Sadie wanted to slam her head on the table and die.

She was magnificent, of course. She's bloody brilliant. She's having a jolly good time in fucking New York.

No, really, she was.

She just really hated surprise essays.

Ms. Chau was a talkative one; that much was true. But, she also loves assessments.

Last week alone, there was a pop quiz on the vocab, a quiz on sentence structure (subjects, predicates, adverbs, and all the other shit you've forgotten since primary school), and an objective summary on some TedTalk.

A blond guy who looked like that dude from Nirvana looked like how Sadie felt.

She stared at the prompt.

Macchu Picchu is one of the most popular travel destinations in the world. Write an essay explaining why Macchu Picchu should be your nest travel destination.

What made her want to die more was the fact that the essay was expository. At least with argumentative essays, there was no correct answer.

Chau cleared her throat. "This will be homework, and it's due this Friday. Make sure you include your planning sheet. Now, let's talk about rhetorical devises. When I was in high school, I was on the debate team..."

Sadie took this time to zone out until worksheets were passed out.

"Rhetoric was made by Aristotle in Ancient Greece. It contains three main categories, ethos, pathos, and logos. Each of them has certain qualities. Ethos is supposed to make the speaker seem credible..."

Sadie threw herself over Shelby. "Shel, darling. Platonic love of my life--"

"Did you just 'no homo' me?"

"Ignore that. Love of my life, best American-slash-Columbian-slash-Cuban-slash-whatever-type-of-Latina-you-are friend, the most amazing--"

Shel pushed her off. "The fuck do you want?" she said with a laugh.

"I have an essay on Macchu Picchu..."

"Ay, joder no. I'm not doing that." Shel said before taking out her packed lunch.

Envy filled Sadie as Shelby opened the container, and the scent of arroz con gandules with pasteles hit her.

Shel laughed. "You can take... this much pasteles." Shel handed her a small spoonful.

"Thank you." Sadie savored the bite. "Bloody hell, who's making this?"

"Oh, the magic of Spanish grandmothers. But what did you want?"

"I was going to say that I need to get your notes on rhetoric." Sadie paused to lean on Shel's shoulder. "I swear she just piles a fuck ton of homework on us and expects us to understand the shit she's saying with all the stories about her debate team."

"You have Chau?"

"Yep."

Shel snorted. "I'll send you a picture."

"Thank you, Shelby darling. The light of my life, my one and only lo--"

"Stop."

Nico sat across the bench. His hair was tied up, so she could clearly see the bags under his eyes. "You look like shit," Sadie said.

"Thanks," replied Nico and Shel in unison.

"Not you Shel, you look absolutely ravishing  today," Nico said.

"Thanks, I hate it," Shel said. "Seriously though, why do y'all sound like a fucking Riverdale script."

"I just did it because Sadie told me to."

"Babe, you look ravising," Shel snorted.

"Honestly hearing it said to me sounds so odd." Sadie said.

"Bitch, I know."

Will sat next to Nico, who let his hair fall to his eyes. He ran his finger through it while Will tried not to stare.

"Jesus cristo. Ir a una maldita cita," Shel muttered. Sadie could hardly hear her, even with her head on Shel's shoulder.

"How are you so quiet?" Sadie asked.

Shel raised a brow. "I don't know. Just a talent, I guess."

Piper grabbed another seat. Shel shifted her gaze. A glance to Piper, then back to her food.

Oh shit.

Shel prayed Piper didn't notice that look.

No, she wanted her to. She longed for Piper to notice, to say something, to acknowledge her after what happened over the weekend.

The text Piper sent was short.

Can you call me

Shel did, thinking they'd talk about nothing and everything.

That was not the case. In fact, the first thing Piper said was, "I think I like Jason."

Shel dropped her phone. "Oh, shit, sorry." It took every ounce of control to not hang up and hold back her tears. "Jason Grace?" Her voice broke a bit, but she doubted Piper could hear.

"Yeah, the blond guy. He plays Orpheus."

"I know him."

Piper wanted relationship advice about a guy. She could be bi, but Shel didn't know. Shel never knew when it came to girls she actually liked.

Still, it wouldn't be right to force it. If Piper didn't like her but loved him, that was fine. Shel would find someone too. The world couldn't be that cruel.

"Thank you for yesterday," Piper whispered when lunch was over. "I think I'll try to talk to him today."

Shel forced a smile. "Good."

Good.

Shel watched her go as Sadie touched her arm, pulling her back to reality. "It's her isn't it?"

"Yeah," Shel whispered. She didn't even know if Sadie could hear her.

"And you're letting her go to Jason. Of all people."

"If she doesn't like me, then she doesn't like me."

Sadie gave an exasperated laugh. "And you know this how?"

"She told me."

At Shel's silence that followed, Sadie pulled her into a hug. "Do you want to skip next period? Mr. A probably wouldn't mind a visit. Neither would a bathroom stall. I think it wants to be cried in."

Shel laughed. "I'm pretty sure it's theatre 1. They're supposed to be doing monologues today."

"That sounds horribly depressing. Shall we give Mr. A emotional support in these trying times?"

Shel snorted. "We shall."

Hey y'all

So... let's talk about Caleo really quick

I fucking hate the ship. I think Leo should have stayed single and I think that Calypso and Leo should have been friends

Then I realized the Jason and Leo have more relationship development than Caleo. I never thought it was popular until I look it up on tumblr

But people are REALLY into it

So, here what we can do. I can just knock Caleo out of the way then enever mention them again or I can make Caleo platonic and have Jason and Leo be together

Mind you, this will change Jason's ending arc. Remember that Shel and Piper will be together and if I need to do SOMETHING to make that happen (though I doubt I'd need to Shel will not be a rebound) I will.

All those in favor for more gay comment here

All those in favor of Caleo comment here

Edit: Forgot to add single Leo you guys comment here!

Depending on the votes I'll do the next chapter in Leo's PoV with his soulmate tattoo

(If y'all choose jasonxleo I think I might just make Calypso bi and single or date a cute girl or guy depends on my mood said girl/guy/enby will probably be an OC that y'all can give me prompts for)

Honestly tho Calypso could have totally been a cottage core lesbian MISSED OPPORTUNITY

Speaking of enby Poison oak (It's just oak in here) is now they/she how did I not have nb characters yet?

anyway I plan on getting Theyna done soon and Fraser should get going too. Grumpier and their 2.5 kids will be introduced next Percabeth related chapter and... oh!

HOW DO I WRITE WALT

I DONT UNDERSTAND

I WISH I HAD GINE FOR POLYAMORY BUT NOOOO PAST ME HAD TO FUCK THAT UP

NOW I NEED TO FUCKING COMBINE THE TWO

should I just say fuck it and go with the inconsistency?

That's all

Love ya!