XXIX. my tears ricochet

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"And I can go anywhere I want, anywhere I want, just not home, and you can aim for my heart, go for blood but you would still miss me in your bones."

Warning: A character within this chapter experiences an overdose. This includes some scenes that can be upsetting. Read with caution, as always. Also, small apology for how long this one is, I swear chapters will never be this long again. 


Third person - Maja - the night before.

The girl was in the midst of a sleepover with her friends. They were cuddled up in fluffy pink pajamas talking shit about anyone and everyone.

"Anyone see what Amelia posted?" Kassidy cackled with disgust. 

Maja would never admit it but she liked Amelia. There was a point in her life where she thought she liked her more than a friend. During the sports camp, they had even kissed out by the beach all alone. 

Amelia was Maja's gay arising.. and technically also her gay descending. Before that kiss she had thought she might be gay, but that kiss confirmed she very much was not. 

But Maja was still fond of Amelia, because she realized the desire was more to be friends with her than to be in a relationship with her.

"No, what was it?" Maja chimed in with furrowed brows, taking a handful of the popcorn they were all shamelessly tucking into.

"A photo of her with some girl. But she was kissing her cheek." Veronica, one of Maja's friends, said with a snicker.

"Oh." Maja laughed a little, not seeing much humour but being pressured by the other's laughter to laugh as well.

Unbeknownst to the others, Maja had her phone under her blanket and was subtly texting a certain Hawthorne boy. That was until she grinned a little too hard at a text and brought attention to the phone in her lap.

"Hey! We said phone free gossip." Kassidy scolded. "You know the rules." Ivory insisted. "Hand it over." Rachel added.

"I'm just finishing up. I'll put it down." Maja swore. Her fingers moved rapidly as she typed out texts to Jameson. Before she could finish, it was snatched out her hands, Kassidy then proceeded to read all the texts with the others huddled around as Maja grew increasingly more rosy cheeked.

Jameson: hey, u up?

Maja: yeah

Jameson: what u doing?

Maja: hanging out with some of the girls

Jameson: what grills?

Maja: Kassidy, Ivory, Veronica and Rachel

Jameson: Kassidy Robertson?

Maja: yeah

Jameson: oh

Maja: not a fan?

Jameson: i'm chosing not to speek on the matter

Maja: good decision 

Maja: she told me btw

Jameson: she did??

Maja: every excruciating detail

Jameson: i was drunk, it literaly meant nothing

Maja: i really don't care

Maja: you fuck who you want and i'll fuck who i want

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