#sorry I took the picture with a potato screenshots crashed the game

[good-to-drive]

SO I managed to get the iconic millennial PC game The Oregon Trail 5 (a la “you have died of dysentery”) working on my laptop, and for obvious reasons* I'm fascinated by both The Beatles and the Donner Party so naturally I've decided to take The Beatles on the Donner Party route. *I'm a big fan of suffering.

They're leaving Independence, Missouri in June 1846 just like the Donner-Reed Party, and are headed for what is now California. John is in charge (I imagine he wouldn't go otherwise) so if/when he dies it's game over.

(btw I don't want to clog up anyone's dashboard so you might want to block the tag 'the beatles oregon trail 5' bc I'll tag everything with that.)

#the beatles oregon trail 5 #sorry I took the picture with a potato screenshots crashed the game #I mean it's 22 years old and I'm running it on windows 11 so that's fair #the beatles #the oregon trail #the oregon trail 5 #the donner party #the donner-reed party #paul mccartney #john lennon #george harrison #ringo starr

[celawrites]

Day 53

“Tickets have been ordered?”

“Yeah.”

“Spring break-”

“Spring break. Is it the wrong time?”

“No no no. It’s just... so quick?”

“Sorry.”

“No worries, dear!” My teacher claps. “I should’ve expected that you would get things done so quickly!”

“Mhm.”

“Alright, go off to lunch now.”

“Alright.”

Word gets around quickly in this school. Even though Sun and I aren’t dating, I overhear people talking about it. Their precious valedictorian dating the student council president, especially when the president was more chaotic than everyone else? An enigma.

“YO PREZ!” a student yells.

“Mhm?”

“What’s today’s pick up line?!”

“I don’t see how that’s your business?”

“We wanna see our valedictorian blush!”

“You’ll get in trouble you know?”

“We don’t mind!”

So sure enough, they drag Sun to the table in the middle of the cafeteria. I cough into the mic, and start speaking. It wasn’t highschool without any recklessness.

“To our lovely valedictorian. This is your favorite friend, only friend, and favorite girl. No, not Madison, we don’t talk about her. Today’s pick up line for you? Your eyes hold more depth than the whole universe, and I want to be the one you look at that way. To everyone who had to just hear that, I’m sorry, and I hope you have a nice day.” The sound of the mic turning off has the whole school cackling. Sun is burning red, and one of the students captures a perfect picture and sends it to me. This was our high school.

My phone vibrates in my pocket, and I get a flood of texts in the nAtuRe group chat.

A: IM DYING WHO CAME UP WITH THE IDEA

Z: Anyone want Sun blushing?

A: ME

Mint: SEND IT

Sun: I will actually murder you Cress

Clown: I have an image

A: SEND SEND SEND

Z: Attached image

A: JDKFSDLFSDFDSF IM CACKLING

Mint took a screenshot A took a screenshot Clown took a screenshot

Sun: Z I am actually going to murder you when we get home

Clown: No worries Z! Wanna stay at my place?

Z: DEAL DJKFHSDFSDFS

I crash into someone.

“Ah, just the person I was looking for.” the figure smiles down at me. Mom, come pick me up I’m scared.

“S-sun,” I gulp.

“Mhm? Was there something you needed to say?”

“You’re really hot pissed off.” I muster up the courage and tap his nose playfully and when he pauses, I make a run for it.

“GET BACK HERE.”

“MIIIIIIIINT,” I sprint through the halls, and the faculty only ignores us; it isn’t the first time.

I hide myself behind Mint and shake in fear. I’m scared mom, come pick me up please I’m scared.

“CRESS!” Sun pants at the door to the student council lounge. “You have 3 seconds before I break in and ruin you.”

“Like railing me?” my head pops out from behind Mint.

“What the fuck.” Mint and Sun’s voice comes in sync and I cackle.

“You’re stuck in there.”

“Wrong. I still have the window.”

“It’s the third floor, what?” We blink a couple times, and in a spur of moments, Sun manages to catch me and next thing I know, I’m being pinned to the floor.

I see Mint sneak out in the corner of my eye, and try to shove Sun off. He smirks as I struggle in his grasp. He leans in dangerously close to me, and blows into my ear. I’m bright red.

“I hope you get caught by faculty.” I snicker.

“Oh? But you’re the one who needs to be punished.” Who IS THIS AND WHAT DID THEY DO TO SUN. But of course, 2 can play that game.

I wrap my arms around his neck playfully. “So, what do you plan on doing to me?” it comes out as a low whisper.

“I’ll detain you to the principal,” and without warning, Sun slings me over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes, and hauls me to the principal’s office.

“SUN, LET GO! I’M IN THE UNIFORM SKIRT, PLEASE.”

“Too bad.” He hauls me to our next class, not forgetting to bring our Chromebooks. “You didn’t seem to mind when you were flirting.”

“nO THAT WAS DIFFERENT, LET ME DOWN DFKSJFHD.” I hit his back.

“No.”

My face blooms into an embarrassing shade of scarlet when Sun arrives to class. My classmates snicker and laugh harshly.

“Had fun?” Opal nudges me.

“Shut up.” I mumble.

There’s an air of tension that lingers around when Sun and I talk for the rest of the day. Why was it that it always happened on Fridays? Mint mentions going to Portos in the nature group chat today and we all agree. It’s 4 p.m. when we all meet up at the gate.

Without warning, Mint yanks my collar down and I shriek. “MINT WHAT THE FUCK.”

“Dammit,” he mumbles, and A cheers in victory.

“HAND OVER THE 20, I TOLD YOU SHE WOULDN’T GET ANY HICKEYS!”

“I hate it here.” I mumble, and Sun nods in agreement.

Z cackles and Sun mouths a no to him.

“Pay up.”

“OH, SERIOUSLY?” I whine. “I can’t be the only one who isn’t betting.”

Sun shrugs and Z hands him a 50.

“Poor Z.” I mumble.

“Oh, and you,” I turn to Mint. “You better hand me the 100 by tomorrow. You bet that I would make the first move.”

“The amount of sexual tension between you two makes the 3 of us very uncomfy and I’m starting to think we should just send you two to a motel or something,” A snickers.

“wE ARE CHILDREN OF JESUS DON’T EVEN START WITH THAT BS.”

“That’s not what was going on in Sun’s mind when he pinned you down earlier.”

“Omg a kabedon.”

“FDKJDSHFLSDF wait, I’m getting a sense of deja vu.”

A claps his hands in realization and begins his performance. “Hey girl,” He pushes his hair back dramatically. “Wanna go to the movies with me?”

I start rolling on the ground from laughter and Mint hides his face in embarrassment.

“OH, SWEET, SWEET MIDDLE SCHOOL,” I wheeze out. “Mint, you were such an embarrassment.”

“I hate it here.”

“That makes two of us,” Sun mumbles.

“BUT SUNNNNN.” I wail. “You LOVE MEEEEEEE.”

“Betting 20 that her period comes in a week,” Mint mumbles.

“AIGHT BET,” A and Z screech.

“How am I friends with you all?” I grimace. “Alright, let’s get our bread and go.”

“You and Sun should really fuck tho-”

“LANGUAGE.”

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#writing #ah yes me screaming into the void #first person #one mention of kabedon #fiction #my ocs #365 days #365 days of writing #365 days of rejection #project #writing project #quarantine project