𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑑𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑠, 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑘 𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟 & 𝑗𝑎𝑑𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑠𝑡

𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑖𝑥𝑡𝑒𝑒𝑛. 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙?

season one | episode sixteen
Wok Star

For most people, waking up to their father making pancakes might be good or even great if they haven't seen said dad in a year but the sight of her father cooking only sends anxiety through her body. "I see you're up early as always, early bird gets the worm," Derek Storm placed a plate of pancakes at her seat at the table. An awkward smile plays at her lips as she takes her seat, poking her food with her fork. Curse her hatred of sleeping in, why didn't her mother even try to warn her?

"What are you doing here? Not that I didn't miss you," it was odd talking to her dad like they might have a normal relationship. He sat down next to her, pulling his red sunglasses off and placing his hand on her hers and she could cry. He gives her an entire story about missing his children, his ex wife and how much he wanted to see her perform something.

She tries her best to smile through it before she eventually heads out to school and he offers to give her a ride. "I know I don't have to but I miss you," he wraps her arm around her shoulders as they head out.

"Did you watch Alexa's new movie? I couldn't be more proud of that girl," he was referring to Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, a part of her hated her sister for playing in the sequel to her favorite movie and another part of her hated how proud her dad was of Alexa. He was never proud of Arielle, no matter what she did, nothing could push away her queerness.

A large part of her, most of her hated herself for it but she loved Beck and Jade, more than anything in the world.

"Yeah, it was good," he spends the rest of the drive asking her about her classes during the weekend, tells her it's nice that she got an A in a geometry test, he asks about Hollywood Arts in a way that she knows her mom made him and she tells him about their show and he promises he'll be there but she assures him it would be fine if he showed up a little late or didn't show up at all. When she walks into the school building, the first person she sees is Tori who wants her to go to some Chinese restaurant she found down the street.

"No," Arielle pulls out her phone and walks away, trying to find Beck and Jade.

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When Arielle gets to the studio, she meets the rest of the group there and Jade pulls her onto the stage. "Welcome, my leading lady," she kisses Arielle who goes silly for a bit after. "Your leading lady also has beautiful cheek bones," the woman in the green suit, Mrs Lee, looks between Arielle and Tori.

"Thanks!" Arielle smiled as the woman took Jade's script from her bag, she has made a few notes which Arielle found shocking, the play was crazy and a little weird but she loved it and she fit the psycho range that Jade has basically been teaching her since they were kids.

"You wanna change my play?" She asked, gripping Arielle's hand a little too tight.

"Well, I gotta go," Beck gets up, giving both girls kisses as he heads out but Arielle grabs his arm, squeezing harder whenever Jade starts gripping tighter.

"Oh he's so handsome, like a pretty pony and you-," Mrs Lee points at Arielle, points up and down as if referring to her outfit, something her father let her leave the house with so it wasn't bad. She wore a flowery pink halter top and a pair of wide leg jeans and a small white cardigan. "Are those real?" Arielle's cheeks flush as the woman points at her chest. "Thanks," she moves away and lets Beck go as she sits down, watching Jade and Mrs Lee bicker. "So she sings a song while she falls down the well, Ari can sing," Jade says , grinding her teeth a bit as Arielle watches, a little amused.