fandomhighdorms | The Deck; Monday Afternoon [04/25].

Not having any classes to go to that morning had definitely cemented it into Libby's brain that she really did just make it through her first semester at an actual school, and the whole thing had been such a wild whirlwind of experiences that she'd felt she'd only just blinked since she'd arrived her a few months ago, and now here she was. And with nothing really else to do that morning, she felt a little compelled to do something to sort of celebrate that fact. And, since they always did a little bit of a picnic back home to celebrate any big accomplishments like that, well...that's what she figured she'd do now.

The day was a little overcast, but she was confident it would hold out as she moved everything out to the deck to set up and hopefully catch anyone coming in and out of the dorms (what did most people do at a boarding school in the weeks between classes? Sleep in, maybe, she supposed, but she couldn't even imagine). It definitely wasn't anything too fancy or special, because the Hazletts didn't really do fancy or special. Just some potato salad, some coleslaw and some sandwiches, a few different fruits, a sweet potato pie, and an attempt to recreate Zo's 'Not-So-Famous' lemonade.

Like she said, nothing fancy, but they were foods that always inspired a sense of celebration and togetherness for her and her family, and she just sort of hoped that it wasn't just her and the flies around to enjoy it, but if that ended up being the case, then so be it. There were worse ways to send an afternoon.

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Kurt had not had much luck finding anything good for breakfast so he was a bit hungry as he decided that afternoon to head out and find something more substantial outside the dorms. Maybe he would go hit up Luke's again.

But as he headed out, he caught the unmistakable smell of spices and sweet potatoes and soon found himself out on the deck. He smiled at Libby and gave a slight wave.

"Hey Libby! What is all this?" he asked looking at the spread.

"Hi, Kurt," Libby smiled over at him, confident now that, with him showing up, at least she wouldn't have to worry about too many leftovers. "Just an impromptu Making It Through My First Semester at a Real School," without potentially completely damning herself for all eternity in the process, "picnic. Have some, if you like, I'm definitely not planning on eating all of it myself."

"Sounds like a great thing to celebrate" Kurt agreed with a nod. "I'm still trying to convince myself that I made it" he added as he sat down.

"Wow, you made all this? It looks delicious!" Kurt's stomach may or may not have given a loud rumbling noise as he spoke.

And Libby may or may not have smirked a little at that undetermined rumble. "Well, it's nothing much," she said modestly, "just some of the staples that I could whip ip easily enough, but I felt I had to do at least a little something."

If she stopped and thought about it for a few minutes, it actually got a little overwhelming, just realizing how big all of this really was for her.

"Looks and smells like a great way to celebrate. Thanks for the invite!"

And Kurt totally knew about the feeling a bit overwhelmed by it all. But he could only imagine how much more it was for Libby.

"What'ya say celebration for the next successful semester is over at dorms. I can do the cooking for whoever wants to stop by and celebrate!"

"We should probably actually make it through the next one first before we start celebrating it," Libby pointed out with a laugh, before taking a moment a just sort of looking out over the view the deck afforded them, of the school and the preserve, a little bit of the town and just sort of gave a small, contented sort of sigh. "I kinda like it out here, though," she admitted, then grinned over at him. "Fresh air makes food taste better, you know. It's a fact."

She actually had no idea if it was a fact or not, but it sounded like it could be, and you'd better believe she was going to research it later.

It really was a nice view. And Kurt had wondered why he hadn't been out here before now. The view was amazing and though he wasn't going to say anything to Libby just yet, he had JUST gotten his arm out of that sling after all, this WOULD be a great place to practice his teleportation with such a wide view of everything. He would have to remember to give it a try soon....

"Fresh air, amazing view, and a good friend. Sounds like the perfect picnic to me" Kurt said with a smile as he started fixing up his plate with a sandwich and some potato salad.

"I just hope we get to enjoy more of it than the flies do," Libby noted, and, to ensure that s little more, grabbed herself a second sandwich.

"Are you going to be staying for the summer?" she then asked, not really sure how all that worked. She knew normal schools were off for summer, but boarding school was different, right? Her study program still went through summer, anyway, but she half expected the place to turn unto a ghost town with everyone going home or something like that.

"I'm staying here far as I know" Kurt said after finishing the bite he was working on. "Unless The professor or someone back home needs me there... and even then it should only be for a week or two. So I'll be around."

Grabbing some of the lemonade to wash things down with he nodded towards Libby.

"What about you? Sticking around here for the summer? I heard they offer a few classes too so I guess that is always an option too."

"I'm going home for a little bit next week," Libby said, with a small nod, still feeling a little bit of trepidation about it. She was going to be mostly staying with her Grandma Jean, and didn't even know if she'd see much of anyone except her mother, the baby, and hopefully the other Little while she was there, but things were definitely going to be awkward if her father or Patience or probably even Just were involved, "but I wanted to stick around to see graduation. I've never seen a high school graduation before, so it...probably sounds a little silly, but I wanted to be here for it.

"But my study program with the clinic runs through the summer," she concluded, "so I'll still be around, too."

"Good! Plenty of time to hang out and have more lunches at the clinic and picnics" Kurt said with a big grin.

"And it doesn't sound silly at all" he said going a little more somber as he looked at Libby. "It will be the first graduation ceremony I've ever been too also, so it's all new and exciting to me as well."

"I'm assuming there will be more, too," Libby mused after a bite of my sandwich. "At least one more, until it's my own."

If she managed to make it to that, then she'd be pretty proud of herself right there. Even if she supposed it wasn't something most kids would even think twice about.

Well, maybe not a lot of kids at other schools. Even she was starting to get the idea that this school was a little bit...different.

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