Elastic Heart

[Selina Taylor]

    Selina had just called her mom and had a chat with both Katerina and Maria. She was glad to hear that both were doing well, and she couldn’t help but smile when she’d heard that they were thinking about adopting a child of their very own, to raise together. Selina was happy that the two of them were getting on so well together and she couldn’t help but be slightly envious of the babe that would grow up with two full time mothers.


    Selina had never once regretted the time she’d had with Katerina growing up, and she honestly wouldn’t have changed anything, as she loved her mother dearly… But it would have been nice to have had Maria around on the nights when her mom was gone until early the next morning working, or to attend the school events that her mother had missed, or to just have an extra hand around the house. Selina accidentally bumped into a younger girl while she was distracted, “I’m so sorry. Are you alright?” she asked.


    She was a pretty young thing that was for sure. Selina smiled at her, “I just get a bit distracted sometimes,” she offered. She really needed to get her head together. This was starting to happen way too often for her liking. Selina didn’t mean to, but that didn’t change the fact that she still had a bad habit of getting in the way of others.


Cosette Adelise

[Cosette Adelise]

Cosette had squeaked and clung to her book when she was bumped into. It was almost her first reaction to flee - but she didn't, because the girl was apologizing, and smiling.. and it was a beautiful smile. "I'm.. I'm okay." She stated quietly, her cheeks flushing. "I wasn't.. really watching where I was going, so.." Taking the blame. Smooth, Cosette. Smooth.

Her head tilted slightly. "I'm Cosette." Might as well make the introductions. She'd bumped into the girl - or her into Cosette - didn't matter. It was done and here they were. Her hand held out, she'd offer, "I'm from Canada.. moved to Chile and went to the school there because my father was a recruiter - but then we moved here... for 'help'." She rolled her eyes slightly, "help" they called it.

She didn't think it felt like help.

[Selina Taylor]

    Selina laughed lightly, “I’m just glad you’re alright.” This girl seemed so sweet and cute, Selina couldn’t help but grin as she introduced herself in turn, “I’m Selina.” Selina shook her hand and perked up when she heard that Cosette had been to Chile, “I’m from Chile. Born and raised in Santiago even,” she offered with a laugh.


    She then processed the rest of what the girl had said and paused, slightly puzzled, “For help? Oh, sorry I don’t mean to pry,” she added as she recognized Cosette’s tone. It could be a touchy subject. Selina hadn’t really thought of Bellefonte as being a haven for “help” before… of course, Selina had come here to leave behind her rough past, but that sounded different from what Cosette meant.


    Either way, Santiago wasn’t really the place students could go to get any sort of help, regardless of its nature, unless they were the sort that were forced there by the other schools. Even then, Selina had her doubts about just how much the school actually did for the “troubled” students it took in. She wouldn’t worry about it now though.

[Cosette Adelise]

Cosette tilted her head in awe, then she grinned. "Santiago is really pretty, in some places, at least." As the other girl asked a question and then quickly apologized, Cosette shook her head and grinned, "Please, don't worry about it. Uh, they say I'm a schizo. And that I needed to come to Bellefonte to reconnect with an old childhood friend, uh, Karsen Ford? He's real nice, but I don't actually remember him too much... Don't remember a lot, honestly."

"But yeah. They claim he'll help me, but if they think that I'm crazy... then they're obviously trying to pawn me off." She'd shrug again. "I like this school better though."

[Selina Taylor]

    Selina laughed and nodded, “Yes, I’m sure the poor aren’t quite as aesthetically pleasing,” she offered with a sardonic grin. Selina was surprised the girl would admit to having schizophrenia to complete stranger, but then some people weren’t quite as closed off as she was. Selina almost found her blunt honesty enviable in some ways. “Karsen Ford? Yeah, he’s a sweetheart,” she agreed with a smirk.


