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I mean he DID just wake up.
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💒- which show would you want to live in?
OH MAN. i think the atla world would be dope. assuming i get to be a bender. (water, of course). if not, then that would be really, really lame.
star trek tos would also be dope as shit. everyone in star trek is just like. smart as FUCK. and earth is now a post scarcity utopia. so that’s nice. aos, earth gets a bit fucked so maybe not that timeline. this would be a good one.
maybe my hero academia. everyone gets a quirk. wait no. not everyone gets a quirk. oh god. what if i were quirkless. like 20% of people dont have quirks right? thatd suck. or what if im like that video thats like “and your quirk is just you have a cactus for a head.” oh god that’d be terrible. i change my mind about bnha. im not risking it for having a shit or no quirk.
maybe rwby….. everyone has a semblance and aura. the character design in rwby is/was pretty dope so id look baller. however, fighting monsters for a living. yikes. and the whole salem thing. yikes.
this is a lot harder than i thought itd be, jfc. it’s fun imagining these scenarios but then like. if i were actually to be plopped down in the middle of one of these worlds tomorrow, they would be a lot less fun. i’m trying to think of places where i’d actually be okay in and get to have fun. fantasy worlds are cool as shit but there’s like no guarantee that you’re gonna get the Special Power in that world and even if u do, that means you’re kinda fucked. i just wanna be a normal person in that world but like. be able to do cool shit.
i thought about bleach for like 3 whole seconds but then i was like. oh i’d die in approximately ten minutes. nevermind.
maybe…. billions so i can just. fuckin shoot bobby axelrod.
but yeah i guess star trek. that’d be nice.
🍃- would you rather live in a sea with mermaids or a forest with fairies?
oh ABSOLUTELY sea with mermaids. i love swimming. wait. am i still a human in this actually? ill assume yes. which. i would get pruney and cold really fast. do i get to go out and go to the grocery store for food?? do i get… blanket??? am i just cold and wet all the time……… hmm. for the fairy thing….. are they like the evil fairies you’re not supposed to tell your name? like. what kind of fairies are we talking here. this could go very poorly. and do i like. have to forage for food. i’m sorry. i’m the worst person to ask these questions because i just end up overthinking it and arriving to the worst possible conclusions. mermaids. i’ll go with mermaids.
🦋- how do you think others perceive you?
i hope they don’t!!!!!!!!
ugh. let’s see. i act pretty stupidly on purpose a lot because i think the people around me can get a kick out of it, and hey, it’s fun. i guess when people don’t realize im just doing this as a joke and think that’s actually me, that bothers me. i’ve had some people treat me like i’m stupid which i guess. act like an idiot, get treated like an idiot. but :(
but honestly i have no idea how people perceive me other than hoping they don’t. every time i try to think about it i get too uncomfortable. let’s move on.
🌈- things I find attractive in girls/guys
god anon u know im ace right……….
ive literally never bothered to sit down and consider this before…………. (is that something people do or is it just something they Know?????) so this is gonna take a long while and a lot of Thought.
brown hair!!!! that’s a definite. not really a fan of blondes. black hair is great too. 
for guys, clean shaven or short stubble. dont like beards. 
i guess big muscles/overly muscular people gross me out. i dont understand lusting over people like chris evans because. that’s like. too large. im freaked out a little bit.
deepish red lipstick, though that’s not like an inherent feature. i just like how red lipstick looks on people. like the kind mariah rose faith wears. she looks great.
god this is a lot of work. these past 4 points have taken 20 minutes just as a point of reference. im too ace for this……….
slightly curly/wavy hair is nice i guess.
i don’t fucking know????? god this is so much work. we’re at the 30 minute point now.
green eyes are cool. 
GOD. I DONT KNOW!!!!! IVE BEEN AT THIS FOR 40 MINUTES. IM TOO ACE FOR THIS………….. i think im just gonna start listing people i think look nice from off the top of my head.
mariah rose faith as previously discussed. daniel k isaac. jameela jamil. miles luna. ray narvaez jr. charlie cox. eva noblezada. john boyega. daisy ridley. chloe bennett. iain de caestecker. ewan mcgregor. morgan siobhan green. sebastian stan. will roland. lauren lopez. telly leung. darren criss. talia suskauer. aj holmes. clark baxtresser. autumn farrell. jason tam. troy iwata. meredith stepien. chad james. natalie portman. chris colfer. marc delacruz. philipa soo. gavin free. isabelle mccalla. manny jacinto. zoe saldana. chris pine. hayley atwell. melissa fumero. zendaya. tom holland. lea michelle. katie mcgrath. colin morgan. y’all get the idea yet? half of this list is people who play my favorite characters oops
💤- date someone younger, older, or same age as you?
