Love Makes Fools of Us All Who: Bea and Ellie Where: The palace in Monstropolis When: Last month What: Old friends catching up Rating: PG-13 (Sex talk near the end) Status: Closed; Complete
"Probably should have picked something else to wear," Ellie mumbled to herself as she was escorted into the palace in Monstropolis. She hadn't given it much thought, really. She'd picked out her favorite black shoes that had rainbow soles, black skinny jeans and a slightly oversized t-shirt that had a picture of a rocketship on it. She'd picked clothes for comfort today. She doubted Bea would mind, but... she still could've considered her surroundings. Like now, for example: "Bea! Olly olly oxen free!"
"Theeeeeeeeeeere's mah buddy!" Bea laughed, running out into the lobby. She was dressed for comfort as well, although for Bea? That meant tiny shorts and a skintight white tank with no bra. Sigh. "Been a while, Legolas!" Yep... the jokes about her shooting Bea with an arrow would never die, it seemed.
"Oh ha ha," Ellie replied dryly. It was definitely one way to make a new friend. She opened her arms up for a hug. "C'mon, bring it in before I change my mind." Hilariously she didn't even bat an eye at Bea's outfit.
Bea blinked, before hugging the girl, pulling away finally and giving her a dubious glare. "Ok, spill. I know you got a type and all but typically Braless!Bea can turn ANYONE'S head. What's going on, Arrowette?"
"I have no idea what you mean," Ellie lilted with a cheeky smile. Was it that obvious that she was still on Cloud 9? Probably. "Okay, okay. Promise not to judge?"
"....you're talking to someone who's literally blown a dude in public. Like I got room to judge anyone. Spill." Bea said, with 100% seriousness (which really, just made it more amusing).
Well, that was hilariously graphic. Also entirely believable. "Okay, so... you know I was dating Penelope for a long while there," she started to say, swinging her arms about, just full of excited energy. "Like, nine or ten months?" That was a long time when you were a teenager. As far as first girlfriends went? That was a pretty good stint. "Buuut without meaning to, I sort of entirely fell in love with my best friend. I don't even know how or when or--" She stopped, realizing that she was babbling, "--Anyway, yeah. I'm dating someone else now."
".....ok, now I am 100% supportive here. Because you're my homegirl, and also because I don't feel like being stabbed in the face." Bea said, clearly loving teasing her about their first meeting. "But I have GOT to ask: who the fuck did you meet that's sexy enough to make you leave THAT gorgeous piece of ass???"
Ellie blushed. She hadn't spoken to Penelope since the break-up and maybe that was for the best. It would just break her heart to see how she'd been acting out lately. "Sooo..." She joined her hands together, still fidgeting and twiddling her thumbs. "I don't know if you know her? Her name's Kat. She's," she nibbled on her lip, "she's really amazing."
"Kat... you mean the kid with the guns? Rocket and Six's future-kid?" Bea asked, unable to hide her surprise. "Ok, I can't really blame you as she's kinda had a big-time glow-up the last few months, but WOW. For real??? And look at you! You're fucking glowing! I've never seen you like this, Hunger Games!"
"I'm not fucking glowing," Ellie said with a laugh, blushing to the high heavens. "So, that's what I've been up to." Some of the unintended drama she could do without, but she couldn't control how other people reacted to things. "What're you been up to? It feels like we haven't talked in ages."
"Bullllllllllshit." Bea laughed, playfully poking the younger girl in the nose. "You're lit up like a Christmas tree and it's goddamn adorable." In spite of the hostile beginning to their friendship, Bea genuinely loved this girl like a little sister. "I'm happy for you though, not kidding here. You've seen some shit in your day... you deserve to be happy."
"Oh fuck off," Ellie said with a laugh, giving Bea a playful shove. She rarely went into detail about her life before Galador, but Bea knew more than most just due to how they'd met. "Thanks, I guess? I am pretty happy."
"Hey." Bea said, a more sincere smile on her face as she hip-bumped the other girl. "No joking here... you know if you need ANYTHING, you can tell me, right? I know you got a family now and stuff... but don't ever be afraid to come to me if you need help, money, anything, ok? You're my homegirl."
