CAMRYN: bring your food out with you!
CAMRYN: adam can come too
CAMRYN: who do you know that can put sunscreen on their own back
RONNIE: cam we can hang out later
RONNIE:Ā adam wants to have an important conversation i canāt just leave
RONNIE: no one but u also have a million other ppl on the island to ask!
date: july 17, 2017
characters:Ā kit, adam, tave, cameron, camryn, ronnie, blake and julian
summary: veronica throws a party for the residents, with some good fun and alcohol the party turns into a big game of truth or dare. when everyone leaves it lets ronnie, tave and adam have some alone time.
tave: tave grabs the drink he'd just ordered from the cabana and goes and takes a seat on one of the pool chairs, just kickin' back with it while he and ronnie wait for everyone to show up--he'd come a little earlier to help her get things ready.
veronica: ronnie wanted to throw a perfect party - or as great as it could get. her friends deserved a good time and it seemed like for a while the whole island wasn't able to get that, and with what had happened recently putting an even bigger damper on the mood. she finished setting up when she saw tave take a seat giving him a small smile. "thanks for your help, i appreciate it. now I hope people show up."
tave: tave smiles back at her after sipping from his glass. "a party thrown by you, the girl who literally started the party on everyone's first night here? of course they'll come. it'll be a good time, don't worry."
julian: julian loved to gather with the others, they all provide a great source of entertainment -- that is, when they're not fighting. he jogged his way over to the cabana, bumping into tave;s legs with the intent to and then bumping into ronnie right after. Ā "why are you two in my way."
camryn: camryn made her way down towards the group of people as she walked out of the house, a drink in one hand. as she neared them, she looked around, sitting in an open chair. "i am here, party can start," she teased.
tave: tave grins at julian. "come back here and say that to my face, fucker."tave chuckles, raising his drink to camryn. "welcome."
julian: julian moved from ronnie, "wow, tough guy? thought we had something special. square up, tave."
cameron: Cameron headed toward the party, the one Ronnie decided to throw. She was in need of some kind of fun, after all she's supposed to be on an island of paradise, having fun. Seeing fmiliar faces, the brunette smiled brightly. "Well hello lovely, beautiful people..." she spoke brightly.
veronica: ronnie laughed at tave and julian, shaking her head as she waved over to camryn before sighing slightly, glad that people were showing up. she smiled once more when she saw cameron. "hey, girl! welcome!"
tave: tave laughs and pushes at julian's leg with his foot. "yeah right. you want someone to square up to you. i'm not gonna do you any favors. maybe someday." he smiles back at cameron and gives her a wave as she announces herself. "hey cam."
julian: "i can't wait for someone to fight me." julian only joked, no matter how many times he's been asking others to square up. once camryn and cameron entered the scene he waved at both of them.
veronica: "i'll fight you, let's go." she teases julian, her eyebrow raised.
julian: julian's hands raise as his fingers curled inwards towards his palm to form fists, "let's go right now, smackdown at the cabana."
cameron: "Is Julian still trying to fight someone? Anyone?" she asked, laughing a bit at the view in front of her.
veronica: ronnie puts her own fists up before inching closer to julian. "alright you ready?" she says, her fist raising up but instead manuvering herself to wrap her arms around him into a tight hug. "no one can defeat the ronnie hug." she says as she holds him tighter.
tave: tave snorts and laughs a little, taking a drink from his glass and shaking his head at them. "you're both dorks."
camryn: camryn sat back in her chair with a laugh, pressing her drink to her lips as she watched everyone. "who even needs the internet when we have nice fights like these."
julian: "oh my god." he was expecting the hug but as she got him in a hold, his arms fell around her but instead returning the hug, he only lifted her. "What'd you say?"
tave: "you're right, maybe i should let them fight and record it and tweet it to world star when we get home."
cameron: "Internet fame, it's the big thing now these days" Cameron joked as she stuffed her hands into her pockets. "Who do you think would win?"
veronica: "ahh!" she gasps when he picks her up the girl wrapping her legs around him holding on tightly. "you're not winning i'm not going to let go."
julian: "this is cheating, ronnie!" he tried to shake her hold, "you know there's a body of water not too far from us." he threatened.
tave: tave's eyes narrow, thinking intently as he watches julian and ronnie go at each other the way they are. "julian is very capable of winning using his cuteness and memeability as a distraction. physically though, ronnie could definitely whoop ass. it's toss up between strategies, if you ask me."
veronica: "excuse me." her head turns to tave as she keeps her grips on julian. "are you telling me my cuteness is not enough to make me win? wow, i see how it us." she teases him before turning back to julian. "please don't dump me in the pool."
tave: tave laughs. "i said you're doing great, sweetie!" he calls to her, grinning as he sits back and drinks some more.
cameron: Cameron pursed her lips and nodded. "Hmmm, I can see that. Ronnie's Ā wild card. She could totally take him out. Julian is a good distraction but I think Ronnie can be stronger than that. But sometimes, he can be just too cute. I'm willing to be the ref for this match."
tave: tave laughs and smiles at cameron. "either that or go get a drink and chill out, stay a while. you've been standing there for too long."
julian: "hey i have skills to kick her ass, i'm not that cute." he told the two commenting on their little fight, "okay ronnie, can we call it a truce, wait someone take a picture of us first." he said, reaching for his phone and tossing it tave's way as he became the someone.
camryn:Ā camryn laughed at julian, setting her drink on the chair. "a truce? you're too sweet, jul."
tave: tave laughs as the phone falls in his lap, making some of his drink spill out before he can set it down. "dick." he stands up out of his chair and comes over to them with julian's phone camera ready on them. "smile, dorks."
veronica: ronnie laughs before pressing her cheek against julians and giving a big smile to the camera waiting for tave to take the picture.
adam: adam headed to the cabana, pausing when he saw the commotion. "what the fuck..." he trailed off, going to order a drink. "bunch of weirdos on this island." he mumbled to himself.
julian: julian gave the camera a big smile as his cheek pressed against ronnie's shoulder as he waited for tave to take the picture.
tave: tave smiles while he takes the picture. "got it." when he sees adam walk past them, he comes and stuffs julian's phone into his pocket for him, then runs off toward adam. "um, hello? where's my hug, bitch?"
julian: "thanks!" he called out to tave before turning back to ronnie, "Can you get off of me now,"
veronica: "thank you!" she says before turning to julian. "of course," she says as she unwraps her legs and falls down to the ground, unhooking her arms as well. "can i see the picture?"
julian: julian reached in his back pocket for the phone and searched for the phone to show her, "my left eye is closed what the fuck." he admired, but also angling himself to show her.
veronica: veronica leans up on her toes to see over his shoulder. "aw but it's so cute!" she says, with a bit of a pout. "we look so happy."
adam: adam's back was toward the group, but his eyes lit up at the sound of tave's voice. "you have to come and get it!"
julian: "we do." he smiled down at the phone, "okay i'll forgive my closed eye." he looked back at her, "you're feeling better Ā right?" he asked.
veronica:Ā "yes." she says with a slight smile looking up at him. "thank you, and again i'm sorry for the other night. i know i had no control over it, but i still feel bad."
tave:Ā tave does exactly what he's told. "bitch! hug me!" he yells as he runs and jumps onto adam's back, clinging to him.
julian:Ā he turned around completely to face her. he stuffed his phone in his pocket and cupped her cheeks with his palm, "i don't care, just as long as you're okay. also don't feel bad, things happen .. people happen, mistakes happen. we're all human blah blah blah." he said, dropping his hands.
