rosemary couldn’t remember the last time she went to a party without melanie. she hadn’t even wanted to leave her family on christmas eve. they needed rosie more than the braxtons and the other students stuck for a crime that didn’t happen. but she mustered the courage to carry on with her life because at some point rosemary was going to have accept that melanie was gone. she wasn’t dead, rosemary refused to believe it. but rosemary knew she was gone. it was foolish to keep thinking that she’d come home to her apartment to find melanie sitting on the couch. so, instead of crying and being sad without her better half, she was moving on. that’s what melanie would want her to do.
rosemary wasn’t a center of the room person, but she wasn’t a wallflower. she was more in between the center and the wall, fitting halfway between each. she flowed around the room, trying to say hello to everyone. she wanted to know how everyone else was holding up, did they have a ride home, what were their holiday plans, yes it was so nice to catch up, she was going to grab a drink and be back. that conversation happened repeatedly through the night until she stopped in front of austin. rosemary and austin weren’t the closest but rosemary wanted to try to become friends with them. “hi austin,” rosemary offered her most perfect party smile. “thank you for this event. it’s lovely,” she stated, hoping to get in on their good graces. it was always easier to make friends if they liked her to begin with. “what have you been up to all night long?”
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she’d only asked to be nice, out of a sense of obligation. if she hadn’t been raised with such an emphasis on manners, peyton would’ve turned and ignored her entirely — yet rosemary was genuinely kind enough to ask about her in return.
what a bitch.
except, no, she wasn’t. that was the whole point. it annoyed peyton, and she couldn’t exactly explained why; maybe under all the stress, she just needed something to blame. “i’m fine,” pey replied simply, but took a closer look at rosemary. she frowned. the other girl looked far from alright. “i’m surprised you’re hanging out by yourself, right now,” peyton added after a moment, stealing another glance over at her. melanie, and her friends, had always seemed like part of this elusive reality that pey could only dream of from afar. what she meant to say, she was surprised that someone like rosemary would be dealing with the situation like peyton was; alone, head ducked, waiting for caffeine to drag them through the day. hell, at least rosemary had an excuse for being a mess.
it was more than peyton could say. “are-are they making you stay, too…?”
rosemary had a constant sense of good to her . she remembers the first time her family told her she had a good moral compass . she was only eight . ever since , it’s stuck . rosemary knew she was a good person , and so did everyone who knew her . especially now that things around campus had taken a turn for the worst , rosemary wanted to spread as much joy as she possibly could .
she offered peyton a sympathetic smile and her soft eyes that exposed how okay rosemary was ( spoiler : she’s not but she’ll be damned if she doesn’t at least try ! ) “ i’ve been in my apartment a lot . so has my roommate . i love her but i think i needed to go on a walk alone . the fresh air is helping , “ her voice cracks ever so slightly on the last word . it wasn’t a lie , it was helping , but the pain was still there . rosemary hadn’t had a moment alone since the news broke out and with the obituary being plastered around campus , she just needed a moment to herself . she needed to scream at melanie for being dead . “yeah , they are . “ she looked down , fiddling with her fingers . “ i get it . but i want to go home . have you told your family yet ? “
LOCATION : apartment of ella morris & rosemary keegan
ft. @heartofgolds
in just a matter of days, the whole of covington university as a whole had been turned on its head. it’s star child in melanie rivera had always had a large effect on the school, but now, in a totally different way. wolfie just wanted to go home. but of course that couldn’t be allowed. he probably should have called before he made his decision. but his feet had made their mind up before he could. easily following the known path from his apartment to the one girl who held a piece of his heart forever. he was drained beyond belief. the world felt like it was on his shoulders, no matter what he did nothing could alleviate this sensation. as he carefully knocked on the door, he was almost sure she wouldn’t want to see him, but his heart didn’t want her to be alone. he knew how close rosie was to melanie, and this couldn’t be easy for her. with each knock on the door, another stone was added to his stomach. “hello rosemary, it’s wolfgang,” he spoke softly through the door, hoping she would open up for him.
