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#* far. but my point still stands because even when I had like a legit Steamy Romance ?? I was still just ‘meh’ at the sex scenes
cryptidsdad · 10 months
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reading a romance book & realizing how desensitized to ‘steamy’ scenes u are because of fanfics
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Can I please have an Adam x MC fic 😭
Out of Character:
I call myself the biggest Vega stan alive, so I have legit no explanation for why I’ve never tried Adam x MC (Amy). 😂 I think I just found it a little unrealistic, since none of them showed any interest in each other. 🤔
However, I found a way to make it work in canon! 🤗 It’s below the cut and NSFW, of course - we know a relationship between those two would not be very romantic. 😉 Enjoy!
Amy took a deep breath. The past conversation between her, Adrian and Senator Vega was still on her mind, the result of it bothering her so immensely that she knew the memory wouldn’t leave her mind until she found a solution to the problem. The Feral problem.
The Senator had made it very clear that Adrian’s support on his upcoming vote was essential for his support regarding Lily’s vote. Amy knew she should be grateful to have gotten his vote at all, but that was the point - she wasn’t.
Amy had talked to Adrian about it, and he had assured her that there would somehow still be a way to stop Vega’s planned attack on the Clanless. However, Jax and the other Clanless weren’t leaving Amy’s mind and the fact that Adrian and her had tolerated a man’s plan to kill all of them cruelly was something she couldn’t accept.
Today, Amy knew, she had to change the Senator’s mind. Adrian had no idea what her plan was, and Vega was a great talker and dedicated planner - however, there was one thing she hadn’t yet tried, one thing she thought might win him over, one last chance: Seduction.
It was then that Amy stopped her car. She got out and let the parking attendant handle the rest, then approached the open, wide door, feeling somewhat queasy. Amy tried to calm her nervousness down, telling herself that there was nothing she could lose… Solely his vote, his respect… her job.
As soon as she had entered the foyer, Amy felt the urge to leave. Adrian didn’t know she was here, she was playing with fire to save the Clanless’ lives, involving herself in a business she had no voice in… This was a mistake.
Right as she wanted to turn around and leave, however, the Senator came down the stairs and walked right towards her!
Oh no. He had seen her. He was smiling. There was no way of leaving.
“Amy!” Senator Vega greeted as he stopped in front of her. “Back so soon?”
Amy gulped. He was threatening and sexy at the same time… “Yes…”
“To what do I owe the pleasure of having you this time?”
She took a deep breath. “I wanted to talk to you, if that’s okay…”
“Of course!” The Senator was solely smiling.
“…In your office.”
For the first time, his happy mask dropped, revealing a face that was rather surprised. Regardless, he said, “Sure.”
Amy followed him to a wooden door, that he opened, revealing a huge room, an American flag by the wall that Amy recognized immediately. Next, she was let in as he held the door open for her. “Thank you.”
He stepped in after her, the door falling shut for limitless privacy. “Not for that,” Vega said politely as he held out a chair for her. As Amy sat down, he walked around the desk to take place on his own seat, and folded his hands on the table, giving her his full attention by focusing on her eyes. “Now, what is it that I can help you with?”
Amy sighed. There was no point in beating around the bush right now. “It’s about the attack on the Clanless. I would like for you to reconsider…”
He gave her a tight smile. “I am very sorry, Amy, but I cannot do this.”
“But the-”
“Like I said, the sole existence of the Clanless constitute a mayor rest for our community, the place we live in happily and peacefully. Too many innocent people have paid with their lives, and the numbers are increasing. We, as The Council, have the responsibility to keep this in check.” Then, his facial expression turned sad. “Don’t you think the people of New York deserve to live and grow up in a safe environment, Amy?”
Amy faced the ground… but quickly looked back at him. With confidence, she tried to say, “Yes, but it’s not the Clanless’ fault to not have been branded. They are innocent as well.”
“I am afraid this is the fault of an ancient system, one we cannot change but solely adapt. I agree that the Clanless are not automatically violent or bad, but in the case of a street attack, you have to consider the victim and the culprit. The latter is, then, undoubtedly a Clanless.”
Amy looked into Vega’s brown eyes and couldn’t tell whether she had run out of words because she had lost herself inside them, or simply because he was a great talker.
“Furthermore, Adrian and I have agreed on a deal, a promise, and promises should be kept, don’t you think?”
