Dead Once, Deceived Twice
The Party
Lena Vale (Fl Bff)
GIRL. You need to wear the red dress.
Seraphina Blake (Fl)
It’s too much ⁄(⁄ ⁄•⁄-⁄•⁄ ⁄)⁄
Jayden Cain (Fl bf)
It’s your birthday week. You’re allowed to look hot.
Lena Vale (Fl Bff)
Hotter than me though? rude
Jayden Cain (Fl bf)
Okay, she can be hot-ish
Seraphina Blake (Fl)
ಠ_ಠ
Lena Vale (Fl Bff)
Ugh I love us
Seraphina Blake (Fl)
(Big charity events used to bore me.)
Seraphina Blake (Fl)
(But tonight felt different.)
Seraphina Blake (Fl)
(The room was loud. Fancy. Lit in gold.)
Seraphina Blake (Fl)
(I walked in between Jayden and Lena like nothing had ever gone wrong.)
Seraphina Blake (Fl)
(Like I wasn’t dead once.)
Flash — photographer snaps photo]
Lena Vale (Fl Bff)
(posing) I was born for the spotlight(＾3＾♪
Jayden Cain (Fl bf)
(to Sera) Want champagne?
Seraphina Blake (Fl)
I thought you didn’t drink
Jayden Cain (Fl bf)
I don’t.
Jayden Cain (Fl bf)
But I make exceptions when you wear red
He brushes hair from her cheek
Seraphina Blake (Fl)
(smiling) Smooth
Lena Vale (Fl Bff)
Okayyy flirt much(≧▽≦)
? ? ?
You're surprisingly overdressed for someone who's always underperforming.
Seraphina Blake (Fl)
…Riven
Riven Cross (Fl Rival)
Hello to you too.
Jayden Cain (Fl bf)
(stepping forward) You know her?
Riven Cross (Fl Rival)
Know her?
Riven Cross (Fl Rival)
She’s my favorite disaster.
Seraphina Blake (Fl)
(smiling through teeth) We’re rivals.
Seraphina Blake (Fl)
Ignore him.
Riven Cross (Fl Rival)
(eyes on Jayden) Cute dress.
Seraphina Blake (Fl)
Thanks.
Riven Cross (Fl Rival)
I wasn’t talking to you.
Jayden looks confused. Lena giggles.
Riven Cross (Fl Rival)
(to Sera) You always did have a taste for soft men.
Seraphina Blake (Fl)
And you always reek of bitterness.
Riven Cross (Fl Rival)
(lowers voice) You looked different the last time I saw you.
Seraphina Blake (Fl)
(cold) Try not to look at me at all.
He walks away. But not before glancing back. Just once.
(I hate that he still gets under my skin.)
(I hate that he looked jealous.)
(And I hate that for a second—)
Later — in the corner of the ballroom
Sera turns, looking for Jayden.
She finds him laughing quietly.
Lena’s hand is on his shoulder.
Their heads close.
Sera starts walking toward them—
Lena spots her and instantly steps back, smiling like nothing happened.
Lena Vale (Fl Bff)
THERE you are! We were just saying we need cake
Jayden Cain (Fl bf)
Your timing is scary
Seraphina Blake (Fl)
(laughing) That’s what I do best.
Seraphina Blake (Fl)
(The room spun with lights and noise.)
Seraphina Blake (Fl)
(Everything was beautiful.)
Seraphina Blake (Fl)
(But I couldn’t shake it.)
Seraphina Blake (Fl)
(Riven’s stare.)
Seraphina Blake (Fl)
(Or the word he whispered when he walked away.)
Seraphina Blake (Fl)
(He couldn’t know… could he?)
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