Turtle & Canary, Wednesday 4/22

[minnesota-teen.livejournal.com]

Over in a certain area of the store, Amber was busy making a neat little display of animal soaps. If she was mumbling under her breath as she hopped a duck and a pig around on top of an empty shoebox, well, she wouldn't own up to it. She was keeping busy, that's all that mattered.

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[crazypilotman.livejournal.com]

When it came to catching bouncy teenage girls, yah, he probably wouldn't miss.

"Whoa, has it been that long?" he chuckled at the fire of questions. "I'm good, mostly just workin', yes I will and probably drag Abby Irene with me, and yah I'll be there for that too."

"So graduatin' eh? You excited 'bout that?" And he totally wouldn't think about what that meant.

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"Seems like forever," came her exaggerated response. "Work is going okay? And yay! But oh, I should tell you or warn you-" little smirky giggle "-Loretta might be coming to graduation too."

She bounced and beamed up at him. "I am totally excited!" She was. Today she was. No focusing on what graduation meant. Nope.

[crazypilotman.livejournal.com]

"Yah," he nodded. "The cop thing ain't exactly what I thought it'd be," he hadn't gotten to shoot anything not even once, dang it, "but the lighthouse is fun."

"Oh lord," he rolled his eyes slightly. "Please tell me she's gonna behave herself. I mean, she's nice an' all just a bit...overwhelmin'." To put it mildly.

"Cool. Should be fun. Big party afterward?"

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"What do you do over at the lighthouse?" she asked, thinking that the cop thing could be ignored for now. She didn't like the thought of him getting hurt. Possibly or otherwise.

"Like I can control Loretta?" she snickered. "Maybe if she see's your lady on your arm, she'll keep a fair distance." But Amber wouldn't count on it. No girl ever kept her from wanting or getting a man.

She shrugged. "I don't know. Probably though."

[crazypilotman.livejournal.com]

"Fixin' it!" he grinned. "It's kinda in bad shape but workin' on a lighthouse is just cool, know what I mean? You still ought to come by and check it out. Neat view of the island."

"Heh, yah. I can only hope."

Though it would be interesting to see Loretta and Abby Irene react. Really, that could be quite a show. and mun puts her bet on Abby Irene nodnod

"You gotta have a party! It's not a real graduation without one!"

[minnesota-teen.livejournal.com]

"What days are you there and I'll make a point of it, I swear to you," she promised. She would too, and make sure she did it before she left this island.

She just grinned sweetly at him. Loretta was something else and he knew that firsthand.

"There's sure to be one," she laughed. "We'll all want to get wild afterwards!"

[crazypilotman.livejournal.com]

"Usually I'm there on Wednesdays, though obviously I ain't there today," he smirked. "Be there next week for sure."

"Just don't get too wild. Don't want nobody gettin' in trouble with the school." Among other things.

[minnesota-teen.livejournal.com]

"Then I will be there too," she said. "I'll sneak away from here or come after work."

She gave him a totally mock-innocent stare. "Trouble? Who me?"

[crazypilotman.livejournal.com]

"I'll make sure to have snacks."

"And you," he grinned and tapped her on her nose, "are all kinds of trouble. But the good kind."

[minnesota-teen.livejournal.com]

"Oooh, tempt me with food," she laughed.

"That's what ma always used to tell me. Minus the good kind part."

[crazypilotman.livejournal.com]

"Dang right," he grinned back. "And I'm sure it's different for parents. They always gotta tell ya how much trouble ya are, even if ya ain't. My Grammy always called me a handfull though most I ever did was runnin' around playin'."

He left out the part that the running was usually done at top 8 year-old speed and usually with high-pitched airplane noises.

[minnesota-teen.livejournal.com]

"I think my ma believed it." Amber was sure of it. "I can't remember if I was a rotten kid or not. I definitely wasn't spoiled, that's for sure."

[crazypilotman.livejournal.com]

His expression softened. "You ain't rotten, trust me. And I'm sure you couldn't have been that bad. You want bad, you should have me tell ya 'bout my buddy Face. Now he was a handful," he smirked. And any number of poor nuns probably gained a lot of grey hairs thanks to him.

[minnesota-teen.livejournal.com]

"Your buddy's name was Face?" she asked, grinning at that. "Now I definitely need to hear stories."

[crazypilotman.livejournal.com]

"Nah, that's just the nickname. His actual name is...somethin' else. He'd probably shoot me if I told ya."

"Lord, I wouldn't even know where to start," he smirked.

[minnesota-teen.livejournal.com]

"But he doesn't know me and he doesn't have to know you told me anything," she pointed out.

"Maybe a nice story when I come see you next week?"

[crazypilotman.livejournal.com]

"There is that," he smirked. "And you got yourself a deal!"

[minnesota-teen.livejournal.com]

Amber beamed at him. "I am so looking forward to it!"