She smiled at him, to see that he was smiling back.
“Thank you for understanding, Amy. It was a real pleasure talking to you.”
He was about to get up, but Amy took her chance to speak. “Are you sure I can’t change your mind, Senator?”
“Believe me when I say that I have thought the whole thing through very often. This is the best solution to the problem.”
“I have a solution, too.”
Senator Vega raised a surprised eyebrow.
Amy stood up. She walked around the desk, sat down on his lap, placed a hand on his chest… and let it slide down. “It would involve some handwork, if you know what I mean…”
The Senator laughed, seemingly entertained. “Oh, is that so?”
As her hand reached what was between his legs, she looked up into his eyes… and tried to stand her ground. “Yes, it would be…” she got closer to him and whispered, “our dirty, little secret…”
For the first time, he wore a neutral expression and his eyes, that had been locked with hers, peered down to take in Amy’s body. He took his time, then looked back into her eyes.
Amy felt nervous, scared… as if she was selling herself to a predator.
“Would you be so kind and let me make a call, Amy, before I give you all my attention?”
Was that a yes? Or would he call security to have her removed? No matter. This was a chance Amy would be stupid not to take. “Of course.”
“Thank you.”
She let him get up, watched how he left the room and shut the door. Sitting on his office chair, Amy’s mind drifted away. She had no idea what the upcoming experience would be like. Adam was sexy, a gentleman. On the other hand, he was a vampire, a monster, with the reputation of a lady killer… Was she the next one he would kill?
If he really would agree to this, and if she would survive… Not only would she brag about it to Lily - but she would have saved the Clanless’ lives.
It was then that Vega came in back in, shutting the door and locking it, in the process of ripping Amy out of her victorious daydreams. He stood before her, his desk separating them, and revealed, “I would be very happy to take up your offer, Amy.”
She couldn’t believe it! “Really?”
“Of course.”
“But this means that you will not attack the Clanless. Ever.” She wanted to make her point clear, wanted him to know what he was agreeing to.
“I love your dedication, and I am willing to support you on your beliefs regarding the Clanless… if, of course, we keep this situation mutually… satisfying.”
Amy grinned. It felt amazing to be desired by a powerful man. “Do you promise?”
“Yes. I promise.”
Taking in his voice, a voice that couldn’t be more trustworthy, Amy realized she had made it. She had saved the Clanless in exchange for something that she knew every woman in New York would envy her for. “So, should we go to your bedroom?”
The Senator approached, which caused her to wonder if he would live up to his gentleman reputation and carry her there. Once close, hoewever, he motioned for Amy to stand up - which she did - to sit down on his office chair himself, and pull her back onto his lap.
She focused solely on Adam, placed her hands on his shoulders, locking eyes with him, while smelling his cologne… and wondering if she should kiss him.
He answered that for her: Vega closed the distance of their lips by pulling her in for a kiss.
As Amy felt his soft lips on hers, she enjoyed each and every sensation. He was by far the best kisser she had met within a span of twenty-two years, kissing her passionately yet incredibly gently. Their tongues met as she felt the warmth of his hands cupping her cheeks. These few moments were so pleasurable that Amy wondered whether she had ever experienced anything more wonderful.
However, Vega soon pulled away. He asked, keeping the intimate and tender atmosphere alive by whispering into her ear, “How much do you want me, Amy?”
“I want you so much…” she mumbled. This was no lie. She had always found him attractive, but never this much. Their kisses had shown her that every second with him, every touch he’d gift her, would be worth it.
His right hand slid down, making its way between her legs, under her skirt… to feel that she was wet.
The mere feeling of Vega’s hand on her wet panties made Amy pull him in for another round of steamy kissing.
His hands made their way under her loose, white skirt and pulled off her panties, causing them to fall onto the floor. Next, his fingers entered her; one, then two, then three…
Only a few minutes later, Amy was breathing heavily. He was so skilled, had made her so horny, had made her want nothing more than him inside of her…
It was then that he stopped. Pulling his fingers out and stopping the kissing, he whispered, “Twenty minutes, Amy…”
Her eyes widened. “What?”
“I said…” Suddenly, he spoke loudly, angrily! “We have twenty minutes!” Vega got up and forced her onto the desk! He opened his pants, placed a single hand on her back, holding her down effortlessly - and slid inside her!
