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all the cool kids are doing it
Hello. I have a fic comm now, where I will be posting all of my completed fic. So, unless you want to experience the chaos of my WIPs and Incompletes (or unless you particularly want to be my friend, I guess) you no longer need to add me as a friend in order to read my fic. Just go here and join my comm and then it'll all be there (all the ( Read more... ) -
we are all trying to reconcile who we were with who we are and who we want to be
Home is a place, and a state of mind. Home is a set of ( Read more... ) -
just tell yourself I'll Be Okay (Filled: 1335 words)
She’s at a house party. She doesn’t know the host, but she knows his cousin or something. Whatever. She saw it on Facebook and clicked Attending, and now she’s here, hanging out in the kitchen because she doesn’t really know anyone, but shit like that doesn’t matter in the kitchen. The kitchen is where the alcohol is. Where there’s alcohol, ( Read more... ) -
woke up new (after) part ten
After hanging out at Zeke’s with the gang through three movies and way too many brownies, Ryan drives home in Pink Grapefruit with Chad in the passenger seat and Kelsi in the back. They all sing along with the radio deliberately badly and as loud as they can while Kelsi’s in the car. As soon as they drop her off, both kissing her on the cheek and ( Read more... ) -
woke up new (after) part nine
It’s not always so serious. Sometimes it’s small things, like a shopping trip to the mall; Kelsi makes a good companion. She doesn’t try to be a substitute for Sharpay; she’s herself, and that’s enough, more than enough. She brings over her Gilmore Girls DVD collection and they watch it for hours together, eating fresh baked snacks supplied by Zeke ( Read more... ) -
woke up new (after) part eight
Meanwhile, back at Ryan’s house, Zeke and Kelsi invade the kitchen, causing culinary chaos in the pursuit of dinner. Chad checks on them every now and then, but mostly he dozes on the couch with Ryan. They’re watching Mythbusters when Ryan speaks.
The first word Ryan says, voice scratchy and hoarse after weeks without use, is Chad’s name. Just ( Read more... ) -
woke up new (after) part seven
That weekend, Troy and Gabriella stand face to face and realise they’ve run out of things to say to each other. Gabriella cries, but she looks pretty; she only looks pretty crying if she doesn’t mean it. They hug goodbye, before he climbs back in to his truck and leaves. Their embrace feels stiff, formal. They’re like strangers. Troy doesn’t know ( Read more... )