[Serena Miller]

It felt odd to have someone else prepare food for her.  At home, while her mother would normally do most of the cooking, she was still expected to help or at least set the table or SOMETHING.  It was also pretty common for her to hunt the very food they ate in the first place.  Having a place where you could not only eat at just about any time, but people would actually make it for you was just so weird.  There were so many different kinds of foods here too.  The amount of people it must take to gather this much food and cook it must have been astronomical.  In her town, all the food everyone ate was locally grown, raised or hunted.  They didn't import anything at all, so the choices were pretty limited too.  Seeing this much food in one place, and having this many choices made her head spin.  What was she supposed to choose?

Serena spent about an hour indecisively looking around and seeing what would be good to eat.  It was fortunate that she came to get some lunch long before lunch time, or it might have been close to dinner time before she'd decide on what to eat.  Fortunately, some dishes were easy to rule out since no meal is complete without meat.  She didn't even understand why there were meatless options to begin with.  If the students didn't get their protein how were they supposed to have energy to do anything at all, let alone do something as difficult as learning?

Unfortunately, her indecision completely defeated the purpose of coming for lunch early.  She knew that around lunch time this place would probably fill up pretty fast with hungry students, and there were a lot of students at this school.  Serena swore she would never get used to being around this many people at once, so the best thing she could do was avoid it.  Sadly, the odd luxuries and choices that city dwellers had that she also swore she would never get used to, meant that as expected, people were starting to pour into the cafeteria before she was able to decide on something.  Serena liked people and loved being around them even more, but being around this many at once was just suffocating.  All the sound and the visual stimuli started getting to her quickly.  Part of her thought she should just leave and eat some of the instant noodles Amelie liked, but after eating a meatless meal the day before she needed something good.

Eventually, she settled on what was more of a breakfast than a lunch, but that was okay because breakfast was good.  She had some ham, pancakes absolutely drenched in syrup and some runny eggs with a side of mashed potatoes and gravy.  It smelled absolutely heavenly.  So much so, that she suspected it might actually be better than her mom's cooking, something that Serena had previously thought was impossible.  Now, she just had to find a place to sit before she could eat it.  Sadly, with the place as crowded as it was, not only was she feeling dizzy, but it was hard to see and she could barely breathe.  Not to mention, she was terrified at the prospect at sitting at a table that already had people sitting at it.  As much as she would love to talk to them, she didn't want to bother them with her presence.  

Thus, she was slowly walking through the cafeteria, looking for an empty table that probably didn't exist at this point.  Her senses were being so overwhelmed that she couldn't really see where she was going and try looking for a table at the same time.  Serena was walking slowly enough that most of the people seemed to walk around her or just stare at her (which made her even more self conscious), but after a bit of looking around, she felt herself run into something.  She let out a quiet grunt as her tray of food went flying into that person.  At first, all she could do was stand there blankly, as though the situation hadn't even registered in her brain yet.  When she caught up to the present, all she could see was the remnants of her lunch dripping down the person.  It was an unusually messy meal for her too.  Of course something like this would happen when she picked something like that.

"I-I-I-I" she continued stammering for a bit, her voice caught in her throat.  What was she supposed to do in a situation like this?  "I-I-I'm so sorry!  Um I um...um...I-I'll go get some napkins!"

With that, she darted off before the person could even say anything, her face flushing harder than it ever had before.  Of course, running in a crowded room like this just meant she ran into several people on the way to the napkins, which got her more glares and made the lump in her throat bigger.  Still not able to think straight, she grabbed as many napkins as she could carry and headed back to the person she ran into.  Rather than try to clean up the poor person herself, she just held out her hands and presented the napkins.  A few fell to the floor, but most were still usable.  Serena kept her head down, unable to even look at the person, so much so that it almost looked like she was bowing.

"H-Here."

[Seraphina King]

Seraphina really didn't want to be here. It was loud, there was people everywhere, and it was just plain annoying. She had half the mind to just leave with her food, but she was stopped by some staff and told to sit in the cafeteria. It had been raining outside, and they didn't want her to catch a cold. What a bunch of bullshit. A little rain couldn't ruin a meal for her. It never had, given all those 'meals' she had to eat in the rain when she was younger. She gave those staff members more than enough words before stomping back to the cafeteria and looking around for a spot. Well, more specifically, she made herself a spot. She just tried drowning out the sounds of the noisy people in the cafeteria and focused on eating quick.

