"My best friend is leaving the country for a few months. The, um - the going away party was last night. And it's all sinking in for me now." Another sigh. This was embarrassing, spilling to someone she just met.
"I don't know what I'm gonna do with myself..."
Sᴛᴀᴄᴇʏ Sᴜᴛᴛᴏɴ
“Hmm? How so?”
Despite the temptation to peek, Emma elected to stay out of her mind for now.
"Sorry... sorry. I just wanted to do or say something nice for somebody, you know? It's been," she sighed heavily, "Been a really hard last couple of days."
Sᴛᴀᴄᴇʏ Sᴜᴛᴛᴏɴ
𝓟𝓡𝓞𝓕𝓔𝓢𝓢𝓞𝓡 𝓕𝓡𝓞𝓢𝓣
“Stop being skittish, it’s not cute.”
𝓟𝓡𝓞𝓕𝓔𝓢𝓢𝓞𝓡 𝓕𝓡𝓞𝓢𝓣
"Oh. Um..." False skittishness. Slipped into like hand into glove. "Just figured I'd pay a compliment, woman-to-woman."
Sᴛᴀᴄᴇʏ Sᴜᴛᴛᴏɴ
"I'm aware darling, do you enjoy stating the obvious?"
𝓟𝓡𝓞𝓕𝓔𝓢𝓢𝓞𝓡 𝓕𝓡𝓞𝓢𝓣
"Oh, you are just gorgeous." Likely, she hears it all the time. Still came out. "Incredible, really."