Room 403; Wednesday Afternoon [ 08/22 ].

[yinandyango]

Though she hoped doubted anyone except maybe her roommate would have noticed her absence, Fawn had been gone for the week, but it hadn't exactly been a pleasant vacation from school. She got back to her room, shuffled to her bed, dropped her bag beside it, and then heavily sat down, staring blankly for a moment at the wall. She turned her head to

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[wasthecuteone]

Petra could not agree more with that genitalia tag thought it would probably be a good idea to check in on her little sibling, especially considering she didn't think she'd seen her around for a while, and so headed down to the fourth floor, where she was pleased to see Fawn's door open and Fawn on her bed. At least she hadn't up and disappeared while Petra wasn't paying attention.

She rapped on the door frame to let Fawn know she was there and said, "Hey! How's it going?"

[yinandyango]

Yes, while disappearing while Petra wasn't paying attention would have been optimal in Fawn's opinion, it was unfortunately not an option.

The light knocking on the door frame made her draw in a breath, but the voice that followed had everything--fists, lips, eyes, even her toes--clenching a little. Trying to blink away the tears in her eyes would probably only make them worse, and that was the last thing she'd want Petra to see.

"Hey," she said, a little more quietly than she wanted. She didn't move except lifting a hand in a half-hearted wave, wanting to seem wholly apathetic or maybe tired. "Okay, I guess."

There was a pause of hesitation or debate before she added, "How's it going with you?"

[wasthecuteone]

Fawn did not seem terribly okay I guess from where Petra was standing. But calling her on it outright would be rude. "I'm pretty good," she said. "I wanted to congratulate you on making it through the summer with your sanity intact." She paused, then jokingly asked, "It is intact, right?"

[yinandyango]

Fawn opened her eyes and regarded the ceiling for a moment, and the ceiling basically told her that Petra was probably doing the Nice Big Sister thing right now, and, as someone with two Nice Big Sisters all her life, she knew that meant Petra was probably going to try to talk to her. And, since Fawn actually did like Petra and didn't want to just piss her off, she and the ceiling decided that she would at least lift her head and push herself up on her elbows behind her so she could actually look at Petra when she talked to her.

Besides, that gave Petra the full effect of Fawn's quirked eyebrow. "I think that really depends on your definition."