Outside Luke's, Saturday afternoon

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After spending much of the morning flinging himself full speed up and down the stairs around the island with Val leaping after him frantically to keep up/probably yelling at him to be more careful, Eliot decided it was time to spend some time relaxing.

So he picked an awning he rather liked, shoved a battered copy of meta for Treasure Island down the back of his pants, and climbed up on one of the outdoor tables to get into reach of one of the supports.

He loved reading. He especially liked to do so in extremely awkward and hard to get to places. They made it way harder for Gertie to come bug him and get him in trouble for not playing with her.

He lost his grip trying to swing his legs up around the support beam, and barely managed to break his fall by grabbing onto one of the closed umbrellas leaning against the wall. Momentum carried him and the umbrella down to the cobblestones with a thud, and he lay there for a moment staring up at the awning.

"Ow."

Then he grinned, jumped back up, and tried it again.

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"Thanks! You're really cool too, Parker. I'm glad I met you."

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"Two grilled cheeses with hush-puppies and french fries," Kenzi said, setting down their food with a small smirk. "And we've got Neapolitan ice cream and strawberries, if you finish most of it."

'Cause that was a really huge mound of fries, guys.

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"Awww, yeah!" Eliot cheered, immediately grabbing a hushpuppy and just as immediately dropping it because it was too hot. "Thanks! You're pretty cool for a grown-up."

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"What he said," Parker mumbled, already biting into her grilled cheese, an then taking another ginormous bite because it was so good.

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Kenzi snorted. "Thanks. Good to know I haven't lost all my cred by now." She filched one of Parker's fries, and then headed back to the kitchen. "Holler if you need anything else before you're done!"