~Attractions~ (An Inanimate Insanity AU)

6: Facetiming

Marshmallow's POV:

"Bow, you idiot, what are you doing?" I laughed watching Bow try to sew a dress. Me, Apple, and Bow were calling, using facetime. A week had passed since clubs were announced, and Bow already had to make a dress.

"Shut up! I'm trying to—ow!" She flinched. She poked herself in the finger with her sewing needle. "God..." Apple and I just laughed.

"Bow, what are you, like, doing?" I heard someone from Bow's end ask, walking into her room. It was Dough, her younger step-brother. Bow glared at him, which was her sign for "Get the heck away from me or I'll run over you with a car." Dough rolled his eyes and left her room, shutting the door behind him. Bow then got up and tried looking for a band-aid. "I keep a spare med-kit in here for things like this...I'm still learning..." She mumbled under her breath. I stopped laughing and started doing my math homework, which was unbelievably easy.

"Hey, Marshmallow, what am I supposed to do for this problem?" Apple asked, holding up the worksheet to show question number fifteen, the last question on the packet. I gasped. "How did you get there so fast?" I practically yelled. Apple shrugged, and said "I didn't—I skipped all the other questions. I think this one is the easiest...but I don't know how to do it!"

I looked at the problem, squinting my eyes so I could see it better, thinking to myself that I needed glasses.

"Solve: 16 – 2t = 5t + 9"

I nodded, understanding. "You have to move the 't' variable so it's on one side of the equation. It's simple enough" I explained, doing the work and showing her. She seemed to understand, doing the rest of the work on her own. Finally, Bow managed to find her med-kit.

"Found it! Now let me just..." She opened up the kit, taking out a small band-aid and wrapping it around her finger. "Done! Now, let me pull out the math homework. I'll work on the dress later, I have all weekend." She said, bringing her backpack into view, zipping it open and pulling out her math folder. She also took out a pencil from her pocket, which she kept there to make dress designs when she felt motivated.

"Okay, so...how do I do this again?" Bow asked, holding up the packet to show question number fifteen. "You have to move the "t" variable so it's on one side of the equation. Like this." I repeated, holding up my work.

Bow squinted her eyes. "Your handwriting is so messy, Marsh, I can't read it."

"What do you mean? Of course it isn't! It's perfectly fine!" I scoffed, but I still looked at my handwriting to see if she was right.

"Bow, her handwriting is okay, what are you talking about?" Apple asked. "If anything, my handwriting is the messiest! Look!" She said, holding up her work. Indeed, her handwriting was so messy, it would be hard to read for me if it weren't for the fact that I've been friends with her for a while now, so I had experience with her writing.

Bow just shrugged. "Whatever. Come on, I want to finish this so I can watch some videos on how to make a dress without hurting yourself in the process. I need it."

With that, I continued to give them the answers to the math homework, since, of course, it was too hard for them (mostly Apple—Bow was able to complete a problem by herself). After about thirty minutes, we finished the packet, and I was able to lay back and relax. Eventually, Bow had to head to the store with her family, so the call ended. I set down my phone, rolled over to my side, and slept almost immediately.

I was super tired.

Lightbulb's POV:

"Fan, what are you doing?" I giggled along with Paintbrush and Test Tube. Fan was apparently trying to "make" something. What this was, I have no idea, but it was answered soon after.