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Characters: Sera and Meka
Setting: Their room, Saturday before the twin's tea party
Content: SFW
Summary: The girls help each other pick out outfits for the tea party and have a long overdue conversation.

Meka had finally been feeling better about things. Milo was on the mend, she was dancing again, and after her conversation with Stas she was starting to feel better about things. She was already making progress with her new years resolution and she was dying to tell Sera all about her misadventures even if she was ashamed of some of her more unsavory tale. She was pretty certain that she had not kept something this big from Sera ever!

She held up another dress and showed it off to Sera. "What do you think about this one?" she asked looking at it thoughtfully. She was feeling pretty brave these days, like maybe she could wear a dress that showed off the scar on the back of her leg, maybe she could talk about it openly, maybe, just maybe she wouldn't hide behind anything anymore.

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imperfectly From: [info]imperfectly Date: February 12th, 2011 04:12 pm (UTC) (Link)
"That's my favorite so far." Sera smiled, looking over and eying Meka's latest outfit. "I think you should wear that one" She offered with a big grin. She was fiddling with the top of the dress she just tried on herself. "What do you think of this one?" She asked facing Meka, returning the question. She wasn't sure she wanted to go sleeveless but she liked this dress, maybe she could just find a sweater or something.

Sera had been wanting to talk to Meka for awhile, really talk. Sure they talked everyday but that was different, Sera had been keeping a pretty big secret since New Years and she'd noticed Meka didn't exactly seem like herself either lately. She wished she could have told her sooner. She wanted to tell everyone, but it wasn't only her secret to tell and with everything going on with Milo, it never seemed like the right time before now.
learntofly From: [info]learntofly Date: February 12th, 2011 05:46 pm (UTC) (Link)
Meka smiled and put the dress down again, she had to agree it was most definitely her best option. "Yeah, I think I will wear it, now if I can just find that cardigan," she grinned. She knew she had that cardigan in the piles of clothes her father insisted on sending her. Most of the time those clothes just wasted space in her closet as they accumulated over the years but they were good for more formal occasions.

"I really like that one. It's super cute," she beamed her her room mate. "I always thought purple was your color," she grinned. She had noticed that there was a change in her friend. She had been wanting to talk to her but everything that had been going on had Meka completely side tracked.

"Pretty exciting day, huh?" she asked with that knowing smile. She had been picking up on Sera's crush on Jenny and wondered if anything would come if it. She always thought they would make a sweet couple.
imperfectly From: [info]imperfectly Date: February 14th, 2011 12:34 am (UTC) (Link)
"Thanks, I really like this one too." Sera smiled, turning to check out the dress in the mirror. She normally tried not too worry too much about that short of thing but she really wanted to look cute for the party. "Really? You think?" Sera examined the dress again, the purple was nice, she thought. "I hope Jenny likes it." Sera grinned knowing it was the blonds favorite color.

"Yeah the party should be a lot of fun." Sera agreed casually, turning to look at Meka. She was carefully digging through one of her drawers looking for a matching sweater. Her sweaters of course, all neatly folded and stacked according to color. "Can I tell you something?" She turned back to Meka pulling her red cardigan over her head. "You can't tell anyone at the party though." She giggled, holding one finger to her mouth. It was hard to hide how happy she was.
learntofly From: [info]learntofly Date: February 14th, 2011 04:15 am (UTC) (Link)
"I think she will," Meka grinned. She finally found her cardigan, with a gleeful smile she pulled it out of the pile at the bottom of her closet. "Ooo, this is rough," she laughed. Using a quick charm to unwrinkled the cardigan.

She went back to her closet for shoes. Sandals would work just fine for the occasion and just like every formal event before she refused to wear high heels. "Of course! You can tell me anything!" she said turning back to her room mate. "Mums the word," she added with a grin.
imperfectly From: [info]imperfectly Date: February 14th, 2011 01:25 pm (UTC) (Link)
Sera looked over at the sweater Meka was holding up, "You're right that is rough." She giggled, watching Meka charm the wrinkles out. Much better, she thought. "That's definitely cute you should wear that." Sera smiled over at Meka. "I bet you there's stuff buried in there you don't even remember owning." She teased.

"So yeah." Sera paused before telling her friend about Jenny. She wasn't really sure where to start. She hadn't told Meka about their kiss in the summer, it was too embarrassing.

