LoL, Th3 Gam3

[Erin Hackett]

“It’s cool. We are just friends. Yes, she is pretty then I am and had some pretty good tec skills, but I’m better. Right, I’m better and we have been doing this for a while now. No big deal.” Erin said to herself, repeating all the words over and over as she walked back and forth in her room. She had to do this every time she ended up inviting Madison over to play some video games with her. She had known the girl for a little while now so she was not as bad at talking to her, but Madison was still a girl. A girl who was very attractive. A girl who Erin was attracted to; because she was pretty much attracted to every girl, and just it was Madison.

Still, she had managed to score being friends with the girl and that alone was enough for her for the time being. Now her circle of friends had grown a bit more and she could at least report to her dad that she was less of a shut in. She had already sent Madison the text, telling her that she was all ready to go to play some LoL with her. Sure they could play it in their own rooms but it was not the only game Erin had invited the girl over to play. “I wonder if she will like the figurine…” Erin muttered to herself as she looked at the gift wrapped box.

The knock at the door broke her thoughts as she quickly scrambled to make sure that everything was all go. Clean room, clean bathroom, plugs for days, snacks, and well the gift. The gift was more so because Erin figured that gifts were the key to getting people to like you. It sort of worked in the past when it came to making friends, even if she knew that friends by money were not real friends. Oh, well. “Come in, it’s open.” Erin said, full of confidence, because she was in her room and far away from the front door Madison had to come in through.

((Tag:Madison Bailey))

[Madison Bailey]

Only moments after Maddie had knocked on the door, she could hear the familiar voice call from the inside. With a beaming smile on her face, Maddie opened the door and offered the adorable looking girl, Erin a laughter. "Hey cutie," she winked at her. Albeit the awkwardness that often followed around the brunette, Maddie quite enjoyed Erin's presence. She was a little weird and kind of awkward, but that was also part of why Maddie had taken a liking to her. Well, that and their obvious shared passion for games and what not.

Stepping inside, Maddie looked around before her eyes fell upon Erin again. Placing a hand on her hip, Maddie's head tilted. "What's up?" she asked as she stepped closer, spreading her arms out to embrace the girl in what could only be described as a smothering bear hug. After a few seconds, Maddie finally let her go and stepped to the side. "Are you ready to get your butt kicked?" she winked.

It was really nice, having someone who shared her own interests, and although Maddie was more for the technology behind all of it, it was still nice to kick her hair loose and have some innocent fun every once in a while. Once summer came, she had to bring Erin out with her to find a skateboard park or something. Lord knew they needed to get away from the academy every once in a while.

[Erin Hackett]

"H-hey to you too, beautiful. N-not that you are not cute because you obviously are but like I think you are a step up from that so beautiful seemed like a better fit." Erin said, then quickly adding a bit more as she started to turn red. She was soon facing her back to Maddie to calm down and refocus on gaming and nothing else. Did she ever tell Maddie that she was a lesbian? Was it not obvious? Maddie could not just call her cute and not expect Erin to just be all relaxed and normal about it. It was practically impossible, no it was impossible.

Just like it was impossible for Erin's to blush even more as Maddie moved in for her usual bear hug, that just made Erin feel all warm; among other things. "Nothing much, I uh got you something." Erin said, managing to not stumble over her words completely as she moved her arms to hug Maddie back a little, not fighting the embrace but not being the one to hold it out long wither because she was pretty sure she was on the verge of having a heart attack from the physical contact alone. Madison's next question had Erin's rolling her eyes, feeling a bit of her boldness rise up.

"Pfft, we are playing League first and you are on my team. For our next game, you should just come to terms with losing to me right now." Erin said, confident and even smiling like she was a hotshot. Once free of the hug she moved over to grab the box with her friends gift in it, holding it out for her to take, and then quickly moving over to where she had two desktops set up for them to play some LoL together. "How have you uh, been?" Erin asked, trying to keep up a conversation and also to avoid talking about why she had gotten the girl a Katarina figurine.

[Madison Bailey]

The fact that Erin was still as awkward around Maddie as she was, was a constant source of amusement to the blonde. She would never purposely put her in a position of discomfort - at least not beyond that of teasing, but she wondered if Erin would ever grow comfortable enough around her to stop flushing about like a love struck little lamb. Ah well, she figured it was part of why Maddie enjoyed being around her as much as she did. "You are absolutely adorable, Erin," she mused, shaking her head.

Maddie's head tilted somewhat when Erin mentioned that she'd gotten her something; they hadn't agreed on bringing any presents, had they? "Oh look, going from being adorable to cocky in the matter of seconds, are we?" Maddie laughed. See, this was exactly why Maddie felt herself so drawn to the girl and hanging out with her. There was so many aspects of her that she simply adored. "I've been good. Busy with my website and all that, but none the worse for wear. How about yourself?" Maddie took the small box and looked at it.