-2 years to +3 years from my age i guess, but thats definitely a flexible number. but also dating. 🤢people. 🤢
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INTRODUCING…. me.
hey, babes !! my name’s dee, and i’m very new around here. i’m twenty-three, live in the est, and use she/her pronouns. i’m a moody aquarius, chaotic neutral, and infp for those of you that are into literally anything that will tell you about your personality like me. i’m legit so painfully shy but i’m so down for plots, threads, and ships of all kinds so please bring me whatever your little hearts desire !!! i’m so stoked to be here and write with y’all it’s INSANE, and my ims are ALWAYS open for screaming about plotting, sharing headcanons, or making friends !! i only have two triggers that i feel should be mentioned and those are anything involving heavily graphic or explicit mentions of self-harm or pedophilia. otherwise, i’m good to go but please let me know if i miss something and don’t tag or give a content warning for any of your triggers !!!
INTRODUCING…. the muses.
HEATHER VINCENT, phoebe tonkin, ( 26 ) + screwtape by cane hill.
JANIE FOLEY, holland roden, ( 21 ) + disco tits by tove lo.
CARCOSA LUSK, lucy hale, ( 23 ) + ain’t no grave by johnny cash.
MICKEY ST. CLAIR, lynn gunn, ( 24 ) + soon be gone by boots.
VERONICA ST. CLAIR, carlson young, ( 21 ), + hotter than hell by dua lipa.
EVE RAYNER, holland roden, ( 27 ), + when the levee breaks by led zeppelin.
VALERIA PADILLA, eiza gonzalez, ( 27 ), + down by stone temple pilots.
MOLLY STARRETT, madelaine petsch, ( 22 ), + ultraviolence by lana del rey.
BRITNEY STARRETT, katherine mcnamara, ( 20 ), + come as you are by nirvana.
NIKKI FREY, maggie lindemann, ( 19 ), + baby i’m dead inside by kopps.
INTRODUCING…. wanted plots.
oh wOW alright so i’m gonna be basic for a second and tell y’all that i fucking love angst. i mean, fluff’s great and all, but my heart truly lies with the gritty, toxic, dysfunctional, and fucked up. i’m also a huge fan of anything having to do with crime so if you ever wanna do any crime plots come my way !!!  it’s also no secret that i’m a very big fan of age gaps ( obvs not with minors because GROSS ). but seriously, give me everything. friends or exes or enemies to lovers, two toxic people that know they should walk away from each other but can’t live without the other, criminals on the run, any kind of criminal or bad influence with pure characters that have hearts made of gold, characters that go through something horrible together and become each other’s lifeline because they’re the only ones that understand, secret and / or taboo relationships, slowburn and unrequited love, exes that reconnect under literally any kind of circumstances, etc. i’ll link some good examples of my favorite plots so you can get a feel for what i’m describing !!!
x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x are all some ( hopefully ) pretty good examples !!
i’m also always down for plots away from the romantic side of things. i LOVE giving my characters ride or dies, enemies, exes, family, or anything else you can think of. the more unique the connection the better !! legit one of the best relationships i ever played out in an rp was between carcosa and another girl. totally platonic, but it was such a rich and fucked up dynamic that was full of toxicity and power struggles and manipulation and backstabbing, but also drunken benders and risky adventures and late night confessions, and those were easily some of the funnest threads and plotting sessions i’ve ever had. so please, like i said, give me all of the connections.
INTRODUCING…. the favorites.
i’m totally gonna break this down into quick lil sections because i have a lot of favorite things lmao so here you go !!!
SHIPS
tbh i have so many favorite crackships so pls don’t even get me started on those ?? but i love both f/f and m/f ships and have absolutely zero preference when it comes to which one we do. i’m also a huge fan of poly ships and i’ll never say no to having multiple ships/plots/threads with the same person. i’m very much a multi-ship kinda gal so as long as it’s cool with my writing partner(s) i tend to assume each ship is in it’s own little verse unless otherwise discussed. though i’m totally down for and love ic drama so don’t be afraid to approach me about ships existing in the same timeline !! i’m a fan of everything from the sickly sweet and fluffy to the fucked up, toxic, and angsty so just give me all of the ships because tbh i’m a slut for ‘em.
