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sms ✉️ alyssa lockhart ( @sunshinesfm )
celeste: hey
celeste: is this still your number?
celeste [unsent]: fuck i hope not lol
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Mwf? This looks amazing!!!!
thank you so much! i'd love to see alexa demie, america ferrera, anne hathaway, anya taylor joy, ayo edebiri, brittany snow, carey mulligan, chase sui wonders, coco jones, courteney cox, elizabeth lail, fka twigs, halle bailey, havana rose liu, jane de leon, jenna ortega, jessie buckley, maggie q, margot robbie, melissa barrera, mia goth, rachel sennott, sophie turner, sydney sweeney, tati gabrielle, taylor russell, victoria pedretti, willa fitzgerald, and zendaya. there are a bunch of ideas under the cut too from when i was in a spooky mood!
abbey lee, addison rae, aimee carrero, alexandra jensen, alison oliver, allison williams, alona tal, alyssa sutherland, amanda seyfried, america ferrera, andi matichak, angela bassett, antoinette robinson, anya taylor-joy, ayo edebiri, bahar pars, bethlehem million, billie lourd, brittany snow, caitlin stasey, carey mulligan, celeste o'connor, chase sui wonders, chloe bailey, cleopatra coleman, courteney cox, devyn nekoda, dominique fishback, elizabeth moss, ella balinska, emily tennant, fivel stewart, florence pugh, georgina campbell, gideon adlon, gillian anderson, gina gershon, grace byers, havana rose liu, hayden panettiere, hong chau, jane adams, janet mcteer, jasmin savoy brown, jenna coleman, jessie buckley, judy greer, julie bowen, kaia gerber, kaitlyn denver, kathryn newton, katie winter, keke palmer, kiernan shipka, kirby howell-bapitiste, kristen stewart, lady gaga, liana liberato, lily sullivan, lola zackow, lucy boynton, lucy hale, maggie q, maika monroe, maria bakalova, marin ireland, marley shelton, meghan martin, melissa barrera, mia goth, michelle yeoh, mikey madison, miranda otto, myha'la, nell verlaque, neve campbell, nichole sakura, odeya rush, olivia holt, paris jackson, portia doubleday, rachel sennott, renata vaca, rosamund pike, ruby cruz, samara weaving, sandra oh, sarah snook, shabana azeez, shannyn sossamon, shawnee smith, silvina sabater, sonia ammar, sophie thatcher, sophie wilde, sosie bacon, taissa farmigo, taylor russell, tina fey, virginia gardner, x mayo, or yvonne orjii!
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2018 Book Recap!
If you follow me on twitter you saw this already, but here’s my favorites I read this year.
They weren’t all 2018 releases, but they’re what hit my kindle/bookshelf and stood out! In reverse order, basically, of when I read them. Check out the list below - it’s a little eclectic.
The Good Neighbor: The Life and Works of Fred Rogers (Maxwell King) - My toddler is ALL ABOUT Mr. Rogers. Turns out he was just as wonderful in life as he was on TV. If you’ve got a small person in your life who loves him (or you were one), I recommend this deep dive into his life and legacy.
Blackfish City (Sam J. Miller) - This sat on my kindle for months before I opened it, but once I passed the first few chapters and got into the world, I blew through 90% in a day. Beautifully woven storytelling, deep worldbuilding. Infrastructure, plague, and culture clash: three things that win me instantly. PLUS a nonbinary POV character!!
A Conspiracy of Truths (Alex Rowland) - I hate unreliable narrators, and yet, here I am, in love with this book. I finished the audiobook (which is BEAUTIFULLY narrated!!) and actually yelled out loud when there wasn’t any more. WHAT A WORLD. Economics, legal drama, and grumpy characters: three more things I can’t resist in a novel.
A Duke by Default/A Princess in Theory (Alyssa Cole) - I hadn’t read much romance until this year, and I don’t know why because turns out I love it. Or at least, I love Alyssa Cole’s work. Both of these had great heroines and super fun supporting casts. I loved both of them equally. I want the next one immediately.
Witchmark (C.L. Polk) - Everyone said I’d love this. EVERYONE WAS RIGHT. Magic! Bikes! Social class based on a false meritocracy! MURDER! MAGIC-SCIENCE BLEND! REALLY FREAKY PAYOFF! Read it. You’re missing out if you don’t.
