The Beach, Wednesday mid-morning

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Having no classes today meant Annette could do whatever she wanted. She'd had a good day yesterday and despite radio last night, she was in a fairly good mood. She actually chuckled at Dick's phone message and even more so at the one that followed. She didn't understand some guys and she was quite certain she hated Johnny Storm now. He was a very bad influence and anyone who heard radio ought to know that. Poor Savannah; she deserved so much better than a flaming harlot who had to talk about other women with taken guys. The nerve.

Anyhow, she was sitting on the sand, a big pile of it in front of her, and she was making a sand castle. Or trying. She's never made one before but Chris read her tea leaves yesterday to her in class, and making a sand castle was one thing she could do to free her mind of niggling thoughts. 

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[intraspective]

Ino was bored or rather her mun was and in an attempt to distract herself from the really stupid thing she was planning on doing later tonight, was walking on water at the beach just to practise her chakra control when she came across Annette. And her sand castle attempt.

"Hi!"

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Annette looked up from where she was trying to pat sand into a square looking sort of thing. "Ino! Hi! Hey...what?" Walking on water?

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"Huh?" Ino looked down and then grinned up at Annette, "Ninja training! Good for building control and concentration."

She took a few steps and hopped onto the sand, "How are you doing?"

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"That is so cool," she replied, wishing she had some sort of something that was just different than being plain normal.

"I'm good, thanks. Just playing in the sand for a little while. How are you?"

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"I could try and teach you?" Ino offered, "I don't know how successful I'd be but at the Academy we're told that every living creature has at least a little bit of chakra."

She rubbed her nose and shrugged, "Nervous? The kissing thing we talked about? I'm going to try it tonight."

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"Really?" Annette bounced, yes, on the sound. It was cute, trust me.

"You are! Oh my gosh come here and sit by me and tell me your plan!"

[intraspective]

"I'll try, but don't forget I've never taught anyone before." Ino knelt near Annette, and ran her fingers through the sand, "I don't have much of a plan really, just gather by courage and surprise him. I spent most of yesterday trying to come up with a better plan but..."

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"That plan sounds good. What are you going to wear?" Because that was important, yes.

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Ino still thought that it was an awful plan but let that pass. “Just an outfit I got from Pixie Dust a few weeks ago. He hasn’t seen it yet so I thought it might give me an edge.”

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"That's right. You need an edge. Certain outfits are distracting," Annette paused, thinking of a few nights with Dick when she wore certain nighties and... oh happy place.

She cleared her throat. "Anyway. If he's looking at what you are wearing then you totally have the upper hand. Pixie Dust has some wonderful things and Tinker helped me herself when I was in there. She's so cute and perky and she showed me this sheer... well, nevermind. The point is: clothes can certainly set a mood."

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"I hope so," Ino said, "and I’ll be wearing my hair down because he’s commented before that I never do that." It wasn’t practical when she was back home.

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"I think boys like to run their fingers through it." Annette commented even though Dick never really paid particular attention to her hair.

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Ino wondered if she’d feel comfortable letting Kabuto do that. "Not sure he’ll want to considering I’m planning to ambush him with this." She laughed, "I’m prepared for almost any reaction." Up to and including physical injury.

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After getting her fill from the diner Rose decided to take a long meandering walk to...

"Oh, yes, fantastic, Rose," she muttered, annoyed with herself, "because the beach is exactly where you wanted to go to today."

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Annette heard the accented mumbling and looked up and over from her funny looking sand monument thing. "Rose?"

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Rose blinked and realized there was someone else with her. "Annette!" She exclaimed, "What're you-- sorry I meant how're you doing?"

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Annette stood up and went to tackle hug Rose. "Oh my gosh, I haven't seen you in forever! How are you? I'm good. But how are you?"

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Rose laughed, surprised by the tackle hug. "It's great to see you too, Annette! Oh, I've been fine. So have you been here all through the holidays?"

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"I have, yes. I went home for a week this last summer, but that was it. I'm a Fandomite through and through," she grinned. "And you? What are you doing now? Have you been home?"

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"Fandomite," Rose repeated, rolling the word around, "I like that. Still a teacher, and yes, I've been home." She nodded to the sandy creation and smiled, "What's that then?"

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"I totally just made that word up," Annette grinned. "What are you teaching this semester? And," looking down at her sandy mess, she continued, "I'm trying to make a sandcastle. It's supposed to be good for me."

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"Oh, still same old, I'm not much into change these days," she said, "How's that supposed to be good for you? Therapy through sandcastles, is it?"

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She chuckled. "Something like that. In prophecy class yesterday, Chris read tea leaves for me and making something beautiful is a nice approach to not thinking about anything that is troubling. A sandcastle was mentioned. So was baking a cake but since I definitely can't cook, I came here today instead."

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The not thinking about anything troubling appealed to Rose. She knelt next to the sandcastle and said, "Need any help with this? Think we could add a moat somewhere."

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"I would love some help with this. I'm finding I'm not too much of a builder of sand," she grinned. "And a moat sounds great!" Lord knows Annette brought plenty of buckets and shovels to make the best sandcastle possible.