Relaxing at Sunset

[VEIL]

After a long skate a couple of miles on the road, Maddy had come back completely exhausted since the road wasn't exactly smooth at some parts. She took a long shower, dressed in some of her more comfortable clothes, and decided to further take advantage of the nice day by relaxing on her old comforter in the Courtyard. The sun was setting for the evening and there was a slight breeze in the air. After sweating her butt off skating and then a steaming hot shower, Maddy welcomed the cool breeze that tickled her skin.

Her MP3 player was hooked up to her speakers with some of her favorite New Orleans Jazz playing. She was more of a Rock kind of chick, but she had a thing for the classical New Orleans jazz. Her brother played the Saxophone and she still remembered how he used to play it for her to sleep. Maddy lounged on the soft comforter, humming to the music as she flipped through a magazine and gently blowing on her freshly painted nails. She had her nail art pens next to her and was waiting for them to dry before she painted little designs on them.

Relaxing outside like this made Maddy slightly homesick, since she did the same thing at home often. With all the foster kids running around her house, outside was sometimes the only peace she could find. At home she had a huge porch swing that she would lounge on, but here she could make due with just her old super soft comforter on the stone floor against the fence of the Courtyard.

Having just read an article about flirting in the classroom, Maddy found herself wondering what classes would be like here. She wasn't the best student or the biggest fan of school in general, but that was only because she didn't apply herself as much. She had always been more interested in boys and everything other than school. Though she loved gym and art, all the other subjects were usually lost to her. Maddy hated math, and was no big fan of English or History either. Art was fun only because she liked to design a lot of her own jewelry and loved to do fun designs with her makeup for her skate matches.

However at this point, Maddy had gotten a good look at most of the students at the school, save for some of the newer ones. Most of the boys here made wonderful eye candy for her, and some of the ones she spoke to seemed really cool. Maddy loved to flirt and play around with the guys, and though she didn't seek it, she really loved the attention that she got once in awhile. A slight smirk came on her face as she reached over to light the citronella candle she brought with her out of habit to keep the mosquitoes away as she thought of class with some of the cute boys she met. Reaching for her nail art pens, Maddy twisted it open as a concluding thought ran through her head.

[Taffy]

Ricki'd just spent some time alone in her room working on her guitar, practicing the song Gavin had taught her at the bonfire. She was getting better at the guitar, but there was still a lot for her to learn. She'd been practicing for almost an hour when she finally decided to put aside the instrument and skip out to see what everyone else was up to. Normally she would've headed straight to the rec room, but it was just such a pretty day and the sunset looked beautiful through the windows as she passed them. It was worth stepping out and just watching it, even if she was alone.

Luckily enough though, as Ricki stepped out of the mansion, she caught sight of another figure laying in the courtyard with some pretty calming jazz music playing out loud. Ricki was more of a slow music person anyway: she couldn't stand heavy metal or hip hop & rap. She was into a lot of piano based music or acoustic stuff- anything that was mellow with good lyrics to be honest. Ricki didn't hesitate in skipping right along to where the person was, not really being able to recognize who the person was from the back, but as she got closer, she slowly realized who she was walking towards.

Maddy hadn't done anything to deserve the sort of awkward feelings Ricki had towards her. Ricki honestly felt bad for having this squirmy feeling about her fellow team mate, but something about Maddy just didn't appeal to Ricki. Perhaps Ricki just needed to speak to her alone, properly once, to confirm it to herself. Everyone else seemed to be perfectly fine with Maddy, so why was she so undecided? She seemed like a really nice girl: but then why did she constantly feel like she ought to be.. wary of her?

Ricki took in a deep breath, fixing a smile on her face as she came up behind Maddy. "Hey, Maddy right?" she asked politely, her voice purposely slow in order to avoid startling the girl, knowing she had the name right but just questioning it to be polite nonetheless. "We haven't spoken properly yet, I don't think. We just vaguely met at the cook-out." Ricki's smile stayed fixed on her face, although it lacked a bit of it's usual warmth. "D'you mind if I join you?" she asked, her eyes dropping on the girl's hands which were clutched around Nail Art pens. Ricki's eyes dropped to her own fingernails, which were long and filed but completely plain. Ricki'd never tried nail art. She had long nails, but she'd never really bothered with doing anything to them.

