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[signed_sabrina]

Sabrina parts ways with her familiar not far from Rosie's apartment building, both of them in the understanding that the next conversation is for the two girls alone. The evening is muggier than she'd like, and she's not entirely certain whether they ought to go for a walk, or whether they should stay here. Or-- she's just not sure how to proceed here.

It had been so much easier when talking to Nick, somehow.

After a moment or two of hesitating in front of the door, staring at the button that will ring the appropriate buzzer, hands firmly in the pocket of her sundress, Sabrina blows out a huff of air. She's being ridiculous. It was a success, after all, and she can't doubt Rosie's friendship, their closeness.

She hits the button decisively, waiting for the door to release.

It's going to be alright.

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They're sitting at opposite ends of the couch: Rosie sunk into her assigned reading for history class; Beau curled up on the cushions, his blocky, spotted head resting gently against her feet. When the buzzer sounds, breaking the quiet of the moment, both girl and dog look up. "If she's brought Salem with her," Rosie says, putting her book down and getting up, "you have to be nice. He's not...your normal cat." The understatement of it makes her laugh.

Calling out a brief greeting to Sabrina through the intercom, Rosie presses the button to unlock the lobby door. She ignores--or tries to--the sudden, fluttering nervousness that starts up within her. They're best friends, and while the situation between her and Nick has shifted to some new shape she's not yet familiar with, very little about that has changed. It couldn't. Neither of them, she thinks, would let it--unless it was a change for the better.

There's the faint chime of the elevator down the hall, and a knock on her front door only a moment later. "Hi," she says, opening the door and letting Sabrina step inside. "Neil's out, so it's just us for now." Rosie smiles, soft and with an edge of hesitancy. "Can...do you want something to drink or anything?"