𝐋𝐄𝐓 𝐈𝐓 𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐄𝐍 / alex standall ✓

𝟒𝟎. testimony

ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ 𝐋𝐄𝐓 𝐈𝐓 𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐄𝐍
40 / TESTIMONY
​​↳ season two, episode three: the drunk slut
act two / the polaroids

𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐀 𝐖𝐎𝐊𝐄 𝐔𝐏 the next morning feeling extremely restless. She had barely slept, once again tonight. She groaned and opened her eyes as she noticed her dress hanging from her closet door as she realized what today was.

Court day.

Mrs. Dempsey had already told her that she didn't have to go to school today, considering she was to be in the courtroom at 10:00am. Jessica's testimony hadn't gone that well for her yesterday, as proven when both Nessa and Alex had come to see her last night. Nessa didn't want to read about Jessica's testament, she was terrified enough.

Alex, Clay and Tony had both promised that they would come and support Nessa today. As much as Jessica wanted to, she couldn't get herself to walk into that room again. Nessa understood completely, and Jessica promised her that she would come over immediately after. Zach wanted to come too, but of course, he was also on the witness list.

Nessa cleared her throat as she got ready for the day, putting makeup on for the first time in ages. She curled her hair and put on her dress, smoothing it out as she inhaled deeply. She closed her eyes, and let herself relax.

"Nessa!" Mrs. Dempsey called. "We need to leave now!"

"I'm coming, mom!" Nessa yelled back as she grabbed her purse, shoving her phone in it, and a printed picture of her and Justin. She needed his strength to get her through today. Nessa walked downstairs to meet her mother, who was dressed in a new pantsuit.

"Let's go, I already started the car." Karen said, and Nessa nodded, walking out of the house and into her mother's vehicle.

Neither of them spoke on the drive, nobody knew what to say. Nessa gazed out the window, entranced until her phone buzzed in her purse beside her. She pulled it out, smiling ever so slightly at the words on the screen.

Message from: Scotty – Good luck today. Let me know if you need anything.

Nessa quickly scribbled a response, shoving her phone back into her purse. Before she knew it, her mother's car was parked and she was stopped in front of the Evergreen County Courthouse. She hadn't been here since her deposition, and she was beyond nervous.

She forced her body out of the car, her heels clacking against the concrete as her and her mother walked through the parking lot and up the steps.

"You can do this, Nessa." Karen encouraged her daughter.

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"𝐄𝐗𝐇𝐈𝐁𝐈𝐓 𝐀 – 𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐀, could you tell me what this list is?" Dennis, the Baker's lawyer asked her as he placed the Hot or Not list in front of her. Nessa grabbed it, looking down and studying it again.

"The Hot or Not List." she said bleakly, looking up to meet the eyes of her boyfriend. Alex, Clay and Tony sat in the back row, encouraging her from afar. Nessa looked up at them a lot, she needed their strength for this.