The Pollyanna

[samjimcnez]

{ OLIVIA RODRIGO, 19, CIS FEMALE, SHE/HER } Is that SAMANTHA JIMÉNEZ? A FRESHMAN originally from MANHATTAN, NEW YORK, they decided to come to Ogden College to study CREATIVE WRITING & CLASSICS on a ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIP. They’re THE POLLYANNA on campus, but even they could get blamed for Greer’s disappearance.

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BASIC INFORMATION

Full Name: Samantha Jane Jiménez Nickname: Sam or Sammy Birthdate: February 25th, 2004 Age: Nineteen Zodiac: Pisces Sun, Taurus Moon, Gemini rising SEE HER FULL BIRTH CHART HERE Gender: Cis woman Pronouns: She / Her Sexual/Romantic Orientation: Demisexual Ethnicity: Filipino & White Trope: The Pollyanna

How She Fits the Trope: The Pollyanna is a trope about a girl who always seems happy, and pleasant, and good no matter what happens to them in life. And their life has not been an easy one, Samantha’s life certainly hasn’t been, but it doesn’t matter, because their outlook is always sunny. There is a term in psychology called The Pollyanna Principle, or Pollyannaism, which is the tendency in people to remember pleasant things better than unpleasant things (the term has become overused and diluted in recent years but toxic positivity). That is very much Samantha to a T. She would rather live a life covered with rose-colored glasses than acknowledge difficult things, because once the difficult things start creeping in she feels like there is no way she’s going to be able to stop them, and if she lets that sort of thing take over her life she is just not really sure how she’d ever be able to deal with it. So, she clings to her happy, and pleasant escapist fantasy and that is where she is going to exist for the rest of her life. As far as she is concerned anyway.

EDUCATION & OCCUPATION

Current Year: Freshman Major: Creative Writing & Classics Extracurriculars: Freshman Class Board, Writing Club, Chess Club, Book Club, Mental Health Union, Feminists at Ogden, Tae Kwon Do Club Dream Occupation: A best selling Author Past Jobs: She has worked as a life guard when she was in high school, She helped teach kids Martial Arts at a local rec center, Currently she works in the school's library

Skills: She has a blackbelt in Tae Kwon Do and she has won 2 state championships before, and gone on to national competitions (but never won anything there). / She is a very good mediator. She doesn’t like fighting with others, and doesn’t like when others fight with each other so she tries to be the go between to help people mend things. / She is really really good at BSing knowledge, her own and others if necessary, even if she doesn’t know anything about a subject she’s good at speaking like she does. Shortcomings: Toxic Positivity in person form; she lives in her own little fantasy world where everything is great and it’s not. / She is extremely sensitive and cries over a lot of things. She honestly tries not to, and was made fun of a lot for being a cry baby when she was younger. So she tries to hold it in. But she’s not good at it. / Something else coming soon …. Languages: English, Spanish, and some Japanese thanks to Ollie's fam

PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS

Eye Color: Brown Hair Color: Brunette Height: 5'4 Exercise Habits: She regularly does Martial Arts & she works out at the school Gym Piercings: Her ears a couple times Clothing Style: Art Hoe

PSYCHOLOGY

Positive Traits: Compassionate, Driven, Patient Negative Traits: Sensitive, conflict averse, Escapist MBTI Type: INFJ Enneagram Type: 2w3 SP Instinct Moral Alignment: Neutral Good Temprament: Sanguine Introverted/Extroverted? Introverted Drug/Alcohol Use: None Mental Illnesses: None that she knows of

Tropes: coming soon … Character Inspiration: Suzy Pesto [ via tiktok you know the one ]

CONNECTIONS

Parents: Luis Jiménez [ father ] Bethany Howe [ mother ] Extended Family: Her Grandfather Gabriel Jiménez Other: n/a

Connection with Greer: Samantha met Greer in High School, though mostly she knew her … just as the girl who was the most popular. Everyone loved Greer, she was so pretty, and complemented people in the hallways and stuff. Samantha is aware that a lot of people say she was very fake, and she doesn’t really know one way or another, but she always seemed very nice to her. She also had a few interactions with Greer through Ollie, when they were out partying together and it ended up back in NYC. They didn’t really hang out but once again, they were always fairly pleasant interactions. The only real significant interaction Samantha had with Greer was one night in High School when she was a freshman and Greer was a Junior, she was getting out of one club later in the night and apparently Greer was getting out of some club, or sport, or whatever. She was heading to the subway, and passed Greer who was waiting for a car, but had been stopped by a couple of guys that were harassing and calling her. There seemed like there was about to be a really bad situation, so Sam stopped and very politely asked them to leave Greer alone. The guys just laughed at her and continued to be skeevy jerks, so she kicked one of them in the junk, and flipped the other off his feet when he tried to advance on her– it was easy, with Sam being so well versed in Tae Kwon Do after all. Greer found it very amusing, and took Sam home in the fancy car that had come to pick her up. She ordered milkshakes for them and they chatted a little bit before she dropped her off. That’s really where the interaction began and ended beyond the casual greetings once in a while, but it was a pleasant experience.

