Fandom High Graduation Ceremony, Class of 2014, Early Saturday Evening [Part 1]

[bigdamnprincipal]

Right after sunset, to make sure all types of guests could safely attend, the ceremony for graduation was ready to go. The lawn of the school had been lit up with blue and gold lights, creating safe paths for everyone to get to the seating area, and even in the fading sunlight, the graduates and their guests could likely see the beautiful job that the school's new gardening company had done getting plots of flowers and garden decorations set up around the stage. It might have been a long, cold winter, but there were no signs left of that tonight.

Of course, the pretty landscaping wasn't keeping the staff off of high alert, but hopefully the guests wouldn't notice as they were welcomed in.

Congratulations, Class of 2014! You made it! Now you just had to get through the ceremony. Maybe it would be quick and only slightly boring?

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Re: Welcome! [Grad 2014]

[throughaphase]

Kitty spotted Clint when she was looking for someplace to sit, so she just walked up over to him. "I wasn't sure you were going to be here," she said.

Re: Welcome! [Grad 2014]

[so_hawkward]

"Why not?" Sure, he'd doubted his own commitment, but he didn't know he'd made that apparent to Kitty.

Re: Welcome! [Grad 2014]

[throughaphase]

"I don't know. You just didn't seem that into it when you asked me if I was going to go," she said, sitting next to him. "I'm glad you did."

Re: Welcome! [Grad 2014]

[so_hawkward]

"Yeah, I figured it was a pretty important day for these guys," Clint said, "so the least I can do is show up. Plus, now I have someone to sit with if things go wrong."

Re: Welcome! [Grad 2014]

[throughaphase]

"And it's Fandom, so I'm sure something will," Kitty said, though she sounded less bitter about it than she had recently.

Re: Welcome! [Grad 2014]

[so_hawkward]

"Maybe it'll be something funny," Clint said encouragingly. "I've got a good battery in my phone, we can take pictures."

Re: Welcome! [Grad 2014]

[throughaphase]

"Ooh, that would be a nice change," Kitty realized. "And me without my popcorn."

Re: Welcome! [Grad 2014]

[so_hawkward]

Clint laughed. "I can go get you some, but I don't know if I'll miss anything good. The only graduation I've ever seen was last year's."

It was a good thing you didn't need a diploma to be a superhero, right?

Re: Welcome! [Grad 2014]

[throughaphase]

"I've seen them on TV," Kitty offered. "I'm pretty sure it goes walk, forty speeches, more walking, then crisis."

Re: Welcome! [Grad 2014]

[so_hawkward]

"I don't know if it's a good thing or not that our graduation is like one on TV," Clint said. "Maybe there won't be a crisis though. Maybe last year's seniors were just really bad."

Re: Welcome! [Grad 2014]

[throughaphase]

"You're adorable when you're optimistic," Kitty told him, bumping his shoulder with hers.

Re: Welcome! [Grad 2014]

[so_hawkward]

"I try. It's rare, but I try," he said. "I like seeing you in a good mood."

Re: Welcome! [Grad 2014]

[throughaphase]

"I like being in a good mood," she admitted. "I think I shook most of the funk off. In related news, I'm going to group therapy and then going to look at kittens on Monday."

Re: Welcome! [Grad 2014]

[so_hawkward]

"With Sam? The new guy?" Clint said. "Wait, he didn't mention anything about kittens with the group thing."

Re: Welcome! [Grad 2014]

[throughaphase]

"Oh, no. Allie had a really terrible trip home and sometimes you just need to look at kittens and not be sad," Kitty explained. "That'll be after Sam's thing, which I figure is worth checking out."

Re: Welcome! [Grad 2014]

[so_hawkward]

"Ah, yeah, she seemed kind of down the last time I talked to her," Clint said. "And Sam's thing sounded interesting. He seems like a nice guy."

Not that Clint would be setting foot near his group, but still.

Re: Welcome! [Grad 2014]

[throughaphase]

"He really does," she agreed. "I hope I didn't freak him out. I tried to warn him that Fandom problems are not really the usual problems, so I showed him my powers. But I mean, he's gonna find out about that sort of thing anyway."

Re: Welcome! [Grad 2014]

[so_hawkward]

"Hey, he saw what happened in New York. After giant aliens and holes in the sky, mutants shouldn't faze him too much," Clint said. "He's a military guy though, so I'm sure he'll be able to roll with it."

Re: Welcome! [Grad 2014]

[throughaphase]

"That's my hope. Either way, Monday should be interesting," Kitty said. "I just hope it goes well. I think a lot of people could use it."

Re: Welcome! [Grad 2014]

[so_hawkward]

"Considering the crap I know people have had to deal with - and that's just the people I know... yeah, Sam's got his work cut out for him," Clint said, snickering. "You'll have to let me know how it goes, if you're allowed to and all."

Re: Welcome! [Grad 2014]

[throughaphase]

"If it's in a group, I probably can. Just shouldn't give out details about other people, I'm guessing," she reasoned. "I'll let you know. And you can reward me for not coming home with any more pets."

Re: Welcome! [Grad 2014]

[so_hawkward]

"Awww, I was going to tell you to pick a nice cat," Clint said, laughing. "Let's say I won't judge you whether you come home with a pet or not."

Re: Welcome! [Grad 2014]

[throughaphase]

"Nooo, I'm being good," Kitty grinned. "But not judging is one of the things that makes you an awesome boyfriend."

Re: Welcome! [Grad 2014]

[so_hawkward]

"Considering how close I've gotten to rescuing another dog, I really, really can't judge," Clint pointed out.

Re: Welcome! [Grad 2014]

[throughaphase]

"Ha. The reason I said we should go to a pet store was because if we went to a shelter I'd rescue all of them," she said. "Are you seriously looking?"