Open Facing Reality

[Ivelisse Burleigh]

If today had made Ivelisse realize anything it was that she was nowhere near where she would've hoped to be during her third year. By now, she would've thought she'd be surrounded by friends. Even if that meant having to fake her way through some friendships. So far, that hadn't exactly worked out though. She had tried, with Celia, but whatever sort of formal relationship they had managed to keep up had completely crashed after their encounter in the hospital wing. No matter how much she had wanted to be surrounded by friends when she first arrived at the school Ive was slowly starting to realize that perhaps that wasn't what she needed. Did she want to be popular? Sure, who wouldn't. But the fear of not receiving any roses today had hit her harder than she would've expected. She hadn't even wished to receive tons of them, just a few. From the people she actually cared about. So maybe being popular wasn't all that it was made out to be. Maybe she didn't need to be surrounded by others. She just needed some friends. Real friends, like Eugene and Crystal. After entering the hall Ive looked around as she tried to decide what to do, eventually settling on grabbing herself a drink and sitting down at one of the heart shaped tables, quietly observing the crowd of students.