FACTS

Samantha grew up with her Grandfather because her parents were unfit to raise her due to their addiction problems. They aren’t really in her life anymore, but she sees them maybe once a year if that. Her father more than her mother (since she lives with her paternal Grandpa), neither of whom are together. The last time she saw her mom was probably when she was sixteen, her dad came to her High School graduation though.

She grew up next door to Ollie. He’s like an older brother to her, really and they love each other very much. They don’t hang out, or spend much social time together because they have… almost nothing in common, but she cares about him very much. May or may not be taking over the business for him after he graduates.

She went to the same high school as Greer and all of those fancy rich people on a scholarship for all the impressive awards she managed to win for literary things.

She is very straight edge!!

She will cry about anything and everything. Thank you very much!

She believes that your favorite Shakespeare play says a lot about you. Hamlet is that you’re dramatic; A Midsummer's Night Dream is that you’re Dramatique(tm); Macbeth is you support women’s rights but most of all you support women’s wrongs; Romeo and Juliet is that you’re probably basic. Her favorite is the Twelfth Night which means she has good taste.

Sam has been locked in the library for the past five months. She's come out of hibernation now though. For now …

[milonavarroo]

Milo furrowed his eyebrows a little as he listened to Sam. Something sympathetic for Ollie kicking around somewhere very deep for just a moment. He wasn't exactly Ollie's biggest fan, that much was very true. But he could very much see how much he was suffering, he wasn't fucking with him when he kept telling him to get help. Yet, here they still were. Some people you can only help if they were willing to help themselves. "You're a very nice person," he stated, not pointing out to Sam that here efforts were probably useless, and instead cringing at her question. "We used to fuck, and now we don't." His tone was flat, not leaving much room for argument, not that he thought Sam would try. "He's … I don't think he's doing very well, and I'm not tossing myself in front of that bus. Not to be a dick about it."

[samjimcnez]

"No, I don't think you're being a dick," Sam said, as if he was trying to assure Milo, despite him seeming like the sort of person who did not need assurances. "Sometimes you kind of just have to … cut your losses, I guess? I live with my grandpa, there's a reason for that, and why I haven't spoken to my parents in a few years." And if his relationship with Ollie had really just been physical she didn't blame him for getting out of there. "I uh… I just think that Ollie is a better person than he thinks he is, and can achieve a lot with just a little bit of help. It's not so hard to help someone when you love them." She shrugged her shoulders, and let out a small sigh. "Uhm, but anyway," she pressed her hands against her knees and gave a bright smile, "I'll send you some papers as like a preview. I promise you won't be disappointed, okay?"

[eloiseabernathy]

eloise could only giggle when sam said she would be the perfect role for the tree, " i have way too much experience for that role, maybe i'll be overqualified," eloise added on, giggling a bit more. eloise almost always had the next step planned for her. if she learned anything from the course of this year, it would be that she couldn't have every detail of her life planned out. there were more sinister things to play while enrolled in ogden - while knowing who greer was.. she couldn't pinpoint it. eloise nodded along to her words. she, too, hoped next year would be a lot less. a lot less of the hurt, the drama with g around. a smirk played on her lips as she recited a quote from mean girls, "i just wish we could all get along like we used to in middle school... i wish could bake a cake filled with rainbows and smiles and everyone would eat and be happy." once eloise was finished, a small giggle formed from her lips. "seriously, though, i do wish things could at least slow down next year.

[samjimcnez]

Sam laughed, nudging Eloise with her elbow gently, as she shook her head. "You know, Tina Fey based that character off of me," she said, assured enough that it could be the truth for real. it wasn't, obviously. Sam was like … a baby when that movie came out. Maybe it'd be more accurate to say she'd based herself off of the character. She hadn't, but still more likely than the other way around. She downed the rest of her fruit juice and raised the glass as if toasting Eloise in agreement. "Me too. Hopefully they will. Maybe this was all just a this year thing. But I should probably go be social with other people," she said, regretfully. She'd rather just talk to her friends, but social events were for talking to as many people as you could - she guessed. "I'll see you later. We'll say bye before leaving for the summer, and get coffee or something," she promised, with a wave as she turned to head off through the crowd and make the rounds of being social.

