Just A Pirate

       Returning the grin, Max gently grasped Chloe’s shoulder as she used her clasped hands as a boost to hoist herself onto the wood platform. Scrambling to her feet, she brushed the dust off of her hands and peered around the barn. “You can keep looking through the chest, Chlo. I’ll be okay from here. It’s sturdy,” she promised. With that, she turned to face the next platform.

     It was too high for her to climb alone, but there was some sort of equipment near the edge. Moving forward, Max wrapped her hand around the piece danging from it and gave a solid tug. Stepping clear out of the way, she watched as the machinery hit the wood before her with a loud clunk! It wasn’t exactly a step-stool, but it would do. Carefully, she climbed atop it, and crawled onto the next loft. 

     She watched Max go with some trepidation, concerned that her friend might hurt herself... but that wasn’t something she could focus on just then. Rather than letting her nerves get the best of her, Chloe could only give a brief answer- “Alright” - before moving back to the chest.

     The reprieve only lasted a moment, barely enough time for her to rifle through a handful of papers, when the loud bang! sounded out- she almost had a heart attack, jumping up immediately and turning to the platform. It wasn’t difficult for her to reach up, grasp the ledge, and haul herself up and onto her elbows so she could see.... that it had just been some big piece of farm equipment.

The faint grin on Nathan’s face faded when he spotted Chloe, suddenly hyper-aware of his watery, bloodshot eyes. Rubbing nervously at his cheek, he shrugged. He felt terrible about what had happened to Samantha; he should have been paying better attention, but he’d been so caught up in taking photos … and that biker had come out of nowhere. She didn’t blame him, at least. That was a plus. 

 “Not that it’s any of your business, but Samantha got into an accident,” he muttered. “I was making sure she was alright or whatever.” He shot a baleful glare Chloe’s way, annoyed that she’d caught him like this. Everyone already hated him enough without thinking he was a big crybaby. “Why are YOU here?”

 A hand raised to rub the back of her neck absently as she caught Nathan’s gaze, already unsteady enough just talking to him- at times, she felt bad for him, seeing what the football team and other students put him through (both openly and in private)- but still, he was kinda a dick... And proving her own thoughts as they ran through her head.

          FIFTY DOLLARS  had been sent to her for her birthday,  and some of that fifty dollars would be spent at  TWO WHALES.  or it would’ve been if she there had been a table to sit at.  hazel eyes bounce from corner to corner,  table to table,  ‘til a certain color catches her eye.  it’s blue,  and she knows who it is.  well  ———  she doesn’t know them,  know them,  but she’s seen them around arcadia bay.  they’re around her age,  and they…  they  SEEM…  nice.  so,  after inhaling  &  exhaling deeply,  she walks to the table the blue-haired female sits at.  ❛  HI.  ❜  she says,  in what might be her softest tone,  ❛  uhm,  there aren’t any tables to sit at,  and…  and…  ❜  …  ❛  well,  i was wondering if you’d mind if i sat at this table,  with you?  ❜

@tempesttragedy   /   SC.

          Her feet were propped up on the table, completely disregarding the scold she’d received from Joyce just a few minutes before- what did it matter, anyways? People left worse things in the Two Whales - hell, she’d once seen a trucker spit black onto the counter, and that was way worse than anything on her boots. As she chewed her gum, focused on flipping a quarter between her fingers, waiting for some eggs and bacon, she barely noticed the girl approaching... Until she spoke.

Boy Epic Say Something Trilogy Starters || Accepting

She’d already slipped the cigarette between her lips, raising a lighter when the comment caught her, raising a single eyebrow... 

“Uh... Yea, alright.” Chloe shrugged and, keeping her own in a careful grip between teeth as she reached for another, drawing it out and handing it to Randy. With that done, she focused on lighting and inhaling, ignoring him for a few minutes as the nicotine hit her lungs then was exhaled smoothly...

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