Cabins Gym area, late Sunday morning

[heromaniac]

After finally figuring out what was going on, Momoko had rushed back to the dorms to check on her room on Saturday. She was very happy to discover that this year her remote-controlled colouring bug had not come to life and coloured all over her walls again.

While in her room, she'd grabbed the swimsuit she'd somehow forgotten to pack and today tried to sneak from her cabin down to the beach for a nice relaxing day in the sun and surf.

Which didn't happen, because a certain blonde sempai had been lying in wait and Momoko was stuck in the camp gym doing katas instead of swimming. At least Dinah had let her put clothes on over the swimsuit; that would have been just too embarrassing.

"Are you suuuuuure we can't just skip and go to the beach today? It's too hot to exercise! Ooh! Or we can exercise on the beach! That's perfect!"



[for one, but the cabin gym area is open for any]

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[heromaniac]

Momoko had a strong desire to pinch her friend for that.

"Or Priestly, or Raven, or Karla, or Francine, or Tony, or me, or Jak, or Arthur, or Professor Gibbs, or Professor Cabot, or anyone else. Besides, you want to know him, so no thinking things like that!"

She wasn't sure she wanted to ask, but: "Why aren't you mad at Jaime?"

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"That's what I meant," Dinah said, voice harsh from its place behind her hair. She pulled out her ponytail so she could hide better. "I don't want to wish I didn't meet him, but there's nothing to blame. The good stuff came with the bad stuff. Like you guys." She sighed, and turned her head, not sure how to explain. "Because... He feels how he feels, Momoko. And, it's not like he doesn't care." Although sometimes she rattled him to just check on that. "It's-- he's being careful, and he doesn't want us to hurt more, and... Oh, I don't know. It makes sense when he explains it." That was half of it. Just the helpless avalanche of logic on her head.

Dinah gave one of the truffles another longing look. "And if I get mad, it won't help."

[heromaniac]

The truffles were totally Dinah's, now, so there would be no argument if she ate them all. That's what chocolate was for.

"Of course it would help. It would help you feel better! If he feels how he feels, then you should feel how you feel." She frowned at Dinah. Her friend was just making herself more miserable, trying to hide everything. Something Momoko knew all about. "Even if it makes sense, which I still don't see, he totally deserves to know you're mad about it."

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Not-- not yet," Dinah pleaded. "I can't deal with that fight. Spoiling everything." Zipping the truffle to her wasn't stealing if it was now hers, right? Nom. Nom. Sigh.

"After the trip to Texas," she said tentatively. "If nothing else happens."

[heromaniac]

Momoko was very very confused. Dinah and Jaime liked each other and because they did, they were breaking up. But not yet, later. Meanwhile, they were all supposed to be friendly and pretend it wasn't going to happen, and all in front of Jaime's family in a different world.

Riiight.

"Who else knows? And are you sure you're going to be okay, pretending like that? You two totally don't act like you're going to break up. That's got to hurt."

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

It did hurt. Like a sprained arm. Every time she thought about it, or tried to feel it, it hurt. "It's not pretending," she said, subdued. "I mean. I'm sure he'll tell his parents we're breaking up." Dinah swallowed more chocolate, needing it. "And... I think I told Tony, the first time it came up when we were on the trip, that it might happen. And Karla, but-- it was in the bunch of a lot of other stuff, I don't think she really realized it." She looked away, scuffed her foot. "No one else."

[heromaniac]

It was totally pretending.

"I'm glad you told some people. Especially since it's not obvious. You totally don't need to be carrying that all by yourself. After the trip, you're totally going to say something to Jaime, okay?" Momoko leaned over and put her arm around Dinah's shoulder for a hug. "We totally need a monster invasion right now, don't we?"

She sighed. Whenever she was dumped, Momoko liked to go flying. Or eating. But what would Dinah do? "Uhm. Want to switch from the beach to maybe hitting some punching bags instead? I have a sharpie and can totally draw Jaime's face on one for you?"

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Dinah started snickering, feeling better, and took the next-to-last truffle. "Naaaah. I'd feel silly. And we're going on a date tonight." She took a breath, then grinned. "But I'm totally up for going power-crazy at the beach? And maybe some flying?" she wheedled.

[heromaniac]

"Power crazy?!" Momoko looked aghast at her friend, not a bit fooled by the grin, but glad to see it nonetheless. "Not while I'm trying to swim! If you try to drown me I am totally not taking you flying. Or doing any cool free falling or stunts while doing so, either"

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Oh fiiiine, be like that," Dinah said, still working on her truffle as she stood up. "I'm all for the free-falling over the dunking you with super-powers. C'mon."

She reached out for Momoko, and hugged her with one arm. "We gotta reward ourselves. My student is doing too well not to." And is too good a friend, she sent.