Room 324, Late Friday Morning

[vanillajello]

It was Kate's birthday.

Not that that was much evident from anything, except maybe the slightly stilted happy birthday phonecall she'd gotten from her dad earlier, and the far more animated one from Lynda a little later. But it was still her birthday. Seventeen. Hmmh.

She was grabbing a portal to KC in the evening to join Lynda in the Crossroads district's First Friday art thing. And afterwards she was going to take another portal back, and tomorrow morning Lynda was going to fly over to be her weekend guest.

But for now? She was lazing about in a skimpy top and shorts (it was her birthday, she thought she was allowed) with some candy and a random bad movie on her laptop. And wearing her Princess Valhalla boots for no real reason, other than having just checked the insane number of hits on her video.

So far it was an okay birthday.

[ooc: Half-open door, completely open post! Handwavey knowledge of birthday completely fine.

A some bits of AFKness coming up, first as I go to class, and then way later when I go see Scott Pilgrim, but other than that I'm around!]

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[vanillajello]

Well, now he was confused, so maybe she'd actually won?

Kate shook her head, and pushed herself up to a sitting position again. "Come on, Bod, it's me," she said. "When have I ever not wanted to get things? Gimme presents."

[therewaslife]

"I don't know, perhaps there were some different rules on your birthday," he replied, stepping closer to the bed with his bag. "You've already invoked those once on me today."

[vanillajello]

"Yes, and you ignored them," she pointed out with a half smile. "Don't start following possible rules now. We're just getting to the good stuff."

[therewaslife]

"I didn't ignore them, I just didn't know them," said Bod, reaching into his bag to pull out a badly wrapped package. "I had to learn them before I could follow them."

[vanillajello]

"Actually, I told you about them and you still insisted i should be wrong," she pointed out, but dropped that subject to give the package a curious look. "Ooh. What's that?"

[therewaslife]

"...aren't you supposed to open it to find out what it is?" Bod asked, giving her a look now. "I thought that was how birthday's worked."

[vanillajello]

"Well, you think a lot of things," she retorted, teasing. "Maybe you got that one wrong?"

It was very easy to get her sidetracked today.

[The movie theater awaits! Back in a few hours.]

[therewaslife]

"I don't think so," Bod said, shaking his head. " I've been to other birthday parties where the gifts were wrapped and then unwrapped by the recipient."

[Haaaaaaaaaave fun!]

[vanillajello]

"Maybe they were doing it wrong?" Kate teased him.

Ignore how she was starting to unwrap the package.

[therewaslife]

"You're not going to be able to convince me of that," Bod said, shaking his head. "I do know how gift giving works."

[vanillajello]

"You might have gotten it wrong," she argued idly. "Puck might've been involved and -- oooh, coffee? Awesome!"

And that was entirely sincere.

[therewaslife]

"Well, you drink a lot of it so I thought maybe you could save money if you brewed some of your own," Bod explained, shrugging.

[vanillajello]

Kate definitely liked that logic.

"And it looks like it'll be a lot better than any of the crap we usually have here in the dorms," she noted, examining the box, before looking up and smiling at him. "Thank you."

[therewaslife]

"You're welcome," he said and passed her a bigger package that was considerably heavier too. "There's this too."

[vanillajello]

"Ooh, this is heavier," Kate said, observantly. And this time, she wasted no time before unwrapping it. Patience was a virtue, and she wasn't virtuous.

"... You got me a thermos for my coffee? And it's cute, too. Aww."

Another success. Well done, Bod.

[therewaslife]

"I thought it would make it easy to take to work with you," Bod explained, smiling at her reaction while reaching into his bag for the last gift. "So, you can take it on the bus and not have it spill on your nice work clothes."

[vanillajello]

"That's very thoughtful of you," she said, smiling at him. "I love it, thank you."

And it was something she seriously needed, but would've probably never gotten around to buying for herself.

[therewaslife]

"You're welcome," Bod said, so far pleased that his gifts had gone over well. He handed her a very small box next and then settled his bag on the floor since that was all he had.

"This is the last gift," he said and crossed his arms nervously.

[vanillajello]

"Better not be an engagement ring," Kate teased lightly as she took the box and unwrapped it.

And then her eyes widened. "Oh my God, you shouldn't have." Not that she was really objecting. Because hello.

[therewaslife]

"Why not?" Bod asked, sounding confused. "I thought you really liked music and it looked like something you could take with you to work."

[vanillajello]

"It's a saying, I don't really mean it," she replied hastily, like he might take his gift back otherwise. "Just that... It must've been expensive. I love it."

Obviously not because it was expensive.

[therewaslife]

"The price really didn't matter," Bod said, shrugging. "I thought you'd like it and it was small enough and pink that you could take it off island with you and still be stylish."

[vanillajello]

Aww. "Well, that was very smart," Kate decided. "You're looking like a really awesome boyfriend right now."

[therewaslife]

"That's everything that I have," he explained, blushing and looking down at his feet, "so I'm glad you like them. Happy birthday, Kate."

[vanillajello]

"Thank you," she said again, still smiling at him. At least until it turned into more of a smirk. "But I think you still have something more."