greedy ✰ l. norris

005 | monday shenanigans

IT WAS MONDAY NIGHT, and the three best friends were just chilling in their living room. max and lando were invested in some youtube video that they had playing on the tv, while danica peeked up from her phone every so often when she got interested. most nights were pretty calm in their house, apart from the obvious nerf gun fights, wwe wrestling practice fights, or pretending they were in a masterchef competition when making food. oh, and when they were playing mario kart 8. that was totally super calm, never any verbal and physical abuse from danica and max to try to sabotage lando's game. after all, he was the "professional", so they had a long standing pact to do whatever necessary to beat him. even if it meant threatening to black mail him, or tattle tail to his mom. whatever it takes. however, this time it was actually calm.

yung filly's voice and the boys' giggles and jokes rang through the house. for a while danica had been adding in to the conversation, but after she had been quiet for a while, the boys got worried. "hey diggs everything alright? you're real quiet" max spoke up.

after a few seconds of radio silence, danica seemed to find her voice. "do you think he still loves me?" she mumbled. needless to say, that wasn't what lando or max were expecting the girl to say. "mate are you serious?" max chuckled out, before realizing his bestfriend was in fact dead serious. "dani where's this coming from?" lando chimed in, before everything fell into place. "oh shit, did he text you again?"

"i swear to motherfucking god if that dipshit tried to message you again after everything- i told you i would kill him he better watch out he better-"

"bro chill stop" max cut into the driver's protective rant, before he leant towards danica's side of the couch, "what did he say?"

danica turned her phone towards the two. her mind was racing at 300 kmh yet she couldn't bring herself to form one word. part of her was expecting that text, yearning for it. she knew their relationship was toxic, but she was truly in love, and spent so many months of her life and milestones with that boy.

the first time lando and max met cory maverick, a warning signal went off in their brains. at first they thought it was just them, but after revealing their like-minded opinions about the guy one drunk night, they realized it wasn't their overthinking, but a real red flag. the two saw how happy danica was with the boy at first, so they supported her and pushed their worries aside. however, they never let him at more than an arm's length and were looking out for the girl every day to make sure cory wouldn't break her heart.

the second that instagram post fell on their feed, they realized they failed. failed to protect the one girl who stuck by their sides through everything they each went through: all their mental health struggles, past girlfriends, family issues, arguments, and lapses in judgement. because they knew danica like the back of their hands, they understood how disrespectful and hurtful the scenario around the break-up was to her. they were always the first to hear about all her arguments with cory, the stupid things he'd pick up fights over, and even her "strange gut feelings" about her best friend, jenna. she would always defend them, saying she was overthinking, but max and lando could read the girl like an open book. after all, they were so close it was impossible not to notice the changes in her mannerisms, everyone else failed to notice. although they were always cory dislikers, the second he betrayed the girl they considered family, he became the #1 opp in their household.

Cory Maverick