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Vera scrolled through her old text with Erik. Every morning he'd test, reminding her to take her medicine. She hated it so much, it drove her crazy and most times she'd just send a middle finger back. But now, now she'd do anything for him to tell her to take her stupid fucking medicine again. The bottle taunted her on her nightstand, staring at her, Erik's voice yelling from each of the pills to take them.

She didn't, not that day, not yesterday either, not since he died.

Vera's phone beeped, and for a second she really thought he'd texted her. Instead, it was the asshole of an ex boyfriend instead. The only time he'd texted her after the video of him cheating went viral. A little i hope you're doing well was all he'd sent her. Vera rolled her eyes at the message. "Fuck you."

A knock echoed on her door. Vera's eyes followed it, waiting. "Vera."

Felice.

The blonde stayed quiet, holding her breath to shelter any sound. The knock came again as Felices voice came from the other side. "I know you're in there. Open up."

Vera threw her phone to the side, large feet slapping the floor as she headed to the door, yanking it open and staring at the pretty girl. Felice smiled. "Hi."

Vera leaned on the doorway with her arms crossed. "Do you need something?"

"I just wanted to see how you are doing, and maybe walk you to class." Felice offered, considering it had been hers and Wilhelm first day back.

"Sure you don't wanna asked Willie?" Vera asked her, absolutely zero emotion in her face.

Felice gave a small frown of her eyebrows. "Is- are you okay? If you aren't ready to go back to school-"

"If i'm not ready to go back what? You wanna go tell my brother you tried to be there for me to show him that you have the families approval?" the words came off Vera's tongue harshly and with venom. It was a bad trait she had. When she was angry, she'd been so much more hurtful when she spoke. But she wasn't necessarily angry. She was upset. Felice was her first friend here, the one person she had known that understood what it was like to have a mother judge you for what you did and didn't do.

When realization went across Felices face, panic and sorrow spread as well. "Vera, I didn't-"

She was cut off by the dorm door slamming in her face.


"How long have Felice and August been together?" Vera asked, sitting between Alexander and Henry, all three helping each other with the algebra homework, Felice and August walking by hand in hand.

"Not long." Henry answered her, his pencil hitting hers, considered he had been right handed and she was left.

"After parents day, I think." Alexander said from her other side, leaning over to look at Vera problems. "Oh, look, you got it."

"That's the right equation?" Vera gave a grin as he smiled. "Fucking finally."

"Congratulations, Princess Vera." Alexander beamed at her.

"You know she told us we didn't have to call her that." Henry tossed one of his erasers behind Vera to fall in Alexander's lap.

"I like it." he said back honestly. "Sounds...fancy."

"Very." Vera agreed, moving into her next problem.

Henry watched Wilhelm walk from the school, his security not too far behind. "Hey, V?"

She hummed.

"How come you don't get cool security like your brother does?" he asked her, glancing her way as she looked over from her problem. "Aren't the two of you on the same level now?"

"Yeah, but..." Vera trialed off, looking for a way to describe what she meant. "The security is more to make sure Wilhelm doesn't mess up. Like, so he is a good role model and doesn't do anything bad."

"And they don't think you need someone like that?" Henry gave a snort in her direction.

Alexander threw his eraser at Henry with an look, trying to tell him to knock it off.

"It's more important for him to make good decisions. That's what my mother says." Vera nodded her head, looking back down at her paper to see where she'd left off. "Like, because he does all the talking and needs to be on level A. Mom doesn't really want me to do that."

"But, you're really good at talking." Alexander said honestly from the right side of her. "You read three chapters to us without even messing up one word."

Vera gave a shrug. "It's just what my mom wants."

"But she does all the things she wants Wilhelm to do. And you'll be in her place one day." Henry went in, clearly more comfortable at pushing boundaries with Vera then Alexander ever will be. "Shouldn't you be doing the same thing?"

"Yes, I should." Vera looked over at him with a half grin. "But she gets to choose. And she just thinks Wilhelm and Erik were better options then me."

"I think you'll make a good queen." Alexander gave her a soft smile, his elbow touched hers.

