You Should Have Told Me

[Zoe Wallerstein-Smythe]

{thread technically takes place during the last week of June BECAUSE TIME IS FLEXIBLE}

"You should have told me!" Zoe nearly squeaked at Vera as they walked through the mall side by side. The freckled Brit had been managing a few squeaks here and there ever since she'd managed to get her pretty friend (and ironically the girl who'd broken up Zoe and her first real girlfriend but in case it hasn't been made clear life, and by extension friendships, was definitely complicated) to come with her to the mall. though buying things had been a bit more Vera's suggestion than Zoe's; the latter couldn't disagree.

"I just... I opened the door, thinking you would be there, and instead there was..." Zoe gestured, "her," which seemed to be the best way to word it, at least right now. Zoe had just mentally assured herself that she definitely wasn't going to be interested in another girl any time soon, that she was her own person and she didn't need a relationship to define her and someone had move in an attractive female while she'd been gone.

Clearly Fate loved to mess with her head.

"I shouldn't even worry about it, right?" Zoe asked, looking over at Vera M. Solway, almost pleading. "It's not as though someone's hooking us up or anything..."

[Vera M. Solway]

"Look, I'm sorry!" Vera scrunched her face in amusement as she tried to hold back her laugh. It was pretty funny, okay so maybe it hadn't been to Zoe but Vera found it amusing. As she walked side by side with Zoe, Vera was trying to find an excuse for not knowing and honestly she just didn't realize they were so set on changing room assignments until she got back from her road trip. Vera even had her own little meeting with her new roommate, so she could understand how Zoe was taken off guard.

"I had no idea they were going to switch us around so soon." From what he was told, her friend here had been assigned with some girl and she was pretty sizzling. "Don't say it like she has cooties or something." Vera chuckled, "Maybe you guys could become friends. Maybe she just wants to get through college just like everyone else. Despite any attractive facial and body features that she may or may not have. In this case, she may."

She shrugged as she looked at Zoe, "I'm sure you will be just fine... and no one can hook you two up unless you want to be hooked up." Vera raised a brow, almost questioning it. "Well, do you?" Hey if Zoe felt the need to move on to the next then more power to her but Vera just wanted to make sure. Vera, on the other hand, had a girlfriend and wasn't even thinking about getting anywhere past a friendship with her new roommate Tony.

Those were problems she just didn't need.

[Zoe Wallerstein-Smythe]

No idea: and Zoe could certainly hear the smile in Vera's words. Not that it surprised her overmuch: this struck her as something that the other girl would most definitely find quite amusing, thank you very much. The excuse made sense; the tease made Zoe flush.

"I certainly didn't mean--' she gestured, only flushing deeper as Vera mentioned getting through college. Naturally Zoe's mind went to the 'experimenting" that so many girls did, which made her think of her reputation and how the conversation had gone and there was more darkening that was just.

"What? Do I... I just met her!" Zoe said, waving a hand. "I've only been around her for a week! I don't just ask--well, I did with Alice, but that was different!" Zoe flushed again, wishing that she didn't sound quite so British and high pitched at the moment. It was a pointless exercise; she should just be thankful she managed to produce sounds. "It is just most troubling to come home expecting a friend and being surprised by someone that---her. That her," Zoe flushed, definitely not wanting to admit that she found her new roommate quite fetching to the point where yes, asking her out immediately had crossed her mind, thankyouverymuch. "Wait a moment," Zoe looked over at Vera, "that means you got a new roommate too, yes?"

Anything to get the conversation off Maya. Please.

[Vera M. Solway]

Vera slightly held her hands up as she chuckled, "Hey. Was just asking." She looked towards Zoe when she admitted to being the one who asked Alice and she cocked a brow. There wasn't any real detail to how Zoe and Alice's relationship had started but she was starting to get used to Zoe having a backbone. It was adorable, even with being so very British and high pitched. "Well, yeah - That I can understand. I'm sure it took you way off guard-" Okay so she had a point there. Who could possibly be thrilled to find out that your old roommate was no longer there and instead you had a attractive new roommate. It had to have been a total pain.

Then there was the question about her new roommate. Vera's eyes looked ahead of them as she dropped her arms to her sides. "Oh god, don't remind me." She sighed, "Now don't get me wrong, she's really cool but she's a total hottie." Vera found herself talking with her hands again as she looked back over to Zoe. "And not just your everyday hottie - NO, this chica had to have broken a few relationships in her day - HAD TO. It makes no sense for someone to be that attractive. Like super androgynous." Which kind of reminded her of how Devyn seemed to be to everyone else.

