S1 Episode 3A
Spooky Season
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.
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AOL Chat Room—VOTE FOR PEDRO
October 1, 2004
Moona: Am I the only one who needs more time for their Halloween costume?
Sir Duke: You’re the only person making yours from scratch, so…
Moona: Seriously??
Dimwit_Genius: Mine is handmade but it’s hardly new. Why reinvent the wheel?
Victoria: What’s your costume?
Moona: Bedsheet ghost
Dimwit_Genius: Bedsheet ghost
Seblasquez: Bedsheet ghost
Smooth Jazz: Wow.
Victoria: Honestly.
Dimwit_Genius: What’s your costume, Jazzy-poo? Sexy nurse? Sexy schoolteacher? Sexy Alpine girl?
Smooth Jazz: Brave of you to publicly reveal your fetishes like that.
Sir Duke: LMAO
Moona: EEEEEEWWWWWWWWW
Seblasquez: I’m going as a deranged sports fan.
Victoria: Are you all going trick-or-treating?
Moona: No, we just dress up and eat a ton of candy.
Dimwit_Genius: I’m going to a party that night.
Smooth Jazz: To find a sexy nurse/schoolteacher/Alpine girl?
Dimwit_Genius: MAYBE
Moona: Please stop
Seblasquez: I’m signing off before this gets any weirder…
~*~
Sir Duke: Have you beaten Pokemon Leaf Green yet?
Moona: Uuuuhhh
Sir Duke: Oh come on!
Moona: Sorry!! Between school and Victoria’s birthday party plans I’ve been super busy
Moona: This sleepover is going to be SO EPIC
Sir Duke: If you say so
Moona: Are you still mad at her?
Sir Duke: YES
Sir Duke: I’VE BEEN TRYING TO BE NICE TO HER
Sir Duke: BUT YOU SEE HOW SHE TREATS ME
Moona: I really don’t know how you got into a fight about bananas of all things D:
Sir Duke: BANANAS ARE GROSS
Sir Duke: NOT LIKING THEM DOESN’T MAKE ME ANY LESS OF A PERSON
Moona: I know, I know
Moona: I’ll talk to her… again…
~*~
Smooth Jazz: Did you actually sign out or are you only invisible?
Seblasquez: You caught me
Smooth Jazz: Haha
Smooth Jazz: Will you be home during Victoria’s sleepover?
Seblasquez: Nope. I’m spending the night at Duke’s
Smooth Jazz: Okay good. I don’t think my parents will let me go if you’re there.
Smooth Jazz: Not because they don’t trust you but…
Seblasquez: I get it.
Smooth Jazz: Victoria’s pretty
Seblasquez: You think so?
Smooth Jazz: Don’t you?
Seblasquez: Well yeah
Seblasquez: But in a totally platonic way
Smooth Jazz: Because you’re hung up on her brother?
Seblasquez: What makes you say that?
Smooth Jazz: It’s written all over your face
Smooth Jazz: Even Luna noticed
Seblasquez: Whatever
Seblasquez: Not like I have a chance with him anyway
Smooth Jazz: You mean HE doesn’t have a chance with YOU
Smooth Jazz: You’re out of Dimitri’s league
Seblasquez: Why do you hate him so much?
Smooth Jazz: I don’t
Smooth Jazz: I just don’t like being around him because he reminds me of the bad days
Seblasquez: Sorry
Smooth Jazz: Also he’s THE MOST IRRITATING GUY ON THE PLANET
Seblasquez: He can be pretty annoying
Smooth Jazz: Just be careful ok?
Seblasquez: I will.
Emoticon Key for Emoji Users:
D: = a worried/sad face with mouth open
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