adam: adam grunted as tave settled on his back. "don't get too comfy," he wheezed, turning his back to the bar. carefully, he set tave down on a barstool and dropped his legs. "why can't you ever be normal, you extra sack of shit." adam questioned, turning to face tave. he stepped between his legs and wrapped his arms around the others shoulders, tugging him into a close embrace.
tave:Ā tave is just grinning like a little shit the whole time adam carries him, and he snickers at adam's little insult. "that's my boy," he laughs, hugging adam back tightly and patting his back. "what's up, man? glad you came," he tells him as he pulls back to sit up straight in his seat.
veronica:Ā ronnie gives him a soft smile as he cups her cheeks with his hands. "thanks, you're such a great friend, julian." she appreciates him looking out for her and making sure she was okay. it was nice to find a friend like that in a place it was so easy to get lose. "now, are you ready for a relaxing night finally?"
julian:Ā "i would die for you, maybe." he throws an arm over her shoulder, pulling her close to him. "you think i came to your party not to relax? come on, let's go annoy the cams. tave looks occupied."
adam:Ā adam reluctantly releases his grip on tave, patting his cheek as he leaned over him to get his mimosa. "nothing really, you know me," adam sighed, taking a sip of his drink. "what's up with you? have a nice day?"
veronica:Ā "i would die for you, maybe as well." she says her arm moving around his torso. "tave is always occupied, especially if adam is close by." she laughs. "think they'd want to drink?"
tave:Ā tave shrugs, smiling as he leans his arms back against the cabana's bar top. "yeah, i guess i did. just been chillin'. everything's on the way to back to normal. had a good talk with ronnie last night, your pizza idea for the others seemed to work. everything's good, except for kit..." he adds, shaking his head in distaste. "i don't really have any desire to talk to him yet."
julian:Ā "who would refuse and decline us?" his brows raised as he glanced down at her, "plus, drinking? wow, you think less of them." he nudged her forward with his hip, "after you."
adam:Ā "that's good, i'm glad that it worked out with her," he smiled warmly at the other. "i know how happy she makes you." adam just hoped that tave didn't get screwed over again, because if ronnie breaks his heart, he will make her life on the island hell. "honestly, kit and i... i don't know what's happening there. just- don't rush it, enjoy your night buddy."
tave:Ā tave grins, nodding in approval at his friend. "hell yeah, cheers to that, man. i plan on it. thanks." he remembers his drink is over by the pool chair and he nods his head toward it. "c'mon, we should join the others."
veronica:Ā "people who don't know how to have fun." she responds with a laugh. "let's go!" she says as she makes her way over to cam and cam. "ladies, would you like to grab a drink?"
julian:Ā "yeah.." he trailed, following after her as they approaches the two girls, "we're at your service."
kit: walking out to the pool, kit made a sharp turn for the bar. his game plan was to avoid drama at all costs, though the literal minefield of potential enemies was foreboding to say the least. busyinging himself with making a drink, kit started on a piña colada.
camryn:Ā camryn sat on the pool chair, hitting her nail against the empty glass. just as she was about to get up, she saw ronnie and julian present themselves in front of her. "well aren't you both just my Prince Charming," she laughed, referring to her empty glass.
adam:Ā "yeah, whatever you wanna do." adam replied to tave, already searching for two open chairs next to each other.
cameron:Ā Cameron found herself in her own world with Camryn before Ronnie and Julian walked up to them. With a smile, Cameron nodded. "Who are we to refuse a good time, good people and drinks? Of course we're up to grab some drinks." She looked down at her empty glass. "Well, maybe a refill at this point."
veronica:Ā "well, hate to break it i'm offering you guys to come with me, not refill your drinks for you." she says to camryn. "come on, it looks like there are some others at the cabana too." ronnie nods her head over
julian:Ā "yeah, what she said." julian offered his support to ronnie, "you come with us and have fun."
tave:Ā "aight, let's go." he gets up from his stool and pats adam on the back as he passes by, leading the way over to the pool chair he'd been sitting in before--and also, definitely avoiding any and all eye contact when he sees kit approach the other side of the bar. he takes a seat in his chair and grabs his drink, holding it out to adam as he waits for his friend to sit beside him. "cheers, buddy."
camryn:Ā cam nodded. "of course yes," she stood up, looking around at where everyone else was. "cabana it it."
julian:Ā "we can all have Ā a deep talk around some drinks at the cabana," julian said.
adam:Ā adam's eyes followed kit to the bar before he was distracted by tave. "cheers bro," he grinned, clinking their glasses together.
tave:Ā tave grins back and drinks from his glass before he sits back and relaxes into his chair. "so what'd you do today?"
veronica:Ā ronnie smiles as she leads the group over to the cabana, shocked to see kit sitting there. "hey kit." she shoots him a smile before ordering a drink from the bartender.
camryn:Ā camryn followed everyone over to the cabana, taking a seat for herself as she ordered a drink, setting her empty glass on the counter.
cameron: Cameron followed with the group, holding onto her empty glass as she thought about what she wanted to refill it with. Nodding politely at Kit to acknowledge him, she sat down and bit down on her bottom lip.
kit: kit grinned as ronnie greeted him, and he retrieved his drink. "hey," he offered, moving to stand near the group by the cabana. "how are you?" he asked Ronnie quickly.
adam:Ā "well, i ate breakfast, and then i walked along the beach." he replied, turning to look at the other. "then i came back and didn't have anything to do, so i napped. then i grabbed a snack and came here." adam's voice tapered off as he realized how boring his day had been. the fact that he had spent no time doing anything fun, or hanging out with anyone on an island vacation slammed him like a pile of bricks. however, he didn't mention his thoughts to tave, because he didn't want to kill the mood.
julian:Ā julian asked for a drink for himself as he leaned against the table, "kit! didn't think i'd see you here." he said, taking note of the newer body among the group.
veronica: ronnie thanked the bartender when he slid her the drink before turning back to kit. "i'm alright, thanks for asking. how are you?"
tave: tave laughs. "you napped without me? i'm tired of being second best to your sleeping schedule, adam," he teases, shaking his head before drinking some more. he looks over at the cabana, noticing everyone has gravitated to it. "when did everyone get over there? the same time we came back? i bet it's 'cause you smell."
kit: kit laughed, taking a drink. "didn't think I'd see me here either. but, hey. no point in hiding from shit." he shrugged, turning to ronnie. "good, im glad you're doing okay." kit smiled and turned to face the pool. "I think I'm gonna have someone make me some pizza. Fucking starving."
camryn: camryn got her drink from the bartender and thanked him, instantly bringing the iced drink to her lips before looking over to eye the boy next to her. "pizza?" she questioned kit, setting her drink back down. "i have some left over in the fridge if you want some."
veronica: the girl took a sip of her drink as she looked over at julian then back at kit. "thanks, appreciate it." she gives him another soft smile. "ask one of the staff to heat it up and bring it out here for you."
adam: adam felt his troubles fade as tave rambled. the corner of his lips lifted as he giggled, reaching out to pull taves hair. "you're such a dick, why do i talk to you." he grumbbled happily, shaking taves head back and forth before letting go of his hair. "i couldn't find you all day, it's not my fault you missed prime nappage. there is always tomorrow."
tave: "because that's what best friends are for," he replies as he giggles in return, moving his head around with adam's hand. "alright. tomorrow, me, you, those hammocks tied up on the beach, and a prime chill sesh. don't be late."
adam: "what if i have plans?" adam asked with a straight face, pinching his thigh to keep from giving himself away. he obviously wanted to spend time with tave, and felt a rush of happiness that he felt the same.
julian: julian was there, drinking casually having a fun time.
tave: "you gotta cancel them, sorry," he responds simply, shrugging nonchalantly. "my attention is top priority."
