bubbles 🧃🧼

can you get this for me?? i'll buy you dinner from a fast food place.

samuel 🐪🛹

only for you, my girl <3333

bubbles 🧃🧼

was that a dark red reference?

samuel 🐪🛹

what do you mean, babe? it's only you, my girl.

bubbles 🧃🧼

save it, loverboy.

LEAH AND SAM, the relationship everyone wants but not everyone can get.

"and...voilà. that's how you do a foolproof fishtail braid." stacey said, finally finishing dawn's hair.

"i love it. i'm a mermaid!" dawn smiled.

"can you do one on me? my hair looks like a disaster." mallory asked.

"of course-"

"mallory, just take this," kristy said, placing her hat on mallory's head, "way easier than whatever that was."

"kristy!" mary anne smiled.

"what? way better than whatever that was. it looks good." kristy said.

"i'll do one on you later." stacey smiled, and then turned to leah, "want a braid?"

"oh! i'm okay. thanks, though." leah smiled.

stacey looked at her confused, but shrugged it off.

and before leah could start worrying about stacey figuring out what was wrong with her, she got a text.

samuel 🐪🛹

THAT PILLOW IS 36 FREAKING DOLLARS. BUBBLES YOU OWE ME YOUR LEFT TOE IF YOU WANT THAT PILLOW. GOD.

••••

"YOU'RE INVITED TO A GALA?!" clauida cried at the next bsc meeting.

"and you're going to be on the cover of a magazine!" dawn smiled.

"it's really for the juvenile diabetes research foundation. my doctor is on the board and nominated me to be cover girl for the month." stacey explained.

"stacey, you should be cover girl every month," leah said, and she bit into another carrot, "look at that face!" the older blonde joked, squishing stacey's face between her hand.

"stacey, you are the fanciest person in stoneybrook." mary anne complimented her.

the phone rang, and kristy was quick to grab it, "hello, babysitters club! this is kristy thomas speaking!"

"...and there's, like, one more kind of, sort of cool thing. the JDRF is letting me put on a fashion show at the gala!" stacey revealed to the girls.

everyone was shrieking and excited, and leah wrapped her arms around stacey in a bear hug, which she accepted gratefully.

"hey," kristy interrupted them, and pointed at the phone, "alright, mrs.johanssen. sunday afternoon, 2:00 PM!"

"stacey, you're free on sunday? right?" mary anne asked, glancing at her binder.

"no, too many fashion shows and cover shoots." jessi joked.

"guys, stop. yes i can, kristy." stacey smiled, "this fashion show isn't to model couture. it's to auction off these pouches!" stacey explained.

"what's couture-"

"i'll explain later." clauida smiled at mallory.

(i love them both with my whole heart #clauidaandmallorybffs4ever)

"people with diabetes like to keep their testing kits in these, plus emergency snacks and juice in case their blood sugar is running low." stacey explained, and handed some to clauida and one to leah.

"these are so unfortunate looking. i wish i could decorate them like i did yours." clauida sighed.

"you can! i was thinking we could all come up with a design to make the pouches functional and cute, then, clauida, you can i can execute it."

clauida squealed, "i love a bff collab!"

"who would model them?" dawn asked.

"i was thinking maybe you guys would?" stacey offered.

"yes! of course! you don't even need to ask me!" leah exclaimed, as she stood up and did a hair flip to the side, "i was made for the runway! a beautiful blonde almost 15 year old, walking down the runway thingy!"

"what about me. model?" kristy said dead serious, "in front of a bunch of rich snobby people? hello? no!"

"it's for a good cause...even bubbles wants to do it! i haven't seen her this excited in forever!" stacey smiled.

kristy rolled her eyes, "fine. but i'm not wearing a dress."

"you looked amazing in that one dress you wore at the wedding! what about that one? do you still have it?" leah asked.

"psh! no!" kristy lied, "burnt that thing...like...forever ago!"

