"Of course they'll forget" Julian said, waving his hand as if waving away her worries. "Something else will happen in like, a week" he muttered. "Or I'll send out some more nudes to take the heat off" he joked, squeezing her knee and blowing out smoke.

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"Y-You're right, something s-stupider will happen and everyone will just.. go with that," Tatum replied quietly, though she was struggling to believe her own words. She felt a bit better when Jules gave her knee a squeeze, but not much. She didn't feel like sobbing anymore at least, unless she really thought hard about everything Mack had said.

Making a face at the mention of his nudes, she shook her head back and forth fiercely. "No! Once was enough, can't u-unsee that shit," she laughed weakly, sticking her tongue out. Despite what people seemed to say about them, he had definitely never been the Prideaux she wanted to see naked.

"People will p-probably say we're out here having a secret tryst or s-something," she half-joked, after a few moments of silence.

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"Exactly" Jules said firmly. "This place can't go a few days without someone being humiliated. Still, Mackenzie was out of line" he said quietly. "If she knew... If she knew the shit you went through.." he swallowed. "It's just not right" he finished with, growing silent.

Cracking a smile, he rested his head on her knee and grinned up at her. "Once is never enough, mon petite cherie" he joked. "Who cares if they do? It doesn't matter what anyone else says. It's just college."

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Tatum chewed her lip slightly, though she didn't move to argue. Mack had been extremely out of line, but she was pretty sure she felt that way because so much of what the blonde had said had been the truth. It had all hit home, and her chest felt a little tight again as she thought too hard about everything that had been shouted in her face in those short few minutes of confrontation. It was exactly why she avoided drama at all costs, but it usually had a way of finding a home on her doorstep.

"She.. s-sort of knows," the redhead finally admitted. "T-That I'm no good, anyway.. like, to like. It's just not a good idea, so I'm n-not somebody that like, she should want to b-be with. I told her that.. like, a h-hundred times," she trailed off, flicking ash from her joint and chewing her lower lip harder. "I can't go through it a-again, things can't be shit," she finally added quietly.

When his head rested on her knee, she managed a weak smile back, reaching down with her free hand to push his hair away from his forehead. "Once is l-like, so enough. I wouldn't have even like, been as mad if she didn't trick us all with that subject line. T-There were no cute kittens in that email anywhere," she groaned, rolling her eyes. It made her feel better to think it was just college, but it was hard to remind herself to keep thinking it. "R-Right, fuck college."

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Julian was quiet for a long time. He wasn't really good at serious talks, especially about Frankie, but he'd realised a long time ago that Frankie wasn't perfect, she wasn't even really a good person, even if she was dead now and you were supposed to act like dead people were perfect. "It's not your fault Frankie killed herself. You're acting like you're cursed or something but Frankie was fucked up before she met you, she was a bitch to blame you for all her problems. Maybe she just wanted you to feel as miserable as she did" he rambled. He felt guilty, but Frankie would never want to be thought of as some saint. "It wont happen again" he said firmly.

Smiling again, Julian shrugged. "I knew I should never have sent her them. It was just asking for trouble. Still, at least she did it in style. You wouldn't even believe me if I told you how many chicks wanted to see it in the flesh after that" he snorted.

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Tatum fidgeted with her joint more as she listened, absently ashing the end again and again without really giving the ash time to build up. Just hearing Frankie's name, knowing they weren't going to beat around the bush anymore, instinctively filled her with guilt. Frankie had been sort of shit, but she had been her shit. If the younger girl had aimed to upset her with her death, she had done the trick, but Tatum just kept on idolizing her, even in death. "I-I guess," she sighed finally.

"It's different, I know Mack might not.. k-kill herself, but I'm still pushing her away, she's still gonna wanna leave eventually cause I'm like.. why can't I just b-be who I wanna be? I'm so s-sick of acting, I'm not even a good actress," she murmured, pouting. "She's not exactly like, making it easy for me to hide in the shadows either. I l-like it better when people don't know I'm alive. Screaming in a hall full of people about how she l-loves me," her stomached clenched, "isn't really like.. discreet. She's an a-ass."

Shaking her head as Julian's insistence on the advantages of having nudes, the redhead cracked a weak smile. "Did you r-really think it was a good idea to send those to Hunter? I mean, I guess it worked out in the end if you've like, turned it into dick advertising. She sort of did you a favor? Like a free billboard."

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"She is an ass" Julian agreed, playing with his lighter. "You need to tell her that acting like a jerk isn't going to win you over. The both of you need to just be frank with each other, no matter how humiliating it is. Frankie wasn't good at talking about her feelings and we all know how that ended." No matter how much of a dick he thought Mack was being, having all of this sorted out would make everyone happier. Or at least able to get on with their lives.

"I thought she would finally be overcome with lust and turn up at my dorm" Jules sighed. "And now she's into girls? I guess I missed my chance" he joked.

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"I guess," Tatum sighed, after a few moments of silent thought. It was the same thing Rath and Sera had been telling her, to just be honest, to get it over with. She kept beating around the bush and trying to avoid it, but Mack wasn't going away and neither was the way the older girl made her feel. Despite all of her best intentions and avoiding her emotions, the feelings were still there.

"I-It is really humiliating," she murmured, chewing her lip and looking at him. "Have y-you ever talked like that to a girl? I d-doubt it, right? It's really-- I mean, it's not a normal situation, I guess.. but it's h-hard and I'm pretty weak. I feel weak, like I.. I can't do anything."

Once again, the nudes made her crack another weak smile despite herself. "I don't think she even is into girls exclusively, like.. that girl is a f-freak, seriously. I think she's into anything t-that moves. Just needs two f-feet and a heartbeat for her, h-heartbeat probably optional."

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