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Sienna Alvarez [254] "I swear, guys. This is gonna be our best year yet."
Jane Lynch [203]
Sydney Vale [183] "She's going to regret saying that about me."
Charlotte H. Buchanan [148] As long as we don't die, this is gonna be one hell of a story."
Vincent Mast [113]
Carolina Daily [93] "I didn't become heartless. I became smarter."
Connor Harkins [88]
Brent Barclay [66] "I wouldn't have an attitude problem if you weren't so damn pesky."
Victoria Walsh [58] "I know things about you before you even know about them."
Ricardo Slim-Helú [47] "I'm not in the business of denying myself anything."
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Once Sienna had made sure to send Esmee off with one of her friends to the Long Island estate to get things worked out for her time with Charlotte and Rose, she was on her way to meet up with Connor. She didn't think to text him back at the time, still mulling over Jane's text about a spa day. She had seen Carolina's message and had smirked at the attitude, but she was brought back to Jane's while on her way to pick Connor up. And well, she was a bit irritable.
Did it look like Sienna wanted to spend an afternoon with Sydney? Did it sound like it the last time she had given Jane a message in regards to her relationship with Sydney? It had Sienna wanting to pull out her hair or snapping at Jane again, which was never her favorite thing but her favorite brunette was annoying her. It might not even be Jane's fault, Sienna tried to surmise. Perhaps, Sienna's own tolerance level was just low because of the increasing absence of Jane time in her life. At the same time, she couldn't help but listen to that tiny voice in her head that told her that she was not here for entertaining Jane's naiveté. Which was why she was grateful for the miniature group message Piper had made for herself, Sienna and Jane. When Sienna finally got a message to the girls, she made sure Jane knew it was serious. She wasn't using any abbreviations or shortening words. She wasn't in a light mood - she was dead ass serious this time.
To: Piper, Jane
And as I said, Sydney & I aren't friends right now and I'm not pretending. I have 50 other things to be worried about & you know how much I love a spa day. Maybe you, me and Pipe can do something on another day, but I'm not rushing talking to Sydney any time soon. You're going to have to deal with that, love.
To: Piper
And no, you're not being unfair or mean. Jane's being unreasonable. I don't even know how many more times I can tell her that Sydney and I aren't making up any time soon. She's still mad over the post, I'm mad over the last three years. Jane's going to have to deal. End of story. Anyway, did you pick your dress out? My mom is opening her dress vault back at the Long Island estate, so if you need one, you can come over tonite or any time this week.
Just as she finished messaging the girls, a response from Charlotte had reached her and Sienna smiled. She was glad. She still needed to find a way to get Tori to remove that fucking post. Because who the fuck posts about the very same person I stopped you from posting about before!? Sienna's mind was still trying to wrap itself around that logic, but she was also trying to formulate a social media response for Charlotte, sure way to get the board to agree with her that Charlotte did not need to be reviewed or impeached, and a way to get Tori back in her place. It made it a little hard for her to recognize when the car stopped until the driver informed her that they were where Connor was supposed to be. Sighing, Sienna had the window rolled down and after running her gaze over the crowd, settled on a familiar brunette male. "Connor! Connor, over here!" She ushered him with a few waves of her hand after the exclamation before returning her attention to her phone, unaware of what Sydney had just messaged him herself, waiting for Connor to enter the town car.
To: Carrie
Unless you wanna either mop the floor of my tears or her blood, I'd say its a negative on spa day. Jane is probs mad at me, but idc.
To: Lottie
No prob :D Gotta handle something real quick. Just tell me when ur ready 2 b picked up. We can do homework, pick out dresses for the party, & just relax.
To: Carrie
Also, don't trust Tori rite now. Can't tell u y cuz I'm w/ someone, but I'll explain later. I need someone 2 talk w/ about this.
Did it look like Sienna wanted to spend an afternoon with Sydney? Did it sound like it the last time she had given Jane a message in regards to her relationship with Sydney? It had Sienna wanting to pull out her hair or snapping at Jane again, which was never her favorite thing but her favorite brunette was annoying her. It might not even be Jane's fault, Sienna tried to surmise. Perhaps, Sienna's own tolerance level was just low because of the increasing absence of Jane time in her life. At the same time, she couldn't help but listen to that tiny voice in her head that told her that she was not here for entertaining Jane's naiveté. Which was why she was grateful for the miniature group message Piper had made for herself, Sienna and Jane. When Sienna finally got a message to the girls, she made sure Jane knew it was serious. She wasn't using any abbreviations or shortening words. She wasn't in a light mood - she was dead ass serious this time.
To: Piper, Jane
And as I said, Sydney & I aren't friends right now and I'm not pretending. I have 50 other things to be worried about & you know how much I love a spa day. Maybe you, me and Pipe can do something on another day, but I'm not rushing talking to Sydney any time soon. You're going to have to deal with that, love.
To: Piper
And no, you're not being unfair or mean. Jane's being unreasonable. I don't even know how many more times I can tell her that Sydney and I aren't making up any time soon. She's still mad over the post, I'm mad over the last three years. Jane's going to have to deal. End of story. Anyway, did you pick your dress out? My mom is opening her dress vault back at the Long Island estate, so if you need one, you can come over tonite or any time this week.
Just as she finished messaging the girls, a response from Charlotte had reached her and Sienna smiled. She was glad. She still needed to find a way to get Tori to remove that fucking post. Because who the fuck posts about the very same person I stopped you from posting about before!? Sienna's mind was still trying to wrap itself around that logic, but she was also trying to formulate a social media response for Charlotte, sure way to get the board to agree with her that Charlotte did not need to be reviewed or impeached, and a way to get Tori back in her place. It made it a little hard for her to recognize when the car stopped until the driver informed her that they were where Connor was supposed to be. Sighing, Sienna had the window rolled down and after running her gaze over the crowd, settled on a familiar brunette male. "Connor! Connor, over here!" She ushered him with a few waves of her hand after the exclamation before returning her attention to her phone, unaware of what Sydney had just messaged him herself, waiting for Connor to enter the town car.
To: Carrie
Unless you wanna either mop the floor of my tears or her blood, I'd say its a negative on spa day. Jane is probs mad at me, but idc.
To: Lottie
No prob :D Gotta handle something real quick. Just tell me when ur ready 2 b picked up. We can do homework, pick out dresses for the party, & just relax.
To: Carrie
Also, don't trust Tori rite now. Can't tell u y cuz I'm w/ someone, but I'll explain later. I need someone 2 talk w/ about this.
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[font=timesnewroman]Victoria was in the middle of responding to Carolina's text to agree to meet at Jane's house instead of hers. She wasn't particularly excited to be in Jane's home, but she had watched her and Sydney get into the same car minutes earlier, so in the worst case scenario, Jane would be there, but Sydney would be as well. She only stopped texting when her phone screen lit up with Brent Barclay's name. He was calling her and as she stood up and began to walk home, she answered the call. She and Brent were as unlikely of friends as any other "normal" girl in the Upper East Side would say they were to him. She didn't buy drugs from him, wasn't interested in him romantically, and had no connections that would link them to being friends. What had led her to him during sophomore year was that he knew people's secrets. Being a drug dealer to kids who lived such posh and proper lives meant that he knew who had problems and with what. Most teenagers weren't born addicts. They had problems, be it at home, at school, or with friends, that were pushing them to the drugs, and more times than not, Brent had at least a vague idea as to why he was selling to his clients. Making up rumors on a whim or using things that she had heard through the grapevine had gotten her blog off the ground, but the real drama that Brent informed her of through his connections is what made the blog big. Fabricated stories, like the one about Charlotte were always fun but when it came down to it, posts that weren't lies, like the one about Sydney and Vincent, were the ones that made the big difference. And this phone call brought her one more of those worthwhile stories.
"Really, Tori? Charlotte and I are dating? What the fuck's wrong with you?"
"Oh, calm down, Brent. It's not like that would hurt anyone's image other than her's. You should be thanking me."
"Yeah, 'cause you threw my family into this shit and made it look like we're begging for donations? That's what I should be thanking you for?"
"No, because I made it look like you're dating one of the most lusted over girls in our class, and freaked her out enough that she's never going to bother you again unless she wants more photos of the two of you posted together. So, you should be home free if you ever want to sell at one of her lackluster events again, all thanks to me," she said, smiled proudly although he couldn't see it. Her reasoning made sense, at least to her. No one would really care about the controversy over Brent's family because it wasn't like they were anyone to begin with. The weren't a politician-actress couple like the Alvarez's, or powerful CEO's like so many of the other Upper East Side parents. They were just a couple of ordinary joes who happened to create a child like Brent who was unusually intelligent compared to their very average selves. None of the kids at Constance Billard or Saint Jude's would even bat an eye over the idea of them stealing money, especially when their son was already a criminal. Victoria was sure he was overreacting about that part, and the benefits that she listed were strong enough to outweigh even an ounce of concern that any classmates had over Brent's family. "Now, while I have you on the phone. I have a question for you."
"If it's the kind of question I think it is, you better make sure you're wallet's ready too." Victoria could sense him smirking through the phone now. Good gossip came at a price, and with Brent Barclay, it seemed to be a high one. Victoria didn't mind this though. Money was one of the few things that her father offered her in abundance and she took advantage of it. Sparing a couple hundred dollars to find out some dirt on Piper Vine, the bitch who had supposedly slept with her (ex)boyfriend, Ed, would be a worthwhile investment.
"I'll bring your payment over tonight if I get good enough information. Now, I know that you know Piper Vine, so don't try to tell me otherwise."
"She's just friends with Kelley, really. That's how I know her."
"Cut the bullshit, Brent. I've seen you talking to her with my own eyes. Anyway, your sweet little friend Piper slept with Ed at Sydney's party?"
"Who the fuck is Ed?"
"My boyfriend! Well, my ex-boyfriend.. You've met him before. He came to Emma Wilson's party last spring? I introduced him to you? He just transferred to your school...?" The silence on the other end indicated that she was getting no where with him. "That's not the point! The point is that Piper slept with him and now I need to handle her. The only way that you and her would be friends is through your 'business', so, what does she buy from you?" Tori hoped that it was something hard, maybe cocaine or meth, that would completely ruin Piper's image. If it was only marijuana, like she suspected, she would be able to work with it and spin it into something bigger, but the hard drugs would make things easy for her. She was a model, anyone. Wasn't it a 'thing' that all models did coke?
"Piper doesn't buy shit from me."
"Don't insult my intelligence, Brent."
"I'm not even playing with you. She'll come by sometimes with Jane, but it's never to buy for herself."
Tori's eyes lit up. Her original intention had been to ruin Piper, and that was something that she was going to have to do still, without a doubt, but Jane Lynch bought from Brent too? The Jane Lynch? Daughter of a billionaire, buying her way through life, dumb bitch, Jane Lynch, was a druggie? Her blog was going to be on fire this week. "Jane Lynch buys from you?" She couldn't contain her excitement as she questioned him further. "What in the world do you sell her?" Brent paused for a moment, enough for Victoria to add in, "I think this is the best tip you've ever given me. I'll double our normal rate, I just need these details, Brent."
"Just shit to lose weight. Prescription shit, you know, Adderall, Ritalin, that type of stuff."
"Perfect," she beamed. She had no real reason to hurt Jane right now, but she didn't have any real reason to hurt Charlotte either. Her problems with both of the girls were more problems with herself than anything else. She was jealous of Charlotte for being so well-liked and winning the spot of president, and jealous of Jane for being Sydney's best friend. Those deep set dislikes were enough for her to convince herself that both girls had wronged her enough for her to wrong them back, but she didn't want to take the shine away from the post about Charlotte just yet. Plus, Sienna was surely plotting her next move to get Tori to take the post down, and Victoria was smart enough to not underestimate the means that Sienna would go to to get her way. Having a little bit of collateral, some damaging information on another one of her very close friends, someone who she was expected to be even closer to with than Charlotte, would definitely serve as a good deterrent to keep Sienna from trying too much. The tides had definitely turned. Victoria hoped so, at least.
Instead of posting, after hanging up, she finished her text to Carolina and hailed a cab to take her to the hotel the Lynch's lived in. When she arrived and was buzzed in, she followed up with another text.
To: Carolina
Sure, sounds good :) OMW to your place now!
Coming up, are Charlotte and Rosie here too?
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The second she was buzzed in, she rushed into the elevator and quickly found her way in front of Carolina. "Hey!" She said with a smile before being replied to. "Hey. You really didn't have to come! Tori's coming over and we can take care of everything. Besides, Sia said a trip to Long Island might be in the works for tonight?" Charlotte just swatted her hand lightly as she squinted her eyebrows. "Nonsense. I wanted to come and yea, we're goin' to Long Island for night just to get away from all the drama and stuff." She assured Carolina as the two started to walk into the kitchen where Lottie stood across from her friend and laid her purse next to her before leaning down on her hands.
"Fair warning - Jane and Sydney are here having a 'spa day' or something." Lottie rolled her eyes before shrugging and chuckling. "Course they are, but don't worry. I can hold my own especially around Sydney and Jane." She raised an eyebrow before smirking.
She chuckled before hearing her phone and pulling it out to look at the text, reading it she smiled before responding and setting her phone face up on the island to reveal a picture of her and Rosie acting stupid between on of Charlotte's photo shoots over the summer.
To : Sienna <3
You are seriously the best. <3 See you soon.
She cleared her throat as she looked towards Carolina. "So, where's Tori?" She asked with real curiousity, hiding the look of anxiousness behind a small smile. The last person she needed to be around right now was Tori, she already didn't like Lottie. Lottie knew that but, now there's another swirling around about the blonde and she just knew Tori would ask her if it was true or not, hell.
Lottie still had her suspicions about Tori being the person behind the blog so, maybe she would act like she didn't even see it. Either way, Lottie needed proof and before going around telling people that Tori was the 'Gossip Goddess'.
"Fair warning - Jane and Sydney are here having a 'spa day' or something." Lottie rolled her eyes before shrugging and chuckling. "Course they are, but don't worry. I can hold my own especially around Sydney and Jane." She raised an eyebrow before smirking.
She chuckled before hearing her phone and pulling it out to look at the text, reading it she smiled before responding and setting her phone face up on the island to reveal a picture of her and Rosie acting stupid between on of Charlotte's photo shoots over the summer.
To : Sienna <3
You are seriously the best. <3 See you soon.
She cleared her throat as she looked towards Carolina. "So, where's Tori?" She asked with real curiousity, hiding the look of anxiousness behind a small smile. The last person she needed to be around right now was Tori, she already didn't like Lottie. Lottie knew that but, now there's another swirling around about the blonde and she just knew Tori would ask her if it was true or not, hell.
Lottie still had her suspicions about Tori being the person behind the blog so, maybe she would act like she didn't even see it. Either way, Lottie needed proof and before going around telling people that Tori was the 'Gossip Goddess'.
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Connor hadn't got much farther when Sienna flagged him down from her town car. He smiled at the girl and made his way through the light crowd on the street to hop into the back seat with her. The smile was present even after he had sat down and glanced down at the response Sydney had sent him. She insinuated that Sienna was the one running the gossip blog and making the malicious posts about people. He obviously valued Sydney a lot, so he couldn't just brush the accusation off as being rubbish, but at the same time, Sienna?! She was one of the sweetest girls he knew. He was aware that she wasn't Charlotte-level sweet because like most girls in her crowd, her claws seemed to come out when provoked, but still. She didn't seem like the type of girl to make such posts about people who were supposed to be her friends.
"Hey! Nice to finally see you," he said as the car rolled off. Between her leaving Sydney's party early and his unexpected leave from New York, he really hadn't had much time to catch up with Sienna after the summer. He was glad to see her. Despite all of this drama and the new skepticism flooding his mind, he liked Sienna. She was fun, exuberant and seemed like a genuine girl. She was obviously enough of a catch to have Vincent sweating whenever in her presence too, so that had to say something. Sienna was beaming when Connor slid into the car and even more so when he first spoke to her. After getting Starbucks from Connor, their time had been limited and she had honestly thought she lost Connor as a friend after the post that will remain unnamed at present. It would have sucked and dam well would have stung, but his willingness to check on Adam with her and actually have a conversation placated Sienna for the moment. She didn't doubt that Connor would take Sydney's side, though. He was practically in love with her anyway, so there wouldn't be much of a surprise there. "Likewise," she replied, and re-crossed legs, taking only a moment to glance back at her phone before returning her attention to Connor.
"So, what's this weird message stuff about? I haven't spoken to Adam in a while, just with all of this craziness going on, so I'm glad we're going to see him. " When he turned the conversation to Adam, the corners of her mouth were pulled down by the weight of her worry. "Yeah, he text me last night, but I don't think he actually meant it to come to me," she admitted and rifled through her phone as they turned a corner she recognized as close to the one Adam lived on. Despite not having hung out in a while, Sienna remembered it very clearly and would do a light jog near the area just to see if she would spot him coming out to confront him. Not like that had ever happened and he seemed adamant about avoiding her, which made her frown deeper. Shaking the thoughts away, she handed the device to Connor, the last message from Adam on display. "Obviously, he thought he was talking to his parents, but...I don't know, I don't get what he meant when he said we'd hate him or that we already know." Sienna bit her lip.
Connor didn't bother to text Sydney back yet, mostly because he didn't know what to say. As he thought about it further, he considered the idea that maybe she was right. He had never heard of any rumors about Sienna on the blog, at least not ones that were this bad. Maybe she had posted the one about Sydney and Vincent in an impulsive, emotion-fueled move, and then later regretted it, deleted the post, and made up the one about Charlotte to try to shift the attention away from them. It made sense that Sienna would be behind the post about Vincent and Sydney since she was the one who had been wronged by that. But why would she create such a vicious and false post about Charlotte? She and Charlotte seemed like great friends, and anyone who even knew Charlotte vaguely would know that a rumor like that would really hurt her. It didn't make sense and Connor didn't know what to believe, but he wasn't going to question Sienna about it when he didn't know the facts. He would have to text Sydney back or maybe even call her later, after visiting Adam, but for now, he just sent a response to Charlotte and Piper.