"Me and Jenny have kind of been seeing each other." She laughed a little. "Since New Years." She looked up smiling.
learntofly From: [info]learntofly Date: February 14th, 2011 04:24 pm (UTC) (Link)
"There really is," she grinned. "Dad apparently thinks I need a new wardrobe that I'm not going to wear every year," she shook her head with a laugh. She definitely had more stuff than she knew about, and some of it was probably really cute.

She couldn't help herself when Sera informed "Oh my stars! Really?!" she asked excitedly. "That's so awesome!!" Meka couldn't wipe the grin from her face. "So how did it happen? How have you not burst from giddiness yet?"
imperfectly From: [info]imperfectly Date: February 14th, 2011 05:25 pm (UTC) (Link)
Sera grinned widely, she couldn't help it she was happy. "It just kind of happened." Sera smiled to herself thinking about New Years. It was still a little hard to believe. "She said she was sorry and was tired on being scared. It was really sweet." Sera beamed, realizing in her excitement that she had skipped most of the story.

"It has been pretty hard." Sera laughed, Referring to the giddiness. "I wanted to tell you sooner" she smiled across the room at Meka. Her roommate was always so supportive.

learntofly From: [info]learntofly Date: February 14th, 2011 06:04 pm (UTC) (Link)
"Awww, that's so sweet," she said, the excitement on her for her friend apparent on her face. "But what was she sorry about? Waiting so long?" she wondered.

"Things have been pretty crazy around here," she said with a little smile. "It was hard to find time to really talk."
imperfectly From: [info]imperfectly Date: February 14th, 2011 08:12 pm (UTC) (Link)
"I think that was part of it." Sera smiled, trying to explain. "It all started in the summer, we kissed, well she kissed me but then she freaked out." She looked away from Meka putting her head down for a second. "She was kind of weird after that but everything got better around the Snowflake Ball." Sera smiled again. It felt good, finally talking about it all to somebody, She'd been keeping it all a secret for so long.

"We started talking, and she told me why she had been acting strange, she told me she thinks she's bi too.." Sera kneeled on the floor next to her closet, grinning a little. "She um did something." Sera trailed off, she didn't know what else to say there. She couldn't tell her about Quinn.

"Everything went back to normal mostly we decided to not risk screwing things up again, and just be friends." Looking away she pretended to look for a pair of shoes. She finally took a breathe, "But things were still different, good different?" Sera smiled shyly, trying to explain. "And then we kissed again on New Years."

She turned back to Meka. "She really had nothing to be sorry for at all." She finally added.
learntofly From: [info]learntofly Date: February 14th, 2011 08:25 pm (UTC) (Link)
"Aww," Meka gave her a sympathetic look. "I had no idea you guys were going through that all this time," she plopped down on her bed, pushing aside all the clothes that she was not going to wear and probably not look at again until the next formal party. "It's kinda hard to come into your own sexuality," she nodded, knowing she herself was having a hard time accepting that she even had a sexuality.

Meka gave Sera a proud smile though. "It's so good to hear you two have worked it out though. You seem so happy," she beamed.
imperfectly From: [info]imperfectly Date: February 14th, 2011 09:35 pm (UTC) (Link)
"It okay." Sera assured her, it wasn't Meka's fault she had kept it all in. "It's definitely not easy" She half laughed, shrugging both shoulders. She had figured it out pretty early that she liked both girls and guys but just figuring it out was no where near the end of it. She sat cross-legged on the floor facing Meka's bed. "She had every reason to be scared." Sera continued.

"I am really happy." Sera grinned a little uncontrollably. "This is definitely something new at least." She giggled, referring to their New Years Resolution. "What about you? You been talking to Ben at all lately?" Sera peered over at her roommate curiously.
learntofly From: [info]learntofly Date: February 14th, 2011 10:01 pm (UTC) (Link)
Meka nodded. "It is scary," she said. "At least you have each other now," she grinned. "And you know you can always talk to me about stuff."