FACES
alright so some of my favorite faces to play are holland roden, lucy hale, phoebe tonkin, eiza gonzalez, madelaine petsch, katherine mcnamara, dove cameron, halsey, emma greenwell, maggie lindemann, emmy rossum, madison davenport, lynn gunn, vanessa morgan, carlson young, deborah ann woll, and maggie siff. some of my favorite ladies to play against are zoey deutch, lindsey morgan, kat graham, vanessa morgan, dua lipa, eliza taylor, adelaide kane, candice patton, dove cameron, arden cho, chloe bennet, vanessa hudgens, danielle campbell, ashley benson, margot robbie, blake lively, ginny gardner, angelina jolie, emeraude toubia, meghan markle, and zoe kravitz. some of my favorite fellas to play against are charlie hunnam, jon bernthal, dj cotrona, charles melton, manny montana, oscar isaac, andy biersack, andrew lincoln, chris evans, bob morley, garrett hedlund, tom hardy, jason momoa, tyler posey, michael b. jordan, frank grillo, jeffrey dean morgan, dom sherwood, jensen ackles, skeet ulrich, and froy gutierrez.
EXTRAS
 just for fun, here’s a mismatched list of some of my favorite things across the board !! snakes, glitter, the colors purple, teal, and black, dogs, iced coffee, horror movies, outlaw bikers, drag queens, classic rock, vinyl records, bath and body works, geodes, mexican food, pulp fiction, the moon and stars, tattoos, neon lights, iasip, succulents and cacti, richard siken, candles, myths and folklore, metallic lipstick, sons of anarchy, and concerts.
INTRODUCING…. future plans.
tbh i hope to get a lot of things out of this group. i’m hoping to find a safe space to let my creativity run wild and a home for my muses where they can constantly grow and develop through interactions with other characters, in-depth plots, and my own exploration the more i write with them. i’m also hoping this will be a good opportunity to make friends, since i’m very much a loner and some of the best people i’ve met have been through the world of roleplaying. i definitely want to push my muses and challenge myself to be a better writer here, and i hope to help out those of you that are seeking the same things in your journey !! i’m already planning on adding some more muses in the very near future ( because i have ZERO impulse control ), and as far as future plans for plots go i want EVERYTHING. romantic, enemies, exes, familial, platonic, and literally anything in between. i would definitely love some slowburn ships where our characters don’t just fall in love overnight. i’d also be so down for exploring the dynamics of age gap relationships. not just the taboo aspect of them but like the differences in generations, the potential repercussions, the ups and downs and the times where they’re not sure if they can make it work.
INTRODUCING…. why i said fuck it.
i mean who hasn’t felt like saying fuck it to the rpc ??? i’ve been rping for several years, about six of those years have been on tumblr and as much love as i can have for this community at times, most days it’s just fucking exhausting. i feel like it’s mostly become a very toxic, judgmental, and honestly shallow place. i hate the expectation groups put on members these days with activity checks and whatnot because honestly who even has the time to write every single day ????? or y’know sometimes we just don’t feel like it ?????? i know for me personally between my mental health and irl responsibilities i just don’t have the time or energy to be on every two days. and plus a lot of them are cliquey af or die in a week or are riddled with petty drama so i tend to avoid them altogether. i joined the indie community in hopes of rping on my terms and while i def feel like that was a step in the right direction, it’s still a very exclusive community at times and i’ve had difficulty fitting in. there’s still a lot of ugliness towards female ocs or muns that exclusively play females and tbh i’m over it ??? i decided to give this group a try because i love the idea of the indie format but in a group, making it easier to plot with people and put yourself out there. tl;dr i decided to say fuck it because the community’s gone downhill and i needed a change.
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10 Things I Hate About You AU Chapter 3
Fandom: Be More Chill, Dear Evan Hansen
Ships: Boyf riends, treebros, richjake, Zolana, Pinkberry
Word count: 4.2k
Feel free the read this on my ao3 instead!
Read chapter 1 here or 2 here if you’ve missed them!
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The first couple weeks at school hadn’t really gone how Jeremy had wanted, but just about how he had expected. He didn’t really talk to anyone besides Michael and Jared and no one really even acknowledged he was there.
Some kid with a red streak in his hair and always in a muscle shirt took to calling him “tall-ass.” So that was…fun.
