ARIA BECK

𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚊 𝙱𝚎𝚌𝚔 ➛ 𝟺𝚝𝚑 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛 ➛ 𝙰𝚍𝚟𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚍 𝙴𝚗𝚌𝚛𝚢𝚙𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 ➛ 𝚁𝚘𝚘𝚖 𝟻𝟶𝟺

        “ AHHH, THANK YOU ! ”   she throws her arms around aria, hugging her tightly.   “ you’ll have to tell me how it goes and everything !   and if i have any questions, i’ll be sure to ask. how tall are you again ? ”   she knows she’s pretty tall, obviously, since she’s taller than kass. maybe even taller than claire ?    “ yeah, probably a holiday party. i guess i just want a reason to meet more people, it doesn’t necessarily have to be events. ”   the mention of dc makes her smile, nodding.   “ yeah, i’m pretty sure. that’s the goal, at least. i have a few interviews on the books, which is exciting. how about you ? ”

“It’s funny seeing what they thought now would be like… I think the Back to the Future people would be pretty unimpressed by the actual future.” Then again, they had people on the moon, robots on Mars, and more connected technology than ever. “Ohmigosh, that sounds cool and terrifying. Can you imagine seeing a flying cop in your rear view?” Eden tilted her head to the side, not out of judgement but curiosity. “What did you use to teach yourself?”

Wilder’s lips purse before he shrugs, willingly accepting her reasoning without hesitation. “Makes sense.” Anyone who matches with Martina must be cool. Though, he’s sure there’s better reasons for Aria to be cool, but he doesn’t know her well enough to name them himself. She’s giggling though, so it keeps him light, he laughs too. “Oh hell yeah. What track do you think would play when you walk down the hall? I think about that all the time.” 

“does it make sense? Damn, that’s a first.” she laughs. perhaps not smoking before the event had been a good decision for once. she was having such a good time, she must be high on love only, because she wasn’t even craving a hit. that’s how she knew she had it good. “oh, boy. that’s a tough question. i’m a joan jett girl, though. bad reputation playing as we strut down the hallway, blowing up a bubble gum bubble? damn. that’s goals.”

“You know what that’s not a bad idea,” Mandy replied. It definitely would make things more convenient. “Maybe we should take that idea to R&D, see what they can come up with.”

“right?!” she felt proud she had come up with it, even though part of her thought it probably already existed. she just had never been in a bad accident to know that much. stitches were still the most common thing, though. which sucked! they looked ugly! they could use pretty thread in fun colors, but no! none of that! “maybe we should. i’m pretty sure we could win the nobel for that.”

she shakes her head. “no…i didn’t have anyone to go with. and i’m far too picky to let someone else pick my date.” she smiled a bit, then sat on the bed, setting the bucket down beside it in a place where it looked like a decoration. “did you get matched up, my love?”

“still, i always worry about intruding on the things he likes,” esther said with a laugh, but she also did like making sure ricky had his own things, because she knew he would include her no matter what, always willing to have esther around. “it’s nice to be that person to offer the perspective, too.” it could be a heavy burden, but she could handle it. “seriously, i promise it’s okay. i could always just give my actual real height, and laugh a little when they’re surprised upon seeing me.”

                kiki nodded as she examined aria’s cracked phone , keeping in mind on how large cracks could get on screens .   ❝ why do i have a feeling that this is where apple gets most of their money ?  but , now that you mentioned phones .  i need some testers for my phone to make sure it runs smoothly .  wanna be part of the beta team ? ❞   as she announced the offer , she playfully swayed the phone around so it dance around the other girl .   ❝ okay but concept : apple gets those stamp cards like at boba places and when you come back for your tenth repair , your next one is free . ❞     she chuckled from the last bit of aria’s sentence ,   ❝ fair enough .  that’s wild , though , if it’s cold i just stay in side .  i only went out cause of this whole thing . ❞

       HER EYES BRIGHTEN AT THE OFFER.   “ really ?   are you sure ?   i mean, i’ll be happy to do it, but i don’t wanna if you’re not actually interested…. but i think i could help you get matched with someone really great !   let me live through you. ”   so much for not wanting to pressure her. she smiles fondly thinking about how it’s both their last years for ppc events.   “ i’m going to miss it too. i’m sure there has to be some kind of work events, right ?   louis goes out with his coworkers to trivia pretty regularly. i don’t need a fancy party, just SOME kinda social life. who knows how many people i’ll know in dc. ”   knowing gallagher graduates, probably a bunch, but the jury’s out on how many close friends it’ll be.

“hey, pretty.” she smiled, stepping aside to let her friend in. at this point, while aria certainly wasn’t as close to her as others used to be, she felt like her smile was one of the few constants she had in her life. “this is so cute,” had it been a year ago, she would have made a face and declined, but she’d changed. she wasn’t sure what it was, but there was a new found softness to her. “did you paint it yourself, love?”

“Like Back to The Future?” Eden asked. “I like seeing what people in the past thought what things would be like now.” Two-thousands, the new millennia. It sounded magical and wonderful… but instead of hoverboards, they were all addicted to tiny computers. “I’d like that, really! How did you get into doing hacking when you were a kid?”

Seeing Aria so excited to get paired with Martina makes Wilder equally as excited, matching her grin. “Yeah, guess she is the most gorgeous girl too.” Thinks every girl is the prettiest girl but yeah, his best friends get priority. “Yeah? What makes you so cool?” He smiles, genuinely wants to know, maybe they’re into the same cool shit. Wilder laughs, looking down at himself as if to confirm, “Yeah, I do look pretty great, huh? Three of us would make a pretty great team, I think so.”

“uh... well–” aria was stuck frozen at the question. she had never thought about something so specific about her. she thought everyone else was cool, but she wasn’t left behind. she just didn’t have an actual reason. “uh... i don’t– i guess i’m just cool and you’ll have to take my word for it. and i matched with martina, so... i guess we kinda– yeah.” she broke into a little nervous giggle. it felt like meeting your girlfriend’s parents or something. “we do. i mean, not saying we could squad it up, but... i wouldn’t say no. imagine us walking down the hallways.”

                 ❝ thank god , you’re the best . ❞   she began to bring out the phone that she had hidden ,   ❝ yeah , pretty well ! ❞   she showed it to aria and traced the fracture as she spoke ,   ❝ it only got this crack and still held it’s shape so it isn’t too bad .  i’m gonna try messing with the strength without having to sacrificing how the phone runs and i have high hopes .  what are you doing out here , by the way ? ❞

// @ariabeck​ ;  [ a random hallway near the special vehicles class ] 

initially, barbie thought she’d been seeing things, but this was several days leaving the same exact class. there was no denying as they walked near each other that she was going to be seeing aria more often this semester.  “ special vehicles, really? why are you even taking this class? ”  not like it was any of her business to be asking in the first place.