“ …You ok,Ron? ”
Heather asked her quiet girlfriend as they sat in silence in their newly decorated living room. It wasn't that special,the walls were plain white and most of the drawings that Heather wanted to put on the walls ended up in the halls,so the only thing really filling the room were flowers,and a TV with a VHS tape recorder that they would use for movie night.
Veronica sighed as she fiddled with her hands as she looked at Heather in front of her.She felt as if something was…missing,as if they still hadn't completely detached themselves from the whole shitty parade of ‘ suicides ‘ that had taken place some years ago,even though the young adult could remember those days as if they were yesterday.That only worried her,but it didn't surprise her.
After all,she was a big part in the existence of those in the first place.
“ I'm fine,just thinking… “
She replied quietly as she rubbed her thumb on the blonde's hand,making her smile at her before it faltered a bit.
“ About,what? “
The blonde asked as she let herself relax under the gentle touch of her lover.It had been at least 6 years since they started dating and it wasn't like they could actually marry,anyway, even though Heather had suggested multiple times to do it in private,but Veronica would rather wait she's in her 50s as long as to actually be considered the blonde's wife by everyone,even by the State.
But she needed to talk at some point,after all,she had called Heather to tell her something,so she pulled out a VHS.
The blonde didn't understand immediately,that was until her eyes landed on the name of the tape,widening slightly as memories came flushing down.
05/09/1988,Sherwood Ohio. ★♡☆♥︎
Heather knew that tape,
she knew it,oh,so well.
“ How- I thought we burned it! “
She exclaimed as she snatched it from Veronica's hand,running her fingers over it as the dust began to accumulate on them.
“ We did…we kind of forgot that we made two of those,I found it in the attic when I went to grab my things from my parents’ house. “
The brunette explained as she looked down at the ground,the tape wasn't that serious.They were,what,seventeen when they recorded it?
They were just having fun,like teens do,but the problem wasn't the content of the VHS,the problem was the period in which it was set.
It was set a few days before everything started to fall,before Chandler's death.
Mcnamara had been the one to insist on burning it,just the slight mention of you know who made her stomach turn,so she had decided to remove ANYTHING that had to do with her,or that might hold a bit of resemblance to Heather.
Clothes,bows,accessories and…the tape in question.
It didn't have to be something that belonged to her or something that she had gifted to them.
Just…anything that made her think of her.
“ …Why did you bring this here,then? “
She interrupted the minutes of silence,looking at her girlfriend with tears in her eyes,the memories threatening to start running in her head at any moment.And they were not the only thing that threatened her.
“ I just- I just thought we could watch it one last time before…burning it? “
She reasoned as she pushed her dark brown hair out of her face,a bit of resentment in her tone as she spoke,she bit her bottom lip as she looked at the VHS in her hand.On the other hand,Heather shot up,eyes widening.
