prologue.
loving notes

junior year

The letters had been showing up since the end of freshman year. She's known who's been giving them since sophomore year. Lottie fucking Matthews. She throught it was cute when she found out. Though, lottie was embarrassed from it. She kept telling lottie it was fine and it didn't bother her.

Lottie wouldn't listen to her words. Well that was until Josette-

Sophomore year.
spring bonfire.

She hadn't even wanted to actually come to the party. But Jackie Taylor was her sister, and maybe, jo thought she could use this as to find out who's been writing the letters. The letters who would put lyrics of her favorite songs on them. She found out who it was, it was lottie.

She was explaining to lottie on how she'd had been getting these letters. She hadn't told anyone and she wanted to talk on it. Lottie, well she was drunk and started to act a little suspicious and nervous. So, she made a joke. "Wow, you're acting like you were the one who wrote them." her laugh died down when realizing how quiet Lottie got. "Holy shit, it was you."

"I'm so sorry Josette I- I promise I wasn't trying to be weird or make you uncomfortable at all. I just-" The two were away from the party. So luckily, no one was hearing this conversation. "Lottie- Lottie it's fine. I didn't find it weird. It's cute to me. Not weird."

It was like Lottie was blocking her words out. Rambling on how it wasn't okay. Because they were friends and lottie never meant to start liking her like that. Josette wanted the rambling to stop. So, she quickly looked around. No one was around.

"Lottie!" That snapped the Raven hair girl out of her words. She was staring at josie in just... confession. So, josette placed her hands on lotties face and kissed her. It didn't take long for lottie to kiss back- and Josette Taylor was kissing lottie fucking Matthews. It wasn't an aggressive, sloppy, fast kiss. It was slow. They weren't rushing the kiss.

It was slow and sweet. So when josie pulled away, she couldn't help but let out a giggle. Maybe it was because she was drunk but it was also because the way lottie looked so shocked.

"Does that prove that I thought it was sweet, Charlotte?"

senior year.
a couple weeks before nationals.

Josie was tired. They had gotten done with practice not that long ago. Josette was a senior now, and some of the stupid seniors would always sit out there and yell if someone who wasn't a senior fucked up. God, she hated them. How many times she got yelled at for tripping when she was a freshman. It was stupid.

There was hardly anyone in the locker room now. Just Josie, van, and tai. Lottie was outside of the locker room. Waiting to drive josette home since jackie left. "Hey jo!" The girl looked up at the sound of van's voice. She was holding an envelope. "This fell out of your bag.. You got a secret lover you didn't tell us about? I mean, it says 'to my gorgeous love's on it. So uh.. Who's it from?"

Fuck. Lottie gave it a note and she put it her bag, apparently josette didn't close her fucking bag enough."Just, give it back. Really, it's none of your business," it wasn't anyone's business. Sure, van knew about Josie liking girls. But tai didn't. And it wasn't josies place to talk about how Lottie was in love with her.

"Oh, come on! It can't be that bad. Not like me and tai are going to tell anyone." van was joking, but jo didn't want to joke around. Luckily tai saw."Van just give her the note back."

To her surprise, van held out the envelope to her."Thank you," the note was quickly grabbed out of van's hands. Maybe to quickly,"Yeah, but calm down I wasn't actually going to read it." All josette could do was nod before grabbing her bag and walking out.

Lottie was right outside of the locker room, waiting like she said she would. Suddenly, josette wasn't tired or pissed off. All that just faded away from the smile on lotties face.

"Hi."

author's notes- okay so that was like my first time ever writing a kiss scene. and it's my first time writing in a while again so if it's bad I'm sorry but like please don't be an asshole, because you're just gonna get blocked then cause I'm not in the mood.