The quicker she finished her food, the sooner she could be out of here. Or so she thought. Part of her focusing on eating made it easy for her to focus on other things as well. For instance, someone approaching her. She didn't need to hear or see them. She could sense them though. Such a sense wasn't one of fantasy. It was a natural one that humans had kept for the longest time to stay aware of predators. Of course, this was no predator. Just an accident waiting to happen. Seraphina turned around nonchalantly, only for her eyes to go wide for a second as she realized what was heading right towards her. She had ample time to dodge what was about to happen. But that kind of method would likely injure someone next to her, or this person that was carrying that dangerous tray. Ironically enough, she'd have an easier time avoiding the danger if it was a knife wielding thug trying to kill her quick and easy. But for some innocent half-wit who couldn't even watch where she was going? How could she justify taking someone like that down? So in that moment, Seraphina simply froze with a lack of ways to counteract her 'assailant.' She took the hit; no cross-counter back.

Luckily, she was able to protect her hair and the majority of her face. Her uniform, however, was now covered in various food portions and sticky substances. Wonderful. Slowly getting up with a slight frown, she brushed off the food onto the floor. Someone will probably clean it up or something. Not her though. That girl who dropped all that crap on her seemed to be apologizing profusely; annoyingly so. Seraphina wasn't mad at her in particular, but now she really wanted to punch something. Almost to the point she wanted someone to laugh so she would have an excuse. Ignoring the girl's apologies and her running off, she did the only thing that seemed sensible; taking off her uniform.

She had light layer of clothing under it. Not like she was in her underwear or anything. Sort of. Under her skirt was a pair of athletic bloomers; something a student could wear to PE. underneath the rest of the uniform was a plain violet tanktop. A lot of people seemed to be staring. It was probably because of the food getting dumped, right? Whatever. As that girl came back and offered her napkins, she almost stopped and stared for a second. On a whim she grabbed them and walked off. Yeah. And with that, she decided to head out back to her dorm. She could probably convince her roomie to cook her something up in return for some sort of favor. Given, she had a very specific diet going and did not want to break it over something this stupid. Without a second thought, she exited the cafeteria and walked through the rain while whistling. It wasn't heavy rain, but it was enough to leave her drenched by the time she walked back to the dorm. She could easily jog back, but being in the rain could help wash her uniform, right? At least, that was her hope.

[Serena Miller]

Serena kept her head down, unable to look at the person she ran into.  She felt a bump against her hands, and saw that many of the napkins she gathered were falling to the floor, and that not nearly enough were being taken to actually clean up.  Then, she saw the person's feet start to move away.  This person was clearly so angry that she couldn't even stand to be in her vicinity.  Serena's face burned even more after that, and it was already pretty red from all the people staring.  All she could do was stand there, shaking slightly.  She really wanted to try to make it up to the person, but if she was acting like this it was probably best just to stay away until they crossed paths again later.  She got a good enough look at the other person's face that she would be able to recognize her later at least.

But then she noticed something odd as she stared at the floor.  There was something shiny on the ground.  Serena stared at it for a moment while she regained her senses and ability to move, and then picked it up.  It was clearly a room key for one of the rooms in the Bolt Dorm.  A quick scan around the area showed that there were no students from the Bolt Dorm in the immediate area.  The closest one was about four tables over.  She was pretty sure that person was wearing a uniform of the right color as well, so it could have easily been hers.  Serena knew she should check around here first, but even opening her mouth made her want to throw up.  There was just a massive lump that didn't want to go away, and it made it difficult to speak on top of the fact that there were just way too many people here.  Serena quickly thought through the scenarios.  That girl was probably going to head back to her room to change and do laundry.  Not having the key meant that she would have to walk around covered in sticky substances for much longer than she otherwise would.  The worst someone else would face was a minor inconvenience as they went to get a replacement key.  Her course was clear then.  She would go find the girl, and if it wasn't hers, she would go to to the Bolt Dorm and give it to the lost and found.  This seemed like a solid enough plan.  Hopefully the other girl wouldn't be too mad that Serena was returning to her presence, but there was just no way she could force her to walk around like that just because Serena was nervous.

