10 Things I Hate About You.

kenya stratford, 25. “A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle.”

[nadinedahl]

“Well the golf cart changes everything.” She smirked, gaze flitting to Riot and then back to the stage in front of them, where the talent portion seemed to be kicking off. The first contestant took her by surprise, a conventionally beautiful woman who walked out with a ventriloquist doll. “Okay, waiiiiit… She should win.”

[thekenyastratford]

"It'd be the golf cart for me too." Riot said, nodding her head slowly as she just thought of all the losers on the green she'd chase down with said cart. There was no one more pretentious than a golf player. Her line of sight followed than of Onyx's, her eyebrows furrowing as a chick came with with a ventriloquist doll. "Whoa, hold on." She said, as she had to check this out now. "I didn't know Miss Strawberry got down like this." Riot said, laughter spilling from her. "Nah, we gotta do this next year."

[nadinedahl]

"Do you think that's fulfilling, like at all?" Onyx had stopped to watch the pageant for a second, just out of pure morbid curiosity, while she sipped on a daiquiri. "Happy for them if it is of course, I support women's rights and wrongs."

[thekenyastratford]

"Oh, for sure." Riot said, with a playful roll of her eyes. "Have you ever stopped to think how much better your life must automatically become the moment you're crowned Rosewood's Miss Strawberry. " She said. "I imagine you automatically get the best booth at St. Elmo's. I'm sure the DJ happily takes your request at Katz without so much as a huff. There's no way it doesn't get you your own designated golf cart at the country club. Honestly, we should have gone for it."

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[cohenjames]

"Yeah, I mean..." Cohen didnt like to say he hated people but he was a different person when he watched reality tv, which is why he tried to limit himself, but Casa Amor had gotten him this year, "You and me both are rooting for that one, she's my favorite for sure and not just because she's beautiful, they all are low key." Cohen continued on, eyes going between the giant screen and Kenya every so often while he sipped on his cocktail. He agreed, though he wasn't judging, he himself had clearly dated the wrong way, and he'd had cold feet about it ever since, preferring to be single rather than hurt someone the way he'd hurt Birdie and Kenya. Besides, he quite liked the single version of himself...unless of course it was dating on the island because that he could get behind. "I still can't believe you actually showed up. I thought since Pete had to work you'd back out too."

[thekenyastratford]

"Well, believe it cause here I am." Kenya let him know with a small smile. Time certainly healed all, her feelings towards Cohen surely having changed over time. There was surely a time where he was not her favorite person in Rosewood, but she now thought of his arrival as a catalyst for much change in her life. Yes, she'd been hurt by actions he'd set forth but because of him, she'd met the person she loved in Pete. And he'd surely atoned for everything that'd occurred, so much so that she did root for Birdie and him ( anyone who'd go through that much trouble for someone else really said something. )– but she understood that wasn't her place to interfere. "Now, quit it." She said, ruffling the back of his hair. "Before I begin to assume that you think I can only come out of the house with my boyfriend by my side." Kenya said, playfully crossing her arms as the smile on her face grew slowly.

[cohenjames]

To explain the nature of whatever brand of relationship Cohen had with Kenya would take years for Cohen himself to understand. All he knew was that he'd hurt the Stratford girls and that he didn't want to be that guy, and that they (to varying degrees) allowed him to show that he wasn't his terrible mistake. Kenya didn't even scare him all that much anymore, though every once in a while when she was being really cool he'd feel the guilt of how he'd hurt her and Birdie wash over him even if he more or less forgave himself for his transgressions. So from time to time, they found themselves hanging out and that was okay with Cohen, more than, and this time around he'd somehow convinced her to sit at a bar with him and watch a reality show with a bunch of strangers at a watch party. "Okay so that absolute goddess among men is Olandria and she's all about this guy Taylor but he refuses to treat her like the queen she so obviously is. Like he's always her one and only and yet he just doesn't like her. And that girl who everyone is ganging up on is Amara and she's kind of loud but she's a New Yorker, her vibe is unmatched. She has the self love people aspire too, it's a really attractive quality. This season is actually my first time watching the show so I don't exactly understand the rules but I know people get eliminated and last couple standing wins a cash prize."