the disappearance of her best friend was hard . it was hard not being allowed to go home . it was even harder hearing her ex ( who she was very much still in love with ) outside her apartment door . she looked a mess , she hadn’t washed her face since the party , her hair had been up so long that it had an indent from the hair tie , and her father’s too big tee shirt had been stained with mascara and pink frosting . every part of her wanted to leave him oblivious to her being home , all she had to do was not answer the door . instead she swung the door open . she knew he was on the other side and she still wasn’t fully prepared to see his face staring back at her . “ hi . “ she didn’t know what to say . she didn’t even know what she was doing when she opened the door but here they were . she wanted him to hold her so badly right now . she wanted to be told that it was all going to be okay and actually believe it , and if anyone could make it believable , it was wolfgang . “ you can come in , “ she said as she stepped to the side of the door , letting the warmth from the apartment blow into the cold illinois winter air .
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Maisie was never good at making friends. She was too quiet, too timid. She was the kid on the playground looking dejected as she sat on one side of the seesaw, the other end empty and pointing towards the sky. It could be lonely, but she never thought it was bad. She didn’t need anyone else to be able to play. Still, the few friends she did make were particularly special to her. She felt comfortable enough around them to talk, but they never judged her when she was silent. Maisie held onto these relationships tightly, tight enough that she was scared to let go. The thought of a friendship ending terrified her, and she would never do anything that could potentially hurt one. That was why Maisie never allowed herself to fall for Rosemary. She was too kind, too fun, too smart, too pretty. Her friendship was too important. There was a time last year when it felt like more than a friendship. Like the start of something, the spark that ignites the flame. But Maisie held back. She couldn’t lose what they had, and that felt okay. Having Rosemary as just a friend was still special.
Maisie turned to Rosemary, a very serious look on her face. “I have an important question to ask you,” she said, pausing for effect. “Do you want brownies or blondies? Or maybe brookies? A seven layer bar? I don’t know,” she shrugged. “I need your help, I’m indecisive as fuck,” Maisie added, the last word in her sentence no more than a whisper.
maisie had such a special place in rosemary’s heart . maisie had been one of her best friends and likely always would be . there was no denying rosemary was a romantic . she lived for movies about love . she believed in soulmates fully . she simply loved love . when she got feelings for maisie she couldn’t necessarily call just friendly , she didn’t really know what to do . after all , she’s still terribly in love with her ex . surely she wasn’t ready for a new relationship then or even now . the feelings still lingered deep inside of her , but she was able to keep them at bay . her priority for once wasn’t love . at this point she just wanted to manage making it through the winter break stuck at school with a minimal amount of breakdowns . she’d already had too many crying sessions given the fact that she should’ve been home with her family .
the important question got a sincere laugh out of rosemary . she brought her hand to her chin to exaggerate her thinking about the incredibly difficult decision . “ i think , “ she copied maisie as she paused for effect . “ brownies don’t sound bad . i have marshmallows in my apartment , we can put them on top . “ the whispered fuck from maisie made rosemary laugh harder than she had in days . “ it’s okay . i am too , “ she laughed as she wrapped a single arm around her friend . “ we could always do a baking marathon . we could hand out everything we make to everyone else stuck here . “
“most people make fun of me when i tell them that this actually helps the plants grow, so thanks for coming here with me,” she said, her guitar haphazardly swung across her back. most people had accepted that talking to plants helped them grow, but few were behind singing to them. however, it was the same thing, the same carbon dioxide and oxygen transfer was happening. technically, you could just breathe near plants and it would help them grow. but that wasn’t fun, and what could was science if it couldn’t be fun?
she smiled, swinging the guitar around to the front of her body. “any requests?”
it was a welcome distraction to everything else going on around campus . she knew that she needed to get out and about , even if it was just to the conservatory , and try to keep being a human . “ of course , “ a genuine smile on her lips , “ they kind of remind of home . “ she gestured to the plants all around them . how could they not ? her family surely knew what they were doing with their four flower filled girls . “ thank you for letting me crash your plant concert , “ she laughed . maybe michal was her saving grace in all of this mess . “ what can you play ? “ she asked . the last musician in her life had left her weary of people playing music for her . maybe michal would remedy that too .
