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The Deck - Saturday Afternoon

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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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."

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."

"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."

"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."

"Pink's better than lobster red," Rose pointed out.

"That might be day four," she said, shrugging. Don't think she wasn't stocked up on sunblock. "You looking forward to it?"

She gave a little shrug too, totally unsure how she was feeling about it. It was happening, that was about it.

"Dimitri thought it'd be a good idea," she replied, not giving much of a reponse at all.

"Dimitri's wise," Jaina told her. "It'll be a good chance to get away, maybe even have some fun. I hear that's our right as seniors anyway." Plus maybe some time away where there was a ton to do would stave off things like dwelling on bad times and feeling worse.

"Spring break like in a tv show?" Rose asked. "Like crazy romantic mishaps, getting drunk, and lots of bikinis and pool boys?"

...okay the thought of Jaina and crazy romantic mixups was kinda hilarious.

"I'm not getting married," she said immediately. "Usually there's a lot of drinking, a lot of beach time, and if done right, a good chance to actually relax. In bikinis. I'm sure there are pool boys around somewhere."

Rose looked over at her, startled by the immediate disclaimer. "Why would you get married?"

"There was a chapel on the cruise ship last year. A few of the kids decided to get drunk and actually go through with it. Always good to see people making horrible life choices at seventeen," said Jaina, who'd been nineteen at the time and had only joked about it. And at twenty-one... "There was a lot of drama over radio for it. I feel the need to state for the record that it's not happening here."

"Wow, people are idiots," Rose decided. "How the hell do you get so drunk that you get married?" She nodded decisively. "Promise to stop you if you try if you do the same to me."

"Done," she agreed immediately. "I don't think it's something you do lightly, and I have serious problems with anyone who performs a ceremony for clearly-drunk teenagers." She paused. "Or maybe I'm just old and have a sort-of boyfriend with an ex-wife."

"No, no, you're just not a moron," she said, making a face. She glanced over at Jaina though. "Heard he was on the island earlier this week. Going good then?"

There was a brief pause, only because it was Rose. "For the moment. We're fine, I just think reality's going to be intruding come graduation. But that just might be me thinking too far ahead." Seventy days ahead.

"Fuck reality," Rose said, trying not to picture her own problems come graduation. "That's not yet, right?"

"Yeah, I know," she shrugged. "But I've been prepping for then. And I hoped things were going to go a certain way, and they're not going to, and it's complicated when I'm all about simplifying lately."

She glanced at Jaina, sympathy evident but not overwhelming. "Anything I can help with?"

"Nah," Jaina said, shaking her head. "Just something for me to work through. Don't mind if I steal you away for distraction during the week, though." She didn't actually need the distraction that badly, she just wanted to make sure Rose had fun.

"I still owe you that pedicure," Rose pointed out. "Bet the hotel has a spa or something too. We'll have to check it out."

"Funny you should say that. They do have one. Not that I've checked out the website more than once to make sure there were things I wanted to do," she replied.

"Oh, God, you're a geek," Rose said, trying not to laugh. "You did research on where you're going for vacation."

"I was curious!" Jaina protested. "I'd never heard of the place, I wanted to see what it was, and the website sucked me in. I had no choice in the matter."

"Geek," Rose teased. "Such a geek. The website sucked you in."

She paused. "So it looks cool?"

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