Jeremy signed, thinking that this was all just like his old school; practically invisible except for bullies.
A bell rang suddenly and Jeremy remembered he was in 3rd period jazz band lost in thought. He quickly stood up to put away the saxophone he borrowed for the class so he could get to lunch.
He swung around and accidentally caught the side of the music stand with his saxophone. The stand and libretto papers went flying in all directions. Jeremy turned bright red and quickly squatted down to frantically pick up papers, snickers and whispers following him down.
Jeremy’s mind was racing, telling him how stupid he was and how this was the reason no one wanted to be caught dead talking to him. He saw a shadow looming over his shoulder and he had the sinking feeling it was someone ready to make a joke at his expense.
It wasn’t, just Zoe, the girl who played the guitar in the jazz band, bending over to help him gather up his sheet music. She was so pretty and cool and smiled at him when she handed him the fallen papers.
“Thanks,” Jeremy said with a bashful smile.
“No problem. I’ve done that a bunch of times too, they’re pretty easy to knock over.” Zoe said.
Jeremy let out a small laugh and nodded in agreement, not sure if she was just trying to be nice, but not really caring either way.
“Hey, you’re new, right?” Zoe asked.
“Yeah, yeah, I’m new. I’m Jeremy. I went to Glacier Peak before, down in the valley.” Jeremy explained.
“Cool, I’m Zoe,” Zoe said and stuck her hand out to shake Jeremy’s “Why’d you switch schools?”
Jeremy shook her hand and continued to spout out information, so ecstatic to have someone to talk to, “My dad got married and he and my stepmom bought a house closer to this high school. Plus my stepbrother goes here and they didn’t want to move him to a different school for his senior year.”
“Who’s your brother?”
“Evan Hansen.”
Zoe had a thoughtful look on his face before saying, “I don’t think I know him.”
“Oh, yeah, uh, most people don’t. He keeps to himself mostly.”
“Nice,” Zoe said with a nod and a smile.
It seemed like the end of the conversation but Jeremy really didn’t want it to be.
“Do you have any brothers or sisters who go here?” It was the first thing Jeremy thought of as Zoe grabbed her guitar case.
Zoe pulled a face, “I have a brother who goes here, Connor Murphy.”
Jeremy didn’t mean to let her see his surprise. She just seemed so normal and calm in comparison.
She laughed “Yep, that’s my brother, crazy, psycho dude.”
Jeremy awkwardly smiled, “If you hadn’t told me, I never would have guessed you guys were related if that makes you feel any better,” Jeremy said
Zoe snorted and nodded, “That’s good to know.”
She slung her backpack over a shoulder and shifted her guitar case to the other hand. She shot him a peace sign and a sweet smile. “Nice meeting you Jeremy, see you tomorrow,” Zoe said and left the band room.
Jeremy smiled broadly and waved.
He’d made his first friend!
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Rich was not impressed. This whole situation was so…he didn’t even know what to think. Catastrophic? Tragic? Heartbreaking? Stupid?
Rich was standing with his best friend Jake at their lockers, waiting for class to start. Jake was digging through his locker, looking for something for the last couple minutes.
On the other side of Jake were two of Jake’s other friends, Chloe and Brooke, who were chatting up a storm.
“Did you see what Stephanie Kipp was wearing yesterday?” Chloe asked, whirling a stand of hair around her finger.
“No, what was it?” Brooke asked
“It was bright yellow culottes! Isn’t that gross?” Chloe asked
Brooke’s mouth fell open in real surprise “What? No way!”
“Yeah! Yeah! I’m literally not even kidding. I saw her in math yesterday and that’s what she was actually literally wearing and I was like what the actual fuck.” Chloe said
Rich snorted, happy not to be wrapped up in their stupid girl conversation. The only reason Rich even put up with them was because Jake and Chloe had stayed dated freshman year and stayed friends.
“You ready for practice tonight Jake?” Rich asked, trying to drown out the conversation next to them.
Jake turned back from his locker with a smile, “You know it, bro. I’m so ready for the meet on Saturday. We’re gonna kick ass!”
“Yeah, the Mavericks are gonna eat ass!” Rich laughed
He reached out his hand and Jake smacked fists together in a secret handshake. Jack reached up and smacked Rich’s face. Rich laughed and shoved him.
“You wanna go?” Jake playfully laughed and slammed his locker closed “Huh? Let’s go!”
