After Mari had so rudely thrusted the empty, metal pale into Jackie’s arms and ordered her to get more water, you thought you’d accompany her. Sure, you had your own chores to do and being caught trailing after Jackie like a lost puppy probably wasn’t the smartest idea. But you could see Jackie slowly curling in on herself and the tide turning against her.

Everyone else was lucky to adjust to this fucked up situation so easily. Jackie was just scared and didn’t know how to do some things. And this was just, well, different. Everyone else expecting her to be an expert out here were just mean and full of themselves.

And, well, you’ve been crushing on Jackie for like forever. So yeah.

You tripped over yourself like the awkward mess that you are and followed after her. She had made the long trek to the lake and was trying to fill the bucket to the brim. Even with her biceps, lugging that back was gonna take a while for Jackie. Perfect excuse for you to help!