Serena made her way outside, careful not to bump into anyone else, only to find it was raining.  Great.  She didn't mind the rain that much, in fact she actually loved to watch it when she could do it from at least a relatively dry place.  Going out in it though was annoying.  Her clothes would get wet and heavy, and worst of all, her hair would get wet.  The water would drip down her back for hours while the curly mass on the top of her head dried off, and once it was done it would frizz out everywhere and be near impossible to control.  It wasn't like this when she came in, so she didn't even bother to bring an umbrella with her.  It had to be karma for doing such a terrible thing to someone.

Fortunately, Serena managed to spot her before she even left the safety of the building itself.  She was just walking.  Just walking in the rain and getting soaked.  More than that, she took off her uniform already.  Her blushing was starting to fade, but this brought it right back turning her face redder than ever.  That certainly explained how she managed to drop her key, if this key was indeed hers.  She was wearing some clothes underneath, so it wasn't entirely indecent, but still, Serena literally made her strip in public.  It was even worse than she initially thought.  All Serena could do for a moment was stand there and stare, mostly from the surprise but part of her was also impressed with the other girl's physique.  She shook her head to get such silly thoughts out of it, and rushed over to where the other girl was, making sure to stay behind her so she at least didn't have to look at her.  Serena was pretty fast, but in the end she was glad that this person was just walking.

"U-Um..." the lump in her throat was still making it difficult to talk.  "I-Is this yours?  I um, found it on the floor in the um, cafeteria."

She held out the key, though her hand moved slowly and stiffly.  She was trying really hard to not shake from how nervous she was feeling, but she always had trouble masking the effects of her anxious behaviors.  Hopefully it would just look like shivering because of the cold rain.  Serena's eyes remained low, she was still unable to make eye contact with the person, and focused on the other person's uniform.  It looked absolutely terrible and she could still see some of the syrup dripping from it.

"U-Um...I-I can wash that for you...um, i-if you want."

[Seraphina King]

With a sigh, Seraphina looked up into the rainy sky. She's dealt with worse. It would have helped to be wearing a bit more, considering her preference for hotter areas. The rain was making her a little chilly. Not that she would catch a cold. She was much too hardy for something like that to happen to her. But she figured that would be the end of that little encounter. That was, until she heard someone catching back up to her from behind. She sighed, having a pretty good idea of who that might be.

Sure enough, as she turned around, she saw that girl that donated her lunch to Seraphina's jacket. Just as she was about to tell her to not worry about and to get out of the rain, she saw her room key. Oh. So that was what this was about. She grabbed the key out of her hand. Thanks. This girl was really nervous for no reason. What the heck, man. Shrugging that thought off, Seraphina turned back around with the intention of leaving. She didn't feel like saying anything else. She took a few steps, only to stop once the girl spoke again.

Wash her clothes, huh? That might help, considering Seraphina couldn't do anything of that crap. She turned back around to look at that girl. With a sigh, she smirked. Some people were just nice to a fault, she guessed. No sense in turning down her goodwill when it would be helpful. Alright then. I'd appreciate it if you could do that. And then, she recalled that they were talking in the rain like this. She wasn't worried about herself, as much she was this other girl. I dunno how long you can stay in the rain without catching a cold, so how about we book it for my dorm? Just follow me. If you can't run, I can carry you if that's your preference. Seraphina knew that most people couldn't keep up with her in long-distance running. Running while carrying someone? It'd be a bit harder, but she could totally do it. Though, she fully expected her to say no anyway. Her asking that was more of a joke. She continued walking while waiting for an answer. Wouldn't want to run off and lose this girl in the rain after all.

[Serena Miller]

"Um...yeah, no problem."

Serena slumped down a little more as the other girl turned away.  It sounded like she made the right decision to bring the key back, but she still seemed really mad.  She just took the key and walked away.  It was a reasonable reaction given the circumstances, so Serena wasn't inclined to hold it against her.  Then she turned around and didn't seem mad at all.  What was going on?  Serena blinked a couple of times as she tried to figure this out.

