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[sub][color=dimgray]Before school hours 
[color=b580f7][b]Rose[/b][/color] & [color=03c03c][b]Jax[/b][/color], with special guest.[/color][/sub]
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[indent]Rose sat on the stairwell where kids made out or smoke or both underneath it, where the cove was. Her pants were decorated with the solar system (that she drew) and she held a flyer showcasing a party being thrown on [i]The Destiny[/i], a boat. A party thrown by the Helmsley Three; people she rarely talked to. She knew of them. Everyone knew of them. The Helmsleys were some of the biggest business partners of the family that got her parents famous. The Greens. 

Green was a way of life and they offered fame to all those who would kill to see their name up in the lights. Fame was ultimately what their clients made of it, and her parents were some of the more humble products of Green, but still, her parents were products of Alyssa Green and stood on the woman's Green stage. They were famous because of Green money. Yes, her parents were wonderfully talented but without Alyssa's help? The grass wouldn't be Greener on the other side. They probably wouldn't have gotten back together and Rose wouldn't have been brought into this world. Thanks to the Greens, she existed and her parents' love lived on.  

Of course, she knew them. The Helmsleys were involved with the Greens. Two of the big five. Household names. Greens, Helmsleys, Lovelaces, Belleroses, & Lyons. The ones that had their fingers in everything that made up society. All connected in one way or another. A blessing? Or a curse. Rose liked to think a bit of both, watching from afar. The sidelines. Her life? She owed it to the Greens and it was weird. Life was weird. 

As for the party...

Did she want to go? She wasn't sure. The New Year's bash was only days ago, she didn't know if she necessarily could handle another bash where [i]someone[/i] kisses her. She had yet approached the culprit! Rose wanted to speak to him but they hadn't talked 'one on one' in years. There was a time where they were close. A long time ago. Then things changed and she couldn't find a way to tell him how she felt. They were too young. They were too different. They were too... naive. He was and still is a millions worlds apart. She'd rather bury the hatchet and focus on her own worth that wasn't defined by the Greens than let a heat of the moment kiss take over her thoughts.

Something that was entirely her own: Her imagination and creativity. That's what Rose thrived on. Not some kiss. 

Looking down on her lap, she realized she had made a paper airplane out of the flyer. Oh dank. Should she get up and let this soar off the roof? No, she had to stay. She was told to be here. She needed to wait. What was taking this person so long...? They told her to be here at a specific time. A stranger had sent her a message, ominous and cute, all at the same time, to be here at 6:30 am — a ridiculously early time. Rose trusted the message enough to go. The person sounded young. And yet, that didn't change that Rose had places to be, people to see, like playing hooky with Quincy so that her photography project could be da-bomb-dot-com. 

Hearing someone walking on the steps, Rose stood up and turned on her heel, only to see Jax Dalton. Someone as equally as creative as her and actually hung out with her and her friends. [i]Weird[/i]. 

What was he doing here? She confusingly blinked at her comrade. She had his number saved on her phone. Why did he... text her with an unknown number?   

[b][color=03c03c]"Oh, Rose, it's just you. What's up? Did you get a new phone?"[/color][/b] Jax scratched his head, seemingly as confused as her. She watched him carefully take out his phone as he went to save the number in her name. 

[color=b580f7][b]"That's not my number, Dalton...."[/b][/color] What was going on? Rose dropped the paper plane on the floor and took her phone out to reread the message from yesterday. 

[quote=Unknown Number][color=#f5deb3][b]Ana, dolly, I need to talk about something [i]very[/i] important with you tomorrow! Really really really important. Meet me at the school @ 6:30, kay? The stairs. You know the ones. There will be no regrets I promise! Stay cute. [img]https://i.imgur.com/BKIVlZk.png?1[/img][/b][/color][/quote]
[b][color=03c03c]"I received a similar text."[/color][/b] Rather than showcase his phone, Jax pocketed it and picked up Rose's paper airplane. [b][color=03c03c]"Weird, right?"[/color][/b] All Rose could do was nod. The stranger had used a nickname hardly anyone uses on her, since it was what everyone called her grandmother. The only other person that's called her Ana... well, she had to schedule a chat with him, later. This didn't make sense at all. Who would call both her and Jax and for what? 

And then the devil appeared out of the shadows of the cove, causing Rose to rub her eyes, as she saw a really tiny person smile mischievously up at the two and approach her and Jax's back (since Jax was facing Rose). She wore a beret and some of the most fashion forward [url=https://i1.wp.com/www.misspandora.fr/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Scan010.jpg?resize=724%2C724]clothes[/url] that existed today. 

[color=b580f7][b]"...Mina?"[/b][/color] Well, shit. Another big five was back in town. The princess of fashion. Daughter of Maxwell Bellerose Jr, the son of a multi-billionaire high fashion designer, who followed his father's footsteps, and took over VBR, the largest french multinational luxury goods and High Fashion brand. She was also the daughter of Bianca Esposito-Bellerose, a famous painter and opera singer that Rose secretly admired (but what the majority of the world didn't know, including Rose, was the Espotios were one of the big Italia mafia familias in America). Mina Bellerose. A triple threat, who could act, who could sing, who could dance, and who has been gone because of her filming schedule with her man, Christopher Everett, who matched her in skill and who both were [i]obsessively[/i] in love with one another. 

They were the teen celebrity couple that were making the tabloids for the past year. They were the [url=https://imgur.com/ezihi9l]It Couple[/url] that everyone was talking about. They acted together. They sang together. They did everything together. They were what media sensationalized. A perfect young love. 

Jax turned around only to take a step back, seeing a girl that stood at 4'9" looking up at him with a hungry gaze. [b][color=03c03c]"Uh, hi?"[/color][/b] He wasn't as involved in knowing famous people as Rose was.   

