Chapter 2
They took a break from answering questions and just walked around the room stretching their legs. Carmilla shuffled trough list on the iPod while Laura moved chairs and a coffee table around.
”What are you doing cupcake?” Carmilla asked without moving here eyes from the iPod.
“Making our conversation cozier”, Laura stated.
“How is sitting on the floor cozier?”
“It’s not as stuck up as sitting in those chairs across each other. It feels like an interview”, honey blonde explained.
“It kind of does”, other girl agreed.
Laura tapped her hand on a cushion on the floor signaling Carmilla to sit down, and brunette sat down without a word.
“So who made you participate?”, brunette was curious.
“Nobody, actually, I was eager to participate”, Laura admitted, “it’s a journalist curiosity I guess. We always need to get to the bottom of things”.
“And what do you expect to find on the bottom of this silly experiment?”
“It’s not silly!” Laura exclaimed. “I’ve read about people who fell in love during this, you can’t call it silly science proved it”.
Carmilla just smiled, enchanted with the passion that Laura showed for such a mundane thing as a social experiment.
“I was so excited that Perry and LaF let me participate”, the blonde said.
“Wait… You know LaF? And Perry? Like know them under different circumstances than this experiment?”, Carmilla asked and the blonde nodded.
“I went to high school with Perry”, Laura explained.
“Don’t take this the wrong way cutie, but they never talk about you”, Carmilla said with a teasing smile.
“I moved back here just a couple of weeks ago, give it some time. I bet Perry has all kinds of stories about us in high school.”
“Moved back from?”, Carmilla was curious.
“Styria. It’s in Austria”, blonde clarified.
Carmilla made a strange face, something between being impressed and being confused, but she didn’t speak, she just looked at the other girl letting her continue her story.
“I traveled, a lot”, she emphasized that, “I was doing some soul searching, feeling how being free feels. Somewhere between sightseeing and tour guide telling me about the myths and folk stories of Austria I met an American guy that was looking for a person to be a reporter from Austria for American magazine. So I was there for few years and now I’m here”.
“Why did you decide to come back?”
“It was just the right time. I feel like I’m ready to build a serious career, to have a steady job, maybe even a relationship, to form a permanent life”, Laura’s voice sounded confident and steady.
“That’s a good plan Laura”, Carmilla admitted, “But what I really want to know all about is that cookie obsession you have”.
“What obsession, it’s not an obsession”, blonde said strongly,
“Sure cupcake, keep telling yourself that”, Carmilla teased, “I’ll get my answer Laura Hollis, trust me”, her voice was flirty, it made other girl blush.