However, her thought process was interrupted by the girl's actual words.  It was a good thing that it was raining or her face might have lit on fire.  A half naked girl that literally stripped off her uniform and was running around in her underwear was asking if she should carry her.  She...she was joking right?  She had to be, but even so, Serena's leapt into her throat and she could barely breathe let alone talk.  For a moment, all she could do was stand there with her jaw dropped as her face gradually got redder and redder.  She managed to regain her composure reasonably quickly, if only because she didn't want to look like more of a doofus than she already did.

"N-N-N-No!  Um...no, it's okay, I-I'm a lot faster than I look, I-I-I promise I won't slow you down!"

With that, she took off without even waiting for the other girl to do so.  She was just entirely too embarrassed and didn't want to continue making an even bigger fool of herself in front of this girl.  Besides, based on how the girl was talking, she would probably be faster anyway, and even if she wasn't, Serena had a reasonable idea of where the Bolt Dorm was.  She was pretty sure she remembered where it was on the map anyway.  Serena was definitely faster than average and could run for a pretty long time before feeling even slightly winded, so she just hoped that she would at least be able to keep the other girl in her sights the whole time.  The last thing she wanted to do was slow her down.

[Seraphina King]

Man, this girl was really shy. Getting all flustered like that over that response. It was a little funny. More importantly, she seemed intent on keeping up with her by running. Or more precisely, to take off running first. Not many things managed to take Seraphina off-guard, but this girl managed to sprint past her before she could even process what had happened. Hey! With a smirk, she caught back up to the girl and began to run ahead of her. Just enough so that she was in front, but kept it at the girl's pace. She was pretty fast, in all honesty. Do you run often? You're faster than I thought. Then again, most of the people Seraphina associated herself with back at the village were older folk. There were some kids, but many were just a bit too young to even keep up with her.

At their pace, the Bolt Dorm came into sight in a short amount of time. Running into the dorm's entrance, Seraphina slowed to a stop. Dripping wet, she took a deep breath and did a few stretches. They managed to sprint all the way there! At least she did. She hadn't even bothered to look back and assumed the girl was right behind her. Washing machines should be over here. Pointing down a nearby corridor. It was a little humorous how she knew where something like the washing machine was despite never using it. She waited for a response, but none came.

Looking back, she squinted out into the rain to see that she was still running. Well, she was right outside anyway. Probably about 6 seconds behind her? Not too shabby. Now that she thought about it, she may have unconsciously sped up as they neared the building. Oh, there you are. Washing machine is down here. She was still dripping wet, but it didn't bother her in the least. She had been through worse weather on many occasions. She continued heading over to the washing machine area until they reached the place. Luckily not too many students seemed to be wandering around. I'll leave the rest to you. She held out the messy uniform which was now drenched more in rain than it was food. This was probably for the best since she couldn't operate something like this to save her life.

[Serena Miller]

Sure enough, the other girl was able to catch up, though it didn't even look like she was trying.  After a quick compliment, that just made Serena's face flush further, she took off.  After seeing her actually try, Serena was worried that she really was just going to slow her down.  It was going to take everything she had to keep up, and even then she'd probably still show up late.  Still, she had to do her best!  Sadly, she was only able to keep up running at this speed for a few seconds normally, and she was going to have to keep it going longer than that to pull this off.  Even with all that, she still showed up a few seconds behind her, and it looked like the other girl was expecting her to be there.  Serena looked down as she slowed, then stopped to catch her breath.

Without missing a beat, and while still panting, Serena took the other girl's uniform, carefully as to not get sticky herself, and made her way to the washing machine.  She did laundry all the time, so this was no problem.  Granted, the one she had at home was run by a Rotom, but it was the same idea in the end.  She just had to push the right button instead of offer treats.  

"Um...this'll just, take a few...minutes," she turned back to the other girl, still catching her breath.  "Um...if you just tell me which room is yours, I can just um, deliver it to you when it's done."

Even though the other girl seemed less mad somehow, Serena still didn't want to push it.  There was no reason to waste this person's time because of her stupid mistake after all, and she still doubted that this girl wanted to be anywhere near someone like her.  Now she was just hoping that she wouldn't think that she was weird for asking where she lived.