To: Piper
Yeah, everything's good now lol. Excited for the party :)!
To: Charlotte
Well call me later ok? As long as you're better than last night I think we're good ;)
Two of her close friends were currently going through something, both issues something Sienna wanted to take care of. No, she needed to take care of. And yet, with her unaware if she could convince Tori to get rid of that post of Charlotte and Adam having begun to keep her at a distance, she was unsure of how she could help. If she even could and it made her heart clench. She hated feeling helpless. Taking a shuddering breath, Sienna gazed up at Connor, "With everything that's happening with Lottie and...well, everything else in my life, I...I just really want to make sure Adam's gonna be okay. So, thanks for coming with me, hon." She added the endearment with a small, appreciative smile, but it didn't last and Sienna turned her gaze out the window. They were close now.
Sooner than she anticipated, they were outside of Adam's door. She had gotten her driver to drop them off at the curb and the duo walked up to the door. Sienna sighed and glanced back at Connor, "Hopefully, he answers." Just as she reached for the door, Sienna heard a loud thud. She didn't even look back at Connor, she just jostled the doorknob, only to discover it was left unlocked and shoved the door open only to see Adam on the ground and being held down. Sienna gasped. "Oh my God, what are you doing to him!?"
"Hey! Nice to finally see you," he said as the car rolled off. Between her leaving Sydney's party early and his unexpected leave from New York, he really hadn't had much time to catch up with Sienna after the summer. He was glad to see her. Despite all of this drama and the new skepticism flooding his mind, he liked Sienna. She was fun, exuberant and seemed like a genuine girl. She was obviously enough of a catch to have Vincent sweating whenever in her presence too, so that had to say something. Sienna was beaming when Connor slid into the car and even more so when he first spoke to her. After getting Starbucks from Connor, their time had been limited and she had honestly thought she lost Connor as a friend after the post that will remain unnamed at present. It would have sucked and dam well would have stung, but his willingness to check on Adam with her and actually have a conversation placated Sienna for the moment. She didn't doubt that Connor would take Sydney's side, though. He was practically in love with her anyway, so there wouldn't be much of a surprise there. "Likewise," she replied, and re-crossed legs, taking only a moment to glance back at her phone before returning her attention to Connor.
"So, what's this weird message stuff about? I haven't spoken to Adam in a while, just with all of this craziness going on, so I'm glad we're going to see him. " When he turned the conversation to Adam, the corners of her mouth were pulled down by the weight of her worry. "Yeah, he text me last night, but I don't think he actually meant it to come to me," she admitted and rifled through her phone as they turned a corner she recognized as close to the one Adam lived on. Despite not having hung out in a while, Sienna remembered it very clearly and would do a light jog near the area just to see if she would spot him coming out to confront him. Not like that had ever happened and he seemed adamant about avoiding her, which made her frown deeper. Shaking the thoughts away, she handed the device to Connor, the last message from Adam on display. "Obviously, he thought he was talking to his parents, but...I don't know, I don't get what he meant when he said we'd hate him or that we already know." Sienna bit her lip.
Connor didn't bother to text Sydney back yet, mostly because he didn't know what to say. As he thought about it further, he considered the idea that maybe she was right. He had never heard of any rumors about Sienna on the blog, at least not ones that were this bad. Maybe she had posted the one about Sydney and Vincent in an impulsive, emotion-fueled move, and then later regretted it, deleted the post, and made up the one about Charlotte to try to shift the attention away from them. It made sense that Sienna would be behind the post about Vincent and Sydney since she was the one who had been wronged by that. But why would she create such a vicious and false post about Charlotte? She and Charlotte seemed like great friends, and anyone who even knew Charlotte vaguely would know that a rumor like that would really hurt her. It didn't make sense and Connor didn't know what to believe, but he wasn't going to question Sienna about it when he didn't know the facts. He would have to text Sydney back or maybe even call her later, after visiting Adam, but for now, he just sent a response to Charlotte and Piper.
To: Piper
Yeah, everything's good now lol. Excited for the party :)!
To: Charlotte
Well call me later ok? As long as you're better than last night I think we're good ;)
Two of her close friends were currently going through something, both issues something Sienna wanted to take care of. No, she needed to take care of. And yet, with her unaware if she could convince Tori to get rid of that post of Charlotte and Adam having begun to keep her at a distance, she was unsure of how she could help. If she even could and it made her heart clench. She hated feeling helpless. Taking a shuddering breath, Sienna gazed up at Connor, "With everything that's happening with Lottie and...well, everything else in my life, I...I just really want to make sure Adam's gonna be okay. So, thanks for coming with me, hon." She added the endearment with a small, appreciative smile, but it didn't last and Sienna turned her gaze out the window. They were close now.
Sooner than she anticipated, they were outside of Adam's door. She had gotten her driver to drop them off at the curb and the duo walked up to the door. Sienna sighed and glanced back at Connor, "Hopefully, he answers." Just as she reached for the door, Sienna heard a loud thud. She didn't even look back at Connor, she just jostled the doorknob, only to discover it was left unlocked and shoved the door open only to see Adam on the ground and being held down. Sienna gasped. "Oh my God, what are you doing to him!?"
Only seconds after Sydney insinuated that Sienna was purposely ignoring her texts in favor of Charlotte, her phone pinged with texts from both Sienna and Piper. Jane's face instantly took on an expression reading "how dare they?!" as she skimmed the messages. Without thinking, she flung her phone across the bed to where Sydney was sitting. "I can't even believe them!" she hissed. Both of her friends had been honest and probably more gentle than she deserved, considering that Jane knew neither of them wanted to be around Sydney but continued to insist they do so. Still, Jane was used to getting her way and she wasn't happy with both of them rejecting her, especially in a way that hinted that neither of them wanted to hang out with she and Sydney in a closed setting any time soon. "I think you're right. Sienna's trying to ditch us for Charlotte! Us for Charlotte! It's weird to even say that out loud!"
Within seconds, Jane's phone was sent flying in her direction and as she unlocked the phone and read the first couple of messages on it, an eyebrow quirked. A barely noticeable smirk surfaced as she read, and Jane started ranting. First of all, Piper, I don't want to hang out with you in private either. I don't want to hang out with you in public, for that matter, and you should be grateful that I've even let you get this far. What a stupid, stupid bitch. Next was Sienna's message, the more recent of the two. It was harder to run a petty commentary on this one because she and Sienna had more of a reason to avoid each other than Piper did. Piper was obviously just jealous and intimidated by her, so Sydney could spin her into being a bitch, but with Sienna, it was going to be more tricky. She was going to have to toy with Jane's emotions if she wanted to vilify Sienna. It wasn't the nicest thing to do but judging by Jane's reaction, it wouldn't be the hardest thing to do either. "She thinks she's better than you. Did you see how she has '50 other things to be worried about', over you?" Maybe that wasn't exactly how Sienna had phrased it... "Honestly, Jane, I think she's always been like that. I'm the one who has had to deal with this side of her, the side of her that thinks she's so much more important than you and I, and I was okay with that. Like, I can stand up to Sienna and deal with how toxic she can be, but now she's trying to do that to you and I think that's a step too far." Sydney stood up and placed Jane's phone back in her hand, comfortingly rubbing Jane's in the process. This was wrong... doing this was wrong, but Sydney was going to give it a shot. "First she posts about me, and then she posts about Charlotte... I think it only makes sense that she's going to come for you next."
Jane was falling for Sydney's biased influencing because it seemed like it made sense. Between how dramatic she could be, and how Sienna was normally such a good friend that she would put herself into uncomfortable situations just to make Jane happy, the sudden change seemed to make sense. Sydney's badmouthing seemed less like badmouthing than it did logical reasoning and when she quieted down to let Sydney speak, she was left chewing on her bottom lip nervously. "You don't think that she really wrote that about Lottie, though, right?" Jane asked. Her riled up mood had dropped when Sydney suggested that she might be the next target of what was apparently Sienna's wrath. She didn't argue that Sienna had written the post about Sydney because that, especially, did seem to make sense. With the way that dinner had went, and knowing the pent up anger that Sienna must have had over it, it seemed like she would want the world to know about that affair more than anyone else. But Charlotte? Why would Sienna go after her?
It was a good thing that Sydney was a quick thinker because she really didn't have any set reason to explain why Sienna would post about Charlotte. Sydney was sure that Sienna was behind that blog but even she couldn't come up with a reason for why Sienna would go after Lottie. "Think about it, Jane. Sienna probably suspected that you and I were getting tired of this bully that she's become, so she knew Charlotte was her only other option as a real friend. It would look bad for her to just suddenly run to Charlotte when you and I drop her, so in her crazy, delusional mind, it made sense for her to try to come out looking like the hero. She wrote that post about Charlotte, so that she could get closer to her by comforting her over it and making it seem like she genuinely wanted to be friends with her, and that she's just not a second-choice friend." It made sense to Sydney, but it was definitely possible that it was too complicated for Jane to follow.
Jane knew what Sydney was saying. She wasn't completely sure that she believed it, but she wasn't completely sure that she didn't believe it either. The person that Sydney was describing wasn't the Sienna that Jane loved, but maybe it was possible that there was a darker side in her. A side dark enough to secretly be the bad guy, just so she could be the good guy to your face. And if Sydney was so sure that she was going to come for her next, Jane had even more of a reason to be nervous. "I don't know... I guess that's possible."
The seed of doubt had been planted and that was all that Sydney needed to see for now. "I'm just trying to look out for you, but I guess we should enjoy our spa day. It'll be more fun with just the two of us anyway," she smiled, linking arms with Jane as they left her room. They were almost in the makeshift spa room when voices became audible, and with a few more steps, Sydney matched them to Carolina, Charlotte and Victoria. Even as children, Sydney had always brushed Victoria Walsh off as being a wannabe. Today, that assumption wasn't far from true, but while refusing to accept her as one of her own, Sydney had also failed to realize the potential in her. The potential aside from being an everyday minion. She received texts from Victoria frequently, commenting on how great the photos from her party looked, asking if she could get an invitation, complimenting her on an outfit, or a social media post, and so on. Most of the time, Sydney didn't reply because she didn't need to, but today, she decided it was time to take a closer look at Victoria. She had been hanging out with Sienna at Charlotte's event yesterday. Maybe she was worth more than Sydney pinned her to be. Without an ounce of care if she was interrupting something, Sydney tugged Jane into the kitchen where the girls were working. She opted to only acknowledge Victoria, since she had seen Carolina before, and simply wasn't in the mood to converse with Charlotte. "Tori, come hang out with Jane and I." It was a demand more than an offer, but in the presence of Carolina, who could potentially sway Jane's family's opinions of her, she kept a smile on.
Adam Westin
Adam was tirelessly thrashing around trying to get himself free, but due to an already weakened state, he wasn't strong enough to actually push them off. 'If you don't fight harder their going to lock you up. They'll run a bunch of test and try to control you'. With his mind telling him to fight harder, Adam did just that. He started taking cheap shots, biting, scratching anything. He grew more desperate by the minute. "Whether you like it or not, we have to hospitalize him. He is in no condition to be out on his own." The doctor told Hailey as he prepared the needle that was previously knocked out of his hand earlier. The older woman knew he was right. She never agreed with Adam's parents on keeping him locked up at home when he should've been hospitalized a long time ago.
Maybe after some time he can be released into society, but as of right now he was too young and didn't understand fully what was happening to him. It was normal for teenagers to react in such a way when they learn that they are the same paranoid schizophrenics that the media and regular people play out to be monsters. It really took it's toll on Adam. "You're right doctor. Once he is sedated I'll let you take him to the hospital." Hailey knew she would have to inform his parents. Another thing she would have to do is try and keep this out of the media for as long as possible.
"Adam, son, we are going to give you this medication only to calm you down. It's not going to kill you I swear." The doctor cooed. It seemed that they were getting somewhere because Adam wasn't fighting as much, but that all changed when Sienna and Connor walked into the apartment. The teenager saw his two closest friends in Constance and St.Judes walk in and the look on Sienna's face horrified him. 'Look at that they came to see you get executed. The girl can't believe what a monster you are.' Adam started becoming more aggressive again wishing he was anywhere than here.
Hailey turned to Sienna and Connor, recognizing them from them coming over in the past, and she gave them a sympathetic look. She knew Adam tried keeping his friends from knowing his condition, but eventually they would find out. His illness was a life long problem and wouldn't be able to hide for forever. She just wished that he told them on his own terms, and that they wouldn't have to find out in such a way. She turned to look at Adam just as the doctor successfully stuck the needle into his neck and got him to calm down. It wasn't long before the teenager was out cold. His entire body going limp.
Hailey walked over to Sienna and Connor and blocked their view of Adam. "I'm sorry you had to see that." The older woman smiled bitterly. "I would let Adam tell you, but I don't know when the next time you'll be able to see him is." After a brief pause, Hailey got the gumption to speak once more. They were Adam's closest friends and deserved an explanation. "Adam has paranoid schizophrenia. He was diagnosed Junior year and it's really taken a toll on him. I'm sorry that he couldn't explain this to you himself." Surely this was a lot of information to take in, and the duo probably had more questions that needed answers. Maybe this would explain to them his past behavior though.
The doctor and his workers had placed Adam in a wheelchair to take him to the van out back, Hailey watched as they rolled him past her, Sienna, and Connor before looking back at the other two."I'm sure he would be happy that you two came to see him. You can't tell anyone about what you just saw though. Neither him nor his parents are ready for the world to know of his condition. I'm afraid of what he would try to do if this got out into the press." Regardless of her job being at stake, she was genuinely concerned for Adam's well being and she hoped that Sienna and Connor wouldn't breath word about this to anyone. "I'm having him hospitalized, and I will let you two know when you can come visit him. I'm sure he'll be happy to see you two." She needed to pack some of Adam's things to prepare him for his stay at the mental hospital.
"If you two wouldn't mind, can you help me pack him some things? There are some phone calls I need to make and other important matters to tend to." She stepped aside to let Sienna and Connor enter the apartment. "Oh, you know he loves to write music, so can you please pack a couple of sheets for him?"
"I know you can," Carolina agreed when Charlotte insisted that she could hold her own against Sydney and Jane. "But being prepared never hurts," she added with a wink as she slipped onto one of the high top chairs to the island and flipped open her laptop. Carolina knew that Charlotte was more involved in Constance Billard's social scene than she was. She probably wasn't as involved as the other Buchanan twin, but her presence was known nonetheless, and Carolina knew that she had even been friends with Sydney at one point. Maybe that was why Charlotte was calmer than Carolina thought she would be. Unlike her, Charlotte did have some experience dealing with these mean girls on a personal level, so even though this new rumor was really bad, it probably wasn't as much of a shock to Charlotte as it would be if something like that happened to her.
"I don't know, she should be on her way here," Carolina offered with a shrug when Charlotte asked about Victoria. She was ready to text Tori to ask her herself, when she saw that Sienna and Piper had texted her since Charlotte arrived. Both of them had similar messages: don't trust Tori. It was definitely random, especially with both coming only moments apart from each other, but Carolina didn't think too much of it, because she didn't know what she could think of it. She had only barely been briefed on drama and she was already sure that she didn't want to know any more of it, especially with Tori on her way to the house now. Before she could respond to either girl or text Tori herself, Tori finally texted her and said that she was here. "Speaking of the devil," Carolina laughed, "she's here now. Let me get her." With that, she was out of the kitchen and down the hall into the foyer where the elevator let out.
"Hey love!" Tori squealed, apparently in a very good mood as she burst out of the elevator and gave Carolina a tight squeeze.
It was strange and Carolina didn't hide it as she furrowed her eyebrows and flashed Tori a smile, but with a look of suspicion. "Happy to see me?" she returned jokingly, shrugging Tori's arms away as soon as possible.
"When am I not?" Tori beamed. "Let's get to work on these tours, though. And you never answered my text!"
"Charlotte's here," Carolina said, still a little taken aback by the enthusiastic greeting she had just gotten. Did it have anything to do with what Sienna and Piper were warning her about? Victoria seemed happy and energetic but that didn't seem like something that constituted any mistrust or worry. A second later, they were in the kitchen where Tori would be able to see for herself that it was just she and Charlotte. "So, now that we're all here, shall we begin?" Carolina questioned, sitting back down. She glanced at Charlotte over her laptop but couldn't give her any sort of look with Victoria so close by.
"I'm surprised to see you here," she chirped as a greeting to Charlotte, before smiling. "Pleasantly surprised, though." Victoria set up her laptop next to the girls and though she had ideas for the tours herself, waited for Charlotte to start the conversation about them. It didn't get very far before the trio were interrupted by Sydney and Jane. Victoria couldn't have cared any less about the latter, despite her being the reason for her currently elevated good mood, but it didn't take more than a millisecond for Victoria to flip her laptop shut and hop off of her chair when Sydney invited her to hang out. Her desperation was probably apparent by the way she nearly ran to the door at the offer, but Victoria didn't care. Sydney was cooler than Carolina and Charlotte combined, and if they wanted to say something to her about it, so be it. Charlotte had gotten a taste of her wrath, but there was more to come if she wanted to be a bitch.
"You girls don't mind, do you?" she said, though she didn't even wait for them to respond before disappearing into the hall with the duo.
Just as soon as Victoria had arrived, she was gone. She hadn't left with some excuse that she had work to do, or a family emergency, or even that she was tired and didn't feel like doing SGA planning. She left to hang out with Sydney and Jane... What the fuck?! Now, Carolina didn't need to hide her expressive look to Charlotte and when she was sure the girls were far enough down the hall, she vocalized it to. "She was the one who wanted to get together to plan these tours and now she bails? What the hell? Should I text her and tell her to come back?" Carolina didn't want to go down there and confront Victoria about it in front of Sydney and Jane. She didn't care about their opinions, but she also wasn't looking to throw herself into any drama. She did, however, shoot Sienna and Piper responses now.
