Room 324, Friday Evening

[vanillajello]

After everything that had happened over the last week, and what little had happened today, Kate was just so very glad to have a completely unrelated thing to focus on.

And right now, that thing was the thought of getting a new fake little sibling tomorrow. So, she'd been putting together a little welcome kit with some useful items. It felt a little dorky, but it was pretty fun, actually, doing that. And distracting, which was the important thing.

She'd even considered baking a batch of cookies, but then decided against it both because there'd be enough food at the welcome picnic, and she wasn't really feeling the idea of standing in the common room baking right now. She'd just offer to bake the kid something at a later date.

So now, Kate was just sprawled on her bed, making a refresher list of all the things a newbie to fair Fandom island should be told on their first day.

And she was eating chocolate. Chocolate was a good thing.

[ooc: Open door, open post!]

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[therewaslife]

"Is it?" Well, it's not like Bod knew Maryland all that well. "That's good, then. We can take a bus up to a small town in Maryland and stay there for a few days. I'll even drink alcohol one night."

[vanillajello]

"I've been on a tiny roadtrip in Maryland once, so I've seen some of it," Kate replied, and then actually laughed. "Alcohol, really?"

[therewaslife]

"Yes," he said and laughed too. "I can drink alcohol, I've just chosen not to. Maybe you should see me get slightly intoxicated. It'd be funny, wouldn't it?"

[vanillajello]

"As long as you don't puke on me," she said. "I'm sure you're amusing when you're drunk."

[therewaslife]

"I haven't ever thrown up." Well, he hadn't and he had no reason to think he would now. "Even if I don't drink, we can still go out and find tiny places to eat and drink. We can walk everywhere and take our time and not worry about the outside world."

[vanillajello]

"I'll have to wear sensible shoes." That was a nicer thought than many of the ones she'd been having earlier, so it got out, too. "I can totally do that."

[therewaslife]

"Good," he said, pleased to hear the easier tone and inane thought from her. "I can drag you into small bookstores and you can be bored but I'd keep a hold on your hand so you can't go anywhere while I tried to read you poetry."

[vanillajello]

"I'd just drag you to the human sexuality section again," she countered with a quiet snicker, "and read at you until you're blushing too much to read."

[therewaslife]

"I would cover my ears," he countered with a quiet snicker.

[vanillajello]

"But then you'd have to let go of my hand," she pointed out. "And I could escape your little poetry reading."

[therewaslife]

"I'd just follow you around with my book of poetry," he decided. "I don't think you could run away from me all that easily."

[vanillajello]

"Why would you be so cruel to the woman you claim to love?" she wondered. "I mean, is it even going to be good poetry?"

[therewaslife]

"Well, I wouldn't write it myself so of course it would be good," he laughed. "And I'd do it because I do love you and think you deserve poems."

[vanillajello]

"Poems I would be running away from."

Something about this just didn't seem logical.

[therewaslife]

"If I wrote the poems, would you run away from them?" Bod wondered.

[vanillajello]

"Depends on what they'd be like, I guess," Kate replied, shrugging a shoulder. "If they were horrible, yes."

[therewaslife]

"You wouldn't listen to them because you love me?" he asked, trying to look as adorable as he could mange.

[vanillajello]

"Well of course I'd listen to some of them," she said, unable to stop herself from grinning at all the adorable. "To judge whether they were horrible. But if they were horrible, I'd be gone."

[therewaslife]

"But where would you go?" Bod asked, still using his adorable face at her. "You would only know me there."

[vanillajello]

"I'd find a place to hide," she said, wrinkling her nose at him. "Stop being so cute."

[therewaslife]

"You would want to hide from me?" he asked, ignoring her last request so he could continue smiling adorably and looking adorable.

[vanillajello]

"Hey, you're the one who originally said you'd hold my hand so I couldn't escape from poems!" she protested. "I'm just operating under the impression that any poems you're gonna read to me are gonna require me running away."

[therewaslife]

"I said that because I didn't think you liked poetry!" Bod protested with a laugh. "If you like poetry, maybe you won't run away!"

[vanillajello]

"I don't think I categorically like or dislike poetry," Kate mused, before leaning closer to press her forehead against his. "Don't make me run away."

[therewaslife]

"I wouldn't," he said, lowering his voice and smiling now. "I don't want you to run away. I won't read you any poetry. Maybe I'll just find another book to read you."