Amy felt her belly being pressed against the hard material of the desk! Then - his dick inside her. Her first thought was that it was thicker and longer than any she had experienced before. After that, she didn’t think - but moaned.
There was nothing gentle about him anymore, as he thrusted inside her. Vega kept going recklessly for minutes, not even stopping his rough movements when Amy reached her peak…
Quickly, she found herself in the state of a mess, being taken in a way that could almost be considered violent. Unable to think straight, Amy screamed in pleasure. As soon as she felt one of his hands covering her mouth, the other one going under her shirt, grabbing her breast and being able to hold her in place regardless of her intense winding, then forcing up her skirt and spanking her ass, Amy came another time…
Of course, he didn’t stop his movements, instead demanding, “Scream for me!”
Before her ears were able to recognize what he had said, he spanked her another time and repeated his order. It was enough for her to comply, to scream out his name.
“Oh yeah… That’s how good I’m fucking you…”
His hands grabbed her waist ever so tightly, and his movements became quicker - until both of them reached their peak.
Amy barely had enough time to admire the stamina of a vampire when he was already standing in front of her.
She could do nothing but stare at his rock-hard seven inches. It was confirmed - every part of this man’s body was attractive.
He put her hair together, loosely, into a ponytail, and made her face him. “How about you thank me now, for what I just did?”
Without thinking, Amy lowered her head to take it into her mouth, tasting his dick and her own taste on it at the same time. She sucked the tip for a few moments, and took in as much as she could.
It was then that he took control of her head and forced it down. As she choked, he held it in place - and thrusted inside!
Amy coughed and gagged, his dick blocking her windpipe!
Finally, he let go of her head, grinning. Her gasping for air confirmed: “Too much, little girl?”
She turned on her back, eyes slightly wet, in the need to recover from all of this. For a moment, Amy closed her eyes.
It was then that Adam was on top of her! He cupped her cheeks with his hands, but this time, there was nothing romantic about this move. Looking into her eyes in a way that was almost hungry, he told her, “And lastly… I’ll give you a little something to remember me by.” His head sank down, lips on her neck… and he started sucking the skin, creating a red, blue, painful hickey.
Amy was left on the table, exhausted, like a bottle that had been emptied to its last drop.
It was then that there was a knock on the door!
“Just a moment,” Vega spoke out, surprisingly calm. He pulled up his pants, closed them and walked towards the door to unlock and open it.
Amy couldn’t believe it, was caught in a state of shock! Who was at the door? And why was he so calm about it? She only had time to get off the desk and stare at the door, glad about having kept on all her clothes.
Inside walked… Adrian.
“Adam, you’ve called-” As he saw Amy, his previously neutral expression turned into the purest form of shock! “What in the-”
“I’ve just asked you here to make sure Amy has a ride home,” Vega stated, grinning.
As Amy and Adrian exchanged shocked expressions, Adam walked back to his desk, grabbed up something from the floor and approached Adrian to give it to him. “In case she needs those back.” It were… Amy’s wet panties.
Inside Adrian’s eyes, Amy saw sadness. That was it - he left the room without looking back.
“Adrian!” Amy was hurt, felt sad, betrayed… used. She faced a grinning Adam - “You monster! - and ran out of his office. Quickly, she caught up to Adrian who was leaving the mansion. “Adrian, wait, please!”
But he kept going. “I told you not to trust him!”
“I’m sorry, I swear. I… wanted to keep his vote for Lily, but change his opinion on the Clanless.”
“You can’t change his opinion on the Clanless! He is-”
“He promised! He promised me to not attack them!”
It was then that Adrian stopped. He faced Amy, his broken heart displayed by a slight wetness in his eyes. He said one thing - then kept on walking. “Do you think Vega ever keeps a promise?”
Amy watched Adrian leaving the foyer. It was then that she knew she had played with the devil - and lost at her own game.
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izziebash · 6 years
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Get Out and Stay Out | STI
Who: @izziebash, @tiaisms, @sagegothel
When: Saturday, July 14th 
Where: A hotel in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee 
What: After hooking up with Huntley, Izzie comes back to the STI hotel room expecting her friends to be happy for her. What she gets, though, is the farthest from what she expected. 
