𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐰𝐨: 𝐮𝐧𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐝𝐬

𝐊𝐈𝐓 𝐖𝐀𝐒 𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐎𝐃 𝐁𝐄𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 counter of sips, a look of pure boredom on her face. they hadn't opened just yet, setting everything up so that they could be ready for the day. kit knew that it was gonna be a slow day since classes hadn't officially started yet. while kit took out all the syrups and other things out, her mind went back to what happened the night before. the way leighton had barged into her room, asking all these questions in a bitchy voice before her mood completely changed. kit couldn't help but wonder why her mood had changed so suddenly.

"why the long face, kit? you not getting enough puss or something?" lila quizzed as she pulled a chair from off the table and placed it on the floor.

"can we not talk about puss this early in the morning?" canaan, another student that works at sips, questioned.

"no." kit mumbled quickly, answering lila's questions. "i mean, i'm not getting enough puss but that's not the problem i'm currently facing."

"i guess now." canaan muttered, going back to what he was doing.

"awe, babe, if you ain't getting enough puss, that should be the only problem you're facing." lila said, a small pout appearing on her lips as she looked towards the curly haired girl. "i can hook you up with some girls if you'd like. you have that quiet, mysterious thing going on for you and a lot of them are into that."

kit raised her eyebrows, going to deny lila's offer. but then she paused, shrugging slightly. "we will circle back to that."

"okay." lila chuckled. "so what's up?"

"so. . . there's this girl i went to high school with, and we were - we were really close. and then out of nowhere, she ghosted me. no explanation, just cut all contact with me." kit explained, walking around the counter so that she could be closer to lila. "and yesterday, i found out that she's one of my suite mates."

"oh, shit." lila mumbled. "do you need me to beat her ass? you're too sweet and caring to be ghosted."

kit chuckled at that, shaking her head. "no, lila. i'm good. but that's not even the part that's bothering me. she comes into my room and starts asking why i'm here. like, she's full blown yelling at me. and when i bring up the fact that she ghosted me for two years, her mood shifts."

"maybe she feels bad about ghosting you?" canaan suggested, turning to look at the two girls. he then realized that neither of them were working. "how come i'm the only one working?"

"but why feel bad after all these years?" kit pointed out as she stuffed her hands into her pockets. "i mean, if she felt bad, she could've hit me up and sent an i'm sorry text. but she didn't."

"well, what type of close are we talking about? like the close where you bump coochies? or the close where you just studied together?" lila quizzed, earning a confused look from canaan.

"just studied together." kit answered, knowing damn well she was lying. but she wasn't sure if leighton had came out yet, so she wasn't gonna tell the truth.

"try talking to one another." canaan told kit, placing another chair onto the floor.

"yeah, i don't think she's gonna be up for a talk." kit mumbled.

"well, then i'm done trying to help." canaan said.

"okay, everybody. huddle up." roger, the manager of sips, called. kit, lila, and canaan looked at him. "before we open, i'd like you to meet our new trainee." kit smiled slightly when she saw kimberly standing beside him. "this is kimberly and she loves memes."

"in addition to other hobbies and interests, you know?" kimberly quickly added. "which i can't think of right now, but i have them."

"canaan."

"lila."

roger looked at kit with raised eyebrows, telling her to introduce herself. "kit, introduce yourself."

"we're suite mates." kit told him, gesturing to herself and kimberly.

"i'm really excited to be working at sips with you guys. i - i'm sure we'll have a latte fun." kimberly joked, making kit shaking her head slightly. roger started laughing at the pun while the other three employees looked at one another.

"i just want to say, you are a wonderful little lady." roger told kimberly.

"okay." canaan mumbled, turning around so he could go back to work.

"oh, is that the menu?" kimberly questioned, pointing at said menu.

"it is." roger nodded.

"you know what could be so cute is if we did little chalk drawings that changed every day." kimberly suggested, walking over towards the menu. "like, today, we could do leaves. because it's september."

roger gasped, "i love it, yes. lila, you're always doodling. i want you to come in a few minutes early and decorate the board."

"why me? she suggested it." lila pointed out.

