busy doing nothing.

madisyn 'madi' lauder. 29. well dressed and a mess.

[madixlauder]

LEIGHTON:

Leighton cocked her head to the side and gave a look of fake sympathy to her little sister. “Aw, that’s cute. You think you have a choice in all this.” Her face went back to normal and she clasped her hands in front of her while she closed the rest of the difference between them. “You have been floating around the globe and catching up with Aiyla for long enough. Sabbaticals are for professors and doctors to go do research. Or celebrities and CEOs who need to go to rehab,” or junior executives that cause too big of a scene to ignore. “Not spoiled little heiresses who have hardly paid their dues to the company and fortune they’re meant to inherit.” She laughed at the deterrence and shook her head, smile still in place. “Time to be an adult Madisyn. Whether I hate this stupid Colorado city or not, I’m here to stay.” A manicured index finger reached to lightly poke the tip of her little sister’s nose. “Now, be a doll and give me a tour of this lovely home our parents are paying for.”

“well i’m not mute, leighton. of course i have a say.” madi flicks her hair, growing more concerned about her freedom the more her sister talks. she scoffs, taking grave offence at the words and she scowls. “um rude, i am a celebrity leighton, and i’ve been to rehab like three times.” she explains before making a little bleh noise at the discussion, hard work sounded horrible and it wasn’t like she didn’t try? people just hated all of her ideas because they didn’t understand them. kind of like when einstein saw an apple grow or whatever. “i pay my dues, leighton but whatever fine. you’re going to hate it here and you can’t say i didn’t warn you.” she spins on her heel and waves for her sister to follow, having a mini-temper tantrum as she marches. “you’re absolutely not getting the master suite either, i was here first and like being in the mountains was my idea so, you get the guest room. this way.” she wanders through the house and gives a weak attempt at a tour. “kitchen, sitting room, patio. like what else could you want? this is the perfect size for one leighton i can’t believe they think we’re going to fit in here and not get on each other’s nerves.”

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AIYLA​:

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Aiyla gasped as Madi did, expecting something scandellous but instead she hmph’d and settled back on her lounger. “You try telling Isra to stop doing something, Madi. And report back to me on how it goes.” she laughed. Her sister wasn’t head strong in the obvious ways, but she was strong-willed and wouldn’t deviate from things that made her happy. Laughing at her reaction to Hakan made Aiyla’s nose wrinkle, it seemed cute when Madi hated him but controlling when her family hated him. If Aiyla had a therapist, they’d tell her it was because she saw everything her family did as a fight for power but she didn’t have one so, she just assumed it was a fight for power. “When I find the time, I’m making a point to create as many pretty clothes as I can. It’s hard though, because if Ecrin had it his way I’d be working like a dog. I mean, did you see his face that we are just sat here? In a pool I technically own!?”

“maybe i will and maybe isra will realize how much more fun we have because i can be very persuasive, aiyla. you’re just blunt.” she flicks her hair, and madi is blunt too but she believes entirely that it’s in a different way to her dear friend. she sighs about ecrin getting her talented friend to waste it all on a silly spa, which is great only because she gets free treatment whenever she wants and she spends most of her days thinking about life while having a massage. “i don’t know why he’s so grumpy, he’s going to get wrinkles if he keeps frowning like that. and half of what makes him so tolerable is that he’s kinda nice to look at.” madi shrugs at her friend and then pouts. “can’t you just take some vacation and we go back to new york? leighton is here and she’s making the whole house feel like some weird funeral thing.”

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LUCKY​:

A dopey grin spreads across his face when his random response worked. Though he made triple sure to pay attention now and stop thinking about how pretty she was. “This is the first place I lived besides California. It’s def super cold but I kind of like that a little bit. Sometimes it gets too hot out there, you know?” Probably because it never rained or hardly. He nodded to her question. “Yeah, totally. Long Beach, born and raised ba-by.” Lucky laughed at his dorky statement. “But I mean, L.A. is huge so it makes sense. I probably didn’t hang with all the cool people you did. I was more with the skaters and the surfers and definitely the stoners. Bunch of slackers.” Some might consider it self depreciation but it was what they were always called growing up so why not embrace it? “I did a lot of surfing and skating. A lot of tournaments. Travelled up north and did some cool waves along the Pacific.” He shrugged. “I uh, came here after my mom um, anyways. My dad lives here and I’d never met him before. So me and my sister came here then ended up sticking around.” Lucky wondered if it was weird to explain since it seemed so chill and natural now. “What about you, why did you come here?”