[morrisxn02]

Samantha Jimenez always displayed such a naturally bubbly demeanor that Edward sometimes forgot how capable of acute social observation she was. ‘Even the non-party bits’ seemed straight out of a Fitzgerald novel, she had said, and he immediately agreed. They all seemed like characters in one... Living a life of decadent excess, disillusionment, and impotence. Beautiful, but fatally damned… And that was how he had depicted young people after World War I: hopeless, helpless, and depressed. Something that maybe Sam couldn’t personally relate to, given her usual temperament, but that she had certainly perceived. “Guess if we want to be a little more precise, we can say this feels like Agatha Christie trying to rewrite Fitzgerald.” He said it like a joke but then realized that there was nothing funny about having a murdered classmate and an anonymous blackmailer torturing them.   

“Oh, yes, please. I’m starving.” The hem of the flute met his lips briefly, and he downed another sip of champagne. Entertaining his parents and their friends for two hours was a trying task… “Um, seafood. Any kind.” That was his go-to answer – Edward always felt like eating anything Mediterranean. But honestly, he was the type that enjoyed a little bit of everything. As someone who enjoyed cooking almost as much as the act of eating itself, he had grown to learn how to enjoy every sort of food nature had to offer. “Whatever they have is fine, though. Has anything stood out for you?”

[samjimcnez]

Sam's eyes widened a bit, as she turned to look at Eddie, seemingly partly excited by the idea of being in an Agatha Christie book, but a moment later her expression fell just a bit. "I always kind of thought it'd be fun to be in a murder mystery," she said, shaking her head. It didn't seem to be shaping up to be that fun. She hadn't known Penny that well but she did talk to her a couple times since they were both elected student officials. She'd seemed really nice. It was a lot less fun when you knew the person who was dead. "But I guess it's probably only fun when you're in one of those cheesy parties where everyone has bad accents and a character to play."

The fiction was always better than the reality.

She nodded her head as they moved towards the food being offered. Seafood always seemed to be good at these things. Sam imagined that was a testament to how much money was being spent to make these events special, because it was so easy to have bad seafood. "Well, you can't ever go wrong with a good crab puff. You can't go wrong with any food puffed, I always say." She never said that, but it was pretty true. "Honestly I'm not really picky about food," Sam admitted with a shrug, "I'll eat just about anything, especially if it's small. Have you ever seen those videos of people cooking small food? Adorable. Anyway I do like spicy food, so I've been enjoying the jalapeno poppers. And they're so fancy."

[leakywright]

@samjimcnez where: commencement gala when: early in the night

leaky noticed sam on the outside of the crowd, and he knew he'd find good company with her. no asking about his drink, or what he thought of everything or his plans for the summer or after graduation (even though he had a year). instead he could saunter over to her, and know it would be a pleasant evening. "hey sam!" he said brightly as he stepped up next to her. "you having a good time? you look beautiful by the way." he added sincerely, giving her a genuine smile.

[samjimcnez]

"Hey Leaky!" Sam said, waving her hand a little as he approached, "you look super handsome too! Everyone really made sure to look their best tonight." But she supposed that made sense. It was the last event before summer, everyone must be feeling the need to turn it out. "Are you looking forward to getting out of here? Or is sort of sad? You must know a lot of seniors that are leaving." Sam didn't know a ton, if she was being honest. But being on the football team, and in a frat she imagined that Leaky must know quite a few. "Do you think it's going to make the football team better or worse?" She joked, a small smile crossing her face.

[magnolia-rhodes]

"You're right! Maybe a natural next step for you is to try and fashionalise - fashionise ? Those are not words, are they? Like, to make heelies fashionable again." She thinks, for a moment, of all the things left in the dustbins of fashion past that were overdue a comeback. So deep in thought is she, that the bottle's pop almost startles her a little. She's quick to gain composure, her hand meeting Sam's. "We're like ... engineers, almost. I'm proud of us."

[samjimcnez]

"Okay, but here's this for an idea," Sam said, holding up her finger. Like wait for it. Wait for the best idea that had ever been. "Light up heelies." She waved her hand around, like showing off a sign. "They probably exist somewhere, we'll just have to find them and … fashionise them." She nodded her head in an assured way. "We could probably open any bottle in the world now, honestly. But I'm really just here for the water," she admitted with a smile, and picked up one of the water bottles. "C'mon! Get your drink! Let's go dance!" She encouraged before bouncing out onto the dance floor herself.

end.