[VEIL]

A bright smile came over Maddy's face as she moved over on the soft comforter to make room for Ricki. "Course yah can join meh Cher, take a seat," she said as her feet started swinging to the beat of the music. There were so many people at the cookout that Maddy didn't get a chance to talk to everyone properly, but she made it a point to remember the names of her teammates. Ricki seemed really quiet to her, but Maddy did remember seeing her talk very animatedly to other people, so she figured that Ricki might be a little shy. All in all though, she was delighted that she joined her.

"It sure is gorgeous ain't it? Dah sunset Ah mean," Maddy said looking up at the multi-colored sky. "Ah hope yah don' min dah music. Ah know it ain't exactly somethin' dhat's popular or even all that much well known, but Ah love me some classical New Orleans Jazz." Her foot swayed to the Louis Armstrong song that came on, the sound of the saxophone and piano bringing her mind to back home. "Yah know der is an ol' part o' New Orleans dhat dhey jus' managed t'restore not long b'fore Ah left. It's très enchanteur as mah Granmere would say. It feels jus' like yah stepped back in de Ragtime days o' de 1920s wit' Jelly Roll Morton." A dreamy smile came on Maddy's face as she thought of home and then after a moment she shook herself out of it and gave Ricki a sheepish grin. "Pardon meh Cher, Ah guess Ah miss home more dhen Ah thought."

She looked down at her dark red painted nails and the first nail design she finished. Using the lime green nail art marker, she drew the Comedy Mask of the theater on one nail and the drew Tragedy on the other. She then used the yellow and white pens to pain confetti on to the nails, reminding her of Mardi Gras at home. "Ah love t'do nail art like this. Strange ain't it, Ah'm not all dhat good at paintin' or drawin', but Ah love paintin' little pictures on mah nails," she said with a smile as she held her hands out for Ricki to see. Maddy turned her head to look at Ricki, shaking her short hair out of her face. "Yah eva' paint yar nails like dhat Cher?"

[Iceman]

*HONK* *HONK*

Bobby pulled the van up to the front of the school, waving at Maddy and Ricki as they pulled up in front of the school. This group of kids were seriously the quiet type, or just really shy as he had no luck getting them to loosen up and talk. He gave the kids the basics of what they would find there, but hey he supposed that it might be easier for them to talk to kids their own age. Maddy and Ricki might be just what these kids need to loosen up a bit. Both the girls were sweet and pretty, though on opposite ends of the spectrum when it comes to looks. Ricki had that sweet and cute disposition that made most people instantly at ease. Maddy had an edgy look to her with her piercings and tattoos that could intimidate others, but it was that great smile of hers and the sweet voice that won people over.

"Well Johnny, my friend, you're in luck. Those two right there are your teammates," Bobby said parking the van so they could get out and get their bags. "Yea I know, pretty huh? They're really awesome, all you guys should like 'em." Once he parked the van right, he unlocked the doors. "Alright kids, welcome to Xavier's! I'll help you with the bags now," he said and got out of the car after hitting the latch to make the trunk open automatically. He took the bags from the back and put them carefully on the ground, since he would feel seriously bad if he ended up breaking something.

"Hey Maddy, Ricki!" Bobby waved the two girls over as the others got out of the car. "What you guys our Welcoming Committee or something? Well Ricki I know you're always the first in line, but seems you have a new recruit," he teased looking at Maddy. "Anyways I want you guys to meet some people. This is Willow and Johnny, and the one putting his computer away is Vincent. Johnny's an Acolytes." He pointed each of them out as he introduced them. "Guys this is Ricki, and Maddy. They're both students here too." He winked at the guys and moved up to close the trunk.

[Shift]

Willow stepped out of the van, still slightly in awe of the building that was going to be her school. She blinked a couple of times, adjusting to sunset, and the dying light. Willow then realized she probably looked real foolish and hurried over to get her bag. She smiled at the two girls as she passed by, hoping they hadn't noticed her little lapse of concentration. But the school really was huge. And very impressive, so she was having a bit of difficulty coming to terms with the fact that this was to be her home for the next... Long, long time. It was nothing like her old school, which had basically been an old derelict building. Tiny thing, it was. She snuck a look around the van at the two girls as she lifted her bag out of the trunk. They seemed quite nice, but Willow wasn't entirely sure. She had thought that about people before. 'Never judge a book by it's cover an' all that. Mind you, I've never listened to any of those little phrases before now... Might as well think they're nice, they probably are.'

