Everyday Life
 | This chapter is exclusively available to members of Bittersweet Club International. |
| Everyday Life | |
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| Published | March 29, 2019 |
| Page count | 25 |
| Major characters | Paulo, Abbey, Daisy, Mike, David, Sue |
| Minor characters | Molly, Janet, Daisy’s mom, Rodrigo, Rachel, Amaya, Courtney, Miranda, James |
| Locations | Roseville High School, Daisy’s house, Paulo’s house, Abbey’s house, Burger-Tron |
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Everyday Life is a Bittersweet Club International-exclusive comic that follows the Roseville High gang through one ordinary school day, one narrator at a time, during the quiet stretch just before Lucy comes back to town. Everyone insists they’re doing just fine.
Partial synopsis
The comic divides its 25 pages into five segments set during the same school day. Daisy, Paulo, Abbey and Mike each narrate one five-page segment, while David and Sue share the last.
Daisy is up first, bouncing awake with a cheery “A new day with so many possibilities!”[1] She then spends ages straightening her naturally curly hair. In the car, her mom gently encourages her to accept the curls and jokes about having married Daisy’s father.[2] At school, Daisy lists her boyfriend, extracurriculars and friends as reasons she likes being there, yet lunch still feels empty to her.[3] Paulo keeps ignoring her, and she knows that reaching out would upset Abbey. She does not want to hurt either of them, so she invites Abbey to a movie and resolves to put him first while deciding she can work things out with Paulo later.[4]
At home, Rodrigo wakes an exhausted Paulo, who privately dreads another day at school.[5] He keeps up his bravado but takes genuine pride in his work at Burger-Tron.[6]
For now, everyone’s routine is holding together, more or less. Lucy won’t stay away forever, though...
Trivia & observations
- This is James’s first appearance anywhere in the series. Veronica later said that “Only James existed when he debuted in Everyday Life!” and that the rest of the track team came later.[7] Here, he is Paulo’s Burger-Tron coworker and is ecstatic to share a shift with him.[6] Veronica also found the idea of him being “Paulo’s little crush kinda fun” and placed him at a private school so Paulo could keep the crush hidden.[8]
Related chapters
- Love Again: Lucy returns to Roseville High in the next main-comic chapter, which also picks up the strained relationships among Daisy, Abbey and Paulo.
- Golden Hour: During the summer beach trip, Daisy told Paulo over the phone that he was terrible and had always been the aggressor. Their argument sets up the silence between them here.
- Track Meet: James receives his first speaking role in the main comic here after transferring from private school. He and Paulo recognize each other as Burger-Tron coworkers.
References
- ↑ Everyday Life, page 1 🔒 (members only)
- ↑ Everyday Life, page 2 🔒 (members only)
- ↑ Everyday Life, page 3 🔒 (members only)
- ↑ Everyday Life, page 5 🔒 (members only)
- ↑ Everyday Life, page 6 🔒 (members only)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Everyday Life, page 8 🔒 (members only)
- ↑ “Were James and the track team planned from the start?”. 2025-10-31.
- ↑ “Follow-up on James’s introduction and crush storyline”. 2026-05-28.