The Park - Late Friday Afternoon.

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

Rose had gotten herself a cup of hot chocolate from the Perk, but she wasn't into sitting around inside. She was way too restless to stay still so she wandered around the island, staying carefully away from MCA and certain parts of the beach. There was a pink tree in the park that seemed more peaceful than the rest of the island, but she wasn't feeling the urge for peaceful and made her way over to the swings instead.

Swings were always awesome tyvm even if she was 19. She pulled out her phone, finally punching in the numbers of some people she hadn't seen for way too long. Calls done, Rose pumped her legs, seeing if she could achieve the ever-elusive 360 over the bars and wondered exactly why Lissa had sent her here. It didn't make any more sense than it had before, but she was starting to enjoy the idea more as she kept an eye out for anyone she knew.

[OOC: Open park, feel free to mod a call from Rose if you wish unless you're a STRIGOI. I missed my girl.]

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[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

After taking care of Effy (who was now a kitten), Alex found himself out for a smoke in the park. He had to do a double take when he spotted Rose because he hadn't seen her in so long.

"I'm not hallucinating, am I?" he asked, deciding that could be his greeting.

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"Yeah, you probably are," Rose replied, unable not to grin at seeing Alex. It felt like it had been a long time since she'd smiled like that. She jumped off the swing. "Do you usually hallucinate?"

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"Sometimes," he said, shrugging. "If I haven't had enough sleep but I got plenty of sleep last night and haven't consumed any drugs in awhile so and you don't look like a hallucination so maybe I'm actually seeing a blast from the past?"

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, hallucinations usually look more freaky than me," she decided. "It's gotta be time travel then. You've slipped through times to last year. Weird, right?"

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"I must have cuz you look old," he joked, wandering closer to her. "The years have aaaaaaaaaaaaaged you terribly, my friend."

No, she still looked good. No doubt about that.

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

"...me looking old makes you think you went back in time?" Rose replied, unable not to smirk a little. "Your brain needs to be checked."

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"No, you looking old is just an observation I'm making because I can," Alex said, shrugging. "It's an honest assessment of what mine eyes are seeing. What are you, like thirty now?"

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

Rose made a face. "You just wish thirty would look this good," she snarked though her heart wasn't exactly in it.

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"I'm surprised to see you," he said honestly, tossing his cigarette away and smiling. "The undead cows get a little too boring for you?"

[brat_inslayage]

Kennedy was a little bit at loose ends today; not fretting, exactly (okay, maybe a little bit), but she had less focus for her restlessness. She'd been on a jog around the island and had stopped when her phone beeped with a new email (oh god, she was turning into one of those people now, huh?) to check-- something from Constance about a train showing up in Sunnydale full of dead people.

Which was interesting, but not particularly useful information, and she'd have been frowning over that for a while if not for the call that came in after that.

So, cue one Potential Slayer hurrying her ass over to the swingset in the park, grinning.

"Holy shit, look who showed up after for freaking ever."

[[i am about to flee home but had to tag in first!]]

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"Kennedy!" Rose was grinning back and closing the distance for a hug. "God, it's freaking awesome to see you."

There was a decided lack of mention of the time, yeah.

[brat_inslayage]

"Same goes for you," Kennedy answered, already reaching out to sling an arm around Rose's shoulders. "How the hell've you been?"

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

"I've been missing this crazy place scarily enough," she admitted. "College classes aren't nearly as fun."

[brat_inslayage]

"Oh, god, you are not helping," Kennedy groaned. "My Watcher's pushing me about going to college, and I can't really work up a vague need to care. Sadly, I don't think sticking around is an option."

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"Yeah, I don't think you're supposed to spend next year working at the gym or something," Rose agreed. "Hey, come to Lehigh - you can guard Lissa with me. Way better than actual college."

[brat_inslayage]

"I don't think I exactly meet the qualifications for that," Kennedy mused. "Also, kind of doubt I can sell that as a career option. Constance won't go for it, and neither will Dad. Even though it sounds like fun. I mean, the whole college experience without the midterms stress?"

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Rose made a face. "Yeah...except to stay close enough to her, you kind of have to stay in class. I had an econ exam last night."

[weetinyreese.livejournal.com]

Kyle hadn't checked his phone. He was passing through with a plank of wood balanced on his shoulder when he saw Rose. That warranted a change of direction. "You're here."

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

Rose eyed the random wood not dirty. "Nah, just a figment."

[weetinyreese.livejournal.com]

He set the plank down and rested an arm on top of it to keep it from falling. "You're a convincing one. What are you doing here?"

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"Liss told me to get out of her hair for the day," she said lightly as she jumped off the swing. "C'mere. I seriously need a hug."

[weetinyreese.livejournal.com]

The plank was forgotten. He let it drop to the grass and obliged with open arms for a hug. "You look tired." There was a hint of 'I miss you' in his tone.

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Rose nodded a little, hugging him more tightly than was really needed. "You know how it goes," she replied, the same note in her voice. "You've - damn, you've been working out?"

[weetinyreese.livejournal.com]

"Every day," he admitted. Kyle didn't pull away. "Like you haven't." Of course she had.

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, but my shoulders haven't gotten like three inches broader," she pointed out, and there was going to need to be another moment or two of hugging here. "Can't even call you Shorty now." Not that she'd ever logically been able to before.