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( @strnggrrl ) y - yeah but this is the like . . . the actual epitome of death and whatever comes after (    she looks down at her feet, hands nervously playing with the ends of her shirt    ) i got mad, ‘m sorry

( @hauntedblondes )  ‘ts  fine. [  lydia  shakes  her  head  dismissively. ]  i  would’ve  done  the  same  thing,  so  i  (…)  suppose  i  can’t  blame  you.

( @strnggrrl ) mhm, you’re the prettiest girl in the whole world ! prettiest person actually ! (    marnie leaned her head on lydia’s shoulder, eyes half lidded with overtiredness as she hugged the other girl tightly    ) pretty inside and out, ‘have the prettiest girlfriend in the whole world

( @hauntedblondes )  me  ?  [  she  looks  stunned  by  her  compliment,  obviously  having  not  heard  it  from  someone  close  to  her  age  (…)  rather  than  adults. ]  you  (…)  think  that  ?

( @strnggrrl ) yeah, the worst part is is that it’s ugly  /  and  /  it’s long, you can’t even see my fun socks :( (    she hikes up the skirt just enough to show off bright yellow socks covered in smiley faces     ) short skirts are like  /  way  /  cuter too, now we look like morman housewives :/

( @hauntedblondes )  i  definitely  would  prefer  it  a  bit  more  if  the  skirt  was  (…)  black,  or  grey. i  think  it  would  look  nicer  than  this  rather  horrid  blue  color. [  she  wrinkles  her  nose,  looking  down  at  her  skirt. ]

( @strnggrrl ) maybe you can wear it to prom ! or - or - or a party ! or a fancy ball ! :0

( @hauntedblondes )  i  think  it  just  takes  time. hey,  nothing  that  happened  makes  it  less  pretty,  i  guess. 

( @strnggrrl ) y - yeah b - but there - there was a giant - a giant s - snake man ! (    her eyebrows knit together, eyes scanning frantically over the girl in front of her, her own injuries pushed far into the back of her mind, all that mattered right now was lydia    )

( @hauntedblondes )  i’m  fine. [  she  shakes  her  head,  obviously  shaken  up. ]  you—  don’t  need  to  worry,  okay  ?

( @strnggrrl ) she - she wants a doll more than a daughter, she wants someone to do and act however she wants, she doesn’t actually like who i am (   marnie huffed softly, her legs tucking up against her chest, looking down at her feet    ) or anything about me :/

( @hauntedblondes )  how  so  ?  [  she  tilts  her  head  to  the  side. she  knew  that  her  mother  wasn’t  the  best. hell,  she  had  seen  it  for  herself,  but  lydia  wanted  to  know  her  perspective. ]

( @strnggrrl ) a good thing ! ( . . . ) i think (    her head cocks to the side slightly, eyes raking over the gothy teen in front of her cautiously    ) you seem nice, and calm, ‘course i could be completely wrong ‘bout you, found i am with most people

( @eternalservice )  do  you  mean  that  as  a  bad  thing  or  a  good  thing  ?

( @strnggrrl ) i think it’s the right one when it comes to someone who beat a demon up with a chair :) (    meredith chuckles, she still isn’t sure if she believes it all herself, the idea of the little blonde girl she found nearly beating a man to death seems like such a foreign idea    ) misery loves company i guess ‘

( @eternalservice )  determined  isn’t  the  word  i’d  use  to  describe  someone  like  her,  but  it  is  nice  to  have  company. especially  here. 

( @strnggrrl ) then - then . . . (    she lets out a frustrated and exasperated breath, trying to rack her brain for words, for any fully formed thoughts or understanding of what she’s come to learn    ) are like . . . angels and demons real too ? like - like what was that snakey man thingy ?

( @hauntedblondes )  my  dad  isn’t  a  man  cave  type  of  person,  and  he  certainly  isn’t  talented  enough  to  make  the  diorama  in  the  attic.

( @strnggrrl ) y -  yeah but - but i thought you were joking ! i didn’t think there was actual a dead couple living up in your attic, i thought that door was locked because it was your dads like . . . man cave or something !

( @strnggrrl ) ‘m sorry ‘m sorry (    marnie babbles as she brings her hands up to her eyes, wiping away tears desperately, her stomach tied up into knots of guilt, she never should’ve said anything, never should’ve thought those things in the first place, never should’ve ruined the only relationship where someone’s really seen her    ) i ruined ‘verything ‘m - (    her eyes widen, heart stuttering in her chest at lydia’s words, a pink flush spreading across her whole face    ) what . . . ?

( @hauntedblondes )  don’t  cry,  it’s  (. . . )  [  she  pauses,  noticing  how  quick  she  was  to  start  blinking  rapidly,  as  if  trying  to  suppress  tears  of  (…)  sadness?  embarrassment?  she  hadn’t  a  clue. ]  don’t  say  you’re  sorry,  please  (…)  i  (…)  [  she  pauses  again,  this  time  in  an  attempt  to  figure  out  what  to  say  about    ,  or  rather  ‘how’  to  say  the  one  thing  on  her  mind. ]  i’m  in  love  with  you  too.

( @strnggrrl ) (    marnie nods slowly, her own eyes slowly turning glassy as tears started to spring into them, the words hadn’t felt real until now, until she finally said them, until she admitted to herself and her best friend, until she saw the look on lydia’s face    ) ‘m sorry . . . (   she whispers, eyes falling down into her lap as she blinks rapidly to try and hold back tears    )