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┊͙ ˘͈ᵕ˘͈Chapter 2: art club promotion

Heads-up! This chapter will probably be long as fuck lmaooo💀💀 but trust me, this chapter will introduce Venus's character 

"So, are you guys ready with the flyers yet?" A raven haired girl peeked over the two people sitting down, the round-framed person replied "Not yet, Lila" as they held a blue sheeted paper with star outlines, "hm, what about you Thea?" The curly haired girl perked up and almost dropped a marker, "Nope, try asking...Luke, Gabe, Taylor, Opal or Sienna." Lila frowned, she scooted in the empty space between them, "Gabe's at a coffeehouse with his boyfriend, Luke and Sienna are barely done, Opal's sick and Taylor..I don't think Taylor's finished either"  Lila groaned in disappointment and slammed her head on the wooden table, "How are we supposed to start an art club if everyone's busy or not done?" 

Thea patted her on the back, "At least me and Venus are the most productive ones in the group" she eyed the blonde with pink ends faded, "We're better than Sienna too. Specifically, me" Thea rolled her eyes sarcastically, "We'll be finished by deadline, I'm sure of it. Besides with Venus's craft skills, the flyers will look amazing." Lila rose up with an idea, she was exceptionally excited about Venus, making them sweat profusely. "I will not take any of your crazy commissions" she scooted over to them, holding her hands together and chanted with pleases. "Fine, but make it student council friendly, they still won't hop off my dick for some reason." 

Lila suggested: galactic theme with different colors each flyers with different planets. The two seemed to agree and needed to confirm with the group chat if they consent to it, Lila pulled out her phone which seemed to a navy blue, decorated with oceanic creatures as stickers and light blue beads around the case with a keychain that has a label "LILA" and pulled up the messages app, typing quickly the message send. A person named "GABRIELA MONTEZ 😍" started to type, the person seemed to agree followed by a chain of: Jessie cast crew, YOU BELONG WITH ME 😩,  Sienna, and Steven Universe is real! "wonderful names." Thea said blankly, "I know." Lila said proudly, "but it seems like the whole crew agreed, you guys ready for a shit load of caffeine and random bursts of energy at midnight?"  Followed by two very optimistic yeahs. 

slamming a triple high five then proceeded to pick up their colored sheets with optimism and motivation. Venus slipped their earbuds in their ears and began to blast extreme rock music to get more motivated while Thea was on the verge of tears over a circle. Sienna and Luke decided to move over to the same table as the other two and started working on the flyers together. They decided for the next meeting should be at a dormitory tomorrow since it was a student holiday, Sienna offered to bring caffeinated drinks and everyone agreed, they decided Venus's dorm since they do not have a roommate, plus extra space.

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the crew slowly arrived at 2:00 pm at Venus's dorm, where it was decorated head to toe with plants, music posters, stuffed animals and warm sunset paintings glammed out on the walls with mini stickers. An aroma of freshly watered and cut plants, a warm scent of amber and strawberry filled the room. Venus smiled greeting their group to their cave, Sienna brought energy drinks while Lila brought refrigerated caffeine- they all sat down onto a beige couch and discussed their ideal plan- work on those flyers and make them look glamorous from head to toe, every single detail must be copied and pasted to every nook and cranny there is! Spreading the craft supplies onto a coffee table, they immediately got to work with determination. 

Trying the bestest to stay happily motivated by singing off-key karaoke then proceeded to laugh at them, making crazy art out of empty cans, or just listening to music in general. The team was looking for ways to stay occupied by shouting out of context stories then staying to be motivated, 'Wrong Prom date', 'terrible first date', 'accidentally switched shifts with a coworker', etc. This was a chance for Venus to mention cigarettes dude in the art room, "you know- I met some dude named 'Sean' at the art room four days ago" Gabe perked up, seeming interested in the mystery guy "What does he look like? I think I might know him." "You know everyone" Venus said as they sliced through yellow carpentry paper, "African-American with a polish accent, seems tall like 6'2, septum and lip piercing, and a smiths fan" 

Gabe got even more excited, "I know Sean! I was his tour guide, he's taking a photography major and is a older freshman- he's 28-" Thea spat out her cherry flavored energy drink- "TWENTY-EIGHT? I'M TWENTY-FIVE", Sienna replied "Me and my boyfriend are also Twenty-five" she said lovingly, "Shut up, nobody cares about that hospitalized football player named Trevor" Luke shouted "Oh, shush you homosexual" she defended, "I'm Omni idiot!" "i'M oMnI, okay? Go off, carnivorous human?"  "Why you little-" Luke sprung up to grab Sienna's hair and yelped, "Wasn't Trevor that guy who got T-Boned by a truck?" Thea questioned, all shouted yes. "Wait, how old are you, Venus?" Gabe asked, all heads turned towards Venus "I'm 24." The others had a chain reaction of collective shock, "What?" 

Taylor starting pinching Venus's cheek, "You're a baby!" Venus slapped his hand away, "oh fuck off, you're only 2 years older than me" Thea crawled over to them and pulled their cheeks apart "They're just a wittle baby!" She said in a baby-like voice, soon the group collectively got their attention on Venus and acting like they're a newborn, pinching their cheeks and fluffing their hair until they snapped and got annoyed. "COULD WE JUST WORK ON THE DAMN PROJECT" they fumed, the others laughed and stopped picking at them and kept working

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As the table cluttered up with empty cans, dirty cups, and crumbled paper. Sun down, nobody even checking the time anymore- the group seemed like a depression meet out, they all have a chain reaction of groans. "Can't believe we agreed to do this." Venus was the first to speak out, all was extremely tired until there was 'the odd one out' of the group, nonetheless Gabe. "How come you're the one wide awake?" Venus stared at him, "I have a fucked up sleep schedule, college is killing me and I have to endure it before I kill myself by drinking so much coffee, I vomit my guts out" "god you keep saying long sentences, just shut the fuck up."  Gabe went silent immediately and got offended 

"Venus, throw me some caffeine"  Thea mumbled, Venus scooped up a black grocery bag and squirmed his hand inside, "we ran out." The room went silence and turned into a large crowd of rage,  "WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU MEAN WE RAN OUT???" Venus shouted back, "I SAID WHAT I SAID YOU DEAF FUCK." They threw the empty bag at Thea's face, "At least I have some instant coffee from my work shop." Everyone cheered as Venus walked to their mini kitchen and prepped up the cups. They held up a mini clutter of tablespoons and counted till they found the right one, pouring the instant coffee in the spoon then plopping them in the cups. Heating up the stove then filling up the kettle with water filled to nearly the top. (Foreshadowing TEHEHEHEHE) 

After heating up the kettle, poured the water into the cups and stirred them all evenly. Then proceeded to add 3tsp of sugar and 6tsp of milk in each one, making sure it adds a bit of a sweetness when you taste the clash of  bittersweet. "Coffee's done," Venus announced, everyone cheered and claimed their cups happily. "Don't get too excited, I have to go back in Wednesday to get some more coffee and sugar" As everyone took a sip, it was a hot satisfaction. As the group regained energy from the caffeinated drink, they got straight to work. Taking little sips but managing to stay energized. "Venus, your coffee is the best~" Gabe commented, "I know." Venus replied

Everyone was collectively ecstatic over their cups of coffee and trying to flex who had the most sugar while working over their flyers. Although they all annoyed Venus constantly, they know- this is the best and annoying friend group ever.