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Maybe Vanessa had been getting a little ahead of herself when she said that she would be drawing, because that was the complete opposite of what she had ended up doing. Her attention span, or lack thereof, had prevailed once again. It was barely twenty minutes until she got up from where she had sat down, with noticeably more graphite on her hands than on the paper. Vanessa wrinkled her nose at the mess, doing her best to put all of her stuff away without getting it all dirty as well. As soon as she was done with that, she hurried off to the bathroom. She really needed to wash her hands.

On her way, she noted that people were beginning to gather. There were a fair few news vans too. She was pretty sure that she saw Elizabeth Baker too, but she didn't get a proper look. [color=b1aaee][i]Hope she's alright. Her and Lily are- were- god, I hope it's are - really good friends. Aw man, I really wanna know what's gonna happen at the conference now. Is that bad? I don't think so.[/i][/color] So, for the second time that day, Vanessa engaged herself in another moral dilemma. She decided that it wasn't her fault she was interested, because she'd reached the sink.

Vanessa was halfway through washing her hands (which more or less meant violent scrubbing in a fruitless attempt to get the medium of the day off) when her phone chimed. She scowled at her bag, hands coated in soap. [color=b1aaee]"For the love of... ugh, I'll be done in a minute."[/color] She rushed through the rest of her washing process and got graphite all over the tissue paper when she dried her hands. Whatever. It was going in the bin anyway. With cleaner hands, she checked her texts.

	[color=b0aa0b][sup]Nat: Hey.[/sup][/color]

She audibly groaned.

	[color=b1aaee][sup]Vanessa: whats up[/sup][/color]
	[color=b0aa0b][sup]Nat: You had breakfast yet?[/sup][/color]
	[color=b1aaee][sup]Vanessa: nah[/sup][/color]
	[color=b0aa0b][sup]Nat: Do you want to get something to eat?[/sup][/color]
	[color=b1aaee][sup]Vanessa: yea but am a bit busy rn[/sup][/color]
	[color=b1aaee][sup]Vanessa: going to the conference later [/sup][/color]
	[color=b1aaee][sup]Vanessa: but we can go eat something another time [/sup][/color]
	[color=b0aa0b][sup]Nat: Yeah, that's fine. Thought that we could chat and catch up.[/sup][/color]
	[color=b1aaee][sup]Vanessa: you do know you can just call me lol[/sup][/color]
	[color=b0aa0b][sup]Nat: It isn't the same. I'll be paying anyway.[/sup][/color]
	[color=b1aaee][sup]Vanessa: god you are the best [/sup][/color]
	[color=b1aaee][sup]Vanessa: just text me whenever and i'll see if i'm free[/sup][/color]
	[color=b0aa0b][sup]Nat: Alright. Have a good day.[/sup][/color]
	[color=b0aa0b][sup]Nat: Remember to eat once you're done.[/sup][/color]

Vanessa sighed. [i][color=b1aaee]Conference is at twelve. I mean, it'll be lunch after then, right? Oh well.[/color][/i] It seemed like she wouldn't be getting that breakfast. It didn't matter anyway, just meant that she could have a bigger lunch. By the sounds of things, Natasha wasn't going to the conference. Had Vanessa asked why, it probably would've been due to some stuff about respect.

	[color=b1aaee][sup]Vanessa: (ﾉ^ヮ^)ﾉ*:・ﾟ✧ [/sup][/color]
	[color=b0aa0b][sup]Nat: ヾ(･ω･｡)ｼ[/sup][/color]

She was looking around for something to occupy the time when someone else caught her eye. He sat down, near the front (was he friends with Lily?) and proceeded to stare down at his lap. On his own too, which was odd. Vanessa couldn't really speak, as she was by herself too, but at least she'd had alone-time plans. Carefully, she approached him.

It wasn't long until she was pretty near. She didn't sit down, assuming that the front row was for those knew Lily better than she did, but she bent down a little next him. Messy brown hair and a casual look that probably didn't take an hour and a half to put together. Vanessa was a little jealous.

She spoke softly, not to startle him. The boy seemed pretty interested in his own hands. [color=b1aaee]"Hey. Are you alright?"[/color] If he was close to Lily, then chances were that he was nervous about the conference. A little friendly conversation was sure to help. At least, she [i]really[/i] hoped it would.