Leaning against the table, fingers linked together in front of her, Nic tilted her head forward. Strands of dark hair fell over her shoulders and created a curtain over her lowered face, but she resisted the urge to look up. God, this was boring. And to be honest, she would have been quite content to just remain like that, hunched over with her head lowered...so long as no one bothered her. But that was impossible, and she knew that. Sighing at the sound of the door opening, Nic quickly lifted herself, moving her bangs out of her line of vision so as to properly see who was approaching her. And surprise, surprise, it was none other than the newest Sailor Scout, Sailor Mars. The very same girl that Nic had been at odds with. Awesome.

Well, this was sufficiently awkward. Barely a week or so ago, Nic had been the biggest bitch possible to the girl standing before her. And after having been proved wrong about her (i.e. the feeling that she got from Adenah hadn't been an evil one, it had been on of recognition; Dee actually turned out to be Sailor Mars), Nic knew that she was going to have to apologize and somehow make up for her rudeness the last time that they had seen each other...before she knew who Adenah truly was. But luckily, it seemed as though Adenah wasn't too upset about the whole ordeal...maybe she understood where Nicole had been coming from? At least, Nic hoped she understood where she was coming from. Tucking a strand of auburn hair behind her ear, she smiled weakly across the table at Dee, automatically taking on a very apologetic demeanor. "Hey, how's it going?"

Awkwardly looking to the side, her eyes darted back to Adenah as soon as the girl began speaking again; asking a very good question...why was she here? Just based on the way that the question was asked, Nic knew there wasn't a single bit of resentment or anger in any of her words, and a feeling of great relief swept over her. Her weak smile instantly broke into a bigger one as she gestured to cookies and juice in front of her. "Oh um I work at the Milk and Cookies Bakery and...after what happened...the other day...my boss decided that she wanted to donate some stuff to your school. And I was put in charge of handing out cookies or whatever." At the end of her mini-speech, Nic nodded her head, as if this confirmed everything, with her large smile still in place. In the silence that followed, however, Nicole's smile faltered, until finally disappearing from her face, and she found herself staring intently into the punch bowl as she spoke again. "Um...about that one time...at the cheer-off or whatever? Yeah, I'm really sorry about that," She raised her dark eyes to meet Adenah's, showing her that she truly was sorry, "I just got like...a vibe from you and I thought it was bad, so I just...reacted. And I'm really sorry about that. Forgive me?" Biting down on her lip, she looked hesitantly over the table at the newest sailor senshi, praying that she hadn't completely ruined any chances of friendship that the two would have.

But suddenly, someone was calling her name. Jerking her head instantly in the direction that the noise came from, Nic let out a rather girlish squeal before rushing around the side of the table to meet her best friend. Wrapping her arms around Alicia's neck in a hug before stepping back, Nicole flipped the bangs out of her face and rolled her eyes, "Yeah, my boss wanted me to hand out cookies and juice tonight. I planned on coming anyway, though." Stepping back just slightly, Nic turned to face Adenah this time, not being able to fight the wide grin that refused to leave. It was sort of cool knowing that Venus, Jupiter, and Mars were reunited once again. Clearing her throat, Nic decided to make the introductions formally, "Alicia, this is Adenah. Adenah, this is Alicia. I think you guys know who you two are." A knowing look crossed her face, as she was sure that she wouldn't have to add in that Alicia was Venus and Adenah was Mars. It was just that sense that all the girls seemed to have; once awakened, they knew who each other were. It was one hell of a connection.