"well, you're artsy, you know, so just have fun with it and draw some goddamn leaves." roger ordered as he walked away.

"well, this is gonna be interesting." kit mumbled towards canaan, the greene boy nodding as they looked between lila and kimberly.

after about a hour, kimberly was taught the basics. now everyone was spread out, doing different things. kit was leaning on the counter, talking to canaan as he organized the cups. he had complained about kit not doing anything, but she pointed out that he could be nothing as well since roger wasn't out. he simply ignored her, going back to what he was doing. lila was doing the menus over, being extremely mad about it. kit raised her eyebrows when she saw that kimberly was making her way over, debating if she wanted to stay or go. she went with the latter.

"hey, guys." kimberly greeted.

"hey." they repeated in unison.

"do either of you like jay-z?" kimberly asked, looking between the two.

kit eyebrows furrowed, having a feeling where this was heading. "oh, look. i suddenly have to go use the bathroom. definitely not trying to avoid this conversation." she mumbled, walking away from the both of them.

"the bathroom isn't over there." canaan called after her.

"oh, it's not?" kit asked, pretending like she didn't know. she walked over to where lila was. she looked up at what lila was drawing, eyebrows furrowing slightly. "what the hell is that supposed to be?"

"it's supposed to be leaves." lila answered.

kit winced, shaking her head slightly. "i'm sorry, lila. but those aren't leaves."

"just because i've grown a soft spot for you, doesn't mean i won't kick your ass." lila told kit, pointing a piece of chalk at the hayes girl.

"you'd never hit me, lila." kit shot back.

"yeah, you're right." lila mumbled, going back to her task. the chalk fell from her hand, a curse leaving her lips.

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𝐊𝐈𝐓 𝐖𝐀𝐒 𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐍𝐄𝐗𝐓 𝐓𝐎 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐓𝐍𝐄𝐘 as they all played uno, sitting around the coffee table that was in the middle of the common room. bela had invited sam over, the girl sending looks at kit from from across the table. kit would catch wherever now and then, smiling when sam would look away and blush. leighton was in her and bela's room, moping around because it turned out that esme and francesca purposely didn't room with her.

"isn't there another one?" same suddenly asked as she placed a car onto the stack. "the blonde, bitchy one? she's extremely pretty. would totally let her stomp on me and say thank you."

"leighton?" kit asked, a small laugh leaving her lips as she watched bela put a card down.

"that's the one!" same nodded, smiling when she saw that bela had put down a red skip.

kit laughed, pointing at whitney before she placed a red six down. whitney rolled her eyes, slapping kit's hand away in annoyance. "someone's competitive."

"shut up." whitney mumbled.

"the two friends that she wanted to room with didn't want to room with her. she's taking it pretty hard." bela explained to sam, watching kimberly place down a red two.

"did you know the two girls?" sam questioned, jutting her head at kit.

"yeah. they were bitches." kit answered.

sam laughed at that, placing a card down. "so i'm guessing you didn't get along with leighton then?"

"no, we got along just fine." kit shrugged, bela placing a card down.

"dude, why do you keep skipping me?!" whitney exclaimed, looking at bela with raised eyebrows. the malhotra girl just shrugged.

"should i give leighton my burrito from work?" kimberly asked, looking around at the other girls.

"if you want." kit shrugged, looking down at her cards to see that she could win easily. she placed the both of them down, a smile on her face. "uno. uno out, bitches!"

"oh, fuck you!" whitney cursed, only earning a laugh from kit.

"don't be a sore lose, whit." kit mumbled, leaning her elbows onto the table.

kimberly got up from her seat, grabbing her burrito before she went over to leighton and bela's room. she knocked on the door before she opened it slowly, the others listening in. "hey, you haven't been out in a bit, so i brought you some food from work."

"what is it?" they heard leighton ask faintly.

