[center] [url=https://fontmeme.com/handwriting-fonts/][img]https://fontmeme.com/permalink/190819/279680e3b361b9308a4727e084e2f3a3.png[/img][img]https://fontmeme.com/permalink/190819/b4bc03a03daf6264f479cfc15578c116.png[/img][/url] [img]https://media0.giphy.com/media/59bOmWxujITAs/giphy.gif[/img] [sub]A collab by [@NeoAJ] and [@HaleyTheRandom]; featuring [color=e81b00]Shawna[/color] and [color=7ea7d8]Sunshine[/color].[/sub] [hr][hr] [/center] [indent][indent][indent] School was the last place Shawna wanted to be right now. She thought long and hard about skipping today. Just hunkering down in her house with a couple seasons of GLOW and what was left of her stash from Carter. It had been that stressful yesterday. Kellie Anne finally responded to her after Ariel had gotten out of the shared Uber on Saturday night. Finally. But it wasn't much of a response. Shawna stared at it as the driver took her back to the homestead: [code]"hey babe, something came up so i had to leave. sorry!" "love u, see u monday at school!"[/code] It seemed pretty innocuous-looking. The kind of thing that would have made sense to send to someone. However, the context that Ximena had added to things made it seem almost shady. Kellie Anne didn't say what it was. Millie still appeared to be at the party when Shawna and Ariel left, so it couldn't be her sister. And if it was a family thing, Millie likely would have left as well. So what was it? Attempts at getting clarity on Sunday were shut down too. Kellie wasn't responding to anything Shawna sent. Not to a "hey u? How you feeling today?" or a "I know you aren't sleeping the whole day away, right?" or even a "you're still alive, right?" She didn't even acknowledge it until late Sunday night. It was if she didn't notice the stream of worried texts. Instead: [code]"hi love! hope ur well! see u tomorrow <3"[/code] She was still mulling Sunday over as she shuffled like a zombie towards her locker. [color=e81b00]"I just don't get it. I just don't,"[/color] she said, as she trudged along. Confusion was a feeling she was more familiar with nowadays following her summer break, but she still didn't like it. [color=e81b00]"That was the first day she didn't answer a single text. Like, it can't be because of Max, right?"[/color] Sunshine had been pondering what had happened at Kavi's party over the course of the last few days - not that there was much that had happened for her. What she had been pondering was the fact that Kings Academy seemed like a completely and utterly confusing shit show. She had sent out a couple of texts to Shawna and Kellie over the weekend, but hadn't really gotten that much of a response from either. She had just chalked it up to them being busy or hung over. Luckily for her, she spotted the taller of the two in the hall. [color=7ea7d8]"Yo, Shawna! Everything okay? You're either constipated or concentrating [i]really[/i] hard."[/color] Hearing the voice of one of her friends jolted Shawna out of her state of contemplation. She turned to see Sunshine standing ther, in a relatively normal state. At least she had made it out all right. She regretted not checking in with her yesterday, but the Kellie thing had put her completely on edge. [color=e81b00]"Um...it's...no. It's not really ok. It's just... I'm having some trouble with... Sunshine, what do you think about Kellie? Like I know you haven't had that long to know her, but maybe that's good. What do you think of her?"[/color] A little caught off by the question, it took Sunshine a second to answer. [color=7ea7d8]"I mean, like you said, I haven't really known her that long. She seems pretty cool. A little awkward, but hey, aren't we all?"[/color] Shawna responded with a laugh that definitely backed up Sunshine's assertion. It was not the chill laugh she had developed over the past few months. There was nervous feelings laced within. [color=e81b00]"That is definitely true. But I mean, like... you don't think Kellie would be the type to... you know..."[/color] Shawna looked around, just to make sure the dancer wasn't bounding up the hallway already. [color=e81b00]"You don't think she's the type to cheat on someone, do you?"[/color] She was being pretty blunt, but it was the only way she knew she was going to get some help on making sense of everything. [color=7ea7d8]"I really don't know, man. I just... I dunno. I don't know her that well. I wish I did, but I just... don't."