! . . . ⇢ ˗ˏˋ 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒂 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒓 ! ࿐ྂ
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( PROLOGUE. 𝒍𝒆𝒕'𝒔 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒊𝒕 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒆𝒅 )

       𝑮𝑹𝑨𝑵𝑫 𝑨𝑹𝑴𝒀 𝑯𝑰𝑮𝑯 𝑺𝑪𝑯𝑶𝑶𝑳, one of the New York City schools where teenagers went to get an education with pretentious, know-it-all jackasses. The school was filled with misfits, misogynists and fake-wokes━━ It was impossible to not fit inside that category. You were either a mentally exhausted burnout, biting way more than you could chew as you reached for your goals, wanting to attend an Ivy League college to make your parents proud━━ or a student who simply went to school, forced by an authority figure, having many suspensions in their record for petty things such as possession, code of conduct violations or disorderly behavior. Grand Army reeked of the typical white Liberal.

       As Evie Perez pulled into the school's parking lot, sunglasses on her face, blocking the bright sun as she rubbed her temples like it would suddenly make her very apparent hangover disappear like a daydream, she parked onto her usual spot, sighing deeply while she leaned backwards on the leather seats.

       Evie closed her eyes, gathering herself slightly she slung her school bag onto her shoulder, her white shoes tapping repeatedly in a small pattern as she made her way inside of the school doors. She soon spotted her group of friends, gathered at Joey Del Marco's locker which much to her liking━━ was simply located two locker's away from hers.

       George Wright, Luke Friedman, Tim and Anna Delaney and last but not least, Joey Del Marco were laughing at a video played upon George's phone━━ most likely something extremely sexual as the boy couldn't give two fucks about the weird regards from freshman's who hadn't gotten used to their daily mischievous shenanigans ━━ I mean come on now, who'd be used to hearing pornographic moans from random barely legal women on the Internet at eight in the morning ? Definitely not them...

       George was the first out of the friend group to spot the Latina, his hand casually waving her over as his dark, chocolate brown eyes trailed over to her chest, noticing the mesh long shirt covering her black bralette, still leaving enough revelation of her cleavage, much to the teachers dismay. " Jeez Evie, could you dress any more modest ? " He questioned sarcastically as she wasn't one to dress like a middle age white mom at a church retreat.

A slight giggle escaped from her lips, used to her best friend's constant horny remarks as the two had met in kindergarten at the mere age of five. She pretended to dig in her right pocket as she approached the crew, pulling out her middle finger, a fake shocked expression washing over her just like Missy Pantone had done on her favorite early two-thousand's movie, Bring it On, sticking it directly up at the boy's face. At this point, Joey had also spotted the beautiful girl, her hands thrown forward as she jumped in place excitedly like she hadn't seen her the day prior at the the Latina's big birthday blowout.

Evie Perez hugged the girl, kissing her two cheeks in a friendly matter, getting a little bit of her peachy gloss on her face as she clung onto her like the stench of weed clutched onto Joshua Lawrence's jacket. The girl was extremely big on public affection, whether is was given to her friends or her long list of exes, you could count that she would display it no matter how stupidly uncomfortable it would make the unknowing bystanders. Hell, the only person who hadn't been lucky of receiving her charming hugs, kisses and overall endearing sentiments was her very own fucking boyfriend, Joshua Lawrence.

The two were an unlikely pair. The beautiful teen that was Evie Perez was an exotic flower, forever dressed to impress in the finest designer clothes like a fucking modeling agency would be at her school, waiting to draft her into their world. The girl born into good wealth could be a frigid bitch to the ones who would dare spit out a nasty remark about her or her beloved friends. She wasn't shy, nor a dainty little princess like Cinderella, she was bold and independent women like Elsa, or even Rapunzel at least. She was a proud, self-proclaimed slut, constantly speaking out about her sex life and getting with high school and college boys who she shouldn't even spare a second glance to.

Joshua, who mostly went by Josh was the complete opposite. Yes he was undeniably attractive━━ short dirty blonde hair, casual clothes who seemed to have only been made for him due to his ability to make it seem laundry day chic was the next big thing, growing up beneath the middle class while he had only met the group in ninth grade. Sure he looked like an asshole and he did fit in perfectly as the fourth male into their sacred circle, but he wasn't like George and Luke━━ quite frankly, he only really hung out with them for Evie as he found them to be a pair of assholes. He didn't mind Tim on the other hand, genuinely finding the quieter boy as nice company.

Josh Lawrence was a fucking mess, struggling with a small, tiny, itsy-bitsy addiction to a specific deadly while powder after his mom had died during his sophomore year but we'll get into that later...

       The two teens had been dating for approximately six months and it was safe to say that it was pretty damn odd for the friend group. Evie wasn't known to jump into relationships longer than a two month average, the girl getting bored extremely quickly due to their lack of stroke game and her inarguable commitment issues. Plus, all the boys were assholes with small dicks in the first place. Josh on the other hand was a total sweetheart with a heart of gold. He truly deserved better than the unloyal girl as she would rather spend her time sleeping with George than to go on a real date with him. Nice men were too boring for her.

       Everyone with a good pair of eyes could notice their constant sneaking around in of the janitor's closet, the hungry gazes shared during class and the two being overall absolutely inseparable. Poor Josh had been too busy with his own problems to see that the girl had been two-timing him for half of their relationship, not that he would probably care as he didn't particularly swing the way he seemed to be.