To: Sienna
Is it bc she's replacing u in that terrible trio u were apart of with Barbie and airhead??? lol she just bailed on me and lottie to hang with ur bffs
To: Piper
lmao something about her has always been off. u no i don't do drama tho so u don't need to warn me ;)
After his phone call with Victoria, Brent considered that maybe she was right. Compared to Charlotte, he didn't have much to worry about in the social-image-being-ruined respect. In many ways, it wasn't like he had a social image at all. Being a "badass" had been cool for a year or so, since he was coming off of a long road of being a complete nerd, but now he was really just selling drugs and maintaining this side of his personality to help his family stay afloat. If anything, he preferred to blend into the background around most people and aside from a couple of congratulatory comments about dating Lottie from other guys in school, no one had said anything about his family. No one cared and someone's mother being on the verge of dying was something that even the biggest jerk at Saint Jude's would know was not comedic on any level. He hated the idea of his family being thrust into the spotlight, even if no one had cared, mostly because Charlotte had to have known that it was his family. There was absolutely no way that she didn't know, and Brent was positive that the class president had watched that video multiple times before it was shown to make sure that it was perfect. He liked messing with her and liked it when she messed with him back, but something like this just seemed like it was on a whole different playing field. There was still a part of him that wanted to text her and ask her what she was doing, but he had never been serious with Charlotte before and trying to have an emotional, real conversation would just be awkward and uncomfortable. Plus, Victoria had eased his concerns and the promise of a hefty payout over the gossip he leaked about Jane was enough for him to let her off the hook for promoting his mother's health crisis even further.
He didn't directly make any profit off of his deal with Jane and Piper last night, because all of Jane's money went into Piper's pocket, but it had technically just brought him money from Victoria too. Plus, he was sure that all it would take was one sale for Jane to be hooked again and that was going to pay off big this time around. He felt a little bit better over the whole ALS event fiasco, and with the guarantee of lots of money in his future, even better. Rather than return home and potentially have to deal with his brother, who was undoubtedly strung out on drugs, despite it being the middle of the day, Brent headed to the library. He had a few papers to start working on and planned on staying there until it closed. When he arrived twenty minutes later, he settled in at a table in a quite corner nook of the library, set up his laptop and put his ear buds in, although he wasn't playing any music, and sent Kelley a text. He considered texting Piper to tell her that he was going to need her to send Jane his way again soon, but decided not to push it. He thought about texting Charlotte for a while, but wasn't sure what to say. About twenty minutes into his writing, he decided to just send it. Being an ass to her was better than trying to seriously talk about the rumor and feeling uncomfortable.
To: Kelley
Come chill at the library
To: Charlotte
Telling people you're my gf now? I knew you were crazy about me, but calm down Buchanan
When the car pulled to a halt in front of Adam's apartment building, Connor followed Sienna inside. He nodded when she thought aloud of how she hoped he answered. At this point, Connor was hoping the same thing. Adam had surely realized by now that he had sent that strange and personal text to Sienna, rather than his parents, who seemed to be the intended recipients. He was probably embarrassed or at least unwilling to explain whatever the problem he was referring to was, and it wasn't like Adam was a social butterfly anyway. If anything, he seemed more like a social recluse. He would disappear from school for days at a time and only occasionally accepted Connor's invitations to come to parties or school events. Adam definitely didn't seem like someone who was going to want to open up about a personal issue that seemed to be bothering him a lot. "Should I t--" Connor had started to offer to text Adam and say they were there, but was cut short as a bang behind the door caught both of their attention.
Sienna thrust the door open without even knocking and the scene unfolding in the apartment was something that Connor never would have expected. Adam was being held down as a needle was forced into his neck. It seemed like something out of a movie and for a moment, Connor thought it was a dream. It was a good thing that Hailey had stepped in front of Adam, because Connor probably was lighthearted when it came to needles. A simple flu shot had him feeling sick, and seeing a good friend being stabbed in the neck with a sedative was bad enough to make anyone sick. His expression was probably just as horrified as Sienna's, but he didn't shout like she did upon seeing the doctors on Adam. He had thrust out a hand in front of her instinctively. It was clear after a few moments that no one was going to hurt them, but he also didn't want the emotional girl beside him to try to intervene to help Adam.
Hailey began to speak again, and Connor was pretty sure that he remembered her as one of the family's housekeepers. What she said, startled him as much as the physical scene did. Adam had paranoid schizophrenia. Connor was no psychologist, but he knew that that was serious. He could have pinned Adam as being depressed or anxious, because those also would have explained his tendency to isolate himself, but schizophrenia is something that he never would have suspected. Now it made sense, because when he did see Adam, it was probably only when he was being medicated and his illness was controlled. Still, this was big news to receive about a friend and the idea of being friends with someone who was so sick was a little bit unsettling.
The doctors had lifted Adam into a wheelchair now and were rolling him out of the apartment. Connor could only bare to look at Adam, who seemed limp and unconscious, for a second before it made him feel sick to his stomach. He had seemed extremely aggressive and sedating him was probably safer for everyone, including Adam, but it reminded Connor of the treatment of a feral animal. He glanced over at Sienna with a look containing emotions of horror, confusion and sadness, before returning his gaze to Hailey, who was speaking again. Connor didn't know if he even wanted to visit Adam in the hospital. They certainly were friends and Connor knew that he needed support, but the Adam that he had just seen, who was close to attacking the doctors, was not the Adam he was friends with. This was all so much at once, and all Connor could do was nod his head as Hailey asked if they could help her gather some things for Adam's stay. "Uh... yeah, I guess so," he responded, looking at Sienna once again before stepping past Hailey and slowly heading down the hall. He was surprised with even himself for remembering where Adam's room was in the apartment. It had to have been six months or so since he had last been there, and even then it was just a brief visit to help Adam catch up on some school work he had missed. "I guess that text makes sense now," Connor said, his voice a near whisper. They were far enough from Hailey that she probably couldn't hear them but Connor was still in enough shock that he could only get out a hiss.
Sydney's accusation about Sienna had Jane second guessing a lot. Maybe it was simply dumb of her to trust Sydney at this point, but the way that she had said it made Jane think that it was possible. She added the pieces up in her head over and over, and with each time, she became a little more open to the idea of Sienna being manipulative. It was impossible for her to actually think that Sienna wasn't a good friend because they had years worth of history to prove against that, but maybe she was trying to ditch their friend group. Her text had made it seem like she wasn't willing to reconcile, at least, and right now, Jane was paranoid enough about what she and Piper had done. The last thing she needed was anyone putting her in the spotlight, and if Sienna was trying to link up with Charlotte, Jane considered that she would do the same with Piper as well. Jane liked Piper and probably trusted her more than Sienna and Sydney, but at this point, she wasn't sure if Piper would have her back either.
In an impulsive move, as they headed down the hallway, Jane responded to Piper and Sienna in the group. She didn't say anything to Sydney, partly because she had stopped a few feet back as she addressed Tori in the kitchen doorway, and partly because she didn't want this to seem like it was Sydney influencing her into doing anything. It indirectly was probably what Sydney had hoped would happen, but Jane wasn't thinking that deeply. She wasn't going to send them a long message about how they were being bad friends, because deep down she knew that their reasons not to come were completely valid, but she couldn't pass on an opportunity to be a little dramatic.
To: Sienna, Piper
k you are both really rude
She had been distracted with her phone for long enough that she couldn't protest inviting Victoria to their spa day until she had already accepted the invitation and ran over to them. It was like she didn't even try to hide how desperate she was to hang around them. Jane didn't know that Victoria disliked her a lot, but she disliked her herself. She had always seemed like a wannabe and though Jane had only originally rejected her as a child under Sydney's influence, she had never questioned the decision to outcast her. Even now, when puberty had clearly treated Victoria well and left her looking like someone who could fit in with them, Jane had no intention of befriending Tori, and she had no idea why Sydney would suddenly care about her either. "Um, what?" It was rude but Jane couldn't hide her confusion and annoyance with Sydney for inviting Tori to join them. As if she wasn't already anxious enough, Tori would make it impossible for her to relax any more or have a real conversation with Sydney. "I'll meet you down there, I need a drink." Rather than follow the girls down the hall, she excused herself to stop in the kitchen and as soon as she was in there, she glared at Carolina. "Tell your weirdo friend to stay in here with you," she ordered, only noticing Charlotte after she had spoken. She didn't formally greet Charlotte, but lightened her expression as she looked towards her, transforming it into more of a plea than a demand. Unlike Carolina, Charlotte was on the same level as her and Jane couldn't speak down to her. Especially not after last night, when despite being frantic about that post, Charlotte had still managed to help her with her school work. "I don't even know why she's in my house, but if she's part of your government thing, then keep her away from us."
It all happened in a blur - Adam's sudden rush of aggression, the way they had to force the needle into Adam's neck (which definitely made Sienna cringe and want to stop them), Adam's energy being depleted before he lost all consciousness - it all happened before Sienna could get another breath in and by the time she did, she exhaled on a tremor, the breath escaping her in small, rushed huffs. More than the shock of how Adam had to be controlled was the look in his eyes: flashing with some kind of tortured fury, they struck Sienna silent, so much so that she didn't even question when the blonde male was hoisted off of the ground and dumped into a wheelchair. It wasn't until Adam was rolled past her did she breathe again, sharing a concerned look with Connor before finally paying attention to Hailey.
"I want to know everything as soon as possible," Sienna demanded not soon afterwards, meeting Hailey's gaze unflinchingly despite the obvious horror and shock she was still in. "Hospital room, discharge date, everything." Like Connor, her mind was still trying to associate the writhing guy in a fit on the floor and the guy she could spend hours making music with. At the end of that train of thought, however, there was only one thing that Sienna could come to terms with: Adam was still her friend. And that meant she couldn't give up on him. She had to be here for him, at least to bash him in the head for not being honest with her and not asking for help. It reminded her of her turmoil with Jane's situation, which only served to make Sienna monotonously agree to packing some of Adam's things.
Sienna followed Connor wordlessly through the apartment and into Adam's bedroom, taking in the room they had once played video games in. Her eyes scoped out the entire surface area before falling on Connor, ears only just catching his whisper over the memory of shoving Adam off his bed because she had petulantly believed he cheated. It took a fraction of a second for Sienna to catch on to what he was saying, and when she did, she could only nod for a moment. "Yeah...I guess..." She said lowly, actually surprised by the tears that sprung to her eyes at the thought of where Adam's mind had been last night. And it made her all the more upset with his parents. Who the fuck left their son in another country when they're sick? But Sienna swiped at her eyes before a single tear could fall, digging her hands into a few of Adam's items. "Let's just pack his things and get out of here." As much as emotional Sienna would have lingered on the things that gave her memories, she didn't want to. Not here. Not when all she could think about was the fact that her friend had been alone all this time and she hadn't known.
It took them a good ten minutes to pack a few things for Adam, a few items of clothing, sheet music and his collection of classical CDs (Sienna knew he'd like that, at least), and a few other small items before calling it quits. Sienna couldn't have called back to Hailey quick enough, opting to reiterate her demand to be notified of all Adam-related news. Once she bid Hailey a good evening, Sienna led Connor out of the apartment and back to her family's vehicle, opting to drop Connor off wherever he needed her to. "Hey," she had called, just as he was about to leave, and grabbed his arm pleadingly. "Don't tell the guys about this...please. I-I-I know they weren't friends with him or anything, but...I just really don't need this getting out any further than us." Sienna knew that all it would take is some ignorant comment from one of Manhattan's elite and it would be all over. Adam's image would be completely ruined if it got out and more than likely, there'd be unnecessary teasing and everything. Sienna's imagination painted a vivid picture and while she knew Connor wasn't the type, he did hang out with Sienna and, inadvertently at times, Jane. As much as Sienna loved her friend, Jane would either be dismissive about it or make some unwitting remark, unaware at how dangerous a single breath from her person could be.
Once Connor was gone and Sienna was in her lonesome, she was about to dial up a friend when she got the notification of Jane's text. It was enough to cause her to let out an indignant noise and her fingers impulsively punched out a response. However, her thumb didn't press down on the send button. Instead, it hit delete and she busied herself looking at other notifications before going back to what she needed.
To: Lottie
No prob, chica. Omw
To: Carrie
Excuse the vanity, Sydney replacing me w/ the bitch riding her clit don't hurt a bit. Not exactly replaceable. Btw, omw.
To: Piper
Can you believe her? Smh. U coming or what?
Sienna didn't give herself time to think about Jane's text any longer nor the fact that Sydney was welcoming Tori into her folds. However, the latter fact was bothering her. If Sydney wanted a new friend, that was fine. Not that Sienna honestly thought she'd find one out of the many girls who want to be with Sydney just because it sounds good, not because they wanted to be her friend. Tori was a completely different story. Sienna didn't presume to know how much Tori wanted to be close to Sydney, but she did know she was un-trustworthy. And maybe, to an extent, Sienna was as well, but Sienna also prided herself on being a good friend and she had only gotten involved with Victoria to protect Charlotte. But now, Tori was no longer under Sienna's control and Sienna hated it. She didn't normally want to control people, but there came a point where she needed to at least know how to keep Tori from screwing everyone Sienna cared about over. However, Sienna wasn't the mastermind or evil genius. And she needed help.
"Well, well, well, haven't heard from you in a long time," Ricardo purred into the phone, or at least, that's how it sounded in Sienna's ears. Either way, it made her roll her eyes. "Puh-leaze, Ricky! It was twenty four hours ago. Besides, I'm surprised you're not out getting your boys intoxicated." She could practically envision his chuckle through the phone and she rolled her eyes again. "And here I was, trying to be a good little boy, and you tempt with that idea." Sienna re-crossed her legs, sitting back against the leathery seats. It was only a few seconds of silence before Ricky decided to talk again, noting that her quietness meant something. "So, I think we both know this isn't a friendly little call. What can I do for you?"
Sienna opened her mouth to speak, but only paused, swallowing back whatever impulsive response she would have typically given Rick. Was she really doing this? Getting Ricardo's help on manipulating people? She wasn't really manipulative, not to the extent that she felt like she had to go to in order to make Victoria get rid of that damn post. But that was what she had to remind herself - that she was only trying to make Victoria give in already and stop being pesky. "A certain little birdy's gotten out of her cage and I want to get her back." Rick reveled in his own pause, a smirk flitting across his face. "And the innocent little songstress comes for my help. Don't tell me you're walking on the dark side now, Sia." He saw her glower long before it appeared on her face. "Never said I was a good girl and it's not that deep. I just...I'm doing this for my friends." Rick grinned at the thought, picking up the glass of whiskey and sipping some of it. The sound of him swallowing shouldn't have been as ominous. "You're a smart girl, Sia. Think. What does your little birdy love more than anything?" He didn't give her a chance to answer, no he wanted Sienna to think on it. While others speculated on whether or not Sienna had a dark side, and if she'd actually - truly (since a little post was not the full extent of Sienna's vindictiveness, that much he knew) - use it, Ricardo liked fostering it. He wouldn't ever try to change Sienna, that wasn't his goal. But he did like knowing that she wasn't squeaky clean (not that he didn't already know that), that the little perfectionist pop star didn't have all white feathers. She was just as dark as he and Sydney.
There was no stopping the pout that formed on Sienna's face at being hung up on, but she didn't have time to mull that over. She thought about the things she had learned about Tori since catching her trying to post about Charlotte. It left Sienna in her silence, but it wouldn't be long before a light bulb clicked in her head. She just wouldn't able to act on it until she had taken care of seeing Carrie and picking up Charlotte.
"I want to know everything as soon as possible," Sienna demanded not soon afterwards, meeting Hailey's gaze unflinchingly despite the obvious horror and shock she was still in. "Hospital room, discharge date, everything." Like Connor, her mind was still trying to associate the writhing guy in a fit on the floor and the guy she could spend hours making music with. At the end of that train of thought, however, there was only one thing that Sienna could come to terms with: Adam was still her friend. And that meant she couldn't give up on him. She had to be here for him, at least to bash him in the head for not being honest with her and not asking for help. It reminded her of her turmoil with Jane's situation, which only served to make Sienna monotonously agree to packing some of Adam's things.
Sienna followed Connor wordlessly through the apartment and into Adam's bedroom, taking in the room they had once played video games in. Her eyes scoped out the entire surface area before falling on Connor, ears only just catching his whisper over the memory of shoving Adam off his bed because she had petulantly believed he cheated. It took a fraction of a second for Sienna to catch on to what he was saying, and when she did, she could only nod for a moment. "Yeah...I guess..." She said lowly, actually surprised by the tears that sprung to her eyes at the thought of where Adam's mind had been last night. And it made her all the more upset with his parents. Who the fuck left their son in another country when they're sick? But Sienna swiped at her eyes before a single tear could fall, digging her hands into a few of Adam's items. "Let's just pack his things and get out of here." As much as emotional Sienna would have lingered on the things that gave her memories, she didn't want to. Not here. Not when all she could think about was the fact that her friend had been alone all this time and she hadn't known.
It took them a good ten minutes to pack a few things for Adam, a few items of clothing, sheet music and his collection of classical CDs (Sienna knew he'd like that, at least), and a few other small items before calling it quits. Sienna couldn't have called back to Hailey quick enough, opting to reiterate her demand to be notified of all Adam-related news. Once she bid Hailey a good evening, Sienna led Connor out of the apartment and back to her family's vehicle, opting to drop Connor off wherever he needed her to. "Hey," she had called, just as he was about to leave, and grabbed his arm pleadingly. "Don't tell the guys about this...please. I-I-I know they weren't friends with him or anything, but...I just really don't need this getting out any further than us." Sienna knew that all it would take is some ignorant comment from one of Manhattan's elite and it would be all over. Adam's image would be completely ruined if it got out and more than likely, there'd be unnecessary teasing and everything. Sienna's imagination painted a vivid picture and while she knew Connor wasn't the type, he did hang out with Sienna and, inadvertently at times, Jane. As much as Sienna loved her friend, Jane would either be dismissive about it or make some unwitting remark, unaware at how dangerous a single breath from her person could be.
