𝐋𝐄𝐓 𝐈𝐓 𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐄𝐍 / alex standall ✓

𝟎𝟑. ⁀➷ THE FIRST FLASHBACK

ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ 𝐋𝐄𝐓 𝐈𝐓 𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐄𝐍
03 / THE FIRST FLASHBACK
↳ season one, episode one: tape 1, side a
act one / the tapes

"I know what you're all thinking. Hannah Baker is a slut. Oops, did you catch that? I just said 'Hannah Baker is'. Can't say that anymore."

Nessa's mouth dropped agape as she heard Hannah's remark. She knew the girl was funny and had dark humor, but that just took it to a whole new level.

"I dreamed our first kiss would take place in the park. I never told you that. The dream starts with me at the top of the rocket, holding the steering wheel. It's still a playground rocket, but every time I turn the wheel to the left or the right, the trees lift up like they're taking flight. And I'm scared, because I don't know how to fly. But you're there at the bottom of the slide to catch me when I fall.

And that's all that happened. We kissed. Why? Did you hear something else? Nope. We just kissed. Sorry to disappoint you, but I guess now we're even. Sort of.

See, I've heard so many stories about me now that I don't even know which one is the most popular. But, I do know which is the least popular – the truth. See, the truth isn't always the most exciting version of things, or the best or the worst. It's somewhere in between. But it deserves to be heard and remembered. The truth will out, like someone said once. It remains.

So thank you, Justin, sincerely. My very first kiss was wonderful."

Nessa walked into school, extremely agitated as it was. She had been up all night writing an essay for her English class, which yes, she could have avoided by doing the essay two weeks ago when it was assigned, but that was neither here nor there.

She followed Zach over to the brick wall where Justin and Bryce were already standing, talking with each other.

"Ness!" Justin said, running up to the girl and hugging her. The others greeted both her and Zach before Justin jumped back into his conversation.

"A picture's worth a thousand words." Justin said, pulling his phone out and showing the group a photo that he had of a girl, who Nessa noticed was Hannah, coming down the slide at Eisenhower Park. It was a revealing photo, one that showed exactly what she had under her skirt.

"Justin! Delete that." Nessa instructed, extremely irritated. Justin looked at her, but when her face didn't change, he knew she was serious.

"Nah, we're sending that shit around." Bryce said with a smirk on his face as he grabbed the phone from Justin's hand, clicking a few buttons.

"No, Bryce. Stop." Justin said, attempting to grab his phone back, but Bryce wouldn't let him. Nessa had tried too, but before she had been able to reach out and grab the phone out of Bryce's hands, her own buzzed, revealing the fact that Bryce had been successful in his plans.

"You're fucking kidding me, right?" Nessa yelled as Bryce continued to laugh. The boys were all surrounding him, staring at the photo before it popped up on their own screens. Nessa thought she was agitated before, but now she was just downright furious.