Try to move forward

Sally stared awkwardly at the alien her brother had introduced her to...definitely not what she woke up thinking today would be. It clicked, suddenly, that this is probably the real reason Jamie had asked for spare clothing. Slowly, she stood up and grabbed the bag she'd dropped in the doorway.

"So...I have clothes Jamie asked me to bring."

The blue woman blinked and strange spots on her body flickered white. She echoed questioningly, "Jay-mee?"

"James. It's uh...a nickname. Like...short versions of names."

The woman flickered white again. "Why?"

"It...shows affection."

Now the spots flickered brown. What the fuck... She ignored it while the woman echoed, "Aff...affeckshunn."

"Yeah like...showing you care about someone."

"I know thisz word.", she said slowly. "I reading dick...dick tonn..." She huffed and gave up on the right word, "List for word."

"Oh!", Sally exclaimed. She's reading a dictionary? Like the weird kid in the back of class...at least it kept communication from being impossible. "Well uh...anyway, Jamie asked me to bring clothing...he just didn't say they were for you but I think that's a safe bet."

Again with the flickering white lights. Sally flinched when the blue woman stood and came over. When she didn't seem violent, Sally pulled out several outfits. One bright yellow sun dress, a pair of blue shorts and a purple shirt, a green button up crop top with no sleeves, and a white skirt.

Sally stepped aside after laying them all out on the bed. "Take your pick. Or keep them all and change around, totally your choice."

Again, Aurora flickered colors around her body. White, blue, and green. She looked over each piece carefully, as though she may be stuck with it forever.