6:26 am, Friday
Cutest Flowerboi(Elliot): Milly, do you really think we should do this? I'm scared..🥺
Pink haired D DOG(Milly): it'll be fine, booger. I know how these things go and you told me your family was poor, I'm just trying to help! Plus, I'm bored!!!!!
ELLIOTS PERSPECTIVE
it was true, Elliot's family was in the bottom 90%. He tried to help his parents, get a part time job, but not a lot of places hired 15 year olds anymore. He just stuck to gardening, which his mom always said was a wonderful career and praised him for being so passionate. Saying that if he enjoys what he does, he'd be rich one day. He knew that was a lie.
Elliot slowly turned on the shower, took off his glasses, and quietly placed his phone near the sink. if he took one this early, there'd be enough water for his parents, too.
He couldn't do anything to help his family besides participating in bake sales and lemonade stands, but those made the bullying even more dreadful, especially on days where the occasional classmate, or worse, popular kid would pass by. So he was grateful for Milly, he thought. Not only was she 𝓒𝓾𝓽𝓮 𝓪𝓼 𝓪 𝓫𝓾𝓽𝓽𝓸𝓷, she made school much more bearable, and offered to help him and his family pay off their debts.
He squirted a pea sized amount of shampoo out onto his hand, careful not to waste any.
it was head and shoulders, but since it'd been watered down for weeks it came out fast. He hadn't washed his hair in three weeks.
He finished up his shower, using the bar soap from the sink to wash his body, and trying not to finish up the last of his families conditioner. It didn't matter much, his hair was already pretty soft from the cold water.
Once he got out, he checked his phone again.
Pink haired D DOG: tell me if you change your mind about this shi boi 😈 I know where my dad's blicky is, and my parents are going out to dinner tonight!
Pink haired D DOG: we should probably look into bank robberies before tonight btw!
Pink haired D DOG: you're gonna be rich by tomorrow morning, pebble! I've come to your aid!
Pink haired D DOG: Elli??????
Oh shit, he forgot to respond! He hoped milly wasn't angry at him, she was all he had, and he knew she understood that.
7:43 am
Milly's perspective
Finally, he answered!
Cutest Flowerboi: I'll look into it for sure, don't wanna get you in trouble. Thanks again Milly :)
Milly blushed at her phone, excitement welling up in her stomach and chest. She had what some people would call "a lust for life", though Milly thought there was a bit of romanticization behind that. Impulsivity, always chasing after new experiences. She liked the thrill of fights and the violent situations she got herself into. She liked the thrill of revenge. And nothing sounded more appealing to her right now than taking revenge on the world for cursing her 𝖕𝖗𝖊𝖈𝖎𝖔𝖚𝖘 𝖋𝖑𝖔𝖜𝖊𝖗 𝖇𝖔𝖎 with the agony and suffering that comes with being poor. Revenge against whoever out there put this burden on his family, made them suffer through this injustice. She's had her revenge on Zoey (even though she's gladly go back for more.) it was time to help someone else now.
She opened up another monster energy, she couldn't sleep last night . Maybe because this was her fifth one or maybe because of what she was going to do tonight. It didn't matter, what matters is getting this right. Milly started a shared note with Elliot.
GAMEPLAN:
12:00 PM
Music practice usually takes place around lunch, Milly should've been jamming out to Sean's new beats and Hailey's fresh lyrics, but instead she was sitting directly across from Elliot, watching beads of sweat drip from his forehead to his chin.
"Jeez Elliot! You'll be fineee trust me. If you want I can do it all for you, the superhero doesn't always have a sidekick. And I'm pretty handy with a gun you know."
"No, Milly! I-I'm going with you. I want to, I'm just..nervous."
"I know, but you always are! It's your personality, Elliot, it'll be good for you to face your fears. What's it called? Exposing treatment?"
"E-exposure therapy?" Elliot said with a shaky voice, quietly taking a bite of his veggie burger.
"BINGO! I swear you read my mind sometimes, it's awesome!"
Elliot started to smile, a faint smile, but still a smile. It made Milly happy, both of them knew they couldn't turn back now.