Once Connor was gone and Sienna was in her lonesome, she was about to dial up a friend when she got the notification of Jane's text. It was enough to cause her to let out an indignant noise and her fingers impulsively punched out a response. However, her thumb didn't press down on the send button. Instead, it hit delete and she busied herself looking at other notifications before going back to what she needed.
To: Lottie
No prob, chica. Omw
To: Carrie
Excuse the vanity, Sydney replacing me w/ the bitch riding her clit don't hurt a bit. Not exactly replaceable. Btw, omw.
To: Piper
Can you believe her? Smh. U coming or what?
Sienna didn't give herself time to think about Jane's text any longer nor the fact that Sydney was welcoming Tori into her folds. However, the latter fact was bothering her. If Sydney wanted a new friend, that was fine. Not that Sienna honestly thought she'd find one out of the many girls who want to be with Sydney just because it sounds good, not because they wanted to be her friend. Tori was a completely different story. Sienna didn't presume to know how much Tori wanted to be close to Sydney, but she did know she was un-trustworthy. And maybe, to an extent, Sienna was as well, but Sienna also prided herself on being a good friend and she had only gotten involved with Victoria to protect Charlotte. But now, Tori was no longer under Sienna's control and Sienna hated it. She didn't normally want to control people, but there came a point where she needed to at least know how to keep Tori from screwing everyone Sienna cared about over. However, Sienna wasn't the mastermind or evil genius. And she needed help.
"Well, well, well, haven't heard from you in a long time," Ricardo purred into the phone, or at least, that's how it sounded in Sienna's ears. Either way, it made her roll her eyes. "Puh-leaze, Ricky! It was twenty four hours ago. Besides, I'm surprised you're not out getting your boys intoxicated." She could practically envision his chuckle through the phone and she rolled her eyes again. "And here I was, trying to be a good little boy, and you tempt with that idea." Sienna re-crossed her legs, sitting back against the leathery seats. It was only a few seconds of silence before Ricky decided to talk again, noting that her quietness meant something. "So, I think we both know this isn't a friendly little call. What can I do for you?"
Sienna opened her mouth to speak, but only paused, swallowing back whatever impulsive response she would have typically given Rick. Was she really doing this? Getting Ricardo's help on manipulating people? She wasn't really manipulative, not to the extent that she felt like she had to go to in order to make Victoria get rid of that damn post. But that was what she had to remind herself - that she was only trying to make Victoria give in already and stop being pesky. "A certain little birdy's gotten out of her cage and I want to get her back." Rick reveled in his own pause, a smirk flitting across his face. "And the innocent little songstress comes for my help. Don't tell me you're walking on the dark side now, Sia." He saw her glower long before it appeared on her face. "Never said I was a good girl and it's not that deep. I just...I'm doing this for my friends." Rick grinned at the thought, picking up the glass of whiskey and sipping some of it. The sound of him swallowing shouldn't have been as ominous. "You're a smart girl, Sia. Think. What does your little birdy love more than anything?" He didn't give her a chance to answer, no he wanted Sienna to think on it. While others speculated on whether or not Sienna had a dark side, and if she'd actually - truly (since a little post was not the full extent of Sienna's vindictiveness, that much he knew) - use it, Ricardo liked fostering it. He wouldn't ever try to change Sienna, that wasn't his goal. But he did like knowing that she wasn't squeaky clean (not that he didn't already know that), that the little perfectionist pop star didn't have all white feathers. She was just as dark as he and Sydney.
There was no stopping the pout that formed on Sienna's face at being hung up on, but she didn't have time to mull that over. She thought about the things she had learned about Tori since catching her trying to post about Charlotte. It left Sienna in her silence, but it wouldn't be long before a light bulb clicked in her head. She just wouldn't able to act on it until she had taken care of seeing Carrie and picking up Charlotte.
Once off the phone, Rick polished off his glass before sitting back in his chair coolly, folding one leg over the other in contemplation. He was a bit curious about what Sienna was getting herself into. From the way she spoke, he doubted the little "birdy" was Sydney. If that were the case, she would have simply called him to start up their kickboxing sessions again or text him about it. Not calling him about something like manipulating someone. It amused Rick, that much was certain, but it intrigued him enough to text a few of his followers to see if they heard anything new on the block about Sienna or anything. However, what was more interesting was the idea of going out with his own group, which Ricardo hadn't been able to do in too long. He needed to rectify that soon.
Rather decisive, he added both Vincent and Connor to a group message (since the last one they had been in was when he had his old phone), and text them both. Despite his statement yesterday, they actually hadn't had the time to catch up. He hadn't had the time to see how Connor was taking the Sydney sleeping with Vincent thing, the post, or even about the conversation he knew Vincent and Sienna had last night. The latter being another source of intrigue. The two hadn't acted in any particular manner. Sienna had been rather casual and went back to simply ignoring Vincent, pointedly hugging and greeting Rick when she had seen the guys together. It didn't mean that their conversation hadn't gone a particular way, but it did not mean anything. Not until Ricardo saw and spoke with Vincent himself. So, after making sure his message was sent, Ric grabbed a jacket, his wallet, and headed out for his town car.
To: Connor, Vincent
Whatever ur doin, drop it. We're goin out. I'm bored
Rather decisive, he added both Vincent and Connor to a group message (since the last one they had been in was when he had his old phone), and text them both. Despite his statement yesterday, they actually hadn't had the time to catch up. He hadn't had the time to see how Connor was taking the Sydney sleeping with Vincent thing, the post, or even about the conversation he knew Vincent and Sienna had last night. The latter being another source of intrigue. The two hadn't acted in any particular manner. Sienna had been rather casual and went back to simply ignoring Vincent, pointedly hugging and greeting Rick when she had seen the guys together. It didn't mean that their conversation hadn't gone a particular way, but it did not mean anything. Not until Ricardo saw and spoke with Vincent himself. So, after making sure his message was sent, Ric grabbed a jacket, his wallet, and headed out for his town car.
To: Connor, Vincent
Whatever ur doin, drop it. We're goin out. I'm bored
Piper Vine
Seeing Sienna's response gave Piper a whole brand new idea. With this divide between her and Sydney and Jane seemingly on Sydney's side, this gave Piper the perfect opening. Besides Charlotte, Sienna will surely be looking for a new friend to feel the void that Sydney is going to be leaving. Also everyone knew Jane wasn't one to disobey Sydney, so with her siding with the person who cheated with Sienna's boyfriend, she probably didn't look too favorable now to the singer. This was great news. Not exactly how Piper imagined it going, but she wasn't going to complain about this golden opportunity for her.
To: Sienna
Thank god you understand me! Jane can have this idealized view sometimes and she lacks perception of reality. I actually got my dress today, but your mom probably has something better. Of course I'll be coming over today :)
Piper got some of her things together, and just as she was about to walk out of her bedroom her phone vibrated again. A text from Connor, Carolina, Jane,and then Sienna again. She really missed Connor since school began. Since he had a family emergency though she understood his absence. But since he is coming to her party then she will just have to see him and talk to him then. Text messages would suffice for now.
To: Connor
Good! You better be excited it's going to be great! I put on some finishing touches today. So who are you bringing as a date?????
To: Carolina
Okay honey I'm just letting you know that I think she has ulterior motives.
When she opened Jane's text her mouth hung open and she let out a loud scoff. Her and Sienna were being rude?! Rude is sleeping with your supposed best friends boyfriend more then once! Sienna was justly mad at Sydney. Despite Piper slight jealousy, she didn't like Sydney regardless. This latest scandal only gave her all the more reason to hate Vale. She decided to respond to Sienna first.
To: Sienna
Did she just seriously call us rude?! Did that bitch Sydney take her phone or something? Anyways yeah I'm coming I just had to get some things together. Come pick me up I'll be at the bar on 5th Ave.
To: Jane
Jane come on you have to be fair to Sienna here. Anyone with eyes knew how much she cared for Vincent. Be a little understanding huh? Also how are you feeling after those pills? I think I already lost a pound or 2 just after taking what we did yesterday.
She decided to respond to Jane outside of their group chat. She had plenty of time coming up to show Sienna how loyal she is to her. As Piper walked out of her bedroom she was stopped by Amy who was standing by the door. "Thomas told me that you saw your biological father behind my back." Piper sighed loudly not feeling like dealing with Amy right now. "Yeah we did so what? You wouldn't let us see him if you knew." Piper was a little peeved that her brother told, but it didn't bother her all too much. "He also told me what happened. Piper you should know I got in contact with your parents a long time ago, and I knew that they didn't want you or Thomas so I never told you." Amy just dropped her big secret and Piper was speechless. "You knew how hard I was searching and didn't just tell me?!" Piper blew past Amy not wanting to hear anything else she would have to say.
"You know what? I really don't appreciate you keeping something like that from me. The second I graduate you won't have to deal with me or Thomas anymore." Piper slammed the front door, leaving in a slight rush to get to the coffee shop so Sienna can pick her up. She would have to deal with the Amy drama at another time.
Adam Westin
After Sienna and Connor went upstairs, Hailey had to explain in detail what just happened to Adam's parents. Both were infuriated by her decision to have him hospitalized, but she really had no choice here but to do that for him. He could've seriously gotten himself hurt or even killed. He was too manic for her to handle the situation on her own. Luckily for her she just narrowly escaped from being fired, but she was given a stern warning. She saw Sienna and Connor out and made sure to thank them heavily. She liked those two. They were really good kids.
Staying on task, she got Adam's bags and headed towards the mental hospital. Once there, she had a series of papers to sign and other processes to go through before she was able to see Adam. Because of who he was, he had the best private room in the whole building. It was on the top floor and had it's own bathroom. But the room lacked anything that was sharp or had rough edges to it. With how out of it Adam was they were fearful that he might attempt suicide, so anything he could do it with was removed from his room. He didn't even have a bed sheet on his bed. Hailey was informed that these conditions would only last for a week and then they would move everything back into his room.
Adam was awake now, but he might as well be asleep. He was left sitting on his bed staring off into space. His face completely wiped of any emotion. Seeing him like this pained Hailey. His parents should really be here at a time like this. She could only imagine the condition Adam will be in once he becomes lucid again. Thinking about how lonely he will feel, Hailey remembered what Sienna asked of her earlier. She searched for Adam's phone and decided to text her from it.
To: Sienna
Hello Ms.Sienna this is Hailey. Adam will be staying at Manhattan Psychiatric Center for two weeks. I wish it was longer, but his parents won't allow that. His room is 1206 on the 12th floor. He can have visitors starting next week.
She hit the send button and then went back to setting Adam's clothes up in his closet. Once she got everything together, Hailey looked at Adam who was still sitting there and knelt in front of him. "It's all going to get better soon Adam okay? This is only temporary." Really he should be here at least a month. His parents keep interfering with his treatments like this then he will never get better.
"Thanks for inviting me! I am so in need of a spa day."
Sydney smiled, raising her eyebrows a tad as she nodded in response. She had acted out of character in inviting Victoria, and Jane's confused and flustered response proved that, but she wasn't going to be completely friendly to Victoria. She was only here until Sydney figured out how, if at all, she could be used to her benefit. After that, Sydney would have no remorse in Victoria returning to her status as the desperate little follower that she had been since grade school. She didn't feel bad for treating her as if she were disposable, because when it came down to it, she was. Victoria held more status at Constance than many of the other minions that flooded the comment's section on her Instagram pictures, but it wasn't enough to make her an obvious choice of friend. Without Sienna, and according to Piper's text to Jane, her too, Sydney's social circle was going to be a little lighter than normal. That still didn't constitute officiating Tori in as a real friend though, and Sydney cringed at the idea of how ignorant Tori had to be if she thought she really wanted to be friends with her all of the sudden.
"So, do you guys do this often?" Tori couldn't help but to be overzealous and continue to converse with Sydney despite her bare responses. She followed closely to Sydney as she navigated through the Lynch penthouse for the first time. Jane's father had to be one of the richest people in Manhattan, if he was not the richest, and their home reflected that. It wasn't much of a culture shock to Victoria, whose father had secured a nice net worth himself, but even that meant nothing to Sydney when she had friends who were that much more wealthy. Despite Jane being blatantly against her joining them, Tori tried to remain positive. Jane was just a dumb bitch in her mind anyway, and she preferred to hang out with Sydney one on one, without anyone there to get in the way anyway. Originally, she had felt bad for posting the note about Sydney and Vincent because it had done harm to Sydney's reputation. She still felt guilty for it, as if Sydney was actually a friend who she had betrayed, but it had clearly driven Sienna and Sydney apart. Just as Piper was seeing it as her chance to get closer to Sienna, Tori saw it as her opportunity to become Sydney's best friend. Finally. Jane was still possibly going to pose a problem but Victoria had no doubt that she could be easily shut down. The dirt that Brent had just given her would be a good start, but Tori wasn't going to post that yet. She needed to save that for when it was really necessary, and for now, she was already off to a good start.
"Mhmm," Sydney hummed in response. Spa days were a regular thing in their group. A lot of times they went to the many upscale spas that New York had to offer, but other days they just rented out the facialists and masseuses to treat them to a day of relaxation in the privacy of their home. Sydney was used to the days including Jane and Sienna and Piper, but she didn't want nor expect Sienna to come, and if Piper wanted to act like she was better than her, then Sydney wouldn't pretend to miss her for a second. There was still a part of her that was reeling over the audacity that Piper had to text Jane that, but she tried not to be distracted by the pettiness in this moment. She would deal with Piper later on, preferably when she had access to Jane's phone, but for now, she had to focus on Tori. "Go up to Jane's room and put on a robe. Hot stone massages do not work in school uniforms," Sydney advised, barely looking away from her phone to acknowledge Victoria, or the staff who she looked towards next. "Three cosmos, please." She was surprised that Jane being Jane, hadn't had drinks already waiting for them but couldn't pay it much mind when Victoria spoke up.
"Oh, I'm actually okay. I'll just have a water."
With a quirked eyebrow, Sydney let out a chuckle. "Spa days are for cosmos, Tori. Now run along, I want to get started before midnight."
Victoria couldn't object even though she wasn't interested in drinking. Having to sip at a vodka cocktail would be far less painful than being rejected by Sydney. Tori hoped so, anyway, considering that she rarely ever drank. Obliging to Sydney's last comment, Tori spun around on her heels and headed back into the hallway. She didn't know where Jane's room was, but figured that she could ask one of the many house staff she had seen around if she couldn't find it within a few minutes. She knew that she could pop back into the kitchen to ask Charlotte or Carolina, but she also knew how wrong of her it was to ditch them, and she didn't want to deal with that yet.
Conspiratorially, Sienna smiled and reclined in her seat comfortably, not even bothering to answer Piper. She would text her when she was near the coffee shop. But she had to send Rick her appreciation, even if it was only telepathically because her mind was reeling and a plan had formed. It was a bit dramatic, but it wouldn't be if it weren't Sienna and she had always claimed her vindictiveness. All she needed to do was find the right subjects and say the right words, and her plan would be set in motion. So excited, she even giggled before it formed into a small laugh, which died down only by the sound of her phone alerting her to yet another text message. Sighing, Sienna glanced down at her phone to see the message from Adam's caretaker, which sobered her just a bit.
To: Hailey
Thank you.
She didn't have time to think about the fact that he wouldn't be in the hospital for too long. Sienna wasn't particularly familiar with schizophrenia, though she was surely going to know a bit more by the end of the weekend. She had to. This was for her friend and her friend needed her. At least, in order to know how to make adjusting to his disease and back to school life. Adam wasn't allowed to hide from her, not anymore. And now that she knew a good little bit of what was going on with him, there was no way she was turning her back without a good fight. Damn straight. Giving her driver the upcoming directions, Sienna went into a nice conversation with Esmee via text messaging. She apparently was eating a light dinner with her new friend, Gabriella, and doing homework. The vault key was in Sienna's room and Esmee had apparently already picked her own dress, lamenting that she was upset with Sienna's choice. Of course, calling her big sister a 'show off' which Sienna honestly couldn't deny. She was. She basically had her dress planned the second Piper said she was doing a masquerade, had always wanted to wear it but never had a good enough event. Cynthia had gotten in altered, so all Sienna had to do was go try it on.
Soon enough, they were outside of the location Piper said she would be at and Sienna shot her a quick text, signifying that she was waiting for her. She didn't feel the need to get out of the vehicle since Sienna had a mission and stopping at the moment was not necessary. In fact, she was on several missions and one of them included a nice email she sent to a pretty alumnae who served on SGA six years ago. She also sent a text to both of her girls to let them know what she was up to, also one to her boyfriend, who she hadn't heard from in a minute.
To: Charlotte
B there soon. Did u guys talk about anything? Also, u mind if I bring Piper? Promise she won't ruin our night & if she does i'll kick her out ;D
To: Carrie
Also, if the bitch ditched u, then u should just come over w/ me & Lottie. U kno Piper right?
To: Piper
Outside, love.
To: Vincent
Should I be worried?
It didn't seem to take long for Piper to get in and Sienna smiled, genuinely, at the redhead. While she still was curious over Piper, who had remained a bit of a mystery since they met her, Sienna couldn't help but feel just slightly grateful. While Jane seemed to be stuck in some constant cycle of me-me-me and she wasn't on speaking terms with Sydney, Piper not limiting her presence in Sienna's was a comforting thought. "Hey, love. We're picking up Charlotte and maybe Carolina from Jane's, and then heading to my place." It clicked in her head, only a beat later, that Piper might be the only one - other than her sister, that she could share just a bit of her thoughts or plans with. So, Sienna sized the redhead up for only a moment longer before proposing, "Care to visit a school with me next week? Keeping my options open for college and I'm getting a tour scheduled. You in?" Even if Piper didn't agree to going, Sienna would still visit the school. She just needed to be crafty either way. For the moment, though, she would try to keep the rest of her plans to herself. They were getting close to the Lynch home soon and she couldn't let any of it leak to the two socialites she knew were inside.