       " Come on Eves, you gotta let me hit that before your boyfriend comes back ! " George stated like the two hadn't hooked up the night prior once everyone had finished trashing her upper class home after her birthday party had gone horrible out of plan, the cops having been called by the old next-door neighbors. The others shared a knowing look as their flirting was bound to cause unnecessary drama at some point, it was only a matter of time.

       " Sorry Geo but I'd hate to have to come between you and your right hand... " She responded, blowing a lingering kiss towards him jokingly, the boy grabbing her from the cold floor, spinning her around like a carousel as she let out a few teasing shrieks. Once George noticed her boyfriend walking towards her, a small innocent smirk carved upon his facial features, he let her down gently before placing his arm around her exposed shoulders.

      The boy leaned in slightly, pressing a quick unaffectionate kiss upon Evie's lips before casually leaning against a random locker. Joshua remained quiet as he occasionally checked his phone for no apparent reason

       Just after they greeted the boy, Leila Kwan Zimmer, a freshman girl who simply looked like a stick was shoved up far up her ass had passed by, her hands holding her bag straps that were hanging over her shoulders ungracefully. Evie Perez couldn't help but laugh at the upright girl due to her annoyed expression and from what she heard, even worst personality.

       No, she wasn't a high school bully, she simply hated freshmans as they were practically still in middle school, they were an extreme pet peeve of hers plus the fact that she had no filter really added to the laughter. She knew she had been a ninth grader at one point but she had really pushed that memory far into the back of her twisted mind.

       Joshua, on the other hand wasn't laughing like the rest of his friends. He nudged the Latina's side to signal for her to stop her unnecessary judgements although a small, uncomfortable smile was still plastered on his pale face. The boy never teased nor spoke bad about anyone behind their backs.

       Perhaps it was because the boy had endured bullying during middle school before he had grown into his pre-pubescent body. The boy wearing glasses until the Eight grade where he thankfully received contact lenses and a grow spurt getting him to a mere six feet and two inches with the showcasing of his beautiful deep blue eyes all during a three month summer.

       " Babe, why weren't you at my party yesterday ? "

       Josh shrugged his muscular shoulders nonchalantly like it was the most boring question he ever had to answer. The boy didn't want to tell his girlfriend the truth : He absolutely did not want to spend his Sunday night getting shitfaced with a bunch of misogynists, eventually having to confort a drunken Grace after denying her not-so-subtle advances when he had his own shit to figure out. Unfortunately, once looking up to see Evie's curious expression, he lied through his gritted teeth : " I had a shit tone of homework to finish... "

       His excuse made the other guys erupt into a mocking laughter, whacking the boys chest a few times like it had been the funniest thing anyone had ever said to them. They ate up his reasoning but it didn't change the fact that it was a shitty one at that. Luke simply had to mock him in a joking tone, bringing Evie into the conversation quickly : " Careful Eves, you keep hanging out with Mr. I have homework over here and you'll be as lame as him which means I could never hang with you again ! "

       " You can't be serious ! " She started, dramatically gasping as if Luke's statement was the worst thing that could possibly happen on the crappy planet. As she put on her theatre voice, faking a overly flamboyant facial expression, the girl continued : " Oh, the horror ! How could I ever live without your presence, Luke ? I'd miss your stupid fart jokes way too much ! "

       Before anyone could reply to her laughable comment, the first bell rung, indicating that it was time for everyone to make their way towards their respective classes where they would be forced to listen to yet another boring lecture, on their way into becoming another group of brainless cells included into the cruel world━━ At least, that's what Bre McAdams thought. Speaking of the Filipina, the girl had accompanied Evie as they were the only ones lucky enough to be placed in Biology together.

       Their friendship was a strange one, confusing most of the people out of the girls' regular parties due to their undeniably different looks, personas and pass times. Breanna━━ Bre's interests included listening to Bikini Kill's albums on a loop, ditching school to light up a cigarette in her dad's old car, sell narcotics to the students at Grand Army and last but not least, constantly pining after Dominique Pierre, the girl she had been in love with since freshman year━━ but that's a story for another time.

       The pair had grown up together as neighbors, not very close up until Ana McAdams, Bre's mother committed suicide after her long battle with Major Depression. Bre had only been four at that time therefore she didn't quite understand what was going on━━ Her father telling her that she was in a better place. It didn't stop her sadness as she knew her mother wasn't going to come back any time soon. Younger Evie Perez had quickly heard about the sorrowful news, quickly deciding to cheer up her neighbor with crappy cupcakes she had made with the help of her mom in her Easy Bake Oven. The kind gesture did put a small smile upon Bre's face, resulting in her inviting the girl over.

       Though Bre wasn't a big fan of Evie's current friend group, their friendship stuck throughout elementary school, middle school and now, hopefully high school. During that time, the two discovered their own likes and interests, leaving the regular kids stuff to find their own personalities : Evie embracing her bisexuality ( though her lean on boys were far more apparent ), finding her love for fashion, art and trashing Conservatives on twitter while Breanna finally came to terms with her inner Riot Grrrl and homosexuality all while hosting many protests for topics that have been way too politicalized.

       Sure the two were different but there had always been a common ground.

! . . . ⇢ ˗ˏˋ 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞'𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬 ࿐ྂ

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