“oh my god, really? but like all the clothes you can wear in cali are so much better. i thought i was gonna have to wear mittens at one point and then nobody would see my manicure?” madi reaches her hand towards him and wiggles her fingers to showcase the design she currently has and then she laughs a little longer than she needs to at his funny voice. “well long beach was cool, i loved all the surfers and skaters. which is probably why i love talking to you, you make me feel like we could just get to the beach and have a few drinks.” she sighs, missing the life there but being here for her friend is more important. and hiding away from her family which is probably pointless now that leighton has decided to join her. who even spies on their sister? “ooh a competitor.” she purrs jokingly, raising her brows at him. “that’s hot, did you like win anything? i bet you did.” she points at him but she notices how he tries to move on from his mother, and madi doesn’t ever want people to remember conversations with her as sad so she nods softly. “i’m happy you got reunited, i guess coming to the mountains to start fresh is a good idea.” she shrugs smiling at him. “i came here to see my friend, she’s a designer but her family are super weird and have her prisoner in the spa and it’s urgh, awful. so i’m here for moral support because obviously, i’m good at making people feel good.”

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AIYLA:

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“Oh please, don’t remind me. I try and block out that my sister might wear crocs. I haven’t even asked her because I think I already know the answer.” Aiyla grimaced slightly, watching Madi scroll through her phone. “Find anything interesting?” she asked, eager to hear anything that might be funny about Tiana but she doubted it. “God, I haven’t heard the term power-couple since Hakan tried to convince me that it was a good thing.” she snorted and then sighed. “I’m fairly certain he wanted me to work for him too, which absolutely not. I barely want to work for Ecrin.” she laughed again.

“aiyla,” madi gasps lightly, turning and placing her hand on her friend’s arm gently. “that is something you need to know. and make sure she hasn’t got photos of wearing them anywhere. that’d be so bad for image.” madi says undoubtedly serious. “nope, nada.” she explains, shrugging it off. “ew aiyla, a little warning before you start dropping H bombs.” madi huffs, trying to close her eyes to ignore her friend’s ex-fiance. it’s bad enough that he was also her sister’s ex. nothing was ever easy in their world, and to think poor people thought they had no struggles. “so that’s it, no more pretty outfits from aiyla? there’s no way you’re just gonna be a manager for the rest of your life, airy. that is not you. that’d be like me...i don’t know. eating carbs.”

[madixlauder]

LUCKY:

where: neue

who: @madixlauder​

Lucky was staring at her while she spoke in complete wonderment. He still couldn’t believe she had agreed to go out with him. In public, too. If he was smarter he would probably question if she was okay, but he wasn’t going to sabotage himself. He was certain his mouth would do that for him. Oh shit, what was she talking about? She was so pretty he’d forgotten to listen. “Yeah that’s totally cool,” he responded hoping that was the right thing to say and it wouldn’t be obvious he was off in another world. “So, uh, do you like Colorado better than New York? I miss the ocean a lot but I don’t miss the traffic at all, it was insane trying to get anywhere sometimes.” He had to assume it was the same way in NYC but then again she was like, super rich, so maybe she just had a driver that took her everywhere. Man, that must have been so cool.

madisyn can always talk even when somebody isn’t listening, and she can never tell if they’re listening or not either. so the date seems to be a success so far. madi feels as if she’s intriguing him with her dazzling personality and that she’s managed to find a date who cares about what she says. “right? i thought so too.” she agrees with him, feeling affirmed and fluttery. she purses her lips in thought at the question, humming softly. “the people are so much nicer here, that’s for sure. personally, i prefer hot states so i wasn’t in new york that much if i could help it. l.a was my go to.” she talks about herself happily before remembering it is polite to ask lucky about himself. “so wait, you’re from cali? it’s so weird we never saw each other.” madi says as if california is a city because she only thinks of l.a when she thinks of it. “what did you do there? and how did you end up here? my p.r agent says it seems to be like punishment to end up here.”

[madixlauder]

NINA:

closed starter the springs spa and resort with @madixlauder​

“Well, I never.” Nina gasps with happy surprise at the tall blonde she sees enter the sauna, smiling widely. She’s worked closely with the Lauder name many times, primarily sweeping Madisyn’s crazy antics into nothing to protect the family’s pristine image. “Call me crazy but I never thought you’d be caught dead in Colorado, Madi. I didn’t even think I would.” Nina laughs, perking up against the seat and engaging with her old friend. Her brothers were primarily to blame for her relocation. “Don’t tell me they sent you here as punishment, lovely? That seems to be a common theme.”