"a burrito." kimberly answered.

they didn't hear leighton say anything in response, assuming that she had taken the burrito. "ugh, no. i don't want beef. just throw it in the trash." they then heard.

kit rolled her eyes at that, getting up from her spot next to whitney and going into her room. frude had told her earlier in the day that the girl she was supposed to be sharing the room with would no longer be attending, so that gave kit her own room. the girls know as well, kit telling them if they needed a break from one another, they could sleep in the other bed. she had even told sam that if she needed a break from her roommate, she could come over. but she meant that in a different way then she had meant with the others.

she went over to her mini fridge, bending down and opening it so that she could get a drink. she grabbed a bottle of apple juice. she went back out the room, seeing that kimberly was still talking to leighton. kit sat back down next to whitney, noticing that the girls were still playing the same round of uno.

"hurry up." kit whined, opening her apple juice before taking a sip.

"okay, kimberly, kimberly." leighton said, interrupting whatever kimberly was saying. "i'm from new york city, okay? and i know from your world, that probably sounds like a really fun evening. but, for me, that's worse than getting a pap smear. so can you shut the door when you leave?"

"i'm from new york city and i love playing uno." kit said, looking around at everyone with furrowed eyebrows.

"did that really offend you?" whitney asked while kimberly joined them at the table.

"no." kit mumbled, taking another sip from her bottle.

"everything leighton just said honestly turned me on." sam admitted, placing all her cards down. "uno. uno out!"

"oh, come on!" whitney exclaimed.

"i mean, she can literally hit me with sixteen wheeler and i would pay her." sam continued, making everyone chuckle. "she's a bitch but at least she's a pretty bitch, am i right?"

"you're not wrong." kit shrugged, watching as kimberly placed her cards down.

"uno out!" the finkle girl exclaimed, earning a groan from whitney.

"that's it! new round!" whitney quickly said, snatching bela's cards out her hands before she started to shuffle them. she then grabbed the other cards, mixing them all out.

"this is whole competitive thing is really doing it for me, whitney." bela admitted, earning a snort from kit. the chase girl rolled her eyes, starting to hand out the cards. "anyway, you guys can borrow any of my clothes you like. bras, underwear, nothing's off limits. i'd like to borrow yours too, if that's cool."

"uh, i'll think about it." kimberly told here.

"yeah." whitney agreed.

"you can borrow mine." sam shrugged.

"you cannot borrow mine." kit said, looking at her hand.

"sure. no pressure. i'll follow up about it tomorrow." bela nodded, gesturing to whitney and kimberly.

a knock at the door gained everyone's attention, seeing a boy standing in the doorway. kit tensed up at the sight of the boy, cursing under her breath. "hey, is this leighton murray's room?"

whitney, kimberly, and bela didn't say anything, too wrapped up in how nico had looked. kit and sam share a knowing look, the both of them smirking at one another.

"hello?" nico called, snapping the girls out of their trance.

bela shot up, the others following. "yes, uh, she lives here. damn, she's a lucky lady. you guys make a sexy couple."

"that's her brother." kit corrected, a small smile on her lips as her and nico made eye contact.

"yikes." whitney mumbled, making sam snort from behind her.

"kit! what the hell are you doing here?" nico asked as he walked into the room, the girl in question standing up from her spot to hug him. "how have you been? i haven't seen you in awhile."

"i've been good." kit nodded, pulling away from the older boy.

"your leighton's brother and you know kit? you're practically family! come to mama." bela said, pushing kit out of the way before she hugged nico. kit stumbled slightly, looking at whitney with furrowed eyebrows. "wow. it's like hugging a statue."

"hi, uh, i'm whitney. sorry about her." the chase girl greeted.

"oh, whitney chase. your mom's a senator, right?" nico realized, earning a nod from the girl. "that's really dope."

"i'm kimberly. my parents aren't famous." kimberly introduced. "my dad's a manager at walgreen's."

"cool. nice to meet you, kimberly." nico nodded.

"i'm sam." sam informed, raising her hand from her seat. "and although i am a raging lesbian, you are a handsome dude."

