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"The one you'd take a bullet for is the one behind the trigger,"


What A Catch Donnie | In Bloom | I Don't Care

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An outrageous looking blonde who was infamous on campus for having hair the colour of platinum and dark red lips like Marilyn Monroe walked outside, exiting from the main door towards the front of school where she noticed less students were gathered now- by this point of the day everyone had dispersed again which she appreciated it because Emily wasn't the most sociable, especially when it came to students.

Distressed black jeans clutched her petite waist a drop sleeve shirt that showed off her maintained figure. Velvet rouge Dr Marten boots adorned her feet and her expression was slightly bored. As a girl with a heavy reputation, no body bothered her as she made her way past the fountain- she was a respected trouble maker and admired prank star so she was best left be. She was however, which was a rarity- smiling, deviously of course in amusement but it was an almost warm and inviting expression of humour, she made her way to the usual meeting spot the theatre block and leaned against the wall with a contended sigh.

She was scrolling through her phone to text Chloe but stopped abruptly when someone brushed past her.

"Excuse you," She scoffed, frowning at her a little. Then she looked at the face of the girl before her and arched her brow wickedly. A newbie. How curious. "Oh I'm sorry, forgive me. You're new right?" The sudden change in her tone of voice was hard to comprehend if she felt bad or not or was being sarcastic, she was just kind of talking the whole while her intimidating demure shining through like a warning. "I'm Emily but a lot of people call me Jakob, sorry for biting," She introduced with a seemingly pleasant smile but she was just too hard too read. She continued for a moment on her phone and quickly wrote out a text to Chloe;

To: Chloe
Hey bitch, where you at? We said quarter to six right? I thought we did but might be wrong

She'd missed Chloe over the break, she hadn't seen much of her because Jakob had been working with an agency to hopefully enhance her reputation in the drama world but she was relieved to be back in her natural habitat. Chloe though, she absolutely adored her I mean it'd taken a while for them to come around to each other but since they'd always shared their dorm together- growing to be sisterly with one another was practically inevitable. So when Jakob called her a bitch, it was far from an offensive or mean thing; people who were friends with Jakob would understand that swearing was almost her way of saying 'I love you' but then again you wouldn't want to be on the receiving end of an Emily Jakobsen rant so maybe tone was important to consider to when considering these things.

She brushed her hair out of her eyes and smiled brightly at the other girl and pondered out loud; [colror=#93E6B3]"What extracurricular do you do?"[/color] she hoped the other girl didn't expect to be in Drama. Although there wasn't really an appointed leader of Drama- practically everything was overseen by Jakob and she did have a lot of say in new members and she definitely hadn't heard of this fresh meat joining but if she was in any of the arts she might prove useful one day- Jakob loved to pick up the musicians and dancers to use in her plays so she was hardly judgemental or prejudice about these departments.

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Chloe had gone home over the break. She missed her parents and her home, though she considered the boarding school to be her home that was different. Most of all she missed her piano, at the boarding school she didn't have her own so the one her parents bought her was the only one she owned and she couldn't bring it with her when she started here so she left it. She played the piano that was on campus but it wasn't the same, any musician could tell you that. If it isn't yours it doesn't feel the same. She spent most of her break playing her piano for her mother. She knew her parents had missed her playing day and night even though they always had to ask her who she was playing. They didn't seem to mind that she didn't spend much time with her but she knew they did miss her.

Now she was back, just getting back to her room to drop off her bags. She was almost late meeting Jakob. She decided there was enough time for her to change so she did. She went from jeans and a blouse to a navey blue dress and a pair of wedges. She checked her watch and smiled Perfect timing. She grabbed her phone and bag closing the door behind her. She looked at her phone and saw a text from Jakob

To: Chloe
Hey bitch, where you at? We said quarter to six right? I thought we did but might be wrong

Chloe smiled, she knew bitch didn't mean what others would think it meant, especially coming from Jakob. The two had gotten very close over the school year seeing that they shared a dorm it was bound to happen. At first things were kind of rocky for them it took Chloe forever to get comfortable enough to even call her Jakob instead of Emily but as the year went on the two had gotten closer and they began to understand each other more and more.

To Jakob:
On my way. I just got back to campus and had to change.

