Shady

"Oh, that's so cool!" Rek flashed her another grin, excited that he actually had an art-oriented person he could chat with. "I'm just a sophomore, so I'm sure your work ...

"Same," she laughed, rubbing her face again. Her smile faded a bit as the heaviness returned. "I hope whoever I am isn't really this sad."

Rek hesitated a moment, looking at Evaline thoughtfully as he tried to gauge her response. It was clear that she was trying to avoid eye contact. Though whether it was ...

Jerica happily half-skipped towards the kitchen, grateful that now that J.R. was gone she didn't have to put on a tough-guy persona anymore. Her head was buzzing pleasantly. "Such a ...

"Food! Oh my gosh, it smelled so good." Jerica was on her feet in an instant, grateful for any excuse to break the awkwardness between them. She staggered a step ...

"Heh." She was still waiting for the moment where he'd realize he wanted nothing to do with her. It seemed like it was taking him a longer time to realize ...

"Nothing to be sorry for," Rek laughed. "It's a muffin, not my ego. Feel free to reject it." He winked at her, then leaned forward, propping his head up on ...

"There's no need to yell if no one is there." Jerica pulled her arms tight around herself again. "I already know I feel like shit. There's no one to hide ...

Rek smiled at her reassuringly, sitting down across from her, a polite distance away. It was clear that she didn't want his muffin, but she wasn't sure how to recover ...

"Yeah, well... I do, most of the time." She shrugged, looking back over the river again. "I just yell so that no one sees."

"No one wants to feel bad."

Jerica gave a half-snort half-chuckle, shaking her head a bit. "In moments like this I wish I was, so I wouldn't feel so... bad ."

Jerica watched in dumbfounded silence as Carter and Bo tag-teamed bullying J.R. until he... left. She blinked stupidly, not quite believing her eyes. J.R. had clearly been playing a power ...

"I don't know," Jerica grumbled. "I haven't seen him since I jumped off the wall to fight the Chijurru... and I don't know how long after that he might have ...

"Tell that to Kieran," she snorted.