love, kaleigh

Kaleigh Ray Henderson ♥ 23 | seamstress I hope you like red lips, driveway kissing ‘Cause if you want it baby, that's what you'll be getting Every night, all of the time Whoa, I hope that's alright

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alice-the-kelly​:

“I just… it’s just like when I think about films, it takes me over right? I thought of films as an escape as a kid. Made me feel a bit better about who I was, but a lot of people thought I was a freak. I used to believe ‘em. Sometimes I still do. But maybe it’s not a bad thing… I’m just who I am.” She grinned, listening to Kaleigh’s stories about her dads. Maybe there was a piece of Alice that was jealous, but she wouldn’t let it show. “God, that’s a whole lot to build a sandcastle, huh? But it’s calmin’. I used to live right by the sea.”

“A lot of people are jerks,” she pointed out, though she didn’t think that was any new information to Alice. “If you think you’re a freak and you like it, that’s fine. But don’t accept it just because others have said it to you.” Kaleigh had been told she was a lot of things, some of it might possibly be true. But she did her best to listen to her friends instead. Not that it always worked. “Where did you grow up? Do you miss it?” 

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ethanxwang​:

“Only 5 minutes? Oh, I guess it can’t be that bad then, right? I mean if it’s only 5 minutes then maybe I won’t have enough time to be awkward around them?” Ethan nodded. Maybe he could do it, and not freeze up and mess up around girls. And it’d be good to have Kaleigh around, she’d always been such a good friend to him. “Thanks Kaleigh, you’re the best, I hope you know that.”

Kaleigh perked up as Ethan began come around to the idea. “I really think you just overthink things, Ethan. You and I have perfectly pleasant conversations and sometimes your compliments are a little strange but other than that, you’re not awkward. So, when we go, just pretend you’re talking to me or any of your other friends and it’ll be fine.” She knew nothing she said was going to change him overnight but she did hope eventually he would have a little more confidence in himself. “You’re right, I am the best. More people should realize it.” 

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eastonwilliams​:

His eyebrows furrow and he shakes his head, hurt deep in his eyes. This was what he’d wanted to prevent. “You never said anything either. All those years, you said nothing. I didn’t think there was a universe in which you’d ever look at me and want something more. You’re going to hold that against me?” He was struggling to comprehend every word she’d said. “My impossible what if? I want you to stay in my life because you’re my best friend and I love you. Why can’t that be enough?” 

"Because I was scared, Easton. I was scared that this would happen.” Of all people, she hoped Easton would understand why she was scared. The countless times she put herself out there with another, only to be told they weren’t looking for a commitment. “I’m sorry, I can’t. I can’t go back to being just your friend. I love you, Easton. I love you so much and I never thought there would be a day where I didn’t want to see you or talk to you. But we can’t bottle everything up and go back to pretending to be just best friends.” 

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alinamcdowell​:

“Ew. Math?” She repeats, her face scrunching up in mirrored disgust – who thought math was the solution to any problem? Sounded like an Ethan thing to say. She sighs, a bit dramatically, nodding along with Kaleigh. “Well, as much as I love both your dads equally, I have to say – daddy’s winnin’ my heart on this one. Self care, self care, self care. What else is there?” She smiles a bit at her rhyme, but doesn’t feel the need to point it out. She shakes her head along with a big roll of her eyes. “You literally never need to call. Who do you think I am? Like, yeah, of course I’m gonna do self-care and makeover stuff with you. Is that even a question? Did you have anything specific in mind  – like, is this a meltdown makeover or a breaking free makeover, you know? Or are we just winging it?”

“No, same. They’re both total winners but daddy just gets it way better. Like, my dad tries to help and he does have some good ideas but he doesn’t get women at all. Which is understandable since he’s both a man and gay but like, read the room, you know?” She knew Alina actually wouldn’t mind the heads up, she was usually ready to go whenever Kaleigh showed up with a plan and she honestly loved that about the other girl. “Hm, that’s a good question. I don’t think I am quite at the meltdown level but I do feel like I am about to go insane and would like to have a new look so if and when I decide to runaway, I’ll be ready to assume a completely new identity.” 

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emilyjanewilliams​:

As if she could forget Easton was her brother! Emily giggled at Kaleigh’s reaction. “Would it be weird? Friends kiss friends all the time around these parts,” she teased the blonde. She kinked up an eyebrow at the other. “Are you sure? I’m a good listener.”

