Marina One Shot (EN) - Part 2

Happy Halloween

Carina was getting ready for her high school Halloween party. She was with her best friend Taryn.

- "and imagine, it's someone you don't like."

- "stop it, it's impossible"

- "and what if, when you get there... you don't like her? Like the ugliest girl in... I don't know... of high school".

- "no, stop! Why do you want to scare me like that?!"

- "you've been talking to this girl since the beginning of the school year and you haven't exchanged first names, last names or any physical details, you don't even know the sound of her voice... maybe she's in our class".

-"We talk every day, all the time. Apart from you, she's the only person at school who knows I like girls".

-"I don't see why you're hiding. Who cares? You're allowed to be queer."

- "your father isn't an old Italian conservative"

- "well, what's this firefighterGHS going to be wearing?"

- "I don't know... we haven't told each other. It'll be a surprise."

- "And how will you know it's her?"

-"We made a date to meet at the foot of the James A. Garfield statue, on the bench."

- "what time?"

- "eight o'clock"

- "and you're going for what time?"

- "seven forty-five"

- "do you want to be there when she arrives?"

- "yes... do you think I'd see her coming towards me in slow motion? And that I'd know it's her without her having to sit on that bench..."

- "this isn't a movie, you know"

- "do you think she'll like me?"

- "when she realizes that the prettiest girl in school is queer and they've been talking for almost three months... yes, I think she'll like you... And then... in that outfit...

really sexy nurse?! Do you want to finish her off?"

-"I want to take every chance I can."

- "it's true that without this outfit you wouldn't stand a chance with anyone"

After getting ready, they finally set off for the evening.
By seven forty, Carina had already left to sit on the bench. She was impatient. She'd been talking to a girl from her high school for nearly three months and she didn't know who she was.

She sat down, several young people were in the aisle and a girl she didn't necessarily like was sitting at the other end of the bench, almost with her back to her, in a Lara Croft outfit.

Carina: of course I had to wait for the girl of my dreams next to the school athlete, so that on Monday everyone would know I was queer.

Taryn: Focus. Forget about her and think about your sweetheart.

The Italian had smiled, thinking back to the first time she'd spoken to this firefighterGHS.

/flashback/

It was almost back to school for the senior year. Carina had gone on a dating site. It wasn't her style. She'd been seventeen for a few weeks, was pretty, got hit on a lot, but her problem was that she got hit on by boys but wasn't attracted to boys. No one knew except her little brother and her best friend.

So Taryn gave her the site where she herself found girls to date with.
It was a site for sixteen- to twenty-year-olds where you had to put in a copy of your ID to prove your age. It was a safe site to prevent young queers from being harassed. Every profile was registered, and in the event of a problem, the person could easily be traced.