[novadodson]

"Well, well, well...if it isn't one of my favorite faces." As usual, the line coming from Nova is as charming as it is corny, though it's also not untrue, a special adoration and love in his heart for Sam that wasn't held for many people. It's not her company, but her question that brings a roll of their eyes, a groan from the depths of their throat as they drop into one of the seats beside her with none of the grace displayed by the events other attendees. "What an asshole, right?" Though the way the edges of their lips quirk is a telltale sign that the words are only teasing, Ollie in no way responsible for the events of the year or even Nova ending up here. "I say we silly string his room or...something." Voice drifting as his hand lifts to accept the gift, unable to contain the small smile that blossomed in response, already envisioning a place for it within his dorm. "This drama is the kind of thing I'd expect more from New York than New Hampshire."

[samjimcnez]

Sam's eyes widened a little at the suggestion, tiling her head a little bit in a considering way. "Silly stringing his room would be so much fun though," she said, nodding her head, "maybe we wait until it's his actual room at home, and not his dorm because then Jacqui might end up helping him clean it up." Honestly Sam would probably help him clean up as well, but she didn't want to accidentally silly string any of Jacqui's things. Even though she was pretty sure they'd think it was fun too. She rested her hands on the table in front of her, giving a small hum, "I went to a pretty fancy school in High School - and there wasn't even this much drama there. Television really does lie." If there had been, she wouldn't have known one way or the other though, maybe that was the thing. "Are you doing anything over the summer? Ollie's going to be gone but you can come and visit me if you want to sometime."

[samjimcnez]

i just can't get enough of this beautiful life

Oh the places you'll go, with your eyes so wide With your heart in your hand, and your sword at your side Oh the mountains you'll move, oh the tears you'll cry Oh the places you'll go, little love of mine [ playlist tag . ]

Damage You Still Do ✧. Mikayla Pasterfield ┊ As a Child ✧. Madeline The Person ┊ Burned Out ✧. dodie ┊ idk god ✧. corook ┊ Slay the Beast ✧. Ariyel ┊ Drinking Song ✧. House Phone ┊ Air So Sweet ✧. dodie ┊ Beautiful Life ✧. The Collection ┊ Oh the Places You'll Go ✧. I Fight Dragons ┊ If We Have Each Other ✧. Alec Benjamin ┊ People Help the People ✧. Birdy ┊ The Night We Met ✧. Amber Run ┊ All Things End ✧. Hozier ┊ one year has passed (look at all we've been through) ✧. colours in the dark

+ lyrics

Damage You Still Do by Mikayla Pasterfield [ sam + her parents ]

And I'm back there again A scared little girl, too much pain to share Prayed to a god but he wasn't there I put all my faith in you You were too young to care Put up your hand, not your cross to bear Wanted to hate you but wouldn't dare Sometimes I think I do ... all of the stories I heard about you were true oh, what a shame all the damage you still do

As a Child by Madeline The Person

And I burn for myself 'Cause I know that I shouldn't when it's screaming at me to be felt And we burn all the time 'Cause it hurts all the more when we carry the world as a child

Burned Out by dodie

Oh maybe I'll talk about it I can just talk about it I'll never talk about it No, I can not talk about it

idk god by corook

I don't know why 'Cause I don't know God But if I did I'd ask for her thoughts Buy her a beer Ask why I'm here Lately the weight of the world is a lot…

Slay the Beast by Ariyel

Something dormant some thing upsetting I will slay the beast when I'm ready…

Drinking Song by House Phone

'Cause you won't rewrite history To commemorate the likes of me And you would not believe me if I tried To tell you all the things I've seen And all the places that I've been So pour the hall another cup of wine

Air So Sweet by dodie

I run barefoot, shoes at the door The air so sweet, I gulp and gasp for more A night so still, I dance, I soar Oh, this is what I'm living for

Beautiful Life by The Collection

You do not have to be known Even the best of us have sometimes felt alone This whole world is your home So, reach out your branches, let your roots down to the soil And watch the rain help you grow

Oh the Places You'll Go by I Fight Dragons [ sam + her grandpa ]

No I can't promise you'll be safe. I can't promise you won't lose your way But I promise you now, you'll get through it somehow, and you'll laugh about today And I can offer you this song for you to listen to when things go wrong And then maybe you'll know how I love you so and find a way to stay strong

If We Have Each Other by Alec Benjamin [ sam + ollie ]

I'm 23, and my folks are getting old I know they don't have forever and I'm scared to be alone So I'm thankful for my sister, even though sometimes we fight When high school wasn't easy, she's the reason I survived I know she'd never leave me and I hate to see her cry So I wrote this verse to tell her that I'm always by her side I wrote this verse to tell her that I'm always by her side I wrote this verse to tell her that

The world's not perfect, but it's not that bad If we got each other, and that's all we have I will be your brother, and I'll hold your hand You should know I'll be there for you