Meka smiled brightly. "I've been doing really good trying new things! But... oh god," she said embarrassed. "Okay, so I have some good news to tell you and I have some really embarrassing news to tell you," she admitted. "I haven't told Ben how I felt yet but he helped me out after Milo's attack. I really do need to talk to him though. And I started dancing again a few weeks ago, I even danced with Ella."
imperfectly From: [info]imperfectly Date: February 14th, 2011 10:55 pm (UTC) (Link)
"Really? that's awesome! It must have been fun to dance again." Sera responded excitely. "Especially with Ella, that must have been a blast." She grinned bigger. Meka had mentioned to her a few times that she really wanted to get back into it, she was really happy for her.

"And He helped you with Milo? That was really sweet of him." Sera smiled over at Meka nodding her head slightly. "How embarrassing are you talking?" Sera giggled, she wasn't sure if she should or not. "What happended?" She quickly added more seriously.

learntofly From: [info]learntofly Date: February 15th, 2011 07:06 am (UTC) (Link)
"It really was," she said with a nostalgic smile. "It was... liberating, you know? And Ella was fantastic," she grinned. "It was a lot of fun. Maybe I could... you know... teach you some stuff sometime, if you want," she smiled warmly.

"He was really sweet, it was nice to talk to him about Milo and try to figure things out with whatever attacked him," she got a goofy little smile on her face just thinking about him.

However when the conversation moved back over to her embarrassing situation her face turned red. "Like... incredibly embarrassing and really, really stupid." She hid her face behind her hands. "I... uh... I had sex with Sim Buford on New Years Eve. We were both wasted and it was really, really stupid." She peeked out from behind her fingers to see Sera's reaction. "I didn't mean too," she said a pained look on her face.
imperfectly From: [info]imperfectly Date: February 15th, 2011 09:01 am (UTC) (Link)
The brunette grinned back happily, "I'd like that. That sounds like a lot of fun." She continued to smile. Sera always loved to dance but didn't have much if any formal training. She'd seen plenty of ballet and contemporary performances with her mother though. It would awesome to learn a few things.

Sera looked at Meka more seriously. "Did you ever find out what happened?" Sera asked, "Do you know what attacked him." She asked further feeling pretty bad. She'd been so been spending so much time with Jenny lately. "I'm really sorry too." She smiled, showing she meant it. "I haven't really been here for you to talk to like at all lately." She frowned slightly.

"You did what?" Sera expression changed completely. She tried to act serious but was a little more than surprised. She processed what Meka told her. "That's not that stupid." Sera smiled, trying to be reassuring. From what Sera knew of him he didn't seem like the nicest guy around, but Meka seemed a little upset. She didn't want to make her feel worse.

"He's .. He's pretty cute at least?" Sera joked, hoping it wasn't too inappropriate for the situation. She looked back over at her roommate more seriously. "Did you umm.. were you careful?" She couldn't help but feel a little awkward.

learntofly From: [info]learntofly Date: February 16th, 2011 05:28 pm (UTC) (Link)
Meka nodded. "Call it a date," she grinned. She was starting to like the idea of sharing dancing with another her friends.

She tilted her head from side to side. "There are a couple theories out there," she said unsure. "It could have been that thing that attacked Leon or it could have been a person. The way that he was attacked makes me think it was more likely that a monster did it." She looked at her friends warmly. "It's okay, we made it through."

She nodded slightly. "Yeah, he's pretty cute," she admitted "But... I didn't want it to be that way, you know?"

Oh god, the embarrassment only got worse... She shook her head no, feeling the shame in her face. "I know, I know, it was so stupid. We should have been careful but if I had been thinking more clearly, I would have said no in the first place. I went to the clinic you know... the next morning by myself," she said.
imperfectly From: [info]imperfectly Date: February 23rd, 2011 01:01 am (UTC) (Link)
Sera stood up from her spot on the floor and walked over to Meka's bed, taking a seat beside her friend. "That's awful." Sera replied, "I hope they catch that thing soon, whatever it is." She had been pretty worried lately after everything that had been happening around school, although she'd be lying is she said part of her didn't think Leon deserved it. As terrible as she knew it was to think that. "I'm really glad Milo's alright though." No matter how much Meka said it was okay Sera still felt bad about not being there for her.

"Yeah." Sera replied, not really sure what else to say. She did know what Meka meant, but she didn't really know. "I know what you mean." She finally decided on. "Have you talked to him since then?" She added quickly.

