HOT ot NOT

[maplesight]

hey all of you losers out there! you all scored dates for the dance yet!? you're running out of time!! but don't worry, good ol' Maple is here to help if you haven't.

"How are you going to help us, Maple?" you might ask. well lo and Behold, I bring you a proud tradition of the school, which allows one to show off to other desperate, lonely students, as well as GET IN THE SPIRIT OF ST. VALENTINE'S.

a couple centuries ago, St. Valentines was crucified for the CRIME of being SMOKING HOT, and to commemorate this we all post pictures of ourselves for the rest of the students to tell us whether or not we are smoking Hot or a desperate Not.

HOT OR NOT

post pics, get judged, score a date.

that simple

this is a PROUD TRADITION here at Daybreak, so do it! get in the spirit of the school and valentine's! and DON'T be a loser by telling the staff about this post

Comments

[unpocoloco]

i
dont know what that means
but if its stopping you from carrying on with this so be it

[made_up_names]

yeesh tío
is it really that bad
im safe in bed and im having a good time
there are so many worse things i could be doing rn

[made_up_names]

dont ask you dont want to know
but it was getting a ton of reblogs on tumblr

[unpocoloco]

i
okay
sure
whatever you say

[He doesn't know what tumblr is.]

[unpocoloco]

YES PETER IT IS

you know
when the person you love
more than nearly anything
one of the few things thats kept me going
tells you they never want to have anything to do with you again
the least you can do
the only thing you can do in fact
is to respect that and make the break easier for them
this
is not that
this is
this is the entire school finding out in a hot or not thingy
this is people asking her questions and making her explain
and i
am not over it okay are you happy
I AM NOT
OVER
IMELDA
I AM NOT OKAY AND I AM NOT GOING TO BE FINE ABOUT IT AND ITS NOT ALRIGHT
but i am trying to give her space and i would think
if you cared at all about either of us
you could at least
attempt
to understand
WHICH YOU CLEARLY DO NOT

[spelleton]

I sincerely hope you're speaking in hypotheticals.

[ Like he doesn't care but he's pretty sure Hèctor would have an aneurysm at the concept if it was ever explained to him?? That's technically still possible for him. ]

[made_up_names]

[ Oh.

That - actually makes him feel pretty bad about it, as well it should. There's no response for quite a long time. In fact, it almost looks as though Héctor might not get one.

(He was trying to help, at least at first? But clearly it spiraled out of control. He takes a moment to read back over everything more carefully and ... oh lord, there sure is a firestorm of comments now.) ]

[made_up_names]

oh sure
my hypothetical tumblr
with hypothetical fic
that hypothetically got banned

[unpocoloco]

i cut corners
[He didn't.]
but yes
i told you id let her know if anything serious happened
i told you i wouldnt leave her in the dark about a threat to your life
obviously it wasnt all your fault and i informed her as much but i established something happened even if you would ultimately be fine

[made_up_names]

dude
not cool
how did you even EXPLAIN that. you cant tell her about monsters! she doesnt know anything about why im here!

[no_dejare_de_quererte]

[There is no greeting. No announcement of her arrival. No warning. She simply stalks over, snatching the phone out of his hand, and staring down at him with fire in her eyes.]

You said you would drop it. Were those not your exact words to me? And now I see you spouting this nonsense all over the public network? How much is a promise worth from you, Peter Parker? Because where I'm standing, it doesn't look like a whole lot.

[unpocoloco]

its actually really easy to substitute magical excuses with the mundane without changing the story
you were meeting someone important somewhere you shouldn't have been
this guy showed up who had a problem with you
you and i attempted to de-escalate the situation but more problems arose
your friend showed up however
the two had history and things resolved from there
unfortunately there were some injuries along the way

[There. Life lesson for you, Peter. A bad one but still.]

[made_up_names]

[ He jolts in surprise as Imelda takes the phone from him - and pales as he realizes who it is. Oh shit, he's dead now. ]

I - I did drop it! I haven't harassed about it at all! This is totally different!

[made_up_names]

I'm sorry. I do care about both of you.

[made_up_names]

ughhhhhh
just dont TELL her
thats what i do
i hate lying to may
shes too smart, you have to be technically correct

[unpocoloco]

i dont think
considering how well you know me
i should have to explain why i am not going to do that if and when something serious happens

besides
you said it yourself
shes too smart
she already knows you dont tell her anything
it was one of the first things she told me
shed worry less if you actually did
but all she has to go off of are her worst fears

[no_dejare_de_quererte]

This is not different! [She shakes the phone in her hand in time to her words.]

This is taking my personal feelings and--and throwing them to the wolves! This is putting my personal life on the internet and laughing about it. Now the whole school feels entitled to comment on the most painful thing in my life, and-- you know what? Yes. It's different. It's worse, Peter.

[made_up_names]

[ Oh. That's. Actually a fair and reasonable point? Alas, there's one critical discrepancy in their perspectives on this. ]

i
i mean okay i get that
but i cant tell her. i cant, héctor
shed have me out of here and back on the next flight home so fast my head would spin

[made_up_names]

[ Ouch. Peter flinches as if he's been struck, genuinely guilty now. He opens his mouth to protest - and closes it again. Because wow he can't even think of an argument that makes any kind of sense here. ]

I didn't think of it like that.

[unpocoloco]

no she wouldnt
i talked to her about that
we came to the agreement that this school is what you need
despite what trouble youve gotten yourself into
and it is
she understands perfectly well that no matter what
this is where you need to be
and as worried as she is she loves you enough to let you be here
all thats left is for you to prove to her yourself that she can trust you

[made_up_names]

[ He cannot believe that's true. There's something missing here, he's sure of it. ]

prove it
show me your texts with her

[unpocoloco]

ask her yourself chamaco
ask her if she and i talked about you staying in school no matter what
youre worried about how your tía feels?
you talk to her

[made_up_names]

i cant, i just told you why i cant
she doesn't KNOW and if i even hint at something weird being up shes going to find out
are you trying to get me sent home?
is that the plan?

[unpocoloco]

[It's Peter's turn to wait a while here.]

maybe
but im afraid im having a really hard time trusting you with things right now
i know you mean well
and i care about you too
but you
you dont think peter
you dont think about whats going to hurt or who or how until after the fact


i cant even apologize to imelda without making things worse
so you
had better have a good one ready for her
and for the last time
dont you ever
ever
bring any of this up to imelda again
i am tired
so tired
of hurting her
as far as she and i are concerned?
the sooner she can forget about me the better
and nothing
absolutely nothing
even if i wind up killed and left in a ditch
is going to change that fact

[no_dejare_de_quererte]

Maybe you should have! [She throws her hand up at him, her voice raising louder.] Maybe you should have thought about it at all! All these smarts, and you can't think for one second about how you're hurting anyone else?

Or about how when the damage is done, it won't be you that has to deal with everything that shows up on this accursed thing. [She grips the phone tighter in her hand, turning away from Peter to throw it at the ground. The screen scatters on impact and the whole thing clatters ungracefully away from her, showering flecks of glass on the ground. She stands there for a second with her back to him before raising a hand to cover her eyes. The only other sound Peter will hear from her is a shaky inhale of breath.]