YOU KNOW ME AND HONESTLY I’M BETTER WITHOUT YA.
TAGGING ➝ Chloe Harper, with NPCs Nicole, Scott and Aliyana.
LOCATION ➝ Aliyana and CeCe’s old house, Dallas.
TIME FRAME ➝ 6/24, around 3 am (posting early).
WARNINGS ➝ Alcohol.
WORD COUNT ➝ 746.
CeCe hadn’t realized just how badly she needed to break down until she was sitting in Nicole’s car on the way back from the airport. Her best friend had picked her up and was driving them to their old apartment... Or CeCe’s old apartment; Nicole and Scott still lived there. Her head was still hurting from everything she’d drank at the party last night, but she’d promised Nicole that she’d explain everything once she got to Dallas.
Soon enough, she was in Dallas, she was explaining, and CeCe completely broke.
Luckily - or not so much, depending on how you looked at it - her former roommates knew her well, so they’d cracked out a bottle of jack and the three of them had gotten nicely drunk, all venting about how much they hated Aliyana, and how they should’ve known all along that she would’ve done something like this.
Not one of them was in a fit state to be driving, but after deciding that she just couldn’t wait any longer, CeCe had begged Nicole to drive her to Ali’s place, and her best friend had come through as usual. Now, CeCe found herself stumbling from the car, Scott and Nicole waiting behind for her. They’d brought the remainder of the bottle along, clearly anticipating that it’d be a long wait for them. They were probably right, mostly because CeCe almost fell into a bush before she’d even made it to the door.
It was late, but CeCe didn’t know how late. It was after midnight, but the sun hadn’t started to rise yet. Either way, the lights were all out in Aliyana’s house, and she was most definitely sleeping. That didn’t stop CeCe from ringing the doorbell multiple times in quick succession, though, or from banging on the door with a balled up fist right after. “Aliyana!” she yelled, her voice sounding drunk and tired. “Open the fucking door, I have to talk to you.”
“Fuck yeah, Ce. You tell her!” could be heard from the car, though CeCe was able to drown out their cheers when she noticed the light turning on behind the closed door, followed only a moment later by the sound of keys and locks turning, and then Ali was suddenly standing before her.
CeCe had pictured this moment, and she’d expected to feel anger wash over her instantly, but instead she cracked a smile. A lazy, drunk one, but a smile nonetheless.
“CeCe... It’s three in the morning. What are you doing here? Are you drunk? Of course you’re drunk, you’re always drunk.” Ali scoffed, like she had any right at all to act like she was being inconvenienced here.
After a long moment of silence, CeCe just staring up at the older girl, she eventually shook her head, a small laugh falling from her lips.
“Baby, is everything okay?”
Baby? Really? The small laugh grew bigger, way more obnoxious.
“Fuck you,” she finally said, that look of hurt taking over her ex’s eyes, the one that would usually break CeCe’s heart and cause her to melt right there and then, it did nothing this time. For the first time in five years, she realized she felt nothing for the woman standing before her. No love, no hate, no anger... She didn’t feel anything.
“Honestly, you weren’t even worth the trip down here.”
It was clear that Ali was confused, but CeCe really didn’t care. She simply took a step back, by some miracle not falling over.
“You know, I came here to yell at you. In fact, no. I came here to beat the fuck out of you, truth be told.” For a tiny person, CeCe packed a hell of a punch. “But I realize now that you don’t deserve any kind of rise out of me, not again. So, you can just go back to bed.” She paused, glancing behind Ali and towards the stairs, “Back to whoever’s up there this time.”
There was a smug kind of smile on her lips as she backed further away, turning to leave. CeCe paused once more, though. “Oh, one more thing. My sister says hi. You know, the one who told you she didn’t want to speak to me anymore? The one who called a hundred fucking times, and I somehow didn’t get one single message?” CeCe wrinkled her nose. “That sister. You can go rot now, Ali. You don’t deserve anything from me. In fact, you never fucking did.”


















