wanted to do it before I left.” Lana’s words slowed as she gazed over the blonde beauty sitting on her lap. “Sorry.”

bambi hoped lana would remember. it was all she had been thinking about for the past few years, ever since lana left. that was the last thing she did before she disappeared out of bambi’s life. and for all those years, bambi didn’t know what lana had meant by that. she never told her, and never had said anything about her feelings before that, either. but now they were both there and bambi had to find out. 

“I guess we’ll cross that bridge if we get to it,” Jasmine answered with a shrug. She’d thought of inviting him around a few times, and she’d thought up a mental list of different excuses why he might be there. She knew that if they spent too much time talking about the fact that they were sneaking around, it might lead to a more serious conversation. “But we could get some movies, go for a swim, test out the spa…” she said, trailing her voice off. “It’ll be just the two of us.”

“Sure!” she said excitedly, “I mean, if it turns out awful, you can always just paint over it, right?” Lana grinned when Bambi mentioned that she was always welcome. She honestly hadn’t expected anything from her old friend, especially considering the way they left things. Lana took a sip of her wine, smiling softly when Bambi started playing with her hair, but deciding not to say anything. “I’m uh… definitely staying for a while. I decided to take some time off work. It was starting to feel more like a job than a passion, you know?” Of course, Lana was fortunate enough that her family could support her when she decided to stop working for a few months or longer. 

“Plus I couldn’t get any good parts,” she laughed. It wasn’t exactly true. She’d been offered the lead in one of her favourite musicals, but that would mean working with the person who had broken up her engagement, which she couldn’t bring herself to do. “But we should totally hang out. I’ve got a lot of free time.”

“i doubt it’d turn out as awful. for what i remember, you’ve always had a good taste,” bambi turned out, shrugging her shoulders. lana could’ve changed, but bambi didn’t think her fashion sense and the eye for decoration had changed either. bambi always had looked up to that, taken fashion tips -- or, tips for anything from lana. next lana told how she had taken time off work, which made bambi happy. not because she wasn’t working, but because that meant she could possibly see lana more. she had missed her, after all. “aw, really?” bambi pouted, sighing. “it’s like they just keep casting the same old faces, just because they are favorites. it’s so annyoing,” bambi huffed and now climbed onto lana’s lap, almost straddling her legs behind her. 

Jasmine let herself melt into the kiss. She hadn’t been alone with him for so long, and when she knew he was staying over, she’d been waiting in anticipation to have the chance to see him again. She chuckled as he rolled his eyes at her, still hanging on to him as she spoke. “We can both be cute,” she answered. “I think it makes us a good match.” Jasmine leaned in once more, planting a soft kiss on his lips and pulling away. “So…” she began, looking at him hopefully, “Mom and dad are taking Lucas to some football thing out of town this weekend. You could… come over, if you want…” Jasmine was never one to make herself appear desperate, but sometimes she couldn’t help herself. 

dani kept rubbing nova’s back gently, a happy sigh slipping past her lips. but the smile she had on her face slowly faded away as soon as nova asked whether she was with anyone after the incident the two had. “no, no i wasn’t,” she replied, shaking her head. and danielle wasn’t lying, she really wasn’t with anyone. “the only person i could think about was you, nova,” she said with a small sigh. “why? were you?” she asked, not sure what to expect from her.

“i’m not saying you want to use me or anything like that but-” the blonde paused as a sigh slipped past her lips and she shook her head. “this is not how it’s supposed to be. you want to act as if we were in a relationship but without being in one. that’s not going to work, isaak. it will only make things more complicated and messed up than it already is. can’t you understand that?” she explained as she walked back to the couch and took a seat, rubbing her face. ellie was simply exhausted from all of this and she needed to take a step back before she broke down completely. “i don’t know what else to do, isaak.” she said, closing her eyes for a moment as she tried to calm herself down. “why does this have to be so complicated?” she mumbled, mostly to herself.

it took a lot to actually upset him because most of the time he pretended to not care about most things anyway. but seeing his girlfriend mad about something like this wasn’t going to make him get mad too. he tries to understand. he tries to be sweet and he tries to be gentle. like his mother and sister would have wanted him to. he would be better than his father. he let her slip away a little, eyes on her as she spoke. he gave a nod then. “alright. then … uh, let’s tell him, i guess.”

kieran: that's actually an amazing idea!

kieran: annie will be so happy! she likes you a lot, you know?

kieran: it'd be nice to spend some time together and not think about work

aurora: really?? i'm so glad to hear that! tell her i said hi! and give her a big hug for me!

aurora: i know this is kind of fast but i've been invited to this halloween party. not even sure who it's hosted by, but some of my clients?