#sbl03w14

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Theo: Mr Cabello-Smit, thank you for joining us. We’ve only just started

James: Sorry Mr Warner, the bus broke down

Delilah: What do you mean the bus broke down

Monroe: Well a bus is this thing that people that can’t afford limo’s ride in

Delilah: *snaps* I know what a bus is. I just... thought they were electric now

Audrina: Please, when have you ever taken the bus

Apollo: We bus here every day actually

Delilah: Not if it’s raining. We do get a taxi then. If my hair is soaked I can’t focus properly

James: *quietly* Point proven

Monroe: Wouldn’t want you having messy hair

It wasn’t that my hair would be messy. It’s that if my hair was soaked I legit couldn’t focus on anything else because my wet hair kept occupying my attention. It’s why I had to use a hair dryer after every shower, and why I couldn’t risk the distance to the bus stop in the rain. If my hair was wet well, the one time I let it happen the lecture was a disaster. I couldn’t take any information in because my brain was too overwhelmed. Apollo, Mr Theo and Ms Danielson were the only ones in my classes that knew I had autism. The trio of Monroe, Audrina and James didn’t exactly create an environment I felt comfortable opening up in.

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Winterfest was wonderfully sunny. Snow still covered the ground and the wind stung but we were able to get some family photos outside. Rina, Ren, Apollo and Jenny had travelled to be with Rina’s parents for the holiday day so it was mostly our own family for the morning.

Once Art’s mom and my great Uncle Caden arrived though we all went to the complex where Dorian and the rest of the carnival folk spent the winter. It was a massive party and I did find myself wishing there was a place I could escape to. As if by magic Elric, Dorian’s younger brother, came over to me and volunteered to take me up to where they had their telescopes. With the clarity of the sky the stars were indeed brightly shining and I could sit alone appreciating it.

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Freya: Are you enjoying having Dorian in town for the winter Dylan?

Dylan: I am. He’s like this calming presence, it’s wonderful

Rina: *smiles* Where as I am prone to drama

Dylan: *laughs* Professional drama because you’re a thespian

Rina: *happy sigh* A lesbian thespian, it was in the stars really

The door opened and I was shocked to see James walk into the sauna carrying towels.

James: Sorry ladies but we are short staffed today and there are no women so I-

Yeah he stopped talking when he saw I was there.

Delilah: *bluntly* James

James: *bluntly* Delilah

Delilah: What are you doing here?

James: This is my day job during the university break. Have to pay the bills somehow

With a curt nod he left after dropping the towels off.

Freya: Wait wait wait- that was James? Delilah you never told me he was hot

Delilah: He’s not hot! Wait is he?

Dylan: *shrugs* I’d consider sleeping with him if you didn’t dislike him so much

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Delilah: What will you give me if I can toss this popcorn and catch it in my mouth?

Apollo: Respect?

Delilah: Boring. Okay let me try

And you bet I did it!

Apollo: *scoffing* I’m too impatient for that

Delilah: Oh did I tell you yesterday Audrina asked to take a picture of my dough

Apollo: She asked everyone

Delilah: Wait she did? Damn, I was thinking it might mean the ice was thawing

Apollo: She w-wanted to compare how much rise everyone had. Please tell me you are not going to start crushing on her again. I w-will throw up

Delilah: *sighs* I’m trying not to. Miracle thought I must have a weakness for demanding mean girls if you can believe it

Apollo: Hmm... they are usually the prettiest ones in the room

Delilah: That’s got to be the problem. I try remind myself that beauty is just skin deep but still... I like pretty girls

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Miracle: You don’t actually think that Dylan fancies Holden though right?

Delilah: *shakes head* They’ve always been just friends. Like how I can be friends with you two without wanting to have woohoo with you

Miracle: *laughs* Oh come on, redheads are your weakness

Genesis: Yeah but look at the pattern Mir. She had Sage, and then things with Audrina went...

Delilah: *dramatic sigh* We all know how that went

Genesis: Point is I’m sure red hair is now like a turn off for her. We need to set her up with like a nice brunette or blonde maybe

Delilah: I think black hair is really pretty, and so easy to make look glamorous. But I am trying to learn from all this bumbling that just because a woman is pretty, it doesn’t mean she’s nice

Miracle: *cheekily* I think you might have a secret thing for demanding girls you know

Genesis: Come on, really?

Miracle: I’m just saying, some people have a heck of a lot of fun being bossed around in bed

At that second Holden knocked on my door asking to come in and we all collapsed into giggles.

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Dylan’s heart began to beat fast and her breathing sped up. Coiled around her Dorian woke up. She was twitching and he tried to ease her by stroking her belly where their hands lay. It didn’t work. Dylan only began to mumble in distress. Dorian kissed her shoulder and slowly tried to wake her up.

Dylan: *sharp exhale* What?

Dorian: *softly* Are you okay? It seemed like you were troubled

Dylan: *embarrassed* Oh... sorry, I ah, I was having a nightmare

Dorian: You seem to have them often. Want to tell me about them?

Dylan: I don’t know if it will help

Dorian: Maybe not, but it will pass the time until you’re tired enough to fall back to sleep

Dylan: *sighs* true, good idea

Dorian: I have been known to have them from time to time

Yeah so tumblr has labelled the rest of this scene mature but all they do is talk in bed...

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Theo: Alright, forget what’s in the textbook. Today we’re going to focus on relationships in the kitchen

Audrina: Mr Warner are you flirting with me?

Theo: No, but I am not blind to the animosity between some of you. Nor was I blind to it when we set up the tutorial groups

Delilah: Wait... does that mean...

Monroe kicked back his chair and stood up.

Monroe: Mr Warner this is ridiculous! I told you I don’t want a Delarosa watching over me

Theo: For lack of better words, get over it, and sit back down

Audrina: *awkward giggle*

Theo: Do you think when you start in a professional kitchen you will have any control over who you are working beside? You won’t. And if you make demands before you prove yourself you will be out before you can say “wait”

Monroe sat back down with a face so mad even I could tell what emotion he was feeling.

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Apollo: I’m glad that we are three l-less in our cluster you know

Delilah: We do get more teacher interaction that way

Apollo: Yeah but I mean w-we share a bench space and the other three get a bench each

Delilah: You think it’ll stop James thinking we’re entitled

Apollo: One can only hope. He is a good cook you know

Delilah: I can concede he made the best onion soup in our class

Apollo: Did you tell him?

Delilah: *smiles* I did! He said thank you

Apollo: L-like real thank you or sarcasm thank you

Delilah: *pauses* Wait... I have no idea

Apollo: Alright l-let me try this throw and catch popcorn thing

Delilah: On your marks, get set-

Again I caught mine perfectly. Apollo’s? His popcorn bounced off his face making me laugh. He still ate it off the ground though, waste not want not apparently.