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"so, anything else I need to know about you?" Aspen asked quietly, she gave a small smile. She couldn't think of a specific question to ask, so she settled on getting Bean to tell her any extra information that she wanted to give.
"I like your outfit, by the way." She said with a toothy grin.
Bean perked up a bit. “Oh! Thank you,” she smiled before her smile faded. “Uh…well…some time back, I was diagnosed with depression. At first, I was really scared but…my family really helped me understand my situation. It makes my fight with Lilac worse, though…” she sighed, fiddling with her hair nervously. “I really wish it hadn’t been as bad as it was…”
"why don't you just apologize, seeing as the fight has clearly taken a large toll on you." Aspen suggested softly, smiling at Bean. She is really stressed out about that fight she thought to herself, then shook her head as if getting rid of the thought.
"If you don't mind me asking, what was the fight about exactly?" She asked, tilting her head to the side curiously.
“….Lilac wasn’t ready to let me leave. She was scared that something would happen and that she wouldn’t be able to help me…” Bean muttered, looking away. “I overreacted…I should have just let her explain…” she sighed, resting her face in her hand as tears pricked her eyes. “It was the worst one we ever had…we even made our siblings cry…” she choked out.
"please don't cry" Aspen blurted quietly, placing a hand on Bean's upper back in a semi-comforting motion, though she knew it probably wouldnt work, she was new at comforting people.
"It's okay, I mean just apologize right?" She suggested "as a once older sister I get where she was coming from I wanted ot protect my sister at all costs." She added quietly, moving the hand resting on Bean's back in small circular motions.
Bean nodded, wiping her eyes with her wrist. “Y-Yeah…I just hope she’s not mad anymore…” she mumbled, looking up at Aspen. “I care about her a lot, and I hate that she was so upset…she just wanted to protect me from anything that could break me…” she sighed.
"yeah, its kind of the job as the older sister, to protect." Aspen said with a smile, taking her hand off Bean's back.
"So since we are going to be doing big projects together, I might as well get your phone number." She said quietly, taking out her cell phone, which had a clear case with stickers layered onto it, and a crack in the corner.
She turned it on and went to create a new contact, where she sat the phone down in front of Bean, so she could put in her phone number. "I think we might get along, depending on how long you can tolerate me." She said with a sly grin.
Bean picked the phone up, putting her number in. “If I can tolerate myself during my worst days, I can definitely enjoy being with you,” she smiled softly, setting the phone down once she finished. “There. You can text me for anything, projects or personal,” she laughed a bit. “Thank you…”
Aspen have a small smile and mouthed "no problem pretty girl" to herself, he then looked up at Bean, meeting her eyes she quickly looked away, blushing "have you been in Arizona long?" She asked "if you want, later I can show you around, I've lived here my entire life, so I know the ropes." She added quickly, looking at her hands.
“I would love that…I’m from California,” Bean smiled warmly. “I moved here for college, since I didn’t want to pay out-of-state fees,” she laughed softly. “I would love it if you could show me around. You seem like you love living here a lot.”
Aspen gave a soft smile, and shrugged calmly, "eh—" she said quietly "its okay, gets a bit hot, but its okay." She added with a grin.
"Do you have a class after this? This is my last class of the day, I could show you around after, if you don't have any classes either." She suggested.
Bean shook her head. “I don’t have any other classes after this either,” she smiled. “So, I would like to see what you want to show me,” she nodded.
"cool, are you staying on campus? If you are I'll walk you back to your dorm so you can put your stuff away" Aspen said "We'll be driving, because its blazing outside and my car has a working AC" she added with a small smile, she turned to face forward, glancing at the clock on the wall she realised they had five minutes left and everyone else was starting to stand up.
she slid her phone into her back pocket and stood up, pushing in her chair and shrugged her backpack onto her shoulders, once Bean stood up she pushed in her chair for her out of pure manners. Always push in the ladies chair for her, it shows her you respect her her father always said growing up, then would push in her mothers chair once she stood up from the dining room table.
Bean smiled warmly at Aspen once the other girl pushed in her chair. “Thank you,” she said, looking around a bit. “And yeah…I stay on campus,” she nodded, grabbing her bag. “And we can use your car! Mine’s near my dorm but it needs work,” she sighed, moving out of the way so that Aspen could walk out.
Aspen nodded and sighed to herself, she was attracted to the other girl, but she wasn't sure why, they were so different. But she knew she liked Bean's appearance, anyone would she was very pretty, she was also attracted to something else in her, but she couldn't tell what.
