>>18744947>[Sola sees Colby coming over, but does her best to feign indifference. Her heart is pounding and her training form is probably horrendous. Play it cool.]Sola listens to Colby’s opening preamble and... it sounds sincere. Sola is not good with picking up tone sometimes, so if this is another Angel trick, she has to be ready. But ‘difficult stuff’ might be an understatement. There is no chance of a reconciliation with Nikki for Sola but Nikki is still Colby’s friend, and Colby is friends with Amy, and Sola and Amy... Colby is shifting in place. Maybe this isn’t a trick, and Colby is actually being honest? But cupcakes, Empress - Colby’s not wrong. Something about the way Cassie had dominated Sola so thoroughly just made her want to -- no, don’t get into it. This is an apology, apparently. “Trying to date”? Oh, that makes sense. Kind of obvious in hindsight. Sola always thought Amy was --
“The cupcake? Gosh that was a while ago. I heard what happened at your party so I just assumed it was destroyed. But I’m glad you liked it. I thought it was cute. Amy and I were never really - I mean to say, she’s great, but she really wasn’t - hmm. Amy and I need to work some stuff out ourselves. I can’t just forgive her until I know the truth. But that shouldn’t be between us. I never wanted to get in your way with the Empress and stuff, I was just in a crappy spot and thought I could try to regain a bit of control. But then of course what happened with Mare and C.A.M.O” --
“Sorry, I’m ranting. I jump the gun sometimes and talk myself in circles... I have a habit of believing people sometimes when everyone is screaming at me that I shouldn’t. It’s not that I don’t want to but -- if you mean it, if you are really sorry, then I accept it. And I’m really sorry too for all the stupid stuff I do. I know you’ve been going through a lot. With, um, Sapphire. And I’ve heard about Nikki. And Carmody, of course...”
