The stars..are beautiful Open

Laurie was almost done with the last chorus. It was a shame really, the song was really catchy and could have gotten a major audience if it was released. That goes for all of Laurie’s works. Most of them are about her, her life, the way even she had a few emotions, even though she hated to admit it. Well, she had been the one crying a minute back. Laurie chastised herself, knowing that if she had done it in front of anyone else, she would be “overreacting.” Her cold demeanour was growing stronger day by day, why should she ruin the streak? Pathetic. That’s what she was.
She shifted her gaze back to the stars, trying to find the constellations in them, like she once did with her aunt and uncle, when everything was alright. When the only problems she had were small things, like test papers. She hadn’t really been very popular among the girls, mostly because she used to prefer to hang out around boys. She never really knew why. But her best friend at that time, strangely a girl, used to do the same. Why was she going through those memories again? Her so called best friend probably didn’t even remember her. No one did. Well, except for Bella. And Bella wasn’t really human, so she didn’t make that much of a difference. It was getting quite late. Just as Laurie was packing up, she heard a voice from across the room. Putting on her usual cold expression, she leaned across to see who it was. Just as she did that, she saw a boy trip and fall. His glasses fell a little distance apart. Laurie wanted to ask if he’s fine but her stupid mouth said “Who are you? She winced as those words came out, knowing she wasn’t really improving her image.

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Interacting with: @Lotus Lively
Wc: 283
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“W h-What? Are you…..is your hair…..ok? Do you need some help?”
Laurie scrambled to his side. Wow. She did have some empathy left in her, for emergency situations. And this was definitely one of them.
“My name is Laurie. Lotus…that’s a bit of a strange name. Do you need some help getting up?”
She knelt down beside him and helped him up, noticing him wincing as she did so. “That was…a hard fall you had there.” God, why was she acting so sympathetic. The new boy would start thinking she was one of those people who loved human interaction. Well, she’ll make sure it’s clear to him later. Right now, she had to show compassion. That word felt so strange in her mouth. She was pretty sure Lotus had severely injured his nose, if not broken it.
“Can- can you stand?”
It must be so late by now. She would usually go to bed at this time, but this was far more eventful. Furthermore, a real life human was talking to her. And that wasn’t really an everyday event. Also, his hair just changed colours in front of her very eyes! She knew there was a term for it, yet she couldn’t remember it. She was definitely going to ask him about it later, now that they were somewhat on speaking terms.
“D-Do you need the nurse? I’m pretty sure I can go her here. You’ve got herself in pretty much of a bad situation right there.”
Laurie spoke those words in a stern tone, kind at the same time. Medical emergencies were never anything to joke about, like had taught her that enough number of times.

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Interacting with: @Lotus Lively
Wc : 215
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“Yeah…you’re definitely not fine. In fact, you’re anything but.” Laurie looked at him with a sorry expression on her face. There was blood under his nose, and she could tell that he was definitely not comfortable at seeing the blood. He might have a phobia. Well, he wasn’t the only one.
“You’re…a first year, aren’t you?” Laurie didn’t have to wait for an answer. She had this thing of telling apart people, because if it wasn’t a first year, he wouldn’t be standing here talking to her. He would have gone out of the room before he even saw her face completely. That’s what they all did. She also noticed he was really tall, for his age at least. Laurie wasn’t really short, but she wasn’t that tall either.
“Are you sure you don’t need to go to the Hospital Wing?” She asked him the question with a concerned look in her eyes.
“Also, it’s getting quite late and you obviously need some treatment now so…” Laurie left the statement hanging in the air, knowing Lotus must have understood what she meant. The fall was quite hard, and by how quiet he was, he was most probably an introvert. That was one thing they both had in common.

It was getting late, and they had to get back to their dorms. After Lotus asked her for a tissue, she frantically searched her bag, but she could find nothing. She opened all the pockets and emptied her stuff out, trying to find anything that could be useful. She always used to carry a pack around with her, but they just weren’t there this time. Which was strange, she knew she kept them. Anyhow, she didn’t have them with her at the moment. God, didn’t she have the survival instincts of a bug? Actually, no, that was insulting to bugs.
“N-No, sorry, I don’t have any right now. Maybe you can use the edge of your shirt? It’s not going to be very effective…but you might as well try it.” Laurie spoke in an apologetic tone.

As she was putting all the fallen stuff back, her songwriting journal slipped out. She quickly swiped it from the floor, covering it up with an awkward laugh. She really should learn to be more careful, shouldn’t she?
“It’s getting late now…do you need some help going down? I mean we are the same house…so it won’t slow me or you down.”