“oh my god, get out of here.” madi greets her life saver with loud enthusiasm, uncomfortably stirring a few of the other bodies in the sauna from the screeching. “i thought colorado was like in texas until i got here.” she chuckles, flipping her hair out of her face as she sits opposite nina and can begin their catch up promptly, even at the expense of other people’s relaxation time. “oh god no, they stopped sending me away for punishment after i slept with one of the investors for the clinic. it was a whole thing, remember?” she tries to stir nina’s memory and then waves it away. “there’s like my bestest friend in the whole world, aiyla avci. the designer? she lives here, so i just thought i’d come say hey for a while. you know, after the whole water jet pack with diamonds thing didn’t work out when one of the test gems got caught in the motor and like, the kid hurt his foot.” broke it. “but what about you? why the hell are you here? has someone been naughty?”

[madixlauder]

LEIGHTON:

When she heard the door, Leighton re-crossed her legs and bounced her Jimmy Choo in anticipation for Madi to notice her presence. “Hello Madisyn,” she plastered a smile on her coral pink painted lips. “Oh, god, no. Just me. Nice to see you, too.” She never expected Madi would be happy to hear about their new arrangement but she wasn’t particularly happy about it either. Better to rip the bandage off quickly and get it over with. “They did send me, however. You are looking at your new roommate.” Leigh fluttered her eyelashes and clasped her hands together while she moved toward her sister. “You and I have some catching up to do and it’s high time we whip you into shape so you can help me run the company before Mumsy and Popsicle retire and leave the dynasty to some unworthy ingrate.” 

madi is in a freeze frame of her previous position, only blinking as her sister talks. roommate. whip into shape. company. running. all the things she hates so she begins to hum as her sister gets to the last of her words. “mmmmokay, love all of that. sounds so fun.” she says forced as she waves her hands again, trying her hardest to seem intruiged instead of mortified. “but i already told them i was coming here to catch up with aiyla, so there’s obviously been a misunderstanding. they’re probably getting confused, but i made it very clear this was another sabbatical type thing.” she explains hurriedly, trying to seem caring and also aloof all at once. “but we can call them right up and fix it, get you on our jet out of here because urgh, this lockwood city is not very lauder-fied. it’s terrible, you’d hate it.”

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[madixlauder]

MADI’S HOME, NORTHSIDE + LEIGHTON

“urgh, what a day!” madi sighs as soon as she enters her home, completing her full itinerary of a hot stone massage and some retail therapy. she catches a shadowy figure in one of her lounge chairs, assuming that it’s someone she hired to clean. “oh, shoot. i completely forgot to leave your tip on the side. i thought we agreed once a week but i guess twice a week is fine too.” she grabs her purse again and dives into it for the cash. it’s only when madi reaches the seating area that she pauses and glares, blinking a few times at the sight of her sister. “okay um...wow?” she waves her hands over her sister’s frame in gesture. “i don’t know if ronaldo rubbed my neck so hard that i’m hallucinating right now or like...oh my god, is mom and dad here too?” @leightonlauder​

[madixlauder]

AIYLA:

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“Isra can be fun.” Aiyla thought, swishing her feet around in the pool. She was already deciding which massage to treat herself to, and maybe some time in the sauna. “It’s just awkward, you know? Introducing a nurse as a sister. No shame in it but…how many billionaire-born nurses do you know?” Aiyla chortled, feeling safer to talk about this sort of thing with Madi. Sisters was a touchy subject with her friend, though. She frowned at the accusation but then laughed, even if it hit a small nerve. “Tiana Lewis. She’s district attorney here, so her socials are probably professional and blah. I was nothing but nice to her.” At least she thought so. “Imagine two workaholics together, and then inviting them for dinner or seeing them for Birthdays. That’s what I had to endure the whole time they were together, it was awful.”

madi nods and hums in a placating agreement to aiyla but she crinkles her nose slightly. “i don’t know how she does it.” she states, deep in thought as she looks down to her own body. “those scrubs look like they itch and they make your waist look huge.” she adds as if it’s the worst thing a person has to endure. to madisyn, it is and she doesn’t understand why somebody would want to look so shabby. the blond types the name as quickly as possible into a web search, scrolling through anything that seems related as aiyla talks. “maybe they considered themselves a power couple.” she snorts. “did you have to give them life updates in the form of spreadsheets and pdf files?” madi laughs childishly, putting her phone away. 