Izzie tucked her touseled blonde hair behind her ear, exhaling for what felt like the first time all night. It had been such an eventful day — Dollywood finally, and then she snuck off to visit Huntley’s hotel room when Tia and Sage had fallen asleep. Mostly because she couldn’t sleep, and also...this whole trip made her want to get to know him a little better. He was cute and tall and funny, and he seemed interested in her, too. This whole trip being all flirty with her every chance he got, and Izzie couldn’t lie that she liked the attention. She’d never been the one who got attention from anyone whenever it was just the three of them. It was nice. And so she didn’t necessarily go to his hotel room expecting to have sex with him, but when one thing led to another, she left it with some experience that was definitely worth bragging to L’ogan about and nerdily screaming with her best friends about. She opened the door with her key card and flipped on the lights, picking up the nearest pillow off the floor and hitting the two sleeping girls with it excitedly. “Wake up wake up wake up!” Izzie exclaimed, before standing on a nearby chair, a perfect pedestal to declare her news. “I totally just had sex with Huntley!” She punctuated the declaration with a girly squeal.
Sage had been sleeping for quite literally hours. Dollywood like, totally wore her out. It was mostly because Tia dragged them around all day pointing out different things that Sage knew she should care about because it would make Tia happy, but in reality she basically had no clue what they were. Don't get her wrong, she loved Dolly Parton as much as the next millennial teen, but she'd totally been texting her super cool and chill boyfriend Wayland all day and had definitely not listened to anything Tia said beyond taking a mental note of the food stands to avoid. Just as she was about to get into a totally steamy dream scene with her current celeb crush, 100 pounds of Izzie shook her awake. "Huh?" She asked sleepily, rubbing her eyes so they'd adjust better. She didn't know if that actually worked, but people did it in movies so it had to count for something. After she fully processed what Izzie said, she sat up quickly. "What?" She half-yelled, instantly regretting it because, ew, morning breath. "You had sex with Huntley?" She hissed, covering her mouth to minimize the possible odor. "Oh my Godmother! How was it? Is this going to be weird? He doesn't think we all want to have sex with him right? Because I totes have a boyfriend and like, cheating probably isn't a cool thing to do."
Tia didn't appreciate being woken up in the slightest. Not only because she just hated her sleep being interrupted after a full and exciting time at Dollywood the day before, she also just wasn't all that interested in hearing anything from Izzie while she was still inexplicably getting all the attention she felt like she deserved from Huntley even while she was purposely keeping a little distance to their soft friends with minor benefits arrangement. Since she felt like it wasn't entirely Izzie's fault that the stupid boy was playing, what Tia assumed to be, the most basic form of hard to get, she left her sleep mask on and sleepily sat up in bed anyway to listen to her friend speak. After Izzie revealed that Huntley's new Izzie thing apparently WASN'T a play for her attentions, she felt her cheeks and chest warming with a blush fueled from a mixture of rage and some mild embarrassment. She almost wanted to hit Sage for asking so many questions but instead, she took her mask off and folded it into her hands on her lap and sighed as if the news wasn't worth waking up for. "At least when Sage lost her virginity she had the decency to do it while we were all awake. "She replied in an almost bored tone, purposely letting out a soft yawn for emphasis.
Izzie held her face with her hands, trying to cool down her burning cheeks and keep from smiling, but she couldn't. That was, until neither of her friends was smiling and squealing with her. "Oh -- sorry," she tucked a strand of hair behind her ear bashfully, biting her lip while still giggling from pure giddiness. "But no, I'm pretty sure he doesn't want to have sex with all of us -- I think he likes me. Me," Izzie repeated the word moreso to herself, because it was still so strange that someone like him would be so interested in her. But this was -- as far as Tia and Sage knew -- her virginity they were talking about! She figured the girls would at least be a little happier. Izzie stepped off of the chair, hugging the pillow to her chest and gave a shrug. "I mean, it's still like super weird that it even happened but it was so nice, and felt surprisingly really good...? And it was like, way more fun than I expected! Aren't you guys happy for me?" She raised her brows, expecting at least somewhat of a reaction from her friends, but all she found was an all-too-familiar sinking feeling in her stomach that made her feel like she did something wrong.
