The Deck, Monday afternoon

[gobrookeyourself]

There were no clases for a week. It was still summer. There was absolutely nothing to do.

Clearly this meant that Brooke had to be out on the deck with a glass of iced tea, hanging out in a chair and soaking up some rays while she still could. There was no other option here.

[Open deck is open!]

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[flashesforinfo.livejournal.com]

"There should be more like that," Angela said with a purposely dreamy sigh. "I did see a couple when I arrived, but I think I was distracted by 'Woah, Antarctica', and couldn't appreciate it nearly enough."

[gobrookeyourself]

"Yeah, and I think anyone who actually took it off for that was knocked down a little by thoughts like 'That's a clinic visit waiting to happen' and 'eek, shrinkage.'"

[flashesforinfo.livejournal.com]

Angela snickered, stretching on the lounger.

"One reason to be glad we're in Maryland now."

[gobrookeyourself]

"Yeah," Brooke said, "you know it's hard to get magazine subscriptions changed when you tell them the only thing to change was the state? They tend to not believe you."

[flashesforinfo.livejournal.com]

"Haven't even tried to get anything delivered here," Angela admitted. "I think anything from home might get lost in time somewhere between my time and now."

[gobrookeyourself]

"You're not from three hundred years in the future, are you?" Brooke asked. ...Or was it three thousand?

[flashesforinfo.livejournal.com]

Angela shook her head in amusement. "More like fifteen in the past," she said. "Three hundred years in the future would be so much cooler..."

[gobrookeyourself]

She paused, doing the quick math. "I'm two where you come from," she said helpfully.

[flashesforinfo.livejournal.com]

"I'm, like, thirty now," Angela added with a wrinkle of her nose. "Or... some version of me is. The idea still freaks me out."

[gobrookeyourself]

"No, it's okay," Brooke assured her. "Thirty is the new twenty. Or... did you mean the 'I can't believe I'm not my own age there' thing?"

[flashesforinfo.livejournal.com]

"Little bit of both," Angela admitted, rearranging her sunglasses on her head. "I try not to think about that side of things too much. Gives me a headache after a while."

[gobrookeyourself]

"And causes worry lines. It's much easier all the way around to just go with it," Brooke said, and shared, "My ex is here and has another version of me back home."

[flashesforinfo.livejournal.com]

"Okay, that's also freaky," Angela agreed. "It's one thing to assume there's another version of you out there, and another to actually know someone who knows them... If that makes sense?"

[gobrookeyourself]

"Oh, I'm with you. That's why I just can't think about it. I'll get stuck with a permanent migraine."