Private Hold my beer... and my hair.

[Brie Jaxx]

Brie nodded quietly in response to her friends encouragement that she would eventually find her parents. She put the thought aside, like she had so many times before. It was much easier to do so when she were around friends like Daiya and the others. Brie could focus on living in a way she had felt pretty much forbidden to earlier, and she hoped that her parents would feel she was okay. Since a couple of days ago, she had a sister to hope for that they sensed too. Daiya put the exact right words on how Brie felt right now. Lightened. Relieved. Free. Happy. All of those feelings in a completely new shape. Their true shape.

''You always got an idea...'' Brie giggled as Daiya fumbled after something in her satchel, completely ignoring the fact that Brie had said thanks but no thanks to her suggestions on a tattoo. Which was totally alright, and Brie knew it was fruitless trying to stop the younger shadowrunner when she had decided of something.

Helplessly, Brie patiently awaited the drawing and let Daiya concentrate on it for a minute. As the creation of Daiya were revealed, Brie studied the quickly but skillfully drawed heart of teal and red.

''It's pretty! I have to admit that.'' she confessed, as the drawing elicited a smile and nod of aproval upon her face. Brie had never even considered a tattoo before, but this might just change her mind. The question was what Ruby would think of it. She might think it was all cheesy and stuff. ''I will think about it, yeah.''

''Oh! You're right!'' Brie added glancing at the chronometer, after Daiya had made her aware of the time. The two girls really had pulled an all-nighter so easily. They both were basically ready to go to sleep and because of what Daiya had told her, Brie thought she would offer her best friend company in the other end of the sofa. She wanted to be there just in case Daiya suffered some bad dreams tonight, but hopefully she were more filled with joy now so that she could fall asleep peacefully.

''We better try to get some sleep, don't you think? Mind if I sleep in the other end?'' she asked and cuddled over to her end of the sofa and grabbed the one of two blankets that she had brought them. If Daiya gave her consent, the two girls would soon fall asleep to the quiet hum of the generator in the otherwise silent ship.

Daiya ​

 

[Daiya]

Brie Jaxx​

Daiya grinned at Brie's reluctant consideration. Even if her friend decided not to use it, it had been a good excuse to show off her holojournal. Maybe next time, maybe even in the morning, the teen would show Brie just how many horrors lurked in the other drawings. Things she had Seen and wished she had only imagined, planted in her head by Visions that threatened to let the horrors unfold without her willingness to do something.

She closed the datapad's apps and turned it off, tossing it on top of her satchel. Brie was all ready to turn the lights out, prepping the sofa for resting instead of socializing. Daiya nearly rolled her eyes, had Brie never been to a sleepover before? She was about to ask, when the other girl had a question for her instead.

"We may not be sisters, Brie, but you're still my best friend." Daiya scooted down to let Brie wiggle into the other end of the sofa. The taller girl's legs could almost come out to her waist if stretched out, but there was planety of room for the both of them. She shook her head, "You don't even have to ask!"

Daiya climbed onto the other end, shoving her belongings onto the floor. She ignored the clatter, pulling another one of the blankets down to her end. The events of the night, the drinks early on, her shower, their deep conversation, and even the warm caf all made it easy to snuggle in with the blanket pulled around her. Warmth descended quickly, but she wasn't ready for sleep.

"So when are we going to party again? This was fun." Daiya whispered over to the other end. The still form of her friend didn't answer, the teen just watched the gentle rise and fall of Brie's breathing. Already asleep. Daiya groused to herself, "Figures."

With the warmth under the blanket making her unwilling to climb back out, and having not much else to do, Daiya closed her eyes. She willed the euphoria and adrenaline and the residual caffeine back so that sleep could come in their place.

And eventually it did come, letting Daiya slumber next to her best friend in the whole galaxy.

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