Thing's Are Rough All Over

“Think they’ll notice if I take a couple of these for the road?” Trevor nodded to a tray full of edibles, not knowing when he’d get another chance at Ahadi weed. At least not for free. “Like a party favor, right, except..,” he frowned as he felt the sides of his bike shorts, “Shit. I don’t have pockets.”

“ I honestly don’t think anyone is keeping count of this stuff. “ Melrose mused before taking one of the edibles off the tray. “ I wont stop you if you were trying to take the party home. I’d consider the same if I had thought if the idea.  “ She added before looking at his costume. “ Grab them as you head out? Or too obvious?” 

‘Isn’t it quite unfortunate that it’s always one or the other when it comes to those choices?” Keegan told the young woman with a shake of his head. “Because you go the sexy route, the ensemble nine times out of ten is cheaply constructed. You go scary, you run the chance of literally scaring people away from you. And original is never a bad choice, just one that takes a lot of time.” Keegan twisted the lips as she brought up a great question. “That’s a great question, actually.”

“ It really shouldn’t have to be one or the other should it?” Melrose questioned as she glanced over to Keegan. “ There is nothing worse then a poorly made costume or one that just looks like it’s made out of swimsuit material. And the pride of actually having a scary costume does get lost after a while. I think you made my decision a lot harder, but I do appreciate the clarity it gave” Melrose added before smiling a bit at the idea of a combination costume. “ I guess it would have to be something horror related but is also cute? That really is where thing’s get too complex”

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“What is that? You said you want to stay in and cuddle up and watch Hocus Pocus? Mm yeah, I totally agree,” Athena joked, slowly pushing herself up from the couch with a grown. “Fine, but only if they’re cheese fries and if I can smoke a biggass J before we head inside. But let me get my wallet just in case you conveniently forget yours,” she teased before pulling a hoodie on and going in search of her sneakers. “Do you want me to drive?”

“ Do not get me wrong, there’s nothing wrong with cuddling and watch holiday classics, but never on an empty stomach” Ramsay joked shaking her head . “ Cheese fries are always an option. I wont forget to pay. I have it on me when I offer free food. I deliver on free food Athena” Ramsay replied shaking her head. “ Yeah sure, I might honestly get distracted and take us somewhere else if I drive. “ 

“Okay, okay!” Grace laughed as she sat up. She placed her hands on Ramsay’s shoulders and shook her gently. “If I say yes will you take it down a notch? Seriously, how many adderall did you take this morning? Don’t tell me you woke up with this much energy.” She laughed. “Seriously, babe. You had me at you’re buying. Let’s get out of here.”

“ I love you, but you know and I both know I cannot live a life of subtlety. “ Ramsay replied with a smirk as she looked over the Grace, She did laugh however at the other woman’s comment though, taking zero offense to it. “ I did in fact wake up like this. It was boring this last week and I think my attention span had enough of it. “ She added before another smile appeared on her face. “ I knew that would work. Who doesn’t want free food?” 

“ Can someone explain to me how the fuck I have so many random people in my contacts? Is that what viruses do now? Add you to group chats with total strangers?” nathan scrolled through his phone looking at name after name that he didn’t recognize. “you know what .. this actually might be error user. i probably added them when i was cross faded. you might’ve just caught me slippin.” he gave an embarrassed smile. “you do the same thing too right?”

“ I think that sort of thing only works when it comes to syncing your contacts on social media. I don’t think it works the other way around. Maybe you’re just popular?” Billie replied with a slight shrug to her shoulders as she glanced over. “ I don’t add contacts to my phone when I’m not sober, I usually tend to buy thing’s and then get surprised when they show up on my doorstep. It’s not all bad though, It’s like I got a gift for myself” 

notes: Melrose is out to reinvent herself again. This is bullshit. 

Melrose replied as she stared at what was supposed to be her next challenge. She wanted to go as far as she could and needed the money considering she was trying not to live off her parents for the rest of her life but was it worth being buried alive like some horror film? 

The box seemed smaller than normal, right?

Was dirt going to leak in and fill up the coffin that was not structurally sound?

Was she too sober for this shit?

Seated with her legs crossed on a park bench, Cecily made observations in her journal with each person that passed, or conversation she overheard, or even how the sun felt every time it crept back out from under the clouds. For example, why would someone run in a hoodie in the middle of July? Actually, scratch that, why would someone run for pleasure at all? As she pondered that, she felt her pen dying out as she scribbled, only looking up when it seemed it’d finally given out. Shoot… “Hi, sorry,” she stopped someone passing by. “You wouldn’t happen to have a pen, would you?”

Melrose knew the easiest way for her to combat a hangover was to try and exercise in out of her, which was why she found herself fighting against the sun on a summer day. It was better than staying drunk or laying in bed all day, especially when she wanted to grab lunch later from somewhere other than her fridge. She stopped to catch her breath and grab a drink of water only pausing further when she heard someone address her. “ Yeah. I mean its in my car but it’s literally just right there. “ the redhead gestured toward the parking lot close by and her red car within eyesight. “ Do you wanna give me a second to grab it?”

L O C A T I O N : Dead Mans Quarry

A few years ago Melrose would not have been in this position. If anything she would be watching in the safety of the gilded cage she had once found her self in.  Always an observer and never the risk taker. That all changed when something broke inside of the monotony of her life and the redhead decided she had to turn her life around by any means necessary.

“Country to popular belief, no I’m not the Stork.” Odessa teased, as she was carrying bags filled to the brim with all things baby and baby shower adjacent. “I’m just a really nice daughter in law that’s helping her husband’s fathers with their baby shower. A really nice daughter in law that can actually use a hand or two.” She said with a playful huff. 

“Who is calling you the stork?” Melrose replied shaking her head with a smile. “ I’ll take one of the bags from you if you want? “ She then asked again, noticing just how full the bags were. She hated standing around and seeing people potentially struggle when she could help. “ That’s definitely really nice to do.  I’m sure they’ll appreciate it”

“I mean all credit to someone who wears a ballgown because it’s going to be hot as balls outside and..I would be suffocating. The robe is bad enough, honestly,” he added as he adjusted his collar as if he was sweating. I wonder if they have fans you can sew into the robe…”

“It’s grad, I would like to think someone would want to go all out. “ Melrose smiled shaking her head at the idea. “ Also fair. It’s been really warm lately and those graduation robes are way more hot than they look. You mean like how people who wear character costumes at theme parks have? I’m sure it’s possible. The question is do they sell those thing’s separately”

“Ok now this is weird,” Jasper said as he stared out at the great lawn on campus where chairs were already being set up for graduation, the graduation robes he had just purchased underneath his arm along with the stoles and chords he’d be wearing. “Is it still ok to just wear like..shorts and a tshirt under your robe?”

“I think that depends on people’s personal aesthetic. I don’t think anyone will mind as long as you’re happy. Same for someone who decides to wear a ballgown. I think it however big or casual someone wants to go would be fine. “

“I am never letting anyone set me up again,” Egan said with a groan, “Last night, I swear comes in one of the blind date horror stories. I should submit it to Buzzfeed,”

“Bad blind dates are the worst. You never want to be rude, but you also are looking for any way to get out of it” Melrose mused. “ What happened?”