Spinning Silver (Naomi Novik) - Now, I’ve loved Naomi Novik’s work for about fifteen years. I knew I’d like this one. What I didn’t expect was to have to lie down for a few hours to contemplate it after reading it in one go. I love a main character who ISN’T traditionally sympathetic but you love anyway. Beautifully woven folklore and feeling.
Legend (and sequels) (Marie Lu) - I love YA dystopias with all my heart. This was such a great one. I loved the characters, I loved the setting, I loved seeing the broader world than is usually seen in a post-apocalyptic setting (how DO other governments handle the end of the old way??) Just a delightful read.
Fuzzy Nation (John Scalzi) - I tried to minimize my white men on my reading list this year, but Scalzi is always an exception. I LOVE the original work, and this is a beautiful update. But then, legal battles in space will always win me over. Love it just as much as HBP’s, which is a pretty high bar to cross.
Forest of a Thousand Lanterns (Julie C Dao) - This took me a while to get through, because it was so, I don’t know, filled with impending doom? This little book had such a dark, blood-soaked voice, and I love a fairytale retelling that DOESN’T go how you expect. Absolutely worth reading. Lush setting, high body count.
The Poet X (Elizabeth Acevedo) - If I had known this was all in verse, I wouldn’t have picked it up. So I’m really glad I didn’t know that. If that turns you off, listen to the audiobook. A phenomenal performance. What an immersive experience this book was. It’s stuck with me for months after reading.
The Book of the Unnamed Midwife (Meg Elison) - I love post-apocalyptic stories. This was a brutal one. Explores how different communities deal in the face of disaster, and not for the weak of stomach. But one of my favorite PA books of the year for sure. Bought the sequel and finished both in one day.
An Extraordinary Union/A Hope Divided (Alyssa Cole) - The other set of her books I devoured this year. The first slavery-era US romance I’ve read that didn’t leave a sour taste in my mouth. The way she builds her characters and their bonds is just SO #goals.
Orientalism (Edward Said) - I’ve been meaning to read this for a while, and I finally made it through this year. A little dated, maybe, but a dense brick of really interesting thinking and history. A classic for a reason!! The audiobook is GREAT.
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie) - I love a character who is lying to herself! And I love a book where the backstory is meted out in drips and dabs. A dive into communities I know very little about, some of which are right around the corner from me. Ifemelu is a completely solid character, one that feels ABSOLUTELY real.
Trail of Lightning (Rebecca Roanhorse) - If you’ve read her short fiction, you know she’s a master. This lived up to it. Post-apocalyptic Navajo monsterhunters? Exactly as awesome as promised. The mythology and worldbuilding are perfection.
The Calculating Stars/The Fated Sky (Mary Robinette Kowal) - THESE BOOKS! I love alternate history, I love space, I love characters who confront prejudice within themselves and without! Every character makes SENSE, even when they’re awful! All the science feels absolutely real! I WANT TO GO TO SPACE
The Book of M (Peng Shepherd) - My goodness, I read a lot of post apocalyptic novels this year? This one has one of my personal fears - memory loss that can’t be stopped. Another great blend of science and maybe-magic and spirituality (?) and how humans cope with weird, horrifying, tragic things.
Alexander Hamilton (Ron Chernow) - I figured before seeing Hamilton I needed to read the book, and I’m really glad I did. Super engaging, with just the right blend of anecdote and data. After reading this I definitely annoyed my mother and my spouse during the whole musical by whispering trivia at them.
War Against All Puerto Ricans (Nelson Denis) - I’m ashamed to say I knew very little about the history of Puerto Rico. After reading this book, that really pisses me off. The US really did PR wrong, and continues to do so. A vital read for anyone interested in US history.
Cinder/Scarlet/Winter/Cress (Marissa Meyer) - Apparently people have been into these for years and I’m just hitting them now. Fun YA, a genre I’ve missed (I like all this hard-hitting, serious YA, but sometimes over the top silly is absolutely necessary!). Spouse and I enjoyed pointing out all the absurd fairy tale tropes.
Station Eleven (Emily St. John Mandel) - !!! I’m ALL ABOUT books that weave together multiple stories that you KNOW how to intersect somehow but you don’t know HOW IT WILL HAPPEN! Post apocalyptic, weaving stories over fifteen years, all connecting to the life of one guy as the apocalypse hits. GREAT.
All God’s Children Need Travelling Shoes (Maya Angelou) - Yes, I’m well past missing the boat here. But I’m catching up. My goodness, she’s a beautiful writer. And the period covered in the book is spellbinding and brutal and painful and gorgeous.