Placing her suitcase on the ground she moved out off the way, so that the others could get in and get their things. She only had the one bag with her; it wasn't that big either, but it was all she needed. She walked in front of the van and took a deep breath, sort of mentally preparing herself for this new start. In a slightly hesitant voice that got stronger as she spoke, "Hello. Ricki and, and Maddy, right? It's nice to meet you. I'm Willow. Willow Dorian." She smiled at them, hoping that she was giving a good first impression.

She looked around her, trying to take it all in, and smiled as a cool breeze swept over her. That was nice, after sitting in the van for a long time. And it was good to be able to stand up after the van trip and the wait at the bus stop. She didn't like sitting down for too long a time. "I'm so going to get lost here..." she muttered to herself as her eyes swept the surrounding area one last time.

[reMOVE]

Vincent stepped out of the van and pushed his fedora up to see more. This was his new school it was the nicest biggest place he had ever seen. “Wow.” He looked around and caught a glimpse of the two girls and blushed. “Okay Vincent relax, they aren’t talking to you, you’re okay.” He told himself in a whisper and looked at his fellow van riders. “I like this place already, where do we go from here?” He wasn’t sure of what to do, this was his first time at a boarding school and his first time being away from home, speaking of which.

Vincent went into the front pouch of his bag and extracted his Verizon Droid and quickly dialed his home number and waited for the phone to pick up on the other end. “Mom, it’s me Vince. I made to school safe. Yes the ride was nice. I will be okay. Love you too mom. Bye bye.” He hung up his phone and put it back into his bag and looked around and blushed realizing he had just embarrassed himself in front of new people. “I wonder what the teachers are like.”

He smiled and shouldered his bag; the rest of his stuff would get here in a few days. He made his way to the two girls and in effort to combat his mounting nerves he spun his fedora off his head and into his fingers a smooth and nimble move he could perform with ease. “Hel…Hello, I am Vin…Vincent Sands, nice to meet you.” He spun his fedora back onto his head and smiled as charmingly as he could.

[Legacy]

Getting out of the van, Johnny looked at the school with the same amount of awe as the others. He had never even seen a building this big let alone a whole house. Granted there were a lot of mansions and large houses in his area, but nothing compared to this. He couldn't believe that he'd be living in here of all places, but he had to remember that it wasn't just him, it would be a whole lot of people in addition to him. He found himself wondering just for a moment as to what kind of people he'd encounter here. His Grandfather would tell him that it was God's plan for him to be here, and that he should follow the path that was offered.

Slinging his large duffel over his shoulder, his hazel eyes studied the two girls in front of him. Bobby wasn't kidding when he said they were pretty. The blonde one that was introduced as Ricki had a very wholesome look to her, the same kind of wholesomeness that he would see in many girls back home. It was in an odd way comforting to see someone that reminded him of home after thinking for the longest time that he was going to a completely different place. The other girl Maddy, well Johnny could honestly say he'd never seen any girl like her before. Her shocking blood red hair, the tall curvaceous figure that looked like it was made from mostly muscle. Johnny wouldn't be a guy if he didn't find her attractive, especially with that smile, it seemed to emanate as much warmth as the smile coming from Ricki.

"It's nice to meet you," he said quietly, mustering up a small smile. It had been so long since he smiled, even before his grandfather passed. It did a number on Johnny to see his grandfather so sick, and after awhile it didn't seem like there was anything to smile about. The most he could do was force a smile for appearance sake, but he sometimes wondered if there would be a reason to give a real smile. All he could do was have fate in what God had in store for him.

[VEIL]

A smirk worked it's way on Maddy's face as she looked at the tall broad figured of Johnny. He was extremely handsome, nothing like the edgy German boy that was growing more and more appealing in the Cajun's eyes, but nonetheless he had a strong bone structure, complexion tanned most likely from working in the sun, and despite the jacket she wore, Maddy could clearly see the defined muscles of his arms from the way the jacket laid on him. Mah, mah, Ah am lovin' dhis school more an' more, she thought and gave him smile.