cameron: Cameron leaned back a bit, her elbows resting on the bar as she turned and looked out in the opposite direction, drinking her drink quietly.
veronica: "we should play a game later." ronnie blurts out looking back at everyone. "maybe nothing intense but something fun?"
julian: "remember when we played mario kart and you came in last place." he reminded her.
adam: "you know me so well," adam cooed, flicking taves nose. he caught wind of ronnie announcing a game, and looked to tave beside him. "wanna go see what they're up too? if i promise to dedicate my soul to you tomorrow?"
veronica: "shut up." ronnie rolled her eyes. "that was a fluke, and if i didn't want an intense night i'd say we'd play again."
julian: "i'm as mad as you, i came in second to last. wow, ronnie - best friend goals or what?"
tave: tave laughs, wrinkling his nose and waving adam's hand away. he looks over to the group when adam mentions them, scanning over what everyone seems to be doing. he notices cameron chilling alone. "hold on," he tells adam. "julian!" he calls out and gestures for him to come over. "come here!"
julian: "i'm being summoned, bye." he gave ronnie a salute before making his way over to tave and adam. "hey bud." he paused briefly, "adam."
veronica: "wow. i see how it is." she says before watching julian walk off, taking another sip. "are you ladies down for a game tonight?"
adam: adam sighed as tave beckoned for julian. he gave a passive wave to him as he approached, wondering what tave wanted from him. "julian."
kit: kit laughed as julian saluted ronnie, then turning to her and cam. "as a lady, yes."
julian: julian's softened look towards tave was quick to turn into something more suitable for adam, as his eyes narrowed and brows furrowed at the other when he said his name.
veronica: "sorry, kit, you're now grouped in with the ladies."
tave: tave's eyes narrow in confusion as he watches the exchange between his two friends. "...you guys alright? am i missing something here?"
camryn: camryn look another sip of her drink before a slight chuckle at ronnie's comment, looking down at the bar.
cameron: "Consider it a really good deal." Cameron added softly
julian: "there's nothing going on, just some wholesome fun between me and adam." julian replied.
adam: adam smiled tightly, nodding in agreeance.
kit: kit shrugged, "as long as we get cool pink jackets, I'm in." he took another drink. "so, what are you thinking for the game?"
tave: tave's stare flickers between the two of them skeptically before he decides to move on. "alright... anyways..." he looks at julian. "pull up a chair, have a seat. let's talk."
adam: adam wondered what they could possibly have to talk about with julian.
julian: "okie dokes, what's going on?" julian turns from the two to pull up a seat. he places himself in the middle, squeezing himself in despite them both already sitting.
veronica: "perfect." ronnie takes another sip of her drink as she smiles at cameron. "i can't promise jackets, kit." she says as she looks over at him. "i'm not sure yet. what do you think?"
tave: tave smirks at julian over his drink as he takes a sip. "i've heard some things."
adam: adam scooted over as far as possible, not really comfortable with their new position. he remained quiet as the otherese talked.
julian: "what things.." julian raised a brow at tave's words, "it's a small island, what did i do.."
tave: tave pauses to finish off the rest of his drink, continuing to smirk as he sets it down on the ground. "what are your thoughts on cameron?" he asks, nodding in the girl's direction at the bar.
julian: julian followed the direction of his nod towards the cam's, "which one are we talking about?"
kit: kit hummed, "hmmmm. there's always the basic high school kid games. truth or dare, never have I ever, seven minutes in heaven. but I mean id be cool with playing go fish." kit looked down at his cup, surprised that it was empty. "I need another piƱa colada."
tave: "kwon," he responds, referring to her last name.
veronica: "truth or dare or never have i ever would work." she replies. "but like, lazy ones where we sit around the cove and chill out not like drunk dares jumping off the roof."
adam: "i'm gonna go get a refill," adam raised his empty glass, sliding out of his seat to make his way toward the cabana.
julian: he recalled the night they lied together in the game room and instantly a smile spread across his lips but he was quick to rid of it, "she's alright." he gave adam a small wave as he walked off.
tave: "miss you already," tave is sure to add before adam can walk out of earshot, reaching a hand out longingly to be fake dramatic.
adam:Ā adam ignored taves antics, making his way to the bar. he came up behind ronnie, tapping on her shoulder to get her attention. "can i join in?"
tave:Ā he returns his attention to julian. tave isn't naive to these sorts of things, he can read julian's face like a book. "just alright?" he challenges with a little smirk, arching his eyebrow.
kit:Ā kit scoffed, "there's nothing fun about that. go big or go home." he got a second drink. kit spotted adam, and didn't want to ignore him but didn't want to cause any undue drama. "hey, adam. how are you man?"
julian: julian rubbed at the back of his neck with his palm and shrugged in response, "um.. she's cool. we're friends, what is this about? did she say something to you?"
veronica:Ā "no, this is a relaxing night, everyone should stay calm." she teases. ronnie feels someone tapping her on the shoulder and she's pleasantly surprised to find adam standing there, a bright smile on her face as she takes a step aside. "hey, adam!" she smiles taking a step over to make room. "come join us."
tave:Ā "she's really cool," tave agrees, nodding. "cute, too." he shrugs, flashing his friend an innocent grin. "no, i've just heard you two are kinda close, or got kinda close or something. and i was wondering what's up." he pauses, smiling in a way that's more genuine than playful. "do you like her?"
adam: āhey kit," adam nodded, face neutral towards the other. "thanks," he smiled sheepishly, remembering the last time he had talked to ronnie. the fact that she was willing to make a spot for him made him feel ten times worse, and now he was determined to try and fix things for his sake, and for taves."what are we playing?"
veronica: "nothing yet, actually." she responds with a shrug. "we're still trying to figure it out, actually. you have any ideas?" her last conversation with adam wasn't the best but she wanted to leave the past in the past, maybe they'd talk about it someday but right now she wanted to move on.
julian: "she's alright." Ā he repeated, Ā "a little too much sometimes." he joked, "wait what are you trying to do? is this the whole look for a girlfriend thing?" he turned to tave, nudging him in the shoulder. "it won't happen, we've known each other... funny how we met actually we were well on our way to hooking up but then.. things happened and now we're here months later." he poured out,
tave: tave's brow raises in surprise. "woah, wait. what's stopping you guys now?"
camryn: camryn looked up at ronnie next to her and shrugged, sipping on her drink. "i'm down for anything. we played never have i ever the other day, maybe something else?"
julian: "there's no way we'd hook up again, we're too friendly." julian bit down on his lips and shrugged, "she is cute though, kinda." he looked back towards the cabana, "anyway, whatever you're doing it won't work on me. my true love is my bed." he turned to tave, "that whole girlfriend thing i said a week ago? a joke." he replied with a smalllaugh.
cameron: "Last idea we all had, lead to everyone off in their own world, me sleeping on a couch and my back sore and not in a really good way..." the brunette started before drinking her drink. "So whatever game we play, I think it should be a good one."
adam: "um, not really, sorry." he replied, unable to think of anything.
tave: tave nods along slowly as he listens, studying julian and when julian finishes, tave shrugs. "i mean, whatever you say, man. all i'm saying is if you really felt like you wanted something going on around here with someone, you should go for it. i mean like, we only have so much time here, what's the worst that could happen?"
veronica: "i wasn't there for that but maybe that's a good idea, what other games are there." she says to camryn before looking at the other cam who spoke. "maybe truth or dare? we could round up at the cove and actually try to do something? i just want everyone together." she shrugs before looking at adam. "it's okay, don't worry about it. we can come up with something."
cameron: Cameron nodded. "I'm game. Should we get the bromance brothers or leave them there?"
