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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDHM8cyJQa8
Margo wrote this about a year after she left Charming
The next morning Margo is woken up by her alarm and Atlas needing to go outside. She gets up and puts on her slippers and heads out to the back. She meets Willow, who’s sitting in her beanbag smoking a cigarette. “Morning girly.” Margo greets her. “Morning babe,” Willow says, “How did you sleep?” Margo throws Atlas his rope and sits down before she answers, “Slept ok, kept tossing and turning though.” Willow takes a drag before saying,” Makes sense you just had a lot thrown at you, without a lot of time to process it. Plus now you have to go home and see people you don't really want to see again.” “Yeah, I know. To be completely honest I'm mostly worried about Jax and Abel, like I could give less of a shit about anything else.” Margo says. “Now you and I both know that that’s not true. Like sure you're worried about them but I know you care more for the people there than you want to admit. Except maybe your mom, cause she’s a grade a bitch.” Willow says while laughing.
They both get up laughing and Margo calls for Atlas, then they head inside to make breakfast. Nikki is at the coffee maker and has her toast in already. They say a quiet good morning to Nikki knowing that she’s not a morning before till at least 3 cups of coffee. Willow pulls out the stuff for her breakfast while she waits for the coffee machine. Margo goes to the teapot on the stove and starts it, then pulls out her bagel and cream cheese. They all work side by side in silence until everyone is sitting down with their food and drinks.
Before Margo can even lift her cup to her mouth her phone starts ringing. She looks at the screen and sees it’s Ms. Lopez, so she answers, “What’s up, Ms. L?” She laughs before she responds,”It’s too early to deal with your sass Margo, but needs must and I just got off the phone with the realtor for the house Jax was talking about.” “Oh ok, what did they say?” Margo asks. “It’s yours, you just have to sign the papers when you get there. I sent everything about the house to your email, since I know you’d want to look. I went ahead and made the deal though, since I’d like to think I know your preferences by now.” Ms. Lopez giggles. “Very true, has anyone looked into someone to set up the studio in the new place yet?” Margo asks with a smile on her face. “Yeah, Martin is doing it, you should be getting an email from him sometime today or tomorrow.” Ms. Lopez replies. “Ok sounds good, i’ll look for your email and i’ll let you know when we get to the airport and when we get to Charming.” Margo tells her. “Sounds good to me. I hope y’all have a good trip.” Ms. Lopez respondes.
Margo finally starts eating when Nikki says,” Ms. Anderson sent me the email for the moving company with the details of when they’ll be here and when we can expect our shit to get to Charming.” Willow says,” We should probably pack everything we need for the next couple months after we finish eating.” Margo and Nikki both agree and keep eating. Atlas starts barking and running around under the table playing with their feet. Margo laughs and gets up, “Ok Atlas, i’ll get you your food.” She gets up and goes to his food and water bowls, she fills the water first and sets it down while she fills his food bowl. She sits back down and finishes her breakfast, then everyone gets up to go do the packing.
~time skip to when packing is done~
After she’s done packing she calls Jax. “What’s up, bitch?” He says when he answers the phone. She laughs and answers him, “Nothing asshole, I just wanted to let you know that we got the house and I'll get the keys when we get to town.” He sniggers, “Good, do you guys need a ride from the airport?” “No, we’re gonna rent an SUV cause we’re gonna get some shopping done for the house before we head there so we don’t have to go back out.” She explains. He hums, then says,” That’s a good idea actually.” She giggles,” Well yeah, I am known for having those jerk.” “So, I fucked up one of Darby’s guys.” He tells you. She splutters, “What the fuck Jax, why?” He sounds pissed when he says,” He’s the bitch that sold crank to Wendy!” “Oh fuck! Ok well then I hope you rocked his shit.” She exclaims. They both continue talking to each other while she packs. Nikki comes in asking, “Hey, do you want me to take Atlas outside to play?” Margo responds, “Yes please, I wanna try and wear him out so he’s not going crazy on the flight.” Nikki just nods at her and picks up Atlas as he’s trying to eat Margo’s phone cord. “Come on little man, let’s go play.” Nikki baby talks to Atlas as she takes him to the backyard. Margo hears someone calling for Jax over the phone. “Hey sis, I gotta go but i’ll see you tomorrow.” Jax tells her. “Ok that’s fine, I love you bubba.” Margo says quietly. “Love you too GoGo.” He responds just as quietly, then she hears the line click.