People Help the People by Birdy

People help the people And if you're homesick, give me your hand and I'll hold it People help the people Nothing will drag you down Oh, and if I had a brain, oh, and if I had a brain I'd be cold as a stone and rich as the fool That turned all those good hearts away

The Night We Met by Amber Run

When the night was full of terrors And your eyes were filled with tears When you had not touched me yet Oh, take me back to the night we met

All Things End by Hozier

A two-tonne weight around my chest feels like It just dropped a twenty-storey height If there was anyone to ever get through this life With their heart still intact, they didn't do it right The last time I felt your weight on my chest, you said "We didn't get it right but, love, we did our best"

And we will again Moving on in time and taking more from Everything that ends

one year has passed (look at all we've been through) by colorus in the dark

there are no lyrics just listen

[eloiseabernathy]

eloise laughed lightly at the story that sam told, imagining a small sam, messing up her lines and awkwardly getting off of stage. "i feel like an awkward play is, or should be, essential to everyone's elementary days," eloise commented, a playful smile settling on her lips. "the only memory i have for elementary school plays were one for earth day or something... i couldn't remember my lines, so i was in the background as a tree," eloise recalled the memory. she didn't think she was much of an actor, despite how her personality was now - she was playing a role that she didn't know she was playing. did she know who she was? not one bit. eloise nodded with her comment, agreeing. "it'll definitely be different! i've always loved being able to talk to my friends about what i'm studying or reading. have you planned anything else for next year?"

[samjimcnez]

Sam laughed, and nodded her head. "That's fair, it does seem like it has to be a core memory, or you might have just had it too good in your life." She had decided then and there she would not be doing public readings of any books she might or might not write. Though, it would probably go better with the words in front of her face. "I will remember that! And write a tree role, and be like Eloise is the perfect actor for this. She has so much experience," Sam teased, poking Eloise in her arm playfully as she did. She paused a moment at the question, the smile not leaving her face, but there was something … odd about it. It wasn't like she could say, 'actually despite having just made plans with you five seconds ago I was actually considering transferring out.' So, she just shrugged her shoulders, "I'm trying to get all my requirements out of the way so I can have an easier time in the future. That's really all, honestly. Nothing that interesting. I'm hoping next year will be a lot less ..." Sam pressed her lips together as if she was trying to think of the word, and shrugged, "I'm hoping next year will be a lot less."

[jacqui-velazquez]

"I don't know about that," Jacqui murmured, a crooked smile crossing their face before they leaned back onto their hands, face tipping up towards the sun. They had been out hanging out with people for most of the day and as far as they had seen - people were high enough to have some crazy conspiracy theories. Actually, Jacqui didn't have to be that high to go off on a conspiracy theory as it was. So they definitely sure Sam could find at least someone to go down that road, if that's what they wanted. They made another humming noise, shrugging up their shoulders. "Not fate..." they said, a wrinkle appearing in between their brows. "Like...it is or it isn't. Not something so preordained that I'd call it fate. But like...yeah. What's meant to be will be, I guess."

[samjimcnez]

Sam nodded her head, writing that down in her journal as she listened to Jacqui. "I see," she said, "not fate, but like… Your life will find a way." She looked up from her writing, and pressed her lips into a line. "You know, I don't know what I really believe. I don't really know if I believe in anything. I like to think that good things happen for good people, I guess." She saw often how that was usually not the case, but she liked to ignore that bit of it. Sam shut her journal with a snap, and gave a deep breath. "I haven't really thought much about it. I sort of just live my life as a person that I know I would like to be around, that's usually enough for me," she shrugged, pushing herself up until she was standing, and holding her hand out to Jacqui to help pull them to their feet. "C'mon let's go get some tacos!"

[montyrichler]

A gentle furrow notched itself between Monty's brows while he listened to Sam, her uncertainty translating into an understandable reticence to his ears. "So, for no particular reason, after no inciting incidents, you wanna know… just in general… how to reject a friend who's coming onto you?" he reframed with a heavy-handed dose of amusement drenching his words, lips slowly pulling into a wider and wider smile. "Politely," Monty amended very seriously, briefly swaying in Sam's direction with a firm nod, still feeling as if she was leaving out quite a few details. But he supposed the specifics didn't matter much, because even if there was someone trying to be seen in a romantic light in Sam's life, it didn't sound like they had a chance at thriving there.

