Amity turned the textbook page and sighed when she found herself face to face with yet more information to memorize. And she thought college would be fun, just how foolish. In a way Amity was hoping that studying abroad, far far away from the disease she had for a family would alleviate and help her heal, and she was also studying at Harvard, one of the most prestigious universities, she should be proud of herself, she had earned her scholarships with no outside help(even though she knew she wouldn't get any) and studying what she had always dreamed should be fun, she loved learning after all. Wrong. She loved learning, that's for sure, but she definitely didn't love learning when she had seventeen assignments due in the next week, eight exams to study for, and no time to sleep, eat or... do pretty much anything at all. And so there she was, studying microbiology at one in the morning while praying that none of her teachers had a bad day and decided to hit them with a pop quiz. Her almost unnatural amber eyes felt heavy, closing on their own and threatening the brunette to close completely, meanwhile, the rest of her body felt numb, she was sure that by the end of the semester she was going to become one with the chair, having spent the past six hours completing assignments and trying to telepathically(and Physically) consume the information off the books, or she might be feeling weak because the last thing she ate was an expired mini macaroni n' cheese she had for breakfast. If her anxiety and crippling depression didn't end her then starvation and exhaustion will. But there was no stopping now, she needed to pass the semester with straight A's, which were probably the only straight thing about her at this point, but we're not going to talk about that. Maybe she should take a break? She should most definitely take a break and change clothes and take a bath too while she was at it. But just because she should doesn't mean she will, and she will probably not listen to her sane side in this, and just continue to overwork herself until she gets a burndown and/or mental breakdown, whichever were to happen first. Amity closed her eyes and lumped back on the chair, she should definitely buy a comfier one, this one was going to kill her back. The brunette closed her eyes and let herself relax for a minute, but not completely relax because she was about to fall asleep. The young woman suddenly opened her eyes in surprise when she felt something wet, Amity looked at her side, where her fateful companion and best friend stood, his tongue licking her hand, she was about to move back to study when he looked at her with his adorable puppy eyes, even though his puppy days were far gone Amity couldn't help but to smile at the sight. "Come here, buddy." Amity patted her tights and waited, Caliban immediately jumped up and Amity closed her eyes in slight pain. "Man, you're heavy." The woman cooed and hugged the dog, hoping that all her worries would simply disappear and her chronic stress would leave, at least for a minute. And for the most part, it did work, Caliban moved his head to Amity's shoulder and stayed still. Amity moved her hands up and down his golden fur, the woman could do this for hours, and it seemed like she did, her exhaustion became too strong to be evaded this time and her eyelids simply refused to keep open, instead, Amity closed her eyes. She didn't fall asleep, at least she didn't think she did, partly because of the absence of dreams and the all too usual emptiness, and partly because of the denial of needing sleep.
A loud bang like noise woke Amity from her slumber, the woman moved her hands up to her face in hopes to alleviate her headache. Just what was happening? Her first thought, and although she was clouded, was that something had fallen or someone, but then the realization that she, unfortunately, lived in the real world and also lived alone made Amity stand up faster than she thought was humanly possible. Where was Caliban? He had probably run downstairs and... oh no. Amity tiptoed to her closet to grab her baseball bat, although it weighed next to nothing she still found it too heavy. She was going to die, wasn't she? Not if she got her phone and called the police she wasn't. Amity frantically looked around for her phone, only to remember she had stupidly left it downstairs. She was definitely going to die. With a gulp, the woman opened the bedroom door and went downstairs, the tremendous weight of the bat and the sudden realization of what might happen threatened to make her cry. Amity looked around her living room and found nothing, spinning her face around the kitchen only to find nothing more than darkness. Looking at the door, her face spun a bit way too fast and a wave of nausea hit her, but she didn't have time for this. Not when someone had possibly broken into her home. Yet by the looks of it nobody had, the door remained the same as how she had last left it, and while she wasn't an expert on picking locks (obviously) she knew that if someone had broke in then there would be some type of change on the door, but nothing. Unlocking the door the amber-eyed woman looked around, trying desperately to find any trace of something out of place, but again, nothing, and it wasn't like she was going to be able to concentrate when her head felt like it was about to explode and the fact that the neighbors had the speakers up to eleven wasn't helpful either. The youngest Blight took a deep breath and lowered the bat, maybe she should still call the police. Amity was about to go back inside the warmth of her home when she heard Caliban bark and someone laughs in what seemed to be her backyard. Oh fuck. The brunette ran back inside and almost forgot to close the door by how fast she ran into the kitchen. She was about to open the door but stopped in her tracks when she saw the scene happening in front of her. A girl was in her backyard playing with her dog. A beautiful clearly drunk stranger had sneaked into her backyard and was giving tummy rubs to her dog. Amity had to laugh, otherwise she'd probably cry.