[/color] The tall girl stopped and let her back bang up against a random set of lockers as she slumped down to the ground. [color=e81b00]"Fuck I wish someone did,"[/color] she sighed. Shawna looked up at Sunshine as students filtered past them. [color=e81b00]"Someone told me at the Halloween party that they saw Kellie Anne hooking up with fucking Max in a room, and I don't know if I believe them. I thought I didn't. After having all of yesterday to think about it though, now I'm like 50/50. Like she actually could have done that."[/color] [color=7ea7d8]"Fuck,"[/color] Sunshine mumbled under her breath, slowly taking in Shawna's words. Then it dawned on her. Were Kellie and Shawna actually a thing? Of course Sable had noticed the jokes and such, but she didn't really think that they were official or anything. [color=7ea7d8]"So you two were actually a thing? Like... wow. I'm so sorry Shawna."[/color] [color=e81b00]"It wasn't a [i]THING[/i] thing,"[/color] Shawna admitted. [color=e81b00]"I tried to make it a thing thing. Kellie said she wasn't ready. She said she wasn't over Max. I didn't think she meant that she wanted to go back and fuck him again, but fuck. I don't know. I don't fucking know. And this whole ghosting thing isn't helping my brain much either.[/color] Wow. That was literally the only word that could come to Sunshines mind. People and emotions were complicated. That's why she normally stuck to Tequila. [color=7ea7d8]"So she hasn't messaged you either?"[/color] Shawna held her knees. [color=e81b00]"A couple times, but she hasn't offered an explanation for what happened at Kavi's or why she didn't message me almost all of yesterday.[/color] She looked down the hall. There were a sprinkling of tears on her face. [color=e81b00]"Stupid fucking Max. He just couldn't stay away. He just had to come along and fuck everything up, didn't he?"[/color] [color=7ea7d8]"You could always fuck [i]his[/i] shit up. Kellie didn't have to do anything with him. You could just fuck his shit up for GP as my mom used to say."[/color] Sunshine took a deep breath. She really wasn't being any help to Shawna at the moment, and it was starting to make her feel bad. [color=7ea7d8]"On a serious note though, I'm here if you need me. Maybe one of us could try to meet up with her in class or something today? Nonchalantly ask her what happened. Probably better you than me. I'm not sure."[/color] Sunshine was making a lot of sense. If Max was going to take away something Shawna [s]love[/s].... at least had very strong feelings for, the least she could do is take something away from that fucking asshole. It seemed to be the right way to go about things. She probably couldn't match Ariel's final total for damages to Kavi's bedroom. But she could at least cost stupid Max a game or two. Kellie said he was always wrapped up in his lacrosse shit. Hard to be wrapped up in it when there is no equipment to play matches with. [color=e81b00]"No...no. I might say something really fucking stupid right now,"[/color] Shawna told her friend. [color=e81b00]"Besides, I don't feel much like going to class."[/color] She got up and gave Sunshine a hug. [color=e81b00]"Thank you, Sunshine. You're a great friend. I know what I have to do."[/color] [color=7ea7d8]"Please don't fucking kill anybody. I really don't feel like testifying against a new friend."[/color] Shawna laughed. This one was less nervous and a little more... aggressive? Jokerish? It was tough to tell. [color=e81b00]"No worries. I promise I will not kill anyone. Just going to follow the example of someone else and find a healthy outlet for my frustration at this whole scenario. You won't be under oath, I swear.[/color] [color=7ea7d8]"Well, just know that no matter what happens, I'm here for you, okay? I think I'll go and grab some lunch before class though, if that's fine?"[/color] [color=e81b00]"Sounds like a plan, Sunshine. I think I'm going to go off-campus for lunch today. You know, right after I take care of some shit. Anyway, text me later, ok?"[/color] With that, Shawna headed off towards the athletics department. She was going to have to stop by the baseball equipment locker, but soon there would be justice in the world. [/indent][/indent][/indent]