To: Hailey
Thank you.
She didn't have time to think about the fact that he wouldn't be in the hospital for too long. Sienna wasn't particularly familiar with schizophrenia, though she was surely going to know a bit more by the end of the weekend. She had to. This was for her friend and her friend needed her. At least, in order to know how to make adjusting to his disease and back to school life. Adam wasn't allowed to hide from her, not anymore. And now that she knew a good little bit of what was going on with him, there was no way she was turning her back without a good fight. Damn straight. Giving her driver the upcoming directions, Sienna went into a nice conversation with Esmee via text messaging. She apparently was eating a light dinner with her new friend, Gabriella, and doing homework. The vault key was in Sienna's room and Esmee had apparently already picked her own dress, lamenting that she was upset with Sienna's choice. Of course, calling her big sister a 'show off' which Sienna honestly couldn't deny. She was. She basically had her dress planned the second Piper said she was doing a masquerade, had always wanted to wear it but never had a good enough event. Cynthia had gotten in altered, so all Sienna had to do was go try it on.
Soon enough, they were outside of the location Piper said she would be at and Sienna shot her a quick text, signifying that she was waiting for her. She didn't feel the need to get out of the vehicle since Sienna had a mission and stopping at the moment was not necessary. In fact, she was on several missions and one of them included a nice email she sent to a pretty alumnae who served on SGA six years ago. She also sent a text to both of her girls to let them know what she was up to, also one to her boyfriend, who she hadn't heard from in a minute.
To: Charlotte
B there soon. Did u guys talk about anything? Also, u mind if I bring Piper? Promise she won't ruin our night & if she does i'll kick her out ;D
To: Carrie
Also, if the bitch ditched u, then u should just come over w/ me & Lottie. U kno Piper right?
To: Piper
Outside, love.
To: Vincent
Should I be worried?
It didn't seem to take long for Piper to get in and Sienna smiled, genuinely, at the redhead. While she still was curious over Piper, who had remained a bit of a mystery since they met her, Sienna couldn't help but feel just slightly grateful. While Jane seemed to be stuck in some constant cycle of me-me-me and she wasn't on speaking terms with Sydney, Piper not limiting her presence in Sienna's was a comforting thought. "Hey, love. We're picking up Charlotte and maybe Carolina from Jane's, and then heading to my place." It clicked in her head, only a beat later, that Piper might be the only one - other than her sister, that she could share just a bit of her thoughts or plans with. So, Sienna sized the redhead up for only a moment longer before proposing, "Care to visit a school with me next week? Keeping my options open for college and I'm getting a tour scheduled. You in?" Even if Piper didn't agree to going, Sienna would still visit the school. She just needed to be crafty either way. For the moment, though, she would try to keep the rest of her plans to herself. They were getting close to the Lynch home soon and she couldn't let any of it leak to the two socialites she knew were inside.
Carolina really had tried to be civil with Jane to show Nicole and Adrian how grateful she was for letting her stay in their home, but it was getting hard. Really hard. Carolina wasn't a stranger to being a wallflower. She preferred to watch drama go down from afar, where there was no chance at her being pulled in, than being in the middle of it. However, that didn't mean that she let people walk all over her. In her case, she just happened to hang around people whose priorities didn't include petty fights. This school year was certainly testing that though, and living in the same house as someone who was the epitome of a selfish bitch only made it worse. Carolina did not want to snap at Jane, and especially not in front of Charlotte who was already dealing with enough, so she took a deep breath before acknowledging what the brunette had just said. Maybe it wasn't what Jane had said, so much as to how she had said it. Carolina wasn't stupid enough to expect Jane to accept her as an equal, but at the same time, she wasn't going to settle with being spoken to as if she was part of the house staff. Jane had been dealt a good card in being born into wealth, but if it weren't for her father's money, she wouldn't be any better than Carolina. She wasn't smarter book wise or street wise, she wasn't kinder or more compassionate, and she sure as hell wasn't polite or welcoming. "If she's bothering you so much, you tell her to come back in here. Maybe she'll stay for dinner with you, too. My sister said she's going to bring home McDonald's. You like Big Macs, right?" Carolina knew that she was bordering on the realm of playing dirty, but she needed to shut Jane down before she got the idea that she could be walked all over. Besides, she really didn't know how serious Jane's eating disorder was and truly thought that she was just one of those girls who crash dieted to fit in.
She only now noticed that Sienna had texted her twice, and couldn't resist snickering at the first message. It was a nice distraction from the bitch who stood on the opposite side of the island, and she had half a mind to show it to Lottie. She only decided against it when she was reminded of how she wanted to avoid any involvement in drama, and she didn't need it getting back to Victoria that she was gossiping about her. Not because she was scared of Tori, but because it was just too petty and unnecessary for her tastes. When it was apparent that they weren't going to get any student government work done, Carolina carefully closed her laptop and shot Lottie an apologetic look. "Want to reschedule this for a time when our VP decides to actually participate?" She looked towards Jane again, and couldn't stop herself from turning to bitch mode again. It only seemed fair, since Jane hadn't made any attempts to turn her's off since Carrie first moved in. "Well, we're leaving for Long Island any minute, so hopefully for you, Tori does choose to stay. I know you're not a big eater." She gave Jane a long, closed-mouth smile before again turning to her phone.
To: Sienna
lmfao u r too much
and let's just say there's no way i'm not coming. txt me wen ur here or just come up. u r prob more welcomed in this house then i am lol.
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"I know you can, but being prepared never hurts," Lottie returned her wink with a wink of her own and a chuckle. She grabbed her own computer out of her bag before setting it down on the counter and unlocking it. She only looked up when she heard Carolina speaking again. "I don't know, she should be on her way here," She slightly shrug before turning to her phone to see a message from Connor. She smiled smiled softly as she picked up her phone and started to respond back to him.
To : Connor
You are seriously amazing! <3 I'll call you later tonight.
She was about to set her phone down, she looked back to Carolina. "Speaking of the devil, she's here now. Let me get her." Lottie just nodded before watching her walk away. She decided it was for the best to put her phone in her bag where no one could sneak a look at any messages she received. She may not have proof the Tori was up to something but, it didn't mean she was going to completely have her guard down around her. She brought her bright blue eyes back up towards the entrance as she heard footsteps just to see Tori and Carolina. She smiled and waved towards Tori. "Hey, Tori." She let the two seat down before going back to her computer to pull up her checklist for everything that needed to be done. Something she had gotten done between her stress out sessions the previous night.
"So, now that we're all here, shall we begin?"
"I'm surprised to see you here," Lottie bit her lip slightly and raised her eyebrow slightly as her eyes went from Tori to Carolina before going back to Tori right as she saved herself. "Pleasantly surprised, though." Lottie just cleared her throat before fixing a piece of hair behind her ear and chuckling to try and get rid of the awkwardness. "Well, thank you. 'Sides, the the best way to get my mind off my shocking 'love life', that was so shocking it even shocked me, is to get some work done, you know?" She chuckled again before turned back to Carolina. "So, as far as the tours and everything I was thinkin' it would be a cool idea to--.." Again, she heard footsteps and softly groaned in annoyance. She hated being interrupted and it only got worst when she saw it was Jane and Sydney. She smiled towards the two, but mostly Jane only to be completely overlooked by the queen bee herself as she started to talk to Victoria. "Tori, come hang out with Jane and I." She coughed softly in surprise as she looked at Victoria. She knew without a fact the girl was going to go, she would choose Sydney over her first born if she had to in all honesty.
"You girls don't mind, do you?" Lottie just shrugged. "I guess s--.." Before she could finish Tori was gone as was Jane and Sydney. Lottie sighed as she shook her head and turning towards Carolina with an awkward smile on her face. "She was the one who wanted to get together to plan these tours and now she bails? What the hell? Should I text her and tell her to come back?" Could Lottie just cut a break, she had enough stuff going on the last thing she needed was to go and scurry after Tori. In all honesty, Lottie and Carolina could do this on their own and be ready to go to Long Island in no time. "I mean, go get if you want. I kinda indifferent whether she's here or not, you know?" She asked as she raised an eyebrow before hearing her phone ring in her bag. She smiled towards Carolina before reaching for her phone and reading the name. She groaned as she eyeballed the name for a moment, deciding if she should text back and maybe add more fuel to the fire or not text him and let him get away with a smart ass comment about her being crazy about him. As if! But, she also didn't want to add fuel to the fire, what if he was behind it or he helped out someone get that picture? The last thing she needed was to have him show so text by her that seemed flirty when it really wasn't. She opened her phone, so it said she read it before replying, and reading another text from Sienna and leaving her phone on the counter seeing that Tori had left. But, she did grab the water bottle from her bag and put it on the counter.
To : Barclay
Barclay. Not the time.
When her eyes went back up she saw Jane rushing in and talk to Carolina, not even seeing the blonde. "Tell your weirdo friend to stay in here with you," She hid her smile in her hand before seeing Jane turn towards and softening her expression and Lottie offered a smile. I don't even know why she's in my house, but if she's part of your government thing, then keep her away from us." She raised an eyebrow as she took a sip of her water.
"If she's bothering you so much, you tell her to come back in here. Maybe she'll stay for dinner with you, too. My sister said she's going to bring home McDonald's. You like Big Macs, right? She coughed as she moved the bottle from her lips and covered her mouth. She didn't say a word as she kept her eyes on the two new sisters. She just kept her eyes in her computer as Carolina closed her computer and sent her a look. [color=#]"Want to reschedule this for a time when our VP decides to actually participate?"[/color] She nodded with a small smile. "That's fine with me, I'm free most of this week." She saw her phone ringing as a picture of her and Rosie popped up on the screen. "One second ya'll, I think Rosie's here. I'll be right back." She excused herself from the two as she walked into the hallway. "Hey, I'm in the lobby."
"Okay, I'll get Carolina to let you up. Alright, bye." She hung up as she saw a text from Sienna. She read it and quickly sent a response, before she closed her phone she looked at the text from Brent and reread it, she also read her which actually was probably one of the harshest she had ever sent to him. And besides, did she really want to coward away from him just because of some stupid gossip? No, never. She would never let a sly remark get past like that! So, she decided to send another message.
To : Sienna <3
Haha, no it's totally fine! The more the merrier, right? ^.^
To : Barclay
And Brent, how many times do I have to tell you? Drug dealers aren't sexy to me and I have standards, so you know that rumor wasn't from me. Sorry to bust your bubble. :(
Ah. Everything was heading back on track, Sienna was being a good friend, Brent was being a pain in her ass, and her sister seemed to finally let the whole keeping a secret from her thing go. Even if the secret was a lie. She walked back into the kitchen with a smile on her face before clearing her throat. "'Scuse me guys, but can one of you let Rosie up from the lobby?" She asked, keeping the smile on her face, trying to lessen the tension.
To : Connor
You are seriously amazing! <3 I'll call you later tonight.
She was about to set her phone down, she looked back to Carolina. "Speaking of the devil, she's here now. Let me get her." Lottie just nodded before watching her walk away. She decided it was for the best to put her phone in her bag where no one could sneak a look at any messages she received. She may not have proof the Tori was up to something but, it didn't mean she was going to completely have her guard down around her. She brought her bright blue eyes back up towards the entrance as she heard footsteps just to see Tori and Carolina. She smiled and waved towards Tori. "Hey, Tori." She let the two seat down before going back to her computer to pull up her checklist for everything that needed to be done. Something she had gotten done between her stress out sessions the previous night.
"So, now that we're all here, shall we begin?"
"I'm surprised to see you here," Lottie bit her lip slightly and raised her eyebrow slightly as her eyes went from Tori to Carolina before going back to Tori right as she saved herself. "Pleasantly surprised, though." Lottie just cleared her throat before fixing a piece of hair behind her ear and chuckling to try and get rid of the awkwardness. "Well, thank you. 'Sides, the the best way to get my mind off my shocking 'love life', that was so shocking it even shocked me, is to get some work done, you know?" She chuckled again before turned back to Carolina. "So, as far as the tours and everything I was thinkin' it would be a cool idea to--.." Again, she heard footsteps and softly groaned in annoyance. She hated being interrupted and it only got worst when she saw it was Jane and Sydney. She smiled towards the two, but mostly Jane only to be completely overlooked by the queen bee herself as she started to talk to Victoria. "Tori, come hang out with Jane and I." She coughed softly in surprise as she looked at Victoria. She knew without a fact the girl was going to go, she would choose Sydney over her first born if she had to in all honesty.
"You girls don't mind, do you?" Lottie just shrugged. "I guess s--.." Before she could finish Tori was gone as was Jane and Sydney. Lottie sighed as she shook her head and turning towards Carolina with an awkward smile on her face. "She was the one who wanted to get together to plan these tours and now she bails? What the hell? Should I text her and tell her to come back?" Could Lottie just cut a break, she had enough stuff going on the last thing she needed was to go and scurry after Tori. In all honesty, Lottie and Carolina could do this on their own and be ready to go to Long Island in no time. "I mean, go get if you want. I kinda indifferent whether she's here or not, you know?" She asked as she raised an eyebrow before hearing her phone ring in her bag. She smiled towards Carolina before reaching for her phone and reading the name. She groaned as she eyeballed the name for a moment, deciding if she should text back and maybe add more fuel to the fire or not text him and let him get away with a smart ass comment about her being crazy about him. As if! But, she also didn't want to add fuel to the fire, what if he was behind it or he helped out someone get that picture? The last thing she needed was to have him show so text by her that seemed flirty when it really wasn't. She opened her phone, so it said she read it before replying, and reading another text from Sienna and leaving her phone on the counter seeing that Tori had left. But, she did grab the water bottle from her bag and put it on the counter.
To : Barclay
Barclay. Not the time.
When her eyes went back up she saw Jane rushing in and talk to Carolina, not even seeing the blonde. "Tell your weirdo friend to stay in here with you," She hid her smile in her hand before seeing Jane turn towards and softening her expression and Lottie offered a smile. I don't even know why she's in my house, but if she's part of your government thing, then keep her away from us." She raised an eyebrow as she took a sip of her water.
"If she's bothering you so much, you tell her to come back in here. Maybe she'll stay for dinner with you, too. My sister said she's going to bring home McDonald's. You like Big Macs, right? She coughed as she moved the bottle from her lips and covered her mouth. She didn't say a word as she kept her eyes on the two new sisters. She just kept her eyes in her computer as Carolina closed her computer and sent her a look. [color=#]"Want to reschedule this for a time when our VP decides to actually participate?"[/color] She nodded with a small smile. "That's fine with me, I'm free most of this week." She saw her phone ringing as a picture of her and Rosie popped up on the screen. "One second ya'll, I think Rosie's here. I'll be right back." She excused herself from the two as she walked into the hallway. "Hey, I'm in the lobby."
"Okay, I'll get Carolina to let you up. Alright, bye." She hung up as she saw a text from Sienna. She read it and quickly sent a response, before she closed her phone she looked at the text from Brent and reread it, she also read her which actually was probably one of the harshest she had ever sent to him. And besides, did she really want to coward away from him just because of some stupid gossip? No, never. She would never let a sly remark get past like that! So, she decided to send another message.
To : Sienna <3
Haha, no it's totally fine! The more the merrier, right? ^.^
To : Barclay
And Brent, how many times do I have to tell you? Drug dealers aren't sexy to me and I have standards, so you know that rumor wasn't from me. Sorry to bust your bubble. :(
Ah. Everything was heading back on track, Sienna was being a good friend, Brent was being a pain in her ass, and her sister seemed to finally let the whole keeping a secret from her thing go. Even if the secret was a lie. She walked back into the kitchen with a smile on her face before clearing her throat. "'Scuse me guys, but can one of you let Rosie up from the lobby?" She asked, keeping the smile on her face, trying to lessen the tension.
Between Carolina's heartless taunts regarding her eating disorder and hearing from someone other than Sydney, that Sienna had invited people out to her Long Island house, Jane's face sported a very obvious scowl. Not only did she feel like Carolina was being mean for no reason (which wasn't exactly true), but she also felt like the way that the insults she were using weren't fair game. Her disorder was something that had been ignored for years and it was only when Nicole had come into the picture that she was forced to address it. In many ways, it was something to be thankful for, but at the same time, Nicole, and now Carolina, had used it as a tool to scare Jane into doing things. Nicole had turned it into the ultimate threat by convincing her father (with good reason) to send Jane away for the summer, but Carolina using it as a dig, especially in front of Charlotte, made Jane feel equally bad. She hadn't like Carolina before this, but she didn't think she would ever like her now. She wanted to tell her to fuck off but Jane was caught off guard by the low blow that she wasn't thinking as quickly as she wanted to. Luckily, Charlotte excused herself for a reason that Jane was too preoccupied to hear, and now, she pressed herself to the island that separated them. "Who do you think you are? I swear to God, I will make sure that you and your whore of a sister are back on the streets if you ever --"
"Shhh, don't threaten me, Jane." Carolina pressed a finger to her lip to show Jane that she needed to silence herself. She didn't mind that she was addressing Jane as if she were a child, because that was all she was. A spoiled little brat who started kicking and screaming when she didn't get her way and Carolina would be damned if she let that scare her. She would have been able to deal with that, had Jane not tried to act big and bad in the process. Maybe what she had said about the McDonald's was unnecessary, but Jane had started this little war days ago and this was really the first time that Carolina had stood up for herself. She couldn't help it if maybe all of those little digs that Jane had sent her way were pushing her to react now. "I promise that you're the only person who'll suffer from doing that." Maybe Jane was trying to take a page from Sydney in an attempt to be intimidating but it worked even less coming from Jane than it would have from the blonde. With Charlotte only a room away, and Sydney and Tori lingering elsewhere, Carolina decided that it was best not to really get into it with Jane here. Not only was she not trying to make a scene, but she didn't feel like having to explain to her sister why her fist forced Jane into the hospital.
