Starlight Academy Part 5 - Nice

Juliana was stretched out in bed, reading by the light of her bedside lamp. It was as she was finishing her current paragraph when Marlo kicked open the door, stumbling into the room, her arms stacked with two, cumbersome packages. "A little help here!" she called out from behind them, wobbling uncertainly under the weight of the boxes.

Juliana hopped up, rushing to take one of them from her. "What are these?" she asked, setting it down by her bed, and examining the sticker on it bearing her name in neat print.

"No clue!" Marlo said happily, plopping hers down on the floor, and rifling beneath her bed. She pulled out a pair of scissors with red handles. "But we're about to find out." She slit open the tape, and pried the box's lid open. "Oh! Awesome!" She slid the scissors over to Juliana, and plunged her hands into the box.

Juliana opened her own box, and was faced with a few sets of neatly folded uniform clothes. She lifted out a white, long-sleeved shirt with ruffles around the neck. The material was soft to the touch, and smelled of lavender. "Wow," Juliana said. "Cool."

"Totally," Marlo said; she was standing, holding a pair of tan slacks up to her legs to see if they would fit. "Looks like they already figured out our sizes. Weird."

"There are a lot of creepers in this school," Juliana muttered to herself as she put away her new clothes.

"Yeah, but it makes it a whole lot easier to get things done."

"I guess," Juliana relented.

"So," Marlo said, a sly tone creeping into her tone, "how was Prince?"

Juliana blushed, but said, "He's nice."

"Just nice?"

"Yes!" Juilana rounded, blushing hotly. "Nice. He's very... nice." She turned away from Marlo's smile, and climbed into bed. "I'm goin' to bed. See you in the morning, Marlo."

"Yeah, see ya in the morning, Julie."

It was not until some hours later that Juliana fell asleep, smiling at the memory of the innocent kiss Prince had given her.