"Yeah, and you should just do it all anyways. Better then having to just sit there and be quiet." Henry shrugged, leaning over to look down at her paper. "Why do you write your fives so weird?"

"My fives look weird to you?" Vera asked oddly.

"Almost like a S." he nodded.

"She also writes her sevens oddly." Felices voice rung, August and her standing before their table. "Do you care if we join the three of you?"

"We're finished. It's all yours." Vera shut her books tightly, securing them in her bag.

"See you later." Henry nodded to August, joining Alexander and Vera, who were arms linked, Henry's thrown around Vera's shoulder as they were off once again.


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kylie speaks

miss felice and
vera hour

Vera blรคddrade igenom sin gamla text med Erik. Varje morgon testade han och pรฅminde henne att ta hennes medicin. Hon hatade det sรฅ mycket, det gjorde henne galen och de flesta gรฅnger skickade hon bara lรฅngfingret tillbaka. Men nu, nu skulle hon gรถra allt fรถr att han skulle sรคga henne att ta sin dumma jรคvla medicin igen. Flaskan hissade henne pรฅ hennes nattduksbord och stirrade pรฅ henne och Eriks rรถst skrek frรฅn var och en av pillerna fรถr att ta dem.

Hon gjorde inte heller den dagen inte igรฅr, inte sedan han dog.

Veras telefon pipade, och en sekund trodde hon verkligen att han hade smsat henne. Istรคllet var det rรถvhรฅlet till en ex pojkvรคn istรคllet. Den enda gรฅngen han smsade henne efter videon om honom fusk blev viral. Lite hoppas jag att det gick bra med dig var allt han skickade henne. Vera rullade รถgonen pรฅ meddelandet. "Knulla dig."

En bank kom pรฅ hennes dรถrr. Veras รถgon fรถljde den och vรคntade. "Vera."

Felice.

Blondinen stannade tyst och hรถll andan fรถr att skydda alla ljud. Knocket kom igen nรคr Felices rรถst kom frรฅn andra sidan. "Jag vet att du รคr dรคr. ร–ppna."

Vera kastade sin telefon รฅt sidan, stora fรถtter slapp golvet nรคr hon gick till dรถrren, drog den upp och stirrade pรฅ den vackra flickan. Felice log. "Hej."

Vera lutade sig pรฅ dรถrren med korsade armar. "Behรถver du nรฅgot?"

"Jag ville bara se hur du har det och kanske leda dig till klassen." Felice erbjรถd, med tanke pรฅ att det hade varit hennes och Wilhelm fรถrsta dagen tillbaka.

"Visst att du inte vill frรฅga Willie?" Vera frรฅgade henne, absolut noll kรคnslor i ansiktet.

Felice gav en liten rynka av รถgonbrynen. "ร„r du okej? Om du inte รคr redo att gรฅ tillbaka till skolan-"

"Om jag inte รคr redo att gรฅ tillbaka, vad? Vill du berรคtta fรถr min bror att du fรถrsรถkte vara dรคr fรถr mig att visa honom att du har familjens godkรคnnande?" orden kom hรฅrt frรฅn Veras tunga och med gift. Det var ett dรฅligt drag hon hade. Nรคr hon var arg hade hon varit sรฅ mycket mer skadlig nรคr hon talade. Men hon var inte nรถdvรคndigtvis arg. Hon var upprรถrd. Felice var hennes fรถrsta vรคn hรคr, den personen hon hade kรคnt som fรถrstod hur det var att ha en mamma att dรถma dig fรถr vad du gjorde och inte gjorde.

Nรคr insikten gick รถver Felices ansikte, spriddes ocksรฅ panik och sorg. "Vera, det gjorde jag inte-"

Hon stรคngdes av sovsaldรถrren och smรคllde i ansiktet.


"Hur lรคnge har Felice och August varit tillsammans?" Vera frรฅgade, sittande mellan Alexander och Henry, alla tre hjรคlpte varandra med algebra-lรคxorna, Felice och August promenader fรถr hand i hand.

"Inte lรคnge." Henry svarade henne, hans penna slog hennes, ansรฅg att han hade varit hรถgerhรคnt och hon var kvar.

"Efter fรถrรคldrarnas dag tror jag." Alexander sa frรฅn sin andra sida och lutade sig fรถr att titta pรฅ Vera-problem. "ร…h, se, du har det."

"Det รคr rรคtt ekvation?" Vera gav ett flin nรคr han log. "Jรคvla รคntligen."

"Grattis, prinsessa Vera." Alexander strรฅlade mot henne.

"Du vet att hon sa till oss att vi inte behรถvde kalla henne det." Henry kastade en av sina radern bakom Vera fรถr att falla i Alexanders knรค.

"Jag gillar det." sa han รคrligt tillbaka. "Lรฅter ... fancy."

"Mycket." Vera gick med och flyttade in i sitt nรคsta problem.

Henry sรฅg Wilhelm gรฅ frรฅn skolan, hans sรคkerhet inte sรฅ lรฅngt efter. "Hej, V?"

Hon nynnade.

"Hur kommer du inte att fรฅ cool sรคkerhet som din bror gรถr?" frรฅgade han henne och tittade pรฅ hennes sรคtt nรคr hon sรฅg รถver frรฅn sitt problem. "ร„r ni inte pรฅ samma nivรฅ nu?"

"Ja men..." Vera prรถvade och letade efter ett sรคtt att beskriva vad hon menade. "Sรคkerheten รคr mer fรถr att se till att Wilhelm inte rรถra sig. Som sรฅ รคr han en bra fรถrebild och gรถr inte nรฅgot dรฅligt."

"Och de tror inte att du behรถver nรฅgon sรฅdan?" Henry gav en snort i sin riktning.

Alexander kastade sin radergummi mot Henry med en titt och fรถrsรถkte sรคga honom att slรฅ av den.

"Det รคr viktigare fรถr honom att fatta bra beslut. Det รคr vad min mamma sรคger." Vera nickade med huvudet och tittade tillbaka pรฅ sitt papper fรถr att se var hon hade slutat. "Som, eftersom han gรถr allt som pratar och mรฅste vara pรฅ nivรฅ A. Mamma vill inte att jag ska gรถra det."

"Men du รคr riktigt bra pรฅ att prata." Alexander sa รคrligt frรฅn hรถger sida av henne. "Du lรคser tre kapitel fรถr oss utan att ens krossa ett ord."

Vera gav en axel. "Det รคr precis vad min mamma vill ha."

"Men hon gรถr alla saker hon vill att Wilhelm ska gรถra. Och du kommer att vara pรฅ hennes plats en dag." Henry gick in, tydligt bekvรคmare med att driva grรคnser med Vera dรฅ Alexander nรฅgonsin kommer att bli det. "Borde du inte gรถra samma sak?"

"Ja det borde jag." Vera tittade pรฅ honom med ett halvt flin. "Men hon fรฅr vรคlja. Och hon tycker bara att Wilhelm och Erik var bรคttre alternativ รคn jag."

"Jag tror att du kommer att bli en bra drottning." Alexander gav henne ett mjukt leende, hans armbรฅge rรถrde hennes.

"Ja, och du borde bara gรถra allt รคndรฅ. Bรคttre รคn att bara sitta dรคr och vara tyst." Henry ryckte upp och lutade sig fรถr att titta ner pรฅ hennes papper. "Varfรถr skriver du dina femmor sรฅ konstiga?"

"Mina femmor ser konstiga ut fรถr dig?" Vera frรฅgade konstigt.

"Nรคstan som en S." nickade han.

"Hon skriver ocksรฅ sina sju konstigt." Felices rรถst rungade, August och henne stod framfรถr deras bord. "Bryr du dig om vi gรฅr med i er tre?"

"Vi รคr fรคrdiga. Det รคr allt ditt." Vera stรคngde sina bรถcker tรคtt och sรคkrade dem i vรคskan.

"Vi ses senare." Henry nickade till augusti och gick med Alexander och Vera, som var vapenkopplade, Henry kastades runt Veras axel nรคr de var borta igen.


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