"You could say exactly that, though," Monty finally said, offering a small bit of genuine advice before repeating her own phrasing back, "I'd rather be friends. -- But I'd only tell someone that if they'd actually asked you out. Not if you're, like… just picking up on vibes. Then it gets embarrassing and weird and, yeah, you guys probably wouldn't ever talk again." Or, at least, that's how it'd worked out in Monty's experience. Thinking he was being subtle, that he was leading into some big, emotional confession only to be cut off at the knees ("I really don't think of you that way.") and there'd suddenly be horrible, panicked alarm bells ringing in his head, making him practically vomit up forced laughter while saying he had no clue what they were talking about. Preemptive rejection sucked. "You ever like someone who didn't feel the same way?"

[samjimcnez]

Sam stared at Monty, nodding her head along with his words. "Yep!" She said. Either completely ignoring the disbelief coming from him, or just not getting why that was so hard to believe in the first place. "Ah," she said, in an understanding way, "yeah that makes sense. Don't say anything that would be like … weird if they're not actually asking me out on dates or something. That'd be awkward!" She scoffed. Should be obvious.

She shrugged her shoulders at his last question, and shook her head. Like that wasn't an odd thing for most people. Had she ever liked someone who didn't feel the same way? "No," Sam said, assured in her answer of that. Never in her life. Though a moment later she gave a grimace. "I don't mean like…. 'Oh everyone likes me, so much so of course I've never liked anybody who didn't like me back'." She gave a very put on arrogant tone, tossing her hair in a haughty way. "I mean I've literally never liked anybody, Monty. I don't… I just don't really think about people like that at all. I'm not interested, or at least I've never met anybody I felt like I could ever really be interested in." She sighed a little bit, shaking her head. She never had to deal with this in high school when she didn't talk to many people. "There's this guy in the library I was friends with but then like… he asked me to go get drinks and I was like 'uh, no?' and now things are so awkward. And then there was an incident at the beginning of the year where I had to - well it's a long story, but I ghosted him and haven't talked to him since then even though he was very nice…" She reached up, and rubbed her face with a deep sigh. "I don't know… It's stupid, I guess. Nevermind. It's not really much of a problem."

[eloiseabernathy]

truthfully, eloise didn't know a lot of her family. her mother and her were close, but she had no idea who her father was. she only received christmas and birthday presents from her grandparents, but most of it was just her and her mom. "listen, if you ever need someone to act out a screenplay for your class, i would love to help... i'm not going to promise you that i'm the best actor of our generation, but," eloise chuckled lightly. more of her expertise was sports - especially volleyball and cheer. she dabbled a bit with singing, but that was mostly in the shower or karaoke. her eyes perked when sam mentioned taking it together. "i would love that!" eloise exclaimed, "we can even share thoughts together about a certain piece of literature. oh, that sounds so exciting! we should sign up for it together!"

[samjimcnez]

"Did you ever do school plays when you were in elementary school? We did, and once I got so nervous, and messed up my lines so bad, I started crying. Not on stage - I did manage to get off stage but it was so bad. It's funny looking back on it, but at the time I wanted to die." She shook her head a little bit, anyway all that to say she was never going to act ever. She would definitely have her friends do it instead. "I think it'd be fun to do a screen play with all of my friends though!" Eloise would be great. And Sassa, of course too! It'd be fun. She bounced on the balls of her feet, clasping her hands in front of her chest. "I'll sign up as soon as we can. And we can have a study group, and it'll be so much fun. Some of those things in class can be really… tough, and kind of tedious. So, it'll be so much fun to have someone to read all the epic poems with who also wants to be there and actually cares about it."

[samjimcnez]

If she was being completely honest Sam was one of the most secretive people she knew. Not in a bad way, but just in the way Ida was saying. Everybody had secrets. "I think that there are things in everyone's lives they don't want to share with people, for one reason or another," Sam said, shrugging her shoulders, "I don't really see the harm in that." She also didn't really see why someone was so obsessed with exposing everything. Was it really anyone's business how she felt about Greer? Or how Ida felt about Greer? She didn't think so.

Sam glanced down at her phone as it buzzed in her lap a text message appearing on the screen with directions. She held it up to show the screen to Ida. "Did you get this too?" She asked. "I guess the rave isn't supposed to be held here." Sam leaned forward in the seat she was in, looking around what she could see of the empty building, and shrugged her shoulders. "Probably for the best, I don't think I would have been able to help set up a very interesting party." She hopped to her feet and put a pin in the location that was given. "Should we go together? I feel like we'll just be awkwardly walking next to each other if we don't," she joked, a small smile crossing her face.

[idaclarke]

secrets, should they be exposed or not? ida looked at sam, studying her intently. what secrets was she hiding? at first glance ida figured it was probably silly things, things of very little consequence that felt giant to the girl. but maybe there was more to her than she let on - like most people. "i think it depends on the secrets huh? like what sort of secrets was greer hiding?" she raises an eyebrow, about to want to pull more opinions from sam when their phones lit up.

