whatever you are

“halloween’s in like 2 and a half months but you can never prepare too early.” she smiled. “so just for future reference and pure curiosity.” she took a step forward “you got anything scary that will scare the high schoolers? nothing to gory and nothing that look like it came out of an r rated movie but if you got supplies, im ready to have them. or i’ll have to spend money and then i’ll get a text from mom saying ‘money doesn’t grow on trees sweetheart’”

sparrow had been feeling guilty that she had remained out of touch with adri for a few weeks now. after promising her that she would be there for her, she, well,_ wasn’t_. so now was a good time to catch up with her. “okay i am so so sorry i didn’t talk to you.” the worst part was, she wasn’t sure if she even had a good excuse. “i was just here and there.” she sighed. “but i did bring you food. so im hoping that makes up for it.”

“you know it’s summer right.” her walk had a small bounce in each step as she walked over to her dad. “so why aren’t we going on vacation? we don’t even have to go anywhere on earth. we can just go to space or something. we can bring kyle, guy, adrianne and mags with us. it’ll be a cool lantern getaway.” honestly, she was getting quite bored with reading books. all of her friends seemed busy and a lot of her family was here anyways. might as well make the best of it.

“is it the blonde hair?” she asked, peering down at the person who kept stealing glances, “or the utter lack of a nutsack chin? that’s what usually gets people” she said, a smirk appearing.

she blinked in confusion. “wait what?” the other girl probably thought she was staring at her but in all honesty, she was just day dreaming. “i don’t get what you mean?”

“ BOOM !! “ he shouted, dropping the console’s controllers in front of him like a mic, wiggling in his seat. “ now - that is how you do it. aye. cash me OUTSIDE, how about that. “ 

“… It’s not what it looks like.” There was remorse in her tone, but if anything, she was just sorry she was caught. “Okay, maybe it’s exactly what it looks like. But I can explain.” 

“Well.. I’ve officially eaten an entire jar of applesauce. How has your day been going?” 

“okay i officially need the story on how and why...”

“I’m sorry did I hit you? I really didn’t mean to.” Natalia says with a smile as she folds her wings against her back best she could. It wasn’t always easy to avoid a situation like this, but in the process of leaving the coffee shop she must have accidentally done it while turning to leave. She slowly moves to face the other though as she hopes for the best.

“Y’really gonna run t’daddy and tell him I was bein’ mean? C’mon, you wanna lose your best shot at masterin’ that thing?” Guy says with a laugh, though he’s not all too worried about it. He’s known Sparrow since the girl was so young, and despite his and Hal’s differences she’s still family. There’s nothing in the universe she wouldn’t do for her. 

“You bet your life he did, y’better not forget it.” Guy laughs as he creates a hand construct to shoot over and nudge Sparrow gently. He means it, though - she’s doing a great job for someone who’s trying to adjust to using one fo the best but most difficult rings. “Yeah you can, it’s just gonna take some practice. Y’want me to switch back to green? You should get a pretty good power boost if I do, at least then you can practice flyin’ around.”

“oh please guy. if i ran to dad every time you said something rude or you were being a jerk, i could compete in the olympics with how strong my legs would become from the running.” she scoffed but knew that he was just kidding around. “and no actually. you’re a pretty great teacher and i wouldn't have gotten this far without your help.”

marisol wasn’t very familiar with sparrow. she knew who her parents were and that it immediate made her family with adrianne. while adrianne was marisol’s friend… sometimes it felt like they were a bit MORE or could be a bit more and so she felt this NEED to do good. “ i think that would be fun , actually ! “ marisol nodded. “ what– what did you have in mind ? “

“I knew you would be. It may not make up for it, but this is a start.” Hal says with a grin, knowing that they were just joking around of course. It felt good to be back here though, and he wraps an arm around her. “It’s good to be back, I missed you every second I was gone the last three weeks.” He says with a smile. “How about you update me on everything I’ve missed?”

“You have so much faith in me, Sparrow. I don’t think I have the money to shop in the finest places New York has to offer.” She says with a giggle, but she hopes Sparrow understands how grateful she is from the smile on her face. It’s not.. easy to be here when she knows she looks different, she will always look different. There’s no hiding her eyes, even if she can keep her ears from view. She just hopes Sparrow is right. “You’re the best, you know that? I’ll tell you, I promise. Hopefully things just - stay this way.”

“ my sister likes to describe it as being a mix of WEIRD and 90′s and 80′s fashion. “

“so have you come to pride on your own or are you on a solo adventure like me?” haley was a little hard for the blue lantern in training to spot in the crown but never the less she found her. “because if you’re soloing this then i’m here to turn it into a duo.” sparrow smiled as she linked arms with the blonde. “but if you’re not, i can leave.” she was wearing a simple shirt and jeans with her t shirt being dipped dyed to fit the pansexual colours. she even considered wearing a rainbow wig but she opted for rainbow makeup instead, especially on the eyelids. “having fun right?”

“you know after ihop wait sorry ihob” she rolled her eyes. not at the asgardian but at the company itself. “we haven’t talked. i was beginning to think you were avoiding me.” sparrow was just messing with her but in reality she hadn’t really talked. “so are you avoiding me?” she raised an eyebrow. “cause if i did something stupid” and she probably did. “i would like to know now.”

“we’ve never even talked a lot.” she had shared the occasional glance at mari when she was with dick but the truth was that she wasn’t that close to dick either. so her relationship with mari was more on a formal level. but sparrow always liked to make new friends. so why should mari be the exception. “you wanna hang out. we could do things you want to do. and before i come off as crazy, just trying to make some new friends.”