―❝ Still getting used to nervous 'cause I'm never getting used to your perfect.❞
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―❝ stick finds himself falling in love with his best friend and it's literally obvious to everyone but her. and all it takes for them to get together is getting into...
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Winnie felt bad for Ashley. Ashley has been spending so much time with work while Brooke had been spending more time with her other friends and Winnie knew that Ashley felt left out. "And then they called her an avalanche." Ashley explains to the couple as they walked into the living room at Ashley's house. "What does that even mean?"
"No idea." Winnie admitted.
"She's an indication of climate change? Because that's really insulting." Ashley continued.
"They had an inside joke." Stick points out. He raises his eyebrows. "Are you really that upset?"
"I'm not upset," Ashley admits. "But I reminded her of my open house a week ago." She glances at Winnie with a smile. "Thank you for being there, by the way. That meant a lot to me."
"No problem." Winnie returns the smile. "I wouldn't have missed it for the world."
"So you're upset that she forgot." Stick realized.
"I'm not upset." Ashley argues. "It's just, Brooke said she was worry, but she didn't really seem sorry."
Stick furrows her eyebrows. "So, you're upset that she's not sorry enough?"
"Now I'm just confused." Winnie confessed.
Ashley glares at Stick, both her hands clenched into fists. "I'm not upset!"
Winnie and Stick stare at her with surprise and they both scoot away from her, the couple slightly scared of her. "Yeah, 'cause someone who's not upset would totally look like that." Winnie remarked, gesturing to Ashley's mad expression.
"It's just, my work can be really isolating, and I just wanted one of my best friends to see what I do." Ashley admitted.
"The most self-involved person in the world forgot something that doesn't directly impact her." Stick said, pretending to be shocked. "Shocker." Winnie rolled her eyes and hit his shoulder to scold him. He winced slightly, rubbing the spot she hit. Ashley then looked at Stick with a glare.
"Ash, beside Winnie, Brooke is like your only girlfriend here. Maybe you can't lean on her all the time." Stick advised.
"I guess I could use more girlfriends my age." Ashley realizes. "I mean, everyone at JPL wears hormone patches."
"Could've gone my whole life without knowing that." Winnie commented, her face contorting to disgust.
"Winnie, would you wanna hang out more?" Ashley asked hopefully.
Winnie's eyes lit up and she smiles. "Of course, I would love to." Ashley smiled widely at her.
"Well, if you wanted more friends your age, there's a robotics club at school that needs an adviser." Stick suggested.
