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The Roof ; Monday Afternoon

It was way too nice to stay inside. Way too nice. Will remembered this as being perfect running weather. Not too hot but not too cold. He wouldn't overheat or catch a chill and you could run for hours without feeling it. Will loved it which is why after he'd had his run, he wandered up to the roof and breathed in the fresh air.

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Enjoying the scenery and the weather might have been a more literal interpretation of his dad's rule but it seemed to fit. He could recall a few times when he and his parents had camped out in dense forests with little to see but dirt, bark, and tree branches. His father though pointed out small things like patches of moss, four leaf clovers in the midst of overgrown weeds, and a small birds nest on one of the highest tree branches.

The thoughts made Will smile as he hopped up on the roof's ledge and sat down, swinging his legs. In the distance, he could see the town and maybe he every once in awhile, he tried to pull at one of the benches or light posts he could barely make out just to see if his abilities extended that far. He wasn't trying too hard but he could feel the pull, just that tugging about his mind, that maybe he was succeeding a bit.

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"Oh god, that doesn't look very safe." Sure, Felicity had wandered up here exploring but she wasn't hanging off the ledge like a psycho.

"What?" Thankfully, Will didn't startle at the sudden voice so he didn't end up flailing and fumbling and making it look less safe than it was. "Oh, it's pretty safe."

Granted, it was a fairly long way down but he wasn't planning on jumping. "It's kind of nice, actually. "Like a Ferris wheel that doesn't move."

Terrible analogy there.

"I think I'm okay closer to the door," she said. "I can't believe people are allowed up here."

Will swung his legs around so they wouldn't be hanging off the ledge anymore, at least. It made it easier to see her. He smiled easily.

"It's nice though, isn't it?" he asked, settling his hands in his lap. "I promise, you're not in any danger if you wanna step out. The wind's not strong and I'm not gonna make you come closer to the ledge."

"Well thanks for that." Felicity took a few steps further out but was very pointedly not looking down. "Is this like a hangout or something?"

"It can be, yeah," Will told her, glancing around. "It's like a common room except it's outside. And six floors above the ground. But yeah, some people come up here to smoke and others come up here to just enjoy the fresh air."

Which is what he was doing.

"Afraid of heights?"

"No, no," she said. "I am, however, afraid of breaking my neck."

Smiling, Will hopped off the ledge and walked closer to her.

"As far as I know, no one's broken their neck by hanging out on the roof," he told her reassuringly. "And I wouldn't let you break your neck while I'm up here. I'm Will. Hi."

"Felicity," she said. "Hi. New student, which I guess is obvious."

"Couldn't tell," Will joked, smirking. "But, I was in your shoes a few months back. The new person shine does go away and you'll be telling stories about your weird experiences in no time. How'd you end up here?"

"I was looking for a school outside of my current hometown and my old hometown 'cause the school systems there aren't great." And she hopes of going to MIT, thank you. "The brochure for this place ended up in my mailbox."

"Doesn't surprise me anymore that a brochure would just pop up like that," Will remarked with a shake of his head. "This place is strange. What do you think? Does the actual place match what the brochure promised?"

"All that and more," Felicity said. "They seem to skip over the superpowered, alien parts in the advertising."

Cosette had a habit of exploring the preserve in her free time (and acting out little imaginary adventures by herself, but nobody had to know that), and normally that was what she'd be doing on a day like this, but she felt like ranging up instead of out for a little while.

"It's pretty from up here, isn't it?" she asked, coming over to lean against the ledge.

"I think so," Will replied, glancing over. "You can almost see the entire island from up here. Looks even smaller than it is."

"Even more so once you get a good look and see just how much water surrounds it," agreed Cosette. She slipped out of her shoes, set them aside, and proceeded to climb up onto the ledge. "And that's even before you look toward the mainland."

"It's really just a dot," Will said, nodding. "Wonder if it even shows up on a map. Wouldn't be surprised if a map just showed all water and no trace of this place. Like a hidden oasis or something."

"I know I'd never heard of this place before I came here, and I'm sure others hadn't, either. I wouldn't be surprised if you were right," Cosette said as she took a few experimental paces back and forth on the ledge. "It's almost like it's our secret, isn't it? An ideal little hiding place?"

Which had been a selling point in its favor as far as her father was concerned.

"That's...a really good way to describe it," Will said, turning a bit on the ledge so he could look up at her. "A hiding place just off the coast that you almost have to stumble upon accidentally. It's a good hiding place. I can attest to that."

"I think . . ." Cosette stared off over the water for a moment, distracted, before she remembered herself. "I think it's exactly the sort of place I wished I had when I was little, and never thought I'd have, only it's not a lonely sort of hiding place."

She took a few more paces, turned carefully, and started back the other way, smiling. "There's still ever so much to do."

Will smiled up at her again before he got to his feet and stretched. Even if he wasn't that tall, standing up still made him feel like he was up so much higher.

"Found a favorite thing to do of the things you've done?"

"I don't think I've even begun to pick a favorite few, let alone one," Cosette exclaimed. "Though I am rather fond of finding some pretty spot out in the woods to read, by the stream most likely, and if I stay and am quiet for long enough some of the animals will come by and keep me company -- not the deer, though. Or the beach, I like that. It's the first time I've ever lived by the ocean. Do you know how it feels to walk out into the water about up to your ankles, and let the waves just wash over your feet? The way it pulls at you when the tide rolls out, and you can feel the sand slipping out from between your toes? I've very much come to enjoy that."

She paced back and forth a few more times on the ledge.

"And you? Have you found a favorite thing or two?"

"The beach is a pretty good one, yeah," Will said, smiling at her poetic way with words. The way she spoke just made him smile. "I like to run on the beach when it's not too warm."

But, he didn't think that was his favorite thing. "I've actually come to really like getting up early and walking before most everyone else is awake. There's hardly any sound. The absence of the sounds of cars and crowds is something to really enjoy. It's a good way to gather your thoughts for the day and get your head together."

"I don't mind the noise sometimes, if everyone is pleasant and having fun, but it can get to be too much after a while," Cosette agreed. "It's one of my favorite times to go for a walk in the preserve, as a matter of fact, just after sunrise. It does seem to be easier to collect one's thoughts, you're right."

"I've been around noise for all my life," Will said, turning his face up towards the sky. "I like places where it's more quiet. Too often I woke up to cars backfiring or someone's Harley belching smoke."

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