Cooking is Terrible (Misha Fletcher) - Okay, do you have like twelve minutes and four dollars to cook dinner every night? THIS BOOK IS FOR YOU. Easy recipes in non-threatening form, with going off-script absolutely encouraged. I read this start to finish and have been referring back FREQUENTLY as I cook.
Front Desk (Kelly Yang) - THE MIDDLE GRADE BOOK I NEVER KNEW I NEEDED. Oh, this was wonderful. I want to give this to every ten year old I know (which is actually none?). Mysteries! Racism! Badass middle schoolers! Intra-community problems! Three-dimensional characters! YES!
Edge of Nowhere (Felicia Davin) - SPACE ROMANCE! Teleportation! Cafe-owning lesbians! Sweet big stoic guy/small angry disaster guy romance (my FAVORITE KIND)! SPACE SPORTS! Space HEIST!!!! Alternate dimensions! YES.
Everything I Never Told You (Celeste Ng) - This one hurt. What real, beautiful, flawed, horrible characters. All their choices made sense in context, all their pain felt real, and I didn’t want to leave them when the book ended. Content warnings for child death. The 1970s have never felt so close.
Little Fires Everywhere (Celeste Ng) - I usually hate books that start at the end, but this one earned it. Disaster rich people are kind of my jam, especially when they have consequences. And again the characters were the stars. I felt like I knew everyone, and I loved them even when they were awful.
Into the Drowning Deep (Mira Grant) - I’m never going in the ocean again. Mermaids have been ruined forever. Terrifying. Great characters, some of whom die horribly. Scary scary unending horrorshow. But oh, what a way to go. Gory fun filled with great representation.
Uprooted (Naomi Novik) - I was so delighted by Spinning Silver I almost forgot that I loved this one NEARLY as much! Scary forest, plenty of fantasy/fairytale tropes turned on their heads. Disaster love interest. Competent, frustrated main character. A+.
The Beauty that Remains - There were a lot of dead friends books this year, and this was my favorite in the not-police-related category of those. Strangers whose lives weave together around the deaths of three people close to them all, and the band that brought them all closer. Gorgeous.
An Indigenous People’s History of the US (Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz) - Another one that’s absolutely vital in filling gaps in the history I’ve learned of this country. Engaging writing and strong voice. Didn’t give me any warm patriotic fuzzies, that is for sure.
Company Town (Madeline Ashby) - Floating future town! Unions! Murder! Loved it.
The Underground Railroad (Colson Whitehead) - I know the boat on this was a couple years ago, but what a chilling, brutal, beautiful book. The slight speculative element was just the perfect touch to give it a flavor of myth, if that makes sense. Steel yourself before reading.
River of Teeth (Sarah Gailey) - HIPPOS! IN THE MISSISSIPPI! This was a DELIGHT from start to finish. Leverage on HIPPOS in the Wild West?! YES PLEASE.
The Wanderers (Meg Howrey) - Astronauts on a simulated mission to Mars basically all break down, as does everyone around them. I adored this book. I loved the thousand POVs because each one was its own distinct voice. I loved the different ways everybody fell apart!
Infomocracy (Malka Older) - WORLDBUILDING!!!!!! Future elections, future political system, future tech, all brilliantly built. I need to read the sequels, but I haven’t managed to work up the brainpower I know they deserve!!! READ THIS if you like scifi political minutiae (I DO)
The Poppy War (RF Kuang) - The first half is Tamora Pierce, the second half is George RR Martin, but better. This was nothing like what I expected. Absolutely staggeringly, brutally beautiful. What a bold novel. Will buy anything else she ever writes sight unseen.
Warcross (Marie Lu) - This is what I wanted Ready Player One to be. Virtual reality gaming with real life consequences. References and fantastic characters. The sequel is just as good.
Zeroboxer (Fonda Lee) - BOXING IN SPACE! Secret science!! MYSTERIES!! All things I love.
Dread Nation (Justina Ireland) - GREAT. Zombies during the Civil War. A heroine who takes no shit and instead takes zombie heads off. COMBAT SCHOOLS. SUPER GREAT.
An Ember in the Ashes (Sabaa Tahir) - I didn’t expect to love this the way I did, but I devoured it, and the two sequels, each in about a day. This felt like all the best parts of old-school fantasy novels, the thick kind you shoved in your backpack in seventh grade, but BETTER. And I love a good Evil Roman!
