Welcome to Trainwrecks, a free-to-read fiction serial that follows a group of six Seattle-adjacent friends from the year 2004 to the year 2015. Join Luna Cruz, Sebastian Velasquez, Dimitri and Victoria Hale, Duke Kingston, and Jasmine Nolan as they stumble their way from adolescence to adulthood, falling in love, making mistakes, overcoming their pasts, and staying together through it all.
For series introduction, character profiles, relationship charts, and general orientation, check out the Table of Contents!
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AOL Chat Room—Peanut Butter Cups
April 6, 2005
Spring Break
Moona: I miss Duke ):
Dimwit_Genius: It’s only been four days.
Moona: Yeah but it’s his PRESENCE that’s missing
Moona: In my brain map of Washington, Bellevue’s a black hole without him ;O;
Smooth Jazz: I for one am looking forward to a peaceful night of bowling
Seblasquez: How do you think he’s holding up in Colorado?
Smooth Jazz: He’s probably crying about how cold it is
Smooth Jazz: on a snow covered mountain
Victoria: I shouldn’t laugh, but…
Moona: Oh he’s definitely complaining about the cold
Dimwit_Genius: More importantly
Dimwit_Genius: are we still going to act like he’s not a rich douchebag
Dimwit_Genius: when he is currently skiing in Aspen?
Seblasquez: It’s not like he wanted to go.
Moona: Yeah his mom totally dropped the bomb on him last minute
Victoria: He’s not in Aspen.
Moona: Oh yeah, he’s in…
Moona: uuuuh I forgot what it’s called but it sounded like crusty butt
Seblasquez: Don’t you have an atlas in your room?
Moona: I don’t feel like getting up UwU
Smooth Jazz: When’s he supposed to be back?
Moona: Sunday ))):
Dimwit_Genius: If we’re lucky he’ll just stay there forever
Seblasquez: Atlas confiscated. The town is called Crested Butte.
Moona: Yeah Crusty Butt, what did I say?
Sir Duke: You assholes know this resort has wifi right
Moona: DUUUUUUUUKE <3
~*~
April 7, 2005
Dimwit_Genius: Is Dad home?
Victoria: I haven’t seen him all morning.
Dimwit_Genius: Mom’s not home either.
Victoria: Maybe they’re together?
Dimwit_Genius: …
Victoria: Would it really be such a terrible thing if they were?
Victoria: They were married before so I assume they were friends as well…
Dimwit_Genius: You don’t ditch your friends when they get sick.
Victoria: It’s none of our business.
Dimwit_Genius: How is it not? We’re their KIDS
Dimwit_Genius: We’re the ones who got screwed over when they divorced.
Dimwit_Genius: I’ll have a whole hell of a lot to say about their relationship
Dimwit_Genius: when they stop sneaking around behind our backs like cowards
Victoria: I wish you weren’t so angry.
Dimwit_Genius: Believe it or not, so do I.
~*~
AOL Chat Room—Peanut Butter Cups
April 11, 2005
Smooth Jazz: Spring break wasn’t long enough. I need a medically induced coma
Dimwit_Genius: If you drop out of school, every day can be spring break. <3
Seblasquez: That’s your most terrible piece of advice yet…
Dimwit_Genius: They can’t all be good.
Sir Duke: I’m just glad I’m not stuck at DIA anymore
Sir Duke: Fucking snowstorms
Moona: Did you get me a souvenir?? oAo
Sir Duke: Yeah a whole jar of snow
Moona: -.-
~*~
Sir Duke: Surprised you’re still awake.
Victoria: I procrastinated on the maths homework.
Sir Duke: And yet here you are online
Victoria: Why are YOU still up?
Sir Duke: Jetlag
Victoria: It was a one-hour time difference…
Sir Duke: Doesn’t mean I can’t be jetlagged
Victoria: Oh dear, it really is late. My father just got home.
Sir Duke: He must be pretty busy
Victoria: People are always getting banged up somehow.
Sir Duke: You ever stay with your mom?
Victoria: Mum and I aren’t that close yet. And she’s busy with her writing.
Victoria: I thought perhaps she didn’t like me at first, but Dimitri says she’s just shy.
Sir Duke: Your mom’s the last person I’d call shy…
Victoria: It doesn’t help that I feel nervous around her as well.
Sir Duke: Why’s that?
Victoria: She may be my mum, but I only met her in person this year. It’s all so strange.
Victoria: And then I see pictures of her and dad and Dimitri before I came along and they looked so happy together…
Victoria: Sometimes I feel like I ruined her life just by being born.
Sir Duke: Whoa whoa wait a minute
Victoria: Dimitri loves to complain about how he was cheated out of his childhood
Victoria: but at least he got married parents and a mum who loved him
Sir Duke: That’s a fucked up way of thinking
Victoria: Sorry, I am quite tired. See you at school.
~*~
Sir Duke: Hey asshole, is your mom going to be home tomorrow?
Dimwit_Genius: As far as I know. Why?
Sir Duke: Gotta talk to her about something.
Dimwit_Genius: SHE’S NOT ADOPTING YOU
Sir Duke: Could you be any more of a freak
Emoticon Key for Emoji Users:
;O; - a crying face with a big open mouth
UwU - a smiling face with closed eyes
oAo - open eyes and an open mouth, often used for shock/surprise/curiosity/need
-.- - an annoyed face with narrow or closed eyes
): - a sad face
<3 - a heart
Author’s Note: Dimitri has some weird fears, huh? This week’s bonus episode will flash back to Duke’s evening at Denver International Airport, and it is my favorite of the bonus episodes because reasons. :D
So Duke's going to pay Makoto a visit... that should be fun lol
Also I love the little detail of Luna owning an atlas but not wanting to go get it so Seb comes into her room and gets it himself :) true sibling behavior :)