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"Focus, Syd. I want you to knock down those pins with your mind."

"Okay, knock em over."

"I want you to make the kernels pop, okay?"

After multiple things to try and get Syds powers to work, they end up giving up, slumped on either side of the bowling ball retriever. Esme was leaned against Stans shoulder as he leaned onto her slightly while Syd sat on the other side.

"Syd?" Esme asked as the girl on the other side hummed.

"Do you think you were just super high? I heard that sometimes people get like insane abilities when they're high but it only last sometimes. Do you think it's that?" Esme questioned as she sat up from Stans shoulder to peak over the retriever.

"I wish, Es." she sighed as Esme nodded, despite that Syd couldn't see her.

"Okay, how does it usually happen? Like after Rickys party, what was your mind set?" Stan asked while staying looking the other way.

"I didn't have a mind set." Sydney said as Stan huffed.

"Okay but were you just having fun and then just blew down some trees or-" Stan trialed off as it was silent for a minute.

"You don't have to tell us, but you seemed pretty upset." Esme commented as she heard Syd take a deep breath from the other side.

"I kinda ugh.... kissed someone at the party." Syd said as it was silent again, no one knowing what to feel or to say. Esme cleared her throat after the silence before speaking up.

"Alright, this person you kissed... and i'm not gonna ask who because i'm no way does it really matter to me or Stan but..." Esme trialed off, nudging Stan as he crackled a side smile.

"Do they dress cooler than me?" he asked as Esme let a small chuckle escape her lips slightly while she avoided any eye contact, the atmosphere still odd and a bit blue.

"No one can dress cooler than you Stan." Syd said, Esme could almost hear the smile in her voice.

"Well what about me? Did they know more about zombies?" Esme questioned as this time, she could actually hear the small giggle from Syd.

"No way, you're the only zombie lover I know." Syd answered as Esme nodded with a small smile down at her hands as she began to pull and put back on her rings.

"I actually... kissed someone who didn't want to be kissed. I felt like a idiot, it almost always comes out when i'm angry or embarrassed or scared." Syd explained from the other side while also messing with her hands.

"Okay, cmon." Stan said as he held out a hand to Esme, helping her up before doing the same to Syd. Esme watched as he took a few steps away while she quickly went to sit on the chairs.

"I think I know why they didn't kiss you back. Because you are incredibly ugly, repulsive even and i'm not even counting the zits." Stan explained as Esme gasped from the seat she was in.

"Stanley! She is not!" Esme yelled at him, simply being waved off.

"Yeah I see what you're doing Stan." Syd laughed, realizing he was just trying to get a reaction from her.

"And you wanna know something that's even more embarrassing than ugly? Flunking biology, which you are most definitely gonna do. I mean Martin Ganza passed biology and he thinks cyborgs staged the moon landing." Stan pointed out to Syd who continued to smile, showing she was not being affect by it. But Esme was, it hurt her feelings to hear him say that. She was failing biology by a lot, but it wasn't her fault. She couldn't focus one bit, and that's on her ADHD not being taken care of probably... not her. So she looked down at her hands, toying with them again and trying to tell herself this was only to help Syds powers come out.

"Do you wanna know the scary thing? You're never gonna figure this out. You'll never know what the hell is going on inside you, or what the hell is wrong with you, and that's gonna eat you up inside. You'll never have answers, and that's gonna haunt you for as long as you live. And that's gonna suck, yeah it will. But nothing will ever suck as much as your shitty family! For starters let's talk about your Dad, I hear he didn't even leave a note. And you wanna know something? You'll never know why he killed himself!" Stan said to her harshly while a bowling ball was suddenly throw right beside his head and into the wall behind him. Syd was clearly upset, angry even to nearly take his head off. Esme gasped as she sat up some, letting the breath she didn't even realize she was holding go once she realized they were both alive.

"Holy shit! That was awesome!" Stanley laughed while going in for a high-five to Syd, only getting a shove to the chest.

"Fuck you!" she yelled while pushing him away.

"What? Syd! I didn't mean any of that I just- I mean I was just trying to- it worked!" he explained, trying to get the glare to leave her face.

"I could have killed you! We're through, i'm done." she explained while storming toward the exit door.

"What? No- I.." he trailed off, knowing she was far gone now.

"She'll come around, wait Esme? Where are you going?" he asked realizing she's was grabbing her backpack.

"Anywhere but here, you can't say that kind of stuff to people Stanley! Especially not Syd! She's our friend." Esme explained, her eyes hurt as her voice rose.

"You're pissed at me too? I was just trying to help figure out her powers." Stan explained to her with frowned eyebrows as she scoffed.

"Maybe so, but that was cruel and completely uncalled for. And if you didn't know, some people can't help that their grades are failing." Esme said to him one last time as her eyes read hurt and sadness as she turned and stormed out the bowling alley.

"Syd! Wait!" Esme called out as she heard the redhead groan.

"Ugh! Just stop!" she explained while turning around, her powers still high causing the waves from her turn to knock Esme over quickly as she hit the ground.

"Oh god, Esme? Oh my god, are you okay? I'm so sorry, I didn't realize it was you and I didn't know they were still... working." Syd explained while rushing to her side to help her up as Esme groaned slightly, her palms now scraped.

"It's okay, just calm down okay? Do you want some company tonight?" Esme asked her while look up at her and hiding the slightly pain she felt in her hands. They actually looked at each other now for real, after a few minutes of avoiding eye contact.

"I-yes, yes please." Syd said as Esme nodded before they were back on the walk to Syds house.

"I'm really sorry for knocking you down." Syd said that night as the two girls laid side by side in the queen size bed, staring into darkness.

"It's okay Syd, it didn't hurt that bad." Esme lied as she looked up at the ceiling, a car passing as their headlights slightly shined through the window.

"Can I tell you something?" the redhead asked as Esme hummed, waiting for Syd to go on.

"Dina was the one I kissed." Syd explained as Esme fell silent, deep down maybe she knew it was a girl.

"She's pretty, I didn't know you liked her." Esme said as she swallows while her obnoxious moving of her feet became oddly comforting to Syd.

"I didn't either, I didn't even know I liked girl until-" Syd began but cut herself off completely.

"Until what?" Esme asked, being ignoring as she felt Syd hold her breath from next to her.

"Until that night at Stans house?" Esme asked, hoping to get it right so Syd didn't have to explain it.

"Yes, i'm sorry if that makes you uncomfortable." Syd explained as Esme crackled a grin and shook her head.

"It doesn't, plenty of girls like girls. You could have said something sooner though, I was thinking this whole time you were being so weird around me because I was bad at it or something..." Esme trialed off, glad it was out there but not being able to stop the slight awkwardness hang in the air.

"No, no I just didn't know then." Syd explained as Esme shut her eyes as exhaled.

"Sweet dreams, Syd." the difference colored eyes girl said as she gave Syds arm a small pat before rolling to her side and falling asleep.

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Syd and Esme being soft best friends>
Esme being slightly jealous>
Syd coming out to Esme>
Esme standing up for Syd>
Esme calling Dina pretty>
Syd hoping she didn't make Esme uncomfortable>
Esme being supportive>

this chapter really said Sydme rights.

also i made a aesthetic for Esme and i hope you all love it:)