WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA
            6:02 pm     Mar. 5   '21

"CLARA BOW," Rain pulled Clara Bow right up and off her bed eagerly. Minnie was stood in the doorway, purse slung over her shoulder and hugging her hip. "Get your cute little butt up, we're going to dinner," Rain pulled the teddy bear that was secure under Clara Bow's arm away, the decades old toy flopping to the side before she was grabbing Clara's hands. It was barely an effort to get the girl up, she never fought them on it, but it was an effort to get her to her feet.

Even once she was on her feet, Rain wasn't backing down. She just gave Clara a smile one straight from the Joker before dropping her hands.

"I'm not hungry," Clara Bow tried protesting, already slipping her shoes on as Minnie dropped them down at her feet.

"Too bad," Rain turned her towards the door, pushing her towards Minnie gently before grabbing Clara Bow's sweater on the end of the bed. "Food's essential, therefore, we're getting food."

"Did Brynn call you guys?" Clara Bow started to turn back towards Rain before she was getting spun around once again. "Because seriously, you guys don't need to believe her. You don't even know her. And besides, I already ate today."

"Chocolate doesn't count," Minnie offered.

Clara Bow groaned helplessly as the two girls refused to listen, ushering her out of the hotel room and towards their destination.

The hotel room clicked shut as the two girls dragged Clara Bow away, helping her put on her zip up hoodie she had always worn; the holes near the zipper's threatening to rip open and expose her to the chilly spring air. Rain's babbling had continued as the elevator door's dinged in front of them, Minnie locking arms with Clara Bow to keep her on track while they explained their night.

Clara Bow just listened as Rain went on about Sean annoying her on set all day for their scenes. She hadn't picked up on much of it, she was just watching her hands fly around as she explained the horrors of her day.

"Has she been doing this the whole time?" Clara Bow whispered to Minnie as the elevator opened up again, revealing the quaint lobby of the Inn they were staying at.

All Minnie gave her in response was a nod and a small smile that had shown she was just as tired hearing about it as Clara was. Only she'd been hearing about it for hours.

"All day," Minnie whispered back.

"Jesus Christ, took you guys long enough."

Clara looked back into the lobby when they left the elevator, the rest of the cast waiting for them while Sean was throwing his hands up impatiently.

"Reservation's in 10 minutes."

"Talk to sleepy head over there," Rain pointed over her shoulder towards Clara as Clara gave the rest of them a short smile, slightly embarrassed that they had been waiting on her the whole time. Not that she even knew about these plans in the first place. "Let's go!" She waved everyone on as Sean and David followed, pushing each other through the doors before Rain was yelling at them.

"Believe me, bringing them was not the original plan," Chris had uttered while he waited for the two girls by the door.

"Least they can keep themselves entertained," Clara joked softly, earning a scoff from Chris while he held the door open for them.

Clara finally un-looped her arm from Minnie's once they had reached the sidewalk. Her hand's shoved in her pockets had hid the picking at her dried skin threatening to break open. It had been a long few hours of pacing and picking as she tried to calm herself down.

She just needed something to distract herself with but so far, nothing was working.

Not even the 5th rewatch of Mamma Mia had helped. All she could think about was what she was supposed to text back to Gracie. And all she had come up with was a big plate full of nothing.

Ever since they had moved filming to North Carolina, everything had seemed more calm. There were less people, they were on a closed beach 80% of the time, and there hadn't been any major breakdowns.

Yet.

Of course...Clara Bow may be the first one to break that.

She always seemed to be.

"Where are we going?" Clara dared to ask, hands still shoved in her pockets as she tried to keep up with the group.

"Dinner," Chris answered.

"Yeah, I got that, genius. I mean where."

"Olive Garden," Minnie answered that time. Seeing the girl light up, skipping a few steps as she kept up.

"Really?" Her suspicions were confirmed when she saw the three ahead of them walking into the Olive Garden on the corner.

They caught up eventually, the racket the other three were causing had died down. The restaurant relatively empty for the time of night. It didn't even take very long for them to get a table for their group, one tucked away in the corner behind probably the only other big family in the restaurant.

Clara's not Ben sure how long they were there, but it was long enough for them to all order drinks, most of them ordering alcohol while Clara and Minnie were stuck with their regular orders.

"So," Rain started suddenly. Clara looked over at her slowly, half expecting her question but also totally unready for it. "Who's this girl?"

"What girl?" Clara questioned. That wasn't the question she was expecting.

"The ones who's made you unable to eat all day, that girl."

"I have no idea what you're talking about," Clara shook her head softly.

"Oh my god," Rain complained, throwing a breadstick at her plate. It bounced, threatening to bounce off before Clara caught it and a few snickers fell around the table. "Gracie!"

The table fell silent, expecting an answer from Clara as the girl looked between them all slowly before grabbing her napkin. Her eyes fell towards her hands as she wiped off the butter from the breadstick, trying and failing miserably to hide the nervousness at the mention of the girls name.

"Of course Brynn told you guys," she muttered to herself before dropping her hands to her lap, napkin tangled between her fingers as she looked around at them all. "It's nothing."

"You sure?" Sean tried joking before Clara was shutting it down.

"Yes."

Sean held his hands up in defense quickly, sitting back in his seat before going back and annoying David.

"To be fair," Chris started. "All Brynn said was that you hadn't eaten today. She only came up because they don't know how to mind their own business," he explained to her quietly as he sat across from her.

