sun shy

Brinley: do you want me to help you....?

Brinley: your mom is right, you're the prettiest gingersnap hehe

Brinley: call me nerd all u want but ill stop helping u then

Ginger: gingersnaps arent even pretty!! theyre cracky

Ginger: if i were a cookie, i'd be a triple chocolate cookie with extra chocolate baked by a loving grandma

Ginger: youd be one of those store bought vanilla wafers with a spider

Ginger: wait lemme show you one sec

Zac: your fault i'm makin innuendos. go to confession, you dirty possum.

Zac: ew, gross. don't be gross, ging.

Zac: stop telling me to watch porn!! why are you like this?!

Zac: i downloaded tiktok, by the way. it's not a clock app for my apple watch, so i feel misled.

Zac: why did you ask me if my mom liked cheese tho?

Ginger: im gross?!??! youre the one sending me these weird vibe

Ginger: my god. tone it down with the apple watch

Ginger: if someone asks me what kind of person you are and what personality you have, im gonna say "hes the kind of person who has an apple watch. his personality is that he has an apple watch."

Ginger: anyway, follow me on tiktok please!! watch my tiktok dances!

Ginger: my handle is @allhaleginger

Brinley: not with that attitude, gingersnap!!!

Brinley: you dont need the same highlighters you donut!! they're from the office supply store jeez

Brinley: i didn't!! its all me!!!

Ginger: i wanna copy it like how it made it 😞 it looks so pretty. i want mine to be pretty too

Ginger: i just asked my mom if she can get me pretty colored highlighters. she said im pretty enough hehe

Ginger: sometimes i forget that youre smart

walking into class with her books in hand, sophia took it upon herself to find an empty seat. right as she was able to set her books down on her desk, she was met with an annoyed, nasal-toned popular girl claiming that this desk was reserved for her girlfriend. rolling her eyes, sophia began to open her notebook and wisely remarked, “ well, it seems like your little boyfriend isn’t here. alternatively, i am. maybe you two can suck face in algebra instead. “ the other girl replied by calling her a bitch, to which sophia turned to the people around her and noticed that there seemed to be a horde of people looking directly at her. “ can you believe this chick ?? like jesus christ, let me draw in peace. “

“MATT IS 6′3″.” Ginger had watched the whole thing unfold with wide eyes and gaping mouth. On his hand, he had his phone with his thread with SILLY BRINLEY open, ready to text her what was about to happen. He knew Brinley would want to hear about this, especially since it involved Lisa -- the very snotty, very privileged “““popular”““ girl. However, as he hears Sophia’s response, he drops his phone on desk and quirks his head in askance. “How can you call Matt ‘little’ when the dude’s 6′3″?” Ginger’s eyebrows shoot up and a smile slow smile forming steadily on his lips. He shares the reason behind it to Sophia with, “I just imagined you climbing on Matt’s back and doing some cool ninja moves and taking him down. Can you draw that?”

Brinley: okay fine but only bc i love u

Brinley: yes sir

Brinley: https://i.pinimg.com/564x/7b/f9/dd/7bf9dd601a385f3eb66d8632dbc894e2.jpg

Ginger: is that really your homework what the fuck?? i cant copy that shit it look too good to be desecrated

Ginger: i dont have highlighters that arent dark purple, maam!! where did you even get that pastel orange melon thingy highlighter?

Zac: how am i a meme...?

Zac: god i could hit you right now. 'catholic house', get out of here.~

Zac: okay, okay, fine.

Zac: get rich, huh? maybe i do need to check it out..

Zac: aha. if i make five cents, looks like you won't be getting paid at all, g.

Zac: my mom...? uh, yeah, who doesn't? why? is this a 'zachary's mom has got it goin' on' type of situation?

Ginger: my dad was catholic once bro!! this IS a catholic house

Ginger: dude what the fuck stop making these innuendos!