“We’re gonna go? Let’s do it!” Rich grinned and suddenly Jake had his arms around Rich’s neck.
Jake started laughing and grinding his fist over Rich’s head.
“Fuck Jake stop!” Rich yelled, still laughing.
He squirmed and tried to get out of it with no luck. Jake finally let him go after a few more moments. Rich felt a little breathless and his heart was beating fast but laughed anyway. He snapped his arm forward and punched Jake in the gut, it wasn’t that hard, Jake had tensed up but he let out a noise like it had been a more powerful blow.
“God you guys, don’t be so gay.” Chloe sneered
Rich tensed up and snapped at her, “Fuck off Chloe. Don’t be such a bitch.”
He felt like his blood was gonna fucking boil every time that word was associated with him. He wasn’t a fucking faggot.
“Hey, it’s cool.” Jake chuckled, sticking out his tongue a little.
Rich reached up to mess with his hair, making sure all the dyed red strands were aligned back in the middle. He looked out at the stream of students walking past, looking to get some anger out of him. Chloe had seriously pissed him off just now.
Oh hell yeah, here comes tall-ass. He waited until the new kid was right in front of him
“Virgin” He coughed as loudly as he could, then coughed a few times for good measure.
Tall-ass glanced over at him and turned bright red. Rich grinned, feeling good. He heard Chloe, Brooke, and a few other people around snicker.
“Oh, sorry tall-ass, didn’t see you there.” Rich said, feigning innocence, “Wouldn’t have said that if I had known, but it’s pretty obvious already.”
The kid cast his eyes towards the ground and scurried off, face as red as a cherry tomato.
Fuck yeah! Rich felt great.
“God he’s pathetic,” Rich said leaning back at the locker, looking over at Jake.
Jake pulled his head out from his locker, “What?”
Rich rolled his eyes, Jake hadn’t even been paying attention or listening for the past couple minutes.
“Uh! Yes, he’s so gross.” Chloe scoffed “I bet he is a virgin.”
“Oooh, he’s in my chemistry class. I thought he seemed nice.” Brooke said
“Who?” Jake asked
“That new kid, Jerry or whatever,” Chloe said
“Seems like a fucking loser if you ask me,” Rich said
“I heard he and Zoe Murphy are friends,” Jake shrugged.
Chloe let out a mean laugh, “Yeah if you like sad, ugly freaks.”
Rich snickered, maybe Chloe wasn’t that bad.
Jake shrugged again, “I don’t know you guys. He’s kinda cute.”
“WHAT?!” Rich, Chloe, and Brooke yelled together.
Rich couldn’t believe what he was fucking hearing. Was he in the twilight zone? Was Jake crazy? Yeah, Jake like guys just as much as girls and Rich didn’t really give a shit but just…TALLASS?!
“Yeah, I mean, dorky hipsters are kinda in right now, right?” Jake asked with a laugh “Besides, he’s all people are talking about, so might as well, right?”
Rich’s mouth was hanging open as he watched Jake walk away, headed towards first period.
What the actual fuck just happened? Rich felt like he was going to black out,. Why the hell was he even interest in that guy?
He looked over at Brooke and Chloe who were furiously texting away on their phones.
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Evan, his mom, Jeremy, and Mr. Heere were all sat around the kitchen table.
Mom used to be gone a lot more with work and classes, but she was able to take some time off now thanks to the combined income of her and Mr. Heere’s. She was starting to learn how to cook properly too so they were having home cooked teriyaki chicken and white rice instead of takeout.
Evan tried not to pick at his food. He really loved homemade food but he really wasn’t hungry. He never really was.
“How was school these past couple days, you guys?” His mom asked.
“It was okay - alright, you know. Nothing…too exciting happened” Evan lied, thinking back to the numerous panic and anxiety attacks he’d already had.
“I started talking to a few new people at school,” Jeremy answered, looking like he was vibrating in excitement.
Evan looked over at him, slightly jealous of Jeremy’s luck at the school in just a few weeks, while he had been there for 3 years.
“Hey, that’s great!” Hr. Heere said.
“What are their names? Are they in your grade?” Evan’s mom asked.
“One is Zoe Murphy” Evan perked up at the name, “She’s in my jazz class and we started talking a few days ago. She’s really nice.”
Evan felt his stomach drop a little.
“I’m really proud of you son.” Mr. Heere said, “Who are the other kids?”
“Well that one isn’t really a friend but uh,” Jeremy’s face turned a little red. “His name’s Jake and I uh actually think he’s gonna ask me out…like on a date.”
