9.00 | The Lake | In Which Jim Kirk Has The Sulks

[chairismine]

Jim picked the last ice cube out of his plastic cup.
He inspected it for a second or two before lobbing it into the lake. It landed with a unsatisfying plop, just as the others had done. He waited until the ripples faded away and pulled his mobile out of his pocket

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[ican_takeyou]

Caroline wasn't technically late. If anyone wanted to get technical she could just use the excuse that she didn't want to see too eager to get to the dance, especially since everything seemed to revolve around the thought that she could actually trick Katherine. Right. Great plan. Caroline was staring at the water (clear on the other side of the lake) when she heard the plop of something in the water. Closing her eyes, she focused on the sound and eventually picked up a huff of breath, slightly annoyed, then the sound of plastic being kicked.

Pursing her lips, she thought about it for a moment before she opted to move quickly to the other side of the lake. Brushing her hair out of her eyes, she smiled politely and cleared her throat. Nothing better than moving faster than the eye can see and scaring the crap out of someone.

"Hey, I didn't want to startle you."

[chairismine]

Nevertheless Jim jumped at the unexpected cough. He looked over, startled and self-conscious. How long had she been there?

"Chris?" He meant, of course, Christine Chapel who he'd been texting not five mintues ago. "What're you doing here? I thought you were at the prom?"

[ican_takeyou]

Taking in a deep breath, her brow furrowed up a bit. It wasn't in confusion, though, just a slight bit of 'and this is how I'll forever be remembered at this school' because it seemed that the whole 'They could be sisters!' thing was just not something she was going to grow out of. Not that there was anything wrong with Christine, but it was still difficult to rise above when you had someone else already out there and everything.

Still, Caroline could handle it. Shaking it off, she shook her head, "It's Caroline... and it's okay." She needed to not focus on that aspect and just focus on the fact that he had sort of asked her a question, even if it wasn't intended for her.

"I was actually, still, kind of avoiding prom. Matt and I had a fight and so now this was the dance we could be going together to, but we aren't. Which, I'm fine with. I just... don't think I want to see him if he's with someone else."

Once more she shook it off, giving Jim a glance of apologetic, "Sorry, you didn't actually need all that information."

[chairismine]

"Shit, Caroline. Sorry." Jim prided himself on knowing the names of every girl at his school (and half the ones at other schools) so this was particularly embarrassing. He was pretty sure she was in his politics class too...

As she continued, he shoved his hands awkwardly into his pockets. Seemed he wasn't the only one having a less than stellar night. He shrugged as she finished and apologised. "It's alright. Everyone has date problems on prom night." He grinned casually. "Has he said he's going with anyone else?"

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[rightawaydoctor]

I've heard of fashionably late, but this is a bit much. You should really get here soon. Jocelyn's strutting around with her date and depressing Leonard, and we need to tag team to lift his spirits.

So hurry up, Prom King-to-Be.

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[chairismine]

hows he holding up?

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[rightawaydoctor]

Not as well as I'd like. I pulled him outside to get some air since all he was doing was staring at her.

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[chairismine]

damn. thanks for keepn an eye on him

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[slayerdom]

where are you?

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[chairismine]

Mexico.

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[slayerdom]

in that case, follow-up: do you know where your pants are?

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[chairismine]

generally or specifically?

are we playing 20 questions?

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[perspectiveguy]

Big man on campus not...on campus? Flat tire? Need a ride?

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[chairismine]

long detour. think i got lost.

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[perspectiveguy]

heading in soon?

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[chairismine]

dunno. bumming around town is so much fun

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[aurallyaccurate]

All that talk about running for prom king and you're not even going to show up?

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[chairismine]

are u saying you're missin me? i'm touched ;)

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[aurallyaccurate]

I'm saying that if for some reason you actually win, I'd hate to see you make a fool of yourself. [okay maybe she misses him a little :c ]

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[chairismine]

me? make a fool of myself? never happen.