She began to roll her shoulders, "Not to mention as soon as I get back from working out, there she is... sitting on the couch, looking hot, basically molesting me with her eyes and she just openly flirts with me like it's a normal thing to do." Which was funny because Vera had earned her High School Diploma, Associates, Bachelors, and Masters degree in flirting. But Devyn was in the picture and Vera loved Devyn, she made sure to keep her flirting to a minimum and wanted to stay faithful. That meant no temptations and no distractions this year. Especially blue-eyed ones. "Oh! And she's from Australia!" She added as if that had anything to do with... well - anything.

"So trust me, you're not the only one having new room assignment struggles." If she could really call it that. "But if it makes you feel better, you can always call me to come over when if get awkward." She nodded towards Zoe with a smirk.

[Zoe Wallerstein-Smythe]

It sounded as though Vera had roommate troubles of her own. Zoe couldn't help but smile at that: there was always something in seeing Vera getting so worked up and huffy that made Zoe feel that much more human. Not to say that Zoe didn't realize that Vera was human: they'd had enough conversations for Zoe to realize as much. It was more that Vera possessed a lot of the traits that Zoe wished she had. Not least of which was the confidence to just sort of talk about the attractive roommate.

"It sounds like we're both going to have quite the interesting semester," Zoe volunteered, considering. At least Maya hadn't openly molested her. Yes, things had been... interesting, and Zoe wasn't certain that things wouldn't get increasingly more complicated as the year moved along, but at least there hadn't been awkward stares. Zoe wasn't quite sure what she'd do if it happened.

"Well, um, at least you have experience dealing with androgynous women with accents," Zoe offered, figuring that had to count for something. "I'm probably not quite as fetching as her, but surely you'll manage,' she smiled at Vera. "Besides, as you said: you have Devyn now," and that hurt less and less each time Zoe thought about it, let alone saying it. Zoe let out a breath and looked around the mall again. "I may end up spending quite a bit of time in your room though, if things continue. I'm just... not sure," Zoe let out another sigh, looking down a corridor in the mall. she'd really expected things to be... easier this time around. Why weren't they any easier?

[Vera M. Solway]

Of course she had been so worked up and huffy. Why wouldn't she be? Just when she made a promise to herself that she would try to behave as much as she could while in this new relationship, there goes God, dropping all kinds of obstacles her way. And as far as she was concerned, this would be considered an obstacle.

"As if we didn't already have an interesting last year, let alone a semester." She sighed with a slight smile, "No days off..." Which had been the story of her college life, work life, and oh yeah; love life. She couldn't even imagine what all Zoe had to go through last year. Vera could only go off of what was verbally told to her, she didn't really trust in any Dirty Laundry rumors either.

"Doesn't make it any easier to deal with and I rather someone as beautiful and quiet as you than someone as sexy and daring as her." To think she'd admit to having a quiet roommate over a spontaneous one... Did this mean she was actually maturing?

Probably not.

She nodded at the mention of Devyn, who was really all Vera was currently focused on. "You know you're always welcomed, Zoe. I didn't someone like her could get you all worked up," She nudged at her friend with a smirk as she teased. "I'd say give her the benefit of the doubt first and get to know her, like really know her. Couldn't hurt."

Her eyes caught a glimpse of the all too familiar store dressed in pink. "You mind if we check out Victoria's Secret?"

[Zoe Wallerstein-Smythe]

Zoe had to nod along with Vera's assessment. They had had quite the year, and it did seem as though they weren't being given much a break. Unlike Vera, Zoe had received something of a moment to breathe. In many ways her trip had done precisely that for her; given her that deep breath before diving back in.

The compliments that followed made Zoe flush and lower her eyes again. She couldn't help but feel practically glowing after a compliment from someone like Vera. There was just something magnetic about the other woman. Zoe had been feeling that pull ever since their unfortunate first meeting, during that fateful camping trip. Now at least it felt a good deal more natural, letting Zoe walk along and consider.

"I'll end up taking you up on that," Zoe insisted. She looked up at Vera just long enough to say that before a nudge and further words had her looking down. "And the first talk didn't go quite legs up. Just very close," Zoe had thought she'd at least salvaged things enough that every encounter with Maya wouldn't be filled with awkwardness, but even she couldn't say for sure.