[Seraphina King]

Leaning against the wall, Seraphina watched the girl operate the mysterious device. It seemed a lot simpler than she thought. Then again, there were no colors to separate. That was apparently something her auntie did when doing the laundry. But damn, that's something she could've done herself. She didn't need to drag this person all the way over here, especially since they got themselves soaked getting here.

Since it was going to be a little bit, Seraphina figured she would head back to the room ahead of time. Ah, Room 6 on the Girl's Side. I'm gonna get changed since I seem to be soaked all the way through. I'll get you something too since you're kinda wet. It was the least she could do. After all, this inadvertently taught her that the washing machine wasn't all that complicated. As she got back to her room, Seraphina noted that her roommate wasn't here yet. That was probably for the best since she was bringing someone into their room. She didn't want to bother her. . . yet. She would need to make her something to eat later.

Without a thought, Seraphina stripped out of those wet clothes and began to rummage through her drawers for some clothes. Just something to wear for the both of them. After that, she grabbed a towel off to the side and began to dry herself. Not much water soaked through, thankfully, so that wasn't too much of a pain. it was her hair that made her spend so much time on drying. What a pain. At least everything was more or less resolved now.

[Serena Miller]

"Got it," Serena nodded, then the meaning of the rest of her words dawned on her.  "W-Wait!"

Serena took a few steps forward, but she was already gone.  Did she really hear what she thought she heard?  It couldn't have been right?  She...she was really suggesting that Serena wear HER clothes right?  First, their body types were pretty different.  The other girl was fairly thin and Serena was...not.  She was pretty sure she was several pant sizes bigger, so even from a practical standpoint it didn't make any sense, and that didn't even include how weird it was!  Serena's face flushed again.  At this rate, it was just going to stay red the whole time she was here.

Soon, the wash was done and she moved the other girl's uniform to the dryer.  Her own clothes were indeed wet and heavy, and it was making her shiver a little, but it wasn't anything she couldn't handle.  She certainly didn't intend to take off her uniform and send it through the dryer like the other girl did.  The dryer didn't take any longer to run, and soon the other girl's uniform was presentable once more.  While Serena was reconsidering heading to the other girl's room, she knew that she was going to have to deal with it in the end.  She couldn't just steal her uniform after all.  She slowly made her way to the other girl's room, making sure to get the right one, and knocked.

"U-Um...It's um, clean now!  I-I'll just leave it on the doorknob for you.  U-Um...if you need anything else just let me know!"

With that, she dropped it off and started heading back towards her own dorm, but she wasn't moving very fast in case the other girl really did need something else.  The whole situation was big enough that just washing her clothes wasn't really enough to make up for it.

[Seraphina King]

Sure enough, that girl finally showed back up with a knock on the door. But instead of coming in like Seraphina had offered, she decided to leave. That was no good. She was all wet. With a sigh, Seraphina realized that she may need to drag her into her room. Opening her door, she grabbed the clothes off the door and yelled down to the girl who was getting ready to leave. Hey, come on, I pulled out some clothes just for you. They should fit. She had a lot of 'one size fits all' clothes. It seemed that this fact would pay off. Seraphina decided to wait right in front of the door just in case. Her thought to do so seemed to pay off since this girl seemed so intent on getting away.

And then that girl popped through that door, but only briefly. What was up with her? Rolling her eyes, Seraphina opened the door and pulled her in by force. It was a tad bit easier than she had expected. But when she grabbed her, Seraphina felt something. Was this muscle? She might have to get a better look in a second. But for now, she needed to get this girl into something not dripping wet. Why did people have to be such a pain? Geez. You'll probably get a cold or something. It's not like I'm going to eat you. Not unless you want me to anyway. Seraphina laughed, then thrust her towel that she used to dry off into the girl's hands. It wasn't too wet, since it was just rain water. After that, she pointed at a pile of clothes. You can wear these. They should be fine for you. After that, she walked over to the other side of her bed where the rest of her clothes were. Needless to say, Seraphina was bold; and she wore it unknowingly.

