forum [Insert working title here] // Private rp

Started April 22, 2019 by @croccin-champagne

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"Pfft," Ava huffed. "If I had to ride a bike to school, you wouldn't see me right now."

"I meant vroom vroom bike, not briing briing." Blue said, mimicking the sounds of a motor and a bell.

"Either way, they're not my thing. Brother's a big fan of 'em, though," she said, absently sliding off the hood. "So, will it be yours or mine?"

"We're takin' the pig." Blue said, opening the passenger door before heading around to the driver's side.

Ava slid in and pulled out another cigarette. She lit it slowly and blew the smoke outside the window.

"Are you just gonna chain smoke the whole ride?" Blue asked, raising an eyebrow in amusement as she pulled out of the parking spot.

"Got a problem with that?" Ava shot back smoothly. Her cigarette danced around between her fingers.

Blue thought about it, tongue poking out in her usual habit, before she shrugged. "Not entirely. Just try'n keep it near the window, so I don't choke."

"Noted," she said in a surprisingly soft voice. She took another hit and aimed it out the window courteously.

"Thanks." She shot Ava a smile, before focusing back on the road. The car itself was a bit of a mess, a toolbox on the floor of the back seat, and different receipts scattered. There was also an odd number of what looked like instruction manuals everywhere, for an increasingly wide range of tasks.

"So, how'd you come up with all that stuff?" Ava asked, referring to Blue's list.

"When I was in New York, it kinda just….hit me." Blue said, wrinkling her nose. "That there were all these things I'd never done, things I should do 'fore I head off wherever life takes me."

"Interesting," Ava purred. "Why'd you change so much from last year?"

"D'you have any memory of the day I came to school with the bandage over my eye, after bein' gone?" Blue asked, using one hand to tap the scar on her eyebrow.

"Yeah, I think so," Ava murmured, as if recalling it to her immediate memory.

"There's a matching one under my shirt, from a robbery gone wrong." Blue started, tapping out a beat on the steering wheel. "When I was gone over the summer, like I said, it just hit me. I'd almost died that night, and y'know, what's the harm in becoming a better version of yourself? Life's short I guess."

Ava looked over at the girl. Her eyes narrowed thoughtfully and she nodded. "Yeah, I get that."

Blue shrugged nonchalantly, not taking her eyes off the road. "Enough about my existential crisis, where do I go now?"

"Right at the next street," Ava said nonchalantly, picking at her nail.

"My turn to ask a question. Why'd you decide to help me?" Blue asked, glancing over at Ava for a split second.

Ava shrugged. "Dunno…"

"Wow, such an informative answer." Blue deadpanned, shaking her head.

"Well, I'm such an informative person," Ava replied sarcastically.

Blue snorted, glancing over at Ava. She didn't say anything, but the ghost of a smile played on her lips.

Ava tossed her cigarette silkily out the window. "Make a right up here."