Two female soccer teams. One deserted island. Twins, Lennon and June have no choice but to adjust to the elements of the wild when their plane crashes on the way to Nationals, leaving them stranded with their rival team. Friendships are tested, rela...
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LENNON. / HALLOWEEN, 2022.
I had decided after much thought to dress up as Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz. I was wearing the frilly-checkered blue and white dress, resting against my thighs with knee-high red-glitter boots, my hair in two braids with little red bows at the end. My hair was shorter then, stopping just at my collarbone. We as a team were at Imani's Halloween party that she had been throwing since we were fourteen, since her father and step-mother were always out of the State on business or expensive cruises.
We were in her backyard, where fairy lights had been strung up along with many Halloween decorations—ridiculously big and fancy ones that probably cost hundreds of dollars. She even had an inflatable of the Mind-Flayer from Stranger Things.
June was beside me, dressed as Mavis from Hotel Transylvania. Our mom was still alive, which meant her hair wasn't bleached blonde yet, and instead, was in a stylish dark Bob, resting against her neck. We were talking amongst ourselves, speaking about the other costumes the girls had chosen to wear. Everyone always went all out for Imani's Halloween parties, and that meant everyone was dressed to the nines, wearing their best possible costumes.
"Rebecca's my favourite." June was saying before taking a sip of her drink from her red-solo cup. Rebecca had dressed up as Avril Lavigne, wearing the pink and green clip-in highlights through her hair with lots of dark eyeliner smeared around her eyes. It was the total opposite of how Rebecca would normally dress, which was why it looked super cool on her.
"Becca does look great, but I think my favourite costume is Abby's." I said, glancing across to where Abby was flirting with some girl from the cheerleading team. Abby hadn't chosen to dress sexy like most of us girls on Halloween, instead, she was dressed as Willy Wonka from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. She was even still wearing the silly white-circular shades on her face, even in the dark. And she had been waving the cane about all night.
June laughed, "Somehow, she's actually really pulling it off." She said, following my gaze and I joined in on the laughter.
"What's up, my bitches!" Imani exclaimed drunkenly as she sauntered towards us. She was dressed as a sexy cop, with stockings and a pair of handcuffs attached to a belt on her hip, her hair poker straight, stretching down her back.
She wrapped her arms around both of our necks, using us as a crutch to stay standing. She was pretty fucking wasted, and felt the need to say so, "I'm so drunk," She sang, pushing down on my shoulder. "Are you guys so drunk?" She asked us, a glazed over look in her eyes as she grinned drunkenly.