Space Opera (Catherynne Valente) - Queen meets Hitchhiker’s Guide! This was a JOURNEY from start to finish, a glorious, absurd, delightful meditation on fame and Eurovision and what it means to be worthwhile and human and a person. YES.
The Broken Earth (NK Jemisin) - More like the BROKEN ME after reading these. Periapocalyptic fiction, absolutely 100% deserving every award and more. Content warning for very small child death brutally described, and more horrors. NK Jemisin goes HARD.
American Islamophobia (Khaled A Beydoun) - Could not put this down. I learned an astonishing amount, especially about the historical place of Islam, Muslims, and Islamophobia in the US. A hard read, but worth the work.
All the Birds in the Sky (Charlie Jane Anders) - Okay, I have to admit it, I have no idea what was going on in this book. But that didn’t stop me from loving it!! Witches and technology and animals and weird apocalyptic nonsense! DELIGHTFUL
Anger is a Gift (Mark Oshiro) - Another YA book that pulled no punches. What a phenomenal look into the way kids and communities of color move through the world, and how the world moves against them.
History is All You Left Me (Adam Silvera) - SO MANY DEAD FRIEND BOOKS THIS YEAR. A great use of the start at the middle, work both directions format, it covers both the time before the death of the MC’s ex and the fallout. I wept through most of it.
White Tears (Hari Kunzru) - Horror, and the villain is essentially appropriation. Very satisfying! The author’s love of music comes through. A nerdy, scary, millennial read.
Love, Hate and Other Filters (Samira Ahmed) - Loved this. Melded teen interpersonal drama, family expectations vs. dreams, and confronting the world and the way they see you all at once, woven together in a beautiful way.
A People’s History of the US (Howard Zinn) - Obviously this is great. I listened to the audiobook, narrated by his son. Sobbed through the child labor chapters. Cheered at the union chapters. Loved it.
Thornfruit/Nightvine/Shadebloom (Felicia Davin) - I LOVE WORLDBUILDING. This is a fantasy on a world that doesn’t turn, so night and day are DIRECTIONS, not times. SO COOL. And I adore the main character. Small Angry/Large Shy is the BEST ROMANCE TROPE. The magic and language is beautifully developed.
Tempests and Slaughter (Tamora Pierce) - Look. I’ll read a gonorrhea brochure if Tamora Pierce writes it. So you knew this would be on the list. But it earned its spot! I love Numair in the Daine series, and he’s a tiny ball of feelings in this. I need more.
Unfamiliar Fishes (Sara Vowell) - I’ve always been interested in Hawaiian history, and though this was a little light and memoir-y for my taste, it contained a shocking amount of information that went down easy in her light, friendly style. Absolutely worth the couple hours it’ll take you.
The Only Harmless Great Thing (Brooke Bolander) - Elephants! Memory! What it means to have value! What we owe other beings! Radium! Sharp and dark and deeper than it has any right to be.
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━ ❛ • MASTERLIST 001: feminine names.
below the cut, you’ll find 100+ ‘feminine’ names categorized alphabetically. they’ve been gathered from baby name websites and general interactions overtime ! keep in mind that i grew up in a small, southern town-- so some names may seem a little plain. please like or reblog if this list was helpful.
A --
aly / ally / allie.
alyssa.
amanda.
amber.
amelia.
amy.
andrea.
annalise.
arden.
ashayla.
aubrey.
audrey.
autumn.
ava.
avery.
B --
bailee / bailey.
bambi.
bea.
beatriz.
bella.
bellamy.
bentley.
brianna.
brooklyn.
C --
cali / callie.
calista / callista.
caroline.
carson.
cat.
catalina.
cece.
cecilia.
celeste.
charolette.
cindy.
crystal.
D --
dawn.
devyn.
E --
eiza.
elena.
eliza.
elizabeth.
ella.
ellie.
emma.
emerald.
esme.
eva.
eve.
evie.
F --
fae / fay.
fawn.
fiona.
G --
glenda.
gloria.
H --
hailey / haley / hayley.
hanna / hannah.
harper.
I --
isabella.
ivana.
J --
jackie.
jaclyn.
josephine.
K --
kehlani.
kennedy.
kiana.
kim.
kimberly.
L --
leanne / leighanne.
leigh.
lelani.
lena.
lili / lilly.
liliana.
lilo.
liv.
