All at once, Quinn's mind ground against itself, spat out a few sparks, and stuttered to a stop. She blinked once, twice. There was no way this was really happening. There was no way. It was impossible. Besca was—she was—it didn't make sense. Nothing about it was right. This couldn't—it wasn't—she blinked again. A fourth time, still sitting in the chair and staring like she'd seen a nightmare. Besca was—[i]holding a door open. She was HOLDING A DOOR OPEN. [b]FOR HER.[/b][/i]

“[color=FFE63D]I..don't understand.[/color]”

She shook her head, like she was trying to clear fog out of it. Doors weren't supposed to be held open like that. They were supposed to be shut all the time unless Mom and Dad wanted to give her food or talk to her. She was using the door wrong. But before she could open her mouth, the vivid image of the door to her room standing open flashed behind her eye.

“[color=FFE63D]I...[/color]” Was...was this what it was like to be...invited somewhere? She reached up a hand to ball her eye, not really believing what was happening. But when her hand fell again, Besca was [i]still there.[/i] 

She blinked one more time before her lips turned up in an unsteady smile. “[color=FFE63D]I think I'd like to go. If your friends are all as nice as you, I think I'll like them a lot.[/color]” Then, from a part of her deep down that she didn't recognize, she added, with just a pinch of vehement energy: “[color=FFE63D]I don't think I like being stuck in one room very much either.[/color]”

Her stomach felt odd again. It felt like something inside her was...coming unknotted, maybe?. She huffed in a tense breath through her nose, then blew it slowly out. In, out, just like Besca said. It'd pass soon enough, right? She hoped it would pass. The panic still nibbled at her feet, but the breathing was helping. It was helping a lot.

She loosened the muscles in her legs that she hadn't known had been straining, and with a bit less energy than before, she hopped to her feet. She hoped Besca's friends were nice. 

Then she smiled again, and walked out through the door.