[thekenyastratford]

"Okay, so we hate Taylor. Got it." Kenya let Cohen know, thankful to him cause she was certainly beginning to understand what was happening in front of her. Now, she wasn't really much for reality television. Not to be that friend that was too woke but she wasn't really a fan of the exploitation of others for entertainment value. Whether they willingly signed up or not, but she had to admit, she was finding herself enjoying what was happening. "As another "loud" woman, I have to say I'm rooting for that one." She pointed at said Amara as she'd found herself in that position many a times in her life. Some people simply couldn't handle a self assured woman who didn't settle. "You know, the way that some people around here date, I can't help but think that our town would be the perfect setting for this show." Kenya found herself, giggling. She'd been one of the more fortunate people in town that'd found her... well person, something she did have to thank Cohen for.

[cohenjames]

Everybody who I really likes is going through it and everybody I can't stand is sticking around. They should cast me on Love Island, I think I'd be killer on a show like this. Wait...should I apply for the next season of Love Island?

[thekenyastratford]

Kenya nodded as she understood what he was saying to her, but quite frankly... she had no clue what anything he'd said meant. "Okay, you're going to have to explain this to me. This is truly all going over my head." She confessed, giving up the facade. "You might be onto something there, Cohen. I think you'd easily fit in with these folk."

[peteverona]

"You reckon Cohen counts as a minion?" Pete pondered aloud. "Maybe I can get into the underground mean girl meetings and get all the spicy intel..." He was joking of course, not interested in much more than minding his business and being left alone. If that was what made him so 'scary' then so be it. At least it guaranteed that no one was dumb enough to try and make moves on Kenya. When dancing was put on the table his shoulders slumped a little and he let out a strained grumble. Dancing was one of those things he didn't really do, perhaps because it drew attention and he'd never wanted that. He knew he was fighting a losing battle though, because Kenya was the complete opposite of that spectrum and loved it. "It's not enough that you get me in a suit, now you want me to dance? What's next? You want to take me home too?" he teased, leaning down to kiss the tip of her nose gently and holding out his hand. "Do whatever you want with me, babygirl."

[thekenyastratford]

"You know, now that you mention it—" Kenya tapped at her chin, nodding. "I don't see why not?" She agreed, laughter spilling from her between each word. "But I would say that now a days, it certainly comes off more like protege or dare I say, best friend." She let Pete know, as it went without saying that her boyfriend most definitely had a soft spot for the human golden retriever known as Cohen. "Oh, you have to do it now. You have to go, sit around and soak up each other's awesomeness." She said, using her best valley girl accent. Kenya's laughter only grew at his reaction to dancing with her, one she fully expected. Pete and dancing were two things that didn't often go together. But she'd had the pleasure to see it once before and she had to say it was a sight that she happened to enjoy. "I know, how dare I ask for so much?" She said, with a roll of her eyes. "Wait, is that on the table?" Kenya asked, a sly smirk on her features before his lips met the tip of her nose. And just he did, the orchestra for the evenings event began to play a rendition of a song that she loved far too much. "Wait, are they playing Heads Will Roll? No way."

[peteverona]

Given Kenya's choice of a more private social standing since he'd met her he often forgot that she'd once been one of those people who knew everyone. Looking on at the scene unfolding, he laughed perhaps a little too loud at the other guy's misfortune. He didn't care though, it wasn't like he didn't deserve everything he was getting. "Because historically speaking we're not that great at clean fun," he smirked at her, a double entendre though he was referring to their dates that involved things like paintball and sweating it up at live gigs. "I was gonna say we should help her out but she seems to have minions so... we can get closer to point and laugh in his face if you want."

[thekenyastratford]

"Oh, right—" Kenya nodded, as she began to laugh. "that's definitely what it is." She said, before playfully rolling her eyes. She liked to think the answer was more that Pete and Kenya didn't really have the social batteries to endure these sort of functions. They just didn't care to listen to a bunch of small talk, particularly when it came from the one percent. But at least tonight was a gathering of the worst people they knew for a really great cause. One, she herself had donated to earlier that evening. "As all self respecting mean girls in Rosewood do, so points to her." Kenya turned her attention back to her boyfriend, twisting her lips. "You know, as much as I want to relish in this utterly embarrassing moment for him... I kind of want to dance. With you."

