vanillajello: (Needs moar coffee.)
Kate Gregson ([personal profile] vanillajello) wrote2011-04-18 02:43 pm

Random Coffee Shop, Mainland, Early Monday Afternoon

As soon as Kate had woken up all normal and seventeen again, she'd taken off.

No, she wasn't particularly proud of that, but it had felt necessary at that particular moment. She'd needed to feel like a borderline adult again, and that meant doing shit on her own because she could. Not that her weetiny seven-year-old self hadn't done quite a bit of that as well, since her parents hadn't been around and Bod wasn't quite enough of an authority figure. But this was different, this was her reasserting control over herself and her life. She loved going out on her own and answering to no one, just like she loved living out here, away from Kansas, away from a daily life full of alters and minor instability. Right? Right.

Except right now, she missed her family like crazy. She didn't know what to do with that feeling.

She'd found a café that looked nice enough and settled at a table by the window with her gigantic cup of coffee and an equally oversized muffin. She'd just... sit here and eat and drink and think, for a while.

[ooc: Yes, post be open for calls, texts, randomly dropping by, whathaveyou. ETA: Aaand of course this was always NFB due to being off-island.]
therewaslife: (→ | oh yeah)

[personal profile] therewaslife 2011-04-18 03:39 pm (UTC)(link)
"I think all children feel like that," Bod said, dropping a kiss on the top of her head. "It's nothing to feel bad about. We didn't have responsibilities then like we do now. You're not alone, Kate."
therewaslife: (→ | stare at the sun)

[personal profile] therewaslife 2011-04-18 03:42 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yes, well, so did I but it's not like it is now," Bod argued quietly. "Things are different when we're children. You shouldn't let it affect you this much especially when it's island caused."
therewaslife: (→ | thinky)

[personal profile] therewaslife 2011-04-18 03:47 pm (UTC)(link)
"No, you're right, you're allowed to miss feeling like that," he agreed with a quiet sigh. "I don't think you're a better person either way. I think you're a different person, Kate. You've changed."
therewaslife: (→ | hear me now)

[personal profile] therewaslife 2011-04-18 03:55 pm (UTC)(link)
"Were you supposed to keep them a secret when you were younger?" Bod asked curiously.
therewaslife: (→ | the words to the story)

[personal profile] therewaslife 2011-04-18 04:01 pm (UTC)(link)
"I doubt your mum would have minded if she'd known," Bod told her quietly. "I'm sure she understands the impact that the alters have on your family as well as her. She's a smart lady."
therewaslife: (→ | observant lean)

[personal profile] therewaslife 2011-04-18 04:07 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'm sorry," he apologized, sighing. "I'm having a hard time following your train of thought. I'm trying. I promise."
therewaslife: (→ | hear me now)

[personal profile] therewaslife 2011-04-18 04:22 pm (UTC)(link)
"I understand," Bod said, twining his fingers with hers and smiling a bit. "Is there anything I can do?"
therewaslife: (→ | those memories)

[personal profile] therewaslife 2011-04-18 04:29 pm (UTC)(link)
"You could always call your parents when you get a chance," Bod suggested lightly, moving to kiss the top of her hand now that he had a hold of it. "I'm sure they'd be happy to reminisce with you if you're missing that part of your life."
therewaslife: (→ | untoward)

[personal profile] therewaslife 2011-04-18 04:45 pm (UTC)(link)
"All right, all right," he said apologetically, sighing. "It was just a suggestion. There's no need to take it."
therewaslife: (→ | keep talking)

[personal profile] therewaslife 2011-04-18 04:48 pm (UTC)(link)
"Is that where you went?" Bod asked, glancing down at her. "As many times you escaped, I lost track of where you ended up."
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[personal profile] therewaslife 2011-04-18 04:52 pm (UTC)(link)
"Better that than something alcoholic," he said, snorting. "I gave you ice cream for breakfast so at least that proves that it's quite impossible to resist you."
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[personal profile] therewaslife 2011-04-18 05:00 pm (UTC)(link)
"The last time this happened to me, I spent the entire time in the graveyard so I didn't really experience all that," he explained, shrugging. "I suppose if the island's going to be strange, it's good that it tries to be safe and strange sometimes."
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[personal profile] therewaslife 2011-04-18 05:07 pm (UTC)(link)
"You sound like you're almost a regular there," Bod said, amused. "Perhaps that's why you ended up there this weekend. It was a familiar place."

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