a thousand cranes

and i still don't have you. (duke scott. seventeen. totally available.)

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@kenwright look who’s finally back together, at long last. @lilyeastcoast @braxcity @kenwright ps.@aliciaahayes why aren’t you here yet?? @aliciaahayes because i… wasn’t invited?? that’s cool, guys, leave me out of the reunion. 

@lilyeastcoast it was kendrick’s fault. henley, teacup, peanut and bossy pants are all here. you should join, even if it is just to give the young’uns one good influence.

[dukescott]

@dukescott i feel left out, so i’m gonna invite myself. where’s the party?

[dukescott]

texts // auri

Aurelia: I'm sorry.

Duke: I love you.

[tabithaparrish-blog]

Well you are certainly not wrong about that.

I’ve always known it, baby. 

[dukescott]

And you love me anyway?

You’re the best thing that’s ever happened to me.

[tabithaparrish-blog]

…You are so incredibly sexy when you get this way.

[dukescott]

I actually like to think that I’m always incredibly sexy, thank you very much.

But if I’d known that plotting my enemies’ downfall was all it took for you to realize that, I would’ve taken you guys bowling months ago.

[tabithaparrish-blog]

Swear on my life.

Oh, we’re absolutely going to beat Pily. I refuse to lose to them again.

[dukescott]

Then let’s do this!

Beating Twendy shouldn’t be too hard. If my brother can detach himself from Grayson long enough to actually bowl, we can still kick their asses. And we’ll go easy on Sapphire and her friends... but still kick their asses. Respectfully.

[tabithaparrish-blog]

Don’t worry, baby, I’ll make your night as soon as we get back.

[dukescott]

You promise?

Also, just so you know, we have to beat Pily. They always cheat and end up winning, and I don’t think I can accept that. Not after what happened on Christmas.

[tabithaparrish-blog]

I do what I want!

    Do I need to remind you of what we were doing twenty minutes ago? 

[dukescott]

Clearly.

    I mean, I wouldn’t mind, but we’re supposed to be making someone else’s night.

[dukescott]

(* &&. texts ;; grayson )

Grayson: But wait, that means putting on pants

Duke: Yes, Grayson. It does.

Duke: No one wants to see you without pants except your boyfriend.

Duke: Please put on pants and get your asses to the bowling alley

[tabithaparrish-blog]

She wouldn’t be Lily if she played fair!

     I have literally never done anything but love you, asshole.

[dukescott]

Don’t approve!

    You’re making me go bowling with those demons, this is the opposite of love.

[dukescott]

(* &&. texts ;; diggy, grayson )

Duke: Yo, we're going bowling.

Duke: It's not my choice.

Duke: I'm being forced.

Duke: But you two are going, too, because I said so.

[tabithaparrish-blog]

I’m not gonna let her cheat, babe.

              Now, get your ass in the car. We’re going.

[dukescott]

Okay, you say that, but you know she’s going to do it anyway!

       But fine. I’m going, but I’m only doing it because I like making people happy, and Sapphire sounds too pure to be surrounded by you hellions.

[tabithaparrish-blog]

———– Okay, as much as I love making out with you – and you know I love it – I have some serious ass to kick at the bowling alley, so let’s go.

[dukescott]

As wonderful as that sounds, I really don’t want to go.

Lily always cheats when we bowl!

[dukescott]

( * &&. group chat;; the rebellion )

Tabitha: You two are insane

Tabitha: Baby, there is literally no point in fighting this, just tell him who it was

Duke: N o, please refrain from scaring off my friends, I need someone to bail me out of jail when you assholes get me thrown in

Duke: Tab, you're supposed to love me and back me up here. Make them stop

Duke: And aren't we supposed to be giving someone a magical night???? Why are we not doing the thing????

[dukescott]

( * &&. group chat;; the rebellion )

Percy: H E B U M P E D Y O U

Percy: You could have dropped your books, or twisted your ankle. Then where would you be?

Percy: I'll tell you where: in the nurses office with a swollen ankle and messy, unorganized notes

Percy: And do you know what unorganized notes lead to?

Percy: Unorganized work ethic

Percy: Which leads to bad grades, which lead to dropping out, which leads to drugs

Percy: And the next thing I know, I'm visiting your very lovely box on the side of the interstate, trying to convince you to get a job and /contribute to society/

Percy: So give me a name

Duke: The worst thing that happened was my shoulder hitting the locker

Duke: And he apologized seventy five thousand times for that

Duke: He even bought me coffee and a sandwich for lunch

Duke: (I mean, my notes were unorganized but Tabs helped me fix them, so my work ethic is fine, thank you)

Duke: There was no nurse's office

Duke: No drugs

Duke: No box on the side of the interstate

Duke: please chill

Duke: and come pick me up so we can go bowling

[dukescott]

( * &&. group chat;; the rebellion )

Percy: You were contaminated by a first year?

Percy: I absolutely /should have/ appeared out of no where to smite him

Percy: How dare he touch /my man/

Percy: I want names

Duke: My point, exactly

Duke: I'm not telling you shit, leave him alone

Duke: He's actually a sweet kid when he's not worrying about you coming out of the shadows

[dukescott]

( * &&. group chat;; the rebellion )

Lily: She will. She's just like us. Except kinder.

Lily: Also, I told her to invite some people. Idk who she's inviting, but same rules go for them. Be nice, and make this fun for them.

Wendy: If any of you step out of line, I will not hesitate to punch you

Aurelia: AFTER we all leave.

Aurelia: No punching each other in front of the new people.

Aurelia: This is why people are scared of us, gosh

Percy: Aurelia, you're approximately seven pounds of absolute fluff, nobody is scared of you

Duke: You're not wrong

Duke: But I think by 'us' she means the group as a whole

Duke: And by a group as a whole, she means you, Lily, and Wendy

Duke: People are scared of the rest of us, simply because we associate with you

Duke: I literally made a freshman cry the other day because he bumped into me, and he thought you would appear from nowhere and smite him or something

Duke: I'm getting off track

[dukescott]

( * &&. group chat;; the rebellion )

Wendy: DOES THIS MEAN WE HAVE FRESH MEAT?

Lily: Duh

Lily: But we have to actually be nice to her, guys

Lily: At least, nicer than we are to each other

Lily: She's new and cute and has C.F., so she doesn't believe in her own good luck, and she's never even been bowling before

Lily: I want her to have a good time and believe in good things and shit, so if any of you ruin this for her, I will jack you up, son

Percy: ...She's never bowled?

Percy: How has anyone never bowled before?????

Percy: Alright, new plan.

Percy: We do absolutely everything in our power to ensure that tonight is the best night she's ever had, alright? We do whatever she wants to do, we play at her pace, we're patient with her, and we don't treat her like she's different from us just because she's sick.

Percy: Deal?

Duke: But we should still be nicer to her than we are to each other, because we tend to be cruel, cruel people when we're all in one place.

Duke: But, yeah, deal.

Duke: What's her name?