“Wait, Jake Dillinger?” Evan asked
“Yeah. I heard from Zoe’s girlfriend Alana that some girl named Madeline saw on twitter that some of Jake’s friends posted that he had talked about me and then yesterday when I was walking down that hallway he said hi to me and smiled.”
Evan inwardly cringed. Jake didn’t really seem the best kind of person. Plus this might all just be a prank on Jeremy. But Jeremy must be really excited about it because he rarely offered up that much personal information at family dinner.
Evan glanced over and saw his mom and Mr. Heere exchange a look. His mom cleared her throat awkwardly.
“Boys, Paul and I were actually just talking before you started school about rules we wanted to set up now that we’re together and...” His mom trailed off looking at Mr. Heere.
“We’ve decided that we don’t want either of you dating until you get out of high school.” Mr. Heere stated, trying to look authoritative.
“What?!” Evan and Jeremy asked at once, though Jeremy seemed to shout it.
“Well, you know, we were both talking about how horrible both our dating lives were before we met and how it really started because we had started dating the wrong people in high school and it was distracting us from our school work and lives so we figured that we should just take away the option so you wouldn’t have to worry about it.” Mom rambled, looking a little unsure.
Evan felted shocked. This felt sort of out of nowhere. Evan had never even really talked to his mom about dating before so it seemed strange she felt the need to create a rule for something he didn’t have anything to do with.
“Dad, Heidi, that’s not fair. I really think Jake might ask me out and I’ll the only person at our school who’s not dating.” Jeremy said, looking back and forth between the two adults.
“We just want to protect you Jeremy. Plus, your brother doesn’t date.”
Evan felt a little flustered. Of course, he didn’t date, who would want to date him anyway? That didn’t mean he did want to date, he wished someone would ask him out, not that he’d be able to function and actually say yes.
“But no one even wants to date Evan!” Jeremy said, almost smacking his hands down on the table.
“Hey now,” Mom said, in defense of Evan, but Evan knew he was right.
“I wouldn’t – I wouldn’t want to date anyone from school anyway,” Evan said, feeling his eyes start to swell a little. It was almost impressive how fast his stepbrother had turned on him just to date someone like Jake Dillinger.
Mr. Heere looked from Evan’s mom to Evan to Jeremy and back again, trying to make up his mind about something.
“Okay, here’s how we solve this one.  Old rule out. New rule: Jeremy can date...” Jeremy’s face brightened, “when Evan does.”
Jeremy’s face fell.
“Are you sure about that, Paul?” Mom asked, looking unsure herself.
“Of course,” Mr. Heere said not sounding that confident.
“But what if Evan never dates?” Jeremy asked in horror.
Evan’s cheeks turned scarlet.
“Then you can officially date when you go off to college.” Mr. Heere said, getting up from the table to clear his plate. Mom joined him and they walked into the kitchen together.
Evan looked across the table at Jeremy, who had a look of disbelief on his face, and wanted to say something but had no clue what. He didn’t want him thinking Evan had any sort of part in this.
Jeremy suddenly stood up and made eye contact with Evan. He wasn’t glaring but the look is his eyes was enough to make Evan shrink down on himself. Jeremy departed from the dining room and was up the stairs in a moment. Evan was left alone at the table listening to Mom and Mr. Heere talking in hushed tones in the kitchen.
Evan sighed.
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Jeremy was still pissed about his dad’s new rule when he and Evan had arrived at school the next day. The most popular guy at school wanted to date him! But he couldn’t do anything about it! Jeremy wanted to be angry at Evan, wanted to blame him for all of this, but he knew it wasn’t his fault. Why did Evan have to be so awkward and weird? If he wasn’t maybe someone would actually date him and then Jeremy could say yes if Jake asked him out.
Jeremy was still thinking about it by the time lunch rolled around and he slumped down next to Michael in the cafeteria.
“What’s up Jer?” Michael asked, looking up from a Big Gulp cup filled with peach slushie.
“Nothing,” Jeremy mumbled, picking at the dry looking burger he had picked up in the lunch line.
“It’s just that,” He huffed and rolled his eyes, “I heard that Jake Dillinger was going to ask me out, like…the Jake Dillinger and so I mentioned it to my dad and Evan’s mom last night and they said that we’re not allowed to date until we graduate high school! But then I said that wasn’t fair so then they said they I’m allowed to date when Evan dates! Can you believe that? Like–Like–Like Evan doesn’t even have any friends really and he told me before he’s never dated anyone before so he’s never gonna date anyone and I’m never gonna date Jake and it’s so stupid!”