M --
macey / macy.
mackenlyn.
maddie.
madeline.
madison.
mae / may.
marceline.
marcy.
mia.
mikaela / mikaelah.
mini / minnie.
moana.
mona.
N --
nina.
nicole / nichole.
nioka.
O --
olivia.
ophelia.
P --
penelope.
peyton.
poppie / poppy.
Q --
quinn.
R --
raleigh.
rowan.
ryland.
S --
sadie.
sam.
sammy.
samantha.
santana.
sav.
savanna / savannah.
selena.
serenity.
sophia.
sophie.
sydney.
T --
tati.
tatiana.
tiffany.
U --
ursela.
V --
valarie.
valentina.
veronica.
W --
whitney.
winnie.
winter / wynter.
X --
xiomara.
xo.
Y --
yovanna.
Z --
zara.
zoey.
#masterlists#name masterlists#names masterlist#masterlist#rph#rpc#mine.#masterlists.#names.#masterlists!#for players.
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@sunshinesfm // palmview fashion house
the fashion house was meant to be a sanctuary for celeste. her definition of sanctuary did not include alyssa lockhart. in fact, she was the last person celeste had wanted to see today. suddenly, the clothes rack became the most interesting thing in the room, averting her eyes to avoid being spotted. her cover was blown as an associate came over, calling her name to alert her of the piece she'd found for celeste in the back. with a hefty sigh, she gave thanks and took the piece, turning to alyssa with a curt smile. "i got the last one, sorry."
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"of course you did," she isn't surprised, not really. it had been no trouble for alyssa to disregard celeste's feelings in the past, let alone in the present. she's beginning to tire of the conversation, disappointed that she blew her cover in the first place. to think, she could've spent this time shopping instead. "you can't take it back, and even if you could, can you actually say that you want to ?" she shakes her head, changing her mind quickly. "actually, no. i don't care to hear your answer." she shoots the girl a sneer, gathering her things quickly. "have the day you deserve, alyssa."
" oh... " alyssa responded in annoyance while facing celeste. "i thought we would've been past this by now. " it was hard to leave something in the past that still mattered to celeste. but, of course, alyssa just wanted to get back to work with no possible distractions. after all... the blonde did tell her to explain in the first place. " yeah.. you're right.. and i can't take back what happened with our friend group. it's a little too late for that. and i'm sorry. okay? for how things played out with all of us."
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letty: is this part of a 12 step program or something ? letty: why the sudden change of heart letty: not that i'm not ready just wondering why now
alyssa: of course i want to. alyssa: i've been trying to be a better person since back then. alyssa: but if you aren't ready to accept it, you aren't pressured to.
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before this conversation, letty would've said that she'd wanted an apology from alyssa. actually receiving it, ( as much as she'd expected from alyssa, at least ) was much, much different. there was no sense of closure, no sense of relief. the only thing she was left with was more confusion and frustration, eyes narrowing and fingers tapping against her biceps. "i'm sorry, is this not convenient for you ?" it was rich, coming from her. "it wasn't very convenient for me when you uprooted my love life and took my friends with you, but you still did that, didn't you ? i think that says exactly enough about the kind of person you are."
maybe celeste had a good point here. their friendship had ended for a reason and she was trying to put on more of a front than anything else right now. something that was evident for the other to see right through. alyssa looked at her and her expression softened a bit when she mentioned the betrayal from alyssa. a sigh escaped her lips and instead of coming back with a witty remark, she took a pause for a moment before saying anything else. " i know, i know. and i'm sorry. i know you have every reason to feel the way you do. i just don't have time to focus on that right now. " when celeste mentioned she knew what kind of person alyssa was, she raised a brow quite intrigued to know her answer to her following question. " yeah? and what kind of person am i then? " not sure why she's even asking this question because apart of her already knew the answer. " go on, tell me. "
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letty: here's my question letty: are you apologizing because you want to or because i reminded you of what you did
ALYSSA: well, yes. it would appear that you are. wouldn't it? ALYSSA: i wanted to apologize to you, actually.