"Nice t'meet yah Cherie's, Welcome t'de school," Maddy said and looked at all of them in turn. The girl, Willow, looked sweet, and she looked so nervous that it made her heart go out to her. She had seen many kids that looked as nervous as her when they first arrived at her house as foster kids. Maddy had a lot of experience dealing with nervous kids, so she smiled brightly at both the other kids that seemed so nervous to her. The boy Vincent seemed to barely be able to look her in the eye, and she found it endearing. Despite his height, he acted like a shy little boy. "Aw duncha worry Cher's yah'll are gonna like it here, an' dhe people are really nice." For dhe most part, she thought as she gave them all a beaming smile.

"Dun yah'll get shy now. Jus' think of it as a new start. No one here knows yah, so dhere ain' no need t'be shy 'bout nothin'," Maddy said with a smile to them and a wink to Rick. She turned to Iceman and gave him a teasing grin. "Admit it Bobby, yah jus' wanted dhe chance t'show off me an' Ricki here so we'll take 'em t'see Mz. Frost instead o' yah." She laughed melodiously at that and put an arm around Ricki, winking at her. "Who said we'll be so easily bought like dhat Cher?"

[Taffy]

Ricki was about to open her mouth to speak, but just at that moment, Iceman arrived with new students and Ricki was more than relieved. She couldn't help but sigh in slight relief as Iceman introduced the girls to everyone. She loved Iceman, he was just so... cool. She hardly ever thought of him as a teacher at the school: he was just... one of the kids, really. Ricki's slightly forced smile was replaced by her warm smile almost immediately at the sight of the new students. Even though it felt great when new people came in, Ricki genuinely was slightly shocked... they'd had so many new kids off late already. And two more Acolytes? Well... at least Ian and Gavin would have more boys on the team.

Willow seemed really pleasant: Ricki could tell she wouldn't have any problem getting on with the New Mutant girls. K'8, Penny and.... Heather. Ricki felt a slight twist inside her as she thought of Heather but she pushed it aside. Heather was really nice too... but then why the slight wariness towards her as well? Ricki sighed, distracting herself with the other students. Vincent reminded her a little of Carter and she was frankly surprised that he wasn't introduced to be an Acolyte. He seemed so... shy. She couldn't see how he'd survive with the New Mutants or Paragons. But perhaps it was just because he was being introduced by two girls... especially Maddy. However wary Ricki felt towards her new Acolyte team-mate, she had to admit that Maddy was gorgeous as hell, and it sort of made Ricki a little envious. She had this whole edgy rockstar thing going that Ricki couldn't pull off in a million years even if she wanted to.

Johnny... had a lot of presence. It was really calming, and something about being around him made Ricki feel automatically at ease. He had a certain amount of warmth radiating from him: it almost reminded her a little of TrueSpirit, the older Corsair. Perhaps it was just 'cause they were both very handsome and had this strangely wise aura around them.

Ricki was pulled out of her thoughts with Maddy's french accent purring through. She couldn't help but grin at Maddy's words, despite whatever she felt initially. Maddy was so... nice. Then why couldn't Ricki return the hospitality? "Yeah Iceman," Ricki agreed, trying to put on a bit of a serious face but failing miserably. "We're Acolyte girls, we're tough to get hold of, we are." she exchanged a bit of an amused look with Maddy before turning to face the group. "Hey Willow, Vincent, Johnny." she greeted them with a warm grin. "Welcome to the school guys, you'll all love it here, promise." her smile turned a little cheeky as she looked over at Iceman, then Maddy and finally the new lot. "I'll tell ya this much, you won't have to go looking for trouble." she said, trying to bite back her grin. "It has a knack for finding you here, no matter who you are or where you hide." she finished, concluding with a wide grin.

[Iceman]

The grin on Bobby's face widened at the two girls, the little act they put on made him feel all that much special. "Aw shucks you both foiled my plans! Here I was all ready to pawn them off, and you just stomped on the plans and ruined them. I hope you're happy with yourself," he said and pretended to pout. He broke into a laugh and winked at the new group of kids. Some of them were just really damn quiet, and he could only hope they'd loosen up as they spent more time here. In a place like this it wasn't worth being so quiet and tucked away, since these kids really only had each other in the world. Bobby figured they'd all learn in time.

"Na, I'm gonna bring 'em up to see Emma. Besides I might have another kid to pick up a little later, so she's gonna tell me when I get up there," he said grinning at the two girls and closing the trunk of the van. "I'm gonna leave this parked here since I gotta pick up Gavin and Heather anyways. Hang tight you two, Emma might as ya to show the new kids around if she wants. Or she'll give them the 'map' and make it easy on everyone, but you never know with her." Bobby grinned knowing they'd get what he meant by 'map'. Emma preferred giving them a layout of the school by implanting it in their mind, but that was only if she felt it would benefit them more than a tour. Bobby grinned to himself slightly, despite everything, Emma still liked to run the show.