[peteverona]

"That's gonna be awkward for somebody. Do we know them?" Pete scoffed a laugh, distracting himself from how stupid he felt in a suit - albeit without a tie and two buttons undone - as he watched a scene unfold. "Looks like dude was trying to sneak off with the side piece and toppled a waiter... If you're gonna be sneaky at least be good at it, damn."

[thekenyastratford]

"Know who?" Kenya looked over her shoulder, in the direction in which her boyfriend was looking. "Wait, I do know who that is." She let Pete know, her eyes lighting up. "Oh my god, that's Joey Donner. Major asshole." She explained to him, before wincing at the slap the aforementioned major asshole received at the hands of who she could only assume was his actual girlfriend. "Remind me again, why is it we don't come to these more often?" She asked with a laugh.

[peteverona]

"I mean, I'm the last person you gotta try and justify that with," Pete sucked his teeth and glanced around, "landing my ass in the High School Musical 2 and Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition crossover was not how I have ever envisioned spending a weekend." Still, as much as it wasn't their natural habitat it was made so much easier to enjoy now that he had someone to enjoy it with. "Yeah, don't tell him but he's alright," he chuckled, knowing Cohen probably would have started glowing if he'd heard even the vaguest compliment from him. It meant a lot to him too, just quietly, that things between him and Kenya seemed to have settled. "Not gonna lie, the peach one is pretty dope. I had it with sour gummies." Despite his tough exterior he wasn't afraid of a pretty drink, so when they finally got to the front of the line at the bar he made sure to specify that he wanted a little umbrella in his glass as well. "Which flavour do you want, baby?"

[thekenyastratford]

"Ah, High School Musical 2." Kenya nodded, as she could definitely confirm that it did appear as if they'd set right onto the set of the film. "One of the rare sequels that truly surpasses the original." She told her boyfriend with a pat to is shoulder. "Maybe that's why this has all been so tolerable... or maybe, just maybe, it has to do with the fact I don't have to endure this alone." She let him know, her hand dropping down to take a hold of his own. "You know, call me crazy, but I happen to think he knows you think that of him." Kenya told him, laughter spilling from her. The relationship Pete and Cohen had being one of those odd couples that somehow just worked. She'd seen it for herself, the two really needed the other. While she maintained that perhaps Cohen went the worst way to get her sisters attention, he had truly been the best to her boyfriend. When they found themselves at the front of the line, Kenya knew exactly what she'd be ordering. "Can I have the peach flavored frosé with a whole lot of the sour gummies on top. I heard rave reviews, I just have to try it for myself." Kenya let the bartender know before leaning over to press a kiss to his cheek, just cause.

[peteverona]

"They don't call me a saint–" he trailed off, leaving out the 'for nothing' part of the phrase, still sarcastic as ever but with little hearts twinkling in his eyes whenever she was around. "Better sign it then, huh..." As usual Kenya wasn't wrong, so he etched VERONA next to the image. He wouldn't ever allow himself to look like he was trying too hard, but she was the only person aside from his grandmother who knew how much it would mean to him to be able to sell his work one day. "Oh, shit, my bad, I thought you were my girl but she don't do nothing like this without kicking and screaming about it," he let go of her cheeks and wrinkled his nose when she pinched it. "They were fucking huge but I said yes before he started the youth pastor speech. Anyways, we gotta address this," Pete took her hand and gave her a twirl, "Just got mad thirsty all of a sudden..."

[thekenyastratford]

"They don't." Kenya replied, as she was pretty sure that was the last thing her boyfriend was commonly referred to as. But she was fortunate enough to have seen that side of his more often than not. "You'd better." She urged him, as she wasn't going to let some business bro try to claim the table without forking over some cash in her boyfriend's direction. "Whatever." Kenya found herself laughing at Pete's reaction to hearing she'd willingly came to the country club. "Maybe your girl is attempting to expand her threshold for... well, this." She said, referring to everything happening around them. "It's always the puppy dog eyes, he sure has a way with them." As even Kenya had fallen victim to those eyes once before. Sure, she wasn't exactly best friends with Cohen but time had definitely healed some of the wounds between the two. "I can endure that line once more, for you, of course."