"yup...." she pops the p and sighs, standing up. "thank god it's not here, not really great for a rave." she notes, and looks over the room. "why not? we are friends right?" with that she offers sam her hand before pushing through the door. "here's to hoping the night only goes up from here."

end.

[sassa-fiske]

"So? They should've tried looking better," Sassa said, shrugging in a way that neatly mirrored Sam's, her smile holding just a touch more cruelness than the joking one on the freshman's face. She turned back towards the mirror as Sam went to get changed, putting a few last touches on as she eyed her reflection - ever critical, though she did look good - until Sam reemerged. "I am," she answered, not elaborating. Because she wanted to make it seem like she was playing it cool, like her summer plans weren't a big deal. She wasn't even bragging, she had to be asked about them - the picture of humility! "We should. What's your internship?" she confirmed and then asked without a breath, a hint of competition rising in her at the mention of a summer internship - not that it mattered. They weren't even studying the same thing. But she couldn't help it, an inate sense of wanting to best everyone else rising in her no matter how much she tried to push it down.

[samjimcnez]

"Oh my gosh, get this," Sam said, super excited she managed to snag this internship. She held up her hands dramatically as if framing the words. "Penguin Random House! Can you believe it? Like an actual legit publisher! What? I'm pretty sure it's just line editing they don't want to do, but it's remote, and paid. So, I'm pretty hecking excited." Mostly internships were to get your foot in the door, that was what mattered the most. Knowing people in a publishing company was a huge deal. And it was a paid internship. That was also really nice. She held her hands out towards Sassa as she took her makeup and went over to her mirror. "What are your plans? You have to tell me absolutely everything." Knowing Sassa it was probably amazing, and a huge deal.

[ollieinoue]

SELF PARA: OGDEN'S 2023 COMMENCEMENT GALA

Time & Location: The Commencement Gala later in the night Featuring: Ollie Inoue & Sam Jiménez Also Featuring: Gabriel Jiménez, Ren Inoue, and Faye Inoue

"See! It looks so pretty!" Sam said, holding her phone above her head and giving a 360 view of the theater, and the commencement gala around them. Showing her grandfather, and Ollie's parents over face time what was going on. She pulled her phone back down smiling widely into the front camera as she spoke, "everyone looks like movie. It's crazy."

"I wish we had been able to make it!" Gabriel replied, slightly faint and fairly hard to hear

Ollie slid his arm around Sam's shoulder from behind her, leaning his chin against her other one, and tilting his head towards hers as he looked at their families on the screen. "Next year we'll get you guys all up here for my graduation," he said, nodding his head, chin digging into Sam's shoulder making her squirm away as he did. He glanced at her with a small laugh, and pulled her back hugging his arms around her waist.

"Are you hitting the road straight after you guys leave?" Ren asked.

"Uhm, I think we are probably going to drop my stuff, and Sam off first, and then we'll be heading out," Ollie said. Maybe Monty will stop in and say hello to his sister or something as well. He let Sam go, rocking up onto the balls of his feet to look around, attempting to find find Monty, but grew impatient and gave up about two seconds in, turning back and shrugging his shoulders. "I'm pretty sure we're doing that first. So, we'll see you in a few days."

"Alright, you two behave until then," Gabriel said, and pointed at Ollie, "especially you."

"Me?" Ollie scoffed, holding a hand to his chest. Like he wasn't the one between the two of them who was known to be a troublemaker. In some certain circles…

"No going missing either! We don't have the money to get a bunch of news organizations on your case so you'll be shit out of luck!" Faye called from somewhere in the background off screen.

"Oh my god fuck off," Ollie snorted, before Sam pulled the phone away from him with a click of her tongue.

She sent Ollie a look, before turning back to the screen. "Okay, we're going to go now. I'll see you in a few days! Byee! Love you guys! Miss you so much. Mwah mwah mwah." Sam held the phone back out to Ollie the both of them blowing kisses at their family members before she disconnected the call. "So!" Sam's eyes scanned across her phone, before she dropped it into her bag, and looked over at Ollie, "do you want to go get breakfast tomorrow morning? All this food is so so fancy, and it makes me want like… I don't know, hashbrowns or something." Ollie made an ooohhh sound, nodding his head. "Do you think Jacqui and Monty will want to come. It could be fun! We'll all go to the Diner or something."

"Hashbrowns do sound good. And bacon, and pancakes. I can get Jacqui out of bed," Ollie nodded his head, "maybe for Monty. I might have to get him a to-go box or something, but I'll try to get him up." If anything could coax Monty into getting up early (earlier than he usually did) it was probably food. His eyes followed Sam as she made to pull away from the table, blinking a few times. "Wait. Are you leaving me already?" 

