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[angelskills]

Hello everyone! I hope you're all doing well. For people just connecting to the network, my name