Borrowed Time Part 2

Chapter 211

She'd be more excited to watch paint dry.

"Yeah, it's like meeting... Uh... The Jonas Brother's or something." She mumbled, grimacing the second she did. She'd literally forgotten any other band in that moment aside from the Jonas Brothers.... God, it was like she was twelve all over again.

"That's such a dated reference." Shelby said, and Juliette shot a look over at her, shaking her head.

"I'm trying."

"So... Do you know anything about her research." She looked back over at the girl as she took her hood down. Blonde buzz cut. Damn. She'd tried to bleach Shelby's hair once and it had damn near fallen out, her hair looked like it was a similar texture...

No, don't ask how she did it... That'd be weird... Plus Shelby's not letting you near her head with bleach again either way.

Answer the question instead.

"I'm just here because my mom died of Leukemia and I wanna know more." She saw the girl's face fall as she blinked as if she was trying to tell if Juliette was kidding.

"Jules." Shelby hissed, and Juliette shrugged.

If she didn't want a serious answer, she shouldn't have asked a serious question.

"What? She asked." Shelby leaned around Jasmine again, giving the girl an apologetic look.

"Sorry about her, she's exhausted." Shelby said, and the girl waved her off, giving her a kind smile.

"No problem." She turned back to Juliette, placing a hand on her knee, not too high up. Oh. Why we touching? We don't know each other like that, why touch? "So... If you don't know much about it, maybe you and I could grab lunch after this and I could explain some stuff to you? Since you're worried about it." She said, and Juliette smiled, shaking her head.

Maybe she was just being nice.

"Oh, that's okay-." Juliette slid her knee away, and the girl took that hint, but kept talking.

Fuck, maybe you're not just being nice.

"I really don't mind." She tried, and Shelby cleared her throat, leaning over Jasmine to grip onto Juliette's thigh, glaring at the girl who was still trying to lean into her.

Okay.  Little hard on the grasp, but okay.

"Oh no, babe... I forgot we've got that lunch with your aunt." Shelby said, her tone dripping with a sensual sort of vibe that she hadn't expected to hear come out of her as she traced a heart on her thigh, looking through Juliette and practically through the girl on her left. "We wouldn't wanna miss that." She said, and Juliette nodded slowly, unsure of what she was supposed to do while Shelby put on this... Act.

The girl next to her blinked before nodding.

"Oh, are you two... Together?" She asked carefully, and Juliette opened her mouth to tell her no, to answer honestly, but Shelby's nails in her thigh told her that she shouldn't.

Fine, you do it then.

"Some might argue that we're closer than anyone." That wasn't a lie... It sounded like a lot more romance than it was, but like... It wasn't wrong. "I'm also obsessed with science, so anything my girl needs answered can be answered by me, thanks." She said, her voice sounding kind in a way that made Juliette want to crawl out of her skin.

The girl nodded looking away.

"... Okay." Juliette watched her get up and walk a few rows away, eyes still on them as Juliette looked away from her and over to Shelby, who was grinning like a madman.