Parents' Weekend Evening Event - Saturday Evening Sock Hop

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The student council folks had discussed events for Parents' Weekend and decided upon a sock hop at the community center.

So, the whole place was now kitschily appropriately decorated and very glittery, the refreshments were set out, and the music was playing.

There was also a large box of socks at the doorway, for those who felt their socks were too threadbare or too boring, who didn't have any socks, or who came from a world where socks didn't exist. None of the socks matched. Some seemed to be made of extremely odd materials. Some had capes and/or toes (not always five). Most were interesting color combinations. Nearly all had googly eyes that seemed to actually be looking around at things.

Hopefully they were at least good dancers?


Parents' Weekend 2013 Saturday Evening Mixer

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[triesnottodie.livejournal.com]

Nico hadn't exactly been thrilled to be here; school dances were exactly as lame as she remembered. But seeing Karolina, even if she knew from Gert that it was the wrong Karolina, made it almost worth it. The one back home was in a foster home far from anybody.

"Hey," she said. "So even if you're from a different universe or whatever, like Gert said, it's still really good to see you. And I love that dress."

It wasn't anything Nico would wear, but on Karolina rainbow stripes were perfect.

[solarhippie]

"Nico!"

Karolina was both surprised and thrilled. And Nico was totally getting a hug right now.

[triesnottodie.livejournal.com]

"Ooof!" And now Nico was squeezing back. "God, I missed you."

[solarhippie]

"I missed you too." A beat. "Well, not you you, but you know."

Timelines and alternate universes were confusing.

"Hi, it's good to see you."

[triesnottodie.livejournal.com]

"I know, even if I think my brain will come right apart if I think about it too hard," Nico nodded. "But hey, we get a free chance to catch up. So -- bonus."

[solarhippie]

Karolina's smile took a wry, almost apologetic tilt. "I'm not sure how much we can catch up. I'm... kinda way ahead of you in the timeline. Which I know hasn't stopped being exactly as brainbreaking as it was a second ago."

[triesnottodie.livejournal.com]

"So you can't tell me every single thing that happens between my now and ... whatever happened where you're from," Nico said, also wry. "Too bad. For what it's worth, I'm still in the Catholic Home for Gothic Orphans, and yes, it's lame. How's school?"

[solarhippie]

"It's okay." That meant basically nothing, and Karolina shrugged. "It's not LA, but I like it. I've only been back for a while, because I wasn't here for the summer."

Which wasn't a spoiler when she didn't specify, right?

[triesnottodie.livejournal.com]

"Oh." No, not a spoiler, but it didn't say a lot. And Nico didn't think she was supposed to ask. "That's good. Gert says she likes it too."

Time for a complete tangent break. "So ... did you do something to your hair?"

[solarhippie]

"Not... really?"

She spun some of it around her fingers.

"It's just longer, I guess."

[triesnottodie.livejournal.com]

"I like it," Nico said, twirling a spike of her own ponytail. "Maybe it's just that you're older now. Older than me, I mean."