#checkmatcd

“What do you mean, you need my help?“

❝We need a few days. You can’t show up like this to a stranger and demand what you are. I understand what this is like, I do. If you listened to our old podcasts and the information we released while editing out names on the cult we left you would understand. ❞ Her hands fall from the piano on a loud sound before sighing and pushing back her hair. Looking over Jonas carefully she could see the fire in his eyes the fight and it only made her feel worse. But, she wasn’t going to push the issue until Vinnie was alright to talk about this being on the table for real. So for now, she would settle for trying to turn this from an argument to a conversation based on understanding.  ❝How much of our show did you guys listen to? Or did you come find us when exposing the cult became a hot topic for a few days? I only ask because it is going to tell me where I need to start in explaining why this is so hard for us. ❞

▌█ ∵   ♥   ∵ █ ▌ She wore more makeup than usual today, went a little bit more intense because she knew she as going to see Cordelia. Because of work because she yet again took another topic the podcast announced they were covering and decided to cover it too. Her words for a moment cut deep and for a second her gaze trailed towards Vinnie. Maybe Cordelia had always been right the little passing comments about the podcast being a phase for everyone, about Mallory just getting this far because of others or her face. She was unconventionally pretty, at least to herself and maybe that was why steps with Vinnie had always been careful, the rejection and fear of it were too much.  ❝Well, I guess it is a good thing I do a podcast unlike you then huh? Gonna get me a little bit farther ahead for a little longer at least. ❞ But she knows it can be argued, she isn’t the fan-favorite. Vinnie is and then Jude. She just exists and they like her because she is the damsel in distress in every episode.   ❝Is there something you, ya know needed Cordelia? Or did you just come to poke fun while I tried to finish working so you could do whatever for whatever it is you do? ❞

▌█ ∵   ♥   ∵ █ ▌ She remembers when she was Paisley’s age. Her world was chaotic, still struggling to process the loss of her family. Not to mention the struggle of being in love with at the time someone she had no chance of having love her back. She knew what it was like to wear a mask before but something felt heavier about what Paisley was saying. She knew, she knew from the fact Paisley was in a meeting and conversation with Vinnie’s parents she was part of the cult but as they sat in the living room together she pretended she didn’t know anything. Paisley’s parents were influential and she just pretended to ask if they were there for whatever it was they did. And it kept the conversation going.  ❝Do you not like what they do? I am assuming they want you to follow in their footsteps kind of like Vinnie’s parents right? ❞ She inquires quietly. A moment to raise a hand and brush back her hair before sighing  ❝I know it must be hard to be in a situation like that but you should follow your own heart and wants. It might cost you somethings but you should be happy in the end not them. It is your life. ❞

▌█ ∵   ♥   ∵ █ ▌ Book held above her head slowly lowers as her breath is caught. Shaking hands lightly put it down on the shelf to her side looking him over carefully. Arms slowly wrap around her frame as she looks at him before looking away for a moment. Things were getting heated and a bit rough lately, not just because of the news slipping about her and Vinnie but people were starting to catch on to her looking into the cult.  ❝How do I know I can trust you? ❞

She’d been camping out at the local library all day. She was on a job site so to say and she needed to know all the background information she could know though there was a gap in the archives. For about an hour she walked around , trying to find a specific book until she found it...way too high up for her. She then turned to the other “ I’m so sorry to ask you this but could you help me get that book up there? I really need it for my research”

A smile to the stranger across the room. He was never good at flirting. He just..kind of stared at people until they approached him which eventually happend. And in that moment he paniced a little on the inside but managed to smile. “ Hey there.” Was all he could muster.

he named his dog aFTER YOU