He turned to the new group of kids and waved them over. "Alright guys, enough staring at the pretty girls. You're gonna need your strength around here, you'll find that their ain't a shortage of pretty girls around here." He looked over at Willow and winked. "Don't worry Willow, you'll always have me around to look at." He laughed and made his chest puff out and walked as if he was the 'big man on campus' with the slight swagger. "Alright guys, atteeeention! Forward March!" He laughed and waved at Ricki and Maddy as he lead the group of new kids into the large mansion. "Don't worry guys, Emma is really cool. Just firm," he said with a wink as they went through the door and headed towards Emma's office.

[VEIL]

After the rest left earlier, Maddy gave Ricki a big grin and somehow with all her talking got her to let her paint pretty designs on her nails with her nail art pen. It was a little different from the style that Maddy used on herself, where she drew skulls and flames and black and purple butterflies and all that. For Ricki, she painted flowers, roses, vines, seashells, and right at the moment was in the middle of painting a cute pair of angel wings on Ricki's thumb. The whole time she talked and talked, accepting the Ricki was probably the quiet type and not wanting to pressure her. She talked mostly about her Roller Derby team, the Boondock Sinners. She told Ricki all about how a roller derby worked, and how a jammer and a pivot and blocker work. Maddy was primarily a Jammer, but she stepped in as a Blocker more than once. The sport was terribly bloody and really brutal, but Maddy loved it.

"An' so when Ah got pas' dhe girl shat called herself Sandra Day O'Clobber, big mean gal righ' dhere, but dhat was dhe first time dhat Ah lost control wit' mah power completely an' Ah fell righ' int'dhe floor an' came out so quick in front dhat barely anyone noticed. Ah was so nervous dhat someone saw dhat Ah ended up fallin' an' takin' almost everyone wit' me," she said with a slight laugh as she carefully painted the four leaf clover on the thumb, starting with an outline first before she colored it in. Maddy had no problem just talking the entire time if Ricki didn't feel up for it. Chill as she was, she was never short for words and loved to talk.

Clicking her tongue ring against the back of her teeth, horrible habit as it was, Maddy lapsed into silence as she closed the outline and went on to color it in, making sure to stay within the lines and not mess up. "Dhere! Dhat looks really cute! Okay now fo' yar odher thumb," she said with a big grin and took Ricki's other hand. "What do yah think Cher, a heart, Angel Wings, or a horseshoe? Ah draw a mean pair o' Angel Wings. Ah'm savin a guitar fo' yar middle finger." Maddy grinned at her and winked.

[Taffy]

Ricki was honestly dying in guilt as she sat there with Maddy doing pretty nail art on her finger nails, talking about things that interested her and how life was back home for her. She was just so so nice! Ricki's mind was already starting to take a liking to her new team mate. She was so full of life and had no trouble talking to people... much like Ricki herself, although the two of them did have different interests, she still found Maddy likeable enough as a figure in her head. Then why was she emotionally incapable of feeling anything positive towards the girl? What was wrong with Ricki?!

She looked down at her nails, grudgingly admiring how pretty they looked with the nail art. As Maddy asked what she'd like on her nail... well, the answer almost slipped out reflexively from her tongue. It was probably the most confident thing Ricki'd said in this whole conversation, and not to say that the mention of the guitar made a small smile appear on her face instead of the thoughtful frown. "Well, I like Angel Wings." No sooner had Ricki said the words, she felt her stomach do a small sort of back flip. Angel Wings... Guitar... Maddy... Heather even. No... it couldn't be. But... but could it?

Ricki's smile wiped itself instantly off her face as a look of true shock began to take over her face. The only time she'd managed to get a decent answer out of her was when Maddy mentioned Angel Wings and a Guitar. The first thing that came to Ricki's head when she thought of those two things was... well... uh, Gavin. But no... she couldn't. Could she? Is that- was that why Ricki felt weary of Maddy? Ricki thought back to the cookout, and now that she did- she realized that Maddy had in fact spent most of her time talking to Gavin. Ricki really and truly wanted to kick herself. In this time while Maddy'd been talking, Ricki'd realized that she was just a bit of a tease and flirt by nature. She just messed around with guys... sort of like the way the Gavin messed around with all the girls.

