TEMPTRESS. euphoria

ooo. prologue!

[ rue's pov ] 

GWENIVERE FINN. like most kids in east highland, she had a pretty normal childhood. expect for that fact the her parents were super religious to the point that gwen never even cursed until she was fifteen. while gwenivere did believe in god, she doubted it sometimes. she thought it was dumb that every mistake someone made, was judged by a random guy that no ones even seen. along with being super religious, gwens parents were kinda hippies. but not in the good way. her parents didn't believe that mental illness was real, and she began smoking cigarettes to cope with not having her parents support when she really needed it. gwenivere was super sweet, overly trusting, but a good friend. though she was two years younger than cassie, the pair were best friends, but then again, gwen makes everyone feel like they're best friends with her. 

the summer before freshman year, gwen changed. she got taller, her boobs got bigger, and she her acne went away. if the boys at east highland weren't trying to sleep with cassie or maddy ( which would never happen, because of nate) , they went for gwen. though gwen would make out with people, she vowed to not have sex until she was married. she even got a purity ring on her thirteenth birthday, that she never takes off. 

gwen always cared about her appearance. a lot. she was the type of girl that you'd never see eat at school. she knew her dieting had gotten out of hand, but she couldn't help it, it was addicting. it was like her heroin. it felt so good. the highs were so high, but then she would crash, and the lows were pretty fucking low.  gwenivere hated almost everything about herself, and she hated that other people loved those things. 

and as gwenivere began her junior year, she planned to keep things as they always were, although sometimes things don't go exactly how you planned.

[ third person pov ]

now gwen was laying on the bed next to kat at maddy's house. " is this cute?" she said looking down at her cherry printed dress. kat nodded as maddy looked back and smiled. it was the party before her junior year of high school, so pretty much everyone was trying to look their best. 

" yeah, i like it." maddy says fixing her makeup.

" why dress like slut if you're not gonna have sex with anyone?" bb asks, although it was a rhetorical question.  

" bb do you ever shut the fuck up?" maddy asks, and bb for once had nothing to say. kat and gwen exchange a look fighting back smiles.

just then, maddy's dad opens the door to her bedroom, "dad! stop being a pervert, we're literally like all naked right now," maddy shouts, before he leaves the room, and maddy lets out a laugh. " ok let's go." 

as the group of girls drive to mckay's party, they run into rue. rue was going into her junior year, just like gwen. the pair were pretty close in elementary school, but they drifted apart as they started high school . " hey rue," gwen says, lighting her cigarette. " want one?" she asks as rue gets in the car after she was offered a ride.  it was really only a question, as  rue had just gotten out of rehab, so gwenivere expected a no.  

" sure," rue says, grabbing a cigarette out of the pack. gwen hands rue the lighter, taking her own cigarette from between her lips and exhaling. " thanks." 

" no problem." mckay's house was already packed, the chatter and loud music felt like the house was rattling and so was everything else nearby. gwen drops her cigarette on the ground, putting it out by rubbing her shoe onto it. as soon as the girls get inside the house, they go their separate ways. gwen walks to the kitchen where they have a bunch of drinks laid out.