A Little Bit of Both (Lumity)

Twenty Three

"Wow..." Amity whispered under her breath but loud enough for Luz to hear it. This was last thing she expected to happen today and frankly, she wasn't too opposed by this. She did always like Skara a bit more than Boscha. She just never expected her to be here at her lunch table hugging Willow over not wanting to be around the three-eyed-witch.

Suddenly the deafening silence at their table and the lunchroom was rudely broken as they all heard a loud grunt and a clatter. Looking to the corner of the cafeteria, food had been thrown onto the wall which followed by the sound of clattering plastic as the tray was now on the floor. Next to the food stood Boscha who was breathing heavily and had her fists clenched.

"Watch yourself, human! First it was coming here, and now this? Take everything else from me why don't you?!"

This caught Luz off guard as she did practically nothing.

"And watch your little girlfriend and friends there too! Just you wait!"

Her last remark had struck a nerve in Luz as she quickly stood up to defend herself and her friends only to be dragged back down in her seat gently by Amity.

"Trust me, Luz. It's. Not. Worth it." Amity whispered as her grip on her wrist had gotten even more tense. Luz was a bit too shocked to speak that Amity would revolt into something like that but deep down she knew she shouldn't, so abiding by her wishes, Luz stayed in her seat which caused Amity to give her a warm smile and a reassuring hug.

Seeing the affection the two had just exchanged, Boscha had stormed out of the cafeteria, pushing every kid out of the way that dare stood in front of her. The whole cafeteria stood silent for a good minute till people started to converse but more quiet then usual. Skara let out a sigh as she began to speak.

"I'm really sorry, about e-everything. A-And about her. I just wish that I could do more...! B-But I just don't want to associate with her anymore."

"It's okay Skara, it really seems like you're sorry and we realize that. No need to push yourself over this any longer, okay?" Willow said reassuringly, doing her best to make her feel welcome.

"It's just- It just doesn't feel right to be here right now. So thank you for making this all the more bearable." Skara gave off a smile as she wiped her eyes.

Everyone pitched in their support within the table, even Amity as well, as they all decided to warm up and try to finish the rest of their lunch in peace with their new friend.

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"Finally, the day is over, and now it's the weekend, and finally we can all relax!" Gus exclaimed as he stretched his back. "What a time to be alive."

"Yeah, if you make it to Friday's, that is." Luz cut in on his little parade, causing him to giggle.

"Oh please, this week has never had anything on me. I'm just too good for it!"

"Yeah. Keep telling yourself that." Amity said in retaliation causing giggles from the rest of the gang.

"Hey, how about we all do something?" Willow said after her fit of laughter, catching everyone's attention. "Sure we were with each other out of class for a while but that doesn't mean it was necessarily... relaxing, to say the least." She let out with a giggle as she nervously scratched her head.

"That sounds like a great idea!" Luz joined in, ecstatic at the idea of getting a weekend to relax peacefully with her friends. "Let's just avoid the human realm this time around, yeah?"

"Awe..."

"Sorry Gus. Tell you what, I'll try and scout for a better time to go there and then we can see what happens about going again, okay?" Luz said with a smile, happy she came to a compromise with Gus.

"Sounds great!"

"So what plans do you guys have that we should do?" Willow said after Luz and Gus's little interaction.

"We could do a sleepover?" Amity mentioned thinking back to the fun her and Luz would have when they first warmed up to each other.

"YES." Luz yelled out a bit too loud and and excited. "I've always wanted to do a sleepover with all of us together!"

"Great, looks like things are settled! I'll just have to ask my dad if I can join in or not. He has something planned this weekend and might need my help." Gus mentioned as he took a minute to think back on the thing his dad was doing.

"Oh." Luz said a little upset. "Well maybe we can reschedule and-"

"No need to!" Gus interjected rather quickly. "Don't let me be that piece that will turn this  sleepover around and not happen. We can always do it with me another time y'know?"

"Mmm..." Luz whined, not wanting to cave in just like that but she knew that he was right. "Fine, you're right. But let's not get too down about it so quickly!" Luz perked back up, knowing they don't have a proper answer yet. "Alrighty then, let's get planning!"

"Wait," Willow said as she cut Luz off. "Who's place would we even go to? I feel as if that's the first thing that should be established, no?"

"Not the manor." Amity said immediately.

"Not my place. Like I said, Dad's busy."

"Then it's between Willow's or the Owl House." Amity stated as they all stopped walking.

"How about the Owl House?" Willow questioned. "It may be a bit bigger than what we have back at mine, that and maybe more to do, yeah?"

"Uhm, yeah sure I can see if that can work!" Luz said with a big smile after giving it a thought. No way Eda shuts this down! "I just have to ask Eda and Lilith when me and Amity get there."

"Great! So we have that down, now let's head home for now and start planning things. I'll make a groupchat and start brainstorming!" Willow exclaimed, getting ready for this sleepover herself. That is if she could go too.

"Awesome! I'll let you guys know if the house is available, bye!" Luz called out as she spun around to see the two walk away.

"Bye!" Willow and Gus called out behind them as they went their separate ways apart from Luz and Amity, on their way homes to prep for this upcoming hangout.

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oof. my bad.