[Serena Miller]

Serena wrung her hands a few times when the other girl called her back.  She knew she had to go back, she was just a little anxious about doing so.  There was just something about that girl that made her nervous, and that was saying something considering Serena's usual state.  After taking a deep breath, she made her way over to the door.   There was still absolutely no way she could just wear someone else's clothes, especially not if they belonged to a girl that size.  It would just be too awkward, and probably too tight.  After one more deep breath, she slowly opened the door and made her way inside.

The sight she saw once she entered made her regret her decision to come back.  The other girl she...she wasn't wearing anything at all this time!  Her blood rose to her face, turning it a darker shade of red than anything else this incident had caused.  How could she invite her inside when she was like...this!?  It didn't make any sense!  How?  Her brain couldn't process any of this right now and without thinking she darted back outside and got ready to close the door behind her.  She couldn't let anyone else see this!  What would they think?

"P-P-Put some clothes o--ah!"

Before she could shut the door again, she was suddenly dragged into the room.  Part of her wanted to fight back, she was certainly capable of it, but the rest of her simply couldn't move properly from the sheer surprise of all this.  Before she knew it, she was in the room with the door closed behind her.  But more than that, she was being touched by the naked girl. She let out a noise that could only be described as a squeak. She wanted to outright scream, but everything that was going on just left such a huge lump in her throat that she couldn't make a noise like that. Without thinking, she yanked her arm away and wrapped both of them around her torso. With that, she swallowed sharply, and spoke with a voice that was unusually squeaky and fast for her.

"I-I-I-It's okay I have clothes back at my room I can go get them this would never work because you're so much smaller than me in the first place so I'll just go use my own!"

It was after that, that Serena realized she was staring at the other girl. She quickly looked away, her face looking more like the color of a lobster with every second that passed, and let out another small scream as she turned.

[Seraphina King]

Like I said, it's fine! Why was this girl being so stubborn? It was no big deal. The clothes should fit totally fine. But this girl kept saying a lot of weird things. What was so urgent about putting clothes on? It's not like they were outside in public. The girl kept making lots noises, and certainly didn't seem to want to change her clothes. Rolling her eyes, Seraphina walked over and did the only logical thing she could think of. That being assisting her in putting on some new clothes.

She was quick with her hands to undo everything that needed undoing, sliding off things, and most importantly, stopping this girl from squirming so much. Of course, now that Seraphina had the opportunity, she couldn't really pass up feeling her muscle mass. Her fascination with such a thing likely spawned from focusing on muscle mass back when she used to train professionally. It was something she had done with other girls that were also fighters. Funnily enough, they seemed completely fine with that sort of thing. Why did this girl need to be so difficult? Hmm. Giving a few squeezes to various portions of the girl's body, Seraphina tried to make a rough estimate of how strong she probably was. She had to hold the girl closely to do this properly, else she might try to escape for whatever reason. You actually have a considerable amount of muscle. It wasn't pro athlete level, but it was more than most girls usually have. After she was satisfied, Seraphina grabbed the towel and began to dry her off. She only went this far because she had the feeling that if she didn't dry her off herself, she would put back all those wet clothes on. There, that should be better. Seraphina made sure to dry every bit of liquid. Looking outside, it still seemed to be raining. But it probably wouldn't rain too much longer. Worst case scenario, this girl could use an umbrella to walk home. Staying here was most likely not an option. She didn't want to trouble her roommate with her own choices. But at least she managed to do a good deed today and prevent this girl from getting a cold.

[Serena Miller]

"I-It's not fine!"

Even though her voice had a fair amount of energy in it, it was still quiet.  Her body just wasn't functioning like it should right now.  Everything about this was so bizarre that she just didn't know how to react.  The other girl wasn't even done making this weirder yet either.  Before she could react, she quickly pinned her down and started removing the top part of her uniform.  

"W-What are you doing?!"

It didn't take a genius to figure out what she was doing.  Serena tried to force herself out, but this girl was incredibly strong.  She didn't know of many people that could actually over power her if she really tried, so between that and everything else happening here, she started to move away from nervous and anxious to outright terrified.  Her body froze, everything started slowing down, and the only thing going through her mind was how much she needed to get out of here.  This was a bad place, and bad things would happen if she stayed.  She suddenly went from squirming around to almost completely limp, until she saw an opening.  As the other girl started removing her top, she was no longer holding her as tightly as before.  With that, Serena jammed her knee into the other girl's stomach as hard as she could, slipped her arms out of the top and moved away.