[madixlauder]

MADI:

location: the springs spa starter for: @madixlauder​ 

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Aiyla missed not having managerial duties and responsibilities, but it wasn’t as if she ever took them seriously anyways. Proved by the way she waved Ecrin out of the pool area which she had said was closed to customers so her and Madi could enjoy it alone. “He’s so nosy.” she grumbled, turning back to her friend. “I swear, he doesn’t know the meaning of relaxing or enjoying life.” she added snootily. “Did you hear his ex is here? I can’t remember if you ever met Tiana. Weird woman, about as obsessed with work as he is. I almost thought she was going to force him into some kind of work-a-holic marriage. So weird.”

madi sweetly waves at ecrin’s small appearance, disillusioned to her right to be sitting by the pool with her feet swaying back and forth in the water. she misses the beach more and more every day and wishes she could feel the sun beaming down on her face. “i think you’re the only avci that does.” madi giggles, looking to aiyla with an expectant glace for the gossip. gasping scandalously, she shrugs and makes a reach for her phone. “what’s her name?” she asks, getting ready for a fun search on any social medias. “to be honest, airy that sounds like ecrin’s dream woman. are you sure you didn’t sabotage his relationship?” the heiress laughs dramatically and then tuts. “kidding, he probably bored her until she couldn’t take it anymore.”

[madixlauder]

LUCKY:

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“The help? Like can I help? I mean I can try to help, what do you need help with?” He eagerly stepped forward to help her with whatever she needed but she never told him but instead said his name. It sounded really cool when she said it. Then the way she took a bite of the cookie made him grin. He was so wrapped up in watching to see if she would take another bite that he almost missed her story. Lucky she’s talking to you, pay attention. Wait, did she just say Tony Hawk? “Whoa, what? You know Tony Hawk?” His mouth hung open for a few moments in utter shock. “Dude, that’s so cool. I know he’s not a creep though, I met him at a couple tourneys. One was in my hometown Long Beach and then the other one was in Portland. Dude was really chill.” He nodded. It was good that he slipped in the tournament part, girls like guys who compete in things and win. Lucky has only won first place in one tournament but he’s placed in the top five in a bunch of other ones. “Did your dog learn to skateboard? I would totally love to see that. You are like, so cool.”

“oh! actually, i was needing some bags moved from the front doors. i thought they like, brought them to you once you settled.” madi shrugs, moving slowly to her feet so she can escort him and not lift an actual finger. she continues to nibble at the cookie, staring back at him as if she’s waiting for a wind up toy to react and she chuckles when he finally does. “oh that’s so cool, we must’ve just missed each other! i knew i liked your vibes if you’re from cali. do you skateboard too?” there was a lot of money in skateboarding, which is why madi tried and failed to launch a lauder range of boards. business was hard and her sister makes it look so easy. “he did! lemme show you.” she chuckles, pulling her phone from her clutch and bringing up a video. “this is a few years old now but i made sure to tell the keeper to keep him practicing. he’s called uggie because he’s kinda ugly in a cute way.”

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AIYLA:

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“True.” Aiyla nodded but it didn’t really appease her worry about Madi simply leaving her. Plus, she didn’t know how to tell her that Lockwood Springs was going to be her home base for a while yet. “Madi, I don’t think…” she began, after hearing her friend’s comparison but she also didn’t want to burst her bubble. “I don’t think your skills are as good as Mariah’s, they’re better. You always listen.” White lies to best friends didn’t count as actual lies. Aiyla hissed a small sigh when Madi called her hometown quaint and a small dose of existential crisis hit when the topic of country boys came up. It was absolutely not something she was concerned about but it made her think. Was Elliot country? Was she technically country for being born in Lockwood? “Madi…I’m a city girl, right? Like when we hang out or you talk about me to friends, everyone knows I love the city, right? All cities. I thrive in them.”

“oh i know but she can’t be seen to slander any of her clients but i knew what she was getting at.” madi declares with a proud grin. without any warning, she then flings the back of her hand against aiyla’s forehead as she speaks, checking for any signs of fever or illness. mostly so she can move places if aiyla is getting sick. “weird.” madi whispers to herself before laughing. “i don’t know if it’s the storm or being here with all these people that’s making you be like this, but i don’t like it. wanna do some poppers in the girlies room and talk about who’s wearing last season?” she chuckles but then thinks aiyla does deserve an honest answer. “aiya, whenever i talk about you i tell everyone they need to get something made by you. but someone decided it’d be a good idea to go all boho almond mom no social media.”

