[hr][hr][center][h3][b][color=42A9FF]April[/color][/b][/h3][img]https://img.roleplayerguild.com/prod/users/019a32b8-61bb-718f-82f1-903e3238ae55.webp[/img]
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April frowned slightly, her mental hackles raising slightly as she saw the interaction between Percy and Chase - it had been hard to miss it, with the silverware and dishes flying towards the pair. She didn’t know Percy very well, and he’d always been a prickly, somewhat difficult person to get along with… but he was also a freshman, just a smol, spicy guy. Andy had stepped in already, putting herself physically between Chase and Percy. She didn’t think crowding him would be the right thing to do, it would probably only make things worse. She could, however, be ready to step in if anything else happened - she didn’t know who the new kid was, and she had a bad feeling about him. 

She did, however, take the opportunity of Danni vacating his seat for Patriot’s lap to go and sit down next to him. [color=42A9FF]“Someone’s comfy,”[/color] she teased. Everything else seemed to be going fine - although it looked like Tommy’s efforts at starting a food eating competition were unsuccessful. She didn’t mind that, though. She had just spent the week competing in the contest, and before that, it had been the only thing she’d allowed herself to think about. It was nice to be able to just sit back and relax with her friends. She leaned over, putting her head onto Danni’s shoulder - paying no mind to how awkward that might have felt for poor Eli. [color=42A9FF]“You’re going to dance with me too, right? After Eli?”[/color] she pouted, before giving her brother a kiss on the cheek. 

It was then that she did another glance around the area, and saw another person she’d never met before. She locked eyes with them - a cool, punkish skater chick. They definitely couldn’t have been a student at their school - April would have remembered someone like that. She knew all of the hot girls in their grade and one above, and she’d never seen her anywhere. She swallowed slightly, still riding out the high of their victory, as she sat back up, and began fixing her hair. [color=42A9FF]“Who is she?”[/color] she whispered, nudging Danni. And then, without waiting for a response, April hopped back up to her feet, and walked right up to the new girl - up to Marlena, bubbling with newfound confidence. 

[color=42A9FF]“Hi! I’m April - do you have a name? Or should I just call you mine?”[/color]