Ahh! I hit a wall with creators block on a personal project so I decided to just jot down all of the ideas I had for Moving Too Fast and I am very excited to announce that I have chapters planned through Chapter 50! It will most likely continue after Chapter 50, or it might branch off into one or two spin-offs. Or there will be a significant time jump. We'll see. Probably it'll just continue after chapter 50. We'll see where things go!

To answer a few questions that honestly baffle me, Scout is not related to any BH6 members, though his parents used to work for Sycorax. The newest Tomago baby is a boy. As for "who the hell are all these characters" read every chapter and you'll find out :D


In Luca and Reese's mind, there was no doubt that Scout was part of the family. He already argued with Reese like a brother. They were arguing about Star Wars, specifically who the best Star Wars character was. Scout devotedly backed Anakin and Reese passionately supported Han Solo. They didn't care a lick about the fact that they had a guest, who was quietly keeping their vote for Kylo Ren to themself.

"Let's go upstairs," Luca suggested sheepishly, grabbing Nova's hand and heading towards the stairs.

"You never told me," Nova said, squeezing Luca's hand before they separated, "did you get the part?"

"Oh, yeah! You're looking at the newest Travis Younger."

"That's awesome, Luca. I can't wait to see you on stage."

"Well, you have your pick of opportunities. We're doing shows every weekend in July. I'll send you the schedule."

"Can I come to more than one?"

"Sure, my family is. I don't know why you'd want to, though. It's an old play, it's going to be the same thing every night."

"Yeah, but it's you. You're my friend and I want to support you." Nova smiled warmly at Luca, running a hand through their hair and lightly blushing when Luca smiled back.

"Thanks, Nova. Maybe don't come to every performance, but do what you want to do."

"How about the first and last?" Nova compromised.

"Sounds good. Now, are you going to show me how to do lipstick?"

"Sure. There's some stuff I want to try out." They sat together at the vanity desk, Legally Blonde the musical playing in Luca's head as Nova picked a shade and took Luca's face in their hands.

The argument had died down in the living room and Reese was sulking like a sore winner. Scout, despite losing the argument, felt bad for coming so close to fighting with Reese.

"Hey," he called. She ignored him, clicking through, Disney+ for something to watch.

"Hey, Reese." She glanced at him and clicked on High School Musical The Musical The Series.

"Reese, I'm sorry I said Anakin was better than Han Solo."

"And?"

"And?" Scout was confused.

"And you were wrong. Because he isn't."

"And I'm willing to admit that you present a convincing argument and in all the ways you listed Han does seem cooler than Anakin." Reese opened her mouth to argue and then closed it. That was close enough of a victory.

"I was wondering if you wanted to play Animal Crossing with me."

"I don't have Animal Crossing," Reese pointed out.

"Oh, yeah, I know. But you can make an account on my switch and have your own little house on my island."

"Oh, okay, cool. Thanks, I'd be willing to try it."

"And then we can run around the island together."

"Sounds fun." Scout grinned and passed her his switch, walking her through it. She created her avatar and gave herself the name QueenReese.

"That's perfect. If you let me pop over to my house real quick before we start playing together, I have something for you."

"Alright," Reese was intrigued, and she had to admit she was touched when he presented her with a crown.

"Thank you, Scout. You can be my Knight." She examined the tent she was required to place.

"Not much of a castle."

"Not yet. Let's get your miles up and you can pay off the tent. Then we can raid the money orchard for resources to pay off your first upgrade."

"Money Orchard?"

"You'll see. I… I'm really good at this game. It helps me get out of my head, so I have spent a lot of time making my island look pretty and earning, like, a lot of money…"

"That's pretty cool, Scout."

"You think so? Someone like you… I just didn't know this kind of thing would interest you."

"What do you mean someone like me?"

"You know, athletic, tough…"

"Scout, you play football."

"Yeah, but I'm not anywhere near as tough as you."

"You really think that?"

"Totally. I'm scared of a lot of things."

"But who isn't?"

"You?" He guessed.

Reese sighed and looked around, leaning closer and whispering, "I'm afraid of people."

Scout's eyes widened, "Whoa, seriously?"

"Don't make fun of me!"

"I'm not. There's nothing wrong with being afraid of people. People are weird and do bad stuff sometimes."

"Thank you! You get it."

"I'm afraid of spiders, among other things."

"So you can't be Spiderman, nothing wrong with that."

"Actually, I'd argue that being afraid of spiders makes me an even better candidate to be Spiderman."

"Oh, maybe if you were Spiderman your eyesight wouldn't be as bad."

"And I could play football again."

"Which do you like more, football or art?"

"Art. Which do you like more, basketball or soccer?"

"Basketball, obviously."

"Basketball or singing?" Scout prodded.

"I don't sing."

"Okay, Troy, you sing all the time. This morning you were singing Revolting children."

"Yeah, that's a good song…"

"Do you ever think you'd be in a musical?"

"I'm not like Luca, I can't get up in front of people like that."

"What's the difference between singing in front of people and playing basketball in front of people?"

"I'm good at basketball."

"You're good at singing."

"Thanks. Maybe. If it was a good enough musical, I might try out."

"Who would you want to play, more than anyone else?"

"Heather Chandler. If I'm gonna get up on stage I want to have fun with it."

"And your idea of fun is being an evil high schooler who gets murdered?"

"I'd settle with being an evil middle schooler who gets murdered."

"That's fair."

"Hey, Scout, do you want to do something kind of evil?"

"I've spent my whole life trying not to but what do you have in mind?"

"Let's go interrupt Luca and Nova's date."

"I think Luca is the only person in the whole world who doesn't realize that Nova's into him."

"Some of the girls who are into him don't realize it either."

"There are a lot of those?" Scout guessed as they climbed the stairs.

"Way too many."

"Anyone like you?"

"Way too many."

"It's okay, I'm not interested in a relationship with anyone right now either."

"Uncle Khary is like that. He's got to be really close to someone. But, just to warn you, Ilisa is still super-duper into you and thinks you two will be getting back together."

"Fat chance. She's a pretty girl but she's kind of super mean."

"Bonnie said that. Oh my gosh, you'd love Bonnie, she's the nicest girl ever and she has a crush on Zayne. It's adorable."

"Did you… Did you just use his actual name? You always call him Shane."

"Don't you dare tell him anything I just said to you."

"My lips are zipped." They snuck up on Luca's door together, did a quiet countdown, and flung it open. Nova and Luca were shoulder to shoulder on his futon, watching nonbinary TikToks and humming Prom Queen.

"What's up?" Luca asked, glancing at the others.

"Just wanted to check on you guys. Make sure you weren't too bored without us," Scout teased.

"Come hang out," Luca suggested.

"Ah, nah," Reese said, "Scout's teaching me how to play Animal Crossing. Just checking in. You staying for dinner, Nova?"

"Not this time, don't want to stress your parents out with my veganism."

"That's probably for the best. I like your skirt," Reese complimented.

"Thank you!" Nova beamed, smoothing out the wrinkles on their floral skirt.

"Well, see you later, have fun. Don't do anything I wouldn't do," Reese teased.

"Sure." And with that, Scout and Reese shut the door and headed back downstairs together.


Fun challenge: Watch a tiktok compilation for an identity you might not personally hold. Nonbinary tiktoks? Amazing. Trans tiktoks? Fantastic. Or watch a channel that covers that kind of stuff. Like jammiedodger! Very fun youtuber would recommend. Fun Fact: Sometime after I wrote this chapter I realized that I am also nonbinary.