Static* on hold

Song: fine line by Mabel ft No3ts

Clarice had been following John around like a puppy the last few days.It was kind of humorous when you think of it, the girl who had been so cold and nonchalant now offering John cups of coffee at every waking seconded. Then you look past her green dough eyes and remember the reason she was acting like this.Sonya took the only thing Clarice had control over, the only thing Clarice had. It sickened Karlee to the bone, she knew Sonya had fancied John all those years but it takes more than a crush to sacrifice another person.

It had taken all the strength Karlee had to shackle down, the compulsion to strangle the redhead who bopped around headquarters as though she had done nothing wrong.Instead, Karlee brought Sonya to a halt in front of her."Can I have a word?" Karlee bleated.

"Sure, Karlee what do you need" Sonya smiled, if Karlee was a fool she wouldn't have noticed the twitch in her eye, rendering the happy go lucky expression she wore of any sincerity it tried to display."What you did to Clarice-" Karlee was cut off by an eager Sonya.The girl had clearly been prepared for this."I know where you're going and it's fine, the memory will fade.She'll be fine Karlee" Sonya stated as though the prospect of Clarice forgetting whatever she had planted would so easily erase her wrongdoing. "I don't care if she forgot this very instant, you don't have the right to control peoples lives."Karlee snapped, she had seen a friendship brewing between her and the snarky green-eyed girl now she was a soppy mess Karlee didn't do soppy.

Sonya face changed, "I know what I did was wrong Karlee but I couldn't let John die you have to understand that." Sonya sobbed so pathetically it made it hard for Karlee not to sympathize.

"you still have to tell her the truth it's the least you can do". Karlee reasoned, she never realized how emotionally draining her return would be and took a mental note to never listen to Sarah again.

A few months ago

upstate new york

Sunrise poured through the gaps in the curtain, rousing the limp body that lay sprawled on the couch.It stirred like a fish out of water, searching for something.The corners of the cover had fallen off her foot, it couldn't sleep with its foot uncovered. Just when the body had managed to grasp the corner of the sheet and kick it over their right foot with their left.Another figure came crashing through the room as though they owned the place, maybe they do, and yanked opened the curtains allowing the light to flood through the room.The body groaned, mumbling something about needing sleep and calling whoever it was a bitch, or at least that's what it sounded like.

"Karlee" They whined, there were two?"You need to get up we need to talk" One voice spoke up.Karlee sat up, wiping droll from the side of her mouth, her eyes were too blurred to make out the silhouettes standing before her. Though she could make a certain guess at who it was". Oh god, you didn't !" the smaller shadow screeched practically throwing their little body into the corner of the couch to examine the drool stain on the couch."It's only a couch" the other person spoke up.Great another morning of Sarah and Belle arguing, they should get married already Karlee thought.They already half filled the trope of the old married couple always at each other's necks, Belle acted like she was 50 + and Sarah she was an ageless soul."Morning to you too" Karlee mumbled mostly to herself."It's not just a couch, it a satin Pila Rez one-off collection" Sarah snapped."Who on earth buys a satin couch"Belle countered, pulling her girlfriend away from the stain she had been infatuated with.It seemed the pair had forgotten all about this talk they had been so desperate to have with their school friend.So she slipped around them and made her way to the fridge in her mickey mouse pjs she had borrowed from Sarah approximately 22 months ago when she turned up at her door.

He mouth craved the taste of smooth pulp free orange juice. Instead of the orange juice, she found Sammeul drinking the final glass straight from the carton. Karlee groaned internally, before addressing the man" you just had to drink it all didn't you", the female chastised.It was useless though, he threw the carton in the bin, rested his body on the island and stared off at the bickering couple.Ignoring Karlee's early comment he changed the topic "What did you this time" turning to face the girl climbing up on the counter to reach the top cupboard. "Nothing " she winced trying to force her arm to the back of the cupboard, she didn't need to see his face she already knew his eyebrows were furrowed in cynicism. "Alright, maybe I dribbled on the couch but it couldn't be helped."She clambered down holding Sarah's cherished box of chocolate fudge pop tarts.She stifled a laugh as she looked at Samuel, who held his heart painfully "No! not her precious satin couch. She loves that thing more than me." Shrugging she, edged past him and popped the treat into the toaster.

Belle and Sarah seemed to appear out of nowhere, they finally clocked on to vanishing act.How long had it been 5 minutes they were getting slower.The pop tart box was displayed on the counter in all its glory, Karlee grimaced when she saw Sarah's eyes land on them but she said nothing.

"You two are dancing on a fine line" Belle chided, Karlee looked at her blankly was this another one of her slam poems.

"Playing tug of war, with our final thread" Sarah chorused, New York had gotten to Sarah too, poor girl Karlee thought.

" The final straw has snapped" The autumn and brunette girl recited. Samuel and Karlee's eyes meet searching each other's eyes to confirm if this was real. The two girls had clearly lost the plot. " one of you has to go " Belle elaborated for the two dumb faces in front of her.

"And I vote Karlee" Sarah chimed, she was clearly still bitter about the couch. Karlee was seething at the betrayal."What I can't exactly kick my brother out can I ?" Sarah explained.

"You can and you should "Karlee huffed, clearly still seething.

"hey!!! We're not meant to turn on each other in desperate times," Samuel argued.

"it's people who think like, that who lose" Karlee sassed.

"Honestly, I don't care who goes just as long as I have my own space" Belle stated strutting past all three of them to make a cup of coffee.

"So what are we going to do?" Karlee whined

"Flip a coin" Belle suggested nonchalantly, sipping on her coffee."I'm going to work when I come back I want someone's bags packed."

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