𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐠𝐧𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐬 (𝐌𝐚𝐱. 𝐖𝐨𝐥𝐟𝐞)

XII

Good afternoon followers, Gossip Girl here, your one and only etcetera amen. Oscar Wilde once said "give a man a mask and he will tell you the truth" which is why I love Halloween because what was once created to honor the dead tends to leave bodies in its wake. For when you dawn your disguise, the false sense of security it provides always leads to loose lips that'll sink both friends. I don't want to spoil the fun, after all the biggest scares are the ones you never see coming. See you on the other side, dead or alive. 

I shut my phone off as I walked into school, I assumed GG was talking about the 'shooting scare' that happened at our rival school, and to be honest, people made way too big a deal out of it. I walked to my locker when I heard very loud moaning coming from Rafa's office. Did he really think he was being quiet? it was so loud, I rolled my eyes and continued to my locker, I always assumed that he would hook up with a student, he was just like that. What I wasn't expecting was for Max to walk out of the office a minute later. I slammed my locker and walked outside, what had I expected from Max? 

"Hey" I sighed sitting down next to JC and Zoya, Audrey, Monet, and Luna joined after

"So, what are we doing for Halloween?" JC asked brightly turning to Zoya "I was thinking you me and Obie could do something together, someone will definitely take a photo and there's no better way to prove that things are great between us than a group hang"

"Hashtag Disney+" Luna smirked 

"I kinda already agreed to go with Obie to this party one of the witches from Hocus Pocus throws," Zoya said  

"Oh, um Hulaween, how could I forget?" JC asked, Audrey and I exchanged annoyed glances "I'll just hang out with you girls" she smiled at me and I gave her a half-hearted grin

"This year's theme is New York legends," Monet told Zoya "if you're not there, you're basically admitting that you're not one, plus this is the first Halloween post-Covid so you're still confined to that humiliating loss to Pippa Skyes and Brianca Breer from the year before"

"Who?" Zoya asked 

"Two bland and basic girls from another school," I told her "they want what JC has, too bad they can't get it I guess they're too busy fucking each other's boyfriends and pushing each other into fountains, to be honest, it's so basic, Serena and Blair did that kind of stuff years ago"

"A costume contest?" Zoya frowned "Isn't that kinda middle school? like what? do you get a trophy or something?"

I laughed "A trophy? that's what you think this is? no, you get a photon on the landing pages or the holy trifecta: Vogue, Harper's, and WWD" 

"Add miss, GG, to that mix" Luna added 

"Obie never said anything about a couples costume party" Zoya admitted 

"Well, no need to worry" Audrey spoke up "Aki and I are going to win, we've picked the perfect New York legends, Greta and Noah, and unlike them, at the Oscars, we will not be going home empty-handed"

"You and Aki are ok?" I asked happily

"We are figuring things out," she said with a smile "Slowly but surely and with no interference, that's what counts"

"Yeah, you need to think of something great JC" Monet interrupted "you can't lose again" 

"Well, how am I supposed to do a couples costume by myself?" JC asked, I was wondering that for myself, I would have had Max but due to a turn of events  he is no longer with me 

"Couples are a dead binary, be Oprah or Rihanna, they don't need their last names, let alone a partner to do anything," Monet said 

"Why is everyone on their phones?" Audrey asked looking around, it always amazed me how she paid such close attention to detail, at that moment Obie came over 

"Did you see?" he held up his phone "some kid brought a gun to school"

"You're back on Insta?" JC asked 

"Oh my god, of course, it's Pippa and Bianca's school" Monet spat "now they're gonna get a sympathy vote"

"Can you believe it? my entire life flashed before my eyes" Pippa said on her Insta story "like all 16 years"

"Right in front of us" Bianca added "I didn't wake up today thinking I would be a hero but when I screamed and everybody ran" she trailed off 

"Love each other, life is precious. Join us on Clubhouse where we talk trauma, invite-only" Pippa finished 

"What a couple of airheads" I rolled my eyes 

"You need to take those barely sentient succubi down before they end up on this American life because you can't compete with that" Monet snapped at JC

"A kid brought a gun to school" Zoya stressed, "doesn't that make a costume contest a little frivolous?" Suddenly Max walked out to the tables, I missed him, I really did, now he's barely in our friend group anymore, I had practically lost my best friend. Max caught my eye and I looked away quickly, I didn't want him to think I still liked him after everything that had happened and especially what I heard/saw with Rafa this morning

"Maybe this is the year we forgo all of that" I snapped back to reality and listened to what Obie was saying 

"Hey, we don't have to go if you don't want too" Zoya assured him

"I mean I want to go, it's just the dressing up part," Obie said

"Do you know why he brought a gun to school?" JC asked turning to him

"Gossip Girl of course" I sighed and rested my head in my hands, of course, Max decides to come and join our conversation now, Audrey touched my arm gently as a source of comfort "nice to see you all, some more than others" Aki, Audrey, and I were not too happy to have him there "if I didn't know any better I think you've been avoiding me?"

"Seems you know pretty well huh?" Audrey asked with a huge tone of sarcasm 

"Yeah, I've been too busy hooking up with teachers in their offices, but you wouldn't understand," I said and Max's eyes grew wide, he knew that I knew 

"Dumbo Hall later?" JC asked but then she glared at Max "most of us" Max walked up to me when I was getting ready to leave 

"What did I ever do to you?" he asked "you started ignoring me"

"Yeah, you were too far gone to remember the things you said to me" I snapped "that's your own fault Max, it's on you" I shook my head and walked away, he angered me so much sometimes but I had something I could do, I have info that GG needs. I pulled out my phone and got ready to send a tip in.