boundless as the sea

juliet rose lopez-pierce. eighteen. adopted. taken “My bounty is as boundless as the sea, My love as deep; the more I give to thee, more I have, for both are i n f i n i t e.”

[julietlopezpierce]

gretchenflanagan‌:

gretchen wrapped her hands tighter around the strap of her backpack, digging her nails into her hand. she finally brought herself to drop the tupperware container back into her backpack and zip it up. “i’m not hungry…” she said, putting her backpack back on. she stared at the other girl for a moment, swallowing hard. she could feel tears brimming up in her eyes, blinking rapidly to keep them from falling. she didn’t even know what to say or where to start. why’d you leave me? i thought you loved me. i wanted to marry you. was i not enough? what’d i do wrong? she sat down next to juliet, though. she kept her backpack on for the purpose of a quick exit. “uh…” she stammered again, “how have you been?” gretchen looked down at her hands and began to pick at the white nail polish on her finger again, doing anything to keep her from making a comment that’d either start a fight or make the tears brimming in her eyes start to fall. 

Juliet sighed and nodded, resisting the urge to call bullshit on Gretchen’s ‘not hungry’ claim. The last thing she wanted to think about was being the reason the girl had lost her appetite, and yet, here they were in that exact situation. Tension thickened the air between them, they were once two people who completed each other, who were never seen not tangled with the other in some way, and now they’re just two people who didn’t quite know how to act around each other. How much difference a few days could make. Juliet was genuinely surprised when Gretchen sat down, not expecting the girl to actually take the seat next to her, but welcomed the company all the same, despite the anxiety she could feel radiating off of her. “I’ve been fine,” She responded softly, glancing at Gretchen. “How have you been? And Morty?”

[julietlopezpierce]

ellieclaringsmythe‌:

Ellie turned her body to face Juliet a bit more, leaning her hand on her chin, turning her face to look at the girl. “I don’t know, I thought about running off to Yale or Columbia, but I think the sunglasses industry needs me, they could be booming with my help.” The brunette lightly laughed. She was always intrigued by Juliet, as corny as it was to say, she never felt like Juliet was like most girls around Lima who just seemed annoying and not worth her time. “A little bit. Everyone here just seems so superficial, and I feel like that’s saying something from someone who came from Crawford.”

This wasn’t the first time the girl next to her caused nerves to swim through her veins, a light fluttery against the walls of her stomach that only Gretchen used to give her. Things with Ellie had always been light, fun, and sometimes... flirty. It was a completely new experience for Juliet to be pulled in different directions, or even having so many options to begin with, and she hadn’t felt right continuing to date Gretchen when there were other... feelings. So, she broke up with her, no reason given, and although she felt guilty about it, the fluttering intrigue she got when next to Ellie didn’t stop because of it. “Oh definitely, I mean on the scale of prestige, Yale and Columbia are only second best to the sunglasses industry,” Juliet teased, eyes squinting against the muted sun as she glanced at the brunette. She nodded in understanding and continued, “I get that. Everyone just seems a little too involved in... themselves? I guess? With the way Brittany and Santana talked about it, I expected a little more ‘gather ‘round the fire and sing kumbaya’, y’know?”

[julietlopezpierce]

ellieclaringsmythe‌:

Weather in Lima, Ohio was always unpredictable and as the groundhog had predicted, it was beginning to feel like spring on this particular day and Ellie was more than happy to soak it all up while she had a while to kill before her next class. Sitting underneath a tree at the high school, she began reading a book and eating her sandwich one of her dads had so graciously packed for her. Engulfing herself inside the world of Hemingway, it didn’t take long before she would glance around her surroundings to see if she would see anyone familiar and that’s just about when her blue orbs spotted Juliet. It had been a while since she actually spoke to her friend, she just assumed that Juliet was busy with her girlfriend and her new life. Standing up, grabbing her bookbag and throwing it around her shoulder, book attached in her other hand she strutted her way over to the dirty blonde haired teen. “Sorry, was too busy practicing to be a pair of sunglasses.” She teased, sitting down next to Juliet. “What’s your deal been lately? Haven’t really seen you around, I’ve been getting bored.”