A sudden motion had Zoe looking. Further words and a direct question brought the deepest flush yet, making the freckles stand out all the clearer. "Ah, I suppose?" Zoe said. She took a few hurried steps toward the store before looking over at Vera. "Do you, ah, remember when I got all those clothes? I didn't have many, because, well, I ran away..." she trailed off for a moment, but pulled herself from that dark conversation path: "Anyway, almost all my outfits were donated by various people, and quite a few LGBT rights groups,' she gestured at her current wardrobe, which had been among them, before nodding toward the shop. "About half of what I received was undergarments from various people, often with rather lewd comments," she pursed her lips and looked at them. "Also, they grossly overestimated the size of my chest. The whole affair has nearly put me off lingerie entirely. If it weren't so pretty..."

And again, the flush, mostly because Zoe doubted that most people admired lingerie for all the pretty lace and designs emblazoned upon them.

[Vera M. Solway]

Vera's trip on the other hand hadn't given the breather nor break that she really needed, but she figured it was better than nothing. She just knew that she'd have to take it as easy as possible this upcoming year or she'd totally strain herself. Which wouldn't have been a problem for the fourteen through eighteen year old Vera but for the almost twenty year old Vera... she was bound to have way more on her plate than she could handle. She just knew it.

The telekinetic chuckled a bit as she smiled softly at Zoe, for some reason she had taken the compliments in a certain way and it just made the girl seem that much humble. Well Vera always thought that Zoe had been a humble person, it was just becoming more apparent the closer they got. It was cute.

Vera nodded, looking forward to whenever she chose to come over. Vera was sure she'd need a friend over every once in a while when she managed to actually be in her dorms. "Sounds like that had to have been awkward as hell." Which was really all Vera could say about that. It wasn't like she was amazing at ice-breakers. Heck, she usually flirted with everyone she met for the first time. Just imagine how weird it was for her when she actually didn't flirt.

"Uh yeah, I remember." How could she not? Vera kind of followed a lot of Tim's video blogs in the past, among other students who also blogged. The LGBT often looked after their own which always made Vera proud to support others. But when her British friend mentioned something of getting undergarments with "lewd comments" the bell finally rang in her head. Victoria Secrets PINK line was known for having such panties and bras and boy were they super cute. "Put you off? Really? So you mean to tell me that neon blue panties that have the words "SPANK ME" don't do it for you?" She laughed while pressing her lips together.

Vera, for one, admired lingerie for all of the pretty lace and designs. She headed in the store backwards while gesturing towards Zoe. "C'mon. I wanna check if they have sales going on. I promise I won't let any lewd panties attack you." She chuckled while heading to the nearest display of underwear where most of the girls gathered around and picked at. 

[Zoe Wallerstein-Smythe]

Yes, of course Vera remembered. So much of Zoe's life had become public since the moment her powers had blossomed. No, it had been a little later than that... coming here had really set things off. No, no, Zoe wasn't going to think about that. She wasn't going to focus on the past. She was, however, going to blush as Vera teased her about aggressive lingerie.

"um, no, it didn't, and there were some that," Zoe made a general gesture, as if trying to indicate a roughly pantie shape, "they were, well, lacking in certain... areas," she sort of gestured in a vague manner toward the bottom before flushing and lowering her arms. This was just so much more embarrassing when discussed with someone as savvy and outright sexy as Vera.

Fortunately the other girl didn't seem to have nearly the issues that Zoe did. Zoe even smiled at the comment. "Well, so long as you promise not to let the foul things near," she said, walking toward the display. "I do have to admit that there's something in all the lace and beauty. It must be quite nice to have someone to dress up for..." Zoe looked the garments over, admiring their aesthetics with that artist eye of hers... and thinking about the people that she would have worn something like that for.

[Vera M. Solway]

She figured it was okay if Zoe wasn't particularly into the really loud and colorful underwear that made Victoria's Secrets their millions (aside from their fantasy bras). Everyone had their own preferences when it came to lingerie and Vera personally enjoyed hers in all black and laced. When Zoe went about making a gesture to the shape of panties, Vera smiled really hard. The type of smile that usually transitioned into laughter because she was being super cute right now. Seriously.