With a deep breath Amity opened the door and walked the snowy path towards the stranger, she should have gotten her coat first, it was winter and hella cold in Massachusetts. The girl didn't seem to realize Amity was there and continued cooing and playing with Caliban, who seemed to be having the time of his life. Looking closely at the girl Amity could recognize her as the one who always hangs around with Willow, and since the two shared a class she had seen Willow sometimes around campus with her, but she couldn't put a name. Yet never had she realized just how beautiful she looked, maybe it was her tired brain acting up, but at this point, all inside her mind was the image of how adorable the dark-skinned woman looked. Maybe she had a problem, this was a stranger that had broken into her home, she shouldn't be thinking about how cute she looked, she should be thinking about calling the police. "Oh hey there gorgeous." Amity looked up to see the girl looking at her, a smirk on her face which was most definitely supposed to look seductive, yet all it did was make her look like a fool. "Uh-" "So, what's a pretty girl like you doing in a place like this?" Amity bit her lip to keep herself from laughing while the drunk stranger shot her a wink. "This is my backyard?" It came out as much more of a question than Amity originally intended, yet the girl seemed to understand. "Ohhhh... is this your dog too!? What's her name!?" The dark-skinned woman sat up from the snow and held Caliban in her strong arms, his tongue out as he panted and nuzzled the girl's face, and for a moment Amity felt incredibly jealous. "Yeah. That's a he, and his name is not important. What's important is who are you and how the hell did you get here." Amity responded and walked up to Caliban, taking him in her arms all Amity wanted to do was put him down, because apparently, rugby had not worked to make her strong long term. The stranger stared at Amity for a minute, a goofy smile over her blushed face, and she couldn't tell if it was from the alcohol or from... you know... her. "S-" "I love dogs, you love dogs, it's just me or is there some real pet-tential here?" Amity felt herself cringe at the pun, but also felt something building inside her chest, her limbs suddenly more wobbly than before and her face became dangerously hot. 'Come on Amity! Not the time to be gay!' The brunette scolded herself. "Who are you?" It was a simple question that hopefully, the stranger would answer her without making some awful pun. "Some people call me Luz, but you can call me tonight." Okay, that one was actually kinda good. "You know who else I could call, Luz? The police." Amity looked at Luz for a minute, the girl seemingly deep in thought. Amity looked around nervously before walking a bit closer to her. "H-hey a- Holy fuck!" Amity yelled and turned back, falling butt first into the snow. Luz had just thrown up. everywhere. Amity stared in disbelief at the still vomiting girl. The amber-eyed girl awkwardly moved next to Luz, patting her back in comfort. "Are you okay?" Amity asked when Luz looked up, she looked around before brown met amber. "No." Was all she answered before throwing herself at Amity and wrapping her in a tight hug, so tight it was painful. The dark-skinned girl began to ugly cry in her shoulder and all Amity could do besides trying desperately to breathe was pat her back and whisper comforting words that were becoming huskier and huskier as she began to lose air. "Hey, it's okay, let's just walk towards the party house, it's two doors away, I'm sure one of your friends will be there and help you," Amity said when Luz's embrace weakened, but the girl said nothing. "Luz?" Amity shook her and moved up to see that she had fallen asleep. This is why she doesn't drink. "Hey! Wake up, Nitwit!" Amity yelled as she began shaking her, but all she got in return was a snore. She continued shaking her for a few minutes until she inevitable wake up, Luz was not waking up anytime soon.
What should she do now? She just couldn't leave a passed out girl in the snow to get hypothermia or something. But should she bring her inside? Or maybe walk to the party house and ask someone to pick her up? 'Calm down Blight, just breathe. Take her inside and then go to the house. Easy.' Amity nodded at herself, "Yeah you're right." She agreed and tried to figure out a way to take Luz inside without dropping her. She obviously couldn't drag her across the snow all the way inside, but Amity doubted if she could carry her all the way on. "Only one way to find out." Amity sighed and moved her hands around the sleeping girl, one arm on her back while the other one was under her knees. "Caliban go inside," Amity commanded and the golden retriever ran to the inside of the probably freezing house, she should have closed the damn door. Moving up and carrying the surprisingly heavy Luz was... a process. She definitely didn't look as heavy as she actually was, or maybe Amity was just weak, or maybe both. Trying her hardest to avoid the vomit Amity almost dropped Luz, she should make her clean this mess when she saw her again. Just the thought of them meeting again, with Luz being sober, made Amity feel tingly, and that tingliness was apparently giving her strength, seems that her gay was powering her. Amity giggled at the thought and dropped Luz over the first thing she saw, which was her sofa. "Oh fuck..." Amity sighed and sat down in order to catch her breath, Caliban sitting beside her and licking the cold sweat that ran down her forehead. Remembering she had left the back door open the brunette rushed to close it before any more snow could get in. She was definitely going to have Luz clean for her. "Caliban stay here, I'll be back in a second," Amity ordered as she took her coat and eyed the clock on the microwave. 4:12 AM. Amity shook her head and walked outside and as fast as she could towards the party house. Knocking the door the brunette waited for an answer that didn't come, after a minute she knocked again, only stronger and more desperate. Could nobody hear her? Sure, the music was so loud that it could break eardrums, but she had also been to parties in her youth and people always seemed to hear each other, not that she was interacting with anyone, she was far too busy listening to actually good music, like Paul McCartney. "Hello!?" Amity yelled as she began to hit the door with both her fists, yet she still received no answer. Why did she have to share oxygen with these assholes? Running back to her home the amber-eyed woman was debating on what to do now. Should she just watch her sleep all night until she woke up and make her call someone? Nah, that was just crazy. That was exactly what she did. Or tried to do, because she fell asleep not a minute after.
