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🌑 "..."

🌞 "...Care to explain yourself?"

🌑 "Mmm... Not sure you'd get it."

🌞 "Okay, cut the bullshit. Were you trying to end yourself?"

🌑 "Of course not. I was just enjoying the weightlessness. I had everything under control."

🌞 "Under control?! You were drowning, Chelsea! Please take this seriously for once! I know you don’t give a damn about anyone else, but I was terrified for you! What if I hadn’t made it in time?"

🌑 sighs

🌑 "You worry too much."

🌞 "Of course I do! Cause I never know what the hell you’re gonna do next! Chelsea, please… just talk to me. Or fine, not to me – talk to someone. At least talk to Iris! You two seem pretty close."

🌑 "I… I can’t talk to her."

🌞 "What…?"

🌑 "..."

🌑 "Look, I’m… I’m sorry, okay? I won’t do anything weird or stupid again, I promise. It was just a moment of weakness."

🌞 "Ugh, you are just—!"

School bell rings

🌞 "Crap… This conversation isn’t over, got it?"

Maddie stands up, gives Chelsea a surprisingly stern look for her usual self, and walks away

🌑 "..."

🌕 "..."

🌕 "Our favorite butterfly hair clip stayed underwater."

🌑 "...Mm-hmm. I know."