“thanks,” niko replied as he took a hold of her phone. “had a rough night, i guess,” his voice is devoid of the usual lustre that came with the morning after a party. his fingers worked away at typing a quick text. “you mind if i hang out with you for a bit in case my friend responds?”
“Of course pretty boy, anything you need I’m here for. I need a break from homework anyway. Seriously been sitting here all day doing diff eq. What adventures got you without a phone.”
𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒍𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒄𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒔 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒍𝒂𝒑, celeste is attempting to look calm, cool, & collected. not that her little facade is very convincing –– how could anyone be truly calm with the week the group has faced ? she’s tried different methods of destressing : from ( newly ) blonde locks to treating herself to more than a few cosmos at the local bar. the drinks sit acidicly in the base of her stomach & she hopes it isn’t evident in her composure. ❛ you think ‘sorry, just watched some of the people i care about the most get escorted away in squad cars’ is an acceptable excuse to get an extension on this project ? ❜
“Hey, i don’t judge” she said quickly, looking at her for a while and the smiled “i haven’t watched it” she shrugged, she was not much of a netflix binger, tv shows are a lot of commitment for her “it’s okay, i mean, it’s been a lot” she didn’t even remember that girl if she’s gonna be honest, but then again, she wasn’t very social to start “just watching the police around it’s… stressful”
“Back in my old neighborhood, they were like our roommates. I was scary my freshman year whenever I got here I wouldn’t be able to sleep without police sirens blaring outside my window.” She nodded along with the rhythm of her words. “So, not much of a bing watcher, way to busy to be locked indoors for that long. But worth it. Totally.”
“sounds like a normal weekend to me – going on a huge binge for a show, i mean.” justice nodded, reaching forward for his orange juice to take a drink from it. “do you… wanna talk about it? or are you the type to just keep it all bottled up?” he was there to judge, he just wanted to help as many people as he possibly could so they could get through this all.
“No, I totally have a diary that gets my vented frustration. Doesn’t talk back and looks beautiful. Thanks though. It’s like all these exams. I don’t know if it’s better to have them all spread out or all within the week.” She said miserably. “What about you, hopefully this month was better for you.”
“Don’t judge - last week, I had gotten so bored with studying that I went onto my roommate’s netflix account and started watching Orange is the New Black. The amount of cringe is insane - but I finished all of it in a week. Is that like... natural?” She groaned as she poked at her oatmeal. “Seriously, just needed to get my mind away from the past couple of weeks.”
drained. emotionally, physically, niko felt drained. he hadn’t even made it home yet from last night when he was brought in for questioning at the police station. the whole process finished early in the morning and he really didn’t have to strength to move off the curb he was currently sitting on. the nerves, the overwhelming thoughts– the whole night really did a number on him. niko rubbed his tired eyes before spotting someone walking by. “hey– can i use your phone? mine’s dead.”
↪ Chloe Bridges. her/she. female. ╱ i thought i saw Lyndsey (Biz) Garcia getting questioned by the police. the twenty three years old is in their fourth year at west bridge studying electrical engineer/chemistry. they were at manon’s party because she wanted money for her drugs. do you think they had something to do with her death? + runaway, isolate, compassionate. ◜ sheep. 25. CST. they/them. ◞
accepted ! let’s just hope that lyndsey ‘ biz ’ garcia keeps the secret ! be sure to give our new member checklist a look and send in your account within 24 hours or your role will be reopened ! also, feel free to send in any extracurriculars they may be in ! chloe bridges is now a taken faceclaim !