"I'll walk you to your dorm, it'd be nice to see how you decorate." Aspen said teasingly with a small smile, the corners of her lips turning upwards slightly.
“Warning, most of my posters are from musicals,” Bean laughed, leading the way. She was attracted to Aspen too, although she wasn’t completely sure why. “If you hear my roommate belting songs from Wicked, don’t be concerned. She does that all the time,” she added, pep in her step as she walked.
"nice to know" Aspen said with a small smile, keeping up with Bean easily, due to her longer legs. "I hope she is belting out a song from Wicked when we get that, that would make my life a bit more interesting." She added with a grin.
Bean laughed some more. “Yeah, me too,” she smiled as she walked next to Aspen. “It’s especially nice for me…since Wicked is Lilac’s favorite musical,” she muttered, holding her bag close to her.
Aspen gave a soft, sad smile, thinking of Clementine and her love for singing songs from her favorite musicals and gave a soft giggle. "I bet it reminds you of her, huh?" She said with a smile.
"Sometimes when I see musicals I always think of Clementine, my little sister." She added quietly, muttering it soft enough so it was practically a whisper.
Bean nodded before turning to face Aspen. “What happened to her…?”she asked, her voice practically a whisper. She was worried about the answer, but she pushed that away. I need to know…if it’s bad, I want to be able to help her… she thought, tightening her grip on her bag.
Aspen kept walking, following Bean but keeping her eyes on the ground while she walked, she hoped keeping silent and pretending like she hadnt heard the question would keep her from answering it, or feeling like she had to. When they stopped outside a dorm room Aspen finally looked up.
"This your room?" She asked with a smile, Bean's name was painted on in what looked like washable paint, the letters in cursive.
Bean nodded, smiling. “Yep! Like my handwriting? Or should I say…paintwriting?” she joked a tiny bit. She remembered how she taught her siblings cursive, and that the twins would constantly make a mess. She laughed lightly.
"I love it, actually." She said with a small blush. Then nodded to the door "it's awfully pretty, it kind of matches you as a person, just as elegant and wonderfully charming." She said with a sly grin, nudging Bean with her elbow playfully,
Bean blushed deeply, smiling. “Thank you…” she said sweetly as she opened the door. “I worked pretty hard on it, since I wanted it to be perfect…” she laughed a bit.
"it is perfect" Aspen expressed truthfully, "the letters are so precise, not too loopy, but just enough loop, very elegant." She added with a grin, stepping into the room behind Bean and looking around "wow. This is so you." She stated, looking around and eyeing all the decorations and posters.
Bean laughed softly as she set her bag down. “Yeah, I told you there would be a lot of musical merch,” she smiled as she took her phone out of her bag. “I also have some pretty soft blankets, since I love snuggling up in bed,” she giggled.
Aspen gave a soft smile and inhaled slowly. Her nose tingled with a fragrance that she had nostalgia of smelling before, but couldn't quite remember why. She took on the room and smiled, this room seemed to fit Bean's personality perfectly.
"is that?" She sniffed audibly, then scrunched her brows together in thought "Lavender?" She asked quietly, as Clementine had always out on Sweet Pea and Lavender body spray and perfume. She smiled sadly at Bean.
Bean nodded. “Lavender reminds me of home, so I spray in my room…especially on the days I feel homesick,” she smiled sadly. “It especially reminds me of my siblings,” she laughed weakly as she fixed her pillows. She really missed home, but she didn’t regret coming here. The only thing she regretted was the fight, but she was planning on calling Lilac later.
"that's sweet." Aspen said quietly, mentally agreeing with Bean, as Lavender too, reminded her of something from her past, but her little sister instead.
"Ready to go?" Aspen asked nervously, suddenly realising she wanted to be alone. All the reminders of Clementine today was more than usual, enough to send Aspen into panic and possibly even a panic attack and she didn't want Bean to think she was a freak if she exploded while with her, she wanted to hurry up and get it over, so she could lay in the bed in her studio apartment and let her pillow contain all the screams she had held in all day, when Clementine floated into her mind.
Bean nodded, letting go of her stuff. “Yeah…we can go now,” she muttered as she put her phone in her pocket. “It’s actually better if we do…this is making me homesick,” she smiled reassuringly as she walked over to the door and opened it. She walked into the hall, making room for Aspen to join her.