••••

LEAH SAT AT THE WHITE KITCHEN TABLE, making her diabetes pouch for stacey. she decided to do one with colored rhinestones making a little apple juice box. she thought it was cute and simple.

the door opened and in came lola to the house, carrying some bags full of clothes.

"hello my lovely lady leah! how are you?" she asked, as she placed the bags on the stairs and went over to kiss her daughter's head.

"i'm good! i'm making a little diabetes pouch for stacey's gala thingy!" she smiled, and showed her mom the apple juice.

"that is just darling! i love it!" lola smiled, as she walked to the kitchen counter to fill up a glass of water, "also! i've been meaning to ask you something!"

"hm?" leah asked, as she sucked on her apple juice box next to where she was working.

"what do you think about moving?"

leah sharply inhaled, causing the apple juice straw to stab the back of her throat and choke her.

after a couple coughs and a tear shed out of choking, she turned towards her mom.

"like...moving-moving? like moving out of stoneybrook after living here for forever? gee, momma, that's a great idea! why don't we just sell louise on the black market?!"

"hey! it was just an idea, crabby-pants! we wouldn't move far either! just a couple towns over-"

"like scranton?! mom there's been a strangler
there-"

"obviously not scranton, dummy! maybe like...dune! dune is a great place, great school, good jobs, good kids. dune would be cool!"

"so...we're moving?"

"no. it's just an idea ginny and i had."

"mom, you've been married for a little over 6 months. honestly, you're living to the stereotype that lesbians move very fast in relationships." leah half-joked.

"well, nothings final right now. and you're right! we've only been married for a couple months. it's ginny's home town, and if she really wants to, we'll do it. okay?" lola reasoned, as she filled up her cup with water.

leah sighed, "fine. but nothings final right now, right?"

"absolutely not."

••••

LEAH AWKWARDLY WALKED IN TO THE GALA. she went from dressing into a suit for the first time, to putting on eyeliner for the first time, to riding in an uber alone for the first time, to being at a big event alone for the first time. let's just say, it's been quite eventful for our special blonde girl.

"i'm glad to see we both go the memo on wearing suits." kristy smiled at leah, approaching leah while smiling.

"it's a first time for everything today, hm?" leah smiled, "like seeing another thomas being oh so nice to me."

"hey, we've all done that. first it was charlie, then it was sam, cough cough, still is, cough cough, and i've always been a ladyman for you. i'm the best you're ever gonna get." kristy smiled.

"for sure. i've had ladies treat me better down at the beach, thomas. don't get your hopes up." leah laughed, as the two walked into the gala together, "wanna get a soda or something?"

"sure. we have like five minutes before this even starts, so...also you look very good in eyeliner." kristy commented quickly to her, as they walked up to the bar.

leah chuckled at the girl, before turning to the bartender, "could i have a...kitty cocktail? extra cherry syrup?" leah requested to the woman working at the bar, who started up on her drink.

"what's that?" kristy asked her.

"just sprite and cherry juice. it's really good." leah explained, as she leaned on the bar counter and crossed her legs behind her.

"oh. could i have one too?" kristy requested, as the bartender nodded, "sorry to copy you."

"oh no! it's fine! they're really good." leah smiled, as the woman handed her the drink.

kristy nodded at leah, as the woman then handed her her drink.

"leah! kristy! can you come back here?" clauida requested.

"of course," leah said, walking towards clauida with the drink in her hand, "is everything ok?"

"stacey's low on something, aka, she's crabby." clauida breathed out, as the three walked back stage.

leah was the first to end the room, and she greeted stacey in a unique way.

"stace the lace! how's it hangin? leah smiled, walking up to stacey and wrapping her free arm around her shoulders.

"uh, good. does that have sugar in it?" stacey asked, pointing at leah's drink.

"no, but it has cherries. do you want them?" leah offered.

"yes please."

leah used her straw to fish the cherries out and handed them to stacey, who threw them into her mouth.

"hey, stacey, are you okay? claudia told us-"

"clauida, seriously?!" stacey cried, her mouth full of cherries as she quickly swallowed them, "you're telling everyone? great best friend." she said sarcastically.