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the audacity on alyssa invoked a special kind of rage in celeste, one she typically kept wrapped in a pretty little bow. it was proving harder and harder to do that here, a deep breath drawn through her nostrils to lower her blood pressure. "are you actually gonna stand there and act like i have no reason to feel a kind of way about you ?" arms crossed in front of her chest, she took a small step forward and looked into the girls eyes. "we were friends, lyss, and you betrayed me." it stung more than she would ever admit, blinks heavier than before. "so don't try to sit on some high horse in front of me like you do with everyone else. in case you've forgotten ? i know what kind of person you actually are."
truthfully speaking .... these two really just weren't going to get along, were they? at least not right now and it wasn't like it effected her whole day. but if she wanted to get through the day she needed to just nod her head and smile. but it made it slightly harder for her to just leave her sly comments to the side. " oh, i'm sorry. was it not the comeback you were hoping for? seems like you're still holding onto some bitterness there, if you ask me. " she responded with a shrug of her shoulders. " well, maybe there is.. but you never really seemed to care enough to find out. and frankly? i don't really care to show you right now. i just want to do my job and get home as i have other plans. " alyssa let her words hang in the air, a subtle challenge in her tone.
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celeste: well i'm texting you now aren't i....? celeste: sooo would you like to spit it out orrrrrrr
ALYSSA: okay, well that's good to keep in mind then. ALYSSA: well.. ALYSSA: when you walked away i kind of just figured that you probably didn't want to hear it
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"that's all you could come up with ?" celeste made no attempt to stifle her scoff, cursing whatever decisions she'd made that led her here. after all, she'd done so well at avoiding alyssa. the last time she'd seen her or their previous group of friends was years ago, and she was sure she'd wiped her hands clean of it all. clearly she hadn't. "i expected more from you, i really did." the attempt to reverse the jab back onto celeste had simply fallen flat, leaving her more bored than anything. shooting a pitying look, she placed the top back into her basket and started perusing the rack in front of her once more. "i mean, there has to be something redeeming about you... right ?"
alyssa could almost feel the heat radiating off of celeste as she watched her struggle to mask the fury she was probably feeling. the blonde was used to people not liking her, so it wasn't like the fact that her and celeste didn't was a big shock. alyssa's expression remained composed. even if her words cut sharply. celeste's comment and the veiled insult about the clothing rack seemed to be clear attempts to belittle her. instead, she met Celeste’s gaze with a calm, steady look, her own confidence steadying her. “ exclusive? right.. right. well, i hate to break it to you? but ... it’s certainly not exclusive anymore,” alyssa replied, her tone cool but not confrontational. “ last season? oh, you've got to be kidding. once it's last season? usually that's where it stays. but you would know that, right? ” she glanced over while now managing to smile slightly towards the other. " it does look great on you! even if it's not what you expected! and hey, if you didn't like it ... you know where they keep the other options. " kill them all with kindness, alyssa. ( and maybe a little bit of pettiness. ) was currently running through her head like a record playing on constant repeat.
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celeste: i don't do anything by accident celeste: anywaysssss, i just wanted to reach out celeste: you were trying to tell me something the other day before i walked away?
alyssa: hey? alyssa: well... yes. this is my number alyssa: did you need something? or was this an accidental text...?
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the response made celeste's blood boil further, which she hadn't thought was possible. one would think after all this time she'd have given up the animosity toward the other girl, but celeste was one for grudges. especially when the root was getting her heart broken, only for alyssa to end up with what should've been hers. "no, actually, it was an exclusive," she quipped, not sure that it actually was exclusive. "i'm sure you can find something in the back though, i heard that's where they keep last season's drops." she wasn't sure where the sudden confidence came from, especially when she'd been so willing to climb into the clothing rack if she'd needed to. mustering up as much of it as she could, she squared her shoulders toward the girl and held the top up to her chest. "looks great on me though, right ?"
alyssa felt the tension in the air like a palpable force as she caught sight of celeste's reaction. the fashion house, once a symbol of elegance and style, now seemed to radiate discomfort, a stark contrast to its usual allure. she noticed celeste's immediate diversion to the clothes rack, a clear attempt to escape the encounter, and the way her eyes darted away as if searching for refuge among the fabrics. when the associate’s call exposed celeste’s presence,aAlyssa couldn’t help but feel the sting of the curt smile and those words. “ all good. " she responded with a shrug of her shoulders. " i'm sure we'll have more in shortly. i have a bunch of things that are already ordered and are getting ready to be shipped here. so, that's not a problem. " the message was clear— alyssa was the unwelcome guest. despite the cool reception, alyssa managed a composed nod, her own frustration simmering beneath the surface. she understood the message, but the awkwardness of the situation lingered and the unspoken conflict evident now.
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