julian: julian shrugged at tave's words, "you really want me to go for it.. huh.."
kit: kit nodded, "Let's grab the bromance bros. truth or dare it is. sounds fun."
adam: adam scoffed at kits remark, but agreed with ronnie. "that sounds fun."
tave: tave grins at him and nods. "yeah, i realy do. listen, i just want everyone to have a good time. ultimately, it's up to you. i'm just saying if you want it to happen, there's not a chance if you don't try."
veronica: ronnie laughs at cameron's comment. "bromance bros, that's a good one. should i get them or ... does someone else want to go?"
adam: adam huffed, walking toward the two. "i got this guys."
julian: "great advice. i'll take it." julian grabbed tave's shoulder, "i think i might love you." he joked.
cameron: Cameron shrugged as Adam began to head over to the bromance bros as they've been dubbed thanks to her. "Saved me from having to stand, I owe you Adam."
veronica: ronnie laughs at cam and nods her head. "i didn't feel like walking over there, i'm glad he did it."
tave: tave laughs and claps julian's shoulder in return. "any time, man. just reminding you to have some fun around here."
julian: julian gave tave's shoulder a squeeze, "do you have any other life advice to give me before i get up?"
adam: adam approached the 'bromance bros', draping himself over tave from behind his chair. "so get this," he enthused, "the hooligans over there are calling you two the bromance bros. isn't that funny."
julian: julian raised his head to look over at adam, "i don't see why not? we just had a nice talk too."
adam: adam felt his eye twitch at julians comment. "i was talking to tave," he muttered, dismissing the other.
tave: a shit-eating grin spreads across tave's face when he hears what adam has to say, his hands resting on adam's arms that are down around him. "excuse my boyfriend, julian. he's a little possessive," he teases.
adam: "anyway i was sent to get you guys, we are heading to the cove to play some games, and hopefully finish them. you two in?"
julian: julian scoffed at adams comment, "a little too possessive." he replied with an eye roll. Ā "i'm in." he said shortly after.
tave: "fellas, relax," he pleads, laughing at how ridiculous they're both being. "yeah, i'm in. let's go, all three of us," he emphasizes, rolling his eyes up playfully at adam.
julian: "yeah tave, let's go together." julian replied in his direction.
adam: "honestly i thought we were going to the cove but im not sure anymore, lets go to the others."
julian: "can we just go."
tave: tave shakes his head, rolling his eyes. "i'm gonna smack you both." he breaks from adam's hold and stands up from his chair to lead the way over to the others, grabbing adam's hand to tug him in his direction. "come on, honey, it's gonna be okay."
julian: julian trailed slowly behind, mimicking adams words from earlier. "i was talking to tave." his voice high pitched and low.
adam: adam intertwined their fingers, following close behind. when he heard julian, he half turned his body behind tave, and motioned toward his crotch mouthing "suck my dick."
veronica: ronnie, kit and cameron are all sitting at the cove together waiting for everyone
blake: Blake made her way to the cove seeing a lot of people still missing, "where is everyone?"
veronica: "on their way, adam went to get the other two apart of his bromance."
blake: "Typical."
kit: kit spotted blake and smiled, "hey, b. good to see ya."
adam: adam smirked at julian before turning around. "ok guys letes get to the cove, party is starting without us!"
julian:Ā the minute adam turned, julian flipped off the back of his head and trailed behind. "can you two lovebirds walk faster." he said from behind.
blake: "Yeah you too." She smiled at Kit, moving closer to the group already at the cove. "How's your night been so far?" She looked between him and Ronnie. "I feel like I've missed a lot."
veronica: "you haven't missed much." she said leaning against one of the couch. "not a lot has actually happened yet."
adam: "if you're in such a rush, run along." @julian
tave: "chill the fuck out before i hate you both," tave warns them, but he's mostly joking. he gives adam's hand a squeeze, snickering to himself. as they trudge down to the cove, tave calls out to everyone he sees there. "yoooo!"
blake: "That makes me feel a bit better". She nodded and moved to sit on one of the couches. Making herself comfortable
julian: "why don't you choke?" julian's words were targeted towards adam. soon enough, they were there -- meeting with the other group. julian didn't know where to sit so he stood by them, "wow the gangs all here."
cameron: Cameron looks up at the sound of hearing Tave's voice, and maybe a bit of bickering behind him. "Aw, trouble in paradise with the bromance troupe?" she joked, leaning back in her spot on one of the couches. "Such a shame."
adam: adam frowned as julian spoke, feeling a bit more attacked then usual. "whatever," he mumbled, leaning his head on taves shoulder.
julian: julian shrugged off cameron's comment, "what are we playing?"
blake: "Look at the two of you." Blake looked to her brother. "Absolutely adorable." She laughed
tave: tave shakes his head, eyes rolling again. he releases adam's hand to throw his arm around his shoulders instead, ruffling adam's hair affectionately as they stand and face the group. "don't look at me. i don't know what's up with them. i'm just gonna ignore it for now."
veronica: "oh come on, just sit down and play a game with us."
cameron: Cameron shrugged. "Last I knew, we were playing truth or dare. I could be wrong. Anyway, just sit, we're gonna play a game."
julian: julian followed ronnie's command and sat by her.
tave: tave pulls adam along to join him in sitting on one of the empty couches, smiling at blake now that he can properly greet her. "hey blake. how do you feel about having a brother in law someday?"
adam:Ā adam choked on air at taves comment, pulling his ear in retaliation. "it won't be you, that's for sure." he said through his teeth. "hi b, how are you? can we get dinner tommorow night togehter? i miss ya."
veronica: "is truth or dare okay with everyone?" she asks as she rests her head on julian's shoulder.
cameron: Cameron nodded. "If we can all stick with it, sure."
julian: julian's head rested atop hers, "i'm down for truth or dare."
kit: "yeah, sounds good to me." he took a seat on the couch near black and ronnie.
adam: "sure, it'll be fun"
veronica: "who wants to go first?"
julian: "adam."
adam: "uh-"
julian: julian finger gunned.
tave: tave shakes his head slowly, unamused. "you guys are ridiculous."
adam: adam looked at julian incredulously.
tave: "i'll go first. who wants to be asked?"
cameron:Ā Cameron stretched out on the couch.
julian: "Adam."
adam: "dude"
tave: tired of their shit, tave smiles pointedly at julian. "hey if that couch is too crowded, looks like there's room by cameron. plenty of room for everyone."
julian: "wow look at that there is room." Julian said.
cameron: Cameron looked over at her couch and smirked. "Free space, I'll even be nice and share."
tave: tave throws his arm around the back of the couch so adam can rest comfortably on him. "hmm..." he hums as he scans around the room, eyes settling on cameron and he smiles at her. "cameron. truth or dare?"
cameron: Cameron moved her eyes in the direction of Tave. "Hmm..." she stopped to think for a second. Make it good, make it a good one. "dare. Why not."
julian: "Ooh she picked dare." He said, nudging ronnies leg.
veronica: "ooooh." ronnie says, sorry that she zoned out for a second. "what do you think he'll make her do?"
julian: "hope it's somethin interesting." he replied back,
tave:Ā "you in the mood to drink anything right now?"
cameron:Ā the brunette looked down at her empty glass, a slight buzz brewing that she's drank about two drinks already. "Half terrified but yeah, I could drink something. Oh God is it gonna make me puke?"
julian:Ā "don't be a weenie." julian called out.
tave:Ā tave laughs and shrugs. "that's up to your discretion. there are some bottles by the wall," he tells her, nodding toward the area where there are extra couches. "i dare you to take a shot off julian. however you guys wanna do it."
