Private Slipped my mind

Sidney had attended her classes. She didn’t learn much of anything but at least she was there. Her last class went as it always did. She zoned out about fifteen minutes in and then had no clue what the teacher was talking about when she started paying attention again. The class went on for what seemed like a lifetime before it finally ended and Sid managed to leave. With that, she was done school for the day. Hallelujah.

She headed to her locker, slung her bag around her arm and headed out, waving to a few people who she somewhat knew as she made her way out.

She was heading back to her dorm room when she got the call. She picked it up casually, but took a moment to react when Aranea finally wished her happy birthday.

It was too late. She’d already had the worst birthday of her entire life. A happy belated birthday didn’t fix any of that now. The contrast between this year and the last had hit her hard that day and now it was starting to hit her again. She put a hand over the phone speaker and took a deep breath. This wasn’t a good time for that.

She released her hand and put the phone back to her ear. “Aw, thanks!” Her tone gave no sense of how she was feeling. She just sounded happy. “I just finished school so I’m pretty much free for the rest of the day. Have anything in mind?”

Before the mention of The Saucer, Sid sounded happy but her expression hadn’t really reflected it. But afterwards, she wore a faint smile. “Well, I don’t really have the funding for that last I checked. This a dinner on you situation?”

While she certainly was still a bit upset about it, she had to admit that going to a place and hanging out like old times would be nice. It had been far too long since the last time she’d gotten to do something like that. Nowadays she rarely just hung out with one person. Perhaps a little one on one time with Nea was just what she needed to get her spirits back up.

With that, her faint smile turned into a real one. “I’ll have to think about it,” She didn’t say anything for about three more seconds before continuing. “Yeah, okay, I guess I could do that for ya.”

Then the mention of Aranea having the next couple of evenings free came up. Without really thinking and as soon as she finished speaking, Sid just blurted out “Yes.”

“I mean, if you’re not doing anything I’d love to catch up with ya some more. Spend a little time together like old times.” It still felt weird calling it old times. It shouldn’t have been that. They should have still been in the good old days.

When the call ended, Sid snapped her flip phone shut and carried on towards her dorm. She had mixed feelings to say the least but at the core of it she was just glad to get a chance to see Aranea again.

At her dorm, she spent some time picking out what to wear. She didn’t really own anything fancy enough for where they were going, but it didn’t really bother her. She just threw on some black pants and a black and gray striped shirt. Good enough.

About a minute after the agreed time, the moth girl made an appearance at the restaurant. It didn’t take long for her to spot Aranea and make her way over. She started with a wave but frankly it just wasn’t enough. She kept a short distance between them for a second longer before going in for a hug.

With all four arms wrapped around her ex and her face out of view, Sid frowned and spoke quietly. “it’s good to see you again.” She held the hug for an almost awkward amount of time, realizing that it still wasn’t enough, she wanted a kiss.

When the hug finished, Sidney’s frown disappeared, replaced by a brief look of uncertainty. This was followed quickly by her usual grin and joining Aranea in attempting to break the awkwardness. “Whatever I want, eh? You’re gonna regret that.”

She quietly snickered as they made their way inside and were seated. Before long, she’d have a fancy menu in one of her hands and have begun browsing. The menu looked different and had a couple new options as well as several that were missing. “These things sure look different than before.” She still didn’t even have a good grasp on what half the items on the menu even were, but she could still tell.

“What’re you gonna get?” She figured knowing what Aranea was getting could help her with her own decision.