Jane was reeling, trying to formulate some retort that would be cold enough to shut Carolina down, but it didn't come to her by the time that Rosie reentered. She informed them that Rosie was there, and Jane was quick to respond. "Of course I'll let her up, Lottie!" she volunteered, darting towards the kitchen's intercom box. She quickly gave Rosie access to the apartment and then spun back around to look at Carolina. "Do you even know how to use one of these? I mean, it's not like you needed one wherever you used to live. No one's going to try to break into an apartment building in the projects, right? Like, it's you people who try to break into our buildings." To stress that this was her house, and to also avoid furthering the dispute with Carolina, she spun around as soon as the words had left her mouth to wait for Rosie in the foyer.
Jane was gone before Carolina could respond, and it was probably for the best. She didn't appreciate Jane acting like she knew anything about her upbringing, especially when she spoke about it so ignorantly. Carolina certainly had not grown up in a home like this but she was not brought up in the projects, and Jane's ignorance regarding her own words rubbed her the wrong way. The same probably could have been said about her regarding her eating disorder comments, but Carolina was still set on the idea that Jane had started this petty feud and she was only responding to defend herself. "Sorry that you have to deal with this," Carolina rolled her eyes, though trying to be sincere with Charlotte. She was sure that the blonde had experienced more of Jane's antics than she had, but still, with their new relationship, it felt necessary to apologize on Jane's behalf. "Sia's on her way, thank god. Is Rosie coming out with us?"
It was probably time to return to Sydney but Jane had no desire to spend an afternoon with Victoria Walsh. She didn't know how to get rid of her, since Sydney apparently wanted her around and neither Carolina nor Charlotte seemed like they were willing to tell her to go away either. The only option left was Rosie, who Jane impatiently waited to arrive in the elevator. Rosie was just as pretty as Charlotte, but in Jane's mind, ten times more fun and ten times more bitchy. She wasn't exactly a bitch, but she definitely wasn't as nice as Charlotte and Jane would never describe Rose as being a pushover like she would Charlotte. As she waited for Rose, she searched through the texts she had received over the last few minutes and Piper's stood out more than any of the others. Jane was feeling even more feverish than earlier so it was impossible for her to resist replying with that same irrational influence.
To: Piper
omfg she's having a big party on long island tonight and she invited charlotte and carolina.... yes CAROLINA.... and not any of us? you know that's rude pipe!
and i need you to bring me the ones that he gave you. he must've given me a really low dose bc i can tell mine are def not working at all
Jane, of course, was unaware that Sienna had also invited Piper out to her house, and though no one had ever suggested that Sienna was having a party, it was in Jane's nature to exaggerate it. It wouldn't make much sense for her to be offended if she believed that Sienna really was just having a few girls over to console Charlotte over the rumor. If she spun it into Sienna hosting a party to establish herself in a new group of friends, and purposely not inviting Jane or Sydney, or with her knowledge, Piper, it made it easier to believe Sydney's accusation regarding Sia. Jane didn't necessarily want to believe that, though. Sienna had become just as good of a friend to her as Sydney and in the same way that Sydney betraying or disrespecting her had never been enough to turn Jane against her, the same could be said for Sienna. Jane was too reliant on her friends emotionally and physically to actually cut anyone out on her own. With Sydney in her ear though, it was proving to be easier than she wanted.
The elevator door opened soon after she sent the text and Jane barely gave Rose a moment to step out of the elevator car before bombarding her with a hug and words. "Hey girly! Okay, I know you're here for that government stuff your sister does, or whatever, and I know you guys are leaving to go to Sienna's party soon, but before you go, you have to tell Victoria to leave too. Sydney and I are trying to have a peaceful night and like, I don't like her and I don't want her in my house but obviously Sydney's going to get mad if I tell Tori to get out when she said she could stay. So, will you make Lottie get rid of her for me? Pleaseeeeeee?"
"So, you're dating her?"
"Yup."
"And you thought that through? That's what you really wanted to do?"
"Yeah, why wouldn't it be?" He slid a bag of sugar across the counter towards her and watched as she poured a portion of it into the bowl without measuring it. "Can you at least try to measure things? I want these to come out right."
"Hey, I'm the child of cooking royalty. I don't need to measure shit for it to come out perfect," she said, sticking a finger into the batter and licking the brownie mix off of it. "And no reason. I just think that it happened pretty quickly."
"Finally getting into a real, serious relationship after knowing her for what? Sixteen years? That is pretty quickly," he said sarcastically as he added the last few ingredients to the batter.
"I don't mean it like that, asshole. I'm just saying that like, after all of what just happened, it seems kind of sudden that you'd go from that to dating."
"AKA, you're Sydney's best friend now?"
"Not quite." She hopped off of the counter and slid the tray of uncooked brownies into the oven. "I guess it's safe to say that you aren't either? How'd she take the news of you and Alicia Keys dating?" She knew exactly what Vincent's silence, as he wiped down the counter, meant. Sydney didn't know, and that he knew that was as bad as she thought it was. "She doesn't know? Shit, you really are stupid," she smirked, though shaking her head at the obviously bad place that Vincent had put himself in.
"No one knows. It's not like we're keeping it from her exclusively." When Vincent remembered that they were at Kelley's and that there were house staff to clean up after them, he stopped worrying about the mess they had made while baking and looks over at Kelley. "Besides, it's not her business anyway."
That last comment had Kelley laughing at loud. "Since when has something not being her business ever stopped Sydney Vale from acting like it is?" She leaned back against the island and crossed her arms over her chest. It was apparent that Vincent didn't want to talk about this, but Kelley didn't care. She felt like she not only deserved an explanation, but she needed to knock some sense into Vincent too. Before he responded, her phone buzzed with a text message from Brent who invited her to the library with him. She had school work to do and was in the mood to hang out with him, especially since she hadn't seen Charlotte enough today to pester her about the rumor involving the two. "I'm going to go meet up with Brent at the library, so get lost," she said playfully, before adding, "Unless you wanna chill here alone until Taryn and my mom get back from nursery shopping."
To: Brent
Yeahhhh give me 20
Vincent had been planning on bringing the brownies to the movie night that he and Sienna had planned to have tonight. Just as they had started cooking though, he had seen a text from Sienna explaining that she had to cancel for tonight. With hanging out with her out of the question, he had decided to hang out with Kelley, but now she was ditching him too. He decided not to respond to her inquiry about how he thought Sydney wasn't going to find out, because he didn't have an answer. She became preoccupied with her phone anyway, so it was a seamless transition into skipping over the question. "I'll leave once my brownies are finished."
"You know I don't want them unless there's weed in 'em anyway," she shot back with a grin as she headed out of the kitchen and to her bedroom. When she reemerged fifteen minutes later, Vincent was still in the kitchen, but packing his things into his backpack that he thrust over his shoulder as she entered. "Leaving?"
"Yeah, I'm meeting up with Rick and Connor. The brownies are all yours. Maybe you can eat them after you smoke," he said, rolling his eyes at the last part. Ricardo had texted him in their new group chat a few minutes ago and after a bit of contemplation, Vincent had decided that he had to go out. They were definitely in need of a guy's night out and he was going to have to explain his situation with Sienna to the boys at some point. With Connor, he could probably get away with avoiding the subject, as he had been able to do with the Sydney scandal so far, but that was impossible with Rick. Vincent figured that it would be easier to handle it now over beers than during their lunch period or something.
To: Ricardo, Connor
I'm down. I'll be outside of Kelley's building in 5.
After taking the brownies out of the oven, Kelley had one of the kitchen staff put a few into a container for her to take to Brent. Vincent was right; if the two decided to smoke after the library, brownies would be a nice way to fight the munchies. Minutes later, the cousins left the Hadley apartment together, but Kelley hailed a cab while Vincent waited on the sidewalk outside of the building. He considered hailing a cab himself, but he didn't know what Ricardo had planned for the night and where he wanted them all to go. While he waited, his phone pinged again with another text from Sienna, and he realized he hadn't answered her first one.
To: Sienna
Hey sorry. Yeah movie night tomorrow sounds good. Is everything cool with Charlotte and all of that?
Btw I made brownies for nothing though, so you owe me ;) big time
Piper Vine & Sienna Alvarez
Piper just ordered a caramel iced latte when her phone buzzed. Paying the barista, she walked out to the car and smiled as she slid in. "Hello!" The model greeted happily as she shut the door behind her. As Sienna informed her of their plans for the night, she felt her phone vibrate again. She ignored it for now though. Seeing as Sienna and Charlotte were pretty close, surely the recent scandal with Constance class president meant an emergency meeting for the two girls. Piper didn't mind though. Charlotte wasn't going to interrupt her plans anyway. "A girls night. Sounds like fun. I'm sure Charlotte could use it." Piper finally decided to check her phone, and her mouth hung open. Jane really couldn't make things any worse could she?
This gave her an idea. Deleting the second text about the pills, so Sienna couldn't see it, she put the phone up to the singer's face. "Looks like Jane is feeling left out. Can you believe her? She knows we don't like Sydney like that, and yet she gets mad when we go off and have fun of our own." This was just the text Piper needed to incriminate Jane.
It didn't take long for Sienna to be distracted from the inquiry she had just tossed Piper's way. After the redhead confirmed she was down for a girl's night, they had both looked to their phones for the latest text messages. Sienna ended up smirking at Vincent's response, feeling a bit more ease knowing that he had probably just forgotten to reply to her earlier. With everything that happened thus far, the last thing she needed was something else geared to put them at odds with one another. Before she could type out a witty retort, Piper's phone was in her face and the model was speaking about Jane.
And Sienna didn't even try to hide her irritation. "I'm done," she declared, tossing her phone down on the seat beside her and folding her arms over her chest, legs still crossed demurely. But her head shook side-to-side in disbelief and she could feel her own little temper tantrum waiting to happen. "I am fucking done with her right now! Who the fuck said I was throwing a party? And why the fuck does it even matter to her? She's so stuck up under that bitch that she can't even think clearly right now! I mean, like always, something goes down with me and Syd, she's by Sydney's side NO MATTER WHAT, but I'm the bad guy here? Unbe-fucking-lieveable!" Sienna still shook her head in anger and hurt, body wracked with the tremors of the emotions she could barely keep to herself. And here she thought she would go upstairs to the Lynch's home and at least talk to Jane, try to reason with her. Sienna didn't even want to see her at this point!
Piper was going to respond about the college invite, but between the text from Jane, and Sienna starting to yell she honestly forgot just that fast. This was the exact reaction she was hoping for too. With Jane now on Sienna's bad side as well, this gave her a huge opening. She looked at Sienna apologetically as she put her phone back into her purse. "Look, I'm sorry that all of this is happening to you." From an outsiders perspective this did seem like a lot of drama to happen in such a short time span, but this was just the life of an Upper East Sider.
"I'm sure in time Jane will come to her senses and realize that sticking to Sydney like that. We'll just chalk it up to the folly of youth." Piper placed her hand comfortingly on Sienna's shoulder and gave her a gentle squeeze. "How about this, we just tell Carolina to come down? You're too emotional to see Jane and Sydney right now. I don't want anything dramatic to happen."
The gentle lilt in Piper's voice as the redhead attempted to console her did nothing to appease the storm brewing in Sienna's core, and she ran a weary hand through her hair, unraveling whatever wavy style she had implemented into her honey-hued locks but she was too frustrated to care anymore. Instead of immediately answering her friend, Sienna turned her gaze to the window, unwanted tears hot and stinging at the back of her eyes.
She couldn't even help the scoff of disbelief that erupted from her throat at Piper's optimism. Of course, Jane wouldn't realize anything. She never did. Sienna and Sydney fought, Jane would stick with Sydney all the while begging Sienna to just make up with her already, and then Sienna would eventually have to be the one to cave because she hated seeing Jane upset. It was their unending cycle and at this point, after having solidified with Sydney herself that they couldn't just make up that fast anymore (and Sienna simply not wanting to), she couldn't do it. She couldn't sacrifice her own comfort and sanity for Jane's sake. Not this time. She was too emotionally tired in that group after such an outcome and for once, she just needed some understanding on the heiress' part. However, like always, she would come second on Jane's totem pole and damn it all, Sienna wanted to be selfish and be somebody's first.
Instead of saying anything about Jane's coming to any type of realization, Sienna addressed the latter portion of Piper's address, offering the redhead a shaky smile. "You're right, that's probably for the best," she stated, combing her hair back from her face idly before picking up her phone to send out a few texts. "Text Carrie to be downstairs soon. We're just around the corner and I'll tell Lottie not to let Rosie get too comfortable up there, if she's there." Immediately afterwards, Sienna set to texting Jane, Vincent, and Charlotte. After all, old habits died hard and Sienna, while frustrated and growing less tolerant by the second, had never stayed too mad at Jane for long.
To: Jane
J, I'm not trying to be rude. I'm tired of making up with Sydney so fast when we're obviously not over whatever we're not over with. It's pointless and you want us to be friends again, right? Well, that's gonna take time. So, for now, I'm not coming for spa night or a sleepover. I'm doing a girl night with Lottie cuz I know she needs one and invited a few friends I know that would make her feel better. I wanted 2 invite u, but ur with Syd & Lottie barely likes her. You know that, I know that, and I'm not talking to Syd either.
To: Vince
Don't worry. I kno the perfect way 2 make it up 2 u
To: Lottie
Pipe's texting Carrie now. We're around the corner, so just come down. I can't see Jane rite now
Piper decided to just let Sienna simmer for a bit, but she did take this chance to pull out her phone once more to text Carolina. She might as well text Jane back as well.
To: Carolina
Hey we are almost there! Head down if you're coming, which I hope you are :)
To: Jane
I haven't heard anything about a party Jane, but who told you that? Also I'm sure he just gave you the wrong dosage or something. We'll see him again at my party probably. You better not tell Sydney about this!
This gave her an idea. Deleting the second text about the pills, so Sienna couldn't see it, she put the phone up to the singer's face. "Looks like Jane is feeling left out. Can you believe her? She knows we don't like Sydney like that, and yet she gets mad when we go off and have fun of our own." This was just the text Piper needed to incriminate Jane.
It didn't take long for Sienna to be distracted from the inquiry she had just tossed Piper's way. After the redhead confirmed she was down for a girl's night, they had both looked to their phones for the latest text messages. Sienna ended up smirking at Vincent's response, feeling a bit more ease knowing that he had probably just forgotten to reply to her earlier. With everything that happened thus far, the last thing she needed was something else geared to put them at odds with one another. Before she could type out a witty retort, Piper's phone was in her face and the model was speaking about Jane.
And Sienna didn't even try to hide her irritation. "I'm done," she declared, tossing her phone down on the seat beside her and folding her arms over her chest, legs still crossed demurely. But her head shook side-to-side in disbelief and she could feel her own little temper tantrum waiting to happen. "I am fucking done with her right now! Who the fuck said I was throwing a party? And why the fuck does it even matter to her? She's so stuck up under that bitch that she can't even think clearly right now! I mean, like always, something goes down with me and Syd, she's by Sydney's side NO MATTER WHAT, but I'm the bad guy here? Unbe-fucking-lieveable!" Sienna still shook her head in anger and hurt, body wracked with the tremors of the emotions she could barely keep to herself. And here she thought she would go upstairs to the Lynch's home and at least talk to Jane, try to reason with her. Sienna didn't even want to see her at this point!
Piper was going to respond about the college invite, but between the text from Jane, and Sienna starting to yell she honestly forgot just that fast. This was the exact reaction she was hoping for too. With Jane now on Sienna's bad side as well, this gave her a huge opening. She looked at Sienna apologetically as she put her phone back into her purse. "Look, I'm sorry that all of this is happening to you." From an outsiders perspective this did seem like a lot of drama to happen in such a short time span, but this was just the life of an Upper East Sider.
"I'm sure in time Jane will come to her senses and realize that sticking to Sydney like that. We'll just chalk it up to the folly of youth." Piper placed her hand comfortingly on Sienna's shoulder and gave her a gentle squeeze. "How about this, we just tell Carolina to come down? You're too emotional to see Jane and Sydney right now. I don't want anything dramatic to happen."
The gentle lilt in Piper's voice as the redhead attempted to console her did nothing to appease the storm brewing in Sienna's core, and she ran a weary hand through her hair, unraveling whatever wavy style she had implemented into her honey-hued locks but she was too frustrated to care anymore. Instead of immediately answering her friend, Sienna turned her gaze to the window, unwanted tears hot and stinging at the back of her eyes.
She couldn't even help the scoff of disbelief that erupted from her throat at Piper's optimism. Of course, Jane wouldn't realize anything. She never did. Sienna and Sydney fought, Jane would stick with Sydney all the while begging Sienna to just make up with her already, and then Sienna would eventually have to be the one to cave because she hated seeing Jane upset. It was their unending cycle and at this point, after having solidified with Sydney herself that they couldn't just make up that fast anymore (and Sienna simply not wanting to), she couldn't do it. She couldn't sacrifice her own comfort and sanity for Jane's sake. Not this time. She was too emotionally tired in that group after such an outcome and for once, she just needed some understanding on the heiress' part. However, like always, she would come second on Jane's totem pole and damn it all, Sienna wanted to be selfish and be somebody's first.