Jeremy crossed his arms and slumped onto the cafeteria table, grumbling under his breath.
Michael and Jared, who had come in just before Jeremy had started his rant, exchanged a look.
“Wait, what?” Jared asked.
Jeremy rolled his eyes again, “I can’t date until Evan dates because my dad and stepmom are sadists and want me to be miserable.”
“Kinky,” Jared interjected, wiggling his eyebrows.
“Why the hell would you want to date Jake Dillinger anyway?” Michael said, pulling a face.
“Dude, Michael, he’s so cool and, just, have you seen him? He’s so tall and he’s always wearing that red jacket and he’s so hot. Literally, everyone wants to date him.” Jeremy explained.
“I’d date ‘em,” Jared said, raising a hand.
“See? He’s just so…cool. And he wants to date me! Me!” Jeremy looked at Michael, expecting to see some sort of realization in his friend’s eyes on how groundbreaking this was.
Michael gave him a skeptical look and shrugged, “I mean, whatever makes you happy dude.”
A sigh escaped him for the billionth time today.
“Can’t really be happy when no one wants to date my anti-social stepbrother. Can’t have Jake till someone wants Evan.” Jeremy grumbled and turned back to his food.
The three of them sat in silence for a while, before Jared started messing around on his phone and showing things to Michael. Jeremy rolled his eyes, but not about Jake this time.
It wasn’t until the end of lunch that Jeremy spoke again.
“Do you wanna hang out after school today Michael? Play some video games?” Jeremy asked.
“Actually Michael and I gotta work on a project for History together. We’re writing about the American Revolution.” Jared said in an exaggerated bored tone.
“Oh, sounds lame,” Jeremy said.
“Yeah, it does,” Michael said with a weird, uncomfortable look on his face.
Jeremy shrugged but then his brain paused at the thought of Jared and Michael hanging out in Michael’s basement, working on homework, together, alone, without Jeremy there. For some reason, that thought seemed to make Jeremy feel even more annoyed at the day, though he didn’t exactly know why.
The bell rang and the three on them stood up and said their goodbyes.
-
Michael and Jared were sitting in Michael’s basement after school playing Halo. Michael tried to focus on the game but mixed emotions from the school day left him distracted. After Jeremy had told him all about the Jake situation, he felt so spacey and out of it.
Michael had been so ecstatic when he heard that Jeremy was going to be moving to his school. He was his best friend and wanted to be around Jeremy all the time. Plus with Jeremy so close by maybe something more could happen between them…
Michael had basically been in love with Jeremy since they were kids. Jeremy was so dorky and nice and completely adorable and Michael had hoped that now that Jeremy was here they could grow closer and maybe one day he could tell him about his feelings…but that was all ruined now. Thanks to Jake-Jerkoff-Dillinger. Who the hell did Jake think he was? He was just some asshole that walked around with an asshole face and looked like an asshole. What did Jeremy even see in the guy?
“MICHAEL” Jared loudly articulated, pulling Michael from his thoughts.
“What?” Michael asked.
“You haven’t moved in a few minutes, I’ve killed you like 40 times. It’s awesome for my kill streak, but are you even gonna try to beat me?”
“Why did you say we were hanging out today? Jeremy said he wanted to hang out and-” Michael started but Jared quickly cut him off.
“Chill dude. You literally looked like you were going to explode after what Jeremy said about Jake at lunch. Not a good idea for you to have to hear more about Dreamy Dillinger from your baby faced boyfriend.” Jared snorted.
Michael huffed, “What am I even supposed to do now? I’ve waited 5 years to tell Jeremy that I like him and now he’s going after someone like Jake. How am I supposed to compete with that?”
“’Kay few thoughts,” Jared said, pausing the game after sniping Michael’s character again, “1. Jeremy described Jake as tall, cool, attractive, red jacketed, and wants to date him. Who else do we know like that?”
Michael cautiously pointed at himself with a raised eyebrow.
“Great, so you have that going for you, basically just Jake but better, which leads us to; 2. Jeremy can’t even date right now so you got time to figure out how to make Jeremy see that you’re everything he wants and more.” Jared explained and wiggled his fingers in a magical way.
“How are we gonna do that?” Michael asked.
