Found (New Earth Saga)

Ch. 25

*** RIVER POV***

"You look so pretty, River!" Parisa said, as she finally spun the chair I was in around so I could face the mirror. Once I did, I found myself sucking air in quickly, pretty much gasping at how nice Parisa made me look. My eyes looked so big with that mascara stuff she'd put on the lashes. And my lips looked so full with the maroon lipstick Parisa'd used.

"Thank you. You're really good at this,"

"Well it's not hard when working with such natural beauty," Parisa replied.

A moment of silence stretched between Paris and I. Parisa looked like she was contemplating saying something. Finally she spoke again.

"So, are you really dating Issac Green?" Parisa asked, seeming nervous to do so.

"No, I don't think so. People keep saying that . And don't get me wrong, I really like Issac, but as far as I know we're just friends,"

"Cool... so are you into him... like that type?"

"Giants?"

"Like you like giants and not giantesses?"

"What?"

"Are you into guys or girls?"

Ohhhh. I get what she was asking.

"I think guys. I've never really thought about it,"

"Have you ever had a boyfriend? Or a girlfriend?"

"No,"

"Okay cool. They you deff can't really know for sure I bet. Maybe this party is just what you need!"

Parisa had a mischievous look across her face. Her incredibly beautiful face. Parisa really was one of the prettiest girls I'd ever seen. This made me think about her question- If I liked guys or girls... Parisa was super gorgeous, but she'd never made my stomach flip or heart flutter like Issac has... Well, Issac and Jacob.

Things had been so awkward with Jacob tonight. As soon as I'd realized we were almost an hour early to Parisa's house, I'd been wishing I had walked myself so I could have just turned around to avoid the interaction all together. Of course, being a human, I had no control over walking away while sat in Blue's hand.

Jacob made everything inside of me nervous. Not nervous like I'm in danger nervous though. More like I'm anxious and awkward. Jacob made a rose! Just like I'd made a rose! How was that a thing? That's a weird coincidence.... And don't the Gods make no coincidences? Everything is meant to be. So why were Jacob and I meant to make the same art project? Wait- Maybe I was reading too much into this. Not everything is some sign. Sometimes it could just be a thing.

Parisa and I were picked up by Parisa's friend Natalie who could actually drive a car. She was already 16- as were most of the people in my grade I suppose. I had a late birthday for this grade so my 16th birthday was coming. Would I be allowed to drive too? Would I even want to? It's probably scary to drive. Ugh- Why am I always so afraid of everything around here?! I meant what I said when I was talking to Jacob. The last solo session I'd had with Carol, I'd told her I wanted to work on not being so afraid. I didn't like that I was so afraid of the Reeds- my family. I wasn't really afraid of them- I was involuntary afraid sometimes- So I wanted to be better about that. While Carol wanted to dive into my memories I was apparently suppressing- I was much more willing to just face the current experience of social interactions with... well with everyone really.

When we finally turned into the "human only" subdivision where this party would be, I was oddly comforted by what I saw. All the houses were tiny- wait not really tiny. More like- compared to the one bedroom house I grew up in they were mansions, but compared to the Reed's house, they were beyond tiny. Everything was human sized! Even the grass was shorter, and the trees were normal. They were trees from Earth just like we had in Purl Town. It was... nice.