cameron:Ā Cami narrowed her eyes at Julian. "Shut it" she muttered before listening to Tave's dare. A body shot off Julian? Was he serious? Still, she stood and grabbed Julian by the hand. "Let's go complete a dare..."
adam:Ā adam discretely held his fist up for tave to bump.
julian: julian coughed.
tave:Ā tave smiles and fist bumps him.
julian:Ā julian followed after her, "do you really wanna do this? adams free, choose him."
tave:Ā "i specifically said julian!"
julian:Ā "i'm sorry julian went to bed like two seconds ago." julian turned to tave, "i'm gonna get you." he mouthed
tave:Ā tave shrugs, smirking at julian.
cameron:Ā "Wow. It's a dare. If you don't want me to come into contact with you, just say it?" Cameron spoke, her speech more like a question and tilting her head to the side.
veronica:Ā ronnie looks in between the two suddenly feeling tension
julian:Ā julian stepped closer to her, "just do your shot off of me, don't get emo with me." he looked down at her, "what are you waiting for?"
tave:Ā tave claps in approval, smiling as he watches. "yeah, it's a dare, julian."
cameron:Ā Narrowing her dark eyes at Julian, she sighed before smirking. "Pick the poison for me, big man" she added as she pointed over to the array of bottles and drinks. For good measure she added a wink.
tave:Ā tave snickers. "roast him!"
julian:Ā julian matched the look on her face and brushed past her, "we'll do the classic, tequila." he grabbed the bottle and walked to her, "you can do the rest." he said, handing her the bottle.
veronica: "oh shit." ronnie watches on, interested in what could possibly happen
tave: tave looks at ronnie, simply smiling and waving at her just because he wants to.
cameron: "Salt and lime..." she added as she grabbed both the salt and a wedge of lime. "Lay back, lift your shirt and take the lime. I can handle it from here. Unless you want more control..."
veronica: ronnie smiles at tave and shoots back a wink, giving him a small wave.
tave: "phew," tave huffs out, eyes widening a little and grinning wickedly in amusement when he hears cameron. "did it just get hotter out here? speaking of which, you guys want me to start the fire?"
adam: adam cheekily waved at ronnie, even though he knew she was waving at tave.
veronica: ronnie started laughing and waved back at adam
adam: "you are such a fucking dork." adam sighed, patting taves stomach.
julian: "no, you can take over." Ā julian walked over to the couch to lie down on. he lifted his shirt up towards his torso, "chop chop, " he said, waving her over.
tave: tave grins down at adam, laughing. "be right back buddy." he ruffles adam's hair and stands up from their position, starting to work on getting the fire started while making sure to watch cameron's dare as well.
adam: "you were being serious?" adam called after tave.
tave: "yeah, it's getting dark, so why not."
julian: "it's gettin dark in here.." julian sang.
tave: "so take off julian's cloooothes."
cameron: With a playful roll of her eyes, she made a line of salt down his abdomen and poured a bit of tequila in a small shot glass, resting it on his stomach before ultimately pouring a bit into his navel. Exhaling, the tip of her tongue trailed following the salt. She licked the salt all the way off his abdomen before drinking the alcohol that was in his navel and chasing it with what was left in the shot glass. Rolling her eyes at the guys being idiots and singing she peered over at Julian as she swallowed the alcohol. "Lime"
julia: "you gonna take it off for me?"{
veronica: ronnie doing the high notes. "it is getting so dark, she's gonna take his clothes off"
tave: tave laughs at ronnie. "woooo!" he cheers as he watches cameron take her shot off julian, and he claps for them. "give 'em a round of applause, people."
julian: julian's eyes fell shut for a bit as he enjoyed the feeling of the line of salt being drawn down his abdomen but he was quick to look down at cameron doing her thing. julian completely missed what she said as he still was shaken over the moment.
veronica: ronnie laughs as she watches cameron, clapping with a little bit of a "woo!" coming out as she does so. "get it, girl!"
adam: adam began to drift off on the couch, uncomfortably crooked since tave left.
cameron: Cami leaned down, close to Julian. "Lime. You have it." Her voice low enough for only him to hear.
julian: julian propped himself up on his elbows, "oh right." he handed it over to her but paused, "wait, come here and get it." he held the lime close to his lips,
tave: tave returns his attention to the fire pit and he finally gets it going. he's ready to sit back down, but sees adam with his eyes closed falling down in their spot. he takes his phone from his pocket, opens up an app, walks quietly over to adam, and plays the john cena theme song right in his ear. "WAKE UP!"
adam: adam's body convulses in shock as he is rudely woken up by john cena. "whAT THE FUCK," he shouts, staring up at tave. "you are so mean." he pouts, turning his face to the back of the sofa.
veronica: ronnie is confused as if to look between the john cena meme or the romantic moment
cameron: Wiping her bottom lip with her thumb, Cami leaned forward to take the wedge of lime before it was brought closer to Julian's lips. A smirk played against her lips as she shrugged and leaned forward. Her hand gripped the back of his neck as she moved closer.
tave: tave grins as he cracks up laughing, and he turns the song off before putting his phone back in his pocket. "come heeeere, you big sleepy baby," he coos, plopping back down in his spot and pulling adam into his arms whether he likes it or not."woooo!" he yells for cameron and julian. "hot!"
julian: julian pushed himself up to a sitting position as he leaned down pressing the lime wedge against her lip but letting it completely fall in his lap as his lips crashed against hers.
adam: "shut up and let them have a moment," adam scolds quietly, crossing his arms over his chest as hes pulled into tave.
tave:Ā tave snorts and laughs, squeezing adam tighter. "it's a game, it'd be weirder if we just sat in silence and watched."
cameron: the line touched her lips, and just as quickly as she felt it, it fell completely from her lips. However Julian's lips met hers and her eyes fluttered closed, letting her lips move with his.
tave: tave smirks to himself, watching how the two of them are suddenly connecting, very proud of his work.
julian: his smile fell in between their lips moving, "alright, " he said suddenly as he pulled himself away, "we should continue the game." his hand reached up to hold her face her thumb swiped against her bottom lip, Ā he dropped his hand and sat up, pulling his shirt down along with his movement. his eyes darted over towards tave for a hot second.
tave: tave catches julian's glance and continues to smirk like a little shit. "nice job, guys."
cameron: Cameron felt Julian pull away and a smirk was plastered onto her lips. His thumb running across her bottom lip, her eyes met his for a quick moment before shaking her head and chuckling just a bit. "Dare has been completed. Who's next?" she asked as she made her way back to the couch she was sitting on.
adam: adam peers up at tave, smiling to himself bcs his bestfriend is really just out there trying to do good, no matter what anyone says.
tave: "ask whoever you want, cam." tave smiles down at adam when he notices he's looking up at him. "you good?"
julian: julian casually shifted his way back to ronnie.
adam: "i want motzerlla sticks," adam spluttered.
cameron: Tapping her finger on her bottom lip, her eyes looked around the room. "Fine. Tave, since you enjoy the game so much, truth or dare?"
tave: "go get some, you goof," he laughs at adam, then looks over at cameron and puffs out a laugh. "who said i enjoy the game? i've just been trying to get it going." he shrugs. "but alright, fine. truth."
cameron: Cameron raised an eyebrow. "Wanna tell me why out of everyone in this room, you oh so happily chose my dare to be a body shot off of Julian, such as explaining what's the motive?"
julian: julian looked at tave, shaking his head slightly towards him.
adam: adam snorted at cameron's truth, trying not to laugh at cupid being caught in the act.
