pink nights / sally face

back to normal

the following week was like stitches to the damage of last week. last week felt like a distant memory now. larry texted over the weekend and things were completely back to normal. meeting ash to do homework without any guilt made it fun again. things were settling in place nicely.

even though school was keeping me busy, i was really getting the hang of the classes. i got my work done early and assignments were no longer looming over my head. i even gathered enough sources for the research paper that i could probably write half of it in one sitting.

that was another thing that was developing nicely, my relationship with sal. when i wasn't meeting with ash, i met with sal. honestly it was thanks to him i was able to find my sources so quickly. sal was smart and a very fast worker. he knew exactly where to look and what to look for, he made the work ten times easier. not only because he was good help academically but he was also good emotional support when the work got overwhelming.

today was a scheduled sal day, we planned on meeting on getting dinner with ash and larry and then heading to the library.

me: hey, you guys still down for dinner?

sal: yeah 100%

larry: now

ash: yes!! i'm so hungry, i hope the dining hall has dumplings

me: me too ash .... well i'm almost done w my hw! larry n sal, are u guys already here?

sal: yes!

larry: i'm hungry

ash: ill see u guys in a sec i'm headed to the dinning hall rn

i finished my assignment and grabbed a hoodie. with my school work handled and my social life flourishing, i felt on top of the world right now! i was practically skipping down the hallway.

"hey guys!" i walked up to the group who were settled into some chairs in the common area of the dorm hall.

"yes yes hi, i'm extremely hungry. c'mon," larry stood up and lead the group to the dining hall with great urgency.

"he's cranky cuz i blew him off for lunch today," sal whisper to me. "drama queen."

to no surprise, larry had gotten his food and found a table before any of us had even made it to the serving line.

"you're carnivorous, larry." ash took a seat next to me, across from larry while i sat across from sal.

"yeah well this punk asked me if i wanted to have lunch and then bailed!" larry snarled at sal and took a bite of his pizza. apparently you can't get into student dining halls unless you're a student or a guest of a student.

"yeah because i loveeeee going to tutoring sessions!" sal had his mask hiked up just enough to nibble on his grapes.

ash rolled her eyes, "you guys are so dramatic. anyway, who's excited about halloweennnn? y/n and i already decided we're gonna carve pumpkins!"

"ew, in your dorm room?" larry started another piece of pizza.

ash wrinkled her nose, "enough of your attitude, mister. be nice!"

"i wanna carve pumpkins," sal chirped.

"i don't have an attitude, im just saying it'll be gross if you can't get rid of the pumpkin scraps."

ash huffed, "who said im gonna keep them under my bed forever? you're being irrational."

"so can i carve a pumpkin?" sal looked between ash and larry.

"why don't you just do it outside?" larry shook his head.

"i never said we weren't though!"

"i want a pumpkin." sal tried to butt in again but ash and larry were going at it for some reason.