Parents Weekend Meet & Greet, Friday

[weirderthanthou]

It was nice for an October Friday, wasn't it? The leaves were falling artfully, and there was a slight chill, but it wasn't so cold that it would leave anyone shivering. And if, for some reason, they were, well-- the hot apple cider stand near the edge of the Park would probably help.

There was a merry banner in Fandom's colors floating above the picnic tables, reading--

PARENTS WEEKEND 2024! WELCOME!

-- and a squirrel band was playing interpretations of modern pop songs on very small squirrel instruments under one of the trees.

Welcome, parents and other friends and family.

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Re: Food and Drinks [PW 2024]

[needsacatchphrase]

"Oh, all of them," Jane said, beaming. "And you can join us if you want to keep him from getting into anything really embarrassing."

Would Dean being there help stop Bobby?

Re: Food and Drinks [PW 2024]

[single_man_tear]

Absolutely not! But Dean was coming anyway.

Dean already had his phone out and was checking the local spa for appointments because this was his life now. "Suddenly I think this was a bad idea the two of you meeting," Dean grumbled.

"Oh, I'm not going to lie but this is better than the weekend I thought I was going to have," Bobby said with a hearty laugh.

Re: Food and Drinks [PW 2024]

[needsacatchphrase]

"You can get back at me when you meet Val," Jane promised solemnly. "She has something with the UN to deal with this weekend."

Which wasn't even a weak excuse!

Re: Food and Drinks [PW 2024]

[idjitsandballs]

"Did you say UN? As in the United Nations?" Bobby asked in disbelief.

"She's the king of new Asgard," Dean explained. "Try to keep up."

"I'm going to need something stronger than punch and soda to keep up," Bobby complained.

Re: Food and Drinks [PW 2024]

[needsacatchphrase]

"You can come to the bar tomorrow," Jane offered. Which she'd for sure remember to post

Re: Food and Drinks [PW 2024]

[single_man_tear]

"Yeah, she has the shift there on Saturday night," Dean added.

"So let me get this straight," Bobby said pausing as he absorbed all of this. "You're a Nobel nominated astrophysicist, the God of Thunder and you tend bar??"

"I know right?" Dean said with a big grin. "She's perfect."

Re: Food and Drinks [PW 2024]

[needsacatchphrase]

"Jobs can be strange here," Jane admitted with a laugh. "And so are classes at the school."

Re: Food and Drinks [PW 2024]

[idjitsandballs]

"There's a school here too?" Bobby asked.

"Didn't Jack tell you anything?" Dean said jabbing his thumb toward the castle and then nodded back at Jane. "She teaches there as well."

"Well, that makes sense," Bobby said with a nod as he stole some of Dean's food off the plate. "Being an Astrophysicist and all."

Re: Food and Drinks [PW 2024]

[needsacatchphrase]

"...you'd think?" Look, the school did what it did at the behest of a giant moose that wielded it's power with an iron hoof.

Re: Food and Drinks [PW 2024]

[idjitsandballs]

“So it’s not astrophysics,” Bobby said doubtfully.

“It’s about mythology,” Dean said with his mouth full of food. “I’m her best student.”

Which was debatable.

“You’re taking classes?” Bobby asked incredulously.

Because that was unbelievable.

Re: Food and Drinks [PW 2024]

[needsacatchphrase]

"He's only slept through one class so far." Oh, the highest praise, Jane!

Re: Food and Drinks [PW 2024]

[single_man_tear]

Well for Dean that is high praise.

"In my defense I was hungover from drinking with raccoons the night before," Dean pointed out. "It was also a movie day."

"And you're going to school," Bobby reiterated. "Purposefully."

Clearly Dean going to a class was weirder than drinking with raccoons.

"Is it that hard to-" Dean stopped and acknowledge the situation. "Yes, weird huh?"

Re: Food and Drinks [PW 2024]

[needsacatchphrase]

"It's going well," Jane said, reaching over to put her hand on Dean's to hold. "I like to think, at least."

Re: Food and Drinks [PW 2024]

[single_man_tear]

“It’s going very well,” Dean agreed as he took Jane’s hand and gave it a little squeeze.

“I feel like I’m in the twilight zone,” Bobby joked and gave Jane a smile. “Clearly you’ve been a good influence on him.”

Re: Food and Drinks [PW 2024]

[needsacatchphrase]

"I think he's a pretty good influence too under all the bluster," she said, not letting go of Dean's hand anytime soon.

Re: Food and Drinks [PW 2024]

[single_man_tear]

Dean said nothing but just smiled like a dork at Jane.

Bobby rolled his eyes at him. “I’ve always known Dean was a good man. A good influence?”

He held up his hand and let it teter back and forth.

Dean frowned at Bobby. “Really? You can’t let me have this?”

Bobby just burst out laughing in response. “I’m just giving you crap, son.”

Re: Food and Drinks [PW 2024]

[needsacatchphrase]

"Sounds like family," Jane said faintly, pressing a little into Dean's shoulder. Her family these days was of the friend variety.

Re: Food and Drinks [PW 2024]

[single_man_tear]

“Yeah. That’s exactly what we are,” Dean said, happily leaning a bit on Jane.

Bobby just smiled as he watched the two of them. “I never had kids of my own. Dean and Sam were the closest things I had to having my own sons. It’s good to see them settling down instead of off on the road facing who knows what.”