Instead of saying anything about Jane's coming to any type of realization, Sienna addressed the latter portion of Piper's address, offering the redhead a shaky smile. "You're right, that's probably for the best," she stated, combing her hair back from her face idly before picking up her phone to send out a few texts. "Text Carrie to be downstairs soon. We're just around the corner and I'll tell Lottie not to let Rosie get too comfortable up there, if she's there." Immediately afterwards, Sienna set to texting Jane, Vincent, and Charlotte. After all, old habits died hard and Sienna, while frustrated and growing less tolerant by the second, had never stayed too mad at Jane for long.
To: Jane
J, I'm not trying to be rude. I'm tired of making up with Sydney so fast when we're obviously not over whatever we're not over with. It's pointless and you want us to be friends again, right? Well, that's gonna take time. So, for now, I'm not coming for spa night or a sleepover. I'm doing a girl night with Lottie cuz I know she needs one and invited a few friends I know that would make her feel better. I wanted 2 invite u, but ur with Syd & Lottie barely likes her. You know that, I know that, and I'm not talking to Syd either.
To: Vince
Don't worry. I kno the perfect way 2 make it up 2 u
To: Lottie
Pipe's texting Carrie now. We're around the corner, so just come down. I can't see Jane rite now
Piper decided to just let Sienna simmer for a bit, but she did take this chance to pull out her phone once more to text Carolina. She might as well text Jane back as well.
To: Carolina
Hey we are almost there! Head down if you're coming, which I hope you are :)
To: Jane
I haven't heard anything about a party Jane, but who told you that? Also I'm sure he just gave you the wrong dosage or something. We'll see him again at my party probably. You better not tell Sydney about this!
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Rosie was on her phone, scrolling through her social media as she walked into the elevator and even in the elevator she only looked away from her screen to look at the doors for a moment as they closed before they started to go up. She groaned as she went up and down her Twitter and Facebook. All she could see was Charlotte this and Charlotte that. She loved her sister to death, she was her best friend but, dear god could people not get over the fact that maybe Charlotte Buchanan was dating Brent Barclay? It was as if they didn't care about the part of her giving him money, all they cared about was the part about Charlotte dating the local drug dealer and the picture that went along with the post. Which she had to admit was a pretty fantastic photo to look like they were going to kiss. Hell, she even thought they were going to before she saw the look on her twin's face before pulling her away to the event. She hummed to the elevator music before seeing the doors open and looking up to see Jane.
Before she could even say 'hi' to the girl, Jane had pull her into a hug. It caught the blonde off guard as she staggered back on her heels for a moment before putting her arms around her and listening to Jane start talking.
"Hey girly! Okay, I know you're here for that government stuff your sister does, or whatever, and I know you guys are leaving to go to Sienna's party soon, but before you go, you have to tell Victoria to leave too. Sydney and I are trying to have a peaceful night and like, I don't like her and I don't want her in my house but obviously Sydney's going to get mad if I tell Tori to get out when she said she could stay. So, will you make Lottie get rid of her for me? Pleaseeeeeee?"
The whole time Jane spoke, Rose had a smirk on her face and couldn't help herself from laughing at the last part and trying to cover her laughter with her hand before calming herself down a bit to speak. "Janie, two thangs," She said as she put up two fingers and she spoke with her super thick Southern accent which compared to Charlotte made Lottie just as Northern and high class as Sydney and Jane combined! "First, there ain't no party goin' on up there. We're goin' up there to get Lottie's mind off the whole dating Brent bullshit story. Secondly; you expect me to make Charlotte, Little Miss. 'I can do no wrong', Sweet-As-A-Suga'-Cube, Barbie doll lookin', curve havin', Charlotte Buchanan get rid of someone a.k.a kick someone out of your house. She chuckled as she raised an eyebrow, shook her head, and looked down at Jane. "Oh, that's funny." She said through her smile. "Lottie's not about to get anyone out of anywhere. 'Sides, Tori hates Lottie, so she wouldn't leave anyway. I don't see why you can't just do it yourself. Fuck what Sydney thinks, it's your house or get Carolina to do it."
"It doesn't matter, she still didn't invite me so obviously she's not being a good friend to me either way," Jane decided. Rosie's counter claim that they were just leaving the city to distract Charlotte started to seem possible but Jane couldn't accept the idea of not being invited to something, even when it didn't involve her in the slightest. The fact that Carolina had been invited over her, even when it made complete sense, offended her even further. Rosie's next assertion that there was no way someone as sweet as Charlotte would kick Tori out made sense to, but Jane was equally as unready to accept that. If Tori hated Charlotte, than what harm could come of Charlotte being nasty back? Jane was clearly underestimating Tori's vengeful tendencies, but she thought that Charlotte had far less to lose than she did. There was no way that Sydney would stand for her kicking Victoria out minutes after she had just invited her to stay.
It made no sense that Jane allowed Sydney to have that much control, especially in her own house, but Jane was used to that by now. She usually trusted that Sydney had her best interest in mind and since childhood, had accepted that Sydney would always be the decision maker in their group. That probably went hand in hand with her unrealistic expectations for Piper and Sienna to just let Sydney walk all over them like she allowed, but at moments like this, there was a glimmer of understanding of their perspectives. It didn't stop her from wanting to go against Sydney, but she still couldn't do it herself. "And you know it's not that easy, Rose! First of all, Carolina is less welcome here than Tori is. She's actually going to be added to the list of people who are never allowed in my house again after today, so you need to do it. We all know you're the sassy one anyway." Jane tried to use a serious voice in hopes that it would sway Rosie her way, but it was hard when she knew that what Rosie said was true. It didn't make sense for anyone to tell Victoria to leave besides her, and regardless of who said it, someone was going to end up on Sydney's bad side. Jane didn't consider that Sydney needed her more as a friend now than she needed her and though she wouldn't say it directly, she was scared of pissing Sydney off today.
Before she could say any more to Rosie, her phone alerted her to text messages that Sienna and Piper sent her. She considered continuing her impulsive streak and sending Sienna a message about how it was mean to not even try inviting her and how unfair it was for her to stop being friends with her just because she was in a fight with Sydney. However, she heard footsteps around the corner and just as her attention shifted as she prepared to tell off the innocent housekeeper that she expected to be headed her way. Instead, it was Victoria, and in an instant, Jane spun around with a worried look on her face. "It's her!" She hissed, grabbing Rosie's hand as she pushed her back, closer to the closed elevator door. "What do I do? Should I say something?! I can't believe Sienna and Piper just wouldn't come over! It's their fault that I even have to deal with this!"
Rosie groaned softly as she grabbed Jane by the shoulders and shook her a bit. "Jane, piece of advice? Get it together! It's your house not Sydney's." She said soft enough where Tori wouldn't be able to hear her. The blonde looked her in the eye as she started the pep talk Jane. "You want her gone? Say something, wanna be a little follower and play second best to Victoria for the rest of the night then by all means. Don't say a work either way--.." Before Rose could finish, Charlotte appear with a small smile as she cleared her throat.
"There y'all are." Rosie said as she turned to her sister. "Yup, what's up." Rose asked before Lottie started to use sign language towards her. "Sienna's here but, wants us to come down instead of her coming up here." Rosie kept her eyes as she nodded. She knew Lottie would be too sweet to just outright say that they were leaving. Rose nodded as she turned back to Jane with a smile and wink. "You got this. Just think, what would Rosie do?" Rose smirked as Lottie rolled her eyes. "You're so lame." The two twins walked off just as Tori walked past them towards Jane's direction. Still speaking sign language, Lottie raised an eyebrow as she did so. "What would Rosie do, really? What was that about? Rosie just shrugged as she signed back. "I'll tell you later."
Jane was now left to her own devices. Although she considered just going with the flow and allowing Victoria to ruin her day, what Rosie said resonated with her and she was quickly growing more uneasy. The feeling certainly influenced her responses to Sienna and Piper, who she texted before stepping into the hallway and catching up with Tori.
To: Sienna
call me later pleasee
To: Piper
i need them tonight piper! tell him to drop them off at your place and i'll pick them up from there! and i obv won't tell sydney but you can't tell sienna either since you're bffs with her now??
"Um, Tori?" Jane called out, speeding up to step in front of Victoria.In a matter of two seconds, she went from agreeing that Rosie was right, to considering backing out, and then to reassuring herself that this was her house and what she said went. Still, she couldn't be as upfront about it as she was sure Rose could have done. Jane definitely possessed bratty tendencies and could be less than nice when needed, but that courage tended to fade when she was faced with real face-to-face confrontations. "I really don't feel well so like... I think I have to reschedule the spa day for some other time." A.K.A. never! "I just don't want to get you guys sick... you can tell Sydney if you want." It was already difficult enough for her to kick Tori out with an excuse, so it would have been impossible for her to actually be direct about just not wanting her there. She couldn't think of a way to do it without making Sydney leave too, though she doubted the blonde would leave as willingly as Tori. That didn't stop Jane from leaving Tori in the hallway only seconds after speaking and seeking refuge in her room with the door locked behind her. She knew that it was still cowardly to not confront Sydney about why she would ask Victoria to stay and how uncomfortable it made her, but Jane was confused about everyone's intentions. Sydney had already made her feel uneasy enough about Sienna and she didn't want to hear any more accusations to confuse her about who to trust any further. Plus, she figured that if she did manage to get rid of both of them, maybe she would be able to pick up the drugs from Piper.
Piper's text couldn't have come at a better time. Between the altercation with Jane, Victoria's vibes in general today, and having Sydney in the same house as her, Carolina was more than ready to leave the state. Sienna's Long Island house would suffice, though, especially since she was only going to be surrounded by people she liked. When it came to Sienna, it felt like drama was inevitable and Carolina had come to terms with the dramatic tendencies being part of her friend's personality, but she doubted there would be much excitement tonight. Rosie always had an edge to her (which Carolina appreciated and could get a laugh out of), but Charlotte was the nicest girl she knew, Piper was good when she wasn't surrounded by the popular crowd, and Carolina assumed that Sienna had had enough drama since school started to last a lifetime. She had never been to Sienna's second home but if her family's New York apartment said anything, it was sure to be gorgeous.
"It looks like they're here. I'll go get my things and meet you down there, okay?" Carolina said to Charlotte. Following the blonde's confirmation, she grabbed her laptop from the counter and sped upstairs to her bedroom. Luckily, she had chosen a different hallway than the only populated by Jane and Victoria and only passed by the room that Sydney was being pampered in. Before today, the only bad feelings that Carolina had for Sydney seemed petty and unfair. They were all based off of rumors regarding the blonde and how cold she could be. Never once had Sydney acknowledged her, but Carolina never complained about that because it meant that she was never bullying her. Sydney had no reason to be her friend and for the most part, Carolina didn't want to be her friend anyway. Their conversation in Jane's room had been short, probably due to Carolina's curtness, but even there, she had no reason to truly dislike Sydney. Sure, her invitation to hang out with her and Jane seemed to be superficial or based on ulterior motives, but there was no real proof behind that. Even the bad feelings that had arose after Sydney "stole" Victoria from them didn't seem to justify the distaste that Carolina had developed for the queen bee. Still, they were there, and Carolina was thankful that she wasn't forced to converse with her again.
She moved quickly in her new bedroom, tossing a few things into her bag before sending her sister a quick text message explaining where she was going. On her way to the elevator, she again was granted with the luck of not running into anyone, and she was soon out of the hotel lobby and hurrying towards Sienna's town car. Rosie and Charlotte had beaten her down there, and she greeted them all with a small smile. "Hey chicas," she said, mostly to Piper and Sienna who she hadn't seen after classes ended. "So, what's the plan for tonight?" Carolina was definitely low-maintenance and wasn't expecting anything big. In fact, she was kind of hoping it would be the simple girl's night that she expected it to be. However, Sienna was the girl who always had something interesting planned so Carolina was interested in hearing if there was anything specific on the agenda. She wanted to continue and ask Piper how Thomas was feeling after his run-in with trouble, but she wasn't sure how specific Piper was with her friend's about her situation. Carolina knew that she wasn't exactly honest about where she was living or what her family situation was like, but she understood that. Carolina was always comfortable with the fact that she was not being raised by her birth family, but that was because her foster family had become the realest family she could have, and more so, that she didn't care to fit into the typical Constance Billard profile. She didn't have a lot of money and doubted that she ever would, so she wasn't going to pretend she did.
As they waited for the girls to come downstairs, Sienna busied herself with texting one of her mentors. The older woman was not privy to texting Sienna everyday and it was the same vice versa, but it was during her more stressful days that she did seek that comfort and contact. It was just a bit rude, being so enraptured by her phone when there was someone beside her whom she could speak with, but Sienna needed the advice of someone older and the woman on the phone was someone she had trusted since she was thirteen. It was in the middle of speaking about a business endeavor that the car door was opened and the Buchanan siblings entered. Sienna glanced up with a bright smile and exclaimed, "Lottie!" Of course, she was happy to see Rose as well, but it was no secret which sibling she was closest to and Sienna reached over to hug Charlotte first, and then Rose. Besides, with all that had been occurring recently and despite Piper's comfort and support, Charlotte's had been unending for the last few years and Sienna would always consider her a closer friend. She did manage a greeting to Rose as well, "Hey, supermodel." It was a bit puzzling that Carolina wasn't with them, but Sienna didn't question it and opted to wait a few more minutes for the last girl to arrive. In that short time, she also text Jane and Tori.
To: Jane
Ok
To: Tori
Ok, look, you've had your fun. It's not getting Charlotte impeached any time soon and you know it. So, put that post down before you give that girl an aneurism. Enough is enough. I'm only going to ask one more time.
Soon enough, she was there and Sienna ended her phone conversation with the promise of discussing the situation more once she had time. If she was really doing an endorsement with House of Dereon for her Reign campaign, then it was important to get everything worked out now so that she could start doing the photo shoots and such for it once the EP was finished. She now had one more song to finish, and she had to shoot the last bit of the video on Saturday so that they could edit and release it by next Friday. It was a lot, but Sienna worked best under pressure anyway. Smiling at Carolina's greeting, Sienna tucked her phone away, but not before requesting that her driver attempt to get to her house in fifteen minutes instead of the typical thirty. It was a difficult feat to carry through with, but damn it all, she wanted to get home. Running a hand through her hair, Sienna's thoughts and attention returned to the girls and she shrugged a bit before grinning, "Well, it won't be as grand as a spa day, though we can do that before Pipe's party. I can cover it. Tonight, though, I thought you guys could try on some dresses in my mom's vault, we do homework, dinner and then have an actual girl's night. Nothing too grand, just movies, junk food, you know, something normal." Yes, Sienna - who hated appearing boring and always had a plan and was always over the top - wanted something normal and low-key. After all that happened, she felt like she earned it. They all did. "I mean, I'm always down for shooting our own music video complete with a pillow fight, but that's all up to you guys.". She then turned to Charlotte. "What do you think, Madam President?"
To: Jane
Ok
To: Tori
Ok, look, you've had your fun. It's not getting Charlotte impeached any time soon and you know it. So, put that post down before you give that girl an aneurism. Enough is enough. I'm only going to ask one more time.
Soon enough, she was there and Sienna ended her phone conversation with the promise of discussing the situation more once she had time. If she was really doing an endorsement with House of Dereon for her Reign campaign, then it was important to get everything worked out now so that she could start doing the photo shoots and such for it once the EP was finished. She now had one more song to finish, and she had to shoot the last bit of the video on Saturday so that they could edit and release it by next Friday. It was a lot, but Sienna worked best under pressure anyway. Smiling at Carolina's greeting, Sienna tucked her phone away, but not before requesting that her driver attempt to get to her house in fifteen minutes instead of the typical thirty. It was a difficult feat to carry through with, but damn it all, she wanted to get home. Running a hand through her hair, Sienna's thoughts and attention returned to the girls and she shrugged a bit before grinning, "Well, it won't be as grand as a spa day, though we can do that before Pipe's party. I can cover it. Tonight, though, I thought you guys could try on some dresses in my mom's vault, we do homework, dinner and then have an actual girl's night. Nothing too grand, just movies, junk food, you know, something normal." Yes, Sienna - who hated appearing boring and always had a plan and was always over the top - wanted something normal and low-key. After all that happened, she felt like she earned it. They all did. "I mean, I'm always down for shooting our own music video complete with a pillow fight, but that's all up to you guys.". She then turned to Charlotte. "What do you think, Madam President?"
[center]It didn't take Ricardo too long to get his driver and the car on the road. Rick was still trying to figure out exactly what he planned to do with the guys, but it was going to be something great. He knew he could get invited, no problem at all, to the top exclusive clubs in New York. It was a matter of getting his guys to agree to it. Vincent would come, no doubt. The promise of Provocateur's elite models would lure the lust-ridden jock to Rick's side, no doubt. It was Connor he knew that would take some convincing. Since the class president decided to go MIA for the last few days and then still remain sporadic, it was hard to keep tabs on him. More than that, Connor was the type to do homework first and while that was important (to a lesser degree), Rick wanted him out and about and he wasn't taking no for an answer. After all, if the idiot didn't want to see that supermodel-level-sexy Charlotte had a thing for him whereas Sydney did not, then at least he could find a hook up while they were out.
A few minutes later and Ricardo was scooping up Vincent, looking up from his phone after sending a few text messages to friends. Smirking at Vincent, he said, "Provocateur's doing a Burlesque theme tonight, I hear. Thought we'd have a guy's night since you've got bae problems and Connor is the next Houdini with his disappearing acts. Plus, I'm bored." He snickered at the thought of Vincent's issues, though for once, he didn't care enough to pry. They could do that later. For now, Rick wanted to hang out with his favorite guys from St. Jude's. While he had had his new crew in California, there was something refreshing about being back with people that he actually liked and regardless of how people saw his relationship with Vincent, he did consider the guy a best friend of sorts. Connor too.
To: Connor
Coming 2 get u. U better b ready or I swear I'll have the master of prank 4 ur ass
To: Connor
No jokes, dude
To: Sienna
I'm gonna assume u have ur plans. Care 2 include me?