“Yea but this is different.” She didn’t want to explain how or why to Emily, especially with how things went. But there was no way she was going to kiss the guy she had feelings for’s sister. Not now, not ever. “You are a good listener but don’t worry about it. I’m just in the clouds, you know how I am.” 

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eastonwilliams​:

There it was. Easton turned his head away from her, shifting his gaze to the sand. “I don’t want to be unfair to you, Kay. I know I hurt you and I can take accountability for that, but I can’t – if we have this conversation again, I’ll say fuck it, you know? Convince myself it’s a good idea. But it wouldn’t be good for either of us. Not yet.” They hadn’t been friends in months. Not the friends they could be, always had been. “We can’t even talk to each other anymore. We can’t jump into something when we’re – this. Do you really think that would end well for either one of us?”

“Convince yourself,” she repeated, feeling a mix of sadness and anger well up inside of her. She hated this; the conversation, the fact he wasn’t looking at her, the feelings that his words were causing her to have. She never thought Easton Williams would be the one to make her feel like this. “You’re right. We’re not a good idea. As anything.” 

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andrewsterling​:

Andrew had had that train of thought, actually, and it led him straight to a girlfriend. Again. Whatever had gone down (or not gone down) between two of his best friends was their business— he’d learned his lesson— but he didn’t wanna see Kaleigh get hurt when she already seemed so vulnerable. “Flirting is very fun, you can flirt with me, any time you- No. I think that’d be weird. I feel like you and me it’d be weird, yeah?”

“Ew,” was the only thing that could come to her mind at the mention of flirting with Andrew. She would rather flirt with Wanda than Andrew. “Why would you say that? You’re so...ugh. I don’t know if I can even look at you right now.” 

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ethanxwang​:

“Yeah, maybe I’ll just have to do that,” he nodded, not even really knowing if he knew how to ask a girl out in the first place. “A, a speeding dating event? Yeah, um… yeah, we could do that,” Ethan agreed, not wanting to seem ungrateful, even if he was actually awful at talking to girls, and the idea of it being in ‘speed’ form only made him more nervous.

“Yes! It’ll be perfect! Because you only get like five minutes or so with the girl. So, if you’re not vibing, they’re gone like that.” She punctuated with a snap of her fingers. “Also, if you say something cringe or get super nervous, you don’t have to worry too much because it’s such low stakes. I’ll totally sign up and be one of the girls in rotation and try to help you out.” 

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delilahisms​:

“Guys are like gross in general, except they’re hot too, so I guess it kind of cancels it out,” Delilah responded, shrugging her shoulders. “Please, boys will fall for anything. Besides Vivian is like 5′10, and people still think that we’re related. I mean, obviously, we wouldn’t go for the twin thing.”

“Is it too much to ask for a nice, not totally gross and good looking guy to be single and love me?” She had doubts they’d find someone like that out on the beach tonight. But she could dream, maybe. Or she could go along with Delilah’s plan. The latter seemed more reasonable. “Mm, fair point. You’re so smart, Delilah.” 

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elijahlowry​:

“You touch me, Kaleigh Henderson. I’m sure you got boys up and down the streets sayin’ the same damn thing about you too,” he replied, meaning every word he said. You don’t just forget a girl like Kaleig. “Oh, am I supposed to be only sayin’ hot stuff? I’ll make sure to remember that,” Eli joked, letting out a little chuckle. “Alright, well you’re makin’ a bunny hutch right? I’d say you need some wood too, some glue. You know if your dads have a drill? Might make things faster than usin’ a hammer.”

Kaleigh couldn’t help but roll her eyes at him. Once upon a time ago, she had hoped Elijah would be the guy there for her. And just like then, no one was lining up for her now. “I mean, if you want to continue being the eye candy at the hardware store than yea, only say hot stuff. Not things that remind people of a guidance counselor.” The more he went on about the things she needed, the less she wanted to do this. “Maybe? I really don’t know. I don’t look in the garage for stuff like tools or...whatever you keep in garages other than cars.” 

