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CRIMSON: well, nilo will be okay with it when we win best costumes. duh

CRIMSON: winter prom? isn't that so far away?

CRIMSON: wow. i didn't realize you were this nice, hugo

CRIMSON: it makes me feel like i've just been sitting on my ass doing nothing

HP: Pretty sure he'll be mortified to be on the stage with that costume lmao

HP: Well... it is. But you know how things work, right? We need to be prepared XD

HP: You know me, Crim, I'm nice to everyone but I wish I could say some truth to their faces sometimes cause ugh, people are annoying.

“do you think we should mention that in the article? find out what time they’re trying to do it so we can gather as many people as possible?” she smiled a little when she noticed it was hugo, sure the two of them weren’t really close but he helped her make sure that everything was always running smoothly. he made her job as editor-in-chief  less stressful. “are you sure? i told them i wanted to do it…but i’m not sure if i’ll be able to finish in time.” she told him softly. “i can’t focus. i feel like i should be out doing something rather than trying to meet this deadline.”

“We should, if anyone else decides to go there and show some support they will be welcome, I’m sure of it.” He replied to her with a nod. “You don’t have to do it alone, you know? You have me and the other guys around to help.” Hugo sighed, walking closer to her and taking the seat right next to Fallon. “I can tell you wanna talk about something, Fallon. I’m here if you need me.”

Alice stared at Hugo for a moment. “People look at you like you’re a murderer?” She asked coolly. She knew that people even suspected her of being involved in Michael’s death but now that her Cristian, who she openly detested, was missing- it seemed she was the number one suspect among the school population. “I’m honestly just waiting for the time when the police come knocking on my door, just to ask me some questions, of course.” Shaking her head, why else would her parents sent over their gaggle of lawyers, just in case. “I have no idea who or where Cristian is, nor do I care to find out and that’s exactly what I’ll tell the police when they ask me.”

Hugo thought about his next words very carefully. “No, they look at me like I’m too fucked up to even take the risk of trying to talk to. I’m the local freak, haven’t you heard?” He gave her a short grin, trying to add a little humor to his words at the end. “They will come, but they’ll come to all of us, Alice. If you already know they will try to talk to you it’s easier for you just to relax and wait for it, it’s the best way for you to decide what you have to say to them and what you don’t feel comfortable with saying.” He shrugged. “How close were you and Christian? Like... I don’t know much about him.”

“i’m sitting up and still breathing, right?” preston asked the boy who had taken the booth across from the heated taller boy. preston recognized him from that small conversation they had and he remember not being creeped out by the kid but he was certainly… different. “yeah well i’m here all the time so i could say the same for you.” Preston looked down at the murky water and shrugged. “I wouldn’t worry about it, I’ve been seen around here with much worse so this… isn’t anything. “so what brings you here so late?”

“So is everyone else, it doesn’t mean they’re ok.” Hugo had to admit, he was taking a shot in the dark here, he didn’t knew Preston, like literally he knew nothing about this kid, but something about him was pulling Hugo towards him, almost like Preston was this guy who looked tough but in fact he was a cool guy, friendly and everything, just wasn’t used to show that oof to guys like Hugo at first. “Hm... yeah, I... I was just... I was across the street, just came here to grab some drinks and saw you.” He made that up in the last second. “Well, I’m sorry if it sounds too annoying but, you don’t look or sound like it was anything.” Hugo raised a brow, staring at him with some comprehensive eyes. “ I was here just hanging out with an old friend.” He replied literally just forgetting that he gave another excure a few seconds ago.

“i can’t really blame you, not remembering is probably for the best. i wouldn’t mess with it.” jesse laughed a little. he found himself smiling at the sudden color change of hugo’s cheeks. it wasn’t much, but enough for jesse to take notice of it all. it then hit him that he still had his hands on the boy’s face, was that…why? “you’re welcome.” he told him, noticing that he was trying not to look him in the eye. did he do something wrong? “you missed a couple of games and a lot of drama, i tried to enjoy myself as much as i could with all of it. plus, i wanted to make sure you were still in my range of sight.” he was glad he kept his promise to hugo, he’d rather his friend be safe with him than miserable alone. somehow with all the drama going on, he kept hugo close. jesse looked back at him again, realizing that they were close now, but neither of them seemed to be in a rush to move away. 