To: Charlotte
Now, Buchanan, I'm a lil hurt. All this time I've been trying 2 win ur heart & its already taken?? Why, I never!
To: Charlotte
But srsly, r u ok?
Only a couple of minutes had passed since Victoria left, but Sydney was already growing impatient. Most of it was probably caused by Jane though, who had detached from the group earlier to get a drink. What should have taken her a minute had taken ten and Sydney didn't like waiting. Just as much as she didn't like that, she didn't like feeling like Jane was continuing to try to deceive her. Just because of the revelation over the summer, she had to assume that it had to do with Jane's weight. As far as Sydney knew, it was the only thing that Jane had managed to keep a secret from her. Sydney still hated herself for not noticing sooner, and maybe more so, for letting Sienna find out first, even if it was only through Jane's mom. Now that she knew what had been going on, she felt like all of the signs were there, but in reality, Jane had done a good job at keeping it a secret. In one way or another, all of the girls they hung out with were concerned about their appearance in one way or another so hearing Jane excuse herself from a meal because she was trying some new diet was nothing that would necessarily raise speculation. Even when the excuses turned into Jane simply disappearing to skip out on lunch dates or dinner parties, Sydney didn't notice anything. She was too caught up in herself, she supposed, but at the same time, Jane had also clearly channeled a lot of energy into keeping it that way. Now that Sydney was informed of the issue, she vowed not to let anything pass her by further. Especially being on a mission to make it clear to Jane that she was her only real friend, she had to make it clear that she did care about her. Because she did. Sydney could be sly and selfish, but at the end of the day, Jane was like a sister to her. Sydney's own needs sometimes came first, but she loved Jane.
This afternoon was going to be one of those occasions where Sydney's own wants came before Jane's, because despite noticing her friend's discomfort at the idea of being with Tori, Sydney was insistent that she join them. It seemed impossible for her to relax knowing that both of the girls were taking so long, so she paused her massage, sat her drink down and headed into the hallway, barefooted and clad only in her white robe. The kitchen was now empty but up the hall she found Tori standing alone with her phone in hand. "Didn't I tell you to go to Jane's room and get a robe?" she inquired, her voice sickly sweet as she eyed the girl. "We don't have all day, Tori. We have an appointment at Barney's later on and our drinks are getting warm."
Victoria was caught off guard when Jane emerged from a connecting hallway and hurried up behind her. She wasn't eager to play nice with Jane because Jane had no purpose, but she also couldn't be disrespectful with Sydney near by. It would only fit Jane's role to go crying back to Sydney if Tori said something offensive, and she didn't want Sydney questioning her fit in the group. However, when Jane basically told her to leave, Tori didn't think she could accept that either. This was one of the first times in at least ten years that Sydney Vale had not only acknowledged her existence, but showed any type of interest in her. There was no way that she was going to let idiotic Jane Lynch ruin that for her. Still, what was she supposed to say? Victoria had more confidence than she needed behind a computer screen but in real life, her anxiety tugged at her core. "Oh, okay...", was all that she mustered before Jane turned away and hurried out of sight. Victoria was ready to turn around and share the news with Sydney, of course with her own twist to guilt Sydney into continuing the spa day without Jane, when she got a text from Sienna.
To: Sienna
Idk what you're talking about but of course I'll do anything to help Charlotte out <3 She's the lady in charge, right :)? But omg, I just heard the craziest thing! You're friends with Jane, right? Well, apparently she's been abusing drugs to lose weight! How crazy! I'm sure it's just a rumor, but I hope the info doesn't get into the wrong hands :(.
Victoria knew better than to acknowledge writing the post in text because all it would take was a screenshot for her anonymity to be compromised. Her tone of voice in the text was certainly laced with sarcastic concern and Sienna would understand that, but Victoria couldn't incriminate herself so blatantly. With the way that Jane was ruining her afternoon with Sydney, Victoria considered just posting the information without giving Sienna a chance to respond, but she stopped herself from being impulsive. Jane's post was going to be a truth and whenever the information she had was truthful and not lies, she knew it was important to play her cards carefully. Instead, though, she signed into the account linked to her gossip pages and deleted the post about Charlotte.
To: Sienna
I contacted a few people and I think Charlotte should be good now :). God, don't you just hate drama?
Even if she wanted to text Sienna further to taunt her, she couldn't because from behind, Sydney's voice rang out and Victoria literally jumped in surprise. She clutched her chest as her heart beat surged and quickly secured her phone in her pocket. "I know, I was just on my way up there but Jane told me that she's sick or something, and that she doesn't want to hang out with anyone anymore. I don't know what's wrong, but she was holding her stomach. Maybe she ate too much." Victoria did her best to sound sympathetic and concerned, despite using her new knowledge on Jane against her. To her, it didn't seem wrong. It seemed well deserved and fair, after all of these years of being snubbed for absolutely no reason.
Sydney's eyebrows shot up at Victoria's reasoning and Sydney was back to thinking about Jane's secrecy. She and Sienna had done some research after Jane's illness was revealed but as far as she knew, Jane wasn't bulimic. She wasn't going to eat and then purge, she just wasn't going to eat at all. At this point, Sydney wasn't going to put it past her though, and Victoria's suggestion had her believing that was exactly what Jane was up to. It was either that, or she hadn't eaten anything all day and was going to faint but didn't want anyone around to witness it. Part of her wanted to text Sienna and confide in her about how this was clearly going to be something that they really needed to address, but then she remembered where she stood with the singer. "I'll deal with it," she said to Tori, holding back from rolling her eyes. Tori was a follower but today, she was bothering her less than Jane and that said something. She said nothing more to Tori but shooed her back down the hall with her hand. When Victoria rounded a corner and was out of sight, she caught the eye of a housekeeper passing by with a basket of laundry in her arms. "Bring a robe down to the spa room for Victoria, and juice and pretzels or some type of food to Jane's room. The latter first." she said, her voice becoming sharp once Tori was gone. All that Sydney had wanted was a relaxing spa day, but that seemed like a fantasy dream at this point. When she departed from the woman and minutes later, got to Jane's room, she could barely hold back her frustration when the bedroom door was locked. She considered finding another housekeeper and demanding that they bring her the key, but tried to give Jane a chance to make this easy. She knocked on the door loudly before speaking. "Open up, Jane. It's me."
Jane barely had time to slip out of her robe and into a pair of pajama pants and tank top before there was a knock at the door. Though she was startled by the noise, it was no surprise that it was Sydney on the other end. Jane had a reputation for being an airhead but she was well aware that disappearing from a spa day at her own house was going to warrant some type of negative reaction from the matriarch of the friend group. Though Jane had no desire to see or speak with Sydney, not answering wasn't even an option. Like herself, she knew that Sydney wasn't the type of person to settle with not getting what she wanted and so with a roll of her eyes and an internal groan (which she only felt safe doing behind the closed door), she got up from her bed and pulled the once-locked door open. "I don't feel well. Can you please take Tori to your house and we can do something tomorrow?" She remained in the space between the cracked door and her wall, hoping that by not allowing Sydney entry, the conversation would end faster.
"No, I cannot take Tori to my house. What's wrong with you?" Sydney demanded, pushing the door until there was enough space to get past her friend. She wanted to be gentle with Jane now because she knew that she had been fairly insensitive over the past few days, but it was hard. Part of Sydney wished that she had never found out about Jane's illness because then there was no guilt involved with not acknowledging it or having to worry about her. "And do not insult me by giving me your lame excuses, Jane. You have to talk to me about what's going on with you. We're supposed to be best friends and it's really not fair for you to leave me in the dark about something like this." Guilting Jane into sharing her problems definitely wasn't the best way to go about it, but again, Sydney struggled with how to address other people's problems. She was so used to being completely about herself, and having someone who she truly cared about dealing with an issue so major left her feeling uneasy and uncomfortable. Over the summer, it had been comforting knowing that Sienna was in this with her, but now she was on her own and arguably being the least compassionate friend, it was a difficult situation for her.
Jane gave up trying to keep Sydney out of her room when the blonde pushed on the door. It would have been pointless with Sydney being as determined as she was. However, Jane was less receptive to the idea of talking to her than she was to letting her in. With most issues, Jane was an open book. She was dramatic and emotional and holding back her feelings and thoughts wasn't something that she liked nor was good at. This was a whole different type of problem though, and it was something that she didn't want anyone's advice or concern involved in. It wasn't so much that she didn't trust her friends with keeping it a secret, as it was that she didn't trust them from trying to intervene. That spoke to her level of sickness, but even a summer in recovery couldn't keep her from thinking that asking for help was only going to be a bad idea. She didn't want people monitoring her because it would only lead to more problems when she started gaining too much weight and decided that she needed to drop a few pounds. She reassured herself that appearing secretive and shady was worth remaining in control of her body. "I just don't feel good. I'm tired and my head hurts and I have a lot of work to do now that Caroline isn't going to be here to help me. It's not an excuse, I just really don't feel like socializing right now, okay?" She wandered past Sydney and re-situated herself on her bed as a show that she wasn't leaving.
"I'll help you with the school stuff, food's being brought up to fix your headache, and spa days don't have to be for socializing, Jane. Today's will just be about cosmos, and manicures, and back massages. If you don't want to socialize, we won't, but I really don't think it's right to just kick Victoria out. You know the anniversary of her mom's death is next week and it's not like she has any real friends. Let's be nice." Sydney smiled at Jane, hoping to provoke some sort of positive emotion in her despite getting to the point about her not feeling well being related to her not eating. As if on cue, there was a knock on the door and the same woman Sydney had ordered to fetch food stood there with a tray of what was requested. Sydney greeted her with a smile and retrieved the tray before shutting the door again. "See? There's no reason why tonight can't be fun. We'll have a better time than Sienna and all of her new 'friends'."
The only part of Sydney's offer that Jane was willing to accept was the part regarding her school assignments. As bad as it sounded, she didn't really care about Victoria's sad backstory. Anyone losing a parent was sad, but Jane wasn't her friend and she didn't even want to be civil with her. She was detached from Tori's life enough that she didn't care to be sympathetic or compassionate around a time that was probably already emotionally trying on the girl. She knew that she needed to eat soon, but she wanted that to be after everyone had left and for the meal to be something of her choice. She would prepare it or watch it be prepared and know exactly how many calories were included. Though her summer in the rehabilitation facility had helped her quite a bit, she was slowly morphing back into the state where she was paranoid that people were trying to betray her. That her meals would somehow be laced with loads of extra sugar or butter or substance that would magically make her gain ten pounds. She was well aware that it was illogical but there were times when she wanted to believe it enough where she could convince herself it was plausible. Seeing a bowl full of carbs and sugar walk through the door had her going from tired and upset, to a state of panic. She didn't want to prove Sydney right and make it appear that she was actually sick though. Jane frantically tried to search for some excuse to get out of needing to eat something, but she fell short and could only come up with, "I guess you're right. You can go tell Tori that I'll be out in a few minutes if you want." She hoped Sydney would agree so that she could dispose of the snacks as quickly and discretely as possible. She shifted back on her bed as she waited and hoped that Sydney would leave, and managed to get in another quick text to Piper.
To: Piper
okay????????????????????
The twins made their way down to the lobby and into the waiting car as Rosie handed Charlotte her bag as they walked through the marble lobby, their heels clicking against the floor. Rosie held the door for her sister before walking herself and waiting to get in the car. Charlotte smiled towards Sienna and Piper. "Hey, darlin'! Hey Piper." Charlotte responded, first, to Sienna's excited exclamation and then she smiled towards the red head before scooting over for her sister and also making room for Carolina. At being called a supermodel, Rosie just scoffed sarcastically as she hugged her friend. "Please, she's the model. I am the actress, the one that entertains people."
"You entertain people alright." Lottie said with a smirk as she spoke under her breath, just loud enough to be heard and receive a playful elbow nudge from her sister. Sienna snickered at the duo. When Carolina joined them and asked what the plan was, Charlotte found herself curious. Knowing Sienna she had somethin' planned to get Lottie mind off the post. And hopefully it was satisfactory enough. Sienna easily could figure out something more if Charlotte really wanted to have some kind of mega-super-awesome-epic night, but Sienna felt like a more low-key setting would have been better. They lived everyday in uber glamorous and epic. A night of simplicity was something that everyone needed every now and then. Lottie smiled as she finally took a deep breath. That sounded perfect, just what she needed. Not to mention, she's been so worried about school and events and her reputation going down the drain, and the rumor, she hadn't even had time to think about the dress she was going to wear to Piper's party.
She nodded as she leaned back against the seat. "That sounds amazin' and call me that while you can, might no be callin' me that much longer." Rosie groaned as she rolled her eyes. Sienna rolled hers as well, glancing down at her phone to see the taunting messages from Tori. If it weren't for the fact she was in the car with several other people and not just Piper, she would have screeched in outrage. "You're just actin' dumb now, guys tell her she had nothin' to worry about." Rosie said as she raised an eyebrow. Sienna nodded and placed a hand over Charlotte's comfortingly, squeezing it gently before saying, "Don't you worry your pretty little head off, Buchanan. I told you it'd work out and it will. I'll make sure of it." Just to be sure, Sienna went back on the gossip page only to see the post about Charlotte already gone and replaced with other speculations. Probably not Victoria's doing or sayings, but by other people trying fill the void left behind by the absence of Charlotte's scandal. Still not entirely comforted by Tori's acquiescence, Sienna showed Charlotte her phone so that Charlotte could see the gossip page, "See. Step one, completed." She had to say it in a perky tone, for her own benefit more than Charlotte's. She didn't want to admit how much she wanted to strangle Tori at the moment. She needed to focus on enjoying the night and her meeting with the alumnae board on Friday. When she took her phone back, however, Sienna managed to send two text messages out.
To: Tori
Ur so thoughtful. I've just gotta repay u 4 ur kindness 1 of these days
To: Piper
U & me. As soon as we get 2 my house.
After making sure her driver was using his shortcuts and back-ways, Sienna waited the rest of the ride, biding her time by smiling at whatever small talk her friends decided to make. All the while trying not to text Tori about how much Sienna wanted to pound her fists into the bitch's face. But all of that could wait. As she had reasoned, despite how impulsive Sienna was, violence couldn't be her first course of action. Not as a politician's daughter. She had to be smart about this and feeding Tori the exact time of impulsivity she was known for would only hurt Sienna in the long run. And if she was ever going to go down, Sienna was taking that psycho bitch down with her.
Soon enough, they were pulling up the long driveway to her home and Sienna, already seeing the addition her mother made to the estate, rolled her eyes. "My mom remodeled again. Said she wanted a ballroom or something like that." A few moments later, they were outside of the home and Sienna walked out first, greeting a staff member. "Take them to rooms so they can change and put dinner in the media room, please." She grabbed Piper and then ushered the redhead to her bedroom on the second floor, moving quickly.
"You entertain people alright." Lottie said with a smirk as she spoke under her breath, just loud enough to be heard and receive a playful elbow nudge from her sister. Sienna snickered at the duo. When Carolina joined them and asked what the plan was, Charlotte found herself curious. Knowing Sienna she had somethin' planned to get Lottie mind off the post. And hopefully it was satisfactory enough. Sienna easily could figure out something more if Charlotte really wanted to have some kind of mega-super-awesome-epic night, but Sienna felt like a more low-key setting would have been better. They lived everyday in uber glamorous and epic. A night of simplicity was something that everyone needed every now and then. Lottie smiled as she finally took a deep breath. That sounded perfect, just what she needed. Not to mention, she's been so worried about school and events and her reputation going down the drain, and the rumor, she hadn't even had time to think about the dress she was going to wear to Piper's party.
She nodded as she leaned back against the seat. "That sounds amazin' and call me that while you can, might no be callin' me that much longer." Rosie groaned as she rolled her eyes. Sienna rolled hers as well, glancing down at her phone to see the taunting messages from Tori. If it weren't for the fact she was in the car with several other people and not just Piper, she would have screeched in outrage. "You're just actin' dumb now, guys tell her she had nothin' to worry about." Rosie said as she raised an eyebrow. Sienna nodded and placed a hand over Charlotte's comfortingly, squeezing it gently before saying, "Don't you worry your pretty little head off, Buchanan. I told you it'd work out and it will. I'll make sure of it." Just to be sure, Sienna went back on the gossip page only to see the post about Charlotte already gone and replaced with other speculations. Probably not Victoria's doing or sayings, but by other people trying fill the void left behind by the absence of Charlotte's scandal. Still not entirely comforted by Tori's acquiescence, Sienna showed Charlotte her phone so that Charlotte could see the gossip page, "See. Step one, completed." She had to say it in a perky tone, for her own benefit more than Charlotte's. She didn't want to admit how much she wanted to strangle Tori at the moment. She needed to focus on enjoying the night and her meeting with the alumnae board on Friday. When she took her phone back, however, Sienna managed to send two text messages out.
To: Tori
Ur so thoughtful. I've just gotta repay u 4 ur kindness 1 of these days
To: Piper
U & me. As soon as we get 2 my house.
After making sure her driver was using his shortcuts and back-ways, Sienna waited the rest of the ride, biding her time by smiling at whatever small talk her friends decided to make. All the while trying not to text Tori about how much Sienna wanted to pound her fists into the bitch's face. But all of that could wait. As she had reasoned, despite how impulsive Sienna was, violence couldn't be her first course of action. Not as a politician's daughter. She had to be smart about this and feeding Tori the exact time of impulsivity she was known for would only hurt Sienna in the long run. And if she was ever going to go down, Sienna was taking that psycho bitch down with her.
Soon enough, they were pulling up the long driveway to her home and Sienna, already seeing the addition her mother made to the estate, rolled her eyes. "My mom remodeled again. Said she wanted a ballroom or something like that." A few moments later, they were outside of the home and Sienna walked out first, greeting a staff member. "Take them to rooms so they can change and put dinner in the media room, please." She grabbed Piper and then ushered the redhead to her bedroom on the second floor, moving quickly.