Juliet raised her eyebrows at Ellie’s response, but shouldn’t have expected anything other than snark from the girl. It was the one thing she always liked about her, the one thing that managed to draw her to the brunette over and over again, her interest always peaking when the familiar bite of jest was directed her way. “And here I thought you’d always go off to college after high school, live your best life, I guess,” She laughed softly, a slight shake of her head causing her hair to sway. The shadow moved and the sun hit her face once again, but Ellie’s presence didn’t leave, in fact, it moved closer as the girl sat down next to her. Juliet sighed and leaned back against the stairs, glancing up at the sky before turning her gaze to meet the one to her side. “I’ve been around. What, you miss me?”

[julietlopezpierce]

flynnha‌:

“i mean - it’s a shared space, y’know? if we had to rent the room to be able to play in here, that’d maybe be a different story?” flynn shrugged his shoulders up again, not really understanding how someone could be able to get so mad over something to simple. “it’s just - not really what i want it to be, i might just scrap it all together to be quite honest,” the young man twisted his pick around in his fingers for a couple of seconds before sliding it deep into his pocket, “do you - uh - play anything? or sing? or something?”

“They’re a different breed,” Juliet joked with a shrug, moving toward the door, not wanting to take up any more of the boy’s time. Her time at Carmel was intense, and she was sure singing with Vocal Adrenaline would have opened so many more doors for her after graduation, but she’d always prefer the relaxed, friendly vibe of McKinley. “Oh, uh, I sing, perform sometimes. Just Glee... and in my shower.”

[julietlopezpierce]

gretchenflanagan‌:

gretchen rubbed her arm, one hand coming up to rest on the golden yellow strap of her backpack as she walked down the hallway. someone opened a door on her…again…thankfully, this time she didn’t land on her rear in the middle of the hallway with her binder looking like a confetti cannon had went off all along the tile floor. she stared down at her boots and the said tile floor. she felt as odd as ever. there was something about feeling completely invisible, yet under a microscope at the same time that was just nervewracking. she let her hand fall down to her side, closing her fist around nothing but air. her mind drifted back to how it felt to walk hand-in-hand with juliet in the hallway and what it felt like to have a source of comfort and security that sometimes felt more like home than her actual home did. she headed to the door, glancing around to make sure no one saw her promptly exit the building and then stepped out. she took her backpack off of her back, planning to dig out the plastic container that kept her buffalo chicken wrap she’d brought from home safe from being squished. she walked a bit and came to a stop, wrestling with her backpack until she got the container out. she held her backpack by the handle until she heard the voice. not even wanting to make eye contact, gretchen’s eyes fixated on the paw print on her thumb ring and the chipped white nail polish that sat above it. “sorry…” her chest started rising and falling rapidly, nerves building. she finally looked at the other girl. her heart swelled in her chest as it always did looking at her. juliet was beautiful…the most beautiful girl gretchen had ever seen. suddenly, the ache in her heart came back.  “sorry…” she repeated, her voice cracking this time, “the spot…under the stairs…it was taken so i…just decided to come here but i’m gonna go see if someone’s in the choir room…or i’ll just…not…eat…and sit in the bathroom…” she stammered, reaching up to start messing with the end of her hair as her eyes darted back down to her boots. 

The voice hit her before her eyes fully adjusted to the details of the person standing there. Gretchen. Juliet wasn’t sure why she had expected to be able to avoid the girl entirely after their breakup. Their lives were still so entwined, with Glee and classes and the fact that McKinley was an extremely small school to begin with, she should have realized sooner that it would be a little more difficult to stay out of the girl’s way. “No, uh... I didn’t mean to sound... I didn’t realize...,” Juliet stopped and started several different sentences, struggling to find the right one to say in the moment. How hadn’t she planned ahead for this? She swallowed the lump that had managed to become lodged in her throat, heart beating anxiously as she moved sideways and motioned to the spot next to her. Breaking up with Gretchen didn’t mean Juliet had stopped caring, even if it seemed that way to everyone on the outside. “Don’t worry about it. Sit, eat.”

