it's not the real world, honey

taking photos only when the sun is out, but we all know that it doesn't shine that much tell them what they wanna hear ( wanna hear, wanna hear ) not the truth, just part of it ( part of it, part of it )

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g r i f f i n c d‌

◸ O P E N   S T A R T E R ( ! ! )

        · • ° ⁎ ⟡ —- griffin’s head pops up behind a tall pile of books and he didn’t even bother with his contacts today as his thick framed glasses hung on the bridge of his nose, “i know what you’re going to say and — n o. it’s not too early to start studying for finals, it’s right around the corner and-and i ’ m  f i n e.”

              “hey, believe me, i’m not judging.” she gestures to the stack of books held under one arm, which were a combination her own study materials and a couple of alternatives to bryce’s textbook that she hoped would be useful in teaching him. “i was looking at the glasses. i don’t know if i’ve ever seen those before.”

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txt › vaughn mama

renee: definitely not worth it , you're not missing anything

renee: i think cyber monday is better. good deals without getting trampled

sydney: that bad, huh

sydney: doesn't cyber monday pretty much start on black friday anymore anyway?

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txt › shaw mama

heather: it’s not worth it, honestly. when my kiddos were littles i would go to get the ‘christmas gifts of the year. the toys that always fly off the shelves, like tickle me elmo? and it’s frankly terrifying.

heather: expecially target. very overwhelming.

sydney: tickle me elmo was a must-have toy? seriously?

sydney: i don't know if i'd go for anything a ton of people were after. i'm definitely not crazy enough to brave like, electronics.

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txt › lucas

lucas: tbh you're not missing out on anything

lucas: the day is shit and people are shit so meh

sydney: hm

sydney: it sounds to me like you have something personal against black friday

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txt › amara

amara: i've done my fair share of black friday shopping.

amara: you still have time. however, i have friends who work in retail that have told me the majority of black friday sales actually happen a week before black friday itself.

sydney: damn, seriously?

sydney: i guess that kind of makes sense, since so many places start their sales earlier every year

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txt › gemma

gemma: it's not all that tbh

gemma: you're not missing much, at all. besides, there are pretty much the same deals online as in store. which completely solves the getting trampled worry.

sydney: that's kinda what i figured tbh but still

sydney: the same or better if you're smart about it, but i still like actually *going* to the store yknow

sydney: just maybe not when its totally packed

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what happened between you and bryce?

“ugh. it’s complicated. we never did get along great, and he and elodie have had their thing for as long as i can remember. shit happens, people grow apart. it’s not all that deep.”

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what is your favorite holiday?

“call me basic or whatever, but christmas all the way. you got me hooked in with the whole aesthetic, and stay for the ‘peace and goodwill’ and family togetherness thing. sign me up.”

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weirdest thing you've ever done?

“i don’t know if this counts, but as a little kid i had this weird habit of chewing on my shirt collars. don’t know where it came from, but i’m pretty sure it drove my parents insane. some kids bite their nails, i chewed holes in every shirt i owned.”

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if you got a tattoo, where would you get it and what would it be?

“i wanna say i’d get something stereotypicallly tramp-stampy for laughs, but lets be real. i’d never actually go through with a tattoo. voluntarily get repeatedly stabbed with tiny needles for hours? no thank you.”

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txt › momma

alexandra: that's not a bad thing, kid.

alexandra: no one wants to get trampled at target. steer clear as long as you can.

sydney: i can think of worse places to get trampled though

sydney: example: sporting goods store

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txt › saff

saffron: I don’t think you’re missing out on much

saffron: Sometimes the crazy isn’t worth it

saffron: Having said that - there’s never a bad time to go to target. Cause it’s the best.

sydney: i don't think so either, but i almost want the experience anyway

sydney: just not a walmart one, i saw a video of a lady getting trampled over a toaster there one year and i'm not about that

sydney: true, true

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txt › honor

honor: i went last year and b i t c h let me tell you !! it was insane and oddly an adrenaline rush

honor: but i got like six new VS bras for so cheap

honor: it's worth getting trampled in target

sydney: you're speaking my language sis

sydney: making the risk sound reaaalll tempting

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txt › open

sydney: it just dawned on me that in my whole 17 years of life, i have never actually been black friday shopping

sydney: not sure how i feel about that frankly

sydney: feels like a rite of passage kind of thing, but i also don't want to get trampled in a target

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bryceiism

“i know you don’t.” truthfully, he thought she did. but it’s not like bryce was going to say that. he was a blabber mouth, not an idiot. besides, she did have a reason for hating him. it’s not like they ended on the best of terms. “how do you remember all this stuff? in reference to the whole math type stuff. he could remember lines of a script in their entirety, but when it came to school? static, and not just in his ears. “they’re all really complicated.“

sydney nodded, glad to have that cleared up. she wasn’t about to ask, but part of her wondered about him; she didn’t think bryce hated her, but he was an actor after all. “i wonder the same thing about you and all your lines.” that, she thinks, is more complicated. what to say, when to say it — how to say it, plus stage directions. it still impressed her no matter how many practices and shows she’d watched. “it gets easier. if you break the whole thing down into manageable pieces it’s a lot less intimidating.”

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vaughnxpoppy‌

“Am I too old to be wearing my hair in pigtails?” Poppy asked out loud, very randomly to the person standing by her. “I mean, look at that little girl, she has pigtails in her hair and here I am, nineteen and I have them in my hair..” She said as felt up on the pigtails on top of her head. “Do they look okay?” Poppy questioned the person.

Sydney looked over to the little girl, noting the pigtails in her hair before turning back. “I think they look cute, you pull them off well.” She smiled and nodded affirmatively. “Maybe in ten years it won’t work as well, but I don’t think there’s really a set age when you grow out of stuff like that anyway either."

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bryceiism‌

there’s a pit on anxiety in his stomach stemming from what seems like thin air. sydney was often someone he had no idea how they’d reat to certain things even after all this time. it made him unnerved. “i know.” he shakes his head. “i never said you hated me.” he hikes his bag up higher on his back. “yeah, yeah. i got a test i need to study for.”

“i know you didn’t, i just...thought maybe you thought i did.” she shrugs and brushes her hair over her shoulder anxiously, not sure how to follow that up. ‘it’s stupid, forget it’ didn’t really feel appropriate. “we’ll focus on what you need for that then.” this is much easier, talking about tutoring is all business. straightforward. “see if we can’t get you to memorize a few essentials.”