Grabbing my things from the backseat, I head toward the people lining up to register their arrival. Pulling out my phone, I see a string of messages in the group chat Stassie set up last week.
PRETTY BEST FRIENDS
Stassie: Let us know when you get there safely, Muffin
Stassie: Drinking before a big drive wasn’t the best idea
Kris: She’ll be fine. She had an early night ;)
Mattie: I’m not fine in case anyone cares
Bobby: How early?
Kris: According to the UCMH gossip page she took Jennie Kim up to her room and they did not reappear
Lola: I can’t believe you read that shit. They posted that I might be pregnant two weeks ago because someone told them I was crying in Kenny’s. I literally had hot sauce in my eye
Mattie: Nobody cares then? Okay cool cool cool
Bobby: Why does Jennie Kim sound familiar?
Stassie: She’s friends with Kai
Robbie: You watched her give Lisa a lap dance last night genius
Bobby: No I know that but her name sounds familiar
Mattie: “Friends with Kai” has never worked out well for any guy
Stassie: Nate told me to tell you to fuck off
Kris: That was Jennie Kim???
Lola: Am I the only woman at this school Kai hasn’t stuck his dick in?
Robbie: Yes and I thank the stars for that daily
Stassie: Nate told me to tell you to fuck off as well
Kris: Her dad owns Fenrir. The F1 team with the wolf
Bobby: Oh shit
Stassie: Nate is excited by that news for some reason
Lola: She was hot. Congrats Muffin
Henry: You guys are annoying
Henry: I thought someone had died
Henry: There’s no need for people who see each other every single day to text this much
Robbie: The only person who’s gonna die is Muffin when she realizes she’s gonna have to pretend to like F1 if she ever wants to get laid again
JJ: At least it isn’t something boring like tennis
Robbie: Who let you in here? This group is supposed to be for the people actually staying in Sycamore Hills
JJ: I’ll be there in spirit
JJ: And I get FOMO
Kris: It was Stassie, wasn’t it?
Stassie: Excuse you
JJ: Nah, I negotiated with Hen
Bobby: “Negotiated”
Henry: He hid my paintbrushes
JJ: You’ll be glad of my presence when one you ask for advice from a real world adult
Lola: I’ll be sure to never ever do that
Lisa: This was a lot
Lisa: I’m here but the cell service sucks
I always wondered what it’d be like to be in the “inner circle” when I was on the outside. Now I’m in it, I realize it’s mainly chaos but in a kind of wholesome way. By the time I’m done catching up, I’m at the front of the line, which gives me the perfect opportunity to not dwell on the fact I am once again on some shitty college gossip page, the girl I’m with on there has a super-rich family and that there’s absolutely no way I’m going to be able to fake knowing anything about race cars if I ever see her again.
Chapter 7
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