"It's not stupid. Well maybe a little but it's okay" Sera giggled alittle, putting a hand on Meka's shoulder trying to comfort her, feeling bad again for not being there. It wasn't like Meka was the first girl in the world to make that mistake. "I'm glad you went to the clinic then. I just wish you would have told me, if I knew I would have went with you." She added smiling over at her roommate.
learntofly From: [info]learntofly Date: February 24th, 2011 05:59 pm (UTC) (Link)
She smiled warmly. "Yeah, I heard they caught something during those hunts. It might have been it," she said nodded. "I'm just glad he's okay too."

"I talk to him last night... at the dance. It was effectively awkward but he apologized and so did I," she explained. "We had been doing a really good job of avoiding each other until then."

Meka felt better about that and rested her head on her friend's shoulder for a moment. "I shouldn't have tried to keep it a secret," she said. "I really think I would have been better off with you there."
imperfectly From: [info]imperfectly Date: February 28th, 2011 12:46 am (UTC) (Link)
"Oh really?" Sera said kind of surprised. "I didn't know they actually caught anything." She added kind of relieved. "I hope that was it too."

She leaned back a little still sitting on Meka's bed. "I can imagine that must of been pretty awkward." Sera grinned looking over at her friend. "What did he say? That was pretty nice of him to apologize."

She leaned her head towards Meka's rested on her shoulder. "I know, no worries. Sometimes it just seems easier to keep a secret." She looked down and smiled. "Just remember I'm always here, like embarrassing, stupid, no matter what, I'm always here." She grinned, laughing a little before she spoke again, finally adding. "I don't think I could have went there by myself."

learntofly From: [info]learntofly Date: February 28th, 2011 11:36 pm (UTC) (Link)
"Yeah, they caught one of the cloak looking things apparently," she said. "And they saw another creature! It was like a horse or something. Sim told me about that, he chased it through the woods but they didn't catch it."

She shrugged a little, her cheeks still red. "He was perfectly nice, a little awkward too. I told him I still had his sweater and I had washed it, he was just surprised I hadn't cut it to tiny pieces," he grinned. "I think he was expecting me to be a bitch to him. I think he was embarrassed too."

It was a comfort to finally be able to talk to one of her closest friends so openly. It made her realize that maybe she should stop keeping so many secrets. "I was so ashamed of myself, I couldn't bring myself to tell anyone for a while," she admitted. "It was mildly terrifying going by myself."

"The same for you. If you ever need me for anything, okay?"
imperfectly From: [info]imperfectly Date: March 1st, 2011 01:30 am (UTC) (Link)
Sera looked over, "Did he say if they think the cloak thing is what attacked Leon? And they don't know what the horse thing was? Did any teachers see it?" Sera asked, realizing she might be rambling. She took a deep breath, "Jenny told me she asked Charlie and all he saw was a possum, I didn't really hear much about the other groups."

"That's good he was nice to you, kinda funny though, from what I've seen of him, he doesn't really seem like the embarrassed type." Sera grinned, noticing Meka's cheeks were still a little blushed. "Why did he think you'd be a bitch?" She added, scrunching her nose a little when she asked the question.

She nodded her head slightly looking sympathetically over at Meka. "I can imagine." Sera sighed, "I know I would have been terrified." She admitted in return, offering another friendly smile. If it was anyone else she probably would have taken this opportunity to bad mouth drinking, but she had always tried not to lecture Meka too much.

"Okay." Sera grinned, nodding her head once again. Pausing for a second, she continued, "Thanks that really does mean a lot."

learntofly From: [info]learntofly Date: March 1st, 2011 07:04 am (UTC) (Link)
"Yeah, the cloak thing was the same thing that attacked Leon, apparently it's vicious," she said her eyes a little wide. "Sim said that he was with Professor Langley when they saw it and they all chased it through the woods. That was all I heard though, they couldn't quite place what the horse thing was though," she explained.

"That's what I thought," she nodded. "He's kind of... loud and unashamed, right?" she laughed a little. "I guess anyone would be embarrassed to have sex with a geek though," she mumbled. "I think he usually hooks up with bitches, not Mekas," she shrugged with a little laugh. "Ugh," she groaned and then laughed again. "I don't know anymore Sera."

She smiled genuinely at her friend. "It means a lot to me too," she said honestly. She wished, not for the first time, that she hadn't been so silly about the whole thing.
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