"Trust me, I know," Ellie replied, giving Bea a genuine smile. She skipped ahead a few steps, jumped and did a twirl. Yeah. She really did have it bad, huh? "Also? Not a word."
"I wouldn't think of it." Bea said, meaning it. While she didn't tend to take much seriously, when it came to seeing people she cared about happy? It was one of her favorite things in life. "Bring her over sometime. Seriously. We can give her a tour of the palace, all that fun shit."
"I'll definitely ask her about it," Ellie promised, crossing an 'x' over her heart. Ellie actually had no idea if Kat was into royals, come to think of it. Ah well. The knowledge came with the asking. "Anyway. Let's stop talkin' about me."
"Well... it's been a goddamn whirlwind around here lately." Bea laughed, running a hand through her long blonde hair as she chuckled. "Like.... you couldn't even begin to imagine."
"Hmm. I dunno. I have a pretty vivid imagination," Ellie lilted in reply, happy that the discussion was now focused on Bea. She didn't want this to feel like a one-sided friendship, after all!
"Well... as you probably know, the mods decided to drop the ol' ban-hammer on someone, which resulted in the gem taking a shit-ton of people away, including Tea. Now, I could sit here and sulk, but that's not gonna bring her back, because a certain someone fucked up big-time. So instead.... I decided to talk to a girl I've always cared about, who I knew cared about me too.... and now we're together."
Ellie was used to Bea speaking in riddles by now, but she got the jist of what she said anyway. "Okay, so what's the new girlfriend's name? Is she hot?" She added with a lopsided smile. Only with Bea would she say things like that!
"Have you MET me?" Bea asked with a hilariously befuddled look. "Of course she's hot. Her name's Emily Fitch. And I'm telling you... and I don't say this lightly, because you know how much I loved Tea... I have never had anyone make me feel more important, more loved, or more sexy. She's a little smart-ass, but it just makes her more endearing."
"You're calling Emily a smart-ass?" Ellie laughed, amused. "Must be a match made in heaven for you to say something like that," she teased, sticking out her tongue. Still. She understood what Bea meant, since she felt entirely the same way with Kat.
Bea laughed, pulling her phone out to show Ellie a picture of Emily. "It really is. We click so well together it's ridiculous. And good lord the sex..." Bea made a show of fanning herself as she said that, laughing happily.
Ellie grinned lopsidedly. Yeah. She got that too. "Holy," she looked at the phone and let out a playful wolf-whistle, "moley. She's gorgeous." Bea sure knew how to pick 'em!
"You can't see it there, but YOWZA the legs on this girl, Ellie. God, we fell in love so fast." She grinned, blushing lightly. "Ok, so she's been in love with me for years. But the minute we kissed again? I fell for her completely."
Okay, that blush was adorable. Ellie made a mental note to tease her about it later. "Something tells me you're gonna do everything hard and fast," she realized. Bea wasn't the type to sit idly by as the world went by around her.
"Oh, definitely." Bea replied, before continuing, "I mean, that first night, I felt bad because I was afraid she wouldn't be able to sit comfortable for a week..."
Ellie's eyebrows shot up. She opened her mouth a few times to say something, then closed it again. Bea was a horrible, terrible influence on her innocent little mind. "Fuck me, that's hot."
"Be a good girl and maybe we'll send you some fun videos sometime." Bea said with not even a BIT of joking.
"Oh yeah, because my girlfriend would totes be down with me diddling myself watching a video of you two going at it," Ellie replied dryly. Did I mention that Bea was a horrible, terrible influence on Ellie? Because she totally is.
"So diddle each other to it. I don't give a fuck." Bea said just as dryly, as the deadpan between these two was a riot. "Anyway. Needless to say, we're basically two happy bitches here, and that's pretty awesome."
"Yeah, I guess it is," Ellie agreed with a lopsided smile. "Anyway! C'mon! Give me the grand tour of the place."
"Hell yeah. Wait until you see the movie room, babe. It's like having a theatre in your home..." Bea grinned, tossing an arm over the girl's shoulders as she escorted her...