“We?” Jared snorted.
“Jared,” Michael grunted, annoyed.
“Yeah, yeah, just kidding, lighten up.” Jared said, “All we gotta do is find someone to date Evan so that Jeremy’s free to date and then you can swoop in and grab him before Jake does.”
Michael contemplated the plan for a while and came up with the obvious flaw.
“Who are we going to get to date Evan? I think everyone just thinks he’s weird.” Michael said.
“Gotta find a kindred spirit. Another social outcast that’s desperate enough to connect with someone like Evan and visa verse.” Jared explained
“Who is it?” Michael asked
“Dude I don’t know. I’ve had like 4 hours to come up with this plan.” Jared said and unpaused the game.
-
The next day at school neither of them had any idea on who to ask. They were in biology, filtering through anyone they could think of.
“Class, I’m going to step out and grab your worksheets from the printer. Start dissecting your frogs please.” The teacher said
“What about Mallard Crawler?” Michael asked
“Dropped out last year. Payton Zeller?” Jared responded
“She’s drunk all the time.” Michael shot back
“Dustin Kroft?”
“Asshole, too brutally honest. Jennifer Jace?”
“Alliterated names are stupid.”
“Tristan Anderson?” Michael tried, pulling on a pair of rubber gloves his teacher had provided for them.
“No.”
“Madeline Smith?”
“No.”
“Brock Johnson?”
“No.”
“Sarah Campbell?”
“No.”
“Okay well, I really don’t know who else then,” Michael sighed, deeply irritated.
He picked up the scalpel and sliced into the live frog’s stomach, noticing Jared look away when he did so.
Michael pulled the skin back and started carefully digging through the frogs guts with small surgical tweezers. He almost crushed the bladder when he felt a hard jab from Jared’s elbow. Michael whipped his head over, glaring at Jared until he noticed what he was focused on across the room.
Michael spotted the scary kid, Connor, sitting alone at a lab table. No one had partnered up with him. He didn’t look too interested in dissecting the frog, his brow furrowed. If Michael didn’t know any better he might have thought that he was slightly uncomfortable or uneasy about the frog in front of him.
“Hey, what about him?” Jared gestured towards Connor.
“No way dude. I heard he lit a state trooper on fire. He just did a year in juvi.” Michael whispered, not wanting Connor to hear him.
“Yeah, well, then at least he’s looking a lay on the outside.” Jared chuckled.
“I'm serious, man. He probably sold his own liver on the black market for that jacket.” Michael said.
They watched as Connor freed the frog from its restraints and flipped it over so it was sitting on its stomach. He lightly poked the frog’s side and it croaked softly. A ghost of a smile just barely touched Connor’s face.
Compassionate. Caring. Empathy. All in that one small act. Coupled with looking pretty sad and lonely and–
“He’s our guy.” Michael sighed and Jared grinned.
“Great,” Jared said and bounced up from this seat before Michael could stop him. He strolled over to Connor who was watching the frog hop around the table.
Michael saw Connor spot Jared getting closer and he immediately bristled. His face went dark and he glared at Jared. Maybe it wasn’t the best plan to let Jared go talk him into the idea.
“Hey Connor, how you doing? Listen I…” Jared started.
Connor quickly snatched his backpack from behind his chair, plucked the frog up off the table, and stormed out of the classroom; all before Jared could get out another word.
Jared turned to Michael and shrugged, “Should have seen that one coming. That psychopath and I have never really played nice before.”
Michael groaned as Jared sat back down next to him.
“How do we get him to date Evan?” Michael asked.
Jared sat in silence for a few minutes looking in deep thought when he finally spoke again, “We could pay him.”
“How do you know he needs money? Isn’t the Murphy family hella rich or something?” Michael asked, going back to pulling organs out of a frog.
“I heard from Jenna Roland that Murphy boy was cut off so he’ll be needing it,” Jared said
“Actually, I don’t know about this…” Michael said, suddenly very hesitant.
“Michael, you want to date Jeremy, right? Then this is the way to do it. Plus we’re helping Connor, so many people end up sucking dick for meth but all he has to do is date some weird kid instead.” Jared explained, using his hands to talk.
“But we don’t have any money,” Michael fired back. “We don’t even have enough  to buy Destiny 2 when it comes out.”
“Yeah, well, what we need is a backer,” Jared said.
“What’s that?” Michael asked.
“Someone with money, who’s stupid,” Jared explained with a toothy grin.
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