Ginger: zachary's mom?! ZACHARY'S MOM?! are you REAL?!? youre making her sound like stacy's mom aaaaaahhhhh!!

ginger: i just involuntarily thought of your mom naked!!!! BC OF YOU!!

ginger: im so sorry mrs wu 😔 i love your cooking and nothing sexual! your son made me sin!! it burns my eyes (not that your mom isnt good looking, she is. but shes your MOM)

Sloane stepped back, amazed at her luck. Unsure of what to do, she just watched Ginger yank at and wrestle with the paper. Sure enough, it was just a jam but way worse than she thought. Thinking of her frustrated whacking before, she felt embarrassed. After a few minutes of Ginger tugging, out came a gnarled mass of paper and the printer began shooting out Red Fox Gazette issues all over the floor, Harry-Potter-chimney style. Sloane couldn’t help but laugh. Raising her hands, she exclaimed, “Thank you so much. I could hug you right now but I… definitely won’t do that.” 

She stooped down to pick up some scattered copies from the ground when she stopped to think of the bizarreness of the situation. Raising an eyebrow, Sloane asked Ginger, “Wait, why did you come in here? I know you weren’t dying for an impromptu interview between classes.” 

HE STANDS TRIUMPHANT.  Ginger pumps his fist up the air with the ball of paper clenched hard. “Thank you, thank you. ‘Tis but the mere duty of this hero.”  He then gives out a small chuckle before winking at Sloane. “Gimme the hug, please. I like rewards for my hard work!” He stretches out his arms and does the silliest penguin walk towards Sloane before enveloping her for a bear hug. “Ah! The knight’s reprieve!”

After he lets go, he tries to shoot the ball of paper to a nearby trash bin. It misses, but he sure doesn’t miss what Sloane just asked him. He completely ignores it and goes right in for the kill. “Interview me?” His voice pipes up and a grin of excitement flashes wide on his face. “I mean --- I know I’m cool and all, but everyone who follows me on Instagram and TikTok knows that. What’s the feature gonna be about?”

Brinley: hmmmm i mean i guess

Brinley: is this gonna be an i owe u tho

Ginger: hMmM i MeAn I gUeSs

Ginger: i already owe you a lot whats this small thing come on

Ginger: can i copy your homework??

“Oh no, oh no,” Sloane moaned, slapping the printer in frustration. Issues were due ten minutes ago and she was already running late to the newspaper room to print them. She yanked the paper drawers open and slammed them closed to no avail. An error message passed over her laptop screen: PAPER JAM. Staring at the monstrous slab of useless plastic that was the printer, Sloane wondered to herself how their club adviser would react to an electronic issue. Feeling someone enter the room, Sloane shouted over her shoulder without looking to see who it was, “Hi, do you know how to fix this?”

RUN LIKE YOUR MOM FOUND OUT ABOUT YOUR GRADES. It sounds like the lousiest slogan for a track and field team, but that’s the point. Ginger had met up with his brilliant, brilliant track and field teammates yesterday over pizza and soda -- the definition of ‘dude don’t eat that shit’ -- to discuss a new brilliantly stupid poster to attract freshmen to try-out for the team. Their collective brains came up with the stupidest, dumbest shit; and Ginger laughed at it too much to not print it -- he just hopes that there’s no one at The Red Fox Gazette’s room right now so he can print it for free.   “Uh oh,” he says out loud as soon as he sees someone there already. He’s about to bolt right out when he hears her ask him for help. “Uhh, sure thing.” The machine screeches as he walks closer to her and peers at the laptop. “Oh, it’s just a jam. Have you tried forcing the paper out? Like yank it out?” He slaps the top of the printer and then waves the girl away.  He rolls his sleeves, and then proclaims with his Big Boy voice: “step back, milady. This is going to be a fight between Man and Machine. It’s about to get ugly.”

Zac: i know what a meme is, ging. calm down.

Zac: but what is tiktok?

Zac: also why shouldn't i search meme in the playstore? is that a code for porn?

Zac: why are you sending me porn

Ginger: dude youre a meme

Ginger: and dont talk about porn in this catholic house!!

Ginger: ANYWAY ANYWAY DOWNLOAD TIKTOK

Ginger: it's really good. you can get rich out of it. and all you need to do is look good or be funny. im both and i already got $3 off of it.

Ginger: looking at you. you'll make maybe like... $0.5??