life in fast-forward

mckenna 'mk' rush - sixteen; aspiring artist

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vociferate·:

Rose infrequently saw MK doing her treatments, but it never really caught her too off guard. She’d done her fair share of research over the years, and just did her best to make it seem like it was something that everyone did, like it wasn’t anything out of the ordinary. Rose smiled and clapped a little when MK got up to get her the bag, “I love the holidays!” she said as she accepted the gift. MK was always consistent with the bags. Rose loved wrapping presents a lot, but she did have to admit that the bags were a convenient thing and very MK. “I will take that challenge, prepare to be defeated by my unfair advantage” said Rose as she counted down for them to start unwrapping. Rose finished first, obviously, because there was no complex bow around the whole thing. “Oh my god it’s so precious” said Rose as she took the potato lamp out of the bag. “and he’s rechargeable” she said as she looked at the packaging. “You get me, he’s the cutest thing of all time” Rose said as she tucked her hair behind her ear. She loved little things, she had a whole shelf in her room of small trinkets that people had gotten her over the years. It was one of the only unorganized things in her room, yet everything still had it’s perfect place and was dusted every few days. “Also, I win” she giggled, just the icing on the cake.

“You’re like a little ball of Christmas joy,” MK teased, Rose’s constant positivity was one of the hallmarks of her personality, at least in MK’s eyes. When Rose took her up on the offer, MK nodded. “Bring it,” she laughed. She’d only just started to unwrap the present when Rose was holding up the little potato light, at which point MK stopped. “Do you like it? I just thought he looked cute,” she grinned, looking over at her friend. “Okay, fine, so you had an advantage, but I’m right behind you,” she laughed, finishing unwrapping the gift from Rose. “Oh my God, you got me bath bombs?” She smiled widely, holding one up to look at it closer. Anyone that knew her knew she loved baths. And face masks too, as she saw those also in the box - the only thing that sucked about them is she had to take her oxygen off for them so she couldn’t walk much if she wanted to do them, but that was alright. “And what are these ...?” She started to unwrap a little wrapped ball, to reveal a musical themed ornament. “Awe,” she cooed, holding it up, before turning to Rose and giving her a hug. “Thank you so much.” And she really meant it too, they were such thoughtful gifts. “You so win at Christmas.”

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jonathangage·:

jonathan had assumed that his talk with mckenna last time was enough to keep her back home. he knew her frustration with those around her, constantly treating her like she was fragile.. but they just cared. they cared and didnt want anything to happen to her. jon also cared about her, but he didnt ever live with her. he never really saw her on her bad days like the rest of him so it was easier for him to pretend things were okay even when they weren’t. jon had just finished with cheerpractice and working out when it was dark by the time he got home. he was a little confused when he seen the figure on the couch and when he got closer he saw his sister. he couldnt help but let out a little laugh. “what on earth are you doing here.. and with all these bags?” he asked her. furrowing his brow he shook his head, “tell dad anything? what are you talking about?” 

MK couldn’t help but laugh a little when Jon laughed, she should’ve known she wasn’t going to be able to unpack everything by herself. “Well ...” she trailed off, before looking up at him with a sheepish smile. “That’s what I wanted to talk about. To you,” she tried to explain, moving over on the couch so Jon had room to sit down. “I talked to Dad, and Rose, and some other people too ...” Basically everyone besides her family. “And I realized, I’m really not happy at my mom’s place,” she said, biting her lip. “So I had the idea to move into here. Dad was actually happy about it,” she mentioned, furrowing her eyebrows slightly, she would’ve thought he’d make some excuse about not knowing how to handle her illness. “... are you cool with that?” She was nervous for his response, she’d been nervous for her Dad’s, too. But she had to make some sort of change in her life.

