✿MOANA✿
The girls’ locker room smelled like hairspray, vanilla body mist, and high energy. Friday afternoon before the big basketball game, and the cheer squad was in full preparation mode. I sat on the bench in front of my locker, carefully applying mascara while Octavia twisted her hair into a high ponytail beside me.
“So,” Lalissa said, dropping onto the bench and pulling out her makeup bag. “How’s living with the dickhead?”
I didn’t look up from my compact mirror. “Unbearable.”
“Unbearable how?” Octavia secured my ponytail with a hair tie and turned to face me fully. “Give us details.”
I sighed and set down my mascara. There was no point in hiding anything from these two. They were my best friends, the only people I trusted completely. “It’s constant tension. Every morning at brea