Oh bloody hell. Was she simply jealous of Maddy? and Heather?

"Holy shit!" Hearing Ricki swear was probably one of the strangest things that could've happened. Ricki never really did wear out loud. She simply thought it in her head. Ricki wanted to laugh about this... she really did, but she couldn't. Because even though the idea that she liked Gavin in that way seemed completely and utterly ridiculous to her, she felt as if someone had dropped a good few tonnes on her chest. She did like Gavin. But... no, it shouldn't be that way.

He was simply a friend, one of her best and closest friends... but just a friend. Perhaps that was what was weighing so heavily on Ricki. That Gavin was in fact just a friend. He couldn't really ever be more. He was charming, handsome and had so other, prettier girls at his beck and call. Why on earth would he even think about looking at her? What was so special about Ricki anyway? She was just an average girl from Florida. She didn't have Heather's amazing fashion sense, nor did she have Maddy's edgy attitude or an ounce of feminine charm. Was that why she'd been in denial for so long? Why she'd never let the thought even come to the surface of her mind? Because she was... scared? "No. No. No, no, no, no, no!" Ricki was speaking without meaning to. It was all supposed to be in her head. But as she realized her lips had been moving, and words coming out... she also remembered she wasn't here alone. For a few moments there, she'd escaped into a world of her own.

"Oh Bloody Hell." she sighed, her British vocabulary in her American accent never sounding more ridiculous to her. "Holy Jesus Maddy, I'm so sorry." She said the words without meaning to, and feeling foolish as soon as she did. How was Maddy supposed to know about the little epiphany Ricki'd just had? "I'm sorry- I uh mean, oh god. This is all so ridiculous! And Jesus, I'm not making any sense, am I? I'm sorry... uh, there I am again. Freaking Hell. Uh.. oh, the nails look amazing by the way. You're really talented." What the hell was Ricki saying? Oh god. Someone... anyone... save me.

[VEIL]

The outburst from Ricki startled Maddy enough to have her sit back and watch with wide dark green eyes as the blonde who had been so quiet for the couple of hours they spent together just burst into panic out of nowhere. She studied her carefully for a minute, trying to piece together what went through the girl's mind just then to make such an outburst happen. Ahrigh' she said she wanted Angel Wings... wah' would sometin' like dhat make her go off.. Maddy wracked her brains trying to put the pieces together and back track on the conversation they just had before that. Well Ah did mention a guitar b'fore dhat... but wha' do a guitar an' Angel Wings gotta do wit' anytin'-!

Her eyes widened slightly in understanding, as thinking about guitars and Angel Wings only made her thing of one person in the school. Now that she sat back and thought about it, she recalled how they played around when they were playing basketball and how they talked closely during the cookout. Coooh Ah shoulda known! Da poor beb prob' dôn realize it, or ratdher she jus' did now. Ah know how dat feels. Not wanting to embarrass the girl further, or let on that she had a suspicion, Maddy just shrugged her shoulders and smiled warmly. "Ah Cher dôn worry 'bout it, Ah get dhose moments mahself. Now c'mon, lemme finish dhose pretty nails o' yours," she said with a smile, hitting her tongue ring to the back of her teeth.

She worked on the design on Ricki's nails silently for a couple of minutes, contemplating what to say to maybe help the girl out just a little, since she still looked really distressed. "Ah dôn know 'bout yah Cher, but Ah really am startin' t'like it here. It's a whole lot different dhan home, but it nice t'be in a place dat got no people wantin' mutants dead an' all." Maddy was silent for another second as she put the finishing touches on the angel wings. "Mah mamiere told me, b'fore Ah came here, dat Ah shouldn' let sometin' dat seems hard or scary keep me from livin'." She looked up at Ricki now and smiled slightly. "We only got one life bebe, an' it better t'know dhan neve' know when yah got dah chance."

The rest of the evening was really pleasant, and it seemed that Maddy and Ricki both got to know one another better. Maddy was happy for one to spend time with another teammate and someone she could potentially call a friend. She hoped that Ricki would take her words to heart, as she never spoke of the outburst the blonde had again. She wouldn't say anything about her suspicion, but as they parted for the night, Maddy only wished her the best of luck, because when it comes to matters of the heart, luck is one thing that everyone needs.