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[peteverona]

"Twenty for you," Pete smirked, clearly happy to see Kenya. He hadn't been sure she was going to show but the mere chance that she might had him giving in to Cohen's puppy eyes when he'd asked him to tag along. "Not gonna lie, those things are kinda fire," he tapped on the rim of an empty cup with his knife, then turned his attention back to his little artwork, "Gimme a sec, I'm almost done." It wasn't a groundbreaking work of art by his standard, but if anyone knew what they were looking at they'd know it was Chopper from One Piece sitting in a frosé glass like Dita Von Teese in her iconic martini glass. "'kay, all yours now baby," he rose from his seat to join her, cupping her face and squishing her cheeks to make her look like a chipmunk. "So did your sister have to knock you out and bring you here in the trunk of the uber?"

[thekenyastratford]

"Oh, you're so generous." Kenya teased with a playful roll of her eyes, the smile on her face only growing brighter as it usually did when she was in his company. "Kinda? They are the only reason I agreed to come today." Kenya let him know, with a quick wink in his direction as they both knew that his inclusion in today's events were definitely making their surroundings a whole lot more bearable for her. "Take your time," She let him know, circling around the table to stand by his side as she wanted a good look at what he'd been chipping onto the table. "you know, I wouldn't be shocked if one of these richies take a peek at this and offer you at least 10k for this table. We've seen it happen at ART BASEL, who's to say it can't happen today?" Kenya let him know, with a light shrug. In fact, if you asked her, Pete's art was priceless. "Are you really?" She asked him through her squished cheeks, pinching his nose in retaliation. "You'd be surprised to know I actually came here.... willingly. Yeah." Kenya nodded. "How big were the puppy dog eyes to get you to say yes?"

[peteverona]

Pete sat, holding a table by the pool for his people, knife out and carving into the tabletop with zero concern for who might be watching. If they wanted to kick him out, so be it, it wasn't like he considered the country club with anything but disdain. "Ten bucks to watch," he held his hand out, snapping his fingers for payment from his onlooker.

[thekenyastratford]

"I don't suppose there's a friends and family discount?" Kenya lightly teased, as she'd finally arrived to that day's festivities— although she still found herself asking why she'd agreed to join her sister at the worst people in Rosewood summit. But that was sisterhood, she suppose. That and she knew Pete would be attendance, which was making their surroundings easier to swallow. "Wanna take advantage of the open bar? Or should I leave you to finish whatever that might be."

[peteverona]

"Right on– I mean, noooo I would never harm another person why would you say such a thing," he backtracked, knowing she knew better than to believe him but also he was trying to be a better person in general thanks to her influence. "I feel like we need something new though, something fresh. Gets boring hearing the same whispers. Might be a task for Trevor at work, dude's cracked as fuck. Bet he could come up with something funny." Kenya's old lady voice made him snort a laugh, if only because he was always teasing her about it. "Hey, someone's gotta teach 'em boundaries, right? Let 'em know they need to have realistic expectations in life..." he said, leaning back on one of the tables to hold her by her hips between his knees. "Mm, no he's pretty strong when it comes to you, you might have to try again."

[thekenyastratford]

"Oh, excuse me." Kenya said, playing up her apology at his insistence that he'd never harm another person. "I shouldn't have assumed that, I'm so sorry. You clearly would never do such a thing." She shook her head, scoffing at the mere thought before she fell into a fit of laughter. "You know, I'm going to have to agree." She nodded. "Let's hope it's nothing too outlandish. I know you hate to hear it but dad's actually coming around to you." Kenya let him know. The sight of Pete laughing was one that she always found herself fond of, it always warmed her heart to know that she could bring that out of him.

"You're not wrong." Kenya had to agree. "But also, let the kids dream a bit. While they surely have no chance with me, let them aspire to find their own Kenya someday." She let him know, as she draped her arms around his neck as she brought herself closer to him. "I don't quite understand why, when I like to think I've made it clear that I'm quite happy where I am." She let him know, closing the distance between them as she placed a kiss on his lips.