~After school~
Angelita sat down on the soft carpet in a corner of her room and sighed. After a few seconds of thinking, she lifted her mattress and pulled a small leather notebook out from under it. She pulled off the pen that was clipped to the side of it and opened the book, flipping to the next blank page. She poured out her feelings through writing.
'You confused me today. You acted normal, left me, then acted abnormal. But what can I say? I'm acting abnormal, too. Only fair. I guess I'm taking it too hard. Maybe it wouldn't be such a big deal to me if you weren't leaving with Ben. As selfish as it sounds, I want you all to myself. I want you to love me like no one else. I want us to have playful fights for dominance. I want us to bake in the kitchen on a Saturday night and listen to music, then get distracted and dance to our favorite song together. I imagine having my arms around you while you rest close to me. You look at me and smile, and I stroke your hair and show you just how I love you. But that's never going to happen, is it? You don't want it to. You'd rather be in Ben's arms. God, I wish you could love me more- love me different.'
Angelita closed the book and only then realized her eyes beginning to water. She closed them tightly and wiped the tears, then took a deep breath and clipped the pen back on the side of the book. She lifted her mattress again and put the book back under it.
Meanwhile, Crybaby was in her own room thinking about solutions to the problem she wasn't even yet sure of. If Angelita was going through something personal, Crybaby knew all she could do was support her and encourage her to vent. But if it was something else- something that had to do with Crybaby herself...
She was pulled out from her thoughts when she heard a thump sound from outside her room, followed by the sound of heavy glass falling. "Mom?" she called out loudly. After receiving no response, she got up and left her room. She looked in the living room, then the dining room, and then the kitchen where her mother lied on the floor passed out drunk. Crybaby sighed and got paper towels to soak up the wine that spilled all over the floor.
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Sacrifice
FanfictionAfter K-12 is destroyed, the beloved friend group reunites in a normal school. But just because their school is normal doesn't mean their experiences will be.
