You had to wait because I didn't have this written.

Also I had like five requests on "And you decided [etc]"

No one answered my question, but I managed to get the meanings down somehow.


Chapter 7: Painted in matching hues

Zoe Murphy would say she's possibly the luckiest girl in school.

Zoe had always been a fan of the floating hearts, the whole concept was amazing to her, the only problem people had with it was that unless someone confessed to you, there was no way to know what color was yours. Zoe didn't have this problem.

It wasn't that she had always known, she just liked the idea so much that she looked up every color she could think of until one clicked. That year she dyed indigo streaks on her hair, a proclamation.

She had plenty of crushes over the years, but none of them was her perfect match, until freshman year of high school.

She was the prettiest girl Zoe had ever seen, ok, maybe that was biased, but she was also really nice, and friendly, and smart and… god, Zoe was very weak.

Her name was Alana Beck, and Zoe sprouted vibrant golden hearts every time she saw her. Being as much of a fan of the heart meanings as she was she knew what that meant.

Gold hearts are compassionate but overly energetic, genuine but only in certain aspects, they tend towards overworking themselves; extremely bright minded, gold hearts favor witty humor. The perfect match for a gold heart is an indigo one, though they may also find good relationships with violet or blue hearts.

It wasn't until near the end of the year that she gathered enough courage to ask her out. Zoe was the luckiest girl in school because Alana liked her back.

They went to plenty of secret dates during the summer, and created a collection of indigo and golden heart between both of them, matching perfectly with one another.

Alana Beck was not one to believe in fate.

She knew, realistically, that she wasn't exempt from crushes, but she wasn't actively seeking them, not when there were a hundred other things she had to do, or could be doing.

She concentrated on her studies, she participated in her clubs, she spoke to people, she had plenty of acquaintances. Acquaintance was a good word, a safe word, a word that excused ignorance and lack of caring… Alana despised the word, and yet.

Yet she hid herself behind it, so that she didn't grow attached, so that she couldn't be hurt, a crush faded quickly without any interaction, or so it worked for her, until it didn't.

She had never hid her hearts, it was a waste of time and energy, and she couldn't see how showing she could feel strongly towards someone else could be a thing she should be ashamed of, but then again she hardly ever coincided with her peer's opinions on what was embarrassing and what wasn't. The indigo hearts were perhaps the prettiest ones yet.

As a rule, Alana liked to know about everything in her life, including what kind of person the hearts appeared for; she knew who she was. Zoe Murphy, Alana had a fair share of classes with her brother, and Connor was one of the people she actually wanted to call her friend, she envied his ability to be so unbothered by everything.

Zoe was different from Connor and Alana, she was a likeable person, she drew people in, and people listened to her, they paid attention to her; Zoe had a passion she strived to achieve, and she was unfairly beautiful. She was everything Alana had wanted to be, and so much more, it didn't surprise her when the hearts started appearing.

Alana is fascinated, and so, she searches.

Indigo hearts are adventurous, often ones for trying new things, they're most at home within their passions; indigo hearts are also self-defensive, often over protective of themselves, they might put on a front so to not get hurt. The best match for an indigo heart is a gold one, though green and red hearts can also make good matches for them.

Alana wasn't planning on doing anything with her crush, she never did, she would just keep doing what she was doing and it would eventually go away, like every other crush she had. Zoe had different plans.

Being confessed to was surprising, being asked out unexpected, falling hopelessly for the younger girl was unplanned. For once, Alana was ok with that.