Sage usually looked to Tia for how to react in these kinds of situations, but the blonde looked like she was even sleepier than Sage still was. At least, she must be sleepy, right? Because Sage had been confused, but Tia like... didn't seem to care at all. She remembered how hurt her own feelings had been when she'd gotten like, less than warm comments about Wayland from her bestie, so she figured she'd just give Tia some more time to get to awake-ville while she turned up her excitement for Izzie instead. "Oh my gosh, no, of course I'm excited for you! I just like, had to make sure I understood what was happening first, but if it's not like an 'I drove you all so you owe me sex' kind of thing and it's actually like a 'I'm a boy who finally appreciates how awesometastic Izize is' kind of thing then I'm super here for it!" Sage squealed, reaching out to hug her friend finally. "He's like, super hot too, oh em gee! And you even got to do it in a bed, right? So you were super comfy?"
Tia waited patiently until Sage was done to completely ruin everyone's mood. "Actually, I feel sorry for you, Iz. Huntley doesn't like you. At least not that much, anyway. He's been super into me since we were practically babies and we've been sort of making out lately, that's why he even brought us to Dollywood. Because Ilove Dolly Parton and you guys. I thought it was kind of obvi, so I had sorta been cold shouldering him the whole trip and I guess he wanted comfort from the next best blonde. You." Tia replied, with a half apologetic pout and shrug directed towards Izzie. Tia was way harsher than she ever needed to be in breaking the news to her alleged bestie, but something about the way the other girl had repeated the "me" when informing them of Huntley's affections brought out a degree of jealousy and desire to crush her flat that Tia didn't even know she was capable of feeling. "It kinda makes sense why he'd go for you, we have been kinda twinsying super hard since you dyed your hair the same color as me."
Izzie smiled with relief, engulfed in Sage's hug and glad that she'd been given that little bit of affirmation from her friend. But then Tia spoke up, and the smile nearly melted off of Izzie's face. Tia's words weren't making sense -- well, they were, but it sounded too mean to be Tia. She was never so mean to her, so it took Izzie some time to actually process what she had said. "Next best blonde?" she repeated, a hand self-consciously tugging at her locks as she let go of Sage to face Tia and actually talk through this. A little worried that the words that were rising up in her throat were going to match Tia's venom, Izzie plastered a smile on her face. "You don't know what he likes. He's been flirting with me like, this entire trip, and if you've been making out with him, why didn't you tell us? You tell us everything! So don't feel sorry for me, because I did way more than make out with him so I showed him what he was missing, I guess." she shrugged before placing a hand on her hip, still trying to fathom that Huntley and Tia had been....hooking up? And she had no inkling from either of them that it happened.
Sage still had her arms around Izzie when she registered what Tia was saying, and her head snapped to her friend, her eyes filled with hurt. Izzie had been nice enough to run straight here and tell them like, super mega huge news, and Tia had been... keeping secrets from them? Had they done something wrong? Was it because stupid Charlie was back and Tia didn't need them anymore because she had like, a better person to share her life with? Sage tried to clutch onto Izzie tighter, to cling to the one friend she knew she was never, ever going to lose to somebody else, and she opened her mouth to talk -- to say something, to remind Izzie and Tia that they were both the best blondes and that best friends could share everything and that it was totally okay... but then Izzie was pushing her away, and all Sage could do was hug her arms around her own chest and watch the fireworks. All she could do was hope that things didn't really explode.
Tia rolled her eyes at Izzie. "Well yeah, you're great but you're not me. Yanno?" She said, feeling the tiniest bit bad about that jibe when Izzie looked really cute as a blonde. "But I do know that we're legit in my favorite place to visit because of Huntley wanting to get with me. He flirted with you because you liked it and it clearly made him feel wanted. I haven't even told Charlie about me making out with him after my party, it was a complicated situation." Tia semi explained, not really having that great a reason for why she'd kept the little hook ups to herself. Other than embarrassment about something that wasn't even a factor anymore thanks to Huntley's reinvention. "You're not better than me for having sex with him, you're just sluttier. And that's exactly why I feel sorry for you. You just gave up your v-card to a guy that would totes drop you like a bad sushi if I went over there and said I wanted to go farther. What'sa couple of days when we've had our whole lives?"
