Zapped by an Apple | An Appledash College AU Fanfic | Human Characters

⓵⓼ 『 Invitation 』

"So you'll finally be getting the place to yourself?" Tiana asked, halting momentarily to readjust her book bag in a swift shuffle of the diagonal strap stretched along her shoulder. 

     "Yeah man! It'll be sick. Can't imagine Earthquest would grant me such a freedom for that long though," responded Rain as her, Tiana and Piper breached the corner nearest to the Cafeteria. 

     A throng of hungry students from inside the gaping lunchroom echoed in a crowded frenzy as they passed. The athlete rewarded the sound her attention, the corner of her mouth curling into a slight simper as she recollected their old dining space back in highschool. The old Rainy would've never imagined college to be like this. 

     "Oooh! You should have a party before the new roomie gets there--OR WAIT--" Pipers orbs grew round with a clandestine plan, "even better, a welcome party for the new roomie..." She leaned forward, biting her lower lip with eager anticipation. 

     Rainbow chuckled at Piper's animation, "I haven't even figured out who's moving in yet. I mean, what if they're a wet blanket?" She shuddered at the thought as it slipped through her maw. Circumventing Gilda was already enough of a challenge, and the brunette was not looking forward to repeating the process. Though, another party wasn't the worst idea, especially with Piper fettered to it. "But a party before they get there? That sounds dope," Dash echoed her internal reasoning. 

     "Yippie! Party at Rainy-Rain's next weekend!" Piper squealed, her and her hair bouncing in unison on invisible rubber. Tiana's gaze betrayed a sudden jolt of concern as she breathed through a hiss, "Another one? Already?" 

     "Another what?" a familiar texan accent sounded from behind the trio. Rainbow's relaxed expression inflated with tension as the moments from her last interaction with the cowgirl flooded her cranium once again. 

     Aw fuck, she cursed as she and the other girls spun to greet AJ. Considering the fact that Rainbow had not yet been able to process the taller's words, Piper of course, yipped her reply first, "A party!" she then lowered her diction in a way that suggested some unorthodox criminality, "At Rains. This weekend. You're invited." 

     With Pie, engagements were frequently settled swiftly and definitively, in a manner that left all involved devoid of counterarguments or rebuttals of any sort. Dash mused over the secrets hidden under those kinky pink curls as the chipper lass danced ahead and imprinted the cool glass of the side-exit door with marks of sultry fog. The weather had been rather unpredictable over the past few weeks as spring filtered its way through the seasonal time-sphere and wrestled in climatic incertitude. Considering the time of year, Rainbow had begun to wonder if she would even have a new roommate by the time the semester would end. 

     AJ smile-frowned and raised her brows at Piper's remark, appearing to silently accept her own upcoming attendance at the event. The band of four paced along the sidewalk toward a bridge which arched over a miniature, human-manufactured creek that not-so-subtly merged with sewer water downstream. 

     Rainbow's pupils shamelessly traced AJ's features as the farmer continued to engross herself in the effortless confab. She hadn't calculated the seconds that passed between each topic as her friends glided through them without her. She couldn't locate any reason to engage, her enthralment was heightened enough already. When the flaxen-haired cowgirl had quipped a joke of her own to the whole of the group, Dashie was the first she looked to for a reaction, causing the athletes enraptured gaze to freeze in a strange melding of captivation and panic. AJ's stare held onto Rains for a seemingly abnormal amount of time as she continued to brave through a chuckle at her own joke, eliciting a nervous smile from Dash.