"i'm sorry." clauida whispered.

"please welcome to the stage...stacey mcgill!"

stacey sighed and pushed herself through clauida and kristy, making her way out to the stage.

"i didn't mean to-"

"it's fine." claudia whispered to kristy, as the brunette nodded and took a sip of her drink while clauida walked away.

"don't sweat it. they're like a old married couple sometimes." leah assured her, as she chewed on her straw top.

"sometimes i wish things would just go right." kristy sighed.

"not everything is perfect! not even me! no matter how much i may brag about having such a interesting and amazing life, it will never be perfect." leah joked, making kristy laugh at her.

turns out they laughed at the wrong time, because when they turned to the TV to watch stacey say her speech, they heard one thing.

"i'm sorry. i cant do this. is my doctor here?"

••••

bubble wubble wrap 🧼🧋

hey! i didn't get to check up on you after the gala. did everything work out okay? is everything okay with you?

stace lace 🧶🩰

i'm okay now! thank you for checking up on me! you're always such a great friend ^.^ i'm doing better now! just some stress that got in the way of me keeping up with things.

bubblr wubble wrap 🧼🧋

that just relived me so much!! you're such a great friend as well :))))

LEAH LOOKED UP FROM HER PHONE AND ACROSS THE ROOM AT CLAUDIA, who was trying to master the art of hair.

"ow! torture chamber!" mallory complained, as clauida attempted to braid her hair.

"well maybe if you just sit still-"

"when stacey does it, it doesn't hurt. just saying." mallory said.

"that's because stacey has 'such soft hands.'" leah smiled, remembering what the blonde told her one day.

"where is stacey?" dawn asked.

"i dunno, but she's now 4 minutes and 23 seconds late-"

"hi! sorry for my tardiness." stacey said, entering the room.

"it's okay!" mary anne assured her, as everyone sat in awkward silence.

"okay, i owe you all an apology for being such a fashion show-zilla. when my blood sugar's messed up, it makes me really irritable, which isn't an excuse, but-"

"we know, and we don't care, stace. we're just glad to know you're feeling better." clauida smiled.

"clauida, i'm so sorry. all you were trying to do was look out for me. and jessi, i'm sorry for snapping at you too. but the truth is, is wasn't just my blood sugar. the truth is i'm jealous, because your body can do all these amazing things, and mine needs a major effort just to work right." stacey apologized.

"it's all good! group hug?" jessi suggested.

"nope! we don't do those here!" leah quickly said.

"yes we do!" mary anne smiled at her, as everyone gathered to a group.

"nope! i don't recall-"

kristy whipped her off her feel and pulled her into the hug, which actually felt really nice.

"i'm sorry to ruin the moment, but stacey, can i ask why you were late?" kristy asked.

"i got distracted by a little something that came in the mail..." she trailed off, and opened her purse to show the magazine with her face on it.

"stacey, you look amazing!"

"your aura is glowing!"

"a literal goddess!"

"'stacey mcgill, navigating the highs and lows.'" kristy read off.

"it's a good headline, right?" stacey laughed, "i don't wanna be some perfect poster child for diabetes. i'm still just figuring things out."

"well, i think you're doing pretty great. hello? the pouch you made sold out, and-"

"due to my persuasive sale skills." kristy took the credit.

"i just wish we could have modeled them. my life's in desperate need of glamour." mary anne said.

"you guys, we still can." stacey smiled.

and just as she did, leah got a text.

samuel 🐪🛹

guess what came in the mail? it's ur pillow.

bubbles 🧃🧼

i'm literally coming to ur house right now.

A/N:

HELLO EVERYONE!

i'm so sorry for not updating in so long, my depression was horrible for the last couple of weeks, and i really couldn't bring myself on to wattpad. but now i'm back with some kristy and leah moments and stacey and leah moments! don't worry, this is still a sam book. i hope you all enjoyed!! <33