my parents blatantly hid my hogwarts acceptance letter.

i'm not leaving so much
 
but i am slowly quitting ha
 
i'm at uni now so i don't really have time for this site any more (it takes up soooooo much time! i have to study!!!! and drink!!!!!!!!!) i really want to do well and everything so i'm going to be focusing on settling in and getting good marks and blah blah whatever
 
so yeah faded futures will be my last character to write on here i guess and when that finishes i'm pretty much done
 
i'll miss talking to you on here but just private message me if you want my facebook ok :)
 
xx

melissa benoist is really pretty btw

check it out. uni clothes.
 

 
freshers on sunday.

middle of the bed - lucy rose
 
Since moving back to the neighbourhood, we'd had to sort a lot of things out very quickly. For example, we needed to find a babysitter for Emma. There was a teenage girl who lived just down the road from us who'd offered to look after her, however I was relatively sure that as soon as we were down the driveway she'd invite her friends over for a party. Unfortunately, on short notice, she was the only person we could find.
 
We still hadn't finished unpacking, and I hated having to go out while the house wasn't sorted. Josh had insisted though that we attend this cancer research benefit, even though we wouldn't be participating in it. As soon as the girl - Cassidy, her name was - stopped by to watch Emma, we were out the door and into the social spotlight.
 
One of the first people we saw was Ella, and I made a beeline to her, dragging Josh with me.
"Hi!" I greeted her, with a hug. "This is my husband, Josh."
"It's great to see you again," he added politely. I was relatively sure he had no idea who she was. She looked similarly blank, but smiled and shook his hand.
"She's a photographer," I told Josh, gesturing to the camera in her hand. He nodded.
"Would you get a picture of us two?" he asked.
"Sure," she shrugged, and raised the camera to her eye as Josh snaked an arm around my waist. I smiled uncomfortably. I hated having my photograph taken.
She leant forward to show Josh the picture, and he chatted to her about how if he needed photos taken for the law firm's website, would she be interested? I excused myself and wandered off by myself.
 
I made my way over to the bar, following a dark haired girl whose face I couldn't make out, where I spotted Val. She was in a mauve dress that hugged her figure, and looked amazing. "Genie!" she exclaimed, as she saw me. She was stood with Audrey, who was holding a martini, and a girl called Payton, who I seemed to remember as a bit of a party girl who I'd never actually spoken to. Audrey seemed incredibly uncomfortable, like she was guilty of some horrible crime. She mumbled something to Payton as she grabbed her black purse.
"You good?" she asked her, concerned, and Audrey let out a strained laugh.
"Are you okay?" I questioned, raising an eyebrow. She didn't meet my eye, but hurried out.
"What was that about?" I offered into the silence. Payton met my eye and shrugged. "She probably just needed air," she responded. Val sipped her drink. It felt incredibly crowded all of a sudden.
I moved past the girls and went to order a drink - just a house white wine, nothing fancy. By the time I got the glass, the conversation behind me had drifted to something else. I made my excuses and walked back to the stage, looking for Josh.
 
"Sis!" I heard my brother shout, and I turned around with a genuine smile, giving him a hug. I'd barely seen him since I got back in to town.
"Hi Toby," I grinned. "How's mom?"
His face twisted into a pained grimace. "Not great, if I'm honest." He paused. "She forgot who I was this morning and locked me out of her room."
I bit my lip and looked down. I felt so guilty for not going to visit her yet.
"How are you doing?" I asked, changing the subject swiftly. "Got a girlfriend yet? Or can they never tie you down," I joked, tapping him lightly with my purse.
He sighed, but he smiled through it. "Still searching for someone who's worth me giving up the harem," he laughed. "No, seriously though. There's nobody to tell you about, unfortunately."
I frowned. "That's too bad."
"Speaking of significant others, though, where's Josh?"
"I don't know," I answered, a hint of frustration in my voice. "Last I saw him he was talking to Ella."
"The photography girl? Oh, was she the one who wanted to know about the Tempest kid?"
I nodded. "Do you know what that's about?"
"Not a clue," he muttered. "Last I heard -"
He was interrupted by a work friend, tapping on his shoulder, who he introduced me to as John something, who had something very important to talk to Toby about. I nudged him goodbye and walked off.
 