She finishes up her packing, then goes outside. “Hey girly.” Nikki is giggling. “What’s up?” Margo starts laughing when she sees why Nikki is, Atlas has gotten into the pool and is laying on one of the floats. Willow walks outside and starts laughing as well. After they all calm down they decide to sunbathe for a while since everything is packed it just needs to be brought to the living room. “Is anyone hungry?” Margo asks. “God yes!” Willow exclaims. “I’m kinda in the mood for sushi, what about y’all?” Nikki asks. “Yes please, that sounds amazing, and who knows how long it’ll be until we can have decent sushi after we get to Charming.” Margo says. Willow agrees and gets up to go get her phone. She comes back out and opens up doordash. “Ok, so what do we want?” She asks. Margo thinks for a second then says, “Why don’t we just get one or two of the samplers, so we can have a variety, and we won't have to eat dinner?” “Sounds good to me.” Nikki tells them both. Willow puts in their order and they all lay back down in their chairs.
30 minutes pass so they all get up and Margo goes and gets Atlas and they all go inside. Nikki heads to the front door to get the food while Willow and Margo are in the kitchen getting plates and drinks ready. They all sit down and start picking out what they want to eat. Nikki's phone dings so she looks down at it. “It’s Ms. Lopez, she’s just wanting to know where we’ll have all the boxes.” “Tell her they’ll be in the living room.” Willow says. Nikki types on her phone for a minute, “I did, she said to have a safe flight and have fun, but not too much fun.” She says giggling. Margo smirks, “She doesn’t know how Charming is, we’re in for a ride girls.” Willow smiles and says, “I’m down if y’all are?” “Let’s do this shit.” Nikki says laughing, which causes the other girls to laugh.
They eat in silence for a while all lost in their own thoughts. Willow tries to steal a salmon roll off Nikki’s plate so she smacks her with her chopsticks. “Ow what the hell!” Willow exclaims, holding her hand. Nikki smirks mischievously, “You could’ve just asked for it Will.” She places the roll on Willow’s plate. Willow smiles happily and says, “Thanks , Nik.” Margo just laughs and says, “Y’all are both ridiculous,” She flips the lid on one of the containers to show more salmon rolls. Willow just looks at it wide-eyed and says sheepishly, “Oops.” They all start laughing again.
After they finish eating, they all start bringing in the boxes from throughout the house to place them in the living room. Willow asks Margo, “Are sure you’re ready for this?” Margo stops and sits down, thinking, “I’m not really sure, everything is happening really fast. Which is probably a good thing, so I don’t have time to overthink too badly.” Willow sits down next to her and places her arm around her, “Yeah that’s probably true, not that it will stop you.” Margo smiles weakly, “I know, I just don’t want to see some of the people I left behind.” Nikki walks in having heard the last part of the conversation, “Like your mother?” Margo just shrugs, “Yeah, her and a few others, but mostly her.” Nikki sits down across from them both and says, “Well look at it this way, you made something of yourself. Without and in spite of her. You get to wake up everyday and love the life you’ve made for yourself. So fuck her, Margo!” Willow nods her head agreeing with Nikki, “Exactly, GoGo you’re an incredible person and she can’t claim she had anything to do with it.” Margo sits there with a small smile on her face and tears in her eyes, “Y’all are both bitches, you're gonna make me cry.” She says giggling.
Atlas jumps up on Margo and Willow’s laps, breaking the emotional moment. “Hey buddy, were we ignoring you?” Willow coos at him while petting his head. Margo pulls out her phone and orders an uber to take them to the airport, so they don’t have to leave one of their cars there. “Ok guys, the car will be here in 20 minutes so go change and grab everything you need.” Margo tells them both. They get up and go change into something comfortable and Margo takes Atlas out for the bathroom one last time. They meet back up right when the uber pulls into the driveway. They grab everything and Margo puts Atlas into his carrier, and they walk outside and she locks the door. The driver gets out to help them put their stuff into the SUV. They all get in and buckled up, and the driver heads towards the airport. “Well let’s get this shit show started.” Margo says laughing. Both girls start laughing with her, then settle in for the short drive.