"Yeeeeah," she said in a faux regretful tone, with a grimace. "I'm probably going to head back to my room and get all my packing done early. Plus it'll be super quiet and cozy while everyone is here." 

"Alright," Ollie said, a dramatic groan, before wrapping his arms around Sam hugging her obnoxiously tightly. "Love you. See you tomorrow. Text me when you get to your room!" 

"Okayyy let me breathe," Sam said as she pushed Ollie off of her, the two of them laughing. "Have a fun rest of the Gala. Let me know if anything weird happens! I'll call you before I come over tomorrow!" She dodged Ollie reaching over in attempts to ruffle her hair, and waved over her shoulder as she headed through the crowd to make her way out of Tate Theater.

[court-mills]

Court's brow furrowed, a deep crease appearing as he blinked a few times. "Aren't wolves nocturnal?" he asked. Were they? He had no idea. But it seemed like they should be - he had never worried about seeing one because it had always just seemed like the type of thing that he didn't have to. So long as it wasn't night. Court looked at Sam for another moment, his head angling towards a shoulder as he considered her, eyes shielded with a hint of warniess before he pasted his normal, friendly smile on. "Yeah, of course," he said, reaching up and running the back of his forearm over his forehead, hair pushed back from his face before he dropped it back to his side, eyes meeting Sam's again. "What's going on?"

[samjimcnez]

Sam held up a hand making a so-so sort of motion, "they're most active during dawn and dusk," she said, nodding her head. Not exactly nocturnal, but not also running around during the afternoon either. Still, you could never really know. But most animals were smart enough to give people space, especially if they were in a location like this with a lot of people around. She'd love to see a wolf though! She'd love to see a wolf right now, because at least it would be something to distract her from the conversation she knew she really ought to be having. Sam bit down on her bottom lip, and leaned against the railing. "Uhm… I just wanted to say sorry about ghosting you at the beginning of the year," she said, looking over at Court with a small frown. "The whole pool party thing, and the text and everything. I just… I was told to send someone a sext, and uhm I guess I had just met you, and I was like he seemed nice and like he won't make a big deal out of it. But then I felt really anxious and embarrassed about it," she explained, her mouth quirking up slightly. "And I'm not really interested in people like that… I'm not really good at having conversations with people about it? You know? And I don't like letting people down. And I made it all super awkward in my head, so I just…" She waved her hand in an airy motion, "I guess just thought it'd be easier to just not talk to you. Which is stupid, because you are nice, and you didn't make a big deal out of anything. I did in my head. And I wanted to say I'm sorry, like I probably should have just done back in October. I'm sorry."

[eloiseabernathy]

Naomi was the best person in Eloise's life - someone who could always bring Eloise back down to Earth. No matter what, she always knew how to stop Eloise from spiraling, or knew how to help her in different ways. Eloise and Naomi were two peas in a pod - where one went, the other followed. It was a hard adjustment, going from spending almost every single second together to only seeing each other every once in awhile. Eloise welcomed the change, it only helped that she had been so obsessed with climbing the social ladder that allowed her not notice time going by. "My mom and I are super close," she finally responded. "She's very keen on seeing me do well, she's my biggest supporter."

"Really? That's amazing, Sam, truly," Eloise commented after Sam told her about being the first one to graduate college in her family. "A screenwriting class? That sounds like it could be fun! I can see it now, your name in the bright lights, winning some of kind of screenwriter award for best motion movie, or however those awards work," Eloise rambled. "I have a few classes in mind. I really want to take more creative writing classes, and possibly take an ancient and medieval literature class. I kind of want to delve into the topics, read epic poems, and all of that. I'm not sure yet."

[samjimcnez]

"That's great! It's always nice to have family behind you," she said. It seemed like most people here had the opposite, she was realizing. Of course she didn't have a great relationship - or much of a relationship at all - with her parents, but her grandfather was amazing and she didn't think she'd even be here at Ogden without him encouraging her to be. She perked up, a bright smile on her face at the compliment, waved her hand as if dismissing it. Oh it's not a big deal… of course, it was though. "Oh man, I don't know if I could ever see myself as being an actual screen writer," Sam laughed, "but what is the point of expanding your horizons if you're not going to really try, right?" She shrugged her shoulders. It could be a lot of fun, and it could teach her different techniques she did not know otherwise. "Wait that sounds like so much fun. Most of the classics they've been teaching in classes have been like… Greek ones. You know? It'd be nice to learn some different sorts. Maybe we could sign of up for it together!"