A Black Rain silently falls

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*Later that day, Ericka sits in her room crying silently as she listens to lo-fi music through her speaker at full full volume. The rain pours down from the sky without ending in sight.*

Joanne: I can't believe he's really gone...

Teresa: ....

*She punches her closet door and puts a hole in it before walking out of the room with her bass and .*

Joanne: Where are you going?

Teresa: To take my mind off things.

*She slams the door behind her.*

Joanne: ...The worst thing about this is that somehow the entire campus won't know anything about this.

*Walking down the hallway, Teresa stops by Ericka's door hearing absolute silence. She attempts to knock, but she can't bring herself to do so. She writes a note and slips it under Ericka's door before going down the stairs.*

Southern Bell: Teresa? That you, hun?

Teresa: Yeah...

Southern Bell: Now look, I know y'er sad about Travis, but ya have to move on.

Teresa: Move on? How can I move on when one of my best friends just died!?

Southern Bell: By not dwellin' on the past. It's ok to want to cry and mourn an all that, but you can't do it forever. Think of these next few days...or week as a mourning period, but after that, it's back to normal. Besides, you ain't as sad as Ericka...poor thing. I think Travis was her first legit boyfriend.

Teresa: They weren't official, but yeah I have to agree with you on that.

Southern Bell: I told the girls not to bother her for a while even if she comes out of her room. They've been slipping letters and get well soon cards under her door all day long.

Teresa: Well I hope she does get well soon.

Southern Bell: I thought you didn't even like that girl.

Teresa: No...it's not that I don't like Ericka, it's just that I'm trying to get her out of her anti-social bubble the best way I know how. Ericka is one of my friends and I treat her as such.

Southern Bell: You can't change someone that has only known one thing in their life so easily. Don't be so abrasive, y'hear?

Teresa: Yeah, I hear you.

*Her stand appears and offers Teresa an apple.*

Teresa: Oh cool, your stand makes apples.

Southern Bell: Not just that, my little hug bug here TURNS things into apples. Go ahead and taste it.

*Teresa bites into the apple and a jelly liquids comes out.*

Teresa: It taste like a peanut butter jelly sandwich.

Southern Bell: That's my stands ability. He can turn ANYTHING into an apple.

*Sweet Home Alabama reaches upward toward Southern Bell. She picks him up and rubs her faces against his.*

Southern Bell: Isn't he the cutest l'il thing!

*S.H.A. clings to her making various cooing noises.*

Teresa: Look, I have to get going, but I'm keeping this apple.

Southern Bell: It's all yours, sweetie pie! I'll keep an eye on Ericka to make sure she's ok.

Teresa: I think she's a cutter so...yeah.

*Southern Bell's expression turns to shock as she rushes to Ericka's door and unlocks it with her key. Upon opening the door, Ericka's music blast at high volume. Southern Bell covers her ears

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