A Spoonful of Sugar (Selina)

    Selina carefully held a hot cup of dark chocolate mocha in her hands, taking a cautious sip before looking for a table in the crowded place. Some people in town gave her funny looks for what they assumed to be a tattoo on her face, but she’d learned to ignore it. Besides, their ignorance was far more pleasant than what she dealt with back at the University. She was about to give up and go outside when a gorgeous woman flagged her down… how could she say no?

    Selina smiled warmly at the lovely stranger and sat down across from her, “Thank you, I have to admit I didn’t quite think it’d be this busy here,” she confessed with a low laugh. “Although, their coffee is excellent so I suppose I shouldn’t be too shocked.” She held her hand across the table in introduction, “The name’s Selina, and you?” She asked as she snuck in a quick once-over of her new companion for the coffee hour. The woman was absolutely stunning, and Selina was almost surprised she didn’t have a possessive lover coming out of the woodwork to lay a hand on her shoulder and give Selina the evil eye.

    She seemed sweet though, and quite friendly. Selina found herself almost relaxing from the woman’s smile alone.

    Selina grinned and nodded, “Although, I don’t mind it being so crowded today. It’s not often I get to talk with such a gorgeous woman,” she returned with a slight smirk before laughing lightly at Riley’s joke, “I assure you, I don’t mind,” she offered honestly. Selina needed light-hearted joking in her life, the sillier the better, it had been a bit dark at the Academy in the past nine months, so it was nice to get away from all of the people there and just relax for once.

    “Oh? Is your sister as sexy as you are?” Selina teased, wondering if she would be intruding on the two’s time together, “And I can easily take my coffee outside or something if you guys need to talk, it’s a lovely day and fresh air always does me good,” she added. She didn’t want to get in the way. At Riley’s question, Selina nodded, “I was born and raised here,” she replied honestly, seeing nothing worth hiding, “And you?” She asked as she took another sip of her coffee. The hot rich liquid tasted like heaven and warmed her from the inside out.

Riley’s blush only made her all the more attractive, and simultaneously adorable, Selina couldn’t but smile at the girl, “Perhaps, but not with anyone as engaging as you are,” Selina returned honestly. Most of the people in this shop would likely bore or annoy her, and Riley had yet to do either. Selina then grinned at Riley and nodded, “I wouldn’t mind if you did. It’s not often that I get to hear bad jokes,” she teased.

“Oh twins? There’s someone else out there as gorgeous as you are? I can scarce believe the gods would be so kind,” she joked. As Riley mentioned liking Olympus Falls, Selina le out a darkly bitter laugh before calming a bit and shaking her head, “I used to, but recently the place’s charms seem to have worn off,” she offered. If this girl didn’t know about the school, Selina certainly wasn’t going to be the one to tell her. Besides, talking about demigods and titans nowadays would likely only get her a blank stare at best. “What about you? Is it much different from Pennsylvania? Do you ever get homesick?”

Selina laughed and nodded, “I shall prepare myself,” she teased, though surprisingly without innuendo. Selina couldn’t help but like Riley, there was something genuine about her that was hard to find. Selina listened in interest as Riley described her sister, “Is she? I’m very interested in seeing what she’s like,” Selina admitted. If Riley’s boyish twin was just as friendly and sweet Selina could only imagine what the two must be like together.

“Moms?” Selina asked in curiosity. Her own mom was far more inclined towards women, so it wasn’t a strange idea so much as she hadn’t often heard it talked of outside of her own home and her mom’s friends. “And I can understand that, my mom lives close by as well, and she’s definitely protective,” Selina offered wryly. “I adore her, but sometimes I wish she’d understand that I’m not 13 anymore,” she added with an obvious fondness for the woman evident in her tone.

“And I’m glad the move went so well for you,” Selina offered. She’d known kids who ahd struggled quite severely with the transfer to Olympus Falls.

    Selina chuckled at Riley’s description of her sister, “Hopefully a sexy experience, I tend to enjoy those,” she teased. Selina vastly preferred to draw her own conclusions about people regardless, so she didn’t truly mind not knowing anything.

    At Riley’s mentions of two moms, Selina merely smiled warmly at her and nodded, “I’ll bet. My single mother was great, so two would’ve probably been fantastic,” she admitted. Although, Selina wasn’t sure Katerina would ever settle down, much less invite someone into their home as an equal in terms of parenting.

    Selina smirked in sympathy as Riley mentioned dealing with her protective mother, “Same, but she’s gotten better recently,” she added lightly. Well, that wasn’t strictly true, but Selina spent less and less time at home, so Katerina had less chance to look out for her. Ever since nine months ago, she hadn’t even seen her mother… When the sister spoke up so suddenly, Selina jumped a bit, turning to face the handsome woman, “Sorry, didn’t see you there,” she offered apologetically, though she was simultaneously going through her memory trying to remember if there’d even been a hint of the other girl’s presence. Usually Selina took notice of everything so someone slipping under her radar was definitely worth noticing.

    Selina noticed Logan’s glance and studied her in interest, ‘an experience’... she was starting to get what Riley meant. Selina was surprised to hear Riley confirm the ‘friend’ part, “Well, we just met,” she offered instead. Selina didn’t bandy about such a term lightly, so to hear someone use it in reference to herself was strange. At Riley’s introduction however she smiled, “It’s a pleasure, I’m sure” she offered Logan with a slightly heated gaze.

    Selina nodded to Logan and smiled kindly at Riley and shook her head when the girl apologized, “Forgive me, I’m not the best with social graces. I don’t object to the term, I’m just… unused to hearing it, I suppose,” she offered wryly. That was an understatement, but Selina wasn’t about to go into her personal life right now.

    At Logan’s question though, Selina let out a hard laugh, “How could you tell?” she asked, her tone cold as ice. Her entire demeanor switching from open and friendly to closed off and distant in a matter of seconds. Selina was slightly surprised to hear Riley’s protest and wondered if the woman genuinely gave a damn, or if she’d merely been chatting with Selina due to pity... or perhaps Riley was far crueller than she first appeared.

    Selina wouldn’t put anything past the people at Olympus Falls nowadays. Selina was about to get up and leave, as she had zero desire to get into anything regarding the damn school right now. She was on edge and prepared for anything as she glanced at Riley, “It was lovely to meet you,” she offered, her tone formal and pure business. These two… weren’t the descendants of Titans as Selina was, she would bet good money on it, and the only reason most demigods interacted with her was when they were looking to start trouble that Selina couldn’t afford to get into.