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Rose had come over for Holiday dinner, “Hey MK” said Rose as she knocked on the doorframe and headed on into her room. “I just wanted to pop up here and give you your present” said the girl, smiling. She loved gift giving, and of course getting MK something that felt special. Rose handed her the gift, wrapped perfectly with a bow and everything. Inside was a few bath bombs and face masks among those sparkly paper crinkles for packages, and then wrapped in extra tissue paper were little playbill ornaments of some of her favorite broadway shows. “It’s not much, but I had a really fun time picking out things you had mentioned” said Rosemary sitting next to her on her bed. @mckennaarush​

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Despite it being Christmas, MK still had to do all the regular stuff she did every day for her CF, which included her nebulizer, that she had up to her lips as she turned to see Rosemary standing in the doorframe. Her eyebrows rose in surprise before she took the neb out of her mouth and smiled at Rose. “Caleb told me you were coming,” she grinned, motioning for her to come in. “I’m just finishing up with this,” she put it in her mouth and breathed for a couple more seconds until she was done. “Awe, Rose ... thank you,” she looked up at her with a smile as she handed her the present. She felt a little sheepish, it was so well-wrapped. MK could never figure out how to wrap things right, being a super messy person, so she always put her presents in bags. “Wait, I got you something too,” she stood up to open her closet and pull out a small, light blue bag with white snowflakes. Inside was a cute little potato lamp she’d seen online that looked so adorable, and she figured would be cute enough for Rose’s standards. “You’re too cute,” she laughed softly when Rose said it wasn’t much, Rose was such an overachiever, she was sure it would be great, whatever it was. “I would say let’s open them at the same time and see who’s fastest but I think you would win with it being in a bag and all,” she laughed, cheeks flushing slightly.

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@jonathangage​ With Christmas over, MK had the perfect opportunity to sneak off to her dad’s place. She’d made up some half-assed lie about her Dad wanting to spend New Year’s with her, which didn’t convince her mom all that much - but when she brought up the flu going around and the fact that there were a ton of people crammed in their house, she finally agreed to let her spend the next few days at her Dad’s. What she didn’t know is that MK had packed nearly all of her clothes and other valuables - so it was only a matter of time before she got a frantic phone call from her mom asking her what she was up to. After spending an hour putting all her stuff away, she’d taken a fifteen minute break on the couch ... which turned into a two hour nap, and was only awoken by the sound of footsteps approaching her. “Hey,” MK squinted, rubbing her eyes for a moment as she sat up, kicking the blanket off of her, and looking up to see Jon. “Um,” she paused to cough into her arm for a moment before looking back at him. “Did Dad tell you anything about ... me?” She’d already had the conversation with him and he was surprisingly happy that she wanted to move in, but she wasn’t sure how Jon would feel about.

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brckenhearted·:

Llewellyn laughed at the girl’s comment about trying to not spill paint on the floor at home. “I feel that. I usually put down plastic on the floor if I am doing a particularly messy project. It makes walking around a little noisy, but it is better than getting paint stains in the carpet.” He knew his parents wouldn’t be mad if he stained the carpet, but he also knew that they enjoyed a nice, clean-yet-lived-in house, and paint stains did not really go with their vibe. “I really don’t know how I kept my hands so clean this time. Usually I’m like you and have paint everywhere, so it is just as much a mystery to me.”

“Plastic? Like what, plastic bags?” She tilted her head to the side with a small laugh. She’d always been good with anything artsy, but her focus had changed to painting in recent months so she wasn’t super aware of all the different techniques people used when it came down to it. “Well, however it happened, it was a big help to me,” she finished drying her hands before gesturing to the tank with a smile. “I wish they made a robot one, that just followed me around without having to do anything,” she laughed.

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if I may ask kindly ... can you still suck dick with those nose tubes???

“If I may respond kindly, I will break your face with my tank.”

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Why were you mad at kelly

“I was never mad at Kelly, I was just pissed off and blowing off steam. Which was immature of me.”

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You are so hot without the nose plugs sweetie

“... They aren’t called ‘nose plugs’, first of all.”