Izzie scoffed. Tia's ego had always been huge, but never directed toward her or Sage. She was taken aback and hurt, but also furious that Tia would try to take something so special from her over a boy she apparently didn't even want. "Exactly. You had your whole life to claim Huntley, but instead, you decided to waste four years on a guy who'd choose the ocean over you -- and has chosen the ocean over you -- a million times. At least I didn't lose my v-card to a guy who'd dump me on our anniversary. Maybe I made Huntley feel wanted because you didn't! Because you didn't actually want him! You just wanted someone to kiss your butt until Kai comes crawling back and you decide that you guys belong together again. Right, Sage?" Izzie couldn't believe she was speaking so bluntly to Tia, but she called her slutty! She didn't even say that to Sage when she did anal with Lui. She held onto Sage's hand, squeezing it tightly, trying to suppress the rage that was building up inside of her, and hoping that her friend would agree.
Sage could only let her mouth open and close like a goldfish as she watched the harsh words fly between her two best friends. It was so not like them, to lash out at each other and say such mega-mean things. It kind of reminded her of how she felt when she tried to talk of Kori, not of the safe, happy feeling she usually got from being around Tia and Izzie. And like... she really hoped she didn't have to choose a side, because as much as she usually was willing to follow Tia's lead on anything, Izzie was always the smart one, right? So didn't that mean Izzie was right? "Keeping boys secrets is never like, nice to them. Or nice to the bffs that you're keeping secrets from, but whatevs. If you aren't like, proud of them being your boytoy then you don't have dibs, right? I mean, I like... didn't have dibs on Wayland for a long time because I was embarrassed," Sage offered lamely into the conversation. It didn't quite relate, but she'd never shared a boy with her best friends quite like this before and she didn't know what to tell them. She still squeezed Izzie's hand harder, though, the sting of Tia keeping a secret outweighing everything else for her. Personally, she thought Huntley was super annoying and not worth fighting over, but this was Tia and Izzie's battle, and she was just caught in the middle praying to fix it. "And uh... I mean, just because you got a headstart doesn't mean that Izzie isn't super great, too, T! Maybe he likes you both the same now?"
Tia glared hard at both of them, fighting like crazy to not let the tears welling up in her eyes actually leak out so Izzie couldn't see how she was effecting her emotions. "You have no right to bring Kai up right now. But if you really wanna go there I can take it there. At least I can get guys to like me at all, Izzie. Kai might pick his family over me but at least I can get a boy to love me. What do you have, huh? A boy who dumped you once you learned how to stop dressing like an extra on glee? The boy I set you up with who didn't like you either even though we all know he mostly only likes blondes? Or even worse the boy who only brought you on the trip because he wants to bang your best friend? I don't know about you but I'd still go for Kai every time." Tia didn't even bother acknowledging Sage. Once Sage chose Izzie over her, it didn't even matter. Sage's entire existence was nothing more than noise. "But Kai and I are really are done for good, so dibs or no dibs, sex or no sex, wonder which of us is going to have a better chance actually dating Huntley?"
Izzie grit her teeth, squeezing Sage's hand even harder once Tia pulled out the card that she prayed she wouldn't. They knew that she was insecure about that -- well, then, of course, she knew that Tia was insecure about Kai, and she still pulled that card. But only because Tia was being a spoiled brat, like always. "Ugh, you're so spoiled! Little Miss Louisiana just can't handle not having everything! You get all the attention, all the clothes and the shoes and the cheer captain title, and you guys are always telling me to be more outgoing and try more things, and when I finally get one thing, you want to take it from me! I would have had a better chance at dating Huntley if I'd never even told you, because now you finally know that I'm a threat." She let go of Sage's hand, finally getting the courage to walk up to Tia and look her in the eye to say what she'd been wanting to say for months. "You're right, T. We have been twinning since I went blonde. But you know what? I'm pretty, I'm nice, and I'm smart. I'm beating you three to one right now. I should've known you wouldn't be able to handle it."
Sage hopped up instantly, worried that Izzie and Tia were about to get into a real actual fight. She would have no idea what to actually do if slaps started flying, but she wanted to be ready just in case she did need to jump in between them. The mean things they kept saying to each other were almost worse, though; handprints on your face totally healed, but she wasn't sure if the like, heart-hurts they were inflicting would. "You guys, boys both like you a super lot! There are other boys!" Sage attempted, not even sure her words were heard over the tension in the room. Tia and Izzie couldn't friend break up, besides Wayland they were the only people she had and even with Wayland, they were the only ones she really felt like she came first to. If she had to choose between them, Sage had a feeling that she might like, almost die. "Come on, can't we just like... do a boy draft or something and pick ones you each want to keep for yourselves and then everything will be fine? You're both the greatest, and this is just one like, tall but kind of weird boy, there'll be other ones!"