[julietlopezpierce]

Any weather above 50 degrees didn’t happen too often in the middle of February in the state of Ohio. They usually spent the first quarter of the year in brisk air and dirty, grey slush from melting snow on the sides of the roads and certainly not outside, listening to birds whistle through the trees, as the warm breeze blew lightly. Yet, Juliet had slipped out of school during lunchtime to do just that. After her breakup with Gretchen, she found herself ghosting through the following week, and a moment outside in the sun where she could just breathe was long overdue. She enjoyed the quiet, the solitude, and found herself relishing in the few minutes she was able to spend alone before a shadow cast over where she was sitting on the stairs and she lifted her head, glancing at the person who now stood behind her. “Being able to enjoy the sun doesn’t really work if you’re blocking it, y’know.”

[julietlopezpierce]

flynnha‌:

“it’s really just all about practice,” he noted with a shrug of his shoulders. his fingers remained busy to keep himself from feeling uncomfortable, “oh - yeah, okay,” flynn nodded, his curls bouncing up and down slightly with the movement of his head, “yeah - i get that. the blur thing, i mean. - you didn’t, really, it’s not much of a creative flow as it is getting frustrated with how shitty this song is turning out,” he spoke his last few words with a bit of a laugh, assuring her that nothing was inturrupted. 

It was an awkward moment, two people who barely knew each other in passing now stuck in a conversation. But, Juliet was used to meeting new people and needing to think of conversation with people she just met; she spent her entire childhood being bounced from new family to new family doing just that. “I always forget how chill everyone is about their music here, I used to go to Carmel and I think I would’ve been beheaded for just opening the door while someone was focused on playing,” Juliet joked, tucking the notebook beneath her arm. “I doubt shitty is the right word, it didn’t sound bad! The words will come when they’re meant to, trust the process and all that.”

[julietlopezpierce]

flynnha‌:

“no - don’t be sorry,” he mumbled to her, plucking at the strings, “what song? oh - it’s just one of mine, i’m trying to figure it out it’s just stumping me.. i like the melody but i don’t know if i like the actual song,” flynn explained, eyes locked on his fingers as they continued to play along with the strings, “did you need the room? i can go -”

“Well, it sounded good, if that helps any. Although I’m a lot better at performing than I am at playing any kind of instrument,” Juliet offered with a shrug of her shoulders. She shook her head as her gaze scanned the room. “Nah, I just needed to get- there it is,” Her gaze landed on the notebook she left in the room earlier, moving farther inside to pick it up, holding it up for the boy to see. “Just needed this, I think I forgot it here yesterday... or today. This week’s really just been a blur. I didn’t mean to interrupt your creative flow, though.”

[julietlopezpierce]

graycs‌:

“Some kid now has been benched for the next 4 games great. Guess I need to get my revenge on this punk, Anyone up for helping a guy out?”       

“Are you planning revenge on the benched player? What did he do? And why is it your problem?”

[cowboyhudsons]

[julietlopezpierce]

flynnha‌:

flynn had his back leaned against a wall, guitar slung over his shoulders, fingers plucking at the strings while he sang. hearing the door open, he picked his head up, flicking his curls from his eyes, though he continued to play, without a second thought. it wasn’t until he was met with another person that he stopped, “shit - sorry, was i loud?”

Juliet leaned against the door frame and shook her head. “Not at all.” In fact, she had been on a constant autopilot the entire week, she hadn’t even noticed sound coming from the room. If she had, she’d have made a better effort to at least confirm it wasn’t her ex before barging in. Thankfully, she did have to worry about that as the boy leaning against the wall most definitely wasn’t Gretchen. “Sorry... for interrupting. Feel free to just ignore me. Actually... what song were you playing?”

[julietlopezpierce]

lunalopierce·:

If moms ask, I’d say the same thing. School does suck. I wish I could just go for cheerios and glee and call it a day. It’s for a tv production class, so not really.

That’s rough, but I totally agree. I’m secretly counting down the days until graduation because Glee and Gretchen are the only good things about this place.