tave: tave reaches down and grabs adam's jaw, starting to squeeze and play with his cheeks just as way to tell him to shut up without looking at him, instead glancing over at julian with a smile. "well," he starts, staring at julian for a moment as he makes his final decision on what to say, then looks at cameron and shrugs. "he's cute, you're cute, and i think you should be cute together. and if i'm being honest, i think he has the hots for you. so why not."
julian: julian's jaw hung open at the sudden exposure. he was far too embarrassed to look towards cam.
veronica: "oh god..." ronnie whispers
adam: "tave!" adam whispered with a lisp, not able to move his mouth properly.
cameron: all Cameron could do was blink. she listened to Tave speak and all she could do for three seconds was blink. Julian had the hots for her? if this was months ago, she'd halfway believe it, because she's Cameron and she knew she was beautiful but Cameron who's been on an island with Julian and got to know him better thought she'd never have a chance with him. breaking out of her haze, her attention shifted to Julian. "Julian? is that true?" there was a small pause. "he's right about us being cute together, I mean look at us..." she attempted to joke before twisting her body more to face him better, "but is it true, the rest of what he said?"
tave: "what?" he questions a bit defensively, shrugging and looking around at the others, then down at adam as he mumbles. "it was just a dare, it was harmless. i didn't tell 'em to kiss. he might thank me."
adam: "youre a cocky hell hound," adam mused.
tave: "yeah, but i'm your cocky hell hound," he teases with a grin, pinching adam's cheeks.
julian: julian bit down on his finger, "uh..." he looked to tave for help but he was alone Ā in this. then he turned to ronnie but ultimately it was up to him anyway. "uh..." julian looked down at his flip flops. "maybe..?"
veronica: ronnie put her hand on julian's arm, letting him know she was here but ultimately what he said was going to have to come from him.
adam: "tave, what is wrong with you." adam shook his head fondly, turning back to the group.
cameron: "Maybe?" she asked. Cameron nodded, not entirely too happy with the answer. "Well, whenever you know if it's a full yes or a no, let me know and I'll have an answer for you myself." the sentence came out low as her eyes slowly moved from Julian.
tave: "i love love. sue me," he answers simply, letting go of adam's cheeks.
adam: "fucking sap."
julian: "i just.. can't answer you right now." julian shrugged, "can i think about this?" he asked her, "i .. just need to think." he said more quietly.
tave: "says the one who likes to hold my hand."
cameron: this time, Cameron smiled small. it was a genuine one, hoping she showed he didn't have to rush. "Take your time" the brunette replied while nodding her head.
adam: "yeah well, maybe tomorrow we can search some romantic comedies on netflix and see what we find." he suggested, playing with taves fingers.
veronica: ronnie realizes she's the only one paying attention to the conversation and suddenly she's really upset for julian, knowing that the boy probably feels blindsided and confused by the whole situation. she puts her hand on his leg and gives him a soft smile, cam's words making her feel better, but hoping her friend knew to take his time to think.
tave: "after our hammock date."
adam:Ā "'course, how could i forget."
julian: julian looked to ronnie with a small smile, "yo i'm gonna head to bed. you guys can continue the game." he rose from his seat and decided to go to bed to think. maybe toss and turn, "bye everyone!" he called out to them before heading back towards his room. julian wanted to smile but his heart was about to pound out of his chest for some unknown reason, maybe he knew the reason but did he want to really touch up on it ? stay tuned.
cameron: Cameron had two choices, she could force Julian into a corner and make him choose--which is something she'd never do--or let him figure everything out on his own--which she feared cause if their answers didn't match, then someone was going to end up hurt. a few moments passed by before Cam stood up herself. "I uh, I'm gonna get some air and then head to sleep. remind me not to do body shots for a while after having two other mixed drinks, yeah? Good night guys." she hugged Tave, hoping he got that she wasn't mad at him for anything and headed to her room, head hurting. what happens when things don't match when you so badly want them to? what happens if they do?
veronica: ronnie frowned as she watched both of her friends head to bed, waving at both of them as they left. "night guys."
adam: "bye dudes"
tave: tave leans up to hug cameron back and he bids both her and julian goodnight, then as he leans back in his seat, he looks between adam and ronnie. "what? oh come on, that was not my fault. they kissed on their own."
veronica: "i'm not saying anything..." ronnie starts. "but you didn't have to throw in that he might like her. they'll work it out though, nothing we can do about it."
adam: "this is what happens when you meddle." adam said, patting tave's back. "you tried, and you failed. but who knows they will probably work it out like ronnie said."
tave: "i didn't say that! i said i think he thinks she's hot. it wasn't supposed to be that deep. people say they wanna play these games and then take everything so personally and no one has fun. i hate it." he shakes his head, breathing out. "i was just trying to help."
veronica: "hey, it's fine." she says with a smile. "i think julian just needs to do some actual thinking, nothing to worry about."
adam: "hey bro, i know, okay? i kow you were just trying to help." adam says carefully, trying to reassure his friend. "julian knows you care about him, it'll be fine."
tave: tave lets out a sigh and nods. "i guess. just trying to make people think i'm a little less of an asshole," he sort of mumbles, then looks at the two of them. "you guys wanna chill?"
adam: "as long as i don't have to move, unless you want to carry me."
veronica: "yeah sure, i have nothing else to do." she teases.
tave: tave chuckles, smiling at ronnie and then at adam. "i dunno babe, i think veronica might be feeling a little jealous," he teases.
adam: adam shrugs, smiliny happily to himself. "i think we are both after different parts of your heart."
veronica: "i don't know about that." she says to adam. "i mean considering i think he's kissed you more times tonight than me, i think tave has made it very clear which part of your heart he's after." she laughs.
tave: tave laughs. "hey! i haven't kissed anyone tonight, thank you very much. don't slut shame me."
veronica: "yikes." ronnie teases with a shake of her head. "sorry do you want me to leave you two alone so you can get your kissing on?"
adam: adam stretched up to peck taves cheek. "no we can do it with you here, we don't mind an audience."
tave: tave blinks when adam kisses his cheek. "did you see that?" he asks ronnie. "he did it, not me. i'm just a victim in the crossfire of peoples' hearts."
adam: "youāre a terror, honestly," adam clucks.
veronica: "I saw it with my own two eyes, you two are just the cutest." ronnie laughs.
adam: "guys, do you ever wonder what you'd be doing if you weren't on this island?" adam questioned, laying down completely in taves lap to look at the ceiling.
veronica: ronnie rested against the arm of the couch, now having room since Julian left and looked at the fire in front of her. "sometimes." she says, with a shrug. "i'm afraid of the answer sometimes."
adam: "why's that?" adam asked, rolling his head to the side to look at ronnie.
veronica: "i left in a tense situation." she explains without having to give detail, or at least trying not to. "maybe i could have fixed it, but i'm afraid that if i stayed i would have made it worse."
adam: "yeah.... i get that." adam sighed. "i did that a while ago, but i came here to try and fix it. so far i think it's working out."
tave: "i'd probably be working," tave switches gears to distract from ronnie. "i have a couple job interviews lined up for when i get back."
adam: "for where?"
veronica:Ā "i get it." ronnie offers to adam. "i'm glad to hear it's working out." her attentions shifts to tave after she speaks. "really? that's awesome."
tave: "some companies in the city. you'd like chicago, adam. you should come visit during your wandering when we get back. you both should," he adds, smiling at ronnie.
veronica: āthat'd be nice." she responds, shooting a smile back at him. "i hope we all keep in touch when this thing ends."
adam: "that'd be cool, i haven't really thought about where i'm gonna go after this..."
tave: "you're gonna come see me, top priority on your list.ā
ācourse we will, ron. especially from me to you two. sorry, but neither of you are ever gonna stop hearing from my annoying ass ever again."
