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Bella moves. It's uneventful. She's not thrilled with the rain.
New kid shows up at the high school the next day. Hello, the high school. Hello, the students in the high school.
Hello, Jessica.
Jessica's very talkative. It's almost hypnotic.
"So what's Arizona like?"
"Well, sunnier."
"I bet! Wow, have you ever seen snow before?"
"On TV."
"Ha ha ha! Oh man is everybody really tan? Do you hang out at the pool all year round ogling boys?"
"I'm a little too gay to ogle boys."
"Oh! Oh wow. Okay. So um, I know this is a really small town, but guess what?" says Jessica.
"What?" asks Bella.
"We actually have a lesbian here! HEY SOLVEI!" Jessica hollers across the entire cafeteria.
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onceandforall
onceandforall
"Through insidious psychological conditioning. Unconscionable."
gloriousdawn
"Sitting still for hours on end until they think I am an oddly dressed tree, then bringing them food. The machinery of friendship!"
onceandforall
"Deception! They will not even know that you are a lesbian. Has it not been explained that this is your most important trait?"
(Does Jessica look like she might have the barest inkling of misstep? ...Nah.)
(Does Jessica look like she might have the barest inkling of misstep? ...Nah.)
gloriousdawn
"Won't they? Oh, I see, I forgot a step. In between the tree impersonation and the bringing them food, I obviously have to ostentatiously kiss a girl."
gloriousdawn
"The lack of volunteers has of course been why befriending the deer has been taking me so long."
onceandforall
"A serious problem. I'm given to understand lesbians are rare around here."
gloriousdawn
"So it would appear. Of course, you never know. We could be surrounded by deceivers."
onceandforall
"Hmmmmm," says Bella, glancing suspiciously at Jessica.
"...I'm straight," says Jessica.
"Of course you are."
"...I'm straight," says Jessica.
"Of course you are."
gloriousdawn
"Of course," agrees Solvei. "And Jessica's word is unfailingly accurate in all things."
onceandforall
"Ooh, omniscience. Tell us, Jessica, what are next week's Powerball numbers?"
Jessica giggles uncertainly.
Jessica giggles uncertainly.
gloriousdawn
Solvei grins.
And she opens the large nondescript bakery box sitting on her lunch tray next to all the cafeteria food.
"Today's offering is: chocolate truffles!" she says, holding the box out to Jessica and Bella. An assortment of truffles lurk within.
And she opens the large nondescript bakery box sitting on her lunch tray next to all the cafeteria food.
"Today's offering is: chocolate truffles!" she says, holding the box out to Jessica and Bella. An assortment of truffles lurk within.
onceandforall
Jessica takes one, smiling gratefully at Solvei for rescuing her from the Mean Lesbian.
"Ooh, truffles," says Bella. "Do they come with a map?"
"Ooh, truffles," says Bella. "Do they come with a map?"
onceandforall
"All right, what are our options and are any of 'em coconut?"
gloriousdawn
"No coconut today. White chocolate, milk chocolate, dark chocolate; hazelnut, pecan, orange, cinnamon," she says, indicating the three rows and four columns that divide the array of truffles into rectangular sections. "Some combinations turned out better than others, but that's the nature of experimentation."
gloriousdawn
Solvei goes for the intersection of milk chocolate and orange, then picks up the box to start handing out truffles to all and sundry. Judging by the reaction of all and sundry, this is a well-known aspect of the lunchtime routine.
onceandforall
Spiffy perk of an otherwise uninspiring school. Bella proceeds to class after lunch, pleased. She has biology this period.
gloriousdawn
Her Fellow Lesbian also has biology this period! And is the only person in the class without a partner - oddly enough considering her popularity. But that's about to change, since Bella brings the class up to an even number of students.
Solvei waves hi from her seat at the back of the room.
Solvei waves hi from her seat at the back of the room.
onceandforall
Bella waves back and plunks down. "Hi. Do you think anyone's going to notice the opportunity for hilarious jokes on the word 'partner'?"
gloriousdawn
Grin.
Anyway, biology! Solvei isn't much of a notetaker, but she's been doing all the in-class work by herself the whole year and her memory is amazing. She is a good partner to have.
Anyway, biology! Solvei isn't much of a notetaker, but she's been doing all the in-class work by herself the whole year and her memory is amazing. She is a good partner to have.
onceandforall
Witty and academic, wonders never cease. Bella takes notes on the day's lesson and remembers having done some of the same things in a different order in her old school.