Luz groaned when the light hit her face, she woke up with a massive headache and everything hurt, from the tip of her toes to the last hair of her head. She shouldn't have gone to the goddamn party if this is how she was going to end up like. Sitting up Luz yawned and stretched, her head about to explode, but no time for that, today was a new and beautiful day and a headache wasn't going to ruin her weekend. Looking around Luz's eyes widened in fear once she realized she had no idea where she was, Luz looked down only to sigh in relief when she saw she still had all her clothes on and no weird marks anywhere. Thank god. The last thing she needed right now was... that. Luz looked to her side and blushed slightly when she saw who was in front of her. A girl Luz recognized as Amity Blight was tangled with a beautiful golden retriever and she looked absolutely gorgeous, her reddish hair slicked to the side, the soft freckles that adorned her pale face made Luz fall in love instantly, not being able to take her eyes off her Luz sighed and blushed. But no time for that! She should be trying to figure out what happened last night, not gush over cute girls! Luz took her head in her hands and tried to remember, but all she did was make her headache worsen. "Oh, man," Luz whined and hid her face in her knees from the sunlight. Maybe she should just wake up Amity? Yeah, she should probably do that. Sitting up Luz groaned in pain and tried to focus on something to stop the dizziness that invaded all the woman's senses. Just when she was about to wake her up the memories from last night hit her like a truck. She had snuck on Amity's backyard and played with her dog, then flirted with her then threw up. Just her luck. Luz felt herself go red, now from embarrassment rather than from her crush. Looking around Luz walked as fast and as silently as she could towards the door and shooting one more look at the sleeping girl and her canine companion, Luz left the house in a mad dash and called her roommate and best friend Willow the second she was far enough from the house. "Willow please pick me up." Luz pleaded the second her friend answered the phone. "Luz! Where are you? I called you like crazy last night but you didn't answer... Is everything okay?" Willow sounded so worried it made Luz feel guilty. "Yeah, I'm fine, but please pick me up, I'm in front of 'The Owl House' Relics shop, please hurry up," Luz answered and hoped for Willow not to question her too much, the last thing she wanted right now was for Willow to make fun of her. "Okay, I'll be there in ten," Luz groaned internally, but thanked her never the less, ten minutes seemed like such a long time, especially out in the snow. She should probably get inside 'The Owl House'. Looking both ways Luz crossed the street and was immediately hit with a strong smell of old, and looking around the Latina saw why. Hundreds of antiques played around the now seemingly large shop, it was definitely bigger than it looked on the outside. "Hello, new customer!" Luz's head spun around so fast that she was sure she had pulled something. "Uhhh..." Luz stared at the animatronic owl in front of her, and she wasn't sure what was weirder, it's voice or it's... you know what nevermind, the more she looked at it the stranger it looked. Luz looked around and let out a yelp of surprise when she saw a woman right behind her. "Good morning to you too." The woman smirked and for a moment Luz was convinced that she might get murdered right there and then. "G-good morning?" Luz doubted for a second, her eyes not leaving the woman in front of her, she looked very unique, yet strangely nice. She stared at her expectantly, almost as if she wanted Luz to say something. "Do you sell apology cards in here... Oh and also water!?" Luz asked and The woman smirked. "Of course we do! Take a look around, I'll get you a water bottle." Luz sighed when the gray-haired woman left. Maybe she should but Amity something, she had fucked up, the least she deserved was a nice card or some chocolates or a flower. But wouldn't that be too romantic? Maybe she would get the wrong idea, and it's not like they were friends anyway. "There you go, kid." Luz almost screamed when she felt a cold hand on her shoulder. "Thank you, miss..." Luz looked around trying to find any sort of name identification. "Eda, the owl lady. Anything else I can help ya with?" Luz sighed, it was weird how comfortable she suddenly became with the woman. "What would you give to someone as an apology?" Luz found herself saying before she had time to process it. "Hmm... Just a card and maybe someone flowers if you really fucked up." Luz sighed and looked down. "Why the long face kid? I'm sure your boyfriend or girlfriend will appreciate the effort... or completely hate it and send it to beep yourself." Luz laughed and shook her head, her face becoming red. "It's for an acquaintance, I kinda did something bad yesterday... yeah." Luz rubbed her neck awkwardly and Eda seemed to understand that she should drop it. "Hmm, then this one is for you." The woman said and gave Luz a card, in it the words 'I fucked up' Were written in a vintage manner and Luz wasn't sure if the paper was yellow because it came like that or it was just old. "I think I'll take it Owl lady." Luz giggle and walked towards the register, her plans were to stay until Willow came, but maybe she'll have time to deliver Amity the letter. Luz was thankful when she realized she had her wallet and everything inside, which she should have checked long before she came here. "Have a nice day!" Luz giggled and ran towards the exit. "Hello, new customer." Luz cringed when she heard the weird bird demon thing speak again, the Latina refused to look at it and instead she ran all the way back to Amity's house. Yet the closer she got her confidence became smaller and by the time she was there she wasn't sure if she wanted to go through it anymore.