"Wow, Erin," Maddie said, shaking her head as she opened the box and pulled out the red headed figurine. "This is amazing. You didn't have to do this." Of course she was happy that Erin would go to such extremes, but it made her feel a little bad she hadn't done the same. "If I didn't know any better, I'd say you were trying to win over my affections," she grinned at the girl.

[Erin Hackett]

It was not an uncomfortable feeling that Erin got when the girl came around, unless feeling all warm and a hint of desire was a bad thing. She supposed it was when it was directed at a friend but Erin was blaming Maddie for that. Not that she was going to say any of that out loud but when you liked pretty much every girl you met and one was your friend who was also smoking hot, well you could not be expected to not fantasies a little bit.

Fantasizing was okay, so long as Erin didn't slip up and let something risky come tumbling out of her mouth, which was completely possible with how much she tended to just Freudian Slip all the time. Erin just nodded her head several times when she was told that she was adorable. She knew better then try to give a complement back after she had already half fumbled out a few there when she called Maddie beautiful. "You brought up video games and I have all the confidence in the world when it comes to those." Erin said with some of that cockiness still there. She was blushing a little as she looked away in slight embarrassment.

When someone pointed it out, it just caused her to drop in her ability to be bold in their presences. "If you need any help with your website, let me know. I can put up an amazing firewall for it." Erin offered her assistance but Maddie should have already known that she could practically ask Erin for anything and she would do it. "I'm alright." Erin added then when she realized she didn't answer how she was doing. She was pretty much doing the same she had felt every day since when she was not around others she stuck to what she was comfortable with.

"I know I didn't. You like it?" Erin asked as she got comfortable at her computer and started to run the LoL launcher. Erin was pretty sure now she had to be the color of her hair at Maddie's last statement. "It's not! I mean it’s not like that! Not like I would mind if you took it like that but it was not what I was doing it for! I like to get my friends things and I thought it fit with the kind of girl you are. That...that’s a complement." Erin said in a fully out panic, she quickly turned away and focused on her computer to calm herself down.

[Madison Bailey]

Laughing, Maddie nodded; "Fair enough, I suppose." She wasn't going to pretend at being better than Erin at video games. Okay, so she totally would, but that was besides the point. The point was that Erin had a lot more experience, as most of Maddie's time went to building shit as opposed to playing games. But at the very least, Maddie was no noob. She could give herself that much credit.

Tossing Erin a glance, Maddie pursed her lips. "As can I," she grinned. Tapping the tip of her index finger against her temple, Maddie shrugged; "Don't forget my ability, missy," she winked. After all, her ability allowed her to be quite handy with technology and programming - and it surely helped that she'd studied programming since she'd come to the school, as well as several other things she needed for building everything. Not that it mattered though.

"I like it a lot." She offered the girl a warm smile then. "Erin," she began, laughing as a hand came up in defense. "I was kidding; calm down." Shaking her head, Maddie had to stop herself from rolling her eyes; sometimes this girl really took things way too seriously. Maddie then took a seat next to her friend and patted her shoulder. "Don't forget to breathe," she teased as she leaned in closer. "Next time I'll have to shut you up by getting naked."

[Erin Hackett]

Erin was pleased that Maddie gave in, because clearly Erin viewed it as Maddie accepting that Erin was a better video gamer then her. Still, Maddie had some skills and was enough of an opponent that made Erin actually had to try and beat the other girl. It was what made gaming with her all the more fun and well also gave Erin something more to focus on other than the hot girl that was in her room and planning video games with her. Every gamers dream comes true when it came to having a significant other…er friend. They were friends!

Erin made sure to assure herself of that as often as possible because anything more was just not possible. Maddie was out of her league and was she even gay or bi? Madison was pointing out her ability and there was the wink. A wink that was far too distracting and had Erin falling silent for a moment before she reconnected with reality. “I didn’t. I could never. Honestly you probably are better with such a task then I am since I only have a natural gift with it and you have both the natural gift and power with it.” Erin quickly said. She didn’t want to make it seem like she thought she was better than the other girl in every way.

It was just a confidence thing, that was quickly shrinking the longer she was around the other girl. Once they got into the gaming she was sure it would come back and she would calm down. She was pleased that Maddie liked the gift she got her and she was doing her best to calm down. Erin didn’t like feeling like she was about to have a heart attack or vanish out of her control. Just as she was starting to settle down, Maddie seemed to not be done ‘trying to kill her’ and sat down beside her. The sitting beside her was not the bad part; it was the bit that came after Maddie reminded her to breath.

How did Maddie expect her to breathe when she gave something of a sexual threat? A very hot sexual threat that now did have Erin forgetting to breath, blink, and pretty much everything that didn’t involve turning red. “You would have to call 911 if you did that.” Erin managed to get out, the words coming out almost robotic as she mentally half shut herself down so she would not have another freak out so soon right after her first one. “Game time?” Erin muttered out the question as she managed to stop staring at the other girl and look to her computer screen. I’m probably going to die to day. Murdered by Maddie for being too hot. What a shame. Erin thought to herself still trying to calm down.