Jo was practically jumping up and down at this point, she was so bouncy and ecstatic about finally meeting her friend that she could not contain her happiness. Jo was not the type to hide her emotions anyway. She looked Samantha in the eye before quickly wiping the tears of Joy in her face. The empty feeling in her arms suddenly kicked in and she knew she had to.
"Ah dammit! I need to hug you again." Said Jo, moving in, slipping her arms under the Sam’s and wrapping them around her, it was not as tight as her first hug with her but she still felt really nice doing this.
Jo then looked over at Dee who was taking his leave and quickly gave him a quick pat on his lower back and said a quick goodbye as he made his way out. The excitement of meeting Sammy was definitely a little too much to handle but Jo made that very clear already.
"So, how you been?" Asked Jo, Jo would love nothing more than to know everything going on in Sam’s life. There should be no reason they should be apart any longer. "I see your stream’s been treating you right!" Said Jo, followed by some inaudible cursing about the weird and rude people in her chatroom.
”It’s good to meet you, DeShaun.” Samantha smiled, before he replied with an indication of his departure. ”Bye, DeShaun! See you around.”
Samantha was taken a bit aback by Jo’s enthusiasm, not that she minded of course. It was very welcome to the streamer, who was very rarely met with this sort of enthusiasm from people at school. Another hug had come along for Samantha, which wasn’t as strong as the last time, surprising Samantha -- she never knew how much she preferred the stronger hugs up until now.
”I been good.” Samantha scratched her head, looking over to Joanne, ”At least, as good as I can be for the first day of school, at a new school.” Samantha chuckled, before Joanne brought up the stream. ”Yeah, the stream’s doing great. Can’t complain very much about it! Still got my loyal viewers.” Samantha nodded, before taking a quick glance behind Joanne to see people walking onto campus.
”What about you? How ya been?” Samantha asked, before starting to walk forward, ”Walk with me.” Samantha said, walking slowly to let Joanne catch up.
Jo had to get that stupid smile on her face, she shook her head to snap her out of it, she moved a little to stand by her side, nodding at everything she was talking about that was stream related. Then she was asked the question of how she was doing. Besides the deep thought of thinking that her mum might not even make it to see her graduate she was doing really well for herself.
"I’m actually doing great! The cafe’s doing really well, the music I posted online is getting some views, my arm hasn’t hurt in awhile, it’s the good life!" Jo exclaimed, quickly jogging to catch up before following Sam’s pace to walk with her.
The thought then hit her, the Liberty student she was paired up with was not the one she was with right now, it was some other person and that settled not great with her. But Jo being Jo, she did not want to ruin the mood.
"Oh! I forgot to ask, who’s your partner for this whole Liberty-Rosefell thing?" She was hoping they were someone she is friends with, Jo would not entirely like it if it was some prick who made Sam’s life a living hell. She would not hesitate to break some bones if that was the case.
”You finally get your arm checked out?” Samantha asked curiously, ”Pretty sure having a healthy arm is important for a basketball player to have. But, hey, I’m glad you’re doing great!” Samantha chuckled, continuing to walk further on campus.
Samantha had forgotten that she was going to have to be given a tour by someone, who unfortunately was not Joanne, much to Samantha’s dismay. ”Oh, the tour?” Samantha asked. ”I don’t know… some dude whose name that starts with an S? Lemme check.” Samantha pulled out her phone and opened up her email application to search for the email.
”Some dude named Sean Bergara? You know him?”
"Yeah, it really just needs to not get hit by excessive force." Replied Jo when Sam asked about her arm, "Hey, ball is life." She cannot believe she just said that, "I mean, it’s a way of life- no wait… I mean… Uh- It-it’s something you have to incorporate in your lifestyle so you’ll be the best you know." Saved it.
As Sam explained some guy with an S, Jo started thinking who it was, thoughts raced in her minds to see if this was even someone she knew, someone in Rosefell starting with an S? That is- Sam then said Sean Bergara and Jo’s face calmed down and gave a quick nod.
"Oh Sean? Okay yeah! You’ll be fine, he’s cool, bet he’s wearing something-..." People then started walking pass them holding face roses and speaking about a guy dressed as Tuxedo Mask. "Something tells me you’ll meet him real soon."
Totally oblivious to the Tuxedo Mask running around campus, Samantha turned around to Joanne. ”Oh? What makes you say that?” It sounded a bit ominous, but knowing Rosefell, anything was possible.
”By the way, are you showing anyone around? Maybe we can sneak off and pretend like you’re my tour guide or something.”
"Just a feeling." Said Jo after she shrugged, Jo then looked down the halls before leading Sam to the table with the name tags on them.
"Yeah I signed up, hoping I would get you, but I got a guy named Aiden Howard. You know him?" She asked before they arrived at the table. She then quickly asked the guy for her name tag and once she got it she slapped it on the ride side of her chest.
”Aiden? Nah. Don’t really know him all that well.” Samantha shrugged, as she also grabbed a name tag from the guy. Samantha held down the sticker on the table, writing down a cute little “Samantha <3” on the name tag before sticking it on her shirt. ”I wonder how we’re supposed to find our tour guides? Maybe if we stay here long enough they’ll eventually get to us.”
"Well, I bet if you go down that way," Jo said pointing down the hall, "You might end up catching him, he’s a little hard to miss." Jo looked then turned back to Samantha, examining the little heart on her tag and scrunched up her face before smiling ever so brightly at it. "As much as I really don’t want to let you go, I think we’re going to have to split if we wanna see our partners."
”Oh? Is he like... wearing something totally obvious?” Samantha asked, looking down the hallway Joanne pointed down, before turning to look at Joanne upon learning they may have to split.
”Ohh…” Samantha made a little frowny face, reaching her hand out for Joanne to grab, ”Find me during lunch? We can go grab a bite to eat.”
"Obvious? Big time." Replied Joanne, she looked up at Sam and gave her a heartwarming smile, she nodded and moved to hold the side of her shoulder. "Absolutely, lunch it is, here’s hoping this Aiden guy doesn’t want to have lunch with your ol’ pal Jo, see." She replied. Man, she really needed to lay off the 60s-70s movies.
Jo then awkwardly looked Sam up and down, before rushing in and giving her the same tight hug when she first saw her. "I don’t want you to go." After that hug she took a step back and started walking backwards towards a different direction, she kept her eye on Sam the whole time. "Don’t you forget about me!" She continued walking back, looking back every now and then to see if she’d hit anyone. "I'm going to leave you now because, I know that you are busy on this, the day of your daughter's wedding." Quoted Jo, she really needed to lay off quoting The Godfather because people keep giving her weird looks. With that she turned around and went to go look for this Aiden.