Discovering the Unexpected (Genevieve)

[Genevieve Duval]

"Do not thank me!" Said Genevieve blushing, "They want to be your friends too." She wasn't quite sure about that last bit, but it sounded nice, so the French girl smiled.

"I have never gone to one." Explained Genevieve sheepishly, "But I know it is a big hype. It is-how you say? ...Constant? The events." It was really hard to explain herself in another language and she was growing tired of it too. It was so frustrating not being able to communicate. Sure, people here were far more pleasant than in France, at least to her, but that didn't make conversations any easier to have.

"I want to! I am offering." Genevieve grinned. "We can practice our powers. I-" She smiled sheepishly again, "I do not have much control over mine either. Only over these friends," She extended her arm out to show her, calling back the bees from Alanna's arm, "But I lose control at times."

She blushed as Alanna tried asking her what was wrong, but the French girl smiled and shook her head. "I am fine." she lied, not wanting to talk about it. "But thank you for offering your ear to me." No, it was best to help others. Sucking up anything that bothered her was the best way to keep people happy, right? That was what she did. She smiled when she didn't want to... even if it was just so hard most of the time.

"Yes!" Nodded Genevieve enthusiastically, glad to know she understood. "I need to feel the grass under my feet and the wind in my hair." She'd grown excited and had jumped closer to the girl, so she took a step back when she noticed it. "Excuse me..." She looked down, until Alanna offered to find new things together and the French girl turned to smile at her, nodding again. "Yes." She said with a shy voice, "What- um- what do you like doing?" She'd told her, right? "Apart from photography?"

[Alanna Darlington]

Alanna smiled sweetly. It might seem silly, the idea that the bees wanted to her her friend, but she found it to be very sweet. After all, people never wanted to be friends with her really.

She laughed softly. "Yeah, we do always have events 'round here," she said. "We always seem to find some occasion or if there isn't one, we come up with one." Alanna gave a small shrug. "I've only ever been to take photos though. Never to just go, you know?" A bright smile appeared then. "But now we can go together, right? I bet it's more fun if you go with friends."

Alanna nodded. It was strange to her that someone wouldn't mind if she listened to their thoughts, but maybe if she practiced more outside of her training... maybe she could learn to control it sooner. A small smile came to her lips. "That would be nice," she agreed, her voice soft.

She bit her lip as Genevieve insisted she was fine when Alanna clearly knew she was not. But it was obvious that she didn't want to talk about it, and Alanna didn't want to press her. "Alright, if you're sure..." She hesitated for a moment before adding. "But if you wanted to talk... I wouldn't mind listening. I mean, it wouldn't bother me or anything. It would be nice to help someone else feel better, you know?" She understood all too well what it meant to keep everything inside and while she wasn't about to force anyone to share, she wanted to assure the younger girl that she could, if she wanted to.

Alanna grinned as she began to catch the other girl's excitement. "Oh it's fine," she assured the French girl as she apologized for jumping closer. However, the other girl's question made her think for a moment. She had once loved to sing, but she hadn't done that in... well a long time. "I like to stories," she said after a moment's pause. "I guess I mostly just end up either hiding in my room or out here... That's kinda sad, isn't it?"