Chloe Montgomery

Distracted with her own preoccupations, Margot hadn’t noticed the change fall out of her pocket. Anyone else would’ve kept the money for themselves. After all, most humans were selfish and opportunistic; it was basic human nature and instinct to look after oneself and one’s interests first. Therefore, she was certainly caught off guard when the other had sought her out to return the bill. “ Uh, yeah. Thanks but you should keep it. ” Margot wasn’t in any position to give money away, given her family’s complicated financial situation. Yet, she wanted to reward the stranger for her kind deed.

“ yeah.. it’s just easier that way for me. i tend to spend more money when i have cash on me. ” she laughed softly.  the girl tried not to spend too much money on stuff she didn’t need. so, keeping her cash at home was her way of controlling it. “ any day you get five dollars richer is a good day if you ask me. ” sofia smiled at the younger girl.

“ Really? I have the exact opposite! Because I’ll just take a certain amount of money with me to the store, that way when it’s gone I won’t have anything else to buy something with. ‘Cept my phone and my card, but that’s like a self-rule that I can’t use those, you know, not when I’ve got cash. ” She explained. Why she was explaining this, she forgot, but it didn’t matter it was already out. Smiling, she nodded. “ Yeah, that’s what I thought. I might get ice cream with it. ”

         AXEL WASN’T THE MOST CAUTIOUS PERSON, NOR COULD HE exactly be identified as organized, but it was unlike axel to even carry cash on him. it took a second to realize that the voice was referring to him, turning to the other. “ oh, hey, uhh– “ he took a second to glance down at the bill, shaking his head. “ no, sadly.  but hey, looks like its your lucky day, you found five dollars!  That could buy like four large slurpees from seven-eleven, or like 4 and a half big gulps. “

“ Yay me! ” Chloe cheered halfheartedly. Her eyebrows raising in surprise as he continued his sentence. “ That’s exactly what I was thinking. Well apart from the gulps then. You wanna come? It’s free.. my treat. ” Waving the bill in the air as if he just couldn’t refuse such an offer. 

VALERIA -> CHLOE

“You’re very welcome,” Valeria said with a solemn smile. Small bills like that definitely weren’t going towards anything majorly impactful, like to a charity or a shelter or used to save for something bigger, but she’d kick herself if she was greedy over something as ridiculous as five dollars. People like that were the reason their children came to her with their grievances and struggles. She paused, looking down at the jacket she wore, noticing her hand that had been tucked inside of it. After feeling around, she’d realized the emptiness of it. “The price we pay for keeping our hands warm,” she jested with a shrug of her shoulders, “Hey, as long as you don’t use it for drugs or underage drinking, do whatever you want with it.”

Chloe smiled as the woman examined her pockets. “ You sure you don’t want it to buy gloves or something? ” She offered, feeling bad for already making plans to spend something she was just kindly given. Making a profit off of someone's misery, that was something she didn’t want to do. Letting out a small chuckle at the comment of the woman. “ I won’t. Promise. I thought maybe some coffee or some candy. ” The girl admitted.

“ Thank you! I will! ” Chloe smiled and looked down at the bill as she flattened it a bit. “ Uhm. ” She started, wondering if she was really going to do this, but what the hell. “ If you’re not too busy though.. I’d feel bad if I spend your money just on myself.. so.. do you want to like.. I don’t know.. maybe come? To get coffee, I mean. It’s not a big deal I just.. if you’re not busy, you know. ”

        troy’s on a mission — he has things to do before his class this afternoon , people to see and mentally ticking off the things he’s done on his list in his head as he’s walking down the street. that is so rudely interrupted at the tap of the shoulder , and he almost gets whiplash from turning to face the young woman so fast. “ five dollars ? ” his tone is as spiteful as intended. the bill acting as a piece of rubbish that carries an awful stench to warrant his nose scrunch. “ you went out of your way to flag me down for a five dollar bill ? honey. do i look like i carry change on me ? ”

Chloe almost took a step back from the sheer look the boy was wearing. Almost. Instead she straightened her shoulders a little more. “ Right.. No you don’t actually. Sir. You look like you carry all your precious money right up your fucking ass. And it’s so tight that nothing would ever slip through. ” She spat, slipping the bill in her pocket. “ A simple ‘no, but thank you’, would have sufficed. Asshole. ”

bending down for five dollars is not something isabella does . but she supposes this girl before her doesn’t hold the same DIGNITY . she can’t help but look at the note in question, as if it offends her, before shrugging . “ keep it . being a good , selfless person ought to get you SOMETHING in life , right ? “ what could five dollars even buy ? a piece of gum ? isabella has no idea.  “ but . . thanks . that’s like. nice of you. for no reason . “ how baffling .

Seeing the look of disgust on the girls face, Chloe knew she’d made the right choice. “ That’s what I thought. Thanks though. ” The girl smiled sweetly and tried to keep herself from raising her middle finger in front of the others face. Stuck up bitch. It might as well be written on her forehead. “ Well you know I just thought.. like .. if I dropped like my card or something or like fifty dollars and like I didn’t notice I would like for someone to pick it up and give it to me, you know. And like if it was you, then maybe you’d remember me being nice when it was just five bucks, right? ”

sofia was on her way home from the store when she felt a tap on the shoulder. “ i never keep cash on me so no it’s not. ” she said with a smile on her face. “ you’re are really sweet to check, ya know. Most people would have seized the opportunity to get an extra five bucks. ”

                                                 “ Ah.. of course not. ”

Why would you if you can pay by card, right? Yet Chloe still liked the feeling of money in her hand. She liked the feeling it gave her, like it was really hers. Like she had something of worth between her fingers. And she was more aware when she spend it. With a swift movement she put the bill in her pocket and smiled.

                                   “ Yeah, well- I’m not most people. ”  The girl shrugged.

“ What comes around, goes around, right? It got me five bucks without feeling like an asshole, so I’ve got that going. ”

VALERIA -> CHLOE

Valeria stopped in her tracks, slowly, and always gracefully turning around as her black hair traveled around with her, staying on her back like a waterfall. Her eyes lit up with delight at the generosity of the young girl, though she held up her hand gently against her, “Thank you, mjia,” she said with a gentle smile, “Five dollars is a small favor. You keep it for your generosity.”

Looking up at the woman she suddenly grew very self conscious about her own black hair.

                                                                 “ Sweet. ”

The girl replied. Folding the bill swiftly with her fingers and pocketing it. People here had little to no appreciation of the little things. Not her though. She didn’t take them for granted and one day it would make her as rich as the Sinclairs.

                                                              “ Thanks. ”

Chloe offered, already imaging what she was going to buy with it. More licorice, or nail polish, maybe she’d safe it for that record she saw at Black Cat’s the other day.

         “ You should probably be careful though.. I don’t know how you dropped it.. maybe your purse is open, or something? ”

♡  MUSE 52, JENNA ORTEGA, CISFEMALE ┊ have you seen CHLOE MONTGOMERY around hillston? the 17 year old is said to be a HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT. the neighbours would say that they’re BOLD and THRILL SEEKING, but they’re actually CURIOUS and INDEPENDENT. SHE often reminds people of black coffee, licorice candy and a stormy green sea watch out, though. you wouldn’t believe that SHE OWNS A WELL READ BLOG, BUT NO ONE KNOWS ITS HERS. ( Elina, GMT +2, 25, She/her)