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“O-Oh yeah, definitely,” Ronnie nodded. She swallowed the lump wanting to form in her throat, tucking her hands in her denim short’s pockets, trying to gain the courage to look into Alethia’s eyes. When she succeeded, Ronnie noticed, just like Alethia had, how it didn’t feel like it used too. Ronnie hadn’t been this close to Alethia in months, but, yet, she had never felt so distant. She widened her fake smile. “Well, anyways, I’ve got to go and I’m sure you do too–” She cut herself off, starting to walk away.

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They locked eyes uncomfortably for some seconds, their respective fake smiles strained to widen and Alethia was left torn. Half of her wanted to be heartbroken, she wanted to be sad and frustrated because of the ways things were between them; but the other half of her just wanted to take advantage of the out Ronnie was giving her and run away. “I do, so I will... I will see you later, or not. But probably yes,” she stumbled, following Ronnie’s example and walking away, in exactly the opposite direction she was supposed to be headed to.

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Alethia’s concern pulled enough at Ronnie’s curiosity to raise her pair of green eyes from the floor. “Oh– no,” she answered quickly, torn between wanting to continue speaking to the artist or the ever-promising sprinting back to New York. She rocked once on her heels. “Everyone was… Fine.”

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“That’s good, I’m glad,” Alethia continued awkwardly, her grip tightening on her thermos. “So you are doing fine, right? Like here in Helios, or in general,” Alethia rambled, looking away. Locking eyes with Ronnie had once been so easy, but now staring into her familiar eyes only brought a heavy guilt that she was trying to leave behind.

#ronnie

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Isabelle felt queasy at the thought of drinking, which was a first, normally she would be all up for it. “I’m okay with some caffeine in me. Nothing, just haven’t been sleeping well and my night job at the bar is taking a toll.“

“Alright, let’s see how we are going to fix this.” Alethia thought in silence for a while before smiling, facing Isabelle again. “First, we are getting you coffee. Then, when you are no longer looking like you are going to murder a baby penguin, we are going to get pizza. You just can’t bring that kind of negativity to a pizza place, Izzy. And then we are going to find a day for you to take off, and maybe I’ll even babysit Noah so you and Mike can have a calm day. How about that?”

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Isabelle rubbed her temple, feeling exhausted seep through her body as she leaned against the bench, staring out at the park, letting her legs stretch out in front of her. “If you’re trying to scare me, try again in the next two hours where I feel like a sleep deprived person.”

“Wasn’t going to, sunshine,” Alethia scoffed, falling on the bench next to her friend. “I was going to tackle you and buy you a drink, but it looks like you are in desperate need of coffee instead. What’s up?”

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Seeing Alethia always threw off Veronica’s guard and this time was no exception. Stopping cold in her tracks, Ronnie’s face took slightly longer to soften. “Well, considering I don’t really have a job at the moment, that’s a bit hard to… Comment on,” Ronnie answered her humbly, dodging eye contact when she finished speaking, letting her green eyes find refuge on her battered Converse. “I was doing a show, but it fell through. As in literally the roof of the rachet Helios theater fell through so we had to stop rehearsing.”

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Considering that Alethia had to put up with a job she hated five days a week for a rather miserable salary, she was better at putting up a fake smile than Veronica, but that didn’t mean that it was easy. “Really? Were you-uh... was anyone hurt?” Alethia cleared her throat, taking a sip of her coffee.

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Alethia left the office promptly at five, not a second before not a second after. She grabbed her bag and left, her straight face softening very subtly when she saw a familiar face outside. “Please tell me you hate your job too.”

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“Well, it’s something completely different to learn how you’re supposed to act and experience the situation for real,” Courtney offered, not vaguely in reference to her day at the preschool with Matt. Her voice was soft as she looked at her hands, knowing she should have strayed from this topic, but wanting to face it head on nonetheless. Each incident they faced at Helios was making Courtney stronger; she could feel it. Her eyes only raised for a moment when Alethia replayed their encounter before they humbly found the ground again. “I had to save you, Alethia,” Courtney said after a moment. “If I hadn’t, who would teach me how to evade driving tickets?” She smiled just enough, finally meeting the other set of brown eyes. “I’m so glad.”

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“I’d gone through things like this before... this was just panic acting, I guess. But I’m glad you were there to avoid me turning into a pulp of sarcasm and regrets,” Alethia joked sourly, before licking her lips as she tried to find a way to get loose of the conversation. At Courtney’s slight change of topic she did her best to smile, barely managing it. “Me too.”

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Alethia playing with Alice in the park.

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Courtney shut her eyes immediately regretting her shift in conversation. She raised a hand to her forehead, refusing to witness the way the memory affected Alethia. “Mine either,” she confided. After a moment, she searched for sunshine, trying to find a happier spin. “But Kate and Kat, they were okay, right?”

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“I mean, I was raised in California... I do know how to keep it together during earthquakes, it just...” Alethia’s voice lost volume until it disappeared completely, the memory of the paralyzing fear taking over her again, now with the addition of the guilt of being (probably) the best person in that situation to help and having instead made an awful mess of herself.

“Are you kidding me? If it wasn’t for you I would probably have stayed in that supermarket until a big pile of shit fell on my head and killed me,” Alethia scoffed. She didn’t mean to flatter Courtney, or to dismiss her fear, she simply stated the facts. “Yeah, they were both okay.”

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“Very,” Courtney concluded with a nod.

Next, Courtney felt a topic, that should remain untouched, pull at her attention. “The last time we talked was the Earthquake,” she pointed out gently, her expression generally emotionless.

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The smile left quickly, and Alethia felt her skin break into goosebumps underneath the splashes of paint. “That... uhm,” she tried, but her voice failed. “That wasn’t my finest moment.”

#WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS #courtney

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“I am finally understanding how much I have to learn from you.”

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“I’m pretty awesome, am I not?”

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Alethia getting some work done

“You look really cute when you work.”

“Which is never, because you are always distracting me.”

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Courtney laughed, stuffing her hands into her pockets. “That’s a very fair point. I mean, who wants to pay for gas and, when you’re the passenger, you can put your feet on the dashboard.” Her smile fell thoughtfully for a moment. “Why did I even get a license?”

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“No, no. You are getting me wrong: I do drive, I even had a car once, but I never saw the need to get a license. I’ve never got a ticket in my life.” Alethia chuckled at Courtney’s disheartened expression. “I could show you my ways.”