ella hummed in acknowledgement, burying her face into her friend’s shoulder. she forgot what it was like sometimes, to be held, or hugged, but not since living with rosemary. she was always willing to greet ella with a warm embrace whenever she wanted. “i can be with you when you call them,” ella offers when she pulls back, walking into rosemary’s room. “i don’t know if that will help, but it might.” it would certainly make ella feel less alone if someone were to do that for her.
she leaned against rosemary’s side, head on her shoulder, but as soon as she heard the tears enter her voice, ella turned, wrapping her arms around her roommates shoulder’s again. “i know you do,” ella assures, her own voice wobbling. “i miss her, too.” she wanted to comfort her friend, to say it’s going to be okay, but she couldn’t bring herself to say what felt like lies. “we’ll be okay,” she said instead, “you’ll be okay, rosemary. i know it feels like the world is ending right now but you’ll be okay.” she rubs her hand down her friends back, “and until you’re okay, i’ll be here to help.” because that’s what ella did when she felt useless or worthless; she helped.
as much as she wanted to say ella was special , rosemary was simply someone who just hugged anyone and everyone . though , she did hug ella more than most . the girls both knew what each other needed and when they needed it . it’s why they were perfect roommates. “ thank you , “ she said to ella’s offer . “ you’re too good to me . “ rosemary thought most people were too good for her . but she knew deep in her soul that ella was someone too good for the world . “ i don’t know how to tell them , “ it wasn’t a conversation she was expecting to have before the holidays .
she gently rubbed ella’s shoulder as she leaned on her . rosemary wasn’t the only one who needed comfort . they wouldn’t be having a crying session if they were both okay . they needed to lean on each other if they were going to make it through this . “ it’s hard , “ she sighed , unable to form any more of a thought . “ at least people are looking for her . “ she refused to believe they were just looking for a body . despite the tears staining her cheeks rosemary let out a laugh . not a belly laugh like usual but just a small laugh , just enough to make her know that she would at least be getting out of this situation alive . “ i’m going to have such a stern talk with her when she comes back . “
status: closed for @heartofgolds
date: december 17th
location: campus ‘bean me up’ location, in line
inspiration: x
i don’t mind the rain …
…like a widow’s heart, we fall apart
imagine seeing the last person you want to see on one of the top ten worst days of your life. now, picture it happening before your morning coffee. yep, that is peyton’s day so far, who had just accidentally made eye contact with none other than a very attentive rosemary keegan. well, fuck.
“uh… hi,” peyton’s lips pressed together awkwardly, hands shoved in her pockets as the two stood near the counter where finished drinks would be delivered. there was a couple of others waiting, so pey knew escape would take a few minutes, at best. “are you… like, okay?”
rosemary was struggling with the disappearance ( nothing more , right ? ) of her best friend . it was obvious to anyone who looked at the girl . there seemed to be a set of permanent bags under her eyes and no amount of caffeine or sleep could make them disappear . thank goodness concealer existed . it was rosemary’s current saving grace .
