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❝ it's nice to meet you. ❞
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NOVA WALKED INTO THE MINI-MART WITH TORY.
Nova skipped over to a rack of sunglasses, grabbing a pair and placing them over her eyes. The glasses were shaped like clouds, a light shade of blue. Nova looked at her reflection in the mirror and laughed softly before she turned to face Tory, who was standing in front of a shelf of bracelets. Nova called her name, causing Tory to turn around and look at her best friend.
Nova flashed a huge smile at her. "How do I look?"
Tory laughed. "You look absolutely ravishing."
"Ravishing, she says!" Nova said as she giggled. "I do look quite ravishing."
Nova turned back around, taking the sunglasses off. She placed them back on the rack. Tory had continued looking at the bracelets.
"I'm going to go get a drink," Nova announced. "You want me to grab you anything?"
Tory shook her head. "I'll be over there in a second."
Nova nodded her head and began walking toward the back of the store, where the fridges were. Tory looked at the shelf of bracelets, picking one up and fiddling with it in her hand. She couldn't help but think that it would look beautiful wrapped around Nova's wrist. The bright yellow stitching of the bracelet matched her sunny vibe so well.
She turned her head, looking at Nova as the girl opened one of the fridges. Nova reached for a blue Glacier Freeze gatorade from the top shelf. She closed the freezer and turned around as Tory was approaching her, passing the girl that they had seen in Cobra Kai earlier.
"Let me guess. Dick pic?" Tory asked after hearing the girl scoff at her phone.
Tory grabbed a red gatorade from the fridge and then turned around. Nova stood next to her, both of their eyes on the girl.
"No," the girl with glasses sighed. "My mom wants me to go to the beach club with her."
"Oh my God, that sounds so miserable," Tory replied sarcastically.
"No. It's just..." the girl sighed. "This girl Sam's probably gonna be there, and she and I are not on good terms. Whatever. I'm Aisha, by the way."
"Tory."
Nova smiled at Aisha. "Nova. It's nice to meet you."
"You too," Aisha smiled back, her eyes darting down to Tory's wrist. "Hey, that's a cool bracelet."
"Oh, this? It's not just for show," Tory told her, holding up her arm with her spiked bracelet. "Some creepy guy at the mall tried to grab me and Nova once, but I managed to block him and give him a gift he won't ever forget."