veronica: "that's a big promise to keep. just remember that."
tave: "it's unbreakable. i will."
adam: "yeah, of course we will stay in touch, i'd miss your ugly mug." adam grinned. "you're pretty cool too ronnie."
veronica: "thanks, you're not too bad either, adam." she gives him a soft smile.
tave: "on second thought, that promise is just for ronnie. she doesn't think i'm ugly," he smirks, dropping a hand down and yanking adam's hair.
adam: "owe, stop that," adam whined, swatting at taves hand. "ronnie, what was it that you did before you came to the island? were oyu in school or working?"
veronica: "i graduated from school about a year ago, now i'm looking for work. i was in between odd jobs ā a waitress, a bartender, babysitting sometimes and nothing at all, all while trying to find a more grown up job, you know?"
adam: "yeah, i worked in an ice cream shop that my parents use to take blake and i to when we were kids. i quit college halfway through."
veronica: "would you mind if i asked why? you don't have to tell me, obviously."
tave: tave is just chilling listening to them both, fingers absentmindedly fiddilng with adam's curls.
adam: adam thought for a moment, trying to piece together his thoughs. it felt nice to have taves fingers in his hair, it was sort of grounding. "i was interested in so many things, but i didn't think i was smart enough to major in them." adam told, thinking back to all of the times he had been told his academic abition was too high. "so i went with communications, because that's what i was advised to do based off of my high school gpa. i was told that it's really versatile, so i could do lots of things with it. but i didn't want to do it at all, so i quit after my second year."
tave: tave shakes his head, his eyes are glued to the fire just kind of staring while he speaks and plays with adam's hair. "fuckin' idiots," he comments on the people who told adam he wasn't good enough. "fuck 'em. do whatever you wanna do, i say. no one knows you better than you."
veronica: veronica listens, nodding her head along to what adam has to say. she feels for the other, knowing how it feels to be lost sometimes and not knowing what to do. "you are smart, no matter what anyone says." she replies. "but also, you might have just needed to find yourself, college isn't for everyone and there's a lifetime of things to do. maybe this place will give you a better understanding of who you are and what you want to do."
adam: "i think that i kinda wanna be a zoologist now, is that lame? i watched a documentary on it. it's pretty tought though."
tave: tave breaks from his stare, eyes wide with enthusiasm as he looks down at adam. "no fuckin' way? that would be so cool, dude. you know, chicago has two zoos, just saying."
veronica: "this went from really deep and genuine to having tave trying to convince you to move to chicago."
tave: tave laughs. "i am being genuine! there really are two zoos in chicago."
adam: adam's fingertips tingled, having support for his interests was something he'd hardly experienced outside of his small family. "you really think it'd be cool? maybe i could go back and study in the fall, who knows." adam muses, whistfully thinking about what his life could be if he were to do what he was passionate about. "this is all part of your ploy to get me to move, huh? ronnies right." adam laughed.
tave: tave grins and shrugs. "i wouldn't hate the idea, that's all i'm saying. but for real, i do think it would be cool. i think anyone doing what they're passionate about is cool. then again this is coming from a kid who's passionate about computers, aka an actual living nerd. so, take that how you will."
veronica: ronnie smiles at the two boys, nodding her head. "i mean, you both need to do what you love. i've learned if you don't do what makes you happy and settle for someone else you'll never be okay or your genuine self." she shrugs.
tave: tave smiles back at veronica, eyes softening fondly a bit as he watches her for a moment. "and what do you love?"
adam: "if you can't love yourself, how the hell are you going to love soemone else," adam mumbled softly to himself
veronica: "did you just quote rupaul?" ronnie asked adam before turning back to tave, thinking about it for a moment. "i don't know, i'm still exploring myself. i didn't live at school for college and i spent a lot of my life doing things for other people, i'm still trying to figure that out."
adam: "you'll get there, one day you'll find something and you'll know it's the thing, if that makes sense."
veronica: "i hope so, it'll happen one day i'm sure."
tave: tave lets a moment of silence pass, looking into the fire before he smiles. "i'm still glad i came."
veronica: "i couldn't imagine these past few months not being here."
adam: "me too, i definitly think being here helped me get my shit together personally."
tave: tave smiles at ronnie, happy to hear her say that; there was a time, after evie disappeared, he knows, where she didn't have quite the same attitude. he then smiles down at adam, then back at the fire. "i just came for a good time. it's cool that we'll be leaving here with good friends, you know? i love that kind of shit."
veronica: ronnie nods her head slowly, there was a time where all she could do was count down the days until she left, she felt alone and sad ā but now? now she didn't want this to end, watching adam and tave in front of her as the fire burned, it was something she wish she could do forever. "i don't ever want to forget this place."
tave: "you won't. both your mind and my camera roll won't let you."
veronica: "those damn pictures will haunt me forever."
tave: tave laughs, rolling his eyes playfully. "i was talking about the nice ones, which i have plenty of. along with the embarrassing ones."
adam: adam listened to the other two converse, slowly drifting off. he turned into taves stomach, and before he knew it, he was asleep.
veronica: ronnie laughs before seeing adam had fallen asleep in tave's lap. "looks like adams out for the count."
ādo you think this place has crutches? or can someone carry me around?ā ronnie said to whoever had just walked into the room, her foot was elevated and a bit swollen ā it hurt, but nothing as excruciating as the initial jellyfish sting. it might have been that she was overreacting a bit. but, she hadnāt bothered to turn around and see who it was, her eyes fixated in front of her.
tave looks down at her hand now gripped around his own, then back up into her eyes, utterly confused. he doesnāt deserve her pity, he feels, yet here she is, reaching out anyways. heād meant it when he said he didnāt want to talk anymore, and he plans on keeping it that way. but he swallows back, doing nothing for a moment but gazing around at their surroundings, letting the ocean breeze hit his face in the darkness before he musters up something to say.Ā āwhereāre we going,ā he asks her flatly, hiccuping againāhe almost looks lost.
she watches him, letting him get familiar with the surroundings as he seems lost and confused, she had been there many times before ā and for a moment veronica envied him. she wanted to forget tonight, to forget why she out there and how humiliated she was. it was bad enough having someone yell at her for her own personal sex life, it was another to do it front of her friends and her older brother. but, despite all the anger, embarrassment and sadness that ran through her veins her heart still ached to make sure tave was okay.Ā āiām going to take you to your room, itās getting late.ā ronnie tries to explain in a soft tone as she begins to walk slowly towards the house, hoping heād follow her.