Tia stood immediately after Izzie started gritting her teeth, because if it was going to turn into a smackdown she wasn't going to be caught unaware."Is this what this is about then? You being jealous that I get things? It's not my fault that people want to pay attention to me more than you or that I got cheer captain when you didn't even try out for the stupid team! I've always been outgoing and cool and the best, without anyone's help, mind you. I'm happy that you're finally trying to step up to my level. But do not get it twisted, Isabella. You are not now, nor will you ever be, a threat to me." Tia's fists clenched up as Izzie stepped up to her and she got so ready to rip into her once she called her stupid. Tia knew she wasn't the smartest person around by any means and that a lot of people knew it too, but she never would've guessed that her own best friend was out here thinking it too. If she wasn't so aggressively angry right then, she'd be unbelievably sad about it, but that emotion could be saved for later. "I'd back away from me right now if I were you. You think you're nicer than me? You do not want to push me into proving you right, right now. I'm not sure Huntley would find you too pretty with a broken nose."
Izzie shrugged off Sage's attempts at consoling her. "This isn't about a boy anymore, Sage, this is about Tia thinking she's better than everyone and me finally not being willing to listen to it anymore. The only thing you're the best at, Tia, is being the snobbiest, stuck-up little brat who can't keep a boyfriend or a sister for more than a few months. We're the only people who have been there for you through everything, but guess what! You need me so much more than I need you. Without me and Sage, you're just the same sad, friendless, poor little rich girl from Freshman year." She did back off when Tia told her to, mostly because she was almost ready to cry, and didn't want things to turn physical and make it so much worse. Izzie started grabbing her things, tossing her clothes haphazardly into her suitcase. "I don't need you anymore. I've got my cousins, I've got Vivi..." She chuckled to herself, then, suddenly reminded of something. "God. You suddenly deciding you want to be with Huntley after having nearly twenty years to do it would be like if Wayland finally liked Vivi back. Ridiculous," she shook her head, forgetting in her moment of rage that her friends didn't exactly know that about Vivi. And when she realized that she'd kind of revealed a little secret, she hoped Sage wouldn't notice and just packed her things faster.
Sage usually hated feeling invisible, although just this once, it was almost better. In their hurry to be mad at each other, at least Tia and Izzie didn't seem to be mad at her... Maybe that meant she could still be friends with both of them, even if the worst happened and they never talked to each other again after today. That would be major suckville, but it would be better than losing one of them at least. Sage chewed on the inside of her cheek, knowing there was no point in saying anymore as she watched insults hurled back and forth. Finally, finally Sage felt like she could breathe again as Izzie seemed to gather her things to go... except, she tried to figure out who she was supposed to follow. Had she been too Team Izzie earlier? Was she supposed to be Team Tia now to balance it out? Izzie had kind of been meaner at the end, so maybe it was okay to switch? Her confusion ebbed away quickly, though, when she caught what Izzie was saying, and she whirled to face her friend, practically screaming, "WHAT?" Her heart was racing as Izzie confirmed all of her worst fears, and she stared at her so-called bestie in disbelief that she'd had this information all along and had let Sage stupidly ramble for a year without ever saying anything. "I knew it, I knew she liked him, and you -- you just SAT there and let me let her take him to PROM wearing MY color and... oh my God, do you even like me, or were you just trying to sabotage me and Wayland this whole time? How could you not tell me?" Sage asked, turning towards Tia for backup. She'd been so good at fighting before, maybe she could do a better job of yelling at Izzie for her than Sage could do for herself?
Tia didn't say anything as Izzie backed off to start packing her things and leave. She was glad to have her gone before she did actually go off and hit her in the face. She did however make a small gasp of surprise as Izzie revealed that Vivi did actually like Wayland back. Now that was interesting. Whenever she or Sage expressed concerns about Vivi and Wayland's super tight friendship, Izzie had straight up denied it. So Tia was straight up tickled when Izzie revealed that she was out here betraying BOTH of them. When Sage turned to Tia for backup, Tia simply raised an eyebrow back. "What do you want me to do, S? You're on Izzie's side here and this entire time she wasn't even on yours. What do you want me to do about it? Apparently I don't have any friends and now neither do you." Tia laughed meanly, before getting out of bed in order to distance herself even further from Sage.