By this point, people had stopped milling around and were finding their way to tables. I didn't know which table I was on. I was beginning to panic a little. Drifting, and craning my neck for Josh, I bumped straight into someone.
"Christ, I'm sorry," I started.
"No, it's really fine, I was texting," replied the blonde girl, who I mildly recognised.
"Devan Walker?" I asked.
She smirked. "No, Chandler."
I cringed quietly - they were twins. Both were in my English class junior year, but I'd sat next to Devan, and always got on better with her - not out of fault with Chandler, but I just never really spoke to her.
"Sorry," I mumbled. "How are you?"
"Not bad, really. Same old, I guess," she laughed, hollowly.
"How's Devan?"
A dark look passed briefly over Chandler's face, but as quick as it came it was gone, replaced with a pleasant smile. "She's still In Dublin - she met a guy there, and they got married. They're really happy together."
"Oh, good for her," I noted.
"What about you?" she asked, politely.
"She got married," a voice answered for me - Josh, who'd just appeared at my shoulder, a smile on his face. "Mrs Josh Wallace."
"Hey Josh," Chandler greeted him with a smile. "Nice to see you. Glad it worked out for you two."
"Thanks," he grinned. "We have a daughter now, did Genie tell you?"
Before he could show her a picture, the emcee came to the mic. "Could you all find your seats, please, we'd like to start," he boomed jovially.
 
Chandler retreated to her table and Josh took me by the elbow, leading me to our table. The first girl came out - I think she was the year above us at school, and the emcee listed her credentials.
"Are you going to bet?" I asked Josh, jokingly. "It's for a good cause, of course."
"Why would I need to bet on some... History graduate," he asked, waving his hand in the girl's direction, "when I have the number one prize sat right next to me?" And with that, he leaned over and kissed me, gently. I smiled slightly, but something played on my brain. History was the degree I was going to apply for. Before, of course, I decided to follow Josh to Ohio instead. I eyed the girl enviously. Why wasn't it me?
 
The bids for girls stacked up as the evening went on, and I grew uncomfortable as the emcee described them. There were Psychology graduates from Maryland, Language graduates from Penn State, Science graduates from East Kentucky, even a Law graduate from Yale. There wasn't much market for someone who almost failed her high school diploma.
 
Had I fucked up?

radioactive - marina and the diamonds
 
coffee with ella
 
@accio-logic do you want to write stories independently or prp or what? x

america - razorlight
 
On the Friday, we'd been invited to a homecoming party in town. It was at Valerie's house - a girl from our year at school who Mandy had always been pretty fond of, and she was really supportive after Mandy's death. She was one of the most popular girls at Whiteford, but not because she was bitchy or feared - she was a genuinely lovely person that people adored. A lot of the girls in her clique had always seemed a little stuck up to me at school, but Val had been genuinely nice.
 
I wore my new dress - blue, with a white collar and a delicate looking print. Josh wore a white shirt with jeans, and Emma wore a white dress with navy boat shoes. We looked like a picture perfect family - me, carrying Emma on my hip, with my husband's arm slung across my shoulder.
 
We got there a little late, and I made my way straight over to Val while Josh took Emma and went to talk to some old friends. She didn't look any different - she still seemed quite young. She took a slight second to remember me, and then gave me a big hug. "Genie Cooper!" she exclaimed. "How have you been?"
"It's Genie Wallace now," I corrected her with a slight smile, showing her my modest diamond ring and simple wedding band. She congratulated me, and asked me about the wedding and life in Ohio. "I heard you have a daughter now, too," she added. "I'd love to meet her at some point."
 
We chatted for a short while, until she excused herself to talk to Rory McKinley. I sidled back to Josh, who was sat chatting to a girl I vaguely remembered. She looked up to me and offered a smile that seemed a little sarcastic.
"Hey, I was just talking to Josh about how we used to hook up in sophomore year," she smirked, cocking her head. Josh looked uncomfortable. I just shrugged.
"That was before I dated him. We're married now, did he tell you?"
"Yes, I did," Josh cut in, looking incredibly uncomfortable. I remembered who she was - Audrey Madden. Josh had lost her virginity to her, and after my brother Toby's first girlfriend made a snide comment about the state of the Maddens' marriage, she'd made a rumour that she'd slept with a teacher, breaking Toby's heart. We'd never spoken.
She tugged at her crucifix necklace as she stood up, giving me the once over. "I don't know who you are," she stated, with a shrug. And with that, she turned on her heel and walked off.
I bit my lip. "Where's Emma?" I asked.
"Oh, God, I don't know," Josh replied in a blank panic. "No, wait, she went to get some food."
I looked over my shoulder, and saw Emma sat on the grass, under a table, eating a burger of some sort. She looked like me, when I was her age. She looked sad.
 
"We're leaving," I said to her, scooping her up in my arms. She snuggled in to me, burying her face in my hair. "Ok," she whispered.
I pulled out from under the table, and took her by the hand. Josh nodded to me, and said goodbye to a few people. I waved to Val as I left, and she smiled, however Audrey returned the wave. I nodded to her.

@spacebound-x you know you asked for birthdays and faceclaims
i think i'm gonna go with emma watson cos i used to use her ages ago so i'll stick with her. plus she has short hair now too.

they're cute right
i was going to get the sweater in white but i figured it'd get dirty too quickly tbh
 
less than a month till uni

bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb i'm so sorry i wish i'd remembered ok i made you this for your birthday and i was going to list all the things that were great about you but i'm too flustered ok but you're lovely and a total cutie and i want to bake you a cake and sell my kidney for you ok