She'd missed Jakob more than she though she would. Jakob was a trouble maker but Chloe didn't see her that way. She was only being herself and it didn't bother Chloe one bit. Campus was very quiet, most likely because kids had gotten used to sleeping in they just hadn't gotten up yet or other students were just not even back on campus.

She made her way to the fountain, where they had planned to meet. She could see the fountain halfway there and saw Jakob with a girl she'd never seen before, Must be new. With a smile on her face she quickened her steps, the closer she got the bigger her smile became without her even thinking. "Jakob!" She squealed and threw her arms around her friend and squeezed.

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Esme was a patient person, but dang, did she have her limits.

It was more anticipation than anything that the newly found impatient air was conjured from. She just couldn't help but feel excited. Her best and oldest friend was coming to the school, and she honestly couldn't wait. Literally. His transfer came as quite a surprise to her originally, though it was a happy surprise. Esme had come to the boarding school about mid-semester the previous year due to some very unfortunate circumstances and had to leave Jasper by himself, who was also involved in the unfortunate circumstance. It was a very reluctant move, but she couldn't argue. She was in no mental state to do that, and her parents were in equal mental distress-- which is why they sent her away in the first place. It was hard enough on her losing a sister, but for a parent to lose their child and have to look at a second daughter they almost lost as well, it made sense sort of. At least, she wanted it to make sense.

Esme had yet to see Jasper since she left a couple of months back for the school. She would have seen him at the current year’s orientation, but she had extended her trip in Spain for a couple of days as per her grandparent’s request. She really couldn’t tell them no. If she had known Jasper was going to orientation, well, it might have been a different story then, but apparently he had wanted to keep his transfer a surprise. She could have kicked him for it, but she was too happy to care.

As soon as she got to the school, she had dumped her things in her room a little chaotically, but decided that while she was waiting for Jaspers text saying to meet him, she could clean up a bit for her roommate’s sake. The last thing she wanted was for Mel to walk into their room and trip over one of her sketchbooks or bags she’d left sitting on the ground, no, she wouldn’t be too pleased with that.

After she shoved her clothes into the dressers and tried as best she could to neatly arrange her art stuff on her desk, she threw on some fresh clothes that didn’t make her feel all gross and uncomfortable for having worn them on such a long plane ride. As if on cue, her phone buzzed, and Esme flipped it open and managed to get to her inbox and open the message. Yeah, the flip phone was old and low-tech, but that’s what was good about it. It was simple. She could never find out how to work those fancy phones.

“Let’s meet by the fountains. I think I can manage to find those at least. Want to grab food?
- Jasper”

Esme grinned from ear to ear, typing back “Yeah, of course! Be down there in a minute!” After slipping her phone into her purse, she quickly wrote a note on a piece of paper and left it on the door for Mel. It read, “Going to meet a friend by the fountains to get dinner. Come join us if you’re free!” Esme defiantly wanted Mel to meet Jasper, she’d already heard so much about him. Mel was actually the only person who knew Esme’s history currently, and Jasper was a big part of that, most especially with the most recent developments of the deaths.

But with that, she ran off in her completely eager mood.

She had only just gotten into eyesight of the fountains before she ran right smack into Jasper, who was very nearly a whole foot taller than her. She nearly fell over, but a hand suddenly gripped her forearm to steady her. “I know most girls fall head over heels for me, but never this literally,” sounded the chuckling voice of the blonde haired boy grinning down at her with his notorious boyish smirk. Esme gave him an exasperated look, but all to quickly it turned into a wide grin, and she threw herself into his arms with a loud, happy laugh. “Come on! That’s the first thing you say to me in months?” She rolled her eyes over dramatically, as he set her down from the large hug. Looking up the face she grew up beside most of her life, a calmness was sent through her that she hadn’t felt for a long time, probably since before the crash. She almost felt like she wanted to cry, but didn’t want to make herself a useless blubbering fool. Jasper grinned back, his own pure joy seeping through. “Well, I was planning on a whole surprise, remember? I had everything planned out; I was going to tap you on the shoulder once I spotted you, you would turn around after letting out a small scream cause I scared you, you would get all huffy, but then you would cry and disregard the fact I scared you cause, well, It’s me. I’m pretty damn great.” Esme poked his side playfully, saying, “yeah, you’re pretty okay.” But he was right. He was pretty damn great; He knew it, she knew it. It was hard not to know it when they grew up so co-dependent on one another. He was like an extra appendage she’d lived without for too long.

