First: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1097232645/ Previous: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1166218329/ Next: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1169904263/ Thumbnail by @Mai_Wildhunter Chapter 51 - "Wake up." "I want to sleep-" Cleo pulled the duvet off Pearl. "Get up. You're trying on outfits with your fiancée today." "Can't it wait until tomorrow?" "Pearl. You've been saying that for a month. You have said and I quote 'I'm too tired' 'I don't like dresses' 'This is ridiculous' 'Can't it wait another day' and 'If I have to be in the same room as that man for more than five seconds I cannot be held accountable for what happens to him' " Cleo paused before adding. "That last one is my favourite." "Go away." "You can't stay in there forever Joel." "Yes I can." "Joel..." *Later* Joel looked like a mess. Pearl noted. He looked like he'd been crying and his hair was sticking up. "Go away." He muttered. It wasn't even delivered forcefully. Pearl shrugged, before leaning in and whispering. "How's your boyfriend?" This only seemed to make things worse. "Ex -boyfriend. He- He dumped me." Joel sounded close to tears. "I- Uh..." Pearl wasn't sure what to say. She'd never been with anyone. "That's sad-" "OF COURSE IT'S SAD I LOVE HIM PEARL!" Etho was regretting his decision slightly. It- It wasn't the same without Joel there. It was lonely not having Joel trying to distract him every five seconds or suggesting they sneak off. Joel was never going to bother him again. And no matter how much it hvrt Joel, Etho was hvrting more.
