open ♔ valentine's day

[romanticidal]

♬ Careless Whisper - George Michael

WHO || Anyone and their special someone [Closed]
WHAT || Various Valentine's Day activities
WHERE ||Anywhere
WHEN || Feb 14th, 2016
HOW || Actionspam or Prose

[ It's Valentine's Day! ( aka Singles Awareness Day )  Assume that all missions that are posted already are going out after this. ♥ ]

Comments

[doubletake]

[She tilts her head down the hall before she starts walking.]

Come on, then.

[highlyemotional]

[ caroline isn't going to just stand there, so she follows after elena quickly. ]

I meant, like, eat eat. [ in case elena is going to be weirded out by that, she feels the need to clarify. while odd considering, caroline wouldn't put it past her in this world where everything is topsy turvy. ]

[doubletake]

[She looks over at her like oh you sweet summer child.]

I had to get used to Spike throwing croutons in his mug and calling it tomato soup a very long time ago. You won't bother me.

[Speaking of:]

Have you met him, by chance?

[highlyemotional]

Yeah, he's the one that told me you ran away because you were pregnant.

[ yup. ]

[doubletake]

[...]

Excuse me?

[highlyemotional]

Yeah, he said you were on "sabbatical" with your aunt in the Midwest. But obviously it's not true because no one can loose pregnancy weight that fast and your boobs would be huge.

[doubletake]

I don't have an aunt anywhere, let alone in the Midwest. He was clearly just messing with you.

[Or something.]

I was training.

[highlyemotional]

You know there's a gym upstairs, right?

[doubletake]

Not that kind of training.

[She looks over at Caroline, and in the span of a few moments, Elena goes from looking like her to well...it's like looking into a mirror, really (disguise 58).]

This kind of training.

[Even her voice is a perfect match, and Elena uses the inflection that she believes Caroline might, based on their conversation thus far (bluff 54). Needless to say, it's a very impressive likeness on both counts.]

[highlyemotional]

[ caroline yelps with surprise, eyes widening (will 24), before she points at elena and scolds her in an accusatory tone, ]

Seriously?! You're so lucky I have more self-control than god! [ like, for reals, she's a tiny vampire. she tries not to murder people, but that doesn't mean she can't snap a neck without breaking a sweat or flinching. ]

[doubletake]

[Elena almost instantly shifts back once she gets that reaction, the expression on her face just...deadeyes.]

I wouldn't have let you hurt me.

[highlyemotional]

You could have warned me. And taken care of my split ends. God, are they really that bad? [ this is what she's choosing to be upset about. ]

[doubletake]

That wouldn't have been nearly as fun. [:)] But I can manage that for you next time.

[There's probably not going to be a next time, though. I mean...she doesn't really want someone sporadically turning into her, right? (unsure)]

[highlyemotional]

[ absently pawing at the ends of her hair, ] Thank you. If you need to borrow all this -- [ she gestures up and down herself with one hand, still tugging at her curls. ] -- just don't do anything gross. Or anyone gross. I have standards.

[ but she's also pretty sure elena won't use her face to do anything bad, she has a lot of faith her in (former) best friend. ]

And remember to floss.

[doubletake]

[Elena throws her a smile.]

You don't need to worry about that. They're probably not as high as mine.

[Then she casually shrugs a shoulder.]

I'm pretty confident I'll never need it, anyway.

[highlyemotional]

You should floss anyway. [ she swerves into the kitchen and heads for the fridge, rifling around in it for her dinner. ]

[doubletake]

I'll remember just for you.

[She follows her past the fridge toward the coffee brewer, getting a pot going.]

[highlyemotional]

[ caroline unearths a paper bag that the unrolls to pull out a bag of blood, setting it on the counter so she can neatly roll the bag back up and replace it in the fridge. ]

Are you going to graduate high school?

[doubletake]

[Elena turns to lean against the counter while her coffee starts to brew. She gives Caroline a graceful shrug of her shoulder.]

I don't know. I suppose I can't really see the point. It isn't as if I'm ever going to need to get a normal job.

[highlyemotional]

But it's... a profound human experience. As I am no longer one, I've found a weird sense of nostalgia. Even though I was definitely in class just a few months ago.

[doubletake]

I used to take classes with Ric before everything became so much more difficult. At this point it would simply be a matter of taking the GED exam, and I'm not sure that's part of the experience. I imagine it's more about the people, the football games, homecoming, things like that. Right?

[highlyemotional]

I have the experience. [ she frowns a little popping open the bag. she has the experience, but elena doesn't and that's sad. ] I want my hard work to have paid off and meant something.

[doubletake]

I'm sure I have it too, even if I don't remember it. That doesn't mean it's not still a part of me.

Everything we do still means something, regardless of whether or not we have a piece of paper to prove it to someone else.

[highlyemotional]

I guess. [ she doesn't seem to be completely swayed, sipping her blood bag like it's a capri sun. ]

[doubletake]

If it's important to you, then you should finish. There are plenty of resources here that will help you do that.

It just doesn't matter to me anymore.