the only thing I've ever known; sable ward x mikaela reid
A/n- this is my first fic don't yell at me too hard.. but yell at me a little bit !!
Ch 0: Prologue, October 3rd
āWhaaat? Thereās no way youāre telling me that made sense!ā Mikaela looked at her friend and said as they walked home from the movie theater. Staying up to go to the midnight showing of Donnie Darko was Sableās idea, which Mikaela happily funded. Knowing her friend was without a job and having her ask her parents for movie theater money at the dead of night probably wouldnāt have gone well.Ā
āNot perfect sense.. Iād probably need to see it another time, but I got the jist!ā Sable prided herself on usually being able to understand movies like these and being able to help explain them to Mikaela if sheās lost halfway through the movie, but this one threw both of them for a loop.
The Greenville movie theater was doing a ā31 days of Halloweenā event, where for each day of October theyād have a midnight showing of a different horror film, each one promising to be scarier than the last. Sable felt like this was her calling, staying up late and indulging in fantastical gore and prolonged misery on the big screen. Everything felt like it was falling into place for her, spending time with her best friend, Halloween right around the corner? A scary movie every single day? Things were finally going her way.
Mikaela speaks up. Breaking her friend out of her thought bubble.
āā¦Could we maybe do our radio show tomorrow? Iām still exhausted after my shift at Moonstone.ā Mikaelaās face almost seemed to droop, she had no idea where Sable always got so much energy this late at night. Going to these midnight showings and discussing their thoughts until the wee hours over the shortwave had become a quick tradition. The radio was usually in Sableās attic, but the two had brought it over to Mikaelaās house, specifically a large closet in her room so her roommate doesnāt hear them yapping.
Home wasnāt always a good place for Sable and being able to stay at Mikaelaās place and talk about something the two were interested in was the perfect way to take her mind off things.
āThatās fine!ā Sable smiled and looked at her friend. She had really wanted to pick her brain about the movie, but she bought the tickets and popcorn plus a large soda they shared so Sable wasnāt going to argue. āI guess our esteemed listeners will have to go without their favorite guest speaker..ā She playfully added, shooting her friend a sly little grin.Ā
āGuest speaker?ā Mikaelaās face curled a bit with agitation, sheād been on All Things Wicked This Night just as much as her counterpart, Mikaela stopped and turned to Sable, getting ready to argue butā¦ as soon as she saw Sables curt, cute smile, the annoyance bled out of her. Mikaelaās face softened, as she stared at her friend solemnly, the cool night breeze surrounding them as they took their break from walking.Ā
The pair locked eyes for what was only a few moments, but to them it felt longer, they stared and analyzed each other's faces for a moment. An anxious feeling rising from their stomachs, it had felt as though the earth stood still, that everything else had fallen off the face of the planet and the only thing in each other's existence was each other.
Mikaela slowly raised her hand to Sableās cheek, holding her face so softly. Their heartbeats raced in their tired state, Mikaela had kissed plenty of folks before, either when playing spin-the-bottle or past boyfriendsā¦ Kissing them felt like a favor, like something she was doing more for the other person instead of herself.
Sable had never been touched like this before. Not so gently, not even her own parents would hug her or even give her a pat on the back. Mikaelaās hand warmed her cold face, her warmth spread throughout Sableās very soul, everything was right at this moment, everything else could fade awayā¦ but something was wrong.
Mikaela closed her eyes slowly, leaning in. Sableās heart felt like it was about to pop. She turned away from her friend, looking off to the other side of the road. Mikaela snapped back to reality, pulling herself back and removing her hand in embarrassment and quickly putting them into her pockets, away and out of sight from Sable. āThatās alright.. I understand..ā Mikaela stammers, attempting to regain her composure.
āNo.. Mikaela, wait.. Iāve neverā¦ā Sable holds her hands together and looks down at her shoes, face rosy and pink as she continues. ā..Iāve always wanted it to be at a time when..ā She trails off, sounding like she had more to say, before raising her hand and pointing across the street. ā..At a time when there wasnāt someone staring at us..ā
Mikaelaās head shoots in the direction Sable pointed to, expecting some creep to be perving out on them but.. to her surprise it was her roommate Julian, waving to them from across the street.
She waved back over to them, Sable looked confused, then she clocked them. She had seen Mikaela and Julian hanging out before and working together on school projects, but never really bothered to ask about them and just assumed they were friends orā¦ Sable swallowed the saliva building up in her mouth as a terrible thought brewed in her mindā¦ Were they dating? Either way, they were all headed back to their place now, Sable tailed the two tentatively while they caught up.
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