she who sees

“interesting..” his voice trailed off as he chuckled to himself. elias couldn’t help but find the way josephine emphasized the word acrobatic.. well, cute. it was hard to hide the smirk threatening to take form across his features. “and how exactly would you recommend they improve their activities, wright? i mean considering you sound much more experienced yourself.”

She popped the fry into her mouth, chewing as she watched the smirk threatening to take over Elias’ face. He didn’t hide it well, but then again, it was clear he wasn’t trying very hard to hide the expression. At his question she hummed in thought, pausing for a moment as the girl’s less-than-satisfied face crossed her mind. “Maybe, Romano, it would help if the freshman had been less concerned with getting himself off, and tried to help her enjoy the damn moment too.” She winced as she remembered how... dog-like the boy had seemed. She really did want to burn the memory from her mind “I’m not sure the boy even knew what a clitoris is.”

“ even if you did , i wouldn’t take no for an answer. ” she teased, with a click of her tongue before pulling out the stool to take a seat. watching as she slid the plate of fries over – she gave a greedy grin, before taking one and popping it into her mouth. “ thanks babes. ” she added , taking a long sip of her beer. her eyes followed josephine’s , before her lips pulled into a smirk as she realised when she what her friend was watching. her question made her laugh, but when she turned around to face her friend again, she gave her a look of feigned shock. “ moi? ” she asked , in a high pitched voice. “ why would you think such a thing? ”

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Josephine threw her head back as she laughed, the bright sound filling the air. She gently kicked the other girl, laughing even harder as she watched some man get absolutely slammed into the counter. “Apologies, I forgot that you were the paragon of virtue,” she remarked sarcastically. She flicked her fingers, and with a quick spell sent someone who had gotten too close to their table back into the fray. “We’re gonna have to tip the bartender... they definitely don’t get paid enough to deal with this shit.”

“Jo. I can’t skip out on a week because I’m sleeping away like the dead.” She wrinkled her nose in a playful scowl at the tease even though she wouldn’t be surprised her eye bags were showing with the week she had. After finishing the cookie, she brushed off the crumbs from her hands, “Praying that that will last me until dinner..which I’m hoping I have a chance to grab before practice starts. There needs to be more hours in a day.” 

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She smirked at the though of Mireya actually sleeping for a whole week. It was an unlikely situation, and if something like that were to happen, it meant that something was very wrong. “If we had more hours in a day, professors would just make us sit through longer lectures. That would be a fucking nightmare.” She wanted to shudder at the thought of listening to Professor Nelson drone on for more than two hours at a time. 

his eyes trailed from the now empty chair up to her own, pausing ever so slightly as they worked their way across her chest and exposed skin of her soft neck. “aren’t you all just full of good manners today, josephine.” elias smirked, deciding against taking a seat. he much preferred his current position – having the upper ground always served him well. “now what exactly did you see when you touched that bag,” he tilted his head towards the abandoned item. “and don’t try to play coy, your face always gives you away.”

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Josephine paused, regarding Elias (and his artfully messy hair) for a moment before slowly putting her feet back on the chair next to her. If he didn’t want to sit, well, then she’ll just make herself comfortable. At least she’d offered, right? At his question, she tilted her head and raised a singular eyebrow. “When have I ever played coy?” she remarks as she dips a fry into ketchup. “But if you’re so curious, I was lucky enough to see an acrobatic hook-up in the first floor freshman bathrooms— neither seemed particularly experienced.” Lots of tongue, and not much actual pleasure... it wasn’t pretty.

sulli shook the other girls hand, the grill seeming to have become more rowdy since the moment she ordered her cheese fries. “not quite..” she replied, having been here a few times since she began attending pennbrook,, she knew the grill held events but this? this was pack. blue eyes roamed the bar, only to then fall on the tv screens that adorned the bar.  “ah,” she nodded, pointing towards the screens as she put a fry in her mouth.  “friday night football..” whether you had powers or lacked them, you weren’t immune to friday night football, especially since it was nearing the end. “i usually reserve during karaoke nights, her best friends, being her parents, coming to sing with her, mainly her mother, her father usually being dragged along to join. “i should have known better when the advisor told me to make sure my friday’s were off as a senior.. this is where everyone is.” sullivan slipped another fry into her mouth before reaching for the fork beside her. “so, do you go to pennbrook?” 

Josephine hummed noncommittally, her eyes taking in the TV screens and the disproportionate amount of men that seemed to be filling the establishment. Football— of course. What brings men together better than a high-contact sport? Although, she could admit that sports like football also make way for intense fights... hopefully that wouldn’t happen tonight. Or... well, a bar fight would be more enjoyable to witness than watching a football game on the TV screens. 

