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F L A S H B A C K

Chris and Evie sat in the treehouse close together. They had just finished up a big group hangout and the two stayed back.

He had her on his lap as the two leaned their heads together. They weren't doing anything in particular,  just being with each other.

Evie pulled back and smiled to him, which he widely returned. She ran a hand to his chin and leaned closer to him.

"Chris? Evie?" Ben called out from below the treehouse.

The two quickly got up and exited. "Yes?"

"Hey dinners ready. Mrs Sterling said we could stay a bit." Ben said.

"Cool." Evie shrugged trying to play off her frustration of being interrupted.

She went into the house and Chris looked to her longingly before following her inside.

"under the mask of the moon,
can we dance in the past"

N O W

Evelyn walked into Ramona and Rio's house. Today Ramona was making them paint her baby's nursery since the baby was due soon.

Lily was running around with Gus trying to plan a gender reveal party. Although Evelyn had no idea why anyone would want gender reveals, baby showers, painted baby rooms, or babies- she went along with it anyways since Ramona was her best friend.

Chris was sitting on the floor on his phone and sipping a juice box. "Sup, Eve."

"Hey. Why are you here?" She asked with a small smile.

"Mona dragged me out of bed and forced me to buy her lunch at some fancy restaurant. Then she realized you'd be painting all alone so she pushed me here." He explained and finished his juice.

"Makes sense. Why haven't you pained already? It could've been halfway done by now and I'd have less work to do." She unbuttoned her jacket which revealed her black crop top. Chris caught himself staring and stood up.

"Because I'm lazy. And Ramona has this very difficult layout planned I didn't wanna mess anything up." He pointed to the precisely laid out tape that covered the walls to make shapes. Except the one wall which would simply be yellow. Each taped off shape was marked with a "y" for yellow, and a "g" for grey.

"Yeah Ramona's always been..." The front door opened. "Never mind."

Chris laughed as Lily came into the room. "Yo yo what's up playas?" She gave them a peace sign.

"No." Evelyn said as Chris asked "playa's?"

"Sorry I'm just a little stressed. Gus told me to come here and check on you guys for a break."

"Perfect you can help us paint." Evelyn smiled and extended a hand with a paintbrush.

"Ooh actually I forgot I hadda do a thing- so I'll just be-" Lily turned and ran away before finishing her sentence.

Chris chuckled. "Alright if we half ass this I'm sure we'll be done in like- an hour." He shrugged.

"Have you ever painted a room before? Even regular painting it's way more than an hour."