#p: lj

[eli-stjames]

THAT TEENAGE FEELING

WHO: @ljholliday​ & eli st. james WHERE: quinn & brock’s wedding @ the lima country club  WHEN: saturday, 4/24, night

The intrusive thoughts about Lennon Holliday had started sometime around when Theo and Zoe had broken up and they had not stopped since. Eli swore up and down that she no longer had feelings for her high school girlfriend because, well, she didn’t. They hadn’t even dated for that long and LJ had been quick to move on. They were over. Ancient history. LJ was a total thing of the past...and yet.

Come Quinn’s wedding, Eli picked LJ out from the massive crowd of people almost instantly. Naturally, the sight of the girl made her blood boil. How dare LJ show up to her best friend’s mom’s wedding? It felt like a personal attack. Especially after the stunt LJ had pulled by specifically calling Eli out as not invited to whatever lame party she had had the night before. As the night progressed, she couldn’t decide what she wanted to do more: throw a drink in her face or...talk to her. Ugh, fuck. This was hell. Eli kept herself busy throughout the night, mingling with people she hadn’t seen in forever and stealing drinks off of tables at every chance she got. Even though she was phased by LJ’s presence, she wasn’t going to let the blonde know that. 

Eli was decently tipsy and sick of the dance floor when she decided she needed some fresh air. Wandering out of the country club, she began her trek towards the tennis courts where she’d spent a lot of time growing up. On her way over, she clocked a familiar figure sitting in a golf cart with a cigarette in hand. Of fucking course. Before Eli’s mind could reason with her impulse, she was marching towards the passenger’s side of the cart and sliding in. She stole a glance at LJ and before focusing on the cig and deadpanning, “you smell like shit ‘cause of that thing.” 

[dylanhart]

FALL ON ME 

WHO: @ljholliday​ & dylan hart WHERE: lj and sterling’s apartment WHEN: monday, 4/12

When Dylan found out that one her sisters from DZ was driving down to Lima on Monday after chapter, she was quick to tag along. Her sorority sister would only be in Lima for a couple of days for a family thing and then they would drive back up to Columbus together again on Wednesday. As soon as Dyl was dropped off at the Lima Bean, she gave her friend a hug, grabbed her duffel bag out of the trunk, and made her way up to the apartment above the coffee shop. Before she knocked on the door, she pulled a bottle of rosé out of her bag, along with a tiny gift box of pre-rolls all the way from California. Dylan wasn’t a big smoker, but she knew LJ was, so when one of her classmates from San Francisco offered to bring her some kush back from the west coast, she took her up on it immediately. With her gifts in hand, Dylan knocked twice on the apartment door and waited eagerly for LJ to open up. Once she did, Dylan squealed as she jumped into her arms. “Surprise,” she breathed out, pressing her lips to the side of LJ’s face repeatedly before pulling back, “you didn’t think I was gonna let you move into your own apartment and not bring you a gift did you?”

[julienschuester]

VOCAL VALENTINE

TO: JULIEN FROM: SECRET ADMIRER MESSAGE: n/a…

Mr. Banks definitely didn’t look too pleased when Molly and LJ slipped into his fifth period astronomy class. LJ was quick to make their presence known with a loud, “Julien Schuester!” it was a little overkill, but if LJ was going to embarrass herself in front of a class full of her peers, she might as well go all out. “You’ve got a Vocal Valentine and it’s a pretty sick one if you ask me.” Grabbing an empty chair and dragging it to the front, she gestured for Julien to come sit.

“To Julien,” Molly began. “From your secret admirer.” When she turned the little card with the details over in her hand and realized there wasn’t a message attached, Molly clicked her tongue. “Apparently you’re just too amazing to put into words.” With that, she tossed a look back at the band kids they’d roped into this, signaling them to start playing. It was show time.

With the music blasting throughout the class room, LJ got into the song. Although she wasn’t much of a dancer, she had no problem jumping around as she sang and even comedically plucking petals off of the rose they were supposed to hand him at the end and tossing them at Julien as her and Molly harmonized easily. Molly had made an extra effort to maintain eye contact with Julien for a majority of the song, even going as far as to get close and ruffle up his hair as they hit the chorus of the song.

Come the end of the song, after lots of bouncing around, and Molly undeniably carrying the vocals, they finished breathless. Grinning, LJ got down on one knee and handed Julien the stem of the rose “For you.” she said, a hand on her chest, making fun of the whole ritual as Molly chimed in “Happy Valentine’s, capt.”

Then the pair was off, leaving the astronomy classroom a mess of petals, and v-day spirit.

Julien hadn’t been expecting a vocal valentine, so when Molly and LJ appeared in the middle of his astronomy class looking for him, he perked up in surprise. “Me?” he asked, pointing to himself confusedly as he looked around. Was this a prank? Julien did as he was told and made his way to the front of the classroom to sit in the chair LJ had pulled out for him. 

Secret admirer? No note? This was an interesting development. He’d have to text every single person in the New Directions later to see which one of them Dan put up to this. However, as the song started and Molly and LJ sang perfectly to one of Julien’s all time favorite songs, his cheeks warmed up and his mind drifted to big blue eyes and the poutiest lips he’d ever seen. No, it couldn’t have been her. She wouldn’t have sent him one of these. They weren’t even dating…

right?…right?!

[rubyzizes]

I’LL BE THERE

WHO: @ljholliday​ & ruby zizes WHERE: wmhs detention WHEN: tuesday, december 1, after school

Despite the sit-in being a huge fucking success, Ruby still had to pay a price for her “disruptive” behavior. That was how she found herself stuck in a classroom after school with a snoring teacher and a seemingly bored out of her mind LJ Holliday sitting a few desks away from her. Ruby had finished all her homework thirty minutes ago and she still had thirty more minutes to go before she was free. Ugh, this was a waste of time. Detention was so...pointless. Ruby was zoning out and staring at the teacher at the front of the classroom, wondering what the odds were that she could get away with leaving early, when she decided to engage the only other conscious person in the room. 

