𝕮𝖎𝖌𝖆𝖗𝖊𝖙𝖙𝖊 𝕯𝖆𝖞𝖉𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖒 - Teen timeline

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"It seems like you don't even care!" 
Veronica steered her way towards the familiarity of Taissa's voice, finding herself standing beside the girl, observing how pissed off Natalie looked. 
Natalie rolls her eyes, "Are you kidding me? You're being in sensitive," 
"This is what we've worked for all season. Do you really want to takt that chance?"
Veronica rolls her eyes, "Oh my god, Tai, are you still on this?" 
Taissa just looks at her best friend before staring back at Natalie.
"Yeah, because I'm not a fucking asshole," 
"What are we talking about?" Shauna walks over, looking around. 
"Allie," Lottie replies. 
"What about her?" 
"Did you black out at states?" Taissa replies, "She totally choked. She made Veronica miss an important shot that could have caused us the game," 
"She's a freshmen, Tai," Natalie sighs. 
"She's a liability," Taissa glares at the burnout. 
"So, what's your plan?" Shauna asks. 

"Look, she can't screw up... if she doesn't get the ball," 
Veronica rolls her eyes, "We aren't freezing her out Tai," 
"At least we'll know what we're working with," 
"No. Doing that is what might cost us the win," Veronica looks at her. 
Lottie shrugs, "I mean, she kinda sucks. But I don't know," 
"That's because it's bullshit," Natalie exasperates. 
"Well what's your plan then?" Taissa looks down to Natalie. 
"I don't know. Play like a team and fucking win? It's worked so far," 
"Everything works until it doesn't," she states, glaring at the blonde. "And for the record, you smell like a wino, get your shit together," 
"Oh fuck off Taissa," Veronica scoffs, suddenly feeling very protective over Natalie. 
Natalie laughs bitterly, shaking her head while looking at her shoes, "You know what? Fuck this," she storms off. 
"It seems like a bad idea," Lottie also walks away. 
"Ronnie-" 
"No. Absolutely not. Do you know how often freezing people actually works? Almost never. It's a bad idea that is going to lead to something not good happening," 
Taissa looks at Shauna, "Jackie's not going to be happy," 
"Then we probably shouldn't tell her," 
Veronica scoffs, "It's your guys funeral," 

~~~

Veronica was running, she managed to get the ball from one of the JV's. 
She kicked it to Natalie, who soon had to kick it back to her. Veronica dribbled the ball, sighing as Allie was the only one opened. 
Veronica made eye contact with the freshmen before kicking the ball, groaning as Allie missed the extremely easy pass. 
Taissa gave her an 'I told you so' look, Veronica thought of the plan for a moment, having to push the idea of it down. 

It was a bad idea. 
No matter how much Allie sucked. 

Coach Scott blew his whistle, "Come on Allie! That should have been yours!" 
Veronica ran her hands over her face as Taissa switched teams, she knew that this was where shit was going to go south. 
"Don't fall into her plan, just keep trying to pass to her," Natalie whispers in her ear, Veronica nods, "Got it," 

"Taissa wants to see you guys step it up and quite frankly, so do I," Coach blew his whistle, the game beginning. 
Natalie kicked the ball to Allie, Allie panicked as Taissa was quickly gaining on her, stealing the ball from her. "This is a game. Step it up," Taissa snaps at the blonde, Allie huffs in annoyance. 
"For fuck sakes," Veronica mumbles, stealing the ball back, kicking it to Laura Lee, who kicks it to Allie. 
"Veronica!" 
Veronica looks up, the ball suddenly coming her way from Allie. She dribbles it away from the JV who was trying to steal it from her. 
She examines the field, Allie was the only one who was open. 
Veronica slightly hesitated as she kicked the ball, to her surprise, Allie got it, swerving away from Taissa. 
"Finally," Taissa sighed, chasing after Allie. 

Veronica's hands flew to her mouth as Allie crashed to the ground, a sicky crack soared through the air, making everyone's eyes go to Allie. 
Veronica had to look away when she saw the blood pouring out of her leg, the bone popping out. 
"Holy fuck," she gasped as everyone ran towards her. 
Natalie walked up behind Veronica, staring in horror, "What the fuck?" 
Veronica met eyes with Taissa, a hard glare was on the brunettes face, but it softened when she saw the guilt that was clear on Taissa's face. 

~~~

The locker room was tense, Veronica sat beside Van, trying her best to comfort the clearly traumatized redhead. 
Her eyes wandered over to Natalie, who had been sitting on the floor and who had been seeming to untie her laces for the past 10 minutes. 
Natalie met the brunettes gaze, quickly looking away back at her shoes. 
Jackie soon made her entrance, standing in front of her teammates. 

"I know we're all really worried about Allie, but... it might not be as bad as it looks," 
"You could see her fucking bones Jackie," Natalie glares, "I'm pretty sure it's exactly how it looks," 
Veronica nods, "Yeah, those things don't tend to pop out just for funsies," 
"Oh god, I'm going to throw up," Van groans. 
Veronica scrunches her nose, "Please don't," 
"Okay, well..." Jackie began, "We're a team, and we still have each other," 
"And the Lord works in mysterious ways-" 
Laura Lee was interrupted as Natalie slammed her fist against the locker, grabbing her bag and storming out. "Nice work Taissa," 

Veronica was the next one to get up, grabbing her things, "I'll see you guys later," 
"Ronnie wait-" 
But she didn't. She stormed off to her car, slamming her drivers side door as she got in. 
She started her car, pushing her car lighter down, waiting impatiently for it to pop out. 
When it did, she picked it up, rolling up her shorts, placing it harshly against her milky skin, a scream of pain erupting from her lips as she did. 
She cried as she pulled the lighter off, slamming back into it's slot. 
She took a shaky breath, looking at the circle burn that appeared on her skin, it stood out like blood in the snow. 

Biting her lip, she opened her center console, pulling out a bandage and cream that she kept in for this very specific reason. 
After she fixed herself up, she began driving to her house, using the already hot lighter to light her smoke, inhaling it deeply before pulling up to her house.