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(is she phycic? Chloe was thinking that....)

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Arlan blew on her stromboli, cooling it. She watched Alex out of the corner of her eye. Something about him was unsettling for her, but she couldn't place what it was. He seemed nice and genuine enough. "My parents weren't like that. I don't think they really cared how close I was, only that I was accepted at a good enough school." Arlan was about to take another bite of her stromboli when her phone rang in her pocket. She checked the screen to see who was calling and slid out of the booth, thankful that she'd picked a table in the middle of the room rather than one next to the wall. It would've been embarrassing to have to make the others move. "Speak of the devil. I gotta take this." She said as she walked out the door.

A chill wind blew as she opened the door and she wished she'd remembered to grab her jacket before coming outside. Not that she'd be out here long; calls from her mother weren't filled with idle chitchat so they didn't last long. "Hello Mom." Have you made it there yet? Her voice sounded tinny over the phone, but still her tone was all business. Arlan pulled the phone away from her face for a moment to look at the time. "Yeah, almost an hour ago." You could've called me. Arlan could hear the irritation in her voice and had to bite back the words she was thinking. Her mother didn't care really about her arriving there in one piece, she was just worried that Arlan was already out partying somewhere. What are you doing now? Have you unpacked yet? "Yes and before you ask, no, I haven't met my roommate yet. I'm out eating lunch right now." Good. Remember to focus on school. The last thing we need is for you to come back with some squalling baby or because you got expelled doing drugs. "Love you too Mom." The line was already dead. Her mother had no need for love, and no desire for it either. Arlan shook her head and slid her phone back into her pocket. She decided to stand outside a little longer before going back inside. For some reason the street was looking a little blurry to her.

"Pretty harsh huh?" A voice from Arlan could be heard. If she turned around however, she would find nobody there. Chloe sat on the roof of the establishment, her blood red hair blowing in the wind. She looked down at Arlan as her own phone rang. She looked at it, the phone itself seeming to be covered in blood. It was her sister, Dinky, calling. She put the phone in her pocket, letting it go to answer machine.

Arlan jumped at the sound of the voice, and spun around. She blinked the blurriness from her eyes, but she still didn't see anyone behind her. It wasn't until the girl's phone started ringing that she looked up at the roof of the building. Arlan narrowed her eyes. "Weren't you the girl just inside drawing?" How the heck did she get out onto the roof so fast? Arlan hadn't even noticed her come out.

"Yup.." she returned, crossing her legs. Her phone buzzed several times with texts from dinky, but she ignored them. Her eyes glistened as she looked at the fluffy clouds overhead.

Arlan stared up at the girl, quite sure what to make of her. "You make it a habit to just randomly appear on rooftops and eavesdrop?" She ran through her conversation with her mother in her head. She hadn't thought that she'd said anything that might hint her mother's attitude on the other side of the phone, so what had the girl meant by "pretty harsh?"

She looked down at the girl below her, her eyes like fire. "I sit on roofs, problem?" she asked semi-harshly. "And I don't eavesdrop, little miss perfect. It's kinda hard not to hear your conversation with whoever that was yelling down the phone. Though, I don't think China quite heard the last part, maybe you should call her again so they can hear the rest." She was actually being a lot meaner than she usually was, but since the girl had just assumed she was eavesdropping without asking, she thought she had a pretty good reason to be mad.

Arlan narrowed her eyes. "Yeah. Right. And you just happened to come out here at the same time that I got a call. It's not like she was yelling or anything." Her mother couldn't be bothered with enough emotion to raise her voice. She certainly wasn't quiet either. Arlan shook her head. This was ridiculous, and while she was standing out here talking to this girl her stromboli was getting cold. "Whatever." She said before slipping back inside. It was a lot warmer inside, but she couldn't enjoy it. She sat back down in her seat on the edge of the booth. "Well, this first day at college is going great." She said sarcastically.

She smirked, sitting with her legs dangling over the edge. She got a few weird looks from the freshmen, but all in all they left her alone. She still hadn't ordered food but she couldn't be bothered to eat, she'd cook something at home