LIPGLOSS ⤷ challengers (discontinued)

³ the four of us

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"Read you a bedtime story?"
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2006

TASHI'S PARTY WAS finally coming to a close, and Marlowe could not wait to get home. That was until she saw Patrick Zweig and Art Donaldson sitting on the two chairs that the two girls had left them in.

"Why are they still here?" Tashi wondered out loud. "Don't they have a match tomorrow?"

"Yep," Marlowe replied, continuing to stare at the two boys, and before she knew it, her feet were moving towards them.

Marlowe had never been the outgoing type, it was always Tashi. Tashi had this confidence about her that made her seem so much more comfortable with putting herself out there. Marlowe didn't. She had always wanted to be like Tashi and even her parents did too but she knew she never would be able to.

That's why, when her legs started moving towards the boys on their own accord, even Tashi was surprised but followed along.

"Hey!"

"Hi." Both boys spoke at once.

"Hi!" Tashi and Marlowe also spoke at the same time.

"You guys are still here." Tashi sounded playfully surprised.

"It's a great party!" Art replied, smiling as the two girls got closer.

"Thank you!" Tashi nodded her head at Art. "Um... don't you guys have a final, shouldn't you be preparing or something?"

"It's just the juniors." Art shrugged and at the same time, Patrick spoke. "I think we both know how it's gonna go."

Both boys looked at each other for a split second and then returned their attention to Tashi and Marlowe.

"Okay. Well it's uh, it's cool that you stayed." Tashi laughed slightly.

"Yeah, I wanted to ask you about that point earlier, Marlowe." Art said while looking at her.

But at the same time, Patrick said to Tashi, "Hey do you smoke?"

"Cigarettes?" Tashi questioned.

"Yeah."