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In this AU:
Hannah never killed herself because
-Justin still took the pic of Hannah and spread it, but Zach made him apologize
-Jess never dated Alex, so they never lost touch, and jess never called her a slut
-Alex never put anything on the hot or not list because he figured out he was gay after kissing both Jess and Hannah.
-Tyler never stalked Hannah but told her he liked her. She turned him down but made sure they stayed friends
-Courtney never told Monty that it was Hannah and some other girl, instead, she (felt ready and) came out to the school and her dads. (plus Monty was a decent person in this AU (continue reading for why))
-Marcus didn't go to the dollar valentine with Hannah, Zach did, and Zach was a sweet, respectful, perfectly nice boy.
-Zach never stole any notes from Hannah’s bag, and yes, they did have their grease-like summer fling, but they ultimately decided they were better off as friends
-Ryan never had a chance to publish that poem, because Hannah didn't write it. She wasn't bullied so bad so she felt comfortable in her skin and had friends who supported her. Instead, Ryan asked if he could publish a different poem of Hannah's and she said yes.
-Sheri never hit the stop sign (SWEET BOI JEFF IS ALIIIIVE YAAAAAY)
-Clay and Hannah are dating because Jeff helped him with his game. And Hannah never turned clay down at that party (where Jess got raped and Jeff died in the OU).
-Justin and Jess are dating, Bryce never raped jess (read more to find out why) Justin was adopted by Clay’s parents because he turned to clay when he was in trouble, instead of living on the streets. He told everyone about how his stepdad abused him and he never went to Bryce's to stay, so he never was close to him in that way.
-Bryce never raped Jess or Hannah or any other girl because Zach, Justin, Monty, and Scott took down Bryce, so he wasn't the king of the school. They took him down because they saw what he tried to do to Chloe in the clubhouse, plus he bullied a bunch of people. So, they thought he shouldn't run the school.
-that also meant that Monty never defended Bryce and never went crazy because of it. He actually was a nice guy after Bryce was out of his life. He and his little sister, Estela, were all friends with the others.
-Porter never had a chance to mess up with Hannah, because she never got raped by Bryce and none of the other stuff happened to make her severely depressed and suicidal.
A couple of other things:
-Monty and Estela live with Zach because CPS took them away from their abusive father. Estela and Monty both have their own rooms because their house is so big.
-Monty came out as gay to his friends and it was very hard for him because of his previous family life. Everyone obviously supported him and he’s dating Winston who he met at school because he recently transferred there.
-Ani permanently moved away when her mom got sick. (clay and Ani were never a thing obviously)
-Zach is dating Chloe
-Tony is still dating Caleb
-Tyler and Estela are dating (Monty is in full support)
-Jeff has an amazing girlfriend named Lauren who is best friends with Jess and super close with the others too.
(what I’m telling you is almost everyone is happy and in a relationship except Alex...for now)
-Lauren is best friends with charlie, they've been best friends since they were little, she's the only one that knows about charlie's mom, and he told her not to tell anyone, Charlie and Lauren call each other Brix(short for Brixton) and Grace(Lauren's middle name)
(if you want to picture her while you're reading, Lauren is about 5'4" (1.625 m) she has midlength hair that fades from brown to blonde (ombre). shes very beautiful but not in a conventional way. She has deep blue eyes, she's In Marching band where she plays the Mellophone/Horn. shes very nerdy and smart, she's in AP calculus and Psychology. She and Jeff met through Clay because Clay was tutoring her for English class.
RELATIONSHIPS:
Jess and Justin
Hannah and Clay
Tony and Caleb
Chloe and Zach
Monty and Winston
Lauren and Jeff
Estela and Tyler
Obviously, eventually Charlie and Alex.