Izzie sat wide-eyed when Sage turned on her, too. To her, it was never even a huge deal. She knew her cousin -- he was a good guy. He wouldn't cheat on Sage with his oldest friend, that would be awful. "I just found out a few months ago, S. Chill. Besides, Vivi isn't the boyfriend-stealing type. She's nice. She's just liked him for our entire lives, and for some reason he likes you better so you don't have anything to worry about. Vivi's my friend, too, so sorry for having other friends whose secrets I'm expected to keep!" Izzie rolled her eyes and zipped her suitcase, finally ready to leave. "You guys want me out of your lives so bad? Fine, the train station is nearby and I'm finding a Walt Express right now." She figured she could have just gone across the hall and maybe convinced Huntley to drive her, but knowing what she knew about him now, maybe Tia was right. He didn't really care, he just used her to get closer to Tia. Something kept her feet rooted to the ground, though, as she waited for her ex-friends' last words, part of her hoping they'd all just burst into tears and beg her to stay.
Sage blinked at Tia in surprise. Okay, so she hadn't like, totally backed her up, but she also hadn't totally been Team Izzie, either. She'd tried really hard to be Team Neutral and now apparently the only team left for her to be on was Team Sage, since nobody else wanted her on their side anymore. She wished she could go back in time and re-choose, though, because Tia's secret was like way less awful than Izzie's was, and she wanted to just hug her and keep Tia, at least. But it was too late -- she didn't even know what to focus on, but she let Tia telling her she had no friends slide to turn on Izzie. "For some reason? For SOME reason? You make it sound like I'm so super unlikeable, Iz, so fine! If you think I'm so terrible, then you're terrible too!" Sage sniffled, hugging her arms around her chest and not sure what to do. "And you can't find the Walt Express, because I have to find it first and hope that somebody will pay for me to get on the stupid train because I have no friends and no money now, and this whole stupid trip is the worst just like you!" She turned back to Tia, who was still standing there like she was too good for them -- had both of them just thought Sage was their dumb tagalong that wasn't good enough to be their friend this whole time? Since they obviously cared about stupid boys and stupid Vivi and everyone else more than her. Sage grabbed her own things, feeling smaller than she'd felt since back in the days of being locked up in a tower, and as she threw her own bag over her shoulder and stomped towards the door, she tried to think of one last parting word, wanting to get in a mean jab just like both of them had. Struggling to come up with anything better, she shouted, "Besides, I'm prettier than both of you!" as she flung the door open and walked out into the hallway, wondering if she could like, pay her Uber driver with a couple of inches worth of her hair or something so that she could get home.
Tia wasn't exactly planning on saying anything otherwise as Izzie was leaving. She could absolutely rot in hell for all Tia cared. But Sage? Sage's "betrayal" hurt worse. As much as she loved the two equally, she could admit that she felt a little more loyalty towards Sage and expected about the same considering how hard and often she busted her ass for the other girl, winning her prom queen, moving her into her cottages, buying her shoes and all sorts of favors over the course of their friendship. Obviously Tia had never expected or even wanted repayment, but Sage hanging onto Izzie's side during the worst fight of their friendship was inexcusable. Still knowing how easy it was for Sage to just offer up sexual favors in exchange for the things she needed, Tia didn't hesitate to grab her wallet. Turning briefly to glare again at Izzie, Tia spoke to her for the last time. "I'm going to give Sage some money before we have to find out about her on the news and then I'm going across the hall to get Huntley. Be gone by the time we get back here."
Izzie clenched her teeth, clutching onto the handle of her suitcase until her knuckles turned white. “Good. That’s a good idea,” she agreed with Tia timidly, avoiding eye contact with either girl. She didn’t want Sage to go around prostituting either, and had actually considered fake-dropping a ten-dollar bill on the ground for Sage as she left, but when Tia reached for her wallet first, she didn’t feel like she had to. But just because she agreed with her didn’t mean she was going to let Tia’s last words in this fight be telling her what to do. “I’ll do you one better — you’ll get to watch me leave.” Turning on her heel and holding onto the handle even tighter, Izzie held her chin up and walked calmly out of the room, and into the hallway. Well, as calmly as she could when she felt her shoulders shaking and her face crumple up into a sob. So the STI part of her life was over...and that was okay. She’d live. At least, she hoped she would.
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