Faith Eliza Cord
Four Thousand Club
(you used someone from Pretty Little Liars, didn't you?)
"Sorry, sorry...I'm not hitting anything," Sheena said somewhat defensively, even as she narrowly missed driving up onto the sidewalk. "Dammit, these streets are uneven or something..."
Caroline considers Andrea's alternative suggestions for her clothing and accessories with a slightly disappointed nod, but perks up when Andrea tells her she will fix her hair and do a makeover. "Oh, that would be neat...and I can wear all my new clothes, and you can show me how to do it right. Oh, and you can do Sheena too! Do you not know how to do that stuff either, Sheena? Because you're not wearing makeup, and your clothes don't look like they fit right. Do you need new stuff too? Oh, and your hair is sort of messy."
She says it all casually, not intending to be mean about it, even as Sheena again checks the girl's face in the rearview mirror, swerving dangerously as she does so. She isn't sure how to take what Caroline said or what she meant by it. From anyone else Sheena would be defensive and take it to be them mocking her, but she is pretty sure that Caroline is just saying what she's thinking without trying to be offensive. It seems that the girl is clueless as to how she comes across to people sometimes.
"I don't want Andrea to do my clothes or makeup, I don't like makeup," she said instead, though a bit stiffly.
"Why?" Caroline asked, genuinely curious. "Don't you like looking pretty?"
"Nope," Sheena said simply, knowing that Caroline didn't mean to imply that she wasn't pretty. "I don't much care."
"Are you SURE I can't have a bra?" Caroline asked Andrea next then, leaning forward and tapping her arm. "I can grow into it."
"Caro, seriously, be glad you don't need one, I'd rather NOT," Sheena told her, meaning it sincerely. "Hell, when I was your age I would wrap myself up in tape so I wouldn't have to wear one. I didn't WANT it."
"That's weird...hey! Maybe you could give me one of yours then if you don't want it!" was Caroline's next idea.
Sheena was glad that she was pulling into the mall parking lot as the girl spoke, only slightly scraping the curb, and that this gave the an excuse to get out quickly and change the subject. "We're here!"
**
"You think she could not?" Rikarah raised her eyebrows at Alice over her drink as she took another, slower swallow, tapping her fingernails on the table. "If Sheena could mess up so badly with Christian around, what would stop Esme from doing so, other than a few more brain cells? Christian himself is not unfathomable."
She notices Alice's cough and quick, covering gesture with her hand when she brings up Nathan and knows that this has impacted her; it was half the reason that she had done so, to judge her reaction. If Alice has not heard from Nathan, then she probably wishes, at least in part, that she would. Clearly he has not been forgotten, not that Rikarah ever would expect him to be on Alice's behalf. One could not simply do away with feelings towards one's mate, no matter how much distance and time spanned between.
"I have not," she told her, shaking her head. "But it appears that you would like my answer to have been yes." She pauses, then reaches one hand beneath the table, covering Alice's without taking her eyes from hers. "Have you tried to contact him?"
"Sorry, sorry...I'm not hitting anything," Sheena said somewhat defensively, even as she narrowly missed driving up onto the sidewalk. "Dammit, these streets are uneven or something..."
Caroline considers Andrea's alternative suggestions for her clothing and accessories with a slightly disappointed nod, but perks up when Andrea tells her she will fix her hair and do a makeover. "Oh, that would be neat...and I can wear all my new clothes, and you can show me how to do it right. Oh, and you can do Sheena too! Do you not know how to do that stuff either, Sheena? Because you're not wearing makeup, and your clothes don't look like they fit right. Do you need new stuff too? Oh, and your hair is sort of messy."
She says it all casually, not intending to be mean about it, even as Sheena again checks the girl's face in the rearview mirror, swerving dangerously as she does so. She isn't sure how to take what Caroline said or what she meant by it. From anyone else Sheena would be defensive and take it to be them mocking her, but she is pretty sure that Caroline is just saying what she's thinking without trying to be offensive. It seems that the girl is clueless as to how she comes across to people sometimes.
"I don't want Andrea to do my clothes or makeup, I don't like makeup," she said instead, though a bit stiffly.
"Why?" Caroline asked, genuinely curious. "Don't you like looking pretty?"
"Nope," Sheena said simply, knowing that Caroline didn't mean to imply that she wasn't pretty. "I don't much care."
"Are you SURE I can't have a bra?" Caroline asked Andrea next then, leaning forward and tapping her arm. "I can grow into it."
"Caro, seriously, be glad you don't need one, I'd rather NOT," Sheena told her, meaning it sincerely. "Hell, when I was your age I would wrap myself up in tape so I wouldn't have to wear one. I didn't WANT it."
"That's weird...hey! Maybe you could give me one of yours then if you don't want it!" was Caroline's next idea.
Sheena was glad that she was pulling into the mall parking lot as the girl spoke, only slightly scraping the curb, and that this gave the an excuse to get out quickly and change the subject. "We're here!"
**
"You think she could not?" Rikarah raised her eyebrows at Alice over her drink as she took another, slower swallow, tapping her fingernails on the table. "If Sheena could mess up so badly with Christian around, what would stop Esme from doing so, other than a few more brain cells? Christian himself is not unfathomable."
She notices Alice's cough and quick, covering gesture with her hand when she brings up Nathan and knows that this has impacted her; it was half the reason that she had done so, to judge her reaction. If Alice has not heard from Nathan, then she probably wishes, at least in part, that she would. Clearly he has not been forgotten, not that Rikarah ever would expect him to be on Alice's behalf. One could not simply do away with feelings towards one's mate, no matter how much distance and time spanned between.
"I have not," she told her, shaking her head. "But it appears that you would like my answer to have been yes." She pauses, then reaches one hand beneath the table, covering Alice's without taking her eyes from hers. "Have you tried to contact him?"