“Yeah... I’m sure it is.” There were some dissapointment in Hugo’s voice, he wasn’t supposed to do that, he wasn’t there to get wasted, he should have payed more attention to himself. It has been so long he wasn’t invited to a party that by now he couldn’t remember what is was like to have fun at one. “Sorry about that.” He grinned lightly as he heard that Jesse was foced to keep an eye on him even when trying to have fun. “You should choose better company to the next few parties.” He said and giggled, like he was just joking. Hugo had eyes back into Jesse’s eyes, he was so comfortable there that it wasn’t a problem that he had his hand on his face still, Hugo was feeling that hangover but for some reason he just couldn’t shake the feeling that he was now having the chance to talk more with Jesse, he had been such a cool guy to Hugo the past few days, he was really glad that he was right there, right next to him, that close. “And thanks for the sandwich, I... love cheese.”

CRIMSON: that’s nice of you to step up! yeah, everyone’s been feeling very off and missing cristian

CRIMSON: yes! That’s okay! I can’t wait to see you boys. we can finish the last touches on our Halloween costumes!

CRIMSON: what have you been busy with though? apart from the newspaper

HP: I'm not 100% sure of how nice it is yet XD

HP: I've been a little stressed out recently, but yeah, I'm trying my best to help everyone out.

HP: You know Nilo will never agree of those costumes, right?

Fallon: hey hugo, did you get called in for questioning today too?

Fallon: let me know when you want to meet up to go over notes.

HP: Yeah. I did.

HP: I tried something there, dude.

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CRIMSON: where have you been?

CRIMSON: i’m going to have a sleep over with nilo and was wondering if you wanted to join

CRIMSON: ALSO I’m going back to Florida on november 1st, my birthday, just to meet my parents

CRIMSON: im inviting you and nilo cos my parents can get obsessed with me and I would need a break from them

HP: hey crim!!

HP: sorry, i had been quite busy last few days, lots of stuff happening and I'm kinda taking the responsability of the journal while Fallon isn't at her best.

HP: I would love to go to a sleep over with you guys, I just might get there late if it is something for this weekend, but I'll try to be there, i miss you guys

HP: what the fuck??

HP: what you talkin about??

MICHAEL: cristiano is missing? *gasp*

MICHAEL: what shall we do now?

MICHAEL: pretend to care about him? throw parties in his honour?

MICHAEL: no, no...wait...we should have a memorial for him and then trash-talk him.

MICHAEL: i'm sure he joined me in the afterlife

MICHAEL: let the games begin, hoes.

“did your memories from the last time come back? it might happen the same way.” jesse shrugged his shoulders a bit before handing his friend another water. “don’t worry, you can stay here until you feel better.” he hold him softly, walking over to his night-side table, and pulling out a bottle of aspirin. he took three pills out and handed them over to hugo, “here, take these and then eat some more.” he instructed before sitting down on his bed in front of him. “i’m happy to help.” jesse told him softly, looking at him and noticing the cheese on his mouth. he leaned closer to the boy and placed a hand on his cheek, “you’ve never told me you thought i was cool.” he smiled at him, bringing his thumb by the side of his mouth and wiping the cheese away. “sorry, you had some cheese…i didn’t know how well you’d be able to get it yourself.”

“Kinda...” he sighed. “Nothing I wish to remember honestly.” Hugo had those sleepy eyes, he was tired and in pain, but the water, the aspirin and the food would soon start to help. He never had that, someone taking care of him, maybe his mother, when she wasn’t having to deal with her problems she would always be around him, but Jesse was different, he was this cool guy who Hugo was friends with and he was taking care of him just because he wanted to, but the idea of him and Jesse cuddling last night got Hugo’s face going red again, specially when he had his hand on Hugo’s cheeks and cleaned the cheese from him. That moment, something happened. Hugo was in pain cause of the hangover but gosh, his eyes were staring at him and Hugo was getting more nervous as his heart starter beating a little fast, he was nervous after that. “Thanks...” he replied with a nob but no eye contact. “Did you... enjoyed the party?” He asked, but in reality he wanted to know if Jesse was really giving him attention or if he was busy making out with people that weren’t Hugo.