Clara Bow only let out a sharp breath, sitting back in her seat as everyone finally turned to their own conversations. She wasn't sure what they were all trying to get at, asking questions about Gracie, but it was probably the same reason that Luke had been all over her. So, she hadn't had a date in like...ever, but that's besides the point.

"All she had texted me was that she wanted to apologize for spilling that wine on me," Clara muttered finally. "And that she wanted to ask me a question."

They waited for her to continue, but she didn't.

"Did you answer?" Rain tried, seeing Clara nod but obviously not willing to disclose the topic of conversations between them. "So, what'd she wanna ask?" Rain asked.

"I don't know," Clara shrugged innocently.

"You don't know?"

"I didn't answer," she revealed. Sean and Rain groaned, Rain dropped her head down to the table. Clara looked over at them, her brows pinched in confusion before looking around at everyone else. "I've been trying to answer her all night but I don't know what to say! Because what if the question she wants to ask is bad?"

"Then you answer it and move on!" Sean had startled the table next to them before Minnie apologized to them quickly.

"Give me your phone," Rain reached over the table towards Clara as Clara backed off slightly.

"What?"

"Give me your phone," she waved her hadn't urgently as Clara shook her head slowly.

"Uh, no."

"Clara Bow Jones, give me your phone."

"No, cause you're just gonna text her and probably make me look stupid."

"No, I won't," she promised.

"No."

"Fine. Fine," she backed off, eyeing her warily. "Just tryna help a girl out. Might've actually gotten you a date for once," she sassed, her tone teasing.

Clara Bow looked around the table to see everyone snickering slightly. They all had agreed with Rain. She shook her head slightly, reaching for the breadstick that was previously thrown at her before biting into it.

They had wanted her to get a date. Go on a date at the very least.

She was royally fucked.

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            3:12 am     Mar. 6   '21

also. totally random.
can i ask you something?

3:12 am

im so sorry omg

i've been so busy today i
totally forgot to answer

this is probably a horrible
time anyway

and i maaaay be a little bit tipsy

but ask away

or don't

and save us both the
embarrassment of what will
probably be my answers

because i tend to do that

all the time

it's cute when you ramble yk

oh jesus you answered

great

i mean

it's great that you answered!
im happy!
i just sooooo wish i wasn't drunk rn

uh

okay ask your question

before i back out

...because i will

you live in new york, right?

ok stalker

but guilty

i prefer the term..

obsessed

oh

but anyway enough about my stalker tendencies

new york. what's the best lunch place there

oh god

hmmm

that may be impossible to answer
but i can tell you my fav isssssss
probably this italian place in manhattan

ridiculously overpriced, but it's worth it

i think

it's basically like

a fast food pasta shop

it's amazing

that's probably why it's stupid
expensive tho pretty sure the
ingredients are ACTUALLY from italy.

$23 for a bowl of pasta 🫠
collapsing

it's delicious tho

sorry

anyway

grabbing one of those and then
going to central park is like...perfect day

hmm

okay

now that im craving
pasta at 1 in the morning

what's it called?

and also

you don't need to keep apologizing

seriously

i meant it earlier about the rambling

sorry

wait

no

i'm not

no. i am

NAYWYAS

before i go dig my grave
and throw myself in it

the names good luck charlie's
it's on the upper east side

ooohh fancy
i'll have to check it out next week

omg are you coming to new york?

yeah

i got a shoot im doing there
over the weekend for a surprise.
only for a few days but im
looking for things to do
and figured since you live there
you'd be the best person to ask
even though we've...literally never talked

no im flattered really

i love suggesting things to do

this might be like perfect timing actually
i have a free week off from filming
and im heading back home for a few days

no way.
omg
do you think you could
show me around??

i'll be there the 10th-14th

omg yes
i most def can

and what's this surprise??
please tell. im intrigued

that would defeat the purpose
of a surprise i think 🤔

whhaaaatttt

definitely not

it definitely would

hmm

how good are you at keeping secrets?

im like
the secret keeper.

like sirius black

isn't the whole point of that
was that he...didn't keep the secret?

no

omg have you never seen harry potter??

if i said no...

omg.
no
we're changing that immediately
pasta. movies. ice cream.
see there's your weekend figured out.
now spill on this secret

it's for my new protect
we're shooting the cover
and then filming a video

fun! omg
what's it called??

the project or the video?

or both?

"this is what it feels like"

the video is for a song
on it called "the bottom"

omg

the shirt in your post...

cheeky 😉

😚

that's means those were
lyrics too weren't they

yep

okay
that's crazy
and insane
and i totally love it
just like i love ur dog
and am starting to love your brain

and i realize it is ridiculously late
you probably think im insane
for even texting back this late

BUT

i will let you sleep
sounds like you got a crazy
few weeks ahead of you

but just so you know
i am DEF just as nosey. and will be stalking.

ok bye now 🥰

looking forward to it 😉

JOURNAL ENTRY #28
Mar. 6   '21     4:01 am

we might be in big trouble...

gracie's getaway //
YALL

that's it.

fav deluxe song: GO!

cool 🙂‍↔️🙂‍↔️
(i'm biased it was my
suprise song before it was out)

i told you things 🥲🥲🥲

that's so true 💃💃💃

packing it up ❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹
(this might actually be my fav)

mm no free now and i
knew it i know you live.

i actually can't pick.

anyway

the REALLY mentally unstable
because of miss abrams,
gracie xx