Just for a Moment

75 | Clothes

I know I said I would only do the board game scenes, but I got distracted while writing this and kept going up until pretty much the end of the episode. Oh well.

Another thing is that this is the first chapter since 54 where I've hit at least 2000 words. I found that crazy because a good chunk of the 50s and 60s chapters had writer's block, so for me to be able to write this one without stopping felt so relieving and soothing for some reason.

Also, if you haven't seen it yet, I posted another one-shot after three and a half months😅 (called "The Triangle" [the sixth story]).

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This next scene wasn't expected to take too long; it was just Gina and Nini talking in Ashlyn's kitchen.

Olivia (Nini) went to the fridge, and Sofia (Gina) came in a few moments after. "Oh, hey," Olivia (Nini) began.

"I was just getting some-"
"I just came in for-"

"-root beer." They both talked over each other, ending on the same phrase.

Olivia (Nini) grabbed Sofia (Gina) a can, and she responded with a quiet, "Thanks."

They awkwardly walked away from the fridge and over to the island. "Uh, crazy how many people made it to the party," Olivia (Nini) commented.

Sofia (Gina) nodded. "Um," she hopped up onto the counter, "my mom and I had a really nice meal, but when you're new in town with no other family, there's only so much time you can sit around complimenting the green beans."

"I guess you're, uh, new in town a lot."

"Yeah, going on," she looks up at the ceiling as if she were thinking, "six straight years of moves now," she chuckles. "But I do have high hopes for junior year at East High."

"It's been nice sometimes though, right? Getting a chance to start fresh?"

"Is this, like, where I make a wish or...?"

"If you wanna swap bodies, I'm down."

They both chuckle but are interrupted by someone calling them from the living room. "Gina, Nini, you need to come back; you're missing it!"

Sofia jumps off the counter, aiming for the yellow marks of tape on the ground but goes too far and hits her toe on the island, laughing from her mistake and accidentally spitting in the process. Both girls laugh, and Sofia says, "I'm sorry; I just spit... all over the place." through her giggle fit. She turns back around and hops back on the counter, calming herself down and ready to start the scene again.

They start about three lines from when they stopped. Luckily, Sofia landed perfectly flat on the floor. "Speaking of swapping bodies," she begins, "that whole wonderstudy thing... I just- I wanna say-"

"Oh, I know," Olivia (Nini) interjects. "Same here. It's all good." She begins walking back into the living room but turns around and adds, "Oh, uh, hey, you're staying the night, right?"

"What do you mean?"

"Ashlyn's having all the girls stay for a sleepover," she explains. "Apparently, there's a Ouija board in the attic."

"As long as Carlos didn't make it, yes."

They both chortle. "Ok." Olivia (Nini) goes back into the living room where everyone is packed onto the couch while Frankie (Carlos) is standing in front of it with the polaroid camera from earlier.