Of course a good variety of different panties came to mind. "You mean like thongs? Boy shorts? Hipsters? G-strings? Cheeksters? Bikini shaped?" She chuckled before shrugging. "I wouldn't say thats a bad thing. Every girl needs to experience at least how one of each feels. Not to mention you may even find one and wear it and feel like the sexiest person ever. Even when you're alone." Vera had her own opinion about panties that were probably obvious to the people who actually knew her. She enjoyed showing off every single curve of her body and felt every other woman should be able to feel the same amount of confidence in them. It also helped when you got to wear them for only that one person to see. She didn't think that Zoe should've been embarrassed by it if she was.

She smirked, "It's good to know someone has tastes and yes, lace is amazingly sexy and probably one of my favorite kinds to wear in a bra and panty set. Oh, and also in black." Then there was the mention of it being nice to have someone to wear it for. "Yeah..." She sighed, agreeing but for her own reason. "Until they end up tearing off your seventy dollar lingerie... then you kind of wish you had only wore it for yourself." Only one person came to mind when she mentioned that little bit. Her girlfriend had a knack for destroying any piece of clothing that came between her and Vera's body.

Dressing sexy was getting more and more expensive now that she thought about it.

Then she thought of something, "Hey! How about we get you fitted for a new lingerie set? It'll be fuuuunnnnnn, and it's on me, so it'll be like satisfaction guaranteed and stuff." Sometimes Vera forgot who she was talking to... just not today, she knew exactly what she was trying to include Zoe in; and that was Bra and Panty shopping!

[Zoe Wallerstein-Smythe]

Zoe had to smile as Vera continued, even outright giggling. "I believe I own one of each now," she said, flushing slightly as she moved a hand up to tuck some loose hair behind an ear. "My benefactors were very thorough in that regard," and Zoe had kept a few of them, mostly because, well, she wanted to know what some of them felt like. She also did agree at least somewhat with Vera's assessment: it was good to have options and to feel sexy from time to time. Zoe would love to protest and insist that she didn't feel sexy and hadn't for some time but, well, that would be a lie and Vera would know it. There had most definitely been that encounter during her little trip, for starters.

naturally Zoe was now picturing Vera wearing black lingerie and flushing as dark as ever. "Ah, I didn't... have that problem," Zoe said, though she did vaguely remember and had to smile slightly. "I suppose it would be on with, ah, Devyn, though," she looked away then, trying to feign at least some innocence in that regard. Devyn had done some damage to a few of Zoe's outfits during their time together.

thus she was looking away as Vera got her idea. "What?" She looked back, eyes wide. "Fitted? what does that--is that like dress shopping?" Zoe was picturing herself somehow put on a pedestal or something while people wrapped tape measures around her. "I--you know I can't be touched, right?" This didn't stop Zoe from following Vera a few more steps though. Hadn't she just been talking about wanting to branch out? to grow and experience new things?

[Vera M. Solway]

She grinned, "See. You're way more experienced than most chicks." Vera did have to admit, Zoe had some pretty awesome benefactors. The idea of it in general was pretty great. Vera was just having a hard time contemplating if imagining Zoe in lingerie was a good thing or bad thing. This was her girlfriend's ex, which made the idea a bit unacceptable but then again Zoe was Vera's friend and that made it completely normal. So yeah, she'd go with normal.

Sometimes it felt weird to know that her and Zoe had likenesses and mostly in one area; Who they dated. Or better yet who Zoe had dated and who vera was currently with now. Vera tended to ignore the feeling, all the time because there was no reason to get worked up about it so late in the game. She managed to be the intercepting signal in a relationship, causing it to end... only for it to end up in her favor later on without realizing it until recent. So if she was feeling any way, it was mainly her fault. No one elses.

She let out a chuckle, "Right." Quickly shaking out of her thoughts as she lifted her head and looked around. Then of course, she saw a display in the store with one of the models everyone seemed to think she looked like. Yeah, the woman was hot but Vera thought she looked better than her. There was no comparison.

Looking back towards her friend, she explained. "Fitted, you know. When you get measured so you can find out exactly how you'd fit in a store's clothing. Because all material is not made equal." Victoria Secrets was also known to give out awkward sizes compared to other stores. While one might be a D cup in VS, every other store would basically say you were a C cup and so on and so forth. Then there was the mention of not being able to be touched. Vera nodded with a smirk, "Yeah I know." She already had everything figured out, which wouldn't be a problem. "It's a good thing you have a telekinetic as a friend, huh?"

Vera had been through enough fittings to know what to do... now they only needed fitting rooms. While walking up to one of the sales associates, she showed them a smile. "Hey, me and my friend need fitting rooms and we also need to be fitted." The associate nodded and showed them the way, "Thanks." She looked back at Zoe, "Don't worry, I got everything handled."