At the other girl’s comment Josephine smirked, having heard the same from her own advisor, back when she was a freshman. Although, for STEM students it was also smart to make some free time during the middle of the week, since that’s when the labs have the most vacancies. It’s why her Mondays and Thursdays were packed. “It’s just tradition now. Half of Pennbrook ends up here, and by midnight we’re all at someone’s party.” Many memorable weekends had started that way for her. “Yeah, I do— I’m an earth & planetary science major. You?”

great. sulli thought as she looked around, the one time she wanted chili cheese fries and she couldn’t even get a seat to eat them at. she looked around, eyes scanning the entire room, the outside seating, and nothing. people sure did love to start their partying earlier in the day, didn’t they? she guess it made sense since upper classmen tended to fill up their schedules monday through thursday so their friday would be completely free.. free to fucking party, she remembered having heard from her room. it was while scanning the room that her eyes locked with the brunette, her eyes shifting towards the vacant seat and then back to her, instantly smiling when she heard her say the seat was available. “oh my gosh, thanks!” she said, throwing her stuff down and taking the vacant seat. “thought i was going to have to take this to go and by the time i got back to my dorm this was going to be so gross.” you needed, you needed to eat your chili cheese fries as soon as possible, these were just calloway rules now. “sulli calloway!” she introduced herself, extending her hand out to the other. “pleasure to meet you….uh?” 

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She popped the remnants of her burger into her mouth as the other girl approached, savoring the flavors before wiping her hands. An eyebrow rose as the other girl introduced herself, and she held out her own hand, shaking her hand firmly. “Josephine Wright,” she responded before pulling back her hand. The grill was only getting more and more crowded... was there some sort of event? Team meeting? She wasn’t entirely sure, but usually the grill wasn’t this crowded.

She mentally shrugged before dipping one of her fries into ketchup. “Didn’t think it would be this bad?” Josephine gestured to the packed room, before turning back to the other girl. “It’s better to claim a seat first, especially on nights like this.”

it was not a surprise to see the grill this packed, especially on a friday night - so why she still attempted to come at that time of evening and find a free table was beyond her , and yet she still did it. armed with a beer in hand , she pushed her way through the crowds of mostly obnoxious students - she was getting really annoyed that they were either barging passed her or refusing to let her pass , that she lost control & with a delicate flick of her head and without an incantation she made a guy fall into another guy that started a fight which amused her & cleared her path at the same time , bonus.  as she passed a table , she felt the hair on her arms stand on edge - which meant that someone was doing magic. with a quick look over her shoulder , her eyes fell upon josephine & a smirk spread across her lips. “ would you object to the company? ”

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A matching smirk spread across her face as she sat up, shaking her head as she did so. “I would never object to your company, Gi,” she remarked as she popped a fry into her mouth. She pushed the plate into the space between them, nodding at it silently. Beer was great, but beer with fries was better. Speaking of fries... wings sounded good. Wings sounded really fucking good.

Slowly she leaned back, watching the intense fight taking place on the other side of the grill. She couldn’t help but chuckle as someone’s glass went flying, before letting out a small hiss of sympathetic pain as some boy’s head got slammed against the counter. She nudged the other girl slightly before inclining her head towards the fight. “Your doing?”

“That is not a plan. I’m going to sleep for the next few days straight at this rate.” She broke a piece of the cookie off and tossed it into her mouth. Humming affirmatively, Rey took her time to chew before answering, “Insanely busy like you wouldn’t buh-lieve. It should be a crime to be this busy in the beginning of the year.”

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“Is that such a bad plan?” Josephine hummed and tilted her head, picking up a pen and pointing it at the other girl’s eyes. “I think I can see bags,” she commented, her voice teasing as she raised an eyebrow. She leaned back once more before taking a sip of her own coffee. “I wouldn’t be surprised if we all developed carpal tunnel.”

She locked eyes with another student, and after a moment she slowly removed her feet from the chair near her. Her gaze flickered from the other person to the now vacant chair, back up to the other person. “The chair is yours, if you need it.”

A brow rose in question when she saw the cookie, “Where did you even pull this from?” She frowned but still reached for it anyways. “I think I’m going to crash hard after too.. All that caffeine and sugar, that cannot be a good combo.” She muttered as she nibbled on said cookie. 

A smirk flickered over her face as she watched Mireya take a bite. “You were too focused on the coffee to notice the cookie,” she mutters as she goes back to her computer. “And all you have to do is keep eating sugar and caffeine before you crash— you’ll burn off the sugar later anyways.” She saved her paper before leaning back, watching the other woman nibble a little more. “Three all-nighters?”