_{leftoverfear:}   BROOKE MADDOX.

_{❝    i think i can find a way to   - ——    help RELIEVE the stress,    ❞       she taunted.      ❝   please,     you’ve got this in the bag.     whoever tries to run against you doesn’t stand a chance.   ❞       though she was sure nina wouldn’t dare allow any of her friends to vote for spencer,     but brooke wasn’t concerned about that    ——    though she may not act like it from the outside,     spencer was her priority over the friends who were trying to uphold some kind of specific reputation.      she scoffed,     eyes rolling at spencer’s older sister’s name.      ❝   favoritism is a dirty game.    i’m not interested in whatever melissa does with her spare time.     as far as i’m concerned,     you’re smarter,    you’re more talented,     and   ——-     you’re much better looking,   ❞       she taunted.      teeth bit down on her lip,     head tilting up slightly.       ❝    oh,    spencer,     are you trying to take advantage of me?   ❞       she asked,     a small chuckle falling from her lips.      ❝   i thought you preferred nothing at all.    ❞}

_{brows raised at her taunt   ,  flashing an AMUSED grin because quite frankly she was SHOCKED that brooke was flirting with spencer}  out in the open.  _{granted   ,   they were inches from each other’s face and neither of their clique’s were around    ——-     ,    but they were still flirtatiously teasing each other in public.    ❛    yeah i bet you can.   pretty brave of you to flirt with me in a public area   ,}    maddox.   ❜    _{however   ,   own tone lowered a notch to be on the safe side.   neither of them were OUT  yet    ,   internally reminding slightly flushed brunette why they were in secret in the first place.      ❛    EVERYTHING  is a game to the hastings.   where else do you think i got my competitive drive and obsessive need for PERFECTIONISM from?    ❜      she remarked    ,   stating personality traits as if they were fatal flaws.   because they were    ,   but it wasn’t necessarily her own fault.   lips remained curved in a small grin   ,   head shaking while shrugging modestly.   though she’s always secretly thought herself to be smarter than melissa.    ❛     depends.   are you planning on showing up in nothing at all?     ❜}