continued from here for @finalgicls
"you can totally say no..." maeve insisted in a rushed tone, still not quite ready to look stella in the eye. there was part of her that felt embarrassed that she hadn't just shut her parents down, but they'd said it so naturally. like it just made sense. which honestly made maeve feel like maybe she should have been shutting down comments a whole lot sooner. or just not talking about stella so much. her cheeks grew hotter as she finally looked over at stella and smiled softly. "obviously! we probably shouldn't stage a huge fight because you know i'm a shitty actress, but..." should she just say screw it to the whole thing? maybe she just tell her parents that they were already breaking up? " "and i know it would be such an annoying situation to put you in, so of course, if you wanted to, you'd have four nights in the mountains. you wouldn't have to pay for anything."