can't pin me down

[riversidechlo]

Well to look on the bright side of things, I got a job working at the diner and used all of my savings (and sold a lot of my stuff) to get a small apartment in town. I think this calls for a housewarming party soon.

[riversidelulu]

First bit of good news I’ve heard in ages. We could have a moving party too to help you get settled in. I’m sure most of the football team will come pitch in if we bribe them with beer.

[riversidelulu]

ethjenkins‌:

i mean, that’s what weekend detention is really for since no one wants to be there… they stopped giving me weekend detention when i just stopped showing up. so. there’s a tip for you there.

so. um. i was thinking. i know we’re both doing merrick’s friendsgiving dinner on thursday but maybe. you and me could make dinner for the parents on friday? like as a making an effort kind of thing? i don’t know.

Well when I didn’t show up they threatened to hold me back a grade, so like. Serving time for two days is a hell of a lot better than two more years.

...Seriously? 

[riversidelulu]

merrickwood‌:

private

I mean. If there’s a big conspiracy, you know my mother is somehow involved in it. Which means it’s only a matter of time before something happens to my family, too. Or she’s the one causing all of it. And either way, it’s giving me nightmares. I’d rather know what’s really happening around town than not at this point. 

What do you say we head out Wednesday when school lets out early? I’m gonna have a lot more free time on my hands anyways. 

Private

That... yeah, okay, that's ominous and I hate it, and I hate that now you have me worried about you fucking off and vanishing too.

More free time? What’s that mean?

[violentwavesofemotion-deactivat]

I am a dream swallower, and I poison myself. I have a palate for rare, erratic impulses.

Anaïs Nin, from a diary entry featured in Linotte: The Early Diary Of   Anaïs Nin (1914-1920)

[riversidelulu]

ethjenkins‌:

really not sure when you got all rule-following but okay. at least it was somewhat entertaining? 

If I was all rule-following I wouldn’t have been in detention to begin with. It really wasn’t, I basically slept through the whole thing.

[riversidelulu]

merrickwood‌:

private.

I don’t think she left because of that. I mean, that’s - not a dumb reason, I guess, but stupid enough. She made it almost a month and a half after the murder - why leave now? 

I mean, I know we think it looks like Garland’s handwriting, but what if it isn’t? And what if it was really a cry for help? You know if the key isn’t there anymore, she always left her spare bathroom window open. Between the two of us, I think we could sneak into the house.

Private

I don’t know. I kinda just hate to think there’s something worse going on than two people being dead, you know? If that’s the thing that made her take off...

This is... I mean, you realize how batshit insane this sounds, right? I mean, I’m in, obviously I want answers but, what if there is some big conspiracy? Then what?

[fluoresensitivearchive-deactiva]

women writers be like ‘i am hungry, i am god, i am endless, i am nature and nature lives within me. god tried to kill me once but i devoured him then bought a pack of skittles b/c he wasn’t enough’

[riversidelulu]

ethjenkins‌:

i offered to break you out but you decided to be responsible for some weird reason.

Yeah, funnily enough I realized I’d rather not get expelled for truancy or whatever.

[riversidelulu]

merrickwood‌:

You know the only reason she allowed it on Friday was because it was an Away Game and she thinks she holds any power. So far all she’s done is alienate the team. I give her another two weeks, tops, before she runs home crying. 

Some good old fashioned detective work. No one’s been to her house, the police tape is off, it hasn’t even gone on the market. Doesn’t that seem weird? I say we go and snoop and see what we can find. If there’s no ‘late payment’ bills or something on her rent, we know she’s planning on coming back, at least. Because she’d obviously still be paying it somehow.

Private

I don’t know, I thought it was an image problem. Who’d want to live in the house of a woman who half the town still suspects to be a murderer? What are the chances the spare key is still under the mat? If she was planning on coming back, why would she leave that cryptic as fuck note in Holly’s locker? 

[riversidelulu]

merrickwood‌:

See, I don’t need to be in Sunday detention with you to know exactly how awful it is. And I can only imagine how much worse they get the more detentions they’re in. 

If you’re not there by second period, I am coming to get you. Besides, I need someone with me to go see if we’ve been kicked off the team for standing up for Chloe or not. Or someone to help me convince the Mayor to get this new Coach fired. Or maybe a partner in crime to figure out why the fuck Garland left and how to get her back.

Fine, fine, message received. If she thinks she can kick us off, she’s insane. The JV’s aren’t awful, but they’re JV for a reason. Besides, a little protest is the least of her concerns if she actually goes through with it. Teachers have had their cars keyed for less. I didn’t really think you were in a position to convince the Mayor of anything right now, and I definitely don’t see where I’d be any help in that. ....What did you have in mind?

[riversidelulu]

merrickwood‌:

See? That would have been even more hilarious - watching Mrs. Johnson struggle to act like she isn’t being homophobic. just trying to get the room to settle down when I’d bet serious money that any time she ‘went for a bathroom break’ ( smoke break ) Dylan Garrett and Emily McArthur were in there practically going down on each other. 

Truancy is a real thing, Lulu. Do I need to start swinging by your house every morning and dragging you to school? Because I will. And you know how much I hate mornings. 

Gross, that is the worst mental picture you could’ve possibly given me. Even worse because it’s absolutely accurate.

No, you really don’t. I’ll be there tomorrow, it’s fine. No more detention for me, you know I hate wasting a good weekend.

[riversidelulu]

merrickwood‌:

You should have just started flirting with her. See if that got his attention. Then again, he probably would have tried to pull your hair next, or asked if he could watch. Guys are such creeps.

Yeah, okay, I definitely need you to pass the 11th grade because I can not do senior year without you. I mean, I know you’d be there but like. It’s not the same. How am I supposed to convince my mother to let us jet off to Europe after graduation if you didn’t also graduate?

Oh please, Mrs. Johnson didn’t mind Peter harassing her for a few hours, but two girls flirting? She would’ve lost her mind. He’d know better than to do something dumb like that. Guys like him usually do when they remember who my brother is.

I know, I know. Not like I’m eager to have to be at this school an extra year either, I just didn’t think it was that serious. It’s not like my grades are seriously tanking, and it’s only first quarter.

[riversidelulu]

merrickwood‌:

I didn’t realize Peter Weiss never graduated the 2nd grade. Someone should inform him there are way better ways to flirt than to pull a girls hair, in public. Save that for the bedroom. 

I can’t believe you actually showed for it, though. You barely show up to school during the week days half the time.

Not like it would matter. Amanda is definitely a lesbian and the fact that he hasn’t realized that really shows how dumb the male species is.

Yeah, well, I didn’t yesterday. Then my mom got a call about how it’s a big deal and could potentially affect me passing 11th grade if it becomes a bigger issue, so. There I was.

[onlytwitterpics]

[riversidelulu]

Whoever invented weekend detention obviously didn’t realize it was more punishment for the teacher than the students. I got a nap and Mrs. Johnson got two hours of Peter Weiss pulling Amanda Barnes’ pigtails.

[riversidechlo]

I spent nearly the entire weekend and up until this afternoon watching hours upon hours of cheer routines and making up a playbook to give to the new coach and what do I get in return? Politely kicked off the team for my own good. 

And she took the book that I made because it was such a good idea and she is happy that I made such an effort with the team and knows that next year will be my year.

[riversidelulu]

Who the hell does she think she is? She can’t fucking do that. Holly won’t let her. None of us will.

[riversidelulu]

text: ☆* cheersquad *☆

Holly: i know i'm probably supposed to be comforting or whatever here Lu...but i honestly have no idea.

Lulu: i hate this