sloane sage

Turning her body a bit more, “What about all your other people Drew? Were you just messing around with them because you were bored?” she asked. Sloane was always one to have a good time, but intimacy like that she could never do, especially constantly. Hearing him say they should be together made her eyebrows go up, “What..” she muttered out. She didn’t know if it was also her conversation with Clyde or if it was her nerves but she couldn’t believe this. “So... you want to be with me?” she asked. Her mind still racing, her eyes never leaving his, even if she had control over her body she wouldn’t have been able to stop her final action. Reaching up her hands placed on both sides of his face, her lips lightly pressing against his for a moment, finally backing up just an inch, “I missed you” breathlessly.

               “  i don’t know if love is the right word for it but i think he misses you. for whatever that’s worth, ”   before she can argue with him for bringing up he who shall not be named, he raises his hands up in defence,  “ fine. for the next few hours this is an anti-drew zone.”  he knows first hand what it’s like to be haunted by an ex with unresolved feelings and he doesn’t wish it upon anybody.  “ are you sure you can ? you’re very small ”  he jokes, eyeing her from head to toe. it’s probably bad that he finds her threats endearing.  they’ve known each other for a long time, it goes without saying that they’d fight tooth and nail to defend each other, even if the fights are over something as trivial as coffee. it’s nice to have someone like her on his corner.   “ that is … unfair, mean and only half true ! ”  he says placing his hand over his heart dramatically.  “ i know. i fucking hate this school. all that goddamn tuition money they get and they can’t hire fucking security ? ” clyde starts picking a this fingernails, he doesn’t want to look sloane in the eye when he asks the next question, “ you’re taking care of charlie, right ?  i need you to be there for her now that i can’t .” 

               “ god, i can never keep up with you two. what did he do now ? do you want me to kick his ass ? ”  he asks half-joking. from the beginning he promised everyone he wouldn’t get involved. he doesn’t think he’d ever fight his roomate, but, clyde is overprotective of the people he cares about and if drew has wronged sloane in any way he’s not afraid to give him a piece of his mind.  “ i know, right ? that’s not coffee, it’s a glorified milkshake. you’ve totally ruined my rep. ”  he sits on his bed and leans all he way back until his back hits the wall, this take-out date is exactly what he needs to relax after a long day of school.  “ not much. haven’t had time to get into any new trouble so i guess that’s good, ”  he wishes he could say more but he doesn’t feel like spending the night talking about his mess of a love life   specially the parts involving charlie. he wants to have fun and forget about his bullshit for once, “ what about you ? did you have fun at the bonfire? ”

     “what are you talking about ? it’s actually a good thing that you weren’t there.” she said, chuckling lightly. “maybe let’s get some food ? i don’t know… i just don’t really feel like talking about it.” charlie admitted. she hadn’t really talked about it since that night when she gave her statements to the authorities and she felt like if she started talking about it now, she would not be able to stop crying. “seriously, though, thank you for coming.”

I don’t hate you

No, I couldn’t if I wanted to

I just hate all the hurt that you’ve put me through

And that I blame myself for letting you 

Did you know I already know?

     to say that charlotte was feeling rough was a serious understatement. truth be told, after spending a long time getting patched up by nurses and giving statements to what felt like ten thousand people, all she really wanted to do was chill out in her room and talk only to her friends. however, texting the words ‘hey so i almost got murdered last night’ was something she really did not want to do – that would make it even more real than it was. still, when sloane showed up to her room, charlie felt like a piece of her soul had reentered her body. “i’m… as okay as i can be, given the circumstances.” she admitted, shrugging. "i could really use a hug and some company, but other than that i’m okay. thank you so much for coming to see me.”

Sloane nodded along with him, “You are the pro sports guy, so I’ll listen to you” she said in her defense. Watching Ethan toss the small ball into the cup Sloane raised her arms with a loud ‘woop’, “You go!” she exclaimed. After a while of the two teams going back and forth tossing the ping pong ball it was almost done. Ethan and Sloane had one more cup to sink to win the game, “Okay so, not saying I haven’t been amazing this game, but I think you should take the finally shot” saying as if they were in some dramatic movie. “You can win this for us” she insisted, laying the ball into the others hand. 

                  despite his hatred for the atrocity better known as iced coffee, he swallows his pride and buys sloan the drink. he’s happy to spend his night with an old friend, however their text conversation left him feeling a bit uneasy. they haven’t made plans to hang out like this in a very long time. it’s probably weird to hang out with your ex’s best friend who also happens to be  your roommates ex and an old high school flame. however, he cares for sloane deeply and he’s not gonna stop seeing her to spare the other’s some hard feelings. he’s in the middle of cleaning up his room when the door swings open, “ hey, gorgeous, ” he greets tossing the last of his clothes in the hamper. clyde laughs and waves his hand before  answering, “ don’t worry about it. we got plenty of time. i’m pretty sure drew’s gonna be out all night.  your drink is on the counter by the way, i even took the liberty to get you a muffin, ”