The Deck | Afternoon | Monday | February 15

[therewaslife]

One of the easiest ways, Bod discovered, of dealing with leftover restless energy was to get himself out of his room. Finding it was warmer than it had been was even better. It meant he could go outside without feeling like he was going to turn into the human equivalent of an icicle.

With a walk into town on his mind, Bod decided he could wait awhile when he discovered the deck. It look little used (which made sense during the winter months) but it was warm enough today to get some use.

So, he clambered onto the deck and took a seat, making himself comfortable by stretching his leg out and tucking his arms behind his head. Of course, now that he was there, he didn't really have much to do. Staring at the sky worked for a few moments before he let his eyes slip closed.

It wasn't sleep so much as an easy way to take himself back to a different time in a different place with different people. He didn't do this often since it tended to make him maudlin but on a brisk Monday, he allowed himself the luxury.

[deck's an open place! just trying to keep myself awake!]

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[longislandiceme]

Hey, as far as Bobby was concerned, there was nothing wrong with turning into the human equivalent of an icicle. Still, in an effort to blend in he was at least wearing a light jacket as he made his way outside.

"Hey, man," he greeted, finding a deck chair of his own to flop into.

[therewaslife]

"Hullo," said Bod, opening his eyes and turning his head to glance at the new arrival. It seemed Bobby had the same idea as he did what with the being outside. "Having a long day?"

[longislandiceme]

"Terribly busy," Bobby nodded seriously. It was only partially a lie, because he'd totally freaked out for like ten minutes after the email from Mr Halpert.

Never mind that he'd spent most of the morning sleeping in because of having no classes or other schoolwork until Wednesday. "Needed a break from the, uh. You know. Frantic pace of high school."

[therewaslife]

"I felt a little too closed in inside," said Bod, glancing back at the dorms. "The rooms are nice but I haven't spent so much time inside in years."

He kind of missed being outside all day, everyday, seeing the sun rise and then watching it give way to the room.

"At least there are no gremlins this week?" Seemed to be a silver lining.

[longislandiceme]

"Ew, yes," Bobby made a face. "From what I've heard, I'm kind of glad I missed that little invasion."

[intraspective]

"You have to tell me your shoe size, Bobby," Ino carolled merrily. "Or else I'll resort to breaking and entering and that might get me in trouble. And, hi!"

And it'd be complicated to steal a shoe from his foot, really.

[longislandiceme]

"Hey, Ino," Bobby said. "And here I was thinking maybe you'd forgotten."

[intraspective]

"I never forget," she insisted merrily, even though her mun is a flake. "I was waiting for the right level of boredom to strike me. And you owe me the spectacle of you in high heels."

[longislandiceme]

"I'm still not entirely sure what I get out of this, you know," Bobby had to admit. Maybe you should have thought about that before agreeing, Drake.

[intraspective]

"Shoulders!" Ino greeted cheerfully, hopping up on the deck with a hot chocolate. "Hey!"

Ino, that's not his name.

[therewaslife]

Bod couldn't help the laugh that escaped this time and ended up greeting Ino with one of his more infrequent, broad grins.

"Hullo, Ino," he said once the laugh had subsided. "I'm glad to hear I've got a memorable quality about myself."

[intraspective]

"At least one," she assured him brightly, perching on one of the tables and grinning at him all bundled up in her winter clothing. "I'm sure you've got more, but I only know the one so far. How're you doing?"

[therewaslife]

"I'm doing well, thank you," he said, sitting up a little so he could see her more clearly. "I'm glad that the weather's warmed up some and I had a good time at the dance the other day. What about yourself? You look happy."

[intraspective]

"The dance was awesome," Ino agreed, and laughed. "And I'm doing pretty awesome too. Radio thinks I've got a boooyfriend now and Tyler-sensei said one of the flowers I didn't understand why I got might be 'cause someone has a crush on me and they're testing the waters or something! Which is really kinda strange 'cause I totally don't know what to make of it at all!"

Quite possibly because she was thinking too hard about it. Shhh.

[vanillajello]

After returning to the dorms after professor Algren's class, and before going back to her room and dealing with stuff, Kate had decided to take a detour to the deck. There wouldn't be any people there, and she could take a quiet moment to herself, right?

...Apparently not. Still, she didn't turn around. She didn't have to stay long if she didn't feel like it. She stepped onto the deck, rummaging around her bag for a cigarette.

[therewaslife]

It didn't take Bod long to figure out there was someone else on the deck and he turned to greet whoever it was when he realized who it was.

Bod kept himself quiet for a minute before saying, "Hullo, Kate. Taking advantage of the warmer weather?"

[vanillajello]

Kate looked up after determining there were no cigarettes to be found. Weird. "Something like that, yeah," she said. "Hi, Bod."

[therewaslife]

"I'm taking any advantage to get out of my room right now," he said, shrugging casually. "I'm used to being outside so being inside for the majority of time is making me restless."

[vanillajello]

"Hmm." She could've said that she felt the same way about the whole island, sometimes, but she figured that had kind of been established by now. "Well, it's definitely nice to actually be able to be outside for a change. Now if I could go back to wearing skirts outside, it would be perfect."

[*pokes LJ* Come on, don't eat stuff.]

[intraspective]

"The area is free of stick ninja," Ino informed her brightly. "Which is a bit boring in my opinion, 'cause they were adorable, but you might appreciate that."

[vanillajello]

"I do appreciate that, yeah," Kate said, with something of a wry grin. "They were ridiculous."

[intraspective]

"Adorable," she insisted, laughing. "Not much like real ninja but oh man, they so tried. Awwww. It was almost a shame to have to stop them."

[longislandiceme]

"Kate!" Bobby grinned. "You survived the weekend!" Okay, it hadn't really been in doubt, but still. "Have you seen our room yet?" Between the two of them they'd amassed a LOT of flowers.

[vanillajello]

Some people had had more doubt about her survival. Mitchell, mostly.

"Yeah, I went by there before I went to class," Kate nodded. "We got a few flowers, huh?"

[longislandiceme]

Bobby was an incurable optimist about most things. Which got him into trouble more than once, yes.

"People looooove us," Bobby drawled.