Hotel Pershing Hall, Paris, Monday Afternoon

[vanillajello]

Kate had turned twenty two weeks ago. Bod would do the same in a couple of weeks, and so not only was today almost the midway point between their two birthdays, it also happened to be their two-and-a-half years anniversary. Yes, Kate was about as astonished by that fact as most other people might have been. (Her own fifteen-year-old Fandom newbie self from a little over four years ago would have been flabbergasted, for sure.) And it was a cause for celebration.

It had taken some saving and a bit of luck with regards to deals, but they had a suite for a couple of days at Hotel Pershing Hall in Paris (Kate's choice, they hadn't been since that time Fandom was next to Disneyland), near just about all the good stuff as far as Kate was concerned. And that was before she'd seen the inside of the hotel, because holy shit.

"Holy shit."

Way to look like an American tourist right after dragging your bags in the door, Kate.

[ooc: NFB, and for the boy, and massive SP!]

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[therewaslife]

"Such language," Bod said, stepping inside and glancing around. The language, though, was not without merit. "Quite beautiful."

Understatement.

[vanillajello]

"Is it just me, or did coming to Europe just make you even more English?" Kate quipped, glancing over at him with an excited grin. No, seriously, the place was beautiful, and she was thrilled. "Also, you can't tell me it wasn't totally merited bad language."

[therewaslife]

"I've always been English," Bod pointed out, shaking his head. "I don't think a place could make someone more English despite its beauty. But yes, the bad language was merited here."

[vanillajello]

"Whatever, dude, it totally made sound more English for a second," Kate told him as she started for the reception desk. "Totally."

[therewaslife]

"You just can't deal with not being right," Bod said, following behind her. "That's all there is to it. I sounded as English as I've always sounded."

[vanillajello]

"Pffff."

As we say in polite society.

"You can't deal with being wrong."

[therewaslife]

"I can deal with it fine," Bod told her, shaking his head. "I'm wrong quite often and I admit that. I don't argue."

[vanillajello]

"You do with meeee."

That was a great argument, right there. But, they were at the desk so she engaged with the clerk with a cheery bonjour and got to getting their room key and all that necessary stuff.

She actually looked like a grown-up doing that.

[therewaslife]

And Bod was just going to let her handle that while he watched the bags. She was the older woman, after all, so she could handle all the grown up duties for the two of them.

He'd just stand there and be English.

[vanillajello]

He was ever so good at it!

And Kate was really good at getting stuff like this done. Must've been all the practice she'd gotten over her flight attending time. She turned back to him soon enough, key in hand, and nodded at the elevators. "It's a couple floors up."

[therewaslife]

"Lead the way, oh wise one," said Bod, gesturing her towards the elevators. "I will be right behind you."

[vanillajello]

"As you usually are," Kate replied, with a smle, before taking off towards said elevators, dragging her bags along with her.

Once there, she pushed button to call the elevator down.

[therewaslife]

Bod snickered and kept following behind her, stepping into the elevator and pushing himself into a corner just in case anyone else needed to share the elevator with them.

[vanillajello]

"Are you trying to hide?" Kate teased, snickering, as she pressed the button for their floor. The doors slid closed, after no one else came in. "Squishing yourself into a corner."

[therewaslife]

"I didn't want to take up too much space if others joined us," Bod said, getting himself out of the corner now. "I was trying to be polite."

[vanillajello]

For that, Kate reached over and tapped him on the nose.

"So English."

[therewaslife]

"What about that makes me English?" Bod had to ask. "Of all things."

[vanillajello]

"Because it's super polite!" Duh. "I wouldn't have thought to do that, I would've just expected people to stuff themselves int corners for me."

Although maybe that had less to do with nationality and more with personality. She wasn't serious, anyway.

[therewaslife]

"Well, we're very different people in that regard," he said, shaking his head. "And I'm always super polite. You act like you're just discovering all of this about me."

[vanillajello]

"No, I'm making fun of you," she told him, "because I could never reach your level of politeness."

The doors opened again, and she stepped out, checking the room number on the key.

"It's how I show my appreciation."

[therewaslife]

Bod snickered. "Nobody else could have dealt with this for two and a half years without going grey. I'm a very rare find, Kate."

[vanillajello]

Kate rolled her eyes at him. But laughed, too. "Well, nobody else is necessary," she informed him as she set down the hall again. "Since I already have my Nobody."

[therewaslife]

"Aww, how sweet," Bod said, following behind her and snickering. "How long have you been waiting to use that one?"

[vanillajello]

"Maybe a while." And she'd been good about not joking about his name, lately. Mostly because half the time she forgot there was anything weird about it to joke about. "Nobody."

[therewaslife]

"Katherine," Bod returned with a smile.