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"hi" That's all it took. One word and she was gone.
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Barbara looked up, startled. She had spilled her papers all over the floor and of course no one stopped to help her. The invisible girl and all that. She was used to it, she had learned to live with it. What, or rather, who she saw, she was not expecting in the least. A tall, absolutely gorgeous woman with black hair and brown eyes. That beautiful woman had just spoke, to her. Barbara Ann, the nobody. "H-hi" Barbara responded, her mouth dry all of a sudden. "Let me help you with that" the woman said, crouching down and picking up some of the scattered papers. Barbara was in shock the entire time they worked together to restore her papers into the folder they belonged to. Once the last piece of paper was picked up, the other woman looked into Barbaras eyes and smiled. "Hi I'm Diana, Diana Prince". She said stretching out her hand for her to shake. Barbara swooned. "I'm, uh, Barbara Ann Minerva." She says, taking her hand. A bolt of electricity shot through her and there hands met. Diana's hand was soft and warm, but callused as if she did a lot of field work. They both stood and straightened. "Thank you for the help, I appreciate it", Barbara says awkwardly while fidgeting with her glasses. "Any time Barbara Ann" she replies. Barbara blushes at the use of her full name. "You can just call me Barbara if you like." "Just Barbara it is" Diana says with a little wink. "Would you like to go to lunch with me later today? I don't like eating alone and it's my first day on the job." Truth be told Diana didn't mind eating alone, she liked using the time she ate to gather her thoughts or reminisce of times long past. But there was something so.. enthralling about Barbara. If Diana happened to think the way Barbara fidgeted with her glasses was cute, it did nothing but add to her decision to ask her to lunch. Taken aback by this Barbara freezes for a second as Diana grows worried. Had she said something wrong? After all these years in America she still can't quite master the social cues and "lingo". Barbara noticed the look on Diana's face and snaps out of her daze. "Yes.Yes! I'd love that very much!". That was not a cool response, she thinks to herself. Diana is beaming at her and at that moment the world stops. There is only her and Diana, everything else fades for a moment. That is, before the intercom goes off requesting the presence of one "Diana Prince to lab 12". The world speeds up and everything starts to move again. They part ways but both women feel, different. For Diana, she feels a longing, something deep down that she hasn't felt in a very long time. Barbara feels electric and there's a new bounce in her step that she can't quite explain.