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]

PETER

[made_up_names]

WHAT

its not a SECRET

[unpocoloco]

IT KIND OF WAS
YOU KNOW
YOU HAVE SOMEONE HERE WHO'S TRYING TO BE PROFESSIONAL AND DOESN'T WANT ANYTHING TO DO WITH ME AND YOU ADD ME IN ASSOCIATION TO THEM
I WAS KEEPING MY LAST NAME OFF OFFICIAL PAPERS FOR THIS PETER

[made_up_names]

wait what
okay i didnt even realize you took her last name
and that you KEPT it
thats the cutest thing ive ever heard

[unpocoloco]

I LITERALLY TOLD
OF COURSE I


WHY WOULDN'T I KEEP IT?
THATS NORMAL
THATS PERFECTLY NORMAL

[made_up_names]

no it isnt
thats like the first thing you ditch if you take their last name

[ Peter Parker, teenaged divorce expert. ]

[unpocoloco]

its
still my name
it is still my name
those years still happened
i dont have to pretend they didnt
im just doing imelda a favor
a favor which is now ruined
but nevertheless
and youre wrong about changing names theres a whole process in legal documentation which i think i would know better than you

[made_up_names]

you still didnt have to put it on all your paperwork

[ WAIT. ]

except you left it off all your paperwork
uh
checkmate anyway???

[unpocoloco]

i left it off the paperwork here
here
you know
this place full of magic things that the world doesn't think exists
that is different from legal government paperwork and changing a name
what would i even change it TO if i did?

[made_up_names]

uhhh whatever your last name was before
also youre arguing for my point now just sayin

[unpocoloco]

i dont
i told you i dont reme



you know what
no
this discussion is over
you are done bothering imelda
you are done bringing this up in public
i am done hearing you question my name decisions

[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

[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

[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]

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

[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

surprise 2/2

[unpocoloco]

im sorry
i dont want to fight
but i cant do this right now
ill talk with you later
please just
clean up whatever part of this you can

[made_up_names]

[ He really, really can't argue with any of that can he. To his credit, he doesn't really try? He's just. Reading. And thinking. And regretting quite a bit honestly. ]

I still don't think it's as bad as you think
But I'm sorry. I did this the wrong way.

Talk later then.