    The fact that she’d taken his virginity and had first met him when testing out a sex toy he’d made weren’t things that this girl needed to know. Selina knew something about adults trying to pawn off problem children, and shook her head, “Well, if you ever need any help with anything, feel free to let me know,” she offered sincerely. “I may not be your best option, but I know a little about Kalispell at this point.”

[Cosette Adelise]

"Oh, well, Kiff has shown me around." She flushed slightly as she murmured, "He's a pretty great boyfriend," She shrugged slightly, "I don't remember a lot about him, but... I remember we used to date - and he asked me out again, so I guess he's my boyfriend again?" She scrunched her nose at the thought, trying to piece together the memory in her mind.

"Anyway! Would you like to go out sometime? Like, on the town? I have an ID... Karsen purchased it for me," She grinned slightly, shrugging her shoulders. "He doesn't really... question anything I do? At least, until I'm calling him from the police station..." She snorted softly, rolling her eyes.

She'd tilt her head slightly, "But seriously, you want to go out one night? I can get Karsen to let us borrow his car - or drive us. I haven't actually gotten him to lend me his car.. I think it's mainly because I don't have a license - crazy people don't get those, y'know."

[Selina Taylor]

    Selina paused and had to take a few moments to figure out just who “Kiff” was. “Wait, Kiff is Karsen, right?” she asked, just to make sure she wasn’t misunderstanding. Karsen Ford. KF. Kiff, she supposed, made sense in a sort of unusual way. “And he’s your boyfriend? That’s actually really adorable,” Selina exclaimed as she felt almost a sense of pride in the boy she barely knew.


    She absently noted that she shouldn’t have sex with him anymore in her head, nor would she really flirt with Cosette. Selina didn’t really want anything to do with the drama that would no doubt come from it. She enjoyed sex, but she wasn’t about to risk her mental health for it. “By the way, if he ever causes you any trouble, let me know. I’ve got a black-belt in Aikido, so I can kick some sense back into him for you,” she offered with a teasing wink. Though Karsen didn’t seem to be the type who would cause Cosette any type of undue drama, as he seemed to be a genuinely good kid, one could never be too sure.


    Selina grinned at the girl’s offer, “I’d love to. Though, let’s try to stay away from the police station, shall we?” she asked with a wary glance. The racism in this town may allow Cosette off with a slap on the wrist, but Selina doubted she would ever be so lucky. Either way, the consequences she’d face would likely be harsher due to her history.


    “Well, if you don’t have a license, shall we take the bus? That way we also have a designated driver should that ID of yours end up being useful,” she offered with a grin. She wasn’t willing to put herself in the car with anybody who freely admitted they didn’t have a license.

[Cosette Adelise]

She grinned, nodding once. "Uhuh. Yup." She snickered, "He'd hate that you said that, 'adorable'. From the two of us, he's the more... manly one?" She snorted softly and shrugged.

At her offer to set him right if he ever caused her trouble, Cosette laughed softly. "Thanks! Ahaha, I'll take you up on that offer one day." She grinned, she was really coming to like this strange girl - though she had pretty much liked Selina since the beginning.

"Buses are fun..." She purred, bouncing on her feet. "We can leave now? I bet there's a bus. Just have to decide where to go..."

[Selina Taylor]

    Selina chuckled at Cosette’s reply and shrugged, “He knows better than to hate me for such things by now,” she answered with a laugh. Selina was blunt, sometimes even harsh, with her partners and she never held back what she was thinking. They quickly learned she never sought forgiveness for it either. She merely was who she was and they accepted that or they didn’t. She wasn’t going to change for the sake of a quick fuck.


    Selina grinned at Cosette, “Glad to hear it.” Since she’d trained him, Karsen knew well that Selina could kick his ass any time she wanted. Cosette could probably use her name as a threat and get away with it.


    “Yeah sure, absolutely. I’ll go wherever you want. It’s your ID we’ll be using,” she teased with a laugh as she made her way with Cosette to the stop.