part of joey nearly grabbed olivia’s phone and shut it off, because she knew exactly who was blowing it up, but she didn’t. maybe even answering just to tell him to fuck off and get a life, but she didn’t do that either. because that was a can of worms they didn’t need to open right now, and the smile olivia was giving her was too great to ruin. “toni joined with me thankfully, but you heard right! you’re looking at one of the newest vixens.” it was still odd to say; she was a vixen. since tensions still clearly remained, hopefully this wasn’t going to backfire somehow. “oh i’m looking forward to you seeing me in it too, ‘cause i look really good in it…” joey mirrored olivia’s grin effortlessly, her eyes not leaving liv’s, before letting a small laugh fall from her lips.
with liv, things were different—joey knew she easily got friend crushes, since all her friends are amazing people obviously, but liv wasn’t like that. at first, joey thought she was just doing what good girl friends did; helping olivia with her boyfriend drama. as time progressed, she realized maybe it was more than that. a lot more. not that she could actually tell that to liv, yet. that stupid piece of shit boyfriend was still in the picture, despite how glaringly clear it was that it wasn’t wanted ( which was extremely high upon the list of things that pissed joey off to no end. ) but, breaking away from her thoughts to solely focus on the angel incarnate in front of her olivia, joey had to scoff playfully, “please, y’know you’ll always be my dancing queen. remember back at southside you saved the routine ‘cause smelly shelley totally wrecked it? that took hella skill. not even i could’ve done that!”
“—as for the others, uh, well… jug had it out with larson. sweets and ricky got their beef with andrews, no shock there. and our lovely mr slick also got in a fight with another bulldog on like, practically day one—moose, i think? yeah,” she shrugged, “there was definitely more shit, but honestly right now we’re hoping the boys go out for some sports or something.” joey paused, taking another drink of her soda. “though… what i wanna know is, what’s been going on with you? enjoy your two week break away from riverdull?”
seeing how enthusiastic she was to talk about joining the vixens made her smile even wider. there was an even prideful sense to it too, glad that she was going to be putting extra time into something too and was settling into the new school. there was a comment on the tip of her tongue along the line of wanting to take of said vixen outfit, though with a quick bite down on her bottom lip, she was able to control it. "yeah, i bet you look amazing in it."
olivia couldn't put her finger on the reason why joey was the one she was continuously going to now. she knew she had a massive crush on her and it wasn't like the flirting was one-sided either. she had certainly hinted at how much she had liked the other, but she was still dating her boyfriend and had to keep up that image. liv had opened up to the other girl about the threat of not being able to break up with him, but not about a huge other part of the threat. even olivia wasn't ready to come to terms with that mess and talk about that -- mostly because it was just self-incriminating and she wasn't ready for that either. eyes lit up at her words, her fingers toying with the zip of her jacket. "your dancing queen, huh?" she smirked, leaning over to poke her shoulder as she knew joey hadn't even caught on to what she had said. "it's easy to pull attention when you know how to work it --- you'll learn soon. might help with that redheaded barbie and her minions." she winked.
listening to her talk about what had happened in the last few weeks, her eyes widened, almost comically. she knew she shouldn't have been surprised though, it sounded exactly like their boys. "clearly they need to get their anger out somewhere and we all should definitely be taking full advantage of being at a better school. sports is the perfect idea." as soon as the question was turned around to her, she shrugged. "i mean.. same old? just like usual -- got to see some family, got to catch up with them. thought i'd be able to avoid a valentine's getaway but nope..." realising she was talking about her boyfriend again, she quickly shook her head, not wanting to bring the conversation down. "but seeing family again was great and enough to just make me feel whole again after spending christmas with just the 'rents. next time... i'm bringing all of you with me. missed you too much."