Damn it, she felt a tear drop down her cheek.

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Jasper had arrived fairly early considering all things. He’d already had most of his stuff unpacked and moved in before his roomie Jared seemed to get a chance to do his. He was kind of bummed he’d missed out on seeing him. They’d got along pretty okay at orientation, but he figured he’s have enough chances of seeing the guy considering he lived with him now.

It really didn’t even seem like Jasper had been in the place unless you looked closely enough. He didn’t have a lot of material possessions other then clothes and other necessities. The only things that showed Jasper truly lived there would be his books and the occasional photograph he’d set up; one of his mother, one of his adoptive parents, and one with the old gang, Esme, Eva, Ben, and Calla. Everyone was smiling and laughing the three different photographs. He hadn’t been present in any of them, considering he didn’t like his picture taken , but he gained more from looking at the ones he loved within the photographs then being it with them. They were the one’s who were most important.

After changing into new clothes, which simply consisted of a white tee-shirt and dark jeans, topped with his self entitled ‘lucky leather jacket’, Jasper sat on the edge of his bed contemplating what to do. He knew Esme was probably just getting to the school now after her long flight back from Spain, and he wanted to give her time to unpack and take care of things before he bombarded her. Then again, he could just show up anyways without texting her and carry out the whole surprise tactic he wanted to throw on her at the orientation, but it wouldn’t be the same.

He was pretty disappointed he never got to surprise her after all, but who knew if it would be as good as a thing in her mind for him to be there as it was for him to have her there. The reason he had transferred to this boarding school was solely to be around Esme. Ever since she abruptly left after getting released from the hospital, Jasper had been completely thrown off his everyday life. He had become so attached to her, more so than he already was in past years. They saw each other in their weakest moments and dealt with shit no childhood friends should have to deal with. When she left, it pretty much threw all his counselling and stuff away; He was in a bad place again. It was him who finally suggested he left the suburban town in New York to be with her again and after a lot of convincing, his adoptive parents let him go. There was no one who understood the trauma, the pills, the pain, but her.. He was just glad she didn’t remember every little detail like he had.

Getting up from the bed, he decided to wander around the campus for awhile, trying to maneuver and find his way. It didn’t last too long, however. He was already pretty bored and itching to see his friend, so finally he shot her a text saying “ “Let’s meet by the fountains. I think I can manage to find those at least. Want to grab food? - Jasper”  Barley even thirty seconds passed before he got a reply back.

“ Yeah, of course! Be down there in a minute!”

So with a smile, Jasper walked off to go meet his friend.

It didn’t take too long for him to get in the vicinity of the water fountains he’d intended for their meeting place, but before he could get into it’s immediate proximity, a small girl with tumbling locks of brunette hair ran right into him. Looking down, he was startled at first, but relief and happiness washed over him as he looked at the familiar face. Shooting her a lazy grin as he caught her from falling down, he teased, “I know most girls fall head over heels for me, but never this literally.” She tried her best to give some sort of sour face, but he knew it wouldn’t last long. He had barley braced himself enough as she launched herself into his arms in a massive hug. Picking her up, he squeezed her back hard enough that was was afraid he was going do some serious damage.

“Come on! That’s the first thing you say to me in months?” she exclaimed as he set her down gently, and he gave a scoffed noised pretending to be hurt. He sort of hated himself a little bit for the comment he said to her. Where he should have said something sweet and kind like he had originally intended to, there he went again, teasing her.

“Well, I was planning on a whole surprise, remember? I had everything planned out; I was going to tap you on the shoulder once I spotted you, you would turn around after letting out a small scream cause I scared you, you would get all huffy, but then you would cry and disregard the fact I scared you cause, well, It’s me. I’m pretty damn great,” he commented, trying to keep with the same schtick he’d been going with. He saw a glimmer in her eyes that was all too familiar. Wow, she really was about to cry. He himself felt something in his throat like something had been caught in it, but he’d never admit that, even to her. Smiling widely at her comment, he went to go say something more before the chattering of the people a bit away from them caught his attention. He managed to make out the figure of one familiar face, Jared.

“Hey, Jared, is that you man?” Jasper called out, before looking back down at Esme and quickly wiping away the one tear that had escaped her with his thumb. He couldn’t help but feel a little happy to see she had missed him like he had her. She seemed to gather herself, and he knew no more tears would come. Grabbing her wrist, he quickly dragged her behind him over to the group, explaining to Esme, “I think that’s my roommate over there, c’mon.”

