#oceanfrontalan

“Shit! If you are going to act this way, I swear to god, I’m going to sell you.” 

Kara had been yelling this, and other such obscenities at her car, unaware of the pedestrians that hurried past her as quickly as they could. It had refused to start. Again. She should have traded it in a long time ago, but she’d bought it with her own money right after high school, and she didn’t want to let it go. Tonight, it had left her stranded at a bar after (another) bad date. The guy she’d gone with had literally shrugged his shoulders and said “that sucks” when he saw her try to get it to start before he just pulled out, without even offering if he could drive her somewhere. 

She tried texting Annie to see if she could pick her up, but she was pulling an all nighter at work and couldn’t leave. Luckily, Alan lived only a few blocks from where she was so, ditching her car, she walked. 

“Okay, yeah. Nope. Nope. Nope. I can’t do this, man.” 

Colin was pacing around in the basement of Alan’s house. Everyone had already seen Alan’s finished painting, which had been proudly displayed upstairs, but hardly anyone had read anything of Colin’s book and they were all trying to get him to read an excerpt. 

And somewhere between the beers and the coaxing, he had actually agreed to it. 

“First of all, I am not a public speaker. I mean, look at my hands, they are all gross and sweaty just thinking about it. Second of all ... what if they all realize that it’s based off of Annie? What if Annie realizes? I mean, it’s bad enough that I had to go and try to get the thing published, which I’m not realizing was a horrible idea -- Why didn’t you stop me, Alan?” He exhaled, “But I never thought I’d have to ... you know ... read it out loud to all of our friends.” 

vvv This all came about re: talking to Lizzy about Kara/Leslie and then boom Alan is a part of their lives too sooooo... 

“i can see her hanging out more with alan if leslie’s been shutting her out. she and alan have always been really close (i think since they were like five or something haha?) but still i can see her hanging out more with alan and also using him as a sounding board like IDK WHAT TO DO ABOUT LESLIE?!?!? IS SHE GONNA BE OKAY?? AM I DOING THIS RIGHT??? HELP????” - Lizzy on Kara

“This is Alan. I’m not here right now... probably doing something artsy af like some Mark Cohen cosplay taken too far. Leave a message at the beep.”

“Hello, yes. This is Kara’s best friend speaking. I know I haven’t been around a lot lately, because of a thing with some ocean waves and my sister’s body and it not working anymore. Anyways, that meant that you and Kara were spending more time together, but I’m here to let you know that Kara/Leslie is a bonafide ladylove like no other, so take your male genitalia and go somewhere to find a job where you can make on average $1.00 more than us okay thank you.”

Naw naw. Leslie probably thinks Alan is a pretty swell guy cause he’s sweet on Kara and she loves anything/anyone that is nice to Kara. I foresee them mixing like oil and water though, because Alan seems so introspective and artistic while Leslie takes everything at face value and is ultra sporty etc etc. It’s like that scene in High School Musical when everyone is like “I bake! I play the chello! But let’s be friends!” 

WE HAVE SO MANY BFFS HERE I LOVE IT. <3

Okay, so Colin is a much ~quieter friend than Kara (altho he def rants too sometimes haha). Also s/o to these boys being little creative geniuses and both finally finishing work together at the same time!??!?! go them <3 I feel like they probs supported each other and are both def rooting for the other. 

yo yo yo your bff is in the house. <3 

So I just wanna say in advance, I’m so sorry for Kara? Like she means well, but she’s a total mess (aka actual human disaster). 

Anyway, Alan is her boy and she is def hella proud of him (but also a little jealous ngl). Also, I’m gonna apologize in advance b/c I think Kara is def a ranter (although she’s a good listener too, so she’ll be like: okay *exhales* your turn). I feel like she also shows up at Alan’s house unannounced (altho she def never expects him to call before he comes over to her place either) and has some kind of ridiculous story to tell about how her car broke down and she ended up hitching a ride with a bunch of singing nuns or something. Idk I just feel like a bunch of weird stuff always happens to Kara and other ppl are like ?????? (Also, I’m soooo sorry if Alan ever does ANYTHING with her b/c it will 100% not go as planned. eveR.)