The Deck - Saturday Afternoon

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

It was sunny out, and the cold felt more like nearly spring to Rose than the middle of winter.  And it was sunny out which is what she was really looking for.  Sure, it'd be sunny all next week in the Bahamas and maybe she should spend her time packing instead, but the sun now was the point. 

She stretched out on one of deck chairs, feeling the sun on her face.  She was trying not to think about anything.  Definitely not the past few weeks, definitely not wondering how it'd be to go back to living completely nocturnally again once she returned to Lissa, and definitely not what was going to happen with whatever understanding she and Dimitri had reached over the past few days.

Except as happened so often, between not actually doing anything and trying not to think about things, Rose found herself pondering all of them and paying less attention to the warm sun.  She so needed to get up and find a distraction. 

[OOC:  Deck, open, no roof, all that, yes]

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[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

Why get up and find a distraction when distractions would wander up to you?

He could have avoided her. It wasn't like the stink hadn't been warning him who was out on the deck, but trouble seemed to draw him in and he was smirking a little when his nose proved right. (Not that there'd been any doubt.)

"Shouldn't you be packing like the rest of the girls?" he asked.

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

"Why, you wanna make sure I pack all the extra cute stuff for you?" she asked dryly, her eyes flashing open to track him.

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

"Nah, thanks," he shook his head. "It just makes Morgana reek of you when she wears your clothes. I'm sure she appreciates the offer, though."

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

"The girl has good taste in clothes," Rose said, giving a little shrug. She was amused but not quite showing it. "Pretty sure she's not going to appreciate you making that decision for her too."

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

"I don't think she appreciates anyone telling her what to do," Jake agreed and he leaned his elbows on the back of one of the chairs.

[therewaslife]

One more day before the trip and Bod found himself, once again, wandering the island aimlessly. It was more to be outside than anything so he was grateful to spot someone familiar outside.

"Hullo, Rose," he said, winding his way towards the deck. "I don't have your baked goods, yet."

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

"Disappointment of my life," Rose told him. "What better things could you be doing with your time?"

[therewaslife]

"Preparing for a trip?" he tried, shrugging. "Taking midterms? Exploring? I am still new. And I still don't know how to cook."

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

"Fine, be logical," she decided. "So much less fun. I can teach you how to cook mac and cheese?"

[therewaslife]

"How gourmet," he teased before taking a seat. "If you wouldn't mind, it'd be welcome. I didn't cook back home. Either my guardian brought me food or one of my tutors made it. There was never a need to learn."

[solo_sword]

It was still a little cold to Jaina, but not so bad that she wouldn't take advantage of the sun in order to go for a run outside. Heading back to the dorms, she spotted Rose and asked, maybe a little hopefully, "Preparing for this week?"

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

Jaina so got a smile. "Perfecting my 'sitting in the sun' technique. Doesn't get a lot of use what with the whole nocturnal thing."

[solo_sword]

Smiles were good! It meant Jaina had no problem finding her own chair, too. "I didn't realize there was a technique to it. You must be much better at it than me, then."

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

"Gotta make sure you don't get sunburned," she pointed out. Not that it was usually a problem for Rose with the whole half-Turkish thing. "Especially on the first day. That'd suck."

[solo_sword]

"I'll be pink by day two," Jaina promised, making a face. "It happens when you're fair and have no real sun exposure in February."

[svetocha-blooms.livejournal.com]

It was still too cool for Dru's taste, but anticipation about the trip had her too restless to stay indoors. Sketchbook in hand, she headed out of the dorms to find something to draw.

"Hey Rose," she said when she spotted the other girl.

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

"What up?" Rose asked, giving Dru a nod. "Someone told me all the girls should be packing. Glad to see we're proving him wrong."

[svetocha-blooms.livejournal.com]

"The sky," Dru replied with a small smirk as she took a seat on one of the chairs and opened her sketchbook. She pulled her pencil out of the wire binding where she's stored it and tapped it against her cheek thoughtfully. "We've moved so much I've got packing down to a science. Give me an hour and a few boxes and I'll have most of the house packed and ready to go. A week long trip? Five minutes, max." Of course it helped that she and her dad didn't own all that much.

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

She gave her a little smile. "Been there." Of course when she and Lissa were on their own, they usually didn't exactly have time to pack before fleeing. Or anything to pack seeing as they couldn't access Lissa's accounts. "Looking forward to the whole trip thing?"

[svetocha-blooms.livejournal.com]

"A bit," she admitted. "Although part of me feels like I should take the week off and go help my dad. He's tracking a chupacabra that's been doing some damage to livestock down in Alabama."

[weetinyreese.livejournal.com]

Kyle had been on his way back to his room, munching on an apple, when he saw Rose. "What are you doing?" he asked around a mouthful of apple.

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

"Practicing for the Bahamas," Rose replied, opening her eyes to see and smile at Kyle. "What are you doing?"

[weetinyreese.livejournal.com]

"Eating an apple. What are the Bahamas?"

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

"You going on the Spring Break trip tomorrow?" Rose asked. "That's where they're going."

[weetinyreese.livejournal.com]

"Yeah I'm going," Kyle nodded. He had some work to do between now and then working out what the Bahamas were like. "Why do you need to practice?"