theatrical_muse: 175 - Who is your best friend and why?
There isn't just one answer here as far as I'm concerned. I've got two best friends (excluding my dad, that is). The only thing is... one of them isn't here anymore and hasn't been for more than three and a half years. I'm not going to try and talk about them at the same time. That would be pretty much impossible since they never met. And I'm not entirely sure the person I was back then would have even met the current best friend if the first was still around. I'm not who I was back then.
So, who is my best friend and why?
1. Lilly Kane.
It's such a raging cliché, but I honestly don't remember a point in which she wasn't in my life (until the obvious, anyway). She was just always there. Forcing me to do things that pushed my boundaries, constantly making sure my comfort zone was so far behind me that I couldn't even see it anymore. And if it had been anyone but Lilly I would have hated that. But it was Lilly, and as much as it was for her own amusement, it was also because she loved me and she wanted me to actually get out there and experience life. Be it Fleet Week or the Limo party or whatever else it was she talked me into doing, I can't say I regret any of it. This would probably sound insane to anyone who knew me in Junior High and doesn't know me now, but I firmly believe I'm better for it.
She was the one I did all that stereotypical stuff with: she taught me how to apply make-up, how to properly accessorize. How to kiss a boy. Not that Duncan knows that and it's probably better that way, all things considered. We used to daydream that we'd be sisters by marriage. Elevated my social standing well beyond that of Sheriff's Daughter. I told her everything. She told me almost everything. I think she was planning on telling me about Aaron the day she died. She didn't mention Weevil, though. I couldn't begin to guess why. I don't think she was ashamed or anything, but she was a Kane and... as much as it would have made Celeste's head explode, she had an image to protect. Not that her not telling me she as screwing around with Weevil is really that important in the grand scheme of things. She was my best friend. The one person who knew me in ways that most people won't ever get a chance to. Who knew a girl that doesn't exist anymore.
2. Wallace Fennel
Why is Wallace my 'BFF' now? There's a lot of reasons for this. I'm not sure I could even begin to explain them all, honestly. First and foremost... he wasn't scared off by my beyond horrible reputation or my attempts to drive him away. He had a point when he said he could either hang with the people who laughed at him or the girl who cut him off the flagpole. At the time I never thought in a million years he would end up being as important to me as he is now. I had a best friend. I wasn't in the market for a replacement. I had friends who had all turned on me because I didn't turn on my dad. I didn't want to go through that again. But Wallace stuck it out. There are few things I've been more thankful for than that. I don't know what I'd do without him. Even when he makes me crazy by calling me on my crap, I know my life is better because he's in it. I know how much it sucks when he's not.
I'm not sure he even really gets how much he means to me. Or why he puts up with me some days. I use to tease him constantly when my dad was dating his mom about getting bunk beds. Because we'd so obviously be sharing a room and staying up all night talking? No, but it was fun to watch him freak out. His getting the scholarship to Hearst was half the reason I ended up there myself. The other half being the close proximity to my dad. I may hate this town as a whole, but hey, the people I love are here. The idea of not seeing Wallace for four years after having him not being around for a good chunk of last year was not really something I wanted to do. Sure, pissing off the PCHers and getting duct taped naked to the Neptune High flagpole was not a highlight of his life, but I'd say neither of us are anything but thankful that I cut him down that day. I may not always be as open with him as I was with Lilly, but I'm damaged goods in a lot of ways that has serious trust issues. I can't help but think everyone's just going to vanish in some way or another if I let them in.
He changed my life, that's for sure. He cracked through that bitter shell and made himself a fixture in my life despite everyone telling him to stay away. I'm still not sure I deserve him, but I'm thankful he's here.
muse: Veronica Mars
fandom: Veronica Mars
word count: 887
So, who is my best friend and why?
1. Lilly Kane.
It's such a raging cliché, but I honestly don't remember a point in which she wasn't in my life (until the obvious, anyway). She was just always there. Forcing me to do things that pushed my boundaries, constantly making sure my comfort zone was so far behind me that I couldn't even see it anymore. And if it had been anyone but Lilly I would have hated that. But it was Lilly, and as much as it was for her own amusement, it was also because she loved me and she wanted me to actually get out there and experience life. Be it Fleet Week or the Limo party or whatever else it was she talked me into doing, I can't say I regret any of it. This would probably sound insane to anyone who knew me in Junior High and doesn't know me now, but I firmly believe I'm better for it.
She was the one I did all that stereotypical stuff with: she taught me how to apply make-up, how to properly accessorize. How to kiss a boy. Not that Duncan knows that and it's probably better that way, all things considered. We used to daydream that we'd be sisters by marriage. Elevated my social standing well beyond that of Sheriff's Daughter. I told her everything. She told me almost everything. I think she was planning on telling me about Aaron the day she died. She didn't mention Weevil, though. I couldn't begin to guess why. I don't think she was ashamed or anything, but she was a Kane and... as much as it would have made Celeste's head explode, she had an image to protect. Not that her not telling me she as screwing around with Weevil is really that important in the grand scheme of things. She was my best friend. The one person who knew me in ways that most people won't ever get a chance to. Who knew a girl that doesn't exist anymore.
2. Wallace Fennel
Why is Wallace my 'BFF' now? There's a lot of reasons for this. I'm not sure I could even begin to explain them all, honestly. First and foremost... he wasn't scared off by my beyond horrible reputation or my attempts to drive him away. He had a point when he said he could either hang with the people who laughed at him or the girl who cut him off the flagpole. At the time I never thought in a million years he would end up being as important to me as he is now. I had a best friend. I wasn't in the market for a replacement. I had friends who had all turned on me because I didn't turn on my dad. I didn't want to go through that again. But Wallace stuck it out. There are few things I've been more thankful for than that. I don't know what I'd do without him. Even when he makes me crazy by calling me on my crap, I know my life is better because he's in it. I know how much it sucks when he's not.
I'm not sure he even really gets how much he means to me. Or why he puts up with me some days. I use to tease him constantly when my dad was dating his mom about getting bunk beds. Because we'd so obviously be sharing a room and staying up all night talking? No, but it was fun to watch him freak out. His getting the scholarship to Hearst was half the reason I ended up there myself. The other half being the close proximity to my dad. I may hate this town as a whole, but hey, the people I love are here. The idea of not seeing Wallace for four years after having him not being around for a good chunk of last year was not really something I wanted to do. Sure, pissing off the PCHers and getting duct taped naked to the Neptune High flagpole was not a highlight of his life, but I'd say neither of us are anything but thankful that I cut him down that day. I may not always be as open with him as I was with Lilly, but I'm damaged goods in a lot of ways that has serious trust issues. I can't help but think everyone's just going to vanish in some way or another if I let them in.
He changed my life, that's for sure. He cracked through that bitter shell and made himself a fixture in my life despite everyone telling him to stay away. I'm still not sure I deserve him, but I'm thankful he's here.
muse: Veronica Mars
fandom: Veronica Mars
word count: 887