[julietlopezpierce]

gretchenflanagan·:

as soon as gretchen saw juliet, she smiled. her smile fell a little as she was immediately squeezed in her embrace, the pressure hurting the claw marks on both of her arms. she tensed, letting out a soft “ouch” before relaxing against juliet.  that damn cat. it wasn’t a shock at all that it belonged to her brother and his…whatever brie was to him. it was a perfect fit. she then wrapped her arms back around her girlfriend, hiding her face in the side of her neck. “sorry, my arms got basically mutilated…” she chuckled, “i’m sorry i’m late.” she stepped back and then pressed a gentle kiss to her lips. “cat has been returned to satan’s lair and i’m super sad that our time got cut back.” she said, a shiver running through her from the cold winter air, “i missed you, though!”

Juliet’s eyebrows wrinkled in worry as Gretchen pulled back with an explanation, her hands moving to rest on the girl’s cheeks after the kiss, “Are you okay? Do you need to get them looked at? Is that cat even up to date on his rabies vaccine? Should we worry about you getting a virus that could end up in a total world apocalypse?” She smiled softly with her last question, brushing a stray hair from Gretchen’s face before letting her hand fall to hold the girl’s, leading her inside of the Lopez-Pierce house. “Don’t worry about it, we’ve got plenty of future to make up for it. C’mon, let me warm you up.”

[julietlopezpierce]

gretchenflanagan·:

gretchen approached the lopez-pierce front door with a sigh. she was supposed to be here two hours ago…but then cat armageddon occurred and she’d been confined between her bedroom, the hallway, and her bathroom for most of that time. she’d been giving juliet video and text play-by-play of her and dillion’s valiant efforts to get the rather large cat confined to the bathroom long enough for dillion to scoop him up and take him to the car. however, she still felt bad for being late and cutting down the time she got to spend with her girlfriend. the cat had always been mean and aggressive, but gretchen swore up and down that it’d gotten worse since he’d been living strictly with brie. she held her left arm in her right hand, rubbing it gently. the sting of the cat scratches lingering behind despite being covered with bandages and her sweater. the brunette reached up and knocked on the door. she knew it was a school night and she wouldn’t get to stay very long, but it was worth it as always. gretchen knocked on the door and waited patiently, still holding her sore arm in her hand.

@julietlopezpierce·

When Juliet sent Gretchen the curious text asking when she thought her ETA would be, she was not prepared for the wild ride of a live-text that would soon follow, but from what she could gather from the girl’s texts it was no surprise she was running late. Unless Gretchen led a second life she had yet to hear about, she doubted the girl had experience trapping any kind of demon cats. There were so many questions running through Juliet’s head, but they all disappeared as soon as she opened the door and saw her girlfriend standing there. Her arms wrapped around Gretchen instantly, feeling like it had been an insanely long time since they last saw each other.

[julietlopezpierce]

lunalopierce·:

Making a video diary for the last semester as a sophomore is so freaking hard. I mean yeah, there’s still a few months left but apparently it’s the ‘big final grade’ project and I pretty much know nothing, anymore. Why is it that you can talk a mile an hour about anything but then when you have to summarize your days in school, you come up blank? 

Maybe because school sucks? But... if your moms ask, I’m having a grand time. Is it for a certain class? Might help you narrow down some topics.

[julietlopezpierce]

dilli0ncoral·:

why is it always the day vacation is ending that i end up getting sick? 

Always happens to me too when I spend two weeks eating the worst food and not having any sort of schedule for my body to follow. Now I just try to stick to a similar schedule so my body doesn’t revolt on me, I’d recommend it.

[julietlopezpierce]

gretchenflanagan·:

psh no!you’re always cute, you just don’t see it. one of these days, i’m gonna serenade you with ‘what makes you beautiful’ by one direction in glee! 

Oh god, please don’t. If you insist on the serenading, which I would actually find super romantic and adorable of you, there are so many better song choices that happen to be classics. Except Isn’t She Lovely, which is a classic however, mo- I mean, Brittany has mentioned that her high school boyfriend serenaded her with it once and I’m not really sure he ever realized that it was a song for a baby.