Chapter 1. The Project
Indigo groaned, looking across the table at her assigned partner. 'Great.'
"You could at least attempt to not make me feel unwelcome, we're both in this." Sunny said, crossing her arms. "If anything I should be upset that I'm paired with you."
"And what's that supposed to mean?!" She barked, shooting to her feet, her seat being thrown back.
"What do you think, you dunce? I have to do this project alone now because there's no way I'll trust you with any part of it." She spat.
"Do what you want, I'm outta here." Indigo grabbed the chair and shoved it under the table before storming off. Some sports team had to be at practice now, she'd blow off some steam.
Sunny sighed, and pinched the bridge of her nose. "This is going swimmingly."
***
Sunny stood and packed her things, different strategies ran through her mind over how she'd manage the project.
"Ugh, I feel sorry for you, having to carry that dead weight." A passing student said.
"I'll manage." She said simply, pressing a button on her bracelet, the screen lit up and she scrolled through her planner. She walked out of the classroom and down the hall opposite to the gym and sports teams.
The auditorium, where her fellow thespians auditioned and judged, wrote and read, all in preparation for the next performance. She took a seat in the audience as a girl on stage acted out a scene from some play they were rehearsing.
She brought out a notebook and began writing, occasionally looking up to the actress. 'Not what I'm looking for, but she's not bad.' She took note as she thought out roles she could play effectively. While she was here, there was nothing that could ruin her day.
***
Indigo dodged another player, her footwork was second to none. She slipped the ball past her and back to her other foot before turning on her heel and nailing it with enough force to blow past the goalie before the girl could react.
She panted, watching the surprise from her classmates before she finally took a second to compose herself. Her body ached from just how much she pushed herself compared to the other players. They looked to move in slow motion to Indigo at certain points.
She grit her teeth, the image of Sunny Flare sitting across from her at the table earlier. 'Who the fuck is she? She doesn't know me.' She thought as the annoyance came back. This was usually her escape. Indigo was in charge when she was on the field. That condescension in her eyes, her genuine body language, that girl wasn't playing up that she was upset to be paired with Indigo. It almost...
"Get back in position and run it again!" Indigo barked. "If you can't block it this time, we'll find someone who can."
It didn't hurt.
***
The next day at school found the girls sitting across from one another again. "Can we at least talk this time?" Sunny asked, with her arms crossed.
"Fine. You wanna talk? Let's talk. We don't like each other, let's do this project and return to being dead to one another."
"Sounds like a deal, but we can't just do this work separately. You have to work with me."
The athlete tensed as her brow knit, she took a breath in an attempt to calm herself. "Just give me half and you do the other. We'll be fine."
"This is twenty percent of our final. I will not risk this grade ending up below my standards."
"You're just gonna ignore that I'm one of the top students in the school too, huh?"
"And I'm sure whomever's work you pass off as your own is just as upset by that fact as I am."
Indigo slammed her hands on the table. "Listen here you prissy bitch, I'm not the one throwing insults! You've had it out for me from the first second we were paired up!"
Sunny shrank back in her seat, her bold words were just that, words. Indigo felt her anger wilt, seeing her flinch. The athlete grumbled, taking her seat again. "I wasn't going to-" She sighed. "How can we do this? I just wanna be done with it."
"We, um," Sunny hesitated, realizing just how easily Indigo could shut her up. 'Push through it.' She told herself quickly. "We should meet up after classes and sit down to work. Do you have a day where you're not in practice?"
"Usually not, but practice on Saturday ends around noon, so we could try then." She suggested.
"That sounds like a good place to start. Where should we meet up?"
"Anywhere but my place." Indigo said simply, crossing her arms. "My parents don't like guests."
"I see?" Sunny asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Just trust me on this." The athlete said. "Is there anything we can do solo?"
"Let's split up the workload, we're both busy people." Sunny took a sheet of paper out and looked over the requirements. "Write your hypothesis and I'll test your's, you test mine and we'll bring the data together on Saturday. We should be finished with it quickly and be out of each other's hair."
"Right. I'll get on this after practice." Indigo spoke as she wrote, she seemed much calmer after sitting back down, Sunny was sure she was going to start a fight.
"Wonderful. See you Saturday then." Sunny stood, placing her bag on the desk to pack her things.
"Right." Indigo grabbed her bag and stood. "Oh, and sorry, if I scared you." She turned and speed walked away, not giving the thespian a chance to ask why, but the apology confused her.
***
Saturday. The first attempt to meet outside of the walls of education. The mall was a good spot to get some work done, even with all the people bustling by. Indigo sat at the meeting spot, a table at the food court. She read over her notes again, 'I'll show her.' She thought. 'Pompous bitch.'
Sunny spotted the girl sitting alone, a notebook in front of her. It was weird seeing her outside of school. Indigo wore her CPA letterman jacket over a black t-shirt with writing on it. Her goggles rested atop her head, her hair pulled back behind them. She wore cut off jean shorts and high top black converse. She was tapping her foot as she waited.
Sunny steeled herself before calling out to her, with a wave she approached the table.
