𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒊 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒈𝒏𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒖𝒏𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒆, 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆....
𝒊𝒏 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 a kook princess and
a dirty pogue have history but both
ignored the feelings and stayed
in their safe little bubble...
KENNEDY THORNTON felt as if the figure eight has gripped her by the throat, with every passing day it was squeezing tighter and tighter until she can no longer breathe. From a young age, she was taught to hide all her imperfections, she could never truly be the person she wanted to be. On the outside, she was the perfect image of beauty, from her make-up always being flawless to the outfit that screamed rich. Kennedy Thornton was an enigma in Outer Banks, no one knew exactly how to explain her. With only a glance, she seemed like your normal Kook Princess, but once she graced you with her presence, she had completely changed your mind.
There were many layers to the Thornton girl. She was someone that you could never quite put in a box. There wasn't one girl on the island that didn't want to be her, and any boy that didn't want her. She was just perfect, she seemingly basked in the attention that people gave her. It was no secret that she was the favorite Thornton sibling, her twin Topper was practically non-existent when she came into the picture. She couldn't help it, people gravitated to her, like a moth to a flame. She was a seemingly polite, kind, and generous girl, the adoration that she received was astronomical.
Any normal person's ego would boost substantially, but not Kennedy. She understood why people adored her, the act she put on would make anyone fall in love with her presence. To everyone else, she was a high, Kennedy was something that they needed a fix of, she never failed to give them a euphoric feeling while they did so. But to Kennedy, she was just a hangover that could never be cured. While everyone boasted about the enigma that is Kennedy Thornton, she felt like it was all a lie. She felt like she wasn't theKennedy Thornton, people believed she was. She felt like an imposter, someone who had the exact features of the girl, but the mindset and personality didn't add up.
The façade that the Thornton girl put on wasn't who she is. After years and years of perfecting it, she was the perfect kook Princess that everyone wanted. No matter how much it tore her down, she always had to put on a show for the island, she portrayed someone that was one hundred percent not her. She knew no one wanted to see her true, genuine self. The Kennedy Thornton everyone saw was a mask of a person Kennedy didn't want to be. But the personality she painted every day was what the people of Outer Banks wanted, and everything her mother forced upon her, she felt guilty if she didn't give it to them.
Every fake smile, false laugh, Kennedy's throat burned with the urge to scream, but every time, the feeling was swallowed in order for the perfect chipper laugh to escape her red-tinted lips. Kennedy could feel her soul shriveling up into something that wasn't there, and it felt like it was too late to save herself. The girl was in too deep, her true self could never claw it's way up, she had to be what the people wanted, and if she wasn't, she was a burden to everyone around her.
