Barbie Dreams

@lensinclair

“HEY!” August hollered across the parking lot. Already he took off sprinting to catch the girl, who’s wallet had dropped behind her, only to go unnoticed. She didn’t seem to hear him though, so she followed her trail to what was presumably her car. “Wait up!” he said loudly, and panted as he came to a stop. “Sorry, I don’t mean to bother you.” he apologized, and help up a finger. “One sec. I just need to - to catch my breath.”

Lennox had heard a voice call for her. She turned to realize the voice belonged to a very unfamiliar person. Her pace quickened as she made her way to her car. She was almost in the clear, but when she got to her car she realized she didn’t get her keys out. Panicked, she began to shift through her purse. It was too late. “Oh uh...Thank you, I guess.” She turned to face the boy and snatched her wallet from him. “Are you, like, okay? You better not need a doctor or something because I don’t know CPR.”

@lensinclair

The night had been a complete blur. He’d run around with his friends for the better part of three hours - trying not to puke on rides, and then trying not to puke from funnel cake. It was a good time. He was almost ready to wrap up, knowing the festival would be here for them tomorrow as well. But then: a suggestion ( one fueled on adrenaline and fatigue ), for August to wrap up the night by getting his first kiss. In the literal most meaningless way possible. And suddenly, he wanted to puke from nerves.

He’d been shoved towards the booth by several hands, and stumbled hard in its direction; a palm caught on the stand to steady himself. “Hey,” he said sheepishly, to the noticeably pretty girl sitting there. He could feel his friends disappear into the whir of crowds, laughing. “— I’m really sorry about them.” August gushed, gesturing to what was now open air. “That’s so rude, you’re a person. I’ll just, like.” he said, and began to walk away.

Lennox had a love-hate relationship with the carnival. She had always loved carnivals as a kid, but Redwood making participation mandatory ruined it for her. She wanted to spend her nights enjoying it and not worried about when she had to get back for her shift.

Her night was coming to an end when an unfamiliar face approached her. Her head rested on top of her closed fist as she looked him up and down. “Wait where are you going, stranger?” A small smile appeared. “You can’t come to the kissing booth and not get a kiss. That defeats the point of the booth.”

Catalina looked up from her phone as Lennox spoke, nodding her head. “Honestly, you look great. No one would know you’ve kissed half of the school already,” she smirked. “Yeah, sure. I have to be back in a half hour.”

“Wait a second, we’re not talking about before my shift.” Lennox joked. “Okay perfect. That gives us ten minutes at each game to convince a guy to play and win us the largest prizes.” 

Kaylee: orrrr you could just come over and cuddle with meeeee

Kaylee: i have oreos and cheez its

Lennox: ew no you know i don't eat processed food

Kaylee: what a weird way to kick me when i'm down

Kaylee: i. can't. get. kicked. out

Kaylee: plus i'm already in bed watching bob's burgers

Lennox: it's my talent get used to it

Lennox: that'll only happen if we get caught

Lennox: don't. get. caught.

Sung-Ho: Yeah actually I did XD

Sung-Ho: So is this you inviting me if you go ahead and do it?

Lennox: i mean you just impressed the shit out of me

Olivia: let me rephrase that

Olivia: i don't get into /that/ kind of trouble, the detention or expulsion kind

Lennox: boo you whore

Olivia: so i'm not sure if that's like ... expelled level considering you just broke in and didn't really steal like .. information?

Olivia: you might get a few days of detention, but i'm not one to get in trouble, so i'm not sure

Lennox: i can do detention, not expulsion

Lennox: oh come on, everyone gets into a little bit of trouble

Alicia: Pretty sure you sent this to the wrong number, right?

Lennox: lol you're right

Lennox: i meant to send this to someone who was capable of having fun

Sung-Ho: True

Sung-Ho: 45% *maybe*?

Sung-Ho: idk

Lennox: okay so that's pretty low

Lennox: wait did you actually do the math to figure that out?

“They just got tired of looking like idiots when I fucked up,” He shrugged, not exactly disagreeing with her. Lennox knew better than anyone the kind of bullshit he pulled, and how he let people down. He’d cheated on her, numerous times, and never apologized- because he truly had no remorse. She’d been another one of his toys, although it was disconcerting to see her here at Redwood. Len had been the girl he’d ‘dated’ after Kinsey, the girl he’d been dating when he realized how hopeless things were and what a massive waste of time feelings were. “That’s cute. How long have you kept that in your head for when you saw me?” Kaydon retorted with a bored roll of his eyes, her appearance at his last chance at not getting sent to military school was getting under his skin and he didn’t like it. Both of them were incredibly uncomfortable, which was probably amusing to see from a bystander’s point of view. “You shouldn’t drink those big coffees, you’re like a polly pocket doll and caffeine makes you bitchy,” It was such a stupid comment, but it was all he could think of.

Lennox smirked. “You know, I always thought one of these days I might’ve heard an ‘I’m sorry’ from you, but then you remind me exactly who you are.” There was a little part of her that held out hope for Kaydon. Hope that maybe, just maybe, someone would come along and break his heart bad enough that he would stop treating girls so terribly. “I never thought I would say this, but you’re right. I shouldn’t be drinking all this coffee.” She slowly took off the lid and mixed the lukewarm beverage around. “It’s a good thing that this bitchy polly pocket didn’t plan on drinking it.” Lennox snapped before throwing the liquid in his face. “Welcome to Redwood, Kaydon. I know you’re going to love it here.”

Chomping loudly on strawberry flavored bubblegum, Faye bounded up to Lennox, throwing an arm around the girl before kissing on her cheek. “I feel like a shriveled up raisin after this weekend. What English teacher makes an essay due the day after a party weekend? I feel like Cersei Lannister being shamed for being a ho in the town square. And not even in a hot way.” @lensinclair

“She obviously was the kid who never got invited to high school parties.” Lennox leaned against the other and laughed. “Seriously? You know if Faye Bessin was being shamed Cersei Lannister style it would be a thousand times hotter. On a serious note though, did you even do the assignment?”

Ellie: exactlyyyy

Ellie: honestly... i know i should say no, but swimming sounds fun, too much fun to pass up

Lennox: yay! omg we have to plan this out though

Kaylee: i'd say probably right in the middle at 'never gonna happen'

Kaylee: c'mon i'm on thin ice as it is with my dumbass grades

Lennox: okay but the grades are your own damn fault

Lennox: also you don't have a say in the matter

Lennox: it's not the swimming i'm worried about

Lennox: it's the breaking into school property

Lennox: i kind of want to just say fuck it and do it anyway

Ellie: ooh that makes a lot more sense

Ellie: i mean like i said i don't think they'd expel you so...

Lennox: plus i mean if they do use that excuse, we do live on school property

Lennox: ...i want to do it