Amity looked up from her breakfast when she heard her door being knocked. Who the hell could it be? The least she needed right now was some asshole trying to sell her something or the stupid Jehova witnesses that came in her house every week because Amity didn't know how to say no and now she had to listen and be info dumped about Jesus when she was jewish. All because Amity couldn't just fucking say no. Opening the door with a blank and angry expression that quickly got replaced by a nervous smile when she saw who was in front of her. "Ohh... Hey!" Luz chuckled and rubbed her neck awkwardly. "Uhhh... Hey, girl." Amity replied and mentally slapped herself the second she said that, gods she sounded like such a virgin. "I was just here say I'm sorry for you know... last night. And to give you this card I brought." Luz said and offered Amity the card, which made the brunette laugh out loud. "It's fine, you didn't need to buy me anything," Amity stated and stared at Luz. Neither girl said anything, instead they stared at each other, and as strange as It was it didn't feel awkward. Amity was enjoying staring at Luz way too much for her own sanity. "Do... do you want to come in?" Amity asked once she realized Luz was shivering, but of course, she was, it was snowing and she was barely protected against the cold. Luz seemed to think about it for a second, but her eyes moved from Amity to the inside of her house momentarily, and looking behind her Amity found Caliban sitting on the floor in front of the door like Amity had thought him to do, he was clearly very exited to see Luz again. "Do you want to pet him?" Amity asked and saw a big goofy smile on her face, much like the ones last night. "Yes please!" Luz exclaimed excitedly and threw herself on the floor in front of the sitting animal once Amity allowed her in. Between the cooing and rubs Amity could tell her dog was in paradise, and to be honest so was she, it wasn't every day that a pretty and nice girl played with her dog while saying who knows what in Spanish. Amity was definitely going to treasure this moment. "What did you said was her name again?" Amity laughed and shook her head. Being this cute just couldn't be legal. "His name is Caliban." Luz giggled and mumbled an apology and continued playing with him for a while, and as entertaining as it was Amity needed to get ready for a lecture she had in less than an hour. With a disappointed sigh Amity disappeared into the kitchen and threw away the whole breakfast, she wasn't even hungry anyways. Now she was just disappointed she had to leave and wouldn't see or speak with Luz again, not when she was always so busy. 'Why don't you give her your number then?' Amity's heart almost stopped. "No, I can't." She whispered at herself. 'Don't be a pussy and just give her your number.' Amity became red and looked back at Luz giving tummy rubs to Caliban. Maybe she could tell her that she would send her pics of him. 'Just do that and at least you'll have a friend!' Amity scolded herself and the youngest Blight nodded. "Soo uhhh... hey!" Amity called and tried to recline her arm over the couch, only to almost fall instead. "Huh?" 'ABORT, ABORT, ABORT!' Amity gulped and looked around, she couldn't do this. "Oh, mierda! I have to go!" Luz exclaimed from the floor and shot up. "I'm sorry Buddy, I'm going to miss you." The Latina said and hugged her dog. "W-well, maybe I could send you pictures of him if you want?" Amity smiled was so forced that it was physically painful. "Oh yes please!" Luz giggled and took out a pen from her jacket. "Do you have anything i-" "Here!" Amity passed her a blank paper. Luz stuck out her tongue while writing and Amity was sure she was dying. "There you go! I have to go now or Willow is going to kill me! Text me when you can!" Luz laughed while leaving the house. Amity locked the door and sat down on the floor, staring at the paper in her hand. Caliban sat down next to her and Amity broke out into a huge grin. "I never thought You were going to help me get a girl, but not really, but... you know... girls." Amity giggled and petted the dog's head, who until this point was just confused. "You really are the best aren't you?"