[for Kate]

[a_swan_diver]

Bella sat waiting at one of the little cafes the now Victorian island had given them to use. It was kind of nice, really, having this sort of place to hang out rather than the open, everyone watching kind of places that used to be on the island

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[girlsolo]

Somehow Girl Solo is suddenly Girl Power or Queen of the mini-Amazons with her own little blonde and occasionally brunette posse. She went from having no ties to a Sanctuary full of Abnormals to look after to having an island full of teenagers.

Eh, Abnormals are kind of like teenagers. Mostly like Nubbins with uncontrollable hormones. Or Bessa-whatevers that smear their food all over each other.

It's still weird to be getting notes from little chickadees who want her to meet them for girltalk or whatever, but it's kind of nice, too. Not that she's planning on admitting that to, oh, anyone. Ever.Kate finally finished sewing the lining (velvet) into a set of riding trousers, so she's wearing pants again, tall boots, a riding jacket, gloves and a way-too-long but totally kickass belted leather coat when she cruises into the cafe, orders coffee on her way by the counter, and pulls off her gloves. She sees Bella and directs the serverperson to the table and then heads over herself

[a_swan_diver]

Bella looked up from staring into the cup. "I'm about as far out of my element as it's possible to get, and I'm afraid if I stay this far out of it, I'm going to...to...fuck up something important."

It wasn't the first time she'd used the f-bomb, but she certainly didn't make a habit of it.

[girlsolo]

Kate frowns and smacks her gloves down on the table. Her coffee arrives on the table a few beats later, and she tilts her head to look at Bella. She doesn't look like she's worried about getting hurt at all.

"Out of your element and contacting me means weapons, crime, or sex." She smirks. "Since no one's bleeding, I'm guessing sex."

[a_swan_diver]

She wondered, not for the first time, if her body was just hardwired to go tomato at certain words. For right now, though, it hardly mattered.

"Yeah. I. Ah. I met someone..." Just like the blush, she couldn't stop the stupid smile she got whenever she thought about him. On the heels of that was her mortification. Her head dropped into her hands. "And I don't have the first clue what I'm doing."