she smiled at peyton , the least she could do . they were never the closest , but suddenly lots of people who weren’t close to her were reaching out . peyton was probably one of her favorites , at least they knew each other . the random texts from people whose number she didn’t even have saved weren’t helping her in the slightest . “ at this current moment ? “ she questioned with a laugh , she’d been asked if she was okay so many times . “ i’m alright . not good , not bad . “ it was progress compared the other day . “ what about you ? are you holding up without being able to go home ? “
lot has never been known for having a way with words . well , maybe on paper . but NEVER in conversation . every time he opens his mouth , it seems like some awkward jumble of ideas spills out & into the world without his permission . it was something he never really liked about himself , but there wasn’t much the lanky boy could do about it . so , when lot saw rosemary keegan walking past him on campus right after he namedropped her in his interrogation , his brain said that he HAD to at least talk to her ! right ? he owed it to her ! he only had a split moment to think before she passed him , so he quickly wracked his brain for anything to say to the pretty tour guide . " it REALLY sucks that we can’t leave campus to see the new star wars movie , huh ? “
and that was what lot’s brain came up with . the girl’s best friend is like , gone & he’s complaining to her about not being able to see the latest star wars movie . ” i mean … that’s … that’s not what i meant . "
there weren’t many people rosemary felt like she couldn’t hold a conversation with . melanie always said one rosie’s best features was that she could make friends with anyone and everyone . melanie always joked that rosemary could make a new friend in three minutes flat . it wasn’t a lie but rosemary never admitted while melanie was with her , she wouldn’t admit it while melanie was gone . lot calling out to her took her by surprise . she turned back to see him , trying to offer him a soft smile ( she wasn’t doing much smiling at all lately . ) “ oh . “ rosemary didn’t care about star wars . she knew nothing about dark vader and all that light saver nonsense . “ maybe if you ask if a cop can escort you or something , they’ll let you . i think that’s the least they can do for us . “ sure , she was feeling lost without her best friend but everyone else and her deserved to have fun still . melanie wouldn’t want any of them to mope around . “ no , it’s okay , lot . are you doing okay ? “ even though she was hurting herself , rosemary still had to make sure everyone around her was alright .
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“you sound so sweet when you lie to me,” griffin responded with a chuckle, glaring in the mirror as she examined the eyeshadow look she tried to execute. after the tragedy at the party, griffin was doing her damn best to spend time with others to keep her mind off of everything that happened and to help shove her inner void back in its place. “this looks nothing like what nikkie was going for. thank shit we’re just staying in tonight.”
her head shot in griffin’s direction when she heard her speak . despite inviting griffin over , mostly an excuse to ignore the empty feeling inside of her , rosemary was doing a terrible job at hanging out with her . “ it’s not a lie , “ rosemary said as she grabbed a qtip out of a jar on her vanity . “ here , you just need to clean up the wings . “ rosemary began wiping away some of the eyeliner on griffin’s eyes , something melanie did for her all of the time . “ you look better than nikkie . it’s not like we have a choice but to stay in tonight . “
when ella finally emerged from her bedroom, it was nearly time for her and rosemary’s regular crying sessions. they should have petered off by now; finals were over, and they should have both been home. but nothing was normal, now. she tugged the sleeves of her covington sweatshirt over her palms out of habit, padding over to the small plate of christmas cookies rosemary had baked precisely for this purpose. as soon as she picked it up, she knew it wouldn’t be fair to start without her roommate.
she wrapped her knuckles against rosemary’s door, the cookies in her other hand, cling wrap in a tight ball in her fist. when her roommate came to her door, she offered her a sad smile. “hey, rosie. i just got off the phone with my mom, so.” she sniffled, indicating the plate. “i’m starting early.”
rosemary was a light sleeper . she had a tendency to wake at the sound of a creaky stair . so when ella knocked on her door , rosemary jumped out of bed , knowing exactly what time it was . she grabbed the throw blanket off her bed , wrapping it around her for warmth . not only was she a light sleeper , but she seemed to be constantly cold . once ella started speaking , rosemary pulled her friend into an embrace , careful to watch her cookies she worked so hard on . “ i haven’t had the nerve to call my family , “ rosemary admitted . “ they keep leaving me voicemails asking when i’m going to be home . if i’ll be there for christmas . i don’t have the courage to tell them i don’t know if i’ll even be home for new years ,” she said with a sniffle . melanie being missing was hard enough but not having her family to support made it even harder for rosemary . she turned on the lamp on her nightstand for some lighting while the two girls had their routine crying session . “ i want to go home so badly . and i miss melanie . “ she said , not even trying to hold back her tears .
police stations always made her nervous . the last time she visited the unfamiliar building was when her older sister , acacia , ran away when rosemary was five . she only vaguely remembers the experience , a nice police officer gave her cookies and a teddy bear . she had a gut feeling she wouldn't be getting either of the two this time around. as she sat on the metal chair in the small interrogation room her nerves only increased . last time she just sat with her mom at some police officer's desk . " do you know where she is ? " rosemary asked straight away, she was suffering without her best friend by her side .
