Shameless, Reckless Love (GirlxGirl)

Part 2: Chapter 1

July is here. It's finally summer, and school is over. But the season isn't the only thing that has changed. Some of the Gallaghers seemed a bit different as well.

Cora is finally 10, meaning she had graduated from stabbing toy bears, and now gets into more crazy antics with living things...

Fabian has been busier than usual with job hunting- and qutting.

As for Eden, she's 15 now, and is a lot taller than before. Lib pointed out that it was due to her working out every minute of the day.

Ever since Eden last visited Ricki in juvie, Eden found that she is now less distracted; so she began her fitness training for her hopes to get into West Point. Her shoulders became slightly broader, her calves were extremely firm, and she was actually beginning to show some abs (which Fabian was very surprised about).

Before Eden had to go over to the Kesh & Grab, she starts doing sit-ups in the hallway once again. This time, though, Cora is around to watch. Eden is focusing on her breathing and her number of sit ups, until Cora suddenly plops herself on her stomach.

"Ugh, really?" Eden grunts. "Dude, get up." But Cora remains where she is.

"No, just keep going. I heard that a little weight on the abs helps." Cora states, and Eden rolls Cora off anyways.

"Then why does my breathing get all screwed when you do that?" Eden asks, and continues the sit-ups.

"That means it's working, duh!" Cora says, and suddenly Lib comes whistling down the hallway.

"Sup, dweebs!" Lib yells to Cora and Eden, smiling. "What're you doin'?" Lib asks Cora.

"Helping Eden train." Cora answers, and Lib enters their bedroom and sits on Eden's bed.

"Oh yeah. Eden, I got to talk to some army guy from the Pentagon. He was like a colonel or something." Lib tells Eden as she lights herself a cigarette.

"Oh yeah?" Eden asks, grumbling as Cora plops herself on her stomach again.

"Yeah." Lib replies. "He was telling me a little more about West Point. He even said he was a student there." She blows out smoke. Eden chuckles.

"Um, they're called cadets." Eden corrects her, and gets up from the floor to go into the bedroom. 

 "Whatever." Lib replies. "I think this colonel dude may be great."

Eden was trying really hard to keep believing that West Point was actually a possibility. She was grateful that Lib was willing to help with a lot of the difficult processes. It made Eden a bit more hopeful for the future. A bit.

"Yeah, well I took that practice Trig test today. I only got a 73." Eden says, and grabs her water bottle.

"Hey, that's 5 points higher than last time!" Lib reminds her. Cora then walks into the bedroom.

"I don't know why you want to join the army anyway." Cora says. "Unless you like the idea of getting shot through the butthole during battle."

"That's what I said!" Lib says, smiling.

"Cora, don't you have anything better to do this summer than getting into people's business?" Eden asks her. Cora sucks her teeth.