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“Oh my gosh, I would love that,” Daisy gave a relieved sigh. “But um – I don’t want to interfere cause like,” she leaned in close to Leonie’s ear to whisper, “I don’t know if Gage told you but this gay thing is kind of new for her and I don’t want to like, impose on her first gay date, you know? Cause you’re right, we’d totally third-wheel you and I don’t want that.”

Leonie’s eyes widened slightly as Daisy whispered to her. She hadn’t known that, but it made her feel cooler somehow. Being someone’s first anything was exciting, and Gage was cool! But she still looped her arm through Daisy’s and tugged her friend back in the direction of where she’d last seen her date. “But pretty sure it wouldn’t be a good gay date if she was on a date with someone who’d leave her bestie in distress, so... seems like this is the closest to a best of both worlds situation we’re going to get tonight.”

“So um…I think my date has his own thing going on? Apparently there’s some kind of drama between him and his ex and, thanks to the matchmaker, I’m now in the middle of it. I kind of feel like I’m in an episode of Degrassi: The Next Generation. Not as fun as I imagined.” 

“Oh, that seriously sucks, Daisy,” Leonie said apologetically, not sure what else she could say. She wasn’t the type to risk getting in trouble by offering some kind of retaliation on him for ruining the other girl’s night. “But uh... you can always hang out with me and Gage? I’m even happy to be the third wheel, I know you guys are besties and it’s not like I’m expecting this night to be like, True Love or anything,” she added, making air quotes around the word.

Shoutout to Nintendo for making Toadette–the only female playable character–the “easier” character to play in the new Super Mario Bros U Deluxe game for the Switch, but not the “easiest”. That was really nice and refreshing to see.

I can’t tell if you’re being sarcastic right now or not, but it kind of makes sense to me? Toadette’s pretty friendly, if she was impossible to navigate then it would be out of character for her. Who’s the easiest instead? And who’s the hardest?

Who says it’s suffering? Sometimes sharing our darkest thoughts can be fun! Well I can’t say I’ve even seen this movie, but I’m real curious as to how wrong you were. Was this movie like…some kind of raunchy comedy compared to a ~girl power jam? 

I haven’t found a ‘dark thoughts’ friend yet, I guess. I have a ‘middle of the night’ thoughts friend, though, and it’s dark outside then so that’s close enough, right? Something like that. Something very, very like that.

Night: @gagethebell. I can’t gauge how she feels about me, get it?

Month: @daisyshiverdew!

Life: @bennyryen.

I started tuning you out the second you decided not to voice an awful thought. I never do that. But did you assume that this movie would be like Legally Blonde just because it had Reese Witherspoon in it? Cause if so, boy do I have something to tell you about Cruel Intentions. 

Well, I don’t want to force my terrible thoughts on other people! I’m not a believer in ‘if I’m suffering, you have to suffer with me;’ I’d rather suffer alone! But um... maybe a little bit? Sweet Home Alabama was also a cute one! But I mostly just thought... oh, an election, it’ll be like if she ran for president, maybe it’ll help get me extra hype for Legally Blonde 3. I was so wrong!

Whoa, check out the ego on you, huh? I’ve been playing basketball for what feels like forever, so I wouldn’t be so sure you’d beat me if we went head to head, but I’d definitely be interested in seeing your skills sometime, see if they live up to the hype.

Ego? I wasn’t trying to have an ego, I just know what I’m good at and I know what I’m not good at. I’ve picked things very carefully and work super hard. I mean, my first priority is school, but studies show that student athletes tend to perform better so that’s why I’ve got basketball on my side, too. Oh, um -- well that’s super nice of you to offer, but I don’t think I’m supposed to hang out with old men by myself! The internet would think you were creepy, unless you’re like... getting paid to be my coach. 

If mistletoe is a banned item, then half of those Slutty Seniors like the Fake Five or whatever they’re called would have gotten their mistletoe headbands confiscated back in November. 

Maybe they’re... no, wait, I don’t even want to say it, it’s too horrible to even speak out into the world. I just watched the movie Election for the first time recently because I thought it would be cute and inspiring like Legally Blonde and I’m a little traumatized is all. But I guess you’re right, if they were wearing them to school then it must not be banned! Time to work on a new theory here.

Spree: Really? I get playing for the fun of it all, because trust me, I love just playing games for fun, but who doesn't also want to be the best and get the high score? That's really weird to me for some reason. Um... Myself? Duh! Nothing brings me more joy than beating my mom in a race. The look on her face is priceless.

If you wanna show seasonal support on a basketball court, hang mistletoe over the hoop and then watch all the macho lame-os on the boys’ team start “no homo”-ing for three hours.

Oh, that seems like a mean prank to play on them! Also, I need to read the school handbook first, I feel like it might be a banned item? Like how they don’t really want us to have fidget spinners in the classroom anymore either because they’re ‘disruptive’. A mistletoe epidemic would be really disruptive, although mistletoe could be a good word to use for my game! So thanks for the idea.

Spree: Oh, for sure! No question about it! Girl! If you're gonna be the best, you gotta be the best with /all/ playable characters.

admiring text for @spreevonschweetz !!

I definitely think reindeer is the best choice. I mean sure, it’s longer than horse, but they’re both quadrupeds, making it fit a bit better than elf or Santa.

Oh, I love it! And unless I’m playing like, Bianca Sommers or something, I’m sure I’d still manage to knock them out in no time; at least they’d get to have a little fun first, it would be over in five seconds if I picked like, ELF.

Maybe sleigh? That’s a fun one and close to the amount of letters in horse. I’m so bad at basketball, but I’m sure you’ll be able to find a ton of people who aren’t! Maybe you could make up a new holiday game entirely? Like a fun play on gift swap stuff. 

Well, if you wanted to play with me, you could always go first. Maybe I should make it a big thing, though; it could be a charity event, with a sleigh full of prizes for the winner at the end to go along with the word. Or different rounds, and each round’s prize matches its word. What kind of new holiday game could I invent, though? There are so many classics, I feel like no one’s looking to branch out.