[Zoe Wallerstein-Smythe]

They were in the store and Zoe was trying desperately not to look nervous. this was just clothes shopping... for underwear...with a woman that you'd have to be blind not to find attractive... who was apparently now talking about being the one actually doing the fitting. Zoe wasn't sure if there even was a proper response to that. Her mind more or less gave up attempting to fully process what was happening to her right now.

A telekinetic... maybe it would be completely fine?

And now Vera was asking for a room and to be fitted and apparently this was completely normal. Vera was insisting that this was completely normal, and Zoe again found herself wondering what sort of life you led where getting fitted for underwear by attractive women was considered "normal." "If you say so," she managed, swallowing and entering the room, looking around as she did. "I imagine they're going to tell me that I'm too thin," she said, again smoothing her hands along her body. That was generally what happened, and it wasn't as if it was entirely Zoe's fault.

of course, now Zoe was imagining what "handled" would entail... and trying not to blush.

[Vera M. Solway]

When it came to something as simple as getting lingerie fitted, Vera hadn't really thought twice about it. For the past two years or so, she had been the same size for the most part and only ever needed a refitting whenever she felt her chest had grown or possibly her butt was getting way too fat. Genetics either promised that she'd have a curvy figure like her father's side, or a very thin straight figure like her mother side, so it was good to know that she stayed in between those two for most of her life. "No one is going to say a damn thing about your body here. They're pretty respectful here at VS." She was also sure that if anyone bothered to open their mouth, they'd get knocked down a few notches. Vera wouldn't have it.

"I'm going to close the door and I'll be right back. I'll do the measuring before I bring in some testers, so I'm going to need you just in your bra but you can keep everything else on if you want. One sec." She hadn't really thought how awkward it might have been for Zoe until she walked out to speak with one of the associates but she knew Zoe was in good hands. The telekinetic didn't see herself as some sort of pervert, or anyone judgemental. She just wanted to see her friend feel like her ultimate and sexiest form, even if it was under all the clothing.

Vera discussed with the associate how she was perfectly fine with measuring and would need a few testers around sizes that Vera had pre-guessed Zoe might have been. They didn't need to know they were mutants and that Zoe couldn't be touched, nor that her friend was on the shy side. That was really none of their business. The associate trusted her with the measuring tape and also hung a few bras on rack near the fitting room door.

Once Vera made her way back in the fitting room while closing the door behind her, she smiled softly at her friend while lifting up the measuring tape. "I promise, knowing your VS size before hand is going to come handy for later on in life." She managed to keep the measuring tape in its place with her powers while letting go of it. "Just lift your arms up a bit when you're ready."

[Zoe Wallerstein-Smythe]

No one was going to say something about her body? Zoe looked around for a bit, still not entirely convinced. However, well, Vera was her friend, and Zoe wanted to trust the girl. There was something about the way Vera spoke, all that confidence and what have you. Plus, Zoe could remember their correspondence and what it had meant. She had to trust that when Vera said something, she meant it, and she meant that it would work out. So it was all nods from Zoe with that.

Then the explanation came, which apparently included stripping. Zoe took a deep breath at that, but nodded nonetheless. She was fairly certain that she had a halfway decent bra on. The advantage of having almost hundreds of undergarments to pick from generally meant that you had quite a few good bras. She thought this one was particularly cute too, if perhaps a bit girly and all, with its floral designs and so forth. Still, Zoe could work down to the bra.

"It's just Vera, and maybe a... bra specialist? Do they have those?" Zoe couldn't help but wonder aloud. She shifted nervously, looking around, half expecting a bra specialist to just suddenly appear. Surely if there was such a thing, they got employment at Victoria's Secret. "VS, because of course there's a cool acronym that you've never heard of," Zoe mumbled to herself, letting out another sigh and bringing a hand up to play absently with her hair for a moment. She was still getting used to the length, and sometimes touching it was a good reminder that things were different now. She was supposed to be more confident and so forth.

And there was Vera. Zoe smiled at her friend, making a slight gesture to show that yes, she had stripped down to just her bra. She left her pants on, since Vera hadn't specified that those needed to be removed. "If you say so," Zoe said, raising her arms as instructed. "It's probably just going to say that I'm an A or a B. I've never exactly been... big," and of course she had to look to Vera as she said that.