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resa-beauchamp​:

Resa didn’t know what was worse: spending time with Kaleigh and trusting that Kaleigh wanted to be her friend, or not spending time with Kaleigh and having to see that kind of sad look. “Right, worst case scenario.” People didn’t automatically jump to those, did they? “Um, I spend a lot of time with Kylie? Sullivan? And Georgia Dyer, they’re— my best friends, I guess. Usually they have something they wanna do and I just kind of go along with it. I’ve never really worn lip gloss? Or had a drink by the pool.” With friends, multiple. 

She recognized the names, of course. It was a small town. But they weren’t exactly in her circle of friends. Neither was Resa though and here she was, dragging her along and trying to get her to hang out. “What?! You’ve never worn lip gloss?” She couldn’t believe that. She was definitely going to need to spend more time with Resa if she’s really gone that long without lip gloss. “Ok, but that’s not really what you like doing for fun. If you had to choose something, what do you choose to do for fun?” 

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cassiejohnsons​:

“Oh, uh.” Cassie wasn’t really… equipped to deal with this. She knew Kaleigh and Easton weren’t talking, but she didn’t know they weren’t… acknowledging each other’s existence? So. She could just move on. “No, nothin’… weird in the spaghetti. Um. Do you want somethin’ to put in the spaghetti? I have grated cheese. Ricotta, too.”

One thing Kaleigh loved about Cassie? She just went with whatever insane thing Kaleigh said. She didn’t question it or try to talk Kaleigh into taking the high road and remind her that friendship was important or force her into any other after school special conversation. “Grated cheese, please. Are you going to eat some more too or am I just going to sit here and eat by myself?” 

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alice-the-kelly​:

“Maybe it’s all the liquid courage.” Alice grinned, as she smoothed out some of the sand, continuing to build up the base. Growing up in Charleston, Alice had frequented the beach, all too often. She felt a kinship with the sea. “Well, I’d say I’m pretty dorky myself, to most people. But then, I’m not all that competitive. I do love building sandcastles, so I understand that.” She smiled, patting a bit more sand. “How far is it to Tybee Island?”

"Nothin’ wrong about being a dork,” she stated, as though the other might need some kind of reassurance. “Oh, my daddies are so competitive. But daddy is definitely the crazier of the two. He loves joinin’ silly contests. He tried convincin’ dad to buy some plot of land so he could try to grow giant pumpkins last year. If I didn’t love the attention of being an only child, I’d tell him to adopt another kid to get him to focus on something less insane.” She scooted back a little, trying to give more room between them to build a nice sized sandcastle. “Oh, I don’t know. It’s gotta be at least seven, maybe eight hours away?” 

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@alinamcdowell​

"I told my dads I’ve been feeling super down lately and my dad started talking about this lame article about how doing math problems help cheer people up and I was like ew, math? Like, who does he think I am? But then my daddy was like self-care is the best way to cheer up, which is so much more on brand for me and also kind of why I am here right now. And I know should’ve called instead of just coming over but do you wanna do some self-care and makeover stuff with me?” 

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ethanxwang​:

“Okay… that makes sense,” Ethan nodded again. He could read bios, he was great at reading. It was the rest that he wasn’t very good at though. “I… I haven’t really thought about it that much. I just don’t think I have a type… all of them are pretty great to me,” he replied, shaking his head, “Sorry… I know that isn’t really helpful.”

She sighed as Ethan continued to not be helpful at all in this conversation. “It’s alright. I guess you’ll just have to date around and figure it out that way.” She wasn’t sure he’d actually do that though. “Oh! Maybe we can take a little trip into the city and hit up a speed dating event. You’ll get to meet all types there.” 

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madisonheine​:

“You think I pull off some kinda hot pink or florescent orange? That’s summery, right?” Maybe Kaleigh was right about the soft autumn colors considering how quick she was to normally pick a nice muted red or cream. But this– this felt like progress. “Why’s that insane? She’s crazy, she’d try to worm me into another date with Ethan Wang all over again. C’mon, what’s the harm in givin’ me some hints? Not like I’m biddin’ on your basket.”

"No. Why would you want florescent anything? Unless we’re going to some black light bowling or skating event, never florescent.” She didn’t know why this was something she needed to explain. Madison was supposed to be the smart one out of the two of them. “No, you’re definitely crazy. Ethan Wang is a total catch. He’s smart, kind, funny even if it’s not always on purpose, tall and good looking. What do you have against any of that? Oh, wow. Really? You don’t want to bid on my basket? That’s so rude!”