Rachel Amber ;D
Yes, she was staring at puppets.
Yes, this was her life.
Rachel glanced up at Chloe, who was peering at her with a massive grin like the cat that had just caught the fattest, juiciest canary. Probably mutated from radioactivity and well-cooked from the fires lit by the bomb that had caused the aforementioned mutation.
“What,” she said, “the fuck.”
“Happy Birthday!”
“...Chloe, it’s Fall.”
Chloe shrugged like this was irrelevant.
“My birthday is in July.”
Once again, Chloe didn’t seem to think this was relevant.
Rachel had the oddest, shortest moment when it occurred to her that her best friend was insane and that that was why they were friends.
And thus, technically, she had brought this on herself.
“So, anyway - since I got you a gift and all - I was wondering if I could ask you a favor?”
Rachel might’ve laughed in relief if the situation wasn’t so backshit insane.
“...Yes?”
“How would one woo a nerd?”
Rachel stared across the short expanse that separated her and her punk-rock, blue-haired friend and wondered when exactly this had become her life.
“...How would I know?”
Chloe blinked, and shrugged again.
“I dunno. You’re a total nerd yourself?”
“I am not a-”
“Don’t even, we both know that’s a lie.”
She scowled at Chloe, who simply grinned back.
“Now. Nerd wooing. How would one accomplish this?”
“Why do you ask, anyway?” She said, desperation beginning to colour her tone. She was stalling.
Chloe rooted around in her pockets and pulled out her phone, holding up a finger - the classic ‘one moment’ gesture.
She made a tiny ‘ah-ha!’ sound and turned the phone towards her triumphantly.
On it was a picture of a pale, tilted neck spotted with freckles.
“Boom.” Chloe said, voice full of a dramatism Rachel had long ago learned to live with.
“...I don’t follow.”
Chloe rolled her eyes - like she was the dumb one.
“That’s the dork that needs wooing. Obviously, she’s adorable, and that neck needs to be bitten A-S-A-P. How do I do it?”
Rachel burrowed her head in her hands and wished the ground would swallow her whole.