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which of your brothers do you like more?

“I love both of my brothers equally ... but I get along better with Jon, if that’s what you’re asking.”

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should rose dump caleb?

“That’s not my choice to make ...”

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you are just the cutest thing on this earth!!!!!

“Aw! Well - thank you.”

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brckenhearted·:

“Maybe. I mean, Toronto is only about eight hours from here by car so anything could happen.” As for further abroad trips, he had no idea. It could be fun, though. “I think that th demonic snoopy was supposed to appear covered in snow… but it just missed the mark a little bit there.” Taron said. “Maybe next time you’ll luck out and there won’t be any melting dogs.”

“That could be fun! I’d like it if they did it at the end of the next year though, it’d be nice to be 18,” she mentioned, she was still pretty young, turning 17 in April of this year. “Yeah ... I got the concept but the outcome was ... not so good,” she laughed softly. “Hopefully.”

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brckenhearted·:

“I don’t think that is ironic. I think that messy hands are a sign of a good artist.” Llewellyn pointed out. “Okay, maybe not the only sign of a good artist, but if you are super worried about getting your hands or your clothes dirty, that kind of pulls you out of your art.” Looking down at his own hands, he grinned. “I am shocked my hands are as clean as they are. I usually at least have a little bit of paint on them somewhere.”

“Well thank you,” she smiled, giving a quick jazz hands with her paint-covered fingers before starting to wash them. “Exactly. I can’t even tell you how many times I’ve tried not to get charcoal or acrylic all over my floor at home and spending the whole time focusing on it totally killed the art-making mood,” she laughed softly, rubbing her hands together under the water. “That’s pretty impressive. I can’t even write with a pencil without getting it on my hands.”

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romeoxthowlett·:

Romeo knew that he probably shouldn’t have entered into a relationship when his heart unfortunately wasn’t one-hundred percent in it. His feelings were all over the place at the time. “That’s how I hope she understood it. It wasn’t that she did anything wrong to make it happen.” Romeo kept reminding his ex girlfriend of that fact too. It was more about his lack of control. “Let’s get some!” Romeo could do with some ice cream. It sounded like the perfect treat to him. “It does! I won’t take no for an answer this time, McKenna.”

MK nodded along as Romeo spoke, she couldn’t condone cheating but his explanation of the events did seem like he wasn’t trying to make any excuses, which made her sympathize with him, albeit slightly.·“I hope she understood it that way, too,” she agreed, she wasn’t sure if it would be but she hoped for the other girl’s peace of mind.·“Okay, okay, fine,” she laughed, not wanting to fight him on it.·“And you can call me MK by the way - I hate my full name,” she admitted.

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Olivia Cooke as Amanda in Thoroughbreds (2017)

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zoemxtchell·:

“I wish I could eat as much junk food as you but Mom watches everything I eat. I’m still surprised that she lets me eat so much sweets.” If Zoe thought about it though, her mom used as positive reinforcement because for every day that she follows her diet, permission to fulfill her sweet cravings is the reward. Not that she needed permission for that. “That’s one of the best things about you.” She could only wish to be as in control as MK was but because she was incapable of saying no, the only thing she can do is admire her friend for that. “I think the two of just need to cool off then all will be fine in time for Christmas.” At least she hoped it would be. “Anything for you.”

“Well, I can relate to having an overbearing mom, but mine is pretty much the exact opposite when it comes to food,” she chuckled softly. She’d never been denied any type of food growing up, she ate anything and everything she wanted, which also made her parents happy. “Aw,” her cheeks flushed slightly as she smiled at the compliment, “-thank you.” The fact that Zoe said that with no hesitation really reaffirmed her own self-possession. “Yeah, you’re right. I need to calm down and just figure out what I can do tofix it,” she replied, not wanting to talk about how fixing it might be moving out with Mom and in with Dad - which would not make her happy.