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Gen One, Day Seventy

“Robyn, I just have to say,” Liliana caught Robyn as the party was winding down. Robyn’s energy was wanning, but it had been so worth it to see all of her friends again. She’d said goodnight to almost all of them, save for Catarina and Liliana. Fateful, since those had been her first two friends in Brindleton Bay ever. 

Glancing over at Liliana, she saw her friend looking at her kindly, with admiration in her eyes. “You’ve built such a beautiful home here. And I don’t just mean the house. You, Johnny, the kids, your new puppy -- all of it. You sure have got it lucky, you know?” 

The words had Robyn’s heart stirring and she smiled brightly at Liliana in thanks. “I do know,” she agree wholeheartedly. “But thank you for saying it.” 

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Gen One, Day Seventy

“So... I’m still you’re girlfriend?” 

Corey looked shocked that she even asked the question, which made her feel silly again. Of course he would have been tired coming home from camp. They’d talked on the phone all of those days, that should have been enough. And here he was, telling her how fantastic she looked, making sure she wasn’t going through a phase or sad or anything and she was still worried that he’d met someone else while he was away. She felt silly. 

“What? Of course!” he told her. 

She just smiled and pulled him closer so her lips could find his. She’d been wrong to doubt. Wrong to worry. Corey had been nothing but great to her and she’d gotten it into her mind that he was going to betray her somehow. But he hadn’t. He’d remained loyal, faithful, and proven himself time and time again about what a great boyfriend he was. 

Corey was hers. She wouldn’t trade him for the world. Even if they were young still, she couldn’t see a future without Corey in it. No matter what happened with school, college or afterwards, she knew she wanted to stay with Corey. Maybe even become Mrs. Eris Metcalf.

Gen One, Day Seventy

“What does Corey think of your new look?” Olivia asked after fourth period. They headed towards Eris’s locker and she put her books away, grabbing another out of it before shaking her head at her friends. 

“I haven’t even seen him yet since he got back from camp.” 

The girls looked surprised, exchanged looks before going quiet. Eris noticed. Boy, did she notice and she turned on them, eyes narrowed. “What?” she demanded. 

“Nothing!” Olivia proclaimed defensively. 

Brittni, on the other hand, wasn’t as quiet with her thoughts. “He came back three days ago, why didn’t you guys get together then?” 

Eris sighed. She’d thought the same thing. They’d texted and called each other, but Corey had been tired from camp and had told her that he needed to settle back in, but he’d see her in school. It had sounded like a cop out, or that he was hiding something, but she didn’t want to believe it. Now, laid out in front of her friends like this with their looks of confusion gazing clearly back at her, she couldn’t hide it anymore that the whole thing seemed weird. Was Corey avoiding her? Had something happened at camp? Was he having second thoughts about being her boyfriend?

Gen One, Day Seventy

The first day of school for Eris was more awkward than it had been when she first started high school. Mostly because she’d definitely redefined herself over the summer. Cut her hair, bought almost a completely new wardrobe. She’d almost had her Dad convinced, she was sure, to let her get a tattoo, but he’d never quite gotten around to allowing it. 

While she’d gotten some comments here and there from people she knew, it wasn’t until Brittni and Olivia came into the classroom with her that she held her breath to see what they’d think. They hadn’t seen her like this, she’d kept it a surprise. It was almost like her friends didn’t recognize her at first, but then Olivia stopped in her tracks, looking Eris over and her face lit up. 

“Holy shit, look at you!” she exclaimed, nothing malicious in the words. 

Brittni turned in her seat and her face, too, lit up. “Wow, Eris, you going through a dark phase?” 

Eris chuckled, shaking her head. “I just needed to change it up a bit.” 

They both giggled, coming over to her. Olivia ran her hand through the tips of Eris’s much shorter hair while Brittni gave her a complete once over. Neither one of them thought it was weird, or if they did, they didn’t say it to her face and for that, Eris was eternally grateful. It helped put her at ease for the rest of the day and let her know that she was okay to be herself, in whatever form that took. 

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