Ruby quietly pulled her cell phone out of her backpack, careful not to make any noise that would wake the detention cop sleeping at his desk. Once she had her phone in her lap, she unlocked it and quickly sent the following message to LJ: 

smh this is so boring. wanna leave early?

Ruby focused her attention on LJ, waiting impatiently for her to check her phone, but it didn’t look like that was gonna happen. “LJ,” Ruby whispered very quietly, trying to get the blonde’s attention. No dice. Shit. Ruby reached into her bag, crumpled up a random piece of paper, and chucked it at LJ’s head. That got her attention. ‘Check your phone,’ Ruby mouthed, holding up her own cell to further instruct LJ. 

[margot-stanley]

HOLIDAY

WHO: @ljholliday​ & margot stanley WHERE: rinky dinks WHEN: wednesday, 1/27, evening

Margot and the Canaries had made the decision to show up to rinky dinks for the New Directions fundraiser under the guise of being supportive. In reality, she was there to scope out the competition. After watching the absolutely lackluster performance of a Jessica Simpson classic, Margot was actually feeling pretty confident about Crawford’s odds at regionals. There was only room for one successful girl group in the show choir circuit and it was clearly not the Trouble Tones. 

Margot skated to concessions and put a dollar in the tip jar—her one act of charity for the day—and was on her way back to the rink when her shoulder collided with someone else’s. “Ew,” she muttered on instinct, brushing her shoulder off and glancing up at the girl who looked like she had just come straight from a lord of the rings larping session, “watch it.” It took her a second, but she quickly registered that this person had been part of the performance (albeit back-up). “Wait a second,” she said to herself, a lightbulb dinging in her head, “you’re part of the glee club, right? I’m Margot. I’m on the Canaries.” She stuck out her hand to firmly shake LJ’s. “A little tip,” her second act of charity for the day...not that LJ had asked, “but you should tell that girl with the black hair that she was pitchy. The Trouble Tones are sounding a little trouble tone deaf.” She topped off the helpful advice with a forced smile. “That one’s free.” 

[elistjamess]

closed starter @ljhollidays​

Getting texts from random numbers had become a part of Eli’s daily routine. Ever since she started working for Tommy, she was getting referrals left and right. Most people didn’t ask her first though, so she always really appreciated it when someone did ask before giving her number to their friends. Such was the case with Ruby and...well, it dawned on Eli that she hadn’t even asked for the person’s name. Ruby’s friend, then. Their conversation was short and transactional and as soon as Eli wrapped up her errands, she was headed over the location that had been dropped in their text exchange. Her new client lived a little further out than Eli liked driving to, but with all the tension in the house after Ivy got grounded, she was happy to be out cruising. As soon as she pulled up to the place that still had a “SOLD” sign in the yard, she pulled out her phone and shot the random number a text: here. She then put her car in park and waited, quickly pulling out a complimentary joint and an eighth of weed from her center console in the nondescript Chronic 🍁Lady packaging.

[ruby-zizes]

closed starter @ljhollidays​

Ruby was not a faculty favorite by any means. In her years at McKinley, she had given the administration many headaches and had caused a lot of outrage among Lima’s adults...but there was no denying that she was the smartest girl at the school. Or...well, at least in her grade. No one could understand how exactly she was at the top of her class, but to her? It was simple. She worked hard and played harder. School had always come naturally to her, it was the other stuff—being sexual, being confident—that was where she actually had to try. All this to say that even though she had a bit of a reputation preceding her, the school still relied on her for things. Like showing new students around, for example. She had been pulled out of her homeroom by the principal, which earned her a few ‘ooooohs’ from her classmates who assumed she was in trouble. However, the second she made it out to the hallway, she realized she was being forced to be another person’s buddy for the day. The principal introduced the new girl first, Lennon Holliday, and said she was finishing out her senior year at McKinley. “Kind of savage of your parents to do that to you,” Ruby commented, politely sticking out her hand with a tight lipped smile, “I’m Ruby.” The principal then explained that it was Ruby’s responsibility to show Lennon around and get her to her classes, She nodded, fully aware of the whole process, before she turned her attention back to the new blonde girl. “Welcome to McKinley,” she sighed out, heading back into her homeroom (and expecting Lennon to follow) so she could grab her backpack when the bell rang. “What does your day look like? Do you have your schedule?” she asked once she had her bag fastened on her shoulder.

[leomccarthyy]

closed starter @ljhollidays​

Working at Hunter’s record store had been a godsend for Leo. He had enjoyed interning with Finn at the radio station, but that was unpaid, and now she wasn’t even there anymore. Because of this, he had given them notice that he wouldn’t be returning and decided instead to take more shifts at the shop. Most days were pretty boring—it wasn’t like the vinyl and CD industries were exactly booming. But sometimes a cool customer would come in or a group of teenage girls trying to find ways to seem interesting. Leo was posted up behind the counter reading a beat up copy of Choke by Chuck Palahniuk when Lennon, the new chick from school, showed up. He’d seen on instagram that she joined Hunter’s band or something, so he wasn’t all that shocked to see her. Plus, she seemed like the type to troll record stores. "Sup?” Leo acknowledged her flatly, giving her a nod as she started perusing the aisles, “let me know if you need help finding anything.” After he’d given his spiel, he turned his attention back down to his book, not really paying much attention.