part one: as beautiful as she is terrible

"Is there any scenario where this doesn't end in disaster?"
"This" being: Hope is in love with Lizzie and is best friends with Josie, and Josie is Lizzie's twin sister and Penelope's ex girlfriend, and Penelope is still in love with Josie but is sleeping with Hope, who still hates Penelope, no matter what anyone else might say.
This is why it's easier to just never care about anyone. Hope thinks.
She puts her head down on the table with a thunk. "No. This is so fucked up."
Penelope just laughs.