Tuesday, September 2, 2025

OC RP - Fiona




It seems Dakota thinks Matty is all wrong for me. I dunno what made her my big sister? I don't get it?

OK, so um..thinks are hot with Matty. So much better than I even imagined. He's very...um...

Let's say my dry spell is over.

So maybe Dakota is upset with me over the wine thing. (winces hard, but practically winks with a smile that won't stop) I just wanted to put that wine to good use.

I mean, we were rocking in that trailer. He put on the Best of Boney M. And well, he's crazy good with his moves. (Sigh) So one thing led to another. And you know, we got a good rhythm going.

So yeah, I could dance with that fool all night. It felt like the cops might bust in any minute, but then I realized it was the sirens on the CD. 

God, he was killing it. I just don't know, drinking a bottle of red wine might not have been the perfect idea. Just when things were gonna happen and I was practically in the raw, I had to go throw up.

I do wonder if somebody is watching out for me. Maybe. But it would have been so good. I just know it.

"You shouldn't drink!" Dakota laid down the law. All this shit about THINKING IT THROUGH. I want to listen, I do. I try. Really, I do, but..

God, if I have a chance to do it all over again with Matty, I'd do in a New Jersey minute! But he hasn't called. Does he hate me now? 

I'm afraid to say too much to Dakota because she'll take it that I'm needy, you know. I don't want that. I don't.

God, she doesn't come around like she used to. I feel a little sad about that. Or am I just sad over Matty?

And Ezra? Where in the hell is Ezra? I thought he'd be around. You know, to check up on me or something.  I don't get it. I just don't. I kind of miss him, you know. Only, I miss Matty more. Damn him!

Sunday, August 31, 2025

Kat & Uno - How they met




 Kat didn't want to go to another school, but here she was, all brand new. It didn't feel that way. The dread of the mean girls in the hall by their lockers made Kat's face tense. Naturally, they didn't pay her any mind, and she wouldn't pay them any mind either. 

Maybe if she lived with her grandmother, she wouldn't have to worry about bullies. Still, she knew deep down she was becoming one. She wasn't sure how it happened. Maybe it was a gene she was born with. She couldn't be sure. 

It was just the idea of being bullied so long that the comebacks were there, and they came out of her mouth so naturally. She even watched herself in the mirror. Wondering what had happened to that girl from elementary school.

There was a time she was actually in the Gifted and Talented. Honestly, she didn't know how that happened. It didn't last that long. Especially when her sixth-grade teacher tortured her into believing she was nothing. She never would be.

Of course, it wasn't long after that when something horrific happened with her mother's boyfriend. Nothing had ever been the same since. 

She did her best to stay invisible. But they always seemed to find her as if they knew her real, dreaded secret. 

Maybe this time would be better. She was off in a burb, living the life with a woman who enjoyed making her a new outfit every week. She didn't know she would ever have a dress to fit so perfectly, but Grandy knew how. 

Somehow, she'd drifted through the day in the lovely outfit that Grandy had made for her on her first day. Kat did feel beautiful in the soft floral dress. Yes, it was like she was in her own dream world. Not even a dreaded mean girl could ruin her day.

When she was in the lunch line, she heard a boy talking about the Sadie Hawkins dance coming up. Girls asked boys to those dances in the gym after the first football game.

"Would you mind going with me?" She asked as if she were already in a dream. He was perfect and ever so dreamy. She couldn't imagine someone like him eating in the cafeteria. But it made her think he was the humble sort after all.

"Huh?" He finally looked down at her. His hair in his eyes. He laughed at her as if she were an idiot.

Just then, the fellow behind her pecked her shoulder with his index finger. "I'd go with you."

Kat let a laugh slip as she turned to see the guy standing behind her. She almost fell over. He needed to be in a boy band, and he didn't even know it. She couldn't help but stare at him. Possibly her mouth gaped.

"Sure." She put on her best grin.

He said his name was Uno.

"We have class together," he said. 

"We do?" Kat's face was full of laughter. She hadn't noticed him then. It was such a nervous day. She was certain everyone would hate her.

 Uno nodded with a sweet smile.

" I don't really dance," she confessed.

"Neither do I." Uno shrugged back. "But we can try."

She nursed her bottom lip. Maybe it was the best first day of school ever.


WORDS: 555

Friday, August 29, 2025

OC RP - Nav




 Nav was left all by his lonesome at the taco truck to listen to Han's endless tales of the trailer park. Evidently, Han knew everything. He said that the little kid who used to be around wasn't here anymore.

Nav nodded. He hadn't seen him either. Hopefully, he'd found his way back home. He wasn't much of a talker. Nav kept eating as if he wouldn't know when he might have a full stomach. Still, he wished Dakota were here. He wouldn't dare ask if Han knew what was up with Dakota and Ezra. It might make him lose his appetite. 

"That ain't all?" Han looked up at him with sad eyes. 

"What?" Nav winced at him. 

"There's something in the woods out back."

Han crunched on another taco, and the hot sauce dripped from his lips. Nav handed him a napkin and told him it was nothing.

"Alex and her sister know." Han looked at him blankly.

"Now, why are you bringing them up?" Nav sighed with a squint, but then turned to his Dr. Pepper and drank it up with a straw. He shook the ice in the cup, wishing for another, but he looked over his shoulder and noticed how the food truck was closing up.

"Something is going on," Han said as he almost winked. Maybe something was in his eye.

"Just leave those two alone." Nav was serious. "They know a thing or two about things you haven't got a clue about, and.."

"And what?" Han looked at him as if Nav thought he wasn't man enough to handle it.

"Go looking for other stories. I'm sure the old ladies down the way would be happy to be interviewed." After all, they kept Han in candy and energy drinks.

Han looked away as if he didn't want to hear anything more from Nav, but Nav knew what he was talking about.

"You're just going to be trouble, aren't you?"

Han wouldn't say a word.