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Mel grunted, pushing her messy hair out of her face as she continued to drag her million-pound suitcase through campus.

"Take the later flight he says," the brunette grumbled to herself, fixing the strap of one of her duffels bag for the fourth time in fifteen minutes. "Didn't think the pilot would have an allergic reaction to his copilot's lunch, did he?" She stopped a moment to give her poor arms a break, mentally cursing herself for listening to her father, and looked around at the school grounds. Most people seemed to have already moved in and were now leaving their dorms to find friends or food. Mel sighed in annoyance at her lateness and continued her trek to her dorm. She was stopped by several people on her journey -a few from her track team, a professor from the previous year, a couple of class friends, another Portuguese student, a freshman looking for directions- before finally stopping at her building with a relieved huff.

Getting her bags to her room was not as hard as anticipated. By the time Mel was at her door, room 202, she was winded, but not completely spent. Looking at the door, Mel saw a note stuck to it reading, 'Going to meet a friend by the fountains to get dinner. Come join us if you’re free!' She grinned to herself, knowing it was from Esme. After a long break, Mel was excited to see her friend and didn't want to waste time unpacking all of her things -knowing her habits, she probably wouldn't be fully unpacked for weeks to come anyway. Upon opening the door to their room, Mel smiled to herself seeing that Esme had clearly felt the same. Although she wouldn't go looking in any of Esme's personal things, Mel could tell from the odd bra strap, pant cuff, and sweater sleeve hanging out of Esme's dresser that the girl had probably thrown her clothes in there and rushed out.

Knowing that she was already later in moving in than most people, Mel took little time unpacking a few essential toiletries, picking out a new outfit, fixing her makeup a bit, and hurrying out the door. She was nearly to the fountains when she spotted a group of people in which she recognized a couple of girls. She was about to stop to to say hi but noticed that they seemed to be in a conversation with a boy and girl that she had never seen. Not wanting to get into a conversation and miss seeing Esme, Mel decided not to go over to them. However, she made a mental note of the boy's handsomeness, and continued walking with the intention of introducing herself later if she saw him again.

When she finally came to the fountains, it took little time for Mel to find Esme. The stylish "New York" vibe that Esme gave off always made Mel feel slightly like a slob, but she'd gotten used to it and found that Esme was a valuable friend to have when it came to style. Talking to Esme was Jasper, Esme's good friend. Although Mel had never actually met Jasper face-to-face, she had seen pictures of him and had spoken with him on the phone several times when she was in the room with Esme. He was seemed like a fun kid, and Mel was surprised to see him here, not knowing that he would be here this semester. Esme must have forgotten to mention that.

In any case, Mel grinned slyly to herself as she came around behind Esme. She was about to surprise the girl when Jasper suddenly grabbed her wrist and began to pull her away. Surprised, Mel halted for a moment before jogging to catch up. They were still walking, Esme behind Jasper when Mel stood on her toes and quickly wrapped Esme in a bear hug from behind, chuckling happily before releasing the girl and spinning Esme to face her and give her a proper hug. Pulling away from the hug, Mel held Esme's shoulder's for a bit longer and smiled. "Olá, bonita. It's so good to see you. " Mel laughed happily again and looked over Esme appraisingly. "Você é bonita," she said happily, assuring Esme that she was, in deed, beautiful.

Happy with finally seeing Esme, Mel turned to where Jasper had stopped to talk to someone and noticed that that someone was the boy that she had seen with the girls she knew from before. Mel turned her head to look at Esme and raised an eyebrow as if to say 'who's that?'.

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"Uhhh, stupid Dragon!" Kitty spat as she glared at her phone's screen. She was walking at a slow pace in the middle of campus and far more concerned with the Clash of Clans battle occurring on her mobile device then watching where she was going. She was the highest base in her clan and prided herself on 3-staring everything, so Jesus himself could have returned to Earth right in front of her and she would have told him to hold on a second.
It was a Christmas miracle that the slender cheerleader didn't run into anyone as she jammed her finger into her screen repetitively, and as the battle winded down she'd go from a slow walk to a dead stop.
Thirty seconds or so of silence was quickly followed by a loud roar of disapproval. "Attack the air defense, not the damn army base!!"
Anyone else would've been happy with 2 stars & 97% damage, but not Kitty, she was annoyed and didn't care who heard. She'd eventually look up from her phone though and start walking towards the dorms, but only after throwing her phone inside her over-the-shoulder Hello Kitty bag, which happened to match her Hello Kitty dress and white 4-inch platform flip-flops.


