The Perk, Saturday Morning

[vanillajello]

October 1st, 2011. Kate's 18th birthday. On Fandom, anyway.

That was the big reason she was here, bright and early. She hadn't heard anything from Bod so she assumed she was in the clear as far as Silas showing up was concerned, and this was just another mundane Saturday in early September back in Kansas, so she'd hopped a portal and here she was, heading to the Perk first for a hot chocolate and a muffin for breakfast.

And being her, she sent out a mass text to all her friends she figured would be on the island on this fine Saturday:

eighteen, bitches! holding court at the perk this morning, come say hi if you're not swamped with guests.

She was so not above attention whoring when it was her birthday and her parents wouldn't acknowledge it for another month. She picked a table by the window and settled down to peoplewatch with her treats.

[ooc: Open place in town is open, whether for Kate-bothering or completely unrelated needs! And if you think you may have gotten Kate's text, you did.]

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[chosehumanity]

"Look who's old now," Mitchell said.

He'd slipped in a moment earlier and was now towering above her table with an amused look on his face.

[vanillajello]

Kate gave him a good-natured eyeroll, tilting her head back to look up at him. "And yet I still have like ten years before I catch up with you."

[chosehumanity]

"Try like five," Mitchell said, "Oh ancient one. You'll be in your twenties like that."

He snapped his fingers.

[vanillajello]

"You are so not twenty three," Kate snorted. "'Sides, technically I'm not even eighteen yet. Kansas is a month behind this place."

[chosehumanity]

"Or am I?"

Mitchell pulled him up a seat. "And that's good. I haven't exactly been shopping for birthday presents."

He could act upbeat, these days. But energized enough to go present-shopping for a teenage girl? Yeah, no.

[vanillajello]

"Really wasn't expecting you to," Kate drawled. "Although you could've at least claimed that you'd ordered something that you were still waiting to arrive."

She was kidding. She was materialistic, sure, but not enough to expect too many presents.

[chosehumanity]

"I could order you coffee, if the barristas are still giving you shit," Mitchell suggested.

[therewaslife]

Bod had introductions to make but they weren't going to be immediate. Scarlett was off on her own for the moment, exploring the town but she'd promised to find him very shortly.

That would give Bod time to give Kate her presents (that he was carrying with him in a bag), kiss her and then try and prepare her. He wasn't very sure how that last one would go.

But, he forgot about his pensiveness when he saw her there,through the window.

[vanillajello]

Kate spotted him too. And when she did, she grinned and gave him a little wave.

She wasn't cool enough to not go 'eee, boyfriend!' at the sight of him, okay?

[therewaslife]

Bod waved back before making his way into the Perk and immediately over to her table. Yes, things might get tense later but right now, he was just overwhelmingly glad to see her.

"Hullo there, birthday girl," he said when he got close enough. "It's amazing to see you today. Come here."

He was already reaching for her hand to pull her to her feet so he could kiss her.

[vanillajello]

"Hullo, boyfriend," Kate replied as she let herself be helped up, then swung her arms around his neck. Sure they were at the Perk but she had a lot of affection. "Wouldn't have missed coming here."

[therewaslife]

"I'm very glad you didn't," he said and leaned in to kiss her, fulfilling at least one of her birthday requests. He could do nice long kisses in private and in public and the people around them would just have to deal with it.

[vanillajello]

They'd dealt with worse from her. At least she wasn't threatening anyone with physical violence this time.

This was nothing. Kate kissing her boyfriend with an appreciative little 'mmm' was nothing, except to her.

[dollpocalypse]

Kate, it was possible the island hated you.

Topher came in with the intention of loading up on sugar before his Stark Industries shift. However, his intentions were put on hold.

"Aaaah!" he yelped, pointing at her. "New Kate!"

[vanillajello]

Kate rolled her eyes. Really, she should've known someone would come along and try and ruin her day. And not in just one of the upper threads.

"It's just Kate, actually."

[dollpocalypse]

"Uh huh," Topher said, not believing her. "I'm not falling for that! First you make me think you're the same person, then I figure out that there's really two of you, and now you act like there's just one again? I'm not buying it!"

Topher, that wasn't how it had happened at all.

[vanillajello]

Kate looked at him like he was an idiot. And considering what he'd just said, it wasn't that much of a stretch. "Really?" was all she had to say.

[dollpocalypse]

Topher was already shaking his head. "No. No, no, no. This is a trick! I'm not falling for it!"

[vanillajello]

"Topher, there was already a guy who looked just like you here when you moved here," Kate pointed out, albeit not paricularly patiently. "And now there's a girl going here who apparently looks just like me. It's really not that hard to understand."

[trickydemigod.livejournal.com]

Luke managed to ditch Kelli long enough to stop by the Perk. He was smart enough to say he was getting coffee instead of visiting a girl. That wouldn't have gone over too well.

He spotted Kate easily enough and slid into the chair across from her. "Hey, happy birthday."

[vanillajello]

Kate grinned at him. "Hey, and thanks," she said. "I feel so old and wise now."

Yeah, no.

[trickydemigod.livejournal.com]

"Yeah right," Luke said, shaking his head. "I'm either about your age or older depending on what universe you're looking at and I don't feel wise at all."

Old, maybe.

[vanillajello]

"Well I wasn't talking about you, I was talking about me," Kate pointed out with a smirk. Then she shook her head. "But, you know, I'm half cheating with my birthday anyway. I mean I'm eighteen today here, but with the time difference between Fandom and home, my birthday's a month away in Kansas."

[trickydemigod.livejournal.com]

"I can beat that," Luke told her. "I'm turning eighteen here on Friday but back home I just turned twenty-one a couple weeks ago."

Either way he was too old to be a junior in high school.

[vanillajello]

Kate tilted her head quizzically. "So... You're either just barely younger than me, or you're waaay older."

That would be the major thing she'd take away from that.

"Yeah, you win."