The Deck | Afternoon | Thursday | September 9

[therewaslife]

It was too nice a day to spend it inside, Bod decided. His one class had been easy so he'd gone into town after and picked up some pastries from the bakery. He hadn't ever had a sweet tooth before but he seemed to be gaining one now.

Miss Lupescu wouldn't be too pleased.

With that done, Bod hadn't even gone up to his room. He'd detoured onto the deck, dropped his backpack and settled into a chair to stretch out and let the sun warm his face. He could feel autumn in the air, smell it on the wind and he was anticipating it.

Summer wasn't the best season for an Englishmen especially an American summer that consisted of a huge sun and blistering temperatures. Bod would just take advantage of this nice day by lounging on the deck and eating sweets.

[Deck's open. It's really that gorgeous outside.]

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[vanillajello]

Kate was fresh from work (as was probably obvious enough from her clothes), and taking a detour to the deck just to compensate for having spent most of the day in a pretty confined office.

Her head was still filled with thoughts of fantasy princesses come to life (and would be again later on), but those were pushed aside when she saw who else was there. "Heey. Pastries?"

[therewaslife]

"Indeed," answered Bod, pulling himself out of his daydream. "Pastries from town, in fact."

Bod was fairly certain she'd been asking for a pastry in her one word question but the specifics hadn't been there and he was in a relaxed, lazy mood.

[vanillajello]

Well no, Kate hadn't really been asking for one. But it was mostly because she expected to get one without asking.

"Oooh, pastries from town," she said, with a hint of friendly sarcasm as she flopped down into a chair. "Such exotic delicacies."

[therewaslife]

"They are," he decided, peering into his white bag and then back at her. She'd get her offer momentarily. Probably. "I think one of the girl clerks even gave me an extra donut because I'm polite."

[vanillajello]

"Or because you're cute," she replied. Trying not to look too expectant. "Could be that too."

[therewaslife]

"I think it's because I'm polite," he said, shaking his bag briefly before offering it to her. "I don't think being cute would get me an extra pastry."

[vanillajello]

"Being pretty got me a free Squishy recently," she pointed out as she reached for the bag and peered into it. "And once, I got my chocolate free for that, too. She coulda been flirting."

[therewaslife]

"It wasn't flirting." Well, if it had been, he'd completely missed it. "I'm not pretty so perhaps we got extra things for different reasons? It can't have been flirting."

[vanillajello]

"Don't just rule it straight out like that." Though Kate was sure that if it had been flirting, he probably would have missed it. Not that she minded, obviously. "It could've been flirting. We're in Fandom, weird stuff happens."

She picked a donut, then passed the bag back to him. "But really, I just care about the free stuff, not how you got it."

[therewaslife]

"Someone flirting with me would come under the topic of weird?" he laughed, taking the bag and using it to smack her wrist lightly with. "My poor ego."

[vanillajello]

Kate had already taken a bite of her donut and had to just frown at him for doing that until she'd swallowed.

"Hey, you're the one who was all 'it can't have been flirting'."

[therewaslife]

"Well, I don't think it was but that doesn't mean it would automatically be weird if someone did decide to flirt with me," Bod said, laughing at the expression he'd caught her in.

[vanillajello]

"You sometimes act like it would be, though," she pointed out, wrinkling her nose at him for laughing at her. It probably didn't help much.

[shes-got-legs.livejournal.com]

It was a nice day and now that she didn't even have to worry about spying sea creatures, Ariel was determined to set out and enjoy an ocean view at the beach, complete with cute sun hat and sunglasses. But when she spotted Bod in passing the deck, of course she had to stop and wave hello.

"Bod! Hello! How are you?"

She didn't think she'd talked to him since she could...well...talk.

[therewaslife]

"Hullo, Ari-- " No, he definitely hadn't seen her since she'd gotten her voice and his sudden cessation of the statement probably proved that. "You can talk now!"

[shes-got-legs.livejournal.com]

Ariel giggled. She'd never get sick of that reaction.

"I can!" she confirmed happily. "Isn't it just wonderful?"

[therewaslife]

"What happened?" Bod asked, eyes wide at the surprise of how she sounded and the fact that she was making sounds. "I didn't think it was possible."

[shes-got-legs.livejournal.com]

"Oh, sure," said Ariel, waving a hand dismissively and still grinning from ear to ear. "I talked all the time before coming here, but you see, I was cursed." She said it so matter-of-factly that it even required a short little bob of a nod to confirm the point.

[therewaslife]

"You were...cursed?" Bod repeated, eyebrows going up. "By who?"

[shes-got-legs.livejournal.com]

"An evil seawitch!" said Ariel, easily emphasizing the evil while completely ignoring the part about it being a trade-off. "She took my voice and I couldn't get it back unless I, uh, well, kissed someone, you see, so that's..."

She bit her lip slightly, looking apologetic. "Sorry about that whole getting mad at you think. And the evil fish thing. But the evil fish thing was actually because I thought maybe Ursula had sent it to thwart me from, er, um..." Oh, look, blushing! "Kissing you."

[therewaslife]

"It's all right," he said, joining her in that blushing and laughing. "I'm sorry I didn't realize it sooner so I could tell you I was with someone. I'm not really...the smartest person when it comes to flirting."

[shes-got-legs.livejournal.com]

Ariel was going to be nice and not make a comment on that last part.

"It's okay," she said. "I mean, half the time, I don't think it was obvious that's what I was going for. There was probably too much things falling and people falling and fish falling...."

[therewaslife]

"You did seem to have some bad luck when it came to things," he agreed with a laugh. "Has that faded away since you've gotten your voice?"

[shes-got-legs.livejournal.com]

"Oh, definitely," said Ariel, smirking with her eyes dancing a little to think about how she'd managed to figure that one out. "I'd show you, but I don't think your girlfriend would approve."

Or maybe she would. Who knew? Ariel'd be down with it...

[therewaslife]

"Probably not," he said and shook his head. "She's open minded but I also think she's a little possessive. And we've just had our three month anniversary so I wouldn't want to ruin the possibility of four months."