āiāll be fineāronnie,ā he tells her, a hiccup causing him to halt his words before saying her name.Ā āgot myselfāinto this mess, i can get myself out.ā the truth is, heās not fine. he wants to be alone, and for the moment, he really hates himself. he hates himself for the way he spoke to ronnie, for upsetting her, for being selfish, for embarrassing her in front of her friends, for making everyone uncomfortable, but mostly for his fucking temper that at this point, heās afraid heāll never properly learn to control.Ā ājustājust gonna go to my room,ā he tells her, though as he looks around them, he suddenly isnāt even sure where he is and the confusion is written on his face as he tries to point himself in the right direction.
veronica notices the confusion in his face and sheās worried, itās obvious that the alcohol had gotten to him and she knows now she canāt just leave, even if she wanted to (which, frankly, she didnāt). she knows that heās not going to be able to make it back on his own, not in this state and if she asked him if he needed help sheād be told something along the lines of āiām fine ronnie, i got itā and she wouldnāt be able to just leave. ronnieās hesitant at first but takes a step closer towards him, so that theyāre right next to each other. she moves her hand to grab his own, hoping that he wonāt pull away from her but gives it a moment for tave to decide before assisting any further.
he doesnāt stop walking, even when she grabs his wrist. he keeps on trucking, still unsure of where heās going, but he keeps on. heās not sure if she can see it, but as she speaks, a frown overcomes his features while his mind battles with every word she utters to him. he is a prick, vindictive, an asshole. he is all those things, one way or another. he doesnāt want to be, though, and no one has ever told him before that he isnāt any of those things. itās new and for the moment, uncomfortable to hear. even in his drunken stupor, he knows he doesnāt deserve her kindness right now after the show heād just put on for her in front of everyone back in the house.Ā āi donāt wanna talk anymore,ā he blurts out suddenly, stopping finally to turn around and face her when he notices how out of breath sheās becoming. he looks her hard in the eyes, shaking his head with that frown heās not even really aware is on his face.Ā āi donāt.ā he grips the bottle in his hand and tucks the one in his arm better, twists open the one in his hand, and takes a good swig back down his throat before capping it up again. āit is what is, itās over. i get it. itās done.ā
āwe donāt have to talk.ā she says when he finally stops and turns around, a mirroring frown on her own features. her blue eyes move to glance at the bottle in his hand and then back to him ābut i donāt want to leave you here by yourself like this.ā she admits, her eyes pleading at him ā pleading for him to stop drinking and to just go to bed or something besides what heās doing.Ā
a string of words flows out of her mouth that heās heard one too many times before, only laced together differently each time.Ā āi canāt do this how it is. youāre drunk, and youāre mad.ā Ā he thinks back to his exes, to rose, to pretty much every person heās ever fucked a relationship up with in his past, and even though heās drunk, heās suddenly more aware of whatās really going on here and how heās behaving. he swallows back, and he shakes his head suddenly after watching her for a long moment.Ā ānah, you know what? no, this is on me. i get it, you know?ā he starts slurring off in that condescending tone heād used downstairs earlier, cracking up a smile to match.Ā āiām jealous, vindictiveā¦yeah, iāve heard that one before⦠angry, an asshole, all of the above. i know that, ronnie! and now so do you, if you didnāt know it before. i know! iāve heard it all before, iāve heard this all before. and thatās it. so iām sorry, okay! i gotta go.ā although heās stumbling a bit over his own feet, he manages to lean down and grab his liquor bottles without falling over. his back is turned to her now as he sets off down the beach again, seemingly talking to himself.Ā āyouāre a fuckinā prick, tave! nice fuckinā going. nice! heard it all before, a hundred timesā¦ā
and a switch turns on in his mind and she can see it in his eyes, itās like he blinks and suddenly heās not tave anymore. she watches him, closely, she swallows back pain and anger for the sake of him, because she can tell sheās hurt him in a different way now ā something more close to home. but veronica doesnāt leave, she goes after him ā why? who knows, but she does.Ā āhey.ā she says catching up to him and grabbing his wrist, trying to stop him.Ā āi didnāt mean it like that.ā her voice is soft but her words are firm, trying to get it through his mind.Ā āyouāre not a prick, youāre not vindictive, youāre not an asshole. youāre hurt. thatās all i meant.ā she reminds him, trying to look into his eyes.Ā ātave, iām not letting you let your anger get the best of this situation, iām just not. yes, weāre both not okay right now but the more you drink the more youāre going to keep hurting yourself. hurt me, tell me iām the worst, i donāt care. i canāt let you do this to yourself, to let you think youāre some monster.ā she takes a deep breath.Ā āplease.ā
tave wants to fucking run. he doesnāt want to do this with ronnie. in past relationships, heād always had to get the last word, wouldnāt stop fighting until his point was made and sunk in deeply to the other. but fighting with ronnie? itās exhausting, theyāre both just as stubborn as the other. part of him feels like everything heās saying is going in one ear and out the other, while another knows sheās getting his message loud and clear, and sheās not afraid to give it right back to him. heād been looking away, jaw set in frustration, but he looks at her when she starts talking about the way they are together. a long moment of silence passes where heās just staring at her, letting everything continue to bubble up inside of him. he exhales sharply, bringing his arms above his head while he shakes it.Ā āso now what? that doesnāt make this okay.ā
ronnie sighed, letting her head shake as she shrugged her shoulders.Ā āi donāt know, i donāt know how to fix this or what to do about it. itās obvious that whatever i say isnāt going to be enough and now ā...ā she thinks back to kit, how embarrassed and hurt he must feel all because of her. how she hurt tave and suddenly the sadness that she had overcome came crashing back down onto her and she doesnāt feel like fighting anymore, she knows she messed up ā this was her reality.Ā āiām sorry, tave, i am.ā her voice is soft and she rests one of her hands on her forehead.Ā ābut i canāt do this how it is. youāre drunk, and youāre mad, but i have no fucking direction as to what to do now. iām fucking clueless. i canāt āā she takes a deep breath.Ā āi donāt know.ā
āwhy donāt you start with telling me what the fuck that thing was about last night,ā he replied.
āoh god.ā ronnie shook her head.Ā āi was ... with tave and doing ... stuff, and i was doing the same stuff with kit but apparently tave has feelings for me and decided he was jealous of kit and of me ... doing said things with someone that wasnāt him.āĀ
ājesus fucking christ!ā tave yells out suddenly in frustration, hands flying up to his head as he backs away from ronnie.Ā āwhat is with you people?!ā he asks incredulously, looking at her wide-eyed and absolutely frazzled.Ā āi donāt care if i never told anyone a damn thing about how i feel, since when does it have to be in writing for someone to know how you fuckinā feel about them?ā his tone is raised loud as he speaks, letting all of his frustrations finally come out into the light.Ā ādo you see me spending time with other girls here like i do with you? do you see me kissing anyone else in front of everyone? falling asleep with anyone else every fuckinā night? do you see me laughing with anyone else the way i laugh with you? talking? touching?! spending every goddamn day making sure youāre okay after someone fuckinā disappears because it pained me so much to see you upset?ā he lets his voice ring through the air for a moment, just watching her in disbelief with his arms animated out at his sides, until he drops them, catching his breath.Ā āall this time iāve thought it was pretty obvious to everyone around here the way i feel about you. i donāt care if iām not your boyfriend. knowing what you guys have been doing despite everything i am? that hurts,ā he tells her in a more normal tone, looking at her hopelessly and shaking his head.Ā ābut if it apparently requires a fuckinā written proclamation around here, then fuck, whereās my pen and paper?ā
ācan you stop?ā she says, putting her hands up.Ā ācan you stop yelling at me? holy shit, just stop.ā her head is spinning and suddenly nothing feels okay anymore.Ā āit doesnāt need to be in writing, but iād like you to at least tell me, at least say something.ā her hand runs through her hair and she doesnāt know what to do, thereās nothing she can do to fix this, or at least it feels that way.Ā ādonāt throw that in my face.ā she scoffs at him.Ā ādonāt you dare throw evie being gone and me being upset about it in my face as some way to make me feel guilty.ā she feels tears threatening her eyes and she blinks them away quickly as she takes a deep breath.Ā āiām sorry, okay? iām sorry, i didnāt go out of my way to sayĀ āfuck, tave, i donāt care about his feelingsā and just sleep with kit. what happened with me and kit started early on, just like you and i did, but youāre right.ā she bites down on her lip and looks away.Ā āthereās a difference with us, because i donāt spend as much time with anyone else, i donāt talk to them or touch them like i do with you. i donāt wake up or go to sleep with someone who isnāt you.ā her voice is shaky now, barely above a whisper as she tries to keep her gaze off of him.