"uh, thanks?" nico laughed.

the sound of a door opening is what gained everyone's attention. they turned to see leighton standing in her doorway, already in her night attire with her hair in a messy bun. she was eating the burrito kimberly gave her. "nico, what are you doing here?"

kit sucked in a breath as she took in leighton, a familiar feeling appearing in her stomach. kit quickly looked away, shaking her head slightly to get rid of the sensation. she didn't need any old feelings resurfacing. especially not after what leighton had done to her.

the older murray chuckled. "whoa, leighton, you look like shit."

kit snorted, earning a glare from leighton herself. kit simply stuck her tongue out, sitting down to get back to the game of uno. with that, leighton and nico went outside to have a chat. during that time, the other girls went back to playing their game, kit being the first one out once again.

"how the hell do you keep winning?!" whitney complained.

"i'm just that good." kit shrugged,

whitney mocked her, only making kit laugh at her. leighton came back and went straight into her room, leaving the door opened. the other girls noticed this, deciding to leave it be since they didn't want to hear leighton's mouth. kit barely paid attention to the rest of the game, her mind wondering over to the blonde.

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𝐊𝐈𝐓 𝐃𝐈𝐃𝐍'𝐓 𝐇𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐓𝐎 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐊 𝐓𝐎𝐃𝐀𝐘, so she was still in bed. she was scrolling through her phone, not exactly sure what she should do. she was trying to decide if she wanted to get up and go get a coffee, or just lay down and nap all day. she was gonna go with the latter until her door slammed opened. she let out a whine as she turned around on her side, seeing leighton standing there with a smile on her face.

"can you come into the common room, please?" leighton questioned, her voice gentle.

"are you gonna yell at me again?" kit shot back, her eyebrows raised.

"no." leighton immediately answered, shaking her head.

kit released a sigh, pulling her blankets off her body before she got out of bed. she slipped her feet into her slippers before she followed after leighton. kit raised her eyebrows when she saw that her other suite mates were sitting on the couch, plopping down next to whitney. leighton walked around the coffee table so that she was facing the other girls, a smile on her face.

"so, these are for you all." leighton announced, bending down that she could grab at the bags that were on the floor. she then placed them on the coffee table, the other four girls looking at her in confusion. "come on, open them."

they did as told, each of them grabbing a bag. they looked inside, seeing that there were ipads in the bags.

"oh, my god! an ipad?" kimberly celebrated.

"an ipad?" bela repeated, pulling out the device. "holy shit!"

leighton watched whitney and kit do the same, a smile still on her face "so it looks like i will be staying, and this was my little way of apologizing for being such a bitch. i could have never called you tacky, podunk, new-money jock."

"you never said that." kimberly told her.

"i didn't? oh." leighton shrugged.

"why didn't you call kit anything?" bela asked, gesturing to the red head.

the murray girl looked at bela before she looked over at kit. the two girls made eye contact, leighton quickly looking away. "anyway, i really feel like we could have a positive living experience together. so what do you think?"

"yeah." whitney nodded.

"okay." kimberly agreed.

bela just simply started to open her ipad up, ripping the plastic from it. leighton looked over at kit with hopeful eyes, the hayes girl looking back. kit released a sigh, hating the fact that leighton thought that an ipad could just excuse the fact that she ghosted her for all those years. before kit could say or do anything, a knock came from the door. leighton walked over to the door, opening it up to reveal a boy.

"hi, i -" the boy started.

"oh, sorry. we don't want to sign your environment petition, or whatever." leighton interrupted.

"oh, um -"

"max!" kimberly exclaimed, jumping up from her seat.

"hey!" max greeted, pushing past leighton as kimberly ran over to him and hugged him.

"oh, my god. this is max, my boyfriend!" the finkle girl introduced as she pulled away.

"the one that looks like shawn mendes?" bela questioned.

"shawn mendes, people tell me i look like that all the time." max laughed, pointing towards the malhotra girl.

"well, let me be the first to say that you do not." kit said, getting up from her seat, grabbing the ipad as she did so. she then went in her room. "nice to meet you, max!" she added before she closed her door.

daij speaks!

heyyyy. i kinda like this chapter. it's just something light, just to get the book moving. i'm gonna start spamming i love you so (one of my obx books), but i'm gonna try to update other books as i do so. key word is try, cause i'm not making any promises. but yeah.

i hope u guys enjoyed