<center>Mean Friend?</center>
Miylin skipped into the garden with a grin. She was in a good mood, for no particular reason. She quickly skimmed around the area wondering if anyone else was around.
Aubry walked in, a little sulkily, and flopped down by the fountain.
Noticing the teenage girl walking in, she couldn't help but observe her for a bit. She felt comfortable around little kids.. but this girl seemed bigger. Miylin would not have even approached had it not been for the way this girl carried herself. She seemed sad..
"Um.. hello..", she called out while walking towards her cautiously.
Aubry looks up at the words, and sees the speaker. She doesn't know this girl... she looks around, wondering who the girl might be talking to, but only she is there.
"Hi?" she asks; a question rather then a reply.
Miylin clasped her hands against her back, as she rocked on her heels.
"Are you okay?", she asked while trying not to stare too much at the girl. Instead she tried to distract her eyes with a nearby butterfly.
Aubry cocked an eyebrow at the stranger, and nodded a little. "Yeahhh..." she says slowly, drawing out the word. She raises the other eyebrow. "Why? Do I know you?"
"Uh, I don't think so.. I mean, I think that I saw you around before..", she said before letting her voice trail off. People could make her feel so intimated at times.
She bit her lower lip before adding,"You just looked bothered that's all".
Aubry shrugs. "Well it doesn't really concern you, anyways. What, you go up to random strangers and pry into their personal life?" she rolls her eyes. "You could really annoy someone. I mean, did anyone teach you to ever be..." she trails off and squints at nothing, trying to remember that word. it was one she always had trouble with. "...considerate? I mean, seriously." She shakes her head almost sympathetically. "Come, on."
She lifts one eyebrow at Miy, daring her to comment back.
Miylin felt like shrinking down to the butterfly's size. She had never felt so embarrased. Dia had never told her that people could be so unfriendly. And she didn't even know what this considerate thing was.
"I don't always talk to strangers, it's dangerous.. And I was only trying to be nice like my mom told me to be", she said while trying her best to blink back a few tears. "But I'll go away now", she added while turning quickly on her heels, and walking away.
"Well jeez, you don't have to cry," Aubry says, catching hold of Miy's arm before she can leave. She looks at Miylin. "Um. You're not crying," she adds awkwardly. Then she quickly adds, "but you sounded like you were crying. Next time don't be such a drama queen, you might make people annoyed."
She huffs, as if Miylin's wasting her time, and rolls her eyes.
Miylin blinks up at Aubry before saying,"Well, I was almost crying. Sorry, anyways". Her eyes roamed around the garden, as she suddenly noticed how deserted it was. It was eerily quiet. Almost spooky. She inched a bit closer to Aubry.
"I wonder why it's always so quiet. Where is everyone?", she asked while frowning a bit. Perhaps, this girl seemed so sad, because she was lonely. And Miylin was obviously too young to hang out with this.. teenager. Or so, she thought so.
Aubry shrugs grumpily. "Maybe 'cause no one wants to play with you," she says in a mean way. "Why are you here? Your mom abandoned you?"
Miylin pouted a bit, and folded her arms across her chest. "My mom would never abandon me. She loves me!", she declared in as tough as a voice as she could muster.
And then in an even quieter voice she said,"I wonder if we could say the same about you". The words even shocked herself. She wouln't have imagined herself to say such of a.. mean thing! Miylin bit down nervously on her bottom lip, as she prepared to take that comment back.
Aubry raises her eyebrows at first, and is about to open her mouth to reply, when she hears the second comment. "W-what?" she asks in a shocked voice.
And then quickly gains her composure.
"Well even if my mom doesn't, I know someone does. Only faggots want their mama to love them, and those are the dorks and mommy's kids. But having a boy love you is--"
She suddenly breaks off, realizing what she just said. "I mean--" she says. But her cheeks have already turned red, and her mind goes back to Gabe again, one-tracked, leaving no room for distraction. She groans and buries her face in her hands.
Miylin eyes widened when Aubry mentioned "faggots". She knew from experience that that was a word which should never be sad in front of adults. She quikly got over that though, when she heard the "boy loving" part.
"A boy loves.. you? Who is it?? Wait, is that's what wrong with you?", she asked curiously with a grin. All past thoughts about Aubry's mean behaviors flew past her mind at this point. This was sure to be some sort of gossip that her 8 year old mind would take thrills in.
"Ah! No!" Aubry says quickly. "I mean, it's really nothing! He doesn't, well sort of, but it's not really serious or something or--" she frowns. "Um, well, he sort of likes me I guess, but then he doesn't really. In a way. Or something."
"Wow, you're so lucky to have a boy be in love with you... do you love him back?", she asked while seeming entranced with the current topic. Miylin was completly oblivious to Aubry's.. distress.
"No!" Aubry says quickly. "I just want him to leave me alone!"
Miylin frowned a bit. This was strange. Isn't a girl supposed to want a boy around if they love them? Surely, the movies that she watched didn't lie!
"Well, if a boy loved me, I would want him around always", she declared with a dignified nod.
"Isn't that what loves all about?"
"What? Of course not. Love is much more complicated. I mean, it's not even love. I think. It's really complicated... and really stupid..."
Miylin scrunched up her face in confusion. Some people really were wierd, she thought to herself.
"I'd feel pretty bad, if I loved someone and they didn't love me back", she concluded. And then a small grin formed on her face as she asked,"Is he cute?"
Aubry opened her mouth to answer, and shut it quickly, surprised and scared at what she had almost said. Instead she just sighed and buried her face in her hands again. Jeeeeez, this girl had a one-track mind! Couldn't she tell that Aubry didn't want to talk about Gabe? Couldn't she just go away?
But yet... Aubry sort of enjoyed her company. She was annoying, but her new perspective on things did make Aubry feel slightly better. In fact, she supposed the girl was right. And she hadn't really thought about how Gabe felt. Maybe she should apologize to Gabe...
Aubry blinked, and then stared at Miylin, who was still waiting for an answer. "Ahhh, it's none of your business anyways," she says snottily. "Isn't your mom going to be worried that you've been away from home for so long? I think you should clear out now, your mom might get acne from worrying too much that her precious baby is out past lunchtime."
Miylin pouted once again as she realized that this girl did have a point. She still wanted to know if this boy was cute or not though. If he was, she sure was acting stupid!
"Hm, yea it is getting late I guess. Well, it's been nice talkin' to ya! Cya! Bye the way, name's Miylin", she said before skipping towards the garden's exit.
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