Where should she go from here?  She could just go outside.  She should just go outside.  She made her way over to the door, but the second her hand touched the knob she knew this was a bad idea.  She couldn't go outside without a shirt on.  That would just be terrible!  Serena quickly let go of the knob and looked around for other places.  There was another door in the room.  That would have to work for now.  Without thinking too hard about it, Serena bolted into the bathroom and locked the door behind her.  She leaned against the door to also hold it shut, and held her knees up to her chest so they wouldn't feel quite so naked.

"W-Why are you doing this?  I have my own clothes.  If you don't need anything from me, just let me go home..."

Her voice was airy and quivering.  This person was terrifying.

[Seraphina King]

Well for whatever reason, Seraphina got jabbed in the stomach pretty hard. She certainly wasn't braced for it either. While it certainly wasn't enough to knock the wind out of her, it made her lose grip on this girl. Man, was she really that adamant about going back into the rain? Before she knew it, that girl even locked herself in the bathroom. With a sigh, Seraphina went back over to her clothes to finish getting dressed. This girl was more of a pain than necessary. Once fully dressed she sat down on the bed with her arms and legs crossed. She called out to the person hiding in her bathroom. Fine. Go ahead and leave. I dried off the clothes that are still here a bit more so you should at least be a little better off. At least she could say that she tried to do something good today.

She could have easily knocked someone out in a matter of seconds for getting food all over her. She could have easily not invited the girl back to wash her clothes. She could have easily not bothered to help the girl with her wet clothes in return. But she did all of that, and what she got was her acting like she was the villain here. What the hell man? With a sigh, Seraphina dropped onto her back and stretched on her bed. Oh, right. If you are gonna leave, do it soon. I gotta take a leak. She didn't take the girl's reactions personally. Hell, Seraphina didn't take much of anything personally. Some people were just natural-born pains in the ass. If anything, the moral of this little adventure was 'don't go to the cafeteria.'

At least she learned how to use the washing machine. Sort of.

[Serena Miller]

Now that there was at least a locked door between her and the grabby hands over there trying to molest  her, Serena was at least able to calm down a bit.  Her mind allowed for more to enter it than the idea that she just needed to get out of her as quickly as possible.  She felt her breathing and heart rate slow back down to a reasonable rate, and she was able to think straight once more.  Geez, if this is what girls did to each other she finally understood why her mother never let her stay at her friends house after dinner time.

When Serena heard the other girl's words, her heart sank and she pulled her legs closer to her chest.  She obviously hated her at this point, and while Serena knew she behaved poorly and unreasonably there she didn't understand what she was supposed to do in a situation like that.  It was bad enough that it triggered a fight or flight response, and it was obvious to her that she couldn't fight it.  Even so, she should have controlled it.  She should have tried to talk like a reasonable person.  Even when trying to do something right, or trying to help someone, or trying to make things better, she still managed to mess it up horribly.  Sometimes she wondered why she even tried.  It seemed like everyone's lives would just be better if she stayed out of their way and never left her room.  More than that, she just didn't understand why this person was so insistent that she change.  She had her own clothes back at her own dorm, and she was going to have to go outside to get there anyway.  It would just make the other girl's clothes wet and nothing would be accomplished.

"I-I don't understand.  Did you want me to...stay here?"  The was a pause, as if waiting for an answer, and then she realized she was being vague.  "Um...because otherwise I don't see how changing here would help..."

Her voice was a bit exasperated, but still genuinely confused.  She still didn't understand what this girl wanted, and it was still important to figure it out.  Even if it might just be better for her to leave, if there was something the other girl wanted from her, she needed to know it.  In the end, she still had no idea if it was okay for her to go home or not, and wouldn't until she got the word from this girl.  It did sound like she wanted her to leave though, so she should be prepared.  Stiffly, she rose of the floor and unlocked the door and cracked it open slightly.  Serena herself hid behind the door so the other girl wouldn't see anything.

"Um...do you mind handing me the top of my uniform?  I don't think I should leave without it."