" we will not be disclosing that information at this time . miss keegan , we just have a few questions . "
rosemary nodded as she picked at the styrofoam cup of water in front of her . she wasn't sure she was ready to talk about the disappearance of her best friend just yet . but she'd seem guilty if she didn't answer . so she would try her hardest not to cry ( not likely , she was already on the brink of tears ) and answer all the questions . “ anything to help find her , “ she said with a smile that didn’t want to be there .
“ can you tell me, to the best of your memory, what happened on the night of december 13, 2019 ? “
rosemary had to think for a moment . “ i got drunk , my memory isn’t great . “ rosemary wasn’t a frequent party person but now she felt like she had been stamped with a ‘ wild child ‘ label sitting in front of these police . she was the opposite of a wild a child . “ but i went to the debate party , mostly to support to melanie . i think i ran into a few friends before hanging out with melanie , i talked to griffin , uh , beck . we didn’t talk for long but we talked long enough . i had invited my roommate ella , well , eloise . eloise morris , she’s an angel . i know i saw her for a just a moment while i was actually there . i mostly just partied and tried to hang out with my friends as much as i could . “
“ did you see anything unusual that night ? was anyone acting out of the ordinary ? “
rosemary’s breath hitched for a moment . surely she couldn’t lie to the police but was she willing to sell someone she cared about out to make herself look better ? what made her any better than lot ? she looked down at the styrofoam cup , the water inside of it calmer than rosemary could have ever been . “ if i say something about someone will they get in trouble ? “ she asked, her voice small . “ he’s a good person . i don’t think he did anything . “
“ who , miss keegan ? “
“ his name is lot . lancelot kang . “ she felt a sense of guilt nestle into her stomach . that feeling wouldn’t leave her for a while . she knew in her heart that lot didn’t do anything wrong but she still had to tell the police . it was the only right thing to do . especially for melanie . “ melanie left at some point . i think it was around eleven . after she ran out lot came up to me , asking where she went . i didn’t think about it at the time so i just told him that she went outside . i don’t think , or even know , if he ever found her . but if he did , i don’t know what they did . “
“ can you tell me more about your relationship with melanie ? “
rosemary smiled for the first time since being in the police station . melanie , even the mere thought of her , had a way of making rosemary happy . “ melanie is my better half . we met when we were in kindergarten . our first day , actually . we made a pinky promise that we’d be best friends forever , and we have been ever since . “ her hand instinctively went to the locket around her neck , a remembrance of the friendship between the two girls . “ she was my best friend . melanie and i have been together our whole lives . she went on my family vacations and i went on hers . if i’m being honest , it’s been hard not having her text me good morning every day . she always made me feel better and i could really use her right now . “
“ do you have any reason to believe that someone would want to hurt melanie ? “
rosemary’s head shook . “no one would ever hurt melanie . she doesn’t have enemies . i mean , maybe the opposing debate team ? but i don’t think they would do anything to hurt her . i don’t know . i just miss my best friend . i want her to come back . it’s already felt like too long without her . “
“ do you have any questions about how the case will proceed ? “
she finished her cup of water before the question came up . “uh , do you think i’ll be home for christmas ? i got my sister calla a really pretty necklace . it’s a locket actually . it has a picture of us and i think she could really use it now that i’m not home . “
specifically the remembrance of miss melanie rivera .
𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐤𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐧 , not the first of her name and certainly not the last .
her whole family kind of falls into the flower name theme . she has three older sisters named calla , acacia . , and lily . then obviously rosemary . her middle name comes from her maternal grandmother .
rosemary has a significant age gap between her siblings . calla was sixteen when rosemary was born . acacia was twelve and lily was nine . acacia and lily would always play together but calla was the best big sister and always played with rosemary .
her parents , helene and adam (yes named after helen and adam from trc) , tended to focus their attention on the middle girls . helene as a solo unit gave a lot of attention to rosie but adam was kind of a deadbeat dad even though they sat at the same dinner table every night .
it's not like adam was a terrible dad though . it's just that he wasn’t rosemary's dad .
and being honest helene isn't rosemary's mother . helene kristen keegan only ever had three daughters . but she has one granddaughter .
rosemary was around twelve years old when the yelling throughout her house kept her up . helene and adam argued all the time (many times rosemary would wish her "parents" would just get divorced already) but the fighting wasn't just between the two of them that night . calla was involved in the argument too . and there was one thing she heard crystal clear that kept her up all night .
the singular sentence haunts rosemary to this day . "i want my daughter to know that i'm her mother ! i'm tired of being her damn sister ! that's my baby and she deserves to know it !" calla's voice had never been so clear .
the only person rosemary has ever told about what she learnt that was melanie . rosemary hasn't even officialy told her family that she knows . she'll occasionally hint to it at family dinners but she doesn't want to be the one to bring it up. after all , she was eavesdropping and should've been asleep .
dance was one of the few things calla and rosemary were able to share growing up . so rosemary was a big , big , big dancer all her life .
she was clara in the nutcracker fairly young and not too long after that she decided she was over recitals . she joined the scary world of competitive dance and that was her favorite thing for so long .
when she was thirteen she competed in the dance awards' best dancer competition . at that time , her life goal was to win the dancer of the year award . it would prove that all her hard work was worth it . and thankfully for everyone involved , they announced rosemary as the teen dancer of the year .
melanie would typically vacation with rosemary's family and since the keegan's had to go to orlando for the dance awards , melanie was there when rosemary won ! that probably made rosemary happier than actually winning . there's a photo of rosemary still in her full costume with melanie hugging her after she came off the stage and rosemary keeps in on her nightstand .
rosemary retired from dance after she won dancer of the year . she wanted to have a normal high school life and it was so worth it to her . plus she wanted other people to have their moment in the spotlight . rosemary got her dream , it was time for someone else to get theirs too .
rosemary is an anthropology major and she knew going into it that her career options would be limited to say the least . but she would die to work at a non profit organization when she finishes school . she thinks charging people for the things they need to survive is corrupt. she also hates amazon as a company but she doesn't like the word hate so she won't admit but just know rosemary wants amazon to suffer .
every year that rosemary dressed up for halloween , she was an angel without fail . it kind of started a joke that she was an angel in disguise trying to help the world . obviously she's not but she always took that as a major compliment .
she is a big coward . she is scared of so many things that truly it would be easier to make a list of things she isn't scared of . melanie has really only amplified her fears . the list used to consist of clowns and spiders , simple things like that only . now kidnapping and death have a place on a her list of never ending fears .
melanie who was the only person that could get rosemary to wear anything other than vanilla perfume . it's always been her staple . she wears it every day now that melanie is gone . she likes smelling like a bakery . it makes her happy .
rosemary gets called naive a lot . she doesn't think she's naive . she's smart as all hell . she just always wants to believe in goodness . she always argues that people are inherently good .
she has the too much gene . except unlike jenna marbles she knows when to stop on a project . she just doesn't know when to stop giving people love . people can burn rosemary repeatedly and she can rationalize a reason to still give them love . her kindness is truly her fatal flaw .
the part in story of my life where they say " i spend her love until she's broke inside " yeah that was written about rosemary . she gives and gives and never takes .
her most prized possession is a locket that calla gave to her . inside is a picture of rosemary and melanie when they were around fourteen . it was taken at a sleepover where the whole night they just spilled their souls to each other . it was the night rosemary told melanie that calla was her mom , not helene .
she cannot and never will get over anyone she breaks up . she's one of those people who says " i'll always love you " and genuinely means it .
i still need to work on her connections page but HERE it is for the time being, i think there's maybe three on there right now ? i genuinely cannot remember.
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