[hr][hr][h1][b][i][center][color=#DDA0DD]Antoinette McCarthy[/color] & [color=cyan]Carolina Reed[/color][/center][/i][/b][/h1][hr][hr]

Carolina woke up, she tried to get back to sleep but couldn't really at all as she looked over towards her roommate and hoped that she wouldn't wake her up. She took out her phone and made sure that the screen wasn't bright at all, and decided to just read while putting on some music and some earbuds into her ears. Carolina gently scratched at the head bandage she had just left the medical ward as well and it was her first night back in her room with Annie.

Antoinette was over the moon when Carolina returned to their bedroom. She fretted over her friend though, ensuring that she had absolutely everything she needed within reachable distance before she went to sleep for the night. Antoinette slept fairly well, feeling better about being back home and what had transpired on her adventure with Guin and Pietro. Of course they had help from a couple other X-Men but she had learned much from the former two. 
Antoinette was near the end of sleep when she rolled over, facing the main portion of the room and opened her eyes. She blinked a couple times, seeing Carolina was awake. She watched as her friend scratched her head bandage and Antoinette waited half a breath more before sitting up. 
[color=#DDA0DD]"Is it alright? Does it need to be changed?"[/color] She spoke normally, not seeing that Carolina had headphones in. 

Carolina was grateful Annie had made sure that everything she needed was close to her when she was finally free to leave, she just had to go back and get changed every once in awhile. [color=cyan]"Just itches a little bit, I had gotten it changed before bed though."[/color] She said, as she took off her headphones, luckily she had them low enough so she could hear her friend. [color=cyan]"Did I wake you at all?"[/color] She asked. 

Antoinette shifted, pulling her legs from underneath the blanket and set her feet on the ground. She shook her head, loose hair falling out of the bun she had secured before going to bed. 
[color=#DDA0DD]"Oh no. I felt the need to wake,"[/color] she assured her friend. [color=#DDA0DD]"Itching is good. It means you are healing."[/color]

Carolina smiled she was glad that she hadn't purposefully waken her up at all, as Carolina turned off her music and set her phone back down she turned towards Annie more now. [color=cyan]"How are you doing anyway?"[/color] Carolina asked, since the whole thing with Mesmero she hadn't had to much time out of bed. [color=cyan]"I just wished that I was with you guys."[/color]

Antoinette shuffled her feet back and forth on the floor, thinking on Carolina's question. It wasn't a hard one. She was simply thinking of wording. She smiled and looked back at her friend before she stood, took the couple steps across the floor to Carolina's bed and promptly slid into bed beside her. 
[color=#DDA0DD]"I am well. More so really. Although I did miss you on our little adventure I learned a lot. I'm hoping Guin will help me train some. She is fearsome on the battlefield,"[/color] Antoinette informed her best friend. 

Carolina moved a little bit to let Annie have a little bit more room on her bed and smiled towards her mentioning their little mission together. [color=cyan]"Well Guin did get training from my sister Cassandra who was Guin's former Supervising Officer while Guin was with SHIELD at the time i'm sure Guin could easily teach you a thing or two."[/color] She said as Carolina gave Annie a slight hug, there was a time she did do some work with SHIELD and did play with the idea of actually joining SHIELD but ultimately joined the X-Men.

[color=#DDA0DD]"Really?[/color] Antoinette was amazed by Carolina's confession of her own sister having taught Guin most of what she knew when it came to combat fighting. She wrapped her own arms around Carolina and cuddled with her friend. [color=#DDA0DD]"What do you think of SHIELD?"[/color]

[color=cyan]"Yep, they are pretty close as well to."[/color] Carolina said smiling a little bit as she hugged Annie a little bit more, and then thought a little bit. [color=cyan]"I briefly did some work with SHIELD it was how I met my girlfriend October.."[/color] Carolina paused for a moment mentioning her she still blamed herself. [color=cyan]"I wasnt an official agent or anything, but they were good."[/color]

Antoinette rubbed her friends' back and arm at the mention of October. They had spoken briefly of her before, but nothing in to great of detail. She thought about SHIELD and the work they did here. They were good but Antoinette wasn't sure if they were better than the X-Men. Perhaps they had a few more resources but that just meant more power and responsibility. 
[color=#DDA0DD]"Would you go back in a full time capacity?"[/color]

Carolina shook her head she didn't really feel like she'd make a good SHIELD agent anyway, and she had made a lot of friends with the X-Men as well so she didn't want to leave at all. [color=cyan]"Nah then that would mean i'd have to leave and we wouldn't be roomies again either. I have made my home here anyway as well."[/color] She answered.

Antoinette beamed and kissed Carolina's cheek. [color=#DDA0DD]"Good."[/color] She grabbed her friend's sketch book and pulled it onto her lap. She looked at Carolina, smiling and opened up the book. [color=#DDA0DD]"We need a new art piece for our room I think."[/color]

Carolina watched Annie reaching over for her sketch book and smiled a bit seeing some of her older and more recent drawings that she had done, mostly they were just things she randomly just drew. [color=cyan]"Besides if I left who could I bond over art with?"[/color] Carolina asked Annie and nodded in agreement as well. [color=cyan]"Sounds great to me."[/color]

[color=#DDA0DD]"And a world without friendship and art would be a sad one,"[/color] Antoinette agreed. [color=#DDA0DD]"I think we need to do something to symbolize the battles we have recently overcome.[/color] Antoinette merely started sketching out things at random, things that her hand wanted to draw. She started with a bird, as was he usual. This time it was a Loon, a bird she felt was equally isolated as it was a fighter. There was a sense that everyone here had their own fight but there was a community and comfort enjoyed by all with that simple thought.

Carolina smiled and nodded to Annie as she reached for some drawing supplies and started to draw alongside Annie as well, although she wasn't really there to begin with, she started to do her best to draw the team standing together. She stopped for a moment, and eventually she started to draw Bethany in the picture as well, she knew it wasn't really her fault she had gotten injured anyway either, while watching Annie drawing a Loon there as well.

Antoinette smiled as her friend started to draw along side her. Once she had the Loon perfected, she worked on a portion of the school. Even though Carolina and Lance were not physically there, they were still part of the team. They were still part of the heart there. She paused a moment as she noticed familiar black hair. It shocked Antoinette to see Carolina drawing in Bethany and doing such so well. Antoinette still had her reservations with Bethany. Not for what she did to her personally, but for what she did to Carolina. 
Still, if Carolina seemed to have forgiven or accepted what occurred, then Antoinette could as well. It wasn't completely Bethany's fault after all. She had been mind controlled.