Indigo looked up and Sunny felt her eyes as she glanced at her attire, a comfortable half fastened short sleeve button down, and a fashionable camisole underneath. Her favorite scarf wrapped around her neck loosely, accenting her equally favorite necklace draped over her shoulders. A snug skirt hugged her hips, falling just below mid thigh, her boots coming up to her knees. The final touch were her smartphone bracelets, for some reason she felt naked without something on her wrists, and the most stylish barrette adorned her short hair, signalling her namesake in a warm orange sunny shape.
Indigo gestured to the seat across from her. "Your outfit looks cute." She said, looking back to her papers.
Sunny hesitated at the compliment, but took the seat, finding enough manners to thank her. "You look just how I pictured you would outside of the uniform." She giggled.
"That a good thing?" Indigo lifted an eyebrow.
"Of course dear, I'm sure you're quite the heartbreaker." She smiled softly as she took out her notes.
"Heh, yeah, you got me." Indigo replied with little enthusiasm. It didn't go unnoticed, but Sunny chose not to bring it up.
"Alright, here we are." She sat out her notes and the two began working in earnest. After about an hour, they took a break to get some lunch. Indigo’s burger and fries, suited her well in Sunny’s mind, who had a simple salad. As they ate, they read over their notes again. The athlete offered some fries to the actress, who took a few and thanked her. Indigo's unrest became much more noticeable as she began to nitpick several issues with her own hypothesis.
"Shit, this is garbage." She grumbled. "Guess I am dragging you down." She added, quickly trying to correct the mistakes. Mistakes, Sunny noted, that weren't even there.
"Wait, wait." She looked over the writing. "This looks fine, what are you talking about?"
Indigo blinked, looking back at the paper. Nothing was wrong. She shook her head. "The fuck..?" She blinked again before rubbing her eyes.
Sunny tilted her head as Indigo shrugged, sitting back, she spotted a smudge under her eye. She squinted, zoning in on it. "Hey, you've smudged your makeup."
The girl jolted up. "Uh, oh well. Not like I'm going anywhere after this." She said, nonchalantly.
"Here, let me help." She offered, taking her bag out. "I keep some extra make up just in case, I can help cover it up."
"No thanks, I appreciate it though."
"Dearie, right now it looks like you've covered one eye and the other is only half done. If you're having enough trouble with the project that you couldn't even finish your makeup, you could just tell me." She asked, leaning closer in.
"Personal space, Sunny." She pushed her back. "I'm fine, I just didn't sleep too well last night." She shrugged.
"You picked a decent color, but if you look close enough it doesn't match perfectly." She pointed out.
"So I don't know a lot about make-up, whatever."
"It's nothing to get defensive over, I was just-"
The athlete's phone on the table vibrated and lit up with a message. A notification from "Dad" that read "Where ar-" and the preview box cut off the rest.
Indigo picked it up, typing out a message. "You're right. Sorry. I gotta go." She stood, packing her things.
"But, we’ve barely gotten started-"
Indigo took a deep breath. "I'll stay late at the library on Monday. Can we work more there?"
"Uh, I suppose, but what's the-"
"Later." She said before heading towards the escalator.
"...rush." Sunny groaned. "How rude." She watched the girl as she darted between the patrons, a small frown on her face. ‘What could have been so pressing that required that response?’ She asked herself, taking a sip from the drink she’d gotten during their break. She sighed, but gathered her things.
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Hm, interesting start.
I like that much of the girls agression towards each other is born from the assumption of their intentions, and how when they are taken away from the ambient of the school they seem much more relaxed.
Also, that message at the end, Indigo's questioning of her own work, and her restlesness has me interested in knowing more about her.
I hope you keep finding inspiration and time to write
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Oh, thanks! I'm really glad I got that across. A lot of the story that I've noticed, as I don't exactly have it fully planned out, I typically just wing it and try to tie the loose ends, a lot of the story is based around what people think about them. I don't like just writing anyone as just one archetype. I like them to have depth and maybe some drama in their lives because honestly, no one has a perfect life. Even the kids who seem to have everything going right for them.
I'm like, really happy that I've given enough to make you wonder about Indigo. That was one of my bigger concerns, did I show enough of her behind the scenes actions? Well, more of her quirks will be explained in the next chapter. Gonna try and get going on the 4th chapter, I've got two more ready to drop on this one...I really wish I knew how many I'm gonna end up with.
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I fully support the notion of havign more complex characters, especially with stories that focus on their normal lives. And yeah, have, had, or will have bad moments in our lives.
I think you showed enough to peek interest without giving away the full problem.
I will be waiting for more. Good luck!
How is “I see?” a question?
How did she go from talking about makeup to the project?
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Okay, the I see was due to the way Indigo spoke about her family. Sunny was acknowledging the request, even if it was somewhat confusing to her.
And she went to the project because she associated it with Indigo not having the time to properly put on makeup. But that's a good catch, maybe it's something that in my mind makes sense as a logical step to take, but other people maybe not so much.
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Oh ok
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Thank you for reading tho! I appreciate you asking, that makes me wanna edit that to flow a little better.
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It would be a good idea.
I really like this story so far and I can’t wait to read more! Any idea when the next chapter will be up? (No rush)
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I kinda wanna get chapter 4 done before I throw out the second, but I may drop it here in the next day or so. I've been excited to put out the second part.
I'm glad you like it! Thank you so much for reading!
Har har har.
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I like to imagine the shadow bolts are the top students. There has to be a reason Cinch picked them, right?