Sugar Cookies!

Noelle pouted slightly when the door wasn’t opened. She expected for Ariana to come to the door shortly after speaking, but she didn’t. Noelle recognized the voice and knew immediately that Ariana was alone. She had a few classes with her and Ariana never seemed too friendly with her in the first place.

”Oh! I live here, I was just offering some cookies,” Noelle said. She blinked a few more times and shifted awkwardly on her feet. ”...could I maybe come in and drop these off? They’re sugar cookies!”

”Well – no,” Noelle said, hesitantly, as she was responded to. Well now, Ariana didn’t seem very receptive. Maybe she was having a bad day? When she made a comment about getting into her pants Noelle laughed – a good-natured sound, but slightly annoying to those who didn’t’ like her. ”Oh no! I’m straight, silly. Not that you’re not attractive! I just like boys!”

She waited for her to open the door and was not given. ”Though I think gay rights are really important! Because love is love. Like sugar cookies! They’re basically love,” she pouted when she suggested that she bought the cookies. ”I baked these! I don’t like to pass off store cookies as mine because mine always come our better!”

The prospect of her not being here long made her pout. ”Even if I graduate Metric, I’ll still live here,” she pointed out. ”I just want to make friends with my neighbors! Don’t you?”

Noelle was really hoping that after a few compliments, Ariana would open right up! But she didn’t. Noelle pouted as she waited for the door to open. Really! Why did she have to be so mean?! It was frustrating – it made her want to punch the wall out of frustration!

Noelle pouted, her cheeks flaring out as she did so. No. She had to be composed and willing to keep trying. After all, if she just gave up now and stormed off, she’d never make a friend and she’d regret it later! By keeping her nice demeanor, Noelle knew she’d be glad no matter what the outcome of the situation was. She let out a light laugh when she was called conceited. ”Oh no! There’s just a quality of freshness my cookies have that store bought ones don’t! Because they’re prepackaged. I’m sure store bought cookies are good if you like them!”

Noelle blinked. ”Well, I was considering moving in with my boyfriend until he cheated on me! So now I live alone and I’m still working on making friends with my neighbors! There’s nothing wrong with being a good neighbor! Is there a reason you’re so mean? You should give other people a chance!” she assured. Hey, if Noelle was willing to trust people despite what Jared had done to her, she deserved the benefit of the doubt when it came to strangers!

Noelle blinked at Ariana’s comment. What, was she five? Noelle knew that she didn’t put any special kind of ingredient in her cookies. It was so cheesy! While Noelle liked a level of cheesiness that was simply too much! Did she come across as overly friendly and cheesy? Was that why Jared never liked her as much as she liked him? Noelle pursed her lips in thought at that notion. No – it wouldn’t be only that, or would it? She didn’t know!

”I wasn’t going to move in with him afterwards! But before, you know, he was so nice and sweet.” But that had been an act, hadn’t it? Noelle frowned at Ariana’s words, knowing that they were true. She wasted so many years on dating Jared, thinking they were perfect together, and all that. But now she was screwed royally, single, and here for only one more year before she graduated. Not. Fair! Noelle needed to look into a new boyfriend – STAT! Maybe the school would do a blind dating type thing? Oh that could be so much fun!

”You’re in dance too, right? Maybe we’ll see each other in class!” She said, opting not to comment on the Jared advice. She already knew that it would never work. But, then, she got a brilliant idea! Bring up the speed dating thing! ”Oh oh Ariana! Wouldn’t it be so much fun if the school did a speed dating event? You’re single too right, but you’re also attractive - -I bet you’d have lots of fun meeting new people that way! And I could find someone better than Jared! Totally!”

Noelle frowned when Ariana called her stupid for thinking Jared was a nice person. How was she supposed to know he was a liar? It hurt more than Noelle wanted to admit when Ariana told her she was stupid to think any differently. Was it really that stupid to trust people? To want to love someone and believe they could be genuine? Noelle didn’t think so, but so many people told that her she was wrong to believe it. And Ariana said it as though it was common; as though it was something every guy did!

”Well, I was just trying to be nice! I figured you could use more friends since you don’t seem to have any who come to see you!” She said, not oblivious to the way that could sound like a jab. She couldn’t help all of her passive aggressiveness, after all! ”Okay! Well, if you really won’t, I can’t drag you, but it would be lots of fun! So just think about it okay! Oh, also,” Noelle put the neatly wrapped, homemade package at Ariana’s door. ”I’ll leave these cookies here for you for later! Now I should probably go across the hall and give that guy some cookies too!”