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]

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.