[madixlauder]

LILY:

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As soon as Madi dropped the greek mafia into the conversation, Lily’s eyes went wide and she sucked in her lips. Nobody could say Madi’s stories weren’t surprising, even if they didn’t like her as a person. She nodded softly, stifling back a need to laugh at the situation. Lily blinked a few times, taking a breath to speak but then re-thinking her response. “I mean, maybe it wasn’t really the dogs that were the problem, more like the…” Was it even worth it? “No, you’re right. I’ll totally avoid…dog owners.” It was easier to agree. It was probably easier to agree about Madisyn’s denial about her allergies. “Sure…that makes sense.” It didn’t. “I guess no harm in buying a few allergy pills and popping one or two when it happens?” Lily wanted to laugh but come on, be strong. This is Aiyla’s best friend. “So, Madi…have you met anyone else in the town yet? Now seems like a good chance. I could introduce you to a few people?”

madi takes a large sigh as if lily isn’t understanding her, “no silly, don’t avoid dog owners. just avoid guys who are obsessed with them. unless you want to own a million or something. but that might be your kind of thing? no judgment.” she shrugs, listening about pills and shooting her eyebrows up as her eyes widen. “liliana.” she gasps with a devious grin. “i had no idea you were a pill girly. this changes everything.” she chuckles, leaning closer. “we can have a girls weekend in denver, with aiyla obviously. she’s the mom friend, which works for me perfectly because she’s useless at it because she cries so much when she’s drunk so it’s basically like a free for all.” madi explains hurriedly. “oh...no not many people. some cute guy called fortunate or something came over to say hi. he seemed nice, but if you know anyone who won’t ruin the vibe you can bring them right here. i won’t mind.” madisyn states firmly, tapping by her blankets. “they can’t use this one though. it’s bear.”

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[madixlauder]

AIYLA:

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“Don’t you dare.” Aiyla snapped and pointed to her friend. “I mean it, if you go to Bali without me I will literally never talk to you again.” that would be impossible, because Madi was basically her only true friend. The only time they argued was when they wore the same clothes. “Urgh, I just can’t yet. It’s hard to explain.” It was to Aiyla to admit that she had an undying need to make her parents proud and that it still had a hold on her as an adult. “You hate it don’t you.” she sighed, reading Madi’s body language. “I’m not being weird. How am I weird for seeing if you’re okay?”

“lies and slander, aiyla avci. we’re joined at the hip. we’re basically sisters.” madi reminds her friend, knowing that there’s next to nothing that can tear them apart. she sighs and crosses one leg over the other, placing her phone away to give aiyla her full attention. “we have all weekend, and i am a very good listener. humble brag but doctor carolina raeburn said she hadn’t seen listening skills like mine since she worked with mariah carey.” madi touches her chest gently with a proud smile. she looks around the school again and tries to convincingly shake her head to her friend’s demands. “aiyla, it’s...quaint.” she forces another smile before moving closer and touching aiyla’s hand. “i know what this is about. you’re worried i’m going to find a country guy before you do, but i promise aiyla, i would never. like literally never, doctor raeburn also said i need to be wary of self destructive behaviors and i think country guys are near the top of that list. so, i’m being wary.”

[madixlauder]

ECRIN:

Ecrin believes his sister’s friend is the perfect example how money can’t buy someone common sense or any class. Of course, he also believes that he is a good example of class and chooses to ignore his usual tactlessness. “Hopefully the country air will make our conversations more tolerable.” Ecrin grins, speaking kindly despite his features barely twisting into a smile. “I’m sure you’d be able to tell me more about the spa I own than I can. Since, you’re there every day.” He wishes Madi would be less obvious with her arrivals, not because he cares about her using the facilities but because he can always hear her voice. Every. single. time. “How’s the new…beauty thing you were launching?” Ecrin then asks before pausing. “Oh, I’m sorry. That’s your sister.”

“it’d take way more than that.” madi giggles and it doesn’t look like they’re having a quietly intense conversation to anybody else but themselves. she has to remain resilient to ecrin’s comments, because she loves aiyla dearly. if only her best friend had a different brother. “oh, true. well, since you asked, i do think the sauna needs upgrading. and to be honest with you, the women’s shower rooms need cleaning up, or just get a whole new system with stronger shower heads so it’s better water pressure. or whatever it is that makes showers better.” she explains hurriedly. madi’s eye twitches when ecrin conveniently confuses her sister’s success as her own, but she hums with a forced laugh. “oh you. always the jokester. if you wanted help getting clear skin, you only had to ask. my sister’s products conceal, don’t undo. but i got you, if you wanted to go from spotty mcgee to fresh prince.”