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[curiously_cora]

Coraline didn't have many girl friends. She had Claire and she had O-Ren but mostly she didn't have girly type friends or friends she wanted to ask about clothes and boys because well, all her friends were boys and boys who had no idea about clothes like Jake (who wore none) or Sam (who was silly). But Coraline had made new friends, new female

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[girlsolo]

Kate takes one look at the note and sighs. Seriously? But she doesn't have anything else planned and she did promise Coraline she'd help with her little teenaged rebellion. At least she'll keep her out of the bigger kind of trouble.

She shows up more or less on time after finishing up her community service hours for the day, dressed in jeans, black combat boots, lace-edged cami and a dark tie-dyed tank, fingerless gloves, studded bracelets, her necklace and black leather jacket slung over her shoulder. The picture of rebellion, not so teenaged. Sometimes looking the part is everything.

"Hey, squirt. This better not be some kind of surprise party or I'm going to kick your cute little butt, you know that right?" she's teasing, but there's enough edge to it that it sounds good.

[a_swan_diver]

Bella had her hair up in a pony tail because, the hair on the back of her neck got incredibly oppressive this time of day. She'd been half-tempted when she saw the note to just make a dinner-making excuse. That idea didn't last long because she knew Coraline would make sure she never heard the end of it if she ditched.

So, dressed in her newly hideous plaid shorts, the white shirt she'd worn on her last day in Forks, and her bare feet, she caught sight of the familiar blonde head and walked over to her, smiling at the brunette she didn't know as well. "Got your note, Coraline, though I'll warn you, I'm not the best with this kind of thing."

[curiously_cora]

"No, it's not a surprise party." Coraline said, though that gave her a brilliant idea. She'd have to find out when Kate's birthday was and throw her one. Coraline grinned when Bella turned up and bounced excitedly up and down on her feet. "What sort of thing? Oh, the hair thing that's okay Kate's brilliant at it. I need your advice on something else and I thought you two might like to meet each other. Kate, this is Bella. Bella, this is Kate. Bella lives at the Homestead with me and Jake, Jake's the one who doesn't wear his shirt. And Kate's one of Miss Helen's friends from home."

Coraline grinned at the pair of them. Coraline couldn't be less obvious if she tried. She was the worst non-romantic match maker ever.

[girlsolo]

"Thank god for that," Kate replies before she starts putting one plus one plus Twilight together and seriously? It's a damned good thing Kate's a con, otherwise she'd be making sparkles-in-the-sun jokes before she remembered the beat down she practically gave Germ boy on the same subject.

"Half the men on this island don't wear shirts, squirt." She tips her chin at Bella, smiling a bit. "Which one's Jake? And is it worth me trucking down to the Homestead for a look?"

Yeah, she's playing tough chick to the hilt today, but what she knows about Bella Swan says the girl can take care of herself but she really could use someone older, stronger and not interested in banging her to keep an eye out. And if Coraline's going to be getting into messes with her, that's just one more reason to make sure they know Kate's got trouble covered.