anxietized ☹ halsey

eccedentesiast

eccedentesiast - a person who fakes a smile

TWO
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ashley had introduced nola to the group of people. she met michael, the platinum haired boy with the eyebrow piercing; luke, the blonde boy with a lip ring; matty, a long haired guy with rips in the knees of his jeans; melanie, the girl with the two colored hair; calum, the asian who apparently wasn't asian; tyler, a guy in a snapback; the other tyler, a guy in a red beanie; josh a red haired guy with drumsticks sticking out of his pockets; and jack, who was sad because his friends ditched without telling him.

she ended up sitting across from ashley and next to michael. she pressed herself up against the wall as much as she could without anybody noticing. "so nola, are you new or something?"

nola shook her head, her loose curls brushing against her cheeks. "no." she said quietly toying with her hands.

"i knew it," calum said. "you guys never listen to me!"

"fuck off." michael rolled his eyes.

"language." tyler with the beanie piped into the conversation. nola felt awkward sitting with them.

ashley nudged her foot looking at her with a small smile, which nola returned. nola wanted to just slip out of the door and never look back, but ashley's invite made her think that at least one person wants her here. she picked at her cuticles absentmindedly wishing she was still in that bathroom.

"so nola-" ashley was cut off by the school bell.

"shit." michael said standing up. "mr. wright is gonna kill me if i'm late again." everybody shuffled out of the small room saying their byes and telling things. nola was last trailing behind, she had her study next which she spent in the library so she was in no hurry. generally she would just go straight to the library for the two full periods.

"hey." ashley had waited for her at the door with a smile. nola returned the smile stepping through the door ashley held open for her. "you know if you look sad all the time people actually might start thinking it." nola laughed lightly.

"'m not sad, i'm just unexcited."

"why would you be excited?" the blue haired girl questioned.

"if i was excited then we wouldn't be in school."

"what would you be doing then?" ashley held open the next door for her and they stepped into the now empty hallway. ashley hoped she wouldn't notice that she was trying to coax out more answers about herself.

"reading." she shrugged. "watching netflix." ashley nodded.

"netflix and chill?" ashley said with a cheeky grin. nola let out a laugh that made ashley want to melt. but ashley was actually think about netflix and chill.

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if any of you were confused ashley's friends are:
michael clifford
calum hood
luke hemmings
tyler posey
typer joseph (i forgot to list him oops)
josh dun
jack barakat
melanie martinez
matty healy