Marlene was outside the stadium again today. I'd already told Lottie and Gemma about her conversation yesterday and I felt that it was only right that they met her too.
I introduced Marlene to Lottie and Gemma as soon as I got her attention. It was really awkward at first though, because as soon as Gemma went to say hi, Marlene's eyes widened like dinner plates.
"Oh, are you alright? Are you hurt?" Marlene started getting all worried.
Gemma was confused. "What do you mean?"
"I mean, you just seem hurt. You - um, did you burn yourself?"
Gemma seemed surprised at first before she realised what Marlene was talking about.
"No, no, it's always been like this. It's EB."
You see, Gemma's got a genetic condition that's affected her for most of her life. Her skin gets blistered by even the slightest touch, so she has to be extra careful. She's got blisters over her arms, legs, even her face. It's always gotten her some weird looks, and it pisses me off that those blisters are the first thing people bring up every time they talk to her.
Marlene got super flustered and apologised several times over, but fortunately Gemma was cool about it. Besides, other people have been worse about it before and I've had to deal with them on the spot. Actually, Gemma's surprisingly chill about it all anyway. As she told me before, eventually she just got used to it.
Lottie was simply on board with the whole fashion designer thing I told her about. She really wanted to know what kind of fashion trends Marlene was into. She was kind of flustered by Lottie's questioning, but eventually she did open up a tiny bit.
I was even able to convince Marlene to join our camping trip. She seemed unsure about my idea at first, but I reassured her that it would all be fine. Besides, bug bites aren't that itchy anyway and if any creature tried to get into our tents, I'd see to it straight away.
"I-I'll think about it, okay?" she stuttered. I think she's just still nervous because it's the first time we've met each other, but I hope she does go through with the idea. Gemma and Lottie have been the only members of my friendship circle for years, so it would be nice to have some new ones.
I mean, if my dad and Marlene's uncle know each other (even if not in the best way possible), shouldn't it be the same for us? I really need to get to know more about the people he hangs with anyway - I'm just curious about the stuff he gets up to with them.
Anyway, we're heading off Friday morning and have everything sorted out. This whole camping thing should be a breeze, right?
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