[color=#f5deb3][b]"Hi Jax, Rose."[/b][/color] She hopped up as high as she could to snatch the paper airplane, before skipping up the steps so that she could match in height with her colleagues. [color=#f5deb3][b]"I know you know me, Ana—"[/b][/color]

[b][color=03c03c]"Ana?"[/color][/b] Jax looked from Rose then to the tiny girl he knew nothing about. Rose simply shrugged in response. 

[color=#f5deb3][b]"—but you don't, Jax. I am Mina. Mina Bellerose. Know me now? Doesn't matter. I called you here, today, to meet me at this specific time because I'm not ready to tell people I'm here! I have to go back home and snuggle with my Teddy Bear. This is crucial to my life. Do you know how much I do? So much!"[/b][/color] Mina was definitely a vibrant character, but all Jax could see was a little girl. Man, she was super tiny. How could anyone take her serious? She stopped and creepily tilted her head at the blonde boy, [color=#f5deb3][b]"Do I have something on my face?"[/b][/color] 

[b][color=03c03c]"No, you're good. Continue. Why are we here?"[/color][/b] Jax crossed his arms and leaned against the wall. It was early. She was lucky he even came here, when she was the weird one and not specifying her identity. But, he was utilizing the sound labs and making music. He also got a text from Brian Helmsley asking him to be the DJ to the boat party, so yeah. There was that.

[color=#f5deb3][b]"I need you to first promise me you won't tell a soul I'm here! I'll come after the hype of the Helmsleys."[/b][/color] With her free hand that wasn't holding the plane, she took out her pinky. PINKY PROMISE. Rose was the first to go for it, still having not said anymore words. Curiosity was filling her inner chalice. She wanted to know what this girl wanted. Jax looked down at the girl, then her pinky, then the girl again. Man, that's something Honey would do. He shrugged, not one to talk about other people's business anyway, and gave Mina his pinky. 

[color=#f5deb3][b]"Good."[/b][/color] A impish giggle escaped her lips before she cooed, having released him from her pinky hold, [color=#f5deb3][b]"You two are some of the most creative people at this school. Like stupid creative for no good reason besides boredom. Well when I come back, I have a pet project I want to start."[/b][/color]

[b][color=03c03c]"Pet project?"[/color][/b] Jax interrupted. This girl was [i]strange[/i]. 

[color=#f5deb3][b]"LEMME FINISH!"[/b][/color] Mina puffed her cheeks and huffed. Jax rose his hands, and his expression displayed 'aiight, I'll shut up now.', and once again, she continued, [color=#f5deb3][b]"I want to follow my Zio's steps and make a documentary about the school. I know how bad you want to submit a film in a festival, Jax."[/b][/color] How did she know that? [color=#f5deb3][b]"And I know that you, [i]Ana[/i], like to do stuff. Really meaningful stuff. And this will have a lot of meaning. A pet project is essentially me doing stuff that keep me sane from my busy schedule! I want to make a film. So I'm going to make a film. But I need help. You two are the first I'm coming to with this proposition. Since I'm making this about the school, why not get my school apart of it? I want you, Jax, to help me with the camera work, and you, Rose, with the story. And I want us all to work together with the direction. Together, we can make something great!"[/b][/color] 

[color=b580f7][b]"That's, um, nice of you."[/b][/color] Rose didn't know how to think about this offer. First, theater club wanted her to act, now the successor of the Bellerose name wanted her to make a film with her. These days keep getting weirder. Rose clicked her tongue in thought. Jax could read that Rose was on the fence with this and Mina looked like she wasn't going to take no for an answer. 

[b][color=03c03c]"Let's go on a... coffee date this weekend? To talk further about this."[/color][/b] He'd do it. He got bored easily and this sounded like a fun time killer. Rose, though? She needed more time to be convinced. She had a lot of stuff she was juggling, but this would be a cool opportunity for them to work together. Jax really hoped she'd be down. Two creative minds, were better than one. Add another? Who knows what they could make!

[color=#f5deb3][b]"Well, duh! I need my Teddy Bear to talk more about our ideas. I expect you two to take the next couple of days to think about it, okay? This could be more than just kids doing projects together! Lets be friends~"[/b][/color] She hopped down a step and put the airplane at the center of them, [color=#f5deb3][b]"In the name of creativity!"[/b][/color] She looked at both of them expectantly, before she grumbled, [color=#f5deb3][b]"Put your hands on the plane."[/b][/color] Rose and Jax looked at each other and then without argument, but definitely with bewildered expressions, they did as Mina told them. [color=#f5deb3][b]"To new beginnings and plenty of tea party dates. I don't like coffee."[/b][/color] With that, Jax and Rose copied the tiny girl's actions, lifting their hands up like they were doing a hype-gesture before a football game. 

Ah yes, this was perfect. Absolutely perfect. Mina was satisfied. [color=#f5deb3][b]"Now remember, no one knows I'm here. I'll see you guys whenever! Chow~"[/b][/color] Gracefully waving, the mysterious girl made her great escape after giving a little twirl. As she ran off, she threw the plane down the stairs towards them. The plane smoothly glided down and landed in Rose's hands. 

Mina took out her phone and sent a text to her lover.    

[quote=Mina]To: [color=4fd14f][b]Teddy Bear[/b][/color] [sup][@Universorum][/sup]
[color=#f5deb3][b]I sowwie I'm not there! I'm coming home now. I love youuuuuuuuuu  :wub
I'll never leave without you knowing, ever again. 
Please forgive me.

Yours forever. XOXO. Keep the bed warm [color=ed1c24]❤[/color][/b][/color][/quote]
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