Heartbreak of the moment is not endless

Wren was about to respond, but her eyes caught the golden retriever, and she threw herself on the ground, excitedly, in hopes of playing with the dog. "Well, aren't you just perfect?" She squealed excitedly to Liberty before she turned her attention to Rory. "Aren't retrievers just perfect?"

"Well, lucky enough for you, I retired for that reason due to the current state of the world. So, your roommates are moderately safe from inflation for another day." Wren chuckled and walked to her van, pulling out a folding chair and handing it to him. "I am mostly just lazy and need help carrying these chairs up to my setup." She motioned toward her table, which sat under a tree. "You think the tree is too much?"

Bel hoped that the railing wouldn’t break, as he and Dakota didn’t have renter’s insurance. “No, not literally. Though at this point, who the hell knows? One of my parents could be dead and haunting me. If I was being haunted, you’d tell me, right?” They hoped so, at least. “There was Lilah at the carnival back in June. I already told you about that. Yesterday I saw Layla out and about. And earlier in the week, I find out that my fucking brother lives here now. Like, what are the odds?” He still wasn’t sure how he felt about the Milo situation.

Wren handed the joint back to Bellamy. "I mean, I could get my Ouija board if you wanted." She suggested. "See what they have to say." Wren pursed her lips, not having the heart to point out what the common thread was in two out of these three situations. "You know, we live in a small town, right?" She pointed out. "Lilah isn't going to leave town over your punk ass," she teased. "And well, Layla needed to grow up, we all did." She definitely didn't have the heart to say what she was thinking about that. She tilted her head. "As for your brother, maybe this is a good thing; you could do some healing?"

Christian flicked some water at her as he turned on the sink. "Hey i'm the one who she spit avocado at earlier." He turned to lean next to her seated position on the counter. "You also chose to live next door. You could have moved down the street or two another neighborhood." He chuckled softly knowing damn well that he is very grateful that they are as close as they are.

Lucinda smirked. "I am the one who had to get an emergency C-section after 5 hours of pushing." She shot back and nudged him with her foot. "I think you can handle some baby spit." She reasoned. "Besides, if I didn't live right next door, who would help you scroll through Tinder and make sure you don't get another stranger pregnant?"

Location: Christian's House Status: Closed for Lucinda @heartbreakisnotendless

Lucinda lost rock-paper-scissors that night and got bedtime duty. She closed the door quietly. After three songs, a bedtime story, and a belly rub, Bailey had fallen asleep. She hopped onto the counter and crossed her legs. "Begrudgingly." She laughed, "You know this custody agreement is strange if she only needs to go next door for your nights, and I still have to put her to bed and still end up with baby food in my hair."

starter: lucinda ( @heartbreakisnotendless ) location: cider point fm, late afternoon

Lucinda had been sitting quietly, scrolling through discographies to prepare her playlist for her show later. She blinked at the menu in her face and took it in her hands. "Thank you, Grace?" Her tone was surprised. She was friendly with her co-workers, but mostly just cordial with Grace because she had a mouth to feed and therefore needed this job. But she knew Grace played favorites, which Lucinda did not like. "Uh, how about jalepeno, pineapple, and ham?" she asked.

starter: open, no limit ( @ciderstarters ) location: penny park, penny lane

Lucinda watched Nora from the corner with her arms as she timidly tried to hand out the flyers to every passerby she could. She bit her lip and walked over to the woman. "Come on, Nora, say it with your chest!" She instructed before taking a few flyers and walking up to everybody she could. "Free book club Friday!" She exclaimed and shoved them into as many people's hands as she could, whether they liked it or not. "What is the book this month?" she questioned. "I probably should have asked before hocking a book I never read."