CHAPTER TWENTY THREE

6:30 am

DIRECT MESSAGE
[rudeth, valentinajolie]

rudeth
hey are you good?

valentinajolie
yea i'm fine why?
did you hear anything?

rudeth
no?
i mean i heard yelling
but that was about it

valentinajolie
oh ok

rudeth
i'm surprised you're up
so early since you
always end up waking
last minute

valentinajolie
yea i couldn't sleep

rudeth
me neither
hey i'm sorry i didn't
check up on you
yesterday

valentinajolie
it's okay
i had a lot of things on my
mind that i didn't feel like
talking about

rudeth
oh
well if it makes you
feel any better i'm making
pancakes for breakfast

valentinajolie
REALLY
you're the best ruds

rudeth
anything for you val (:

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Valentina got up from her bed after texting Rudy and headed straight to change into something comfortable. She paused when noticed she was the only one in the room. She shared the room with the girls, even Diana sadly.

"They're probably downstairs already." She murmured to herself. After all she was always the last one to wake up.

After the unexpected kiss with Drew, the last thing she wanted to do was talk about it with the girls. She just wanted to forget the whole kiss happened, so she did.

When she headed to the room yesterday, the two girls were standing by the door with their arms crossed and eyebrows furrowed. Diana on the other hand, was thankfully already asleep.

She avoided the topic long enough for the girls to move on from it as they went to sleep.

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VALENTINAJOLIE

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valentinajolie first selfie of the day 💐

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username so are you still friends with drew?
   ↳ dianarosedepp they were never friends
   ↳ username bitch i didn't ask you

madisonbailey i almost peed myself because you were there for hours
   ↳ valentinajolie i'm gonna stay longer next time so you actually pee yourself 🥰
   ↳ madisonbailey you sound like rudy oh my god he's rubbing off on you
   ↳ rudeth @madisonbailey she's a working progress

username how can anyone chose diana over her? i don't get it @drewstarkey explain yourself please
   ↳ rudeth crickets

florencepugh tips on how to look this beautiful?
↳ valentinajolie SAYS YOU PLEASE

username who gave you those flowers ma'am?
   ↳ valentinajolie my bff @oliviarodrigo sent them (:
   ↳ oliviarodrigo that's me ☝🏻

jonathandavis it's the phone holding for me 🤳🏼
   ↳ chasestokes JD NO
   ↳ valentinajolie from where i'm from this is called bullying 🙄

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"Shh she's coming." Valentina heard a loud whisper coming from downstairs, which sounded like Rudy.

"Good morning?" She said with a confused look on her face. All of them stood awkwardly by the kitchen table and turned quiet as soon as she appeared.

"Morning." They replied simultaneously.

"Here are your pancakes. Just how you like them." Rudy smiled before handing her the plate.

"Ah thank you Ruds! You're the best." She exclaimed before she started eating her pancakes. But she stopped when she realized everyone was staring at her.

"What? Do I have syrup on my face?" She asked as she wiped her mouth with a napkin.

"So what happened yesterday?" Austin curiously asked, slowly sitting next to the girl.

"Austin!" Madelyn yelled at him before hitting him on the shoulder.

"Uhm, nothing." Valentina told them, her voice still tired.

"You sure?" Madison asked, all of them looking at each other.

"Yea? You guys are being weird."

"Just making conversation." Chase spoke out, eating the rest of his pancake.

"Hey where are Diana and Drew?" The girl asked when she noticed they weren't there.

"I don't know they just ate pancakes and left like 20 minutes ago. But who cares about them." Rudy said, "Yea they didn't tell us where they were going." Jonathan added.

"Weird." Valentina wondered where they had gone. She hated how even after he had apologized, he was still going after Diana. It's like he was out of his mind. Or maybe Diana really is a witch and she has him under a freaking spell. Yea that's it.

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VALENTINAJOLIE

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valentinajolie RUDY MADE PANCAKES 🥞

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rudeth with a sprinkle of cherries since they're you're favorite 🍒
↳ valentinajolie ILY
↳ rudeth 😧😧
↳ chasestokes @valentinajolie say what now?
↳ jonathandavis this is historical
↳ madisonbailey drew's punching the air rn
↳ austinnorth nah she didn't say the whole thing it doesn't count
↳ rudeth @austinnorth way to break my heart

username their comments— i cant keep up

chasestokes i cant believe you ate 3 whole pancakes like how is that even possible for a small person
   ↳ dianarosedepp that's why she's a fatty 😹
   ↳ madelyncline @dianarosedepp you ate 5... if anyone's a "fatty" it's you

username lmao drew liked this
↳ drewstarkey yup it's just pancakes
↳ username keep telling yourself that buddy

madisonbailey rudy makes the best pancakes
↳ dianarosedepp no drew does
↳ madisonbailey i will not hesitate to drop kick u if u don't be quiet

obx hey! where's my invite? 😧
   ↳ austinnorth i didn't know diana was running this account

username i love how even the cherries are heart shaped it's so cute <3

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