Fandom High Graduation Ceremony, Class of 2018, Early Saturday Evening [Part 1]

[bigdamnprincipal]

As soon as the sun was down, everything was ready for the graduation ceremony to begin. The lawn of the school had been lit up with blue and gold lights, which reflected nicely off of the glitter scattered throughout the lawn. Yes, glitter was going to get all over everything, sorry.

There were chairs set up for all of the graduates, and plenty of seats for guests to come and watch. The weather was beautiful, cooling off after the hot, sunny day, and everything seemed quiet, calm, and normal. You know, for now.

Congratulations, Class of 2018! You made it to the end!

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Re: Welcome! [Grad 2018]

[smilestopscars]

Ezra smiled, but even something about that seemed to suggest he was about to decline.

Which he then did. "I'm afraid I think I've already found a suitable seat," he said. "And you know me, dumpling: I don't like moving unless it's absolutely vital."

Re: Welcome! [Grad 2018]

[spin_kick_snap]

Kathy nodded, figuring it had been a longshot anyway. "I hope to see your afterward, then," she said lightly, knuckles brushing against his before she stepped away, not wanting to crowd him. "It's been a bit and, as always, you've been missed."

Re: Welcome! [Grad 2018]

[smilestopscars]

"I know, darling," Ezra replied. People tended to miss him more than was perhaps wise. "I'm not making any promises. But that said, my schedule is pretty open."

Re: Welcome! [Grad 2018]

[spin_kick_snap]

It was true. People tended to miss him more than was wise and care for him more than was wise. Kathy just didn't know how to stop--and didn't really want to yet.

"You've made me enough promises for the next little while," Kathy said. "I won't ask for any more. But it'd be nice to have another friendly face at the party later."

Re: Welcome! [Grad 2018]

[smilestopscars]

"There's a party?"

Well, he'd assumed there might be. But he hadn't known for sure.

Re: Welcome! [Grad 2018]

[spin_kick_snap]

"I talked him into one yesterday," Kathy said, not mentioning it had been at, like, three in the morning after she'd gotten home from the police station. Ugh. "Going for kinda lowkey, I think. Not taking over a warehouse or whatever. Just our place, some friends, and probably all the pizza and terrible strawberry booze you could ever ask for."

Re: Welcome! [Grad 2018]

[smilestopscars]

Ezra smirked. "Well, you know my feelings on terrible strawberry booze." No, she didn't, because he didn't have any. But he was trying to imply they were favorable. "Maybe I'll stop by."

He couldn't make himself make it a promise.

Re: Welcome! [Grad 2018]

[spin_kick_snap]

And she wouldn't ask him for one. If he didn't want to come, she wasn't going to try to force him into it. That would be a shitty thing to do to someone already trying his best.

"If you do show up, you can have my share of terrible strawberry booze," she said instead. And probably a kiss for saving her from it, but she wasn't sure if that was a thing she could say. "And if not, maybe I'll see you at brunch tomorrow and we can gossip over bellinis or something."

Re: Welcome! [Grad 2018]

[smilestopscars]

It was probably for the best not to talk about kissing. He'd been good about not straying too close to forbidden subjects so far, this time!

Of course, they'd only talked for about a minute.

"Possibly. I do love the free food people love to put on display here." Even though the 'free' part meant he couldn't steal it.

Re: Welcome! [Grad 2018]

[spin_kick_snap]

Except she would have been serious about the kiss. And comfortable enough to do so again, even if kissing was as far as they got.

But again, not something she wanted to say, like she was holding it over his head for good behavior. It would happen when it happened.

"I'm pretty sure that's why they do it," Kathy said. "They know the easiest way to convince us all to come back is to offer free food to scavenge."

Re: Welcome! [Grad 2018]

[smilestopscars]

"And we fall for it every single time."

Well, sometimes.

He was still trying to find his footing, here.

Re: Welcome! [Grad 2018]

[spin_kick_snap]

Which was why she was trying very hard to avoid even the appearance of pressure.

"Food is expensive and I know how much I eat," Kathy said. "If I didn't let the school supplement me every so often, I'd probably end up broke on the streets."