This was Kitty's third year here but it was her first year with a new roommate. The girl she had roomed with in room 200 for the past two years was caught up in a sex scandal with a professor and was abruptly removed from the campus halfway through her sophomore year. So while Kitty is usually good with meeting new people it was going to be an adjustment, seeing as how after she lost her last roommate she finished the school year without one and became quite used to rooming alone.

"Gosh I'm hungry. she'd mumble to herself as if she hadn't eaten in hours, when in reality Kitty is just the type of person who's never full and always hungry.
She decided to eat her breakfast at the far end of the fountain this morning since it was completely empty and she happened to love sitting by the water.
It wasn't long before others began to show up but Kitty was so into her food and the YouTube gaming vlog she was watching on her phone that she was oblivious to the small crowd growing on the other side of the fountain. She likely would have stayed oblivious until it was time to get up if she hadn't heard a squeal that would cause her to look up from her phone and peek around to the other side of the fountain. After seeing Jakob and Chloe hugging she realized it was just a friendly reunion and smiled softly to herself before taking another bite out of her sub.

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"The one you'd take a bullet for is the one behind the trigger,"


What A Catch Donnie | In Bloom | I Don't Care

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A grin lit up Jakob's expression when she noticed her friend and she was just as quick to envelope the other girl in an embrace. "Chloe honey, how are you?" She greeted excitedly when she eventually let go of the taller girl but for someone so petite you had to admit she gave strong hugs. "I was just bonding with a newbie," She chimed smiling at Cady ad Chloe with an energetic expression.

"Dance? Better than track I guess. Good luck with your first day though," She chimed softly and it genuinely came across as something caring and kind, which bizarrely was something she was occasionally capable of. She noticed a guy wander over and she smiled politely but her grunge look didn't help make her look less intimidating or out of place. "Jakob and no, I don't sorry. Haven't seen him," She replied with a slight sigh to her voice. "See you around Cady, good luck! She chimed before walking a few steps away so she could talk to Chloe properly.

She was relived when the groups split because really she just wanted to chat with her best friend properly, she'd barely spoken her over the summer partially because she barely spent a day sober and when she was sober, she'd been working but now they were 'reunited' if she was being dramatic, she was genuinely thrilled to see her again.

"So, I want to hear everything about your summer and oh my god, next year; we're spending summer together because I forgot how boring people are back home," She laughed jokingly smiling brightly. It was quite funny how dramatically her attitude changed depending on her company but she believed most people behaved the same way. It was easier to be relaxed and friendly with people she actually liked being around and although everyone credited Jakob as an outstanding actress, she wasn't very good at being fake with people or pretending to like them which might be way she had a slightly...tainted reputation. What most people tend to disregard though is that a person is more than their reputation, so she'd stopped being offended by people who hated her from the get go.

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Chloe turned to the new girl "Hi, I'm Chloe. You will love it here." She said giving the girl a smile. She wasn't much for meeting new people she was never good at it. It always seemed awkward to her so she just gave up but normally people approached her anyway. She didn't involve herself in the conversation. Apparently the fountain was a mutual meeting place for almost everyone because more and more people started to show up. Thankfully the group gravitated away from the two of them and Jakob pulled her a few feet away.

"So, I want to hear everything about your summer and oh my god, next year; we're spending summer together because I forgot how boring people are back home." Chloe laughed "Nothing much happened. I played my piano mostly, wrote some new music," Jakob was the only one who knew she even wrote music, but even with her best friend she was still afraid to play it for her. "I didn't get to see my sister though, I guess she didn't have time to come home for the summer. She said with a shrug. She and her sister hadn't seen each other since Chloe was sent to the boarding school. Soon after she found out her sister got into Yale. They write frequently but they rarely see each other. She was excited to go home that summer since she'd heard from her parents that her sister would be coming home as well but things changed.

"Next summer I go home with you and the summer after you will go home with me! Perfect, You can meet my parents and I can meet yours! She was getting excited just thinking about it. Her parents would love Jakob and not just because she was Chloe's best friend. "Come on, I'm starving.