— STARTER FOR @97failing !!
if skye’s learned anything all these years is that.. people are stupid. in fact , she’s learnt this every step of the way. each of her mom’s boyfriend’s might as well have been walking around with a big L on their forehead because her mom also knew that people are stupid and she always went the extra mile of taking advantage of it. skye wasn’t an exception, though. she was just as stupid to have fallen for her mother’s empty promises and that’s when she realised that she’d much rather be on the other side.
eat or be eaten and what not.
middle school and then high school all followed with leaving a trail of gullible victims behind—but the point is that she recognises this behaviour, in herself and others, internally refers to her as a good judge of character and always sees the crossed fingers behind people’s back as they smile through their lies. but, says nothing because that’s not her shit to deal with , she has enough. gets close to doing the right thing more often now though, and that’s progress.
when it comes to her especially is when skye gets close and it’s the fear that seals her lips because yes, skye mae gets scared sometimes. don’t tell anyone. it’s never the fear of reaching out and offering a helping hand, it’s of her never taking it— and for as long as she could remember, there wasn’t much of skye without at least a little bit of alexis.
a long exhale, the smoke in her lungs escaping with it as she flicks off the burnt ash on her freshly lit cigarette, feet hanging below while she sat along the edge of the rooftop. her phone buzzed a few times but she couldn’t make the effort to check, it’d disturb the peace or.. something like that. besides, the only person she wanted to talk to right now was probably on her way.. as was tradition. meet at their spot at night every once in awhile where it’s just them.. like the good ole’ days.
“ didn’t think you’d come..” skye chuckles the minute she hears footsteps approaching, another drag as her face half turns to the new company. “ didn’t think i would either to be fair , i was supposed to be at practice but..” a little shrug because when was skye ever at team practices. pops open a fresh can of beer for her best friend and sets it down before finally taking a look, “ hey..”