It's 5:30 in the morning Monday, the new semester is about to start. beeep beep beeeep blanch reaches to find her phone on her desk her hand stumbling to find it in the dark pushing aside an empty wine glass from last night. She turns off her alarm and checks her phone squinting as her eyes adjust to the light. She sees a text from her friend "omg bestie there is a new girl in school! Can't wait to dig up dirt on her!". Blanch lives in a pretty small town so new kid in school usually means a new neighbour and a lot of new drama. As soon as blanch takes a step out of bed she hears a knock on her bedroom door "balnchhh! Are you ready for semester two!!! Good luck with all your girlfriends lesbo" ahhh shut up lulu blanch says annoyed. Blanch looks into her closet and notices her rainbow heart shirt peaking out next to her pile of socks and empty bottles of various alcoholic beverages. She checks herself out in the mirror before finally deciding on an outfit (a white Bennie on top of a bright orange crop top and a pair of pants with the most amount of pockets she could find) she lets out a long sight before wondering out of her room "I'm far to hung over for this shit". Blanch aggressively grabs her nearly empty backpack off the hook nearly breaking it, her mom watching from the living room solemnly and clearly upset at something. Blanch meets Sonya at the bus stop who is clearly plotting something and looking hot af while doing it. Sonya gives blanch a hug after noticing how utterly dead she looks "we'll get you some coffee in the cafe latter okay" thanks love balance says letting out her first smile in months. The bus arrives 5 minutes late full of discussed teenagers whispering and pointing at blanch "that's the girl who forced kayle into a relationship" "what a disgusting fag" blanch puts in her headphones and bends the wire into the only position it seems to work in anymore. It seems her sanity this semester is quite literally hanging on a wire.
The pair arrive at school blanch half asleep and holding in the regret of late night lonely drinking and Sonya bouncing around as per usual. Entering the school the students are greeted by whiteboard covered in class schedules and old town road playing on the PA system. Luckily Sonya and blanch get put in all the same classes probability due to the principle honestly believing that blanch would Keel over and die if Sonya wasn't by her side at all times. or that she'd straight up get killed by one of the many students after her head due to all the rumours about her.
Blanch finds a seat at the very back of home room and slams her bag on the desk, she grabs her phone charger and plush it in holding on to the hope that her phone won't run out of data early again or her earphones won't finally die out on her.the teacher announces that there is a new kid in class "would Rell come up and introduce yourself" he looks around and noticed she isn't there so he gives up and starts the lesson mumbling about how the new generation doesn't care about rules and whatnot. Blanch is rather relieved that the new girl isn't here since she doesn't want to listen to more drama anyway and perhaps this school could go with one less straight and narrow. Blanch barley survives first period nearly awake thanks to Sonya's toxic positivity. Finally escaping the classroom because "the bell dismissed her" blanch heads to the only gender neutral washroom in this town which is thankfully in the school because it's mandatory. As she opened the door she's surprised by a tall and rather strong looking girl sitting in a cloud of vape smoke "locks broken huh" the girl says. "Uhh ya I guess" blanch questions. "Quick close the door before more smoke gets out" Rell said choking on her last hit "didn't think this town had anyone who would use this washroom, what's your name" Rell sticks her vape into blanches face in attempt to offer it to her and break the ice. "Names blanch I usually come into this washroom to escape everything for a little. Your the new girl right I honestly thought you'd be a lot different" blanch takes the vape trying to hide a nervous look on her face since she's never vaped before and takes a large hit. Blanch clearly try's to hold in her coughing as to not get caught and Rell lets out a hardy laugh "no need to try and impress me blanch I don't care if you can't hold you smoke" blanch hands Rell her vape back "I'm more of a bottle girl I guess" she giggles. Rell's cheeks go a little red and she seems flustered "uh hey I'm not here to make friends or anything but do you know any place to hang around this town, preferably not with any of the losers out there". Blanch takes a pen out of one of her many pockets and writes her number on the wall of the washroom right on top of the many scribbles and slurs vandalized on the wall "swing by my place latter it would be nice to have someone to talk to other than my asshole mom and my annoying ass sister". Rell looks surprisingly happy "trauma dump!" She raises her hand. Blanch "trauma dump" they high five as Rell leaves the washroom. Blanch looks at herself in between the many cracks in the mirror and smiles, she was happy... until she realized that a bunch of kids probably just saw her go into a single stall washroom right before one of the hottest girls she's ever seen walked out. For like 20 whole minutes blanch is on the floor worrying about what people are thinking out there. Sonya knocks on the door asking if blanch is okay "I have your coffee" she exclaims. Blanch practically bursts through the door "omg I literally would die without you I need this so much" she downs the whole cup not taking a single breath in between sips. Sonya seems a little relieved to see her friend finally alive "everything ok?" She asks. Blanch explains that she met the new girl and her life is practically over because people will know they were in the washroom together and when she was having a panic attack during the realization of that her tears shorted out her headphones. Blanch drapes her body over Sonya and fakes a cry. Sonya picks up her friend and laughs "you'd be such a mess without me" she says reaching into her totally normal amount of pockets and pulling out a brand new pair of dollar store headphones. Blanch holds the package against her chest and a tear of joy drips down her cheek "I love you" she whispers to Sonya. The two continue there day with relatively no drama and a lot of skipping class to watch tictok.
