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"i'm so sick of myself, i'd rather be rather anyone anyone else" -jealousy, jealous by olivia rodrigo
song to listen to: happier than ever by billie eilish
warnings: screaming, swearing, mentions of drugs/drug use, mentions of alcoholism, smoking, mentions of cigarettes, verbally abusive
extra cast: young matthew broderick as ferris mcnulty
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october twenty-second, nineteen seventy-nine ( a year and four months after the massacre )
"Come on now, Mia, this is supposed to be the first time you've had fun in what is it, a year now? You can't bail now, that...well, that would cost you the price of our friendship!" Ferris whisper-shouted into his family's phone, causing me to roll my eyes.
"You've been threatening that since I saved your ass at camp, Ferris. Find a better reason for me to not bail, and call me back when you do-" I started, a smirk growing on my face.
"WAIT NO DON'T DO THAT-" His voice cracked, and he cleared his throat. "Don't hang up, please, it's important, I've got a reason. You're already in your dress, aren't you?"
"Yes..."
"And you've done all your makeup?"
"Yes...why're you even asking, Ferris? I'll just change-"
"No, no you won't. Getting everything off is just going to take you much longer than getting it on, take that from a guy with experience. And you didn't even go to the party for graduation, you've got to come to this one! It's only fair. You owe me this one, please."
"I owe you this one?" I asked, cocking an eyebrow that he couldn't see.
"Yes, you absolutely do," it's as though I could see Ferris nodding his head to match the flow of his words.
"I don't owe you shit, Ferris."
"Wait no-no, I didn't mean it like that-"
"But okay."
"Okay?"
"Okay, I'll go."
"I'll be at your door in ten minutes, be ready by the time I'm there."
"You live in Sunnyvale, how on earth are you set to be here in ten-"
