♪" by the way, your red eyes are not so encouraging ! "

September 18th, 1995 -- ˚∘˙• 🪽

You sat on the floor, the back of your head laid back against the cushion of the sofa behind you. The Voices of the sterio mindlessly going in one ear and out the other, your heartbeat syncing almost perfectly with the drums... bratmobile.

You were at the mall earlier, and you had met someone-- well... This isn't your first time meeting her. Infact- she goes to your school, you just... Havent actually spoken to her- but she's really cool! And now you were kinda Smoking a Joint InHerLivingRoom... Awesome.

You both had bumped into eachother, literally- as you were walking. You were too enveloped in putting on a new bracelet you had just bought to notice someone walking literally towards you.. And it seems like she was distracted, too.

And now you're kinda friends now. So... Yay! It's rare to find another teen who's also.. Punk. It's seen as weird to be punk in Velvet Cove, but.. It's better to be weird than to be fucking boring.

If you remembered correctly.. Her name was-- Autumn? Autuuumnnn... Lockhart! Yes!

You exhaled, your eyes falling to autumn- who was sat a few feet away from you, sat in the same position. But instead of smoking, she was peeling and applying stickers onto her skateboard.

Her gaze met yours and you felt yourself look away, but you looked at her again after a second.

She gave a small smile, putting her board down for a second. ---

" !! --- Hey.." autumn spoke, her voice a soft hum as she gazed at you.

".. Again-- I'm, uh, ... Sorry for bumping into you. A-Atleast there isn't a bump!" She let out a small breathy laugh, her gaze flickering away.

".. Um.... Yeah. It's no problem." You muttered quickly, taking another hit to avoid the realization that you were blushing.. Even if it was a tiny bit.

oh, God. Oh, God.. She probably thinks I'm weird! -- I mean, who just immediately invites a new friend over after practically tackling them to the ground!?

Autumns mind raced-- she was usually never this timid around new people, she was often very laid back and open.

Her breath shook, but she took deep breaths- her dads advice.

".. i-I uh..." She gulped nervously as she met your eyes. be.. Cooool.

I mean, this was probably her only shot at having a friend again. I mean.. After the whole... Abyss thing? And the pact to never talk to her old friends ever again? Yeah. She would've been done.

She fidgetted with her rings nervously as she remembered that summer.. Swann, Nora... Kat. Oh, Kat... but then your voice snapped her out of her daze. -----