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everyone_takes) wrote2012-09-05 10:13 am
everyone_takes) wrote2012-09-05 10:13 am
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She wasn't moping.
That was one thing Kate wanted to be totally clear, which was why she was going through Effy's things on the front porch of the hut they'd shared instead of holing up inside. If she'd done that, then she would be moping, but being outside in the sunshine meant she was totally not moping.
On the other hand, she wasn't sure what she was doing exactly.
There had been a note in Effy's room and Kate had followed the instructions, even though she kind of hadn't wanted to. It wasn't that she thought Effy's other friends didn't deserve her stuff, but she was tired. She was tired of going through the shit people left behind and trying to make sure it all got to the right people. And she was tired of inheriting stuff from the people she loved. She'd rather they just stopped disappearing.
Holding up a pair of tights, she turned them over in her hands and then put them in the pile of things to keep. It was the only pile. The idea of giving Effy's things away just didn't sit well with her and she picked up a necklace and twirled it around her finger absently as she continued to pick through things. After a few spins around her finger, the necklace slipped free and Kate lifted her gaze from the pile to watch it sail through the air toward the path.
Where it nearly hit a totally cute guy who dressed an awful lot like her brother.
"Shit, sorry!" Kate called from where she was sitting. "Promise I'm not trying to kill you."
That was one thing Kate wanted to be totally clear, which was why she was going through Effy's things on the front porch of the hut they'd shared instead of holing up inside. If she'd done that, then she would be moping, but being outside in the sunshine meant she was totally not moping.
On the other hand, she wasn't sure what she was doing exactly.
There had been a note in Effy's room and Kate had followed the instructions, even though she kind of hadn't wanted to. It wasn't that she thought Effy's other friends didn't deserve her stuff, but she was tired. She was tired of going through the shit people left behind and trying to make sure it all got to the right people. And she was tired of inheriting stuff from the people she loved. She'd rather they just stopped disappearing.
Holding up a pair of tights, she turned them over in her hands and then put them in the pile of things to keep. It was the only pile. The idea of giving Effy's things away just didn't sit well with her and she picked up a necklace and twirled it around her finger absently as she continued to pick through things. After a few spins around her finger, the necklace slipped free and Kate lifted her gaze from the pile to watch it sail through the air toward the path.
Where it nearly hit a totally cute guy who dressed an awful lot like her brother.
"Shit, sorry!" Kate called from where she was sitting. "Promise I'm not trying to kill you."
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Except maybe some of his inventions.
"I like a grand total of zero theories about this place," she admitted. "Mostly because I'm too fucking lazy to give a shit. I'm here, you're here, other people are here, that's that. And then people leave, so pretty much like life was back home except at least here I have an ocean view whenever I want."
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But it makes him wonder, too. Just a little.
Still smiling, he cocks his head. "So you don't question it? At all? You don't think it's weird that we're here with, like... Harry Potter and Iron Man and all these people with famous faces?"
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It wasn't like she'd read the books back home. Kids books about wizards hadn't exactly been on Kate's top ten list of things she wanted to read and the movie had been on the 'watch while stoned only' list, so that barely counted. Still, she knows how weird it is for most people.