Chapter 16

that night, as the girls were settling for bed, sophia realized that the room arrangements had changed.

lara had moved in with yoonchae, while dani squeezed into megan’s room, leaving her with manon.

“psst… dani!” she hissed from outside. beckoning frantically at her best friend, sophia whispered with a panic.

“okay, so you like megan, right? me and well, her, were talking to megan the other day,” knowing she had to scheme if she wanted manon back, and as guilty as she felt, she carried on. “megan doesn’t like you back.”

dani’s face dropped. was it all for nothing? had dani really gone unnoticed in her efforts to impress megan?

sophia sighed, keeping up the act. “i’m so sorry… dani.”

dani took another deep breath. “don’t be. i’m over her.”

sophia nodded unaware of just how much trouble was brewing in the pot as she added more. “so i was thinking… what if we fake date? i make manon jealous, we show megan what she missed, and other than tension, the group’s fine?”

dani smiled. “this is why you’re my best friend, soph. c’mon, i’ll go tell manon that she’s rooming with megan.

dani rushed down the hallway, and sophia’s face dropped.

(a/n cue sophia’s epic smile drops)

she hated that she was doing this to her best friend for selfish reasons, but what else could she do? manon was her rock. her everything.

(a/n babes u shoulda thought’ve that before you went on and hated on her huh?)

dani emerged from manon’s room gleefully. “she agreed!” the latina cheered, taking her duffel into her old room.

sophia followed suit, dragging her own duffel and backpack up the stairs and into the room.

manon exited, and megan’s door closed with a slam. “dani, how should we make it believable?” sophia asked. “dani?”

dani was staring at megan’s door blankly. the poster of megan and lara hung there in all its glory, and muffled giggles were heard through the thin walls.

great. yoonchae and lara were probably live, while manon and megan were scheming.

dani took a deep breath. “okay.” reaching under her bed, she pulled out a huge whiteboard and set it up against the wall.

(a/n idk why she has that either don’t come at me)

“here’s what we do.”

the two stayed up all night, preparing scenario after scenario that would demolish manon and megan.

“this is perfect,” sophia breathed. “thank you so much for doing this, dani… i know it’s hard.”

dani paused. “what? isn’t this to benefit both of us?”

sophia froze. “uhh, yea, why?”

dani hummed in response, then tucked the whiteboard back under her bed. “let’s try and get some sleep, yeah?” without waiting for a response, the latina flicked off the lights and settled in her bed.

that was when sophia realized what bed she was in.

manon’s.

this had been their spot… their place that no one could take from them. except themselves, as it now seemed.

(a/n hmm i wonder why the bed is your spot c:)

sophia tossed and turned all night, every single burst of laugher from down the hall, every shriek, every scream, reminded her of what the old sophia would think of her now.

“you’re such a bitch,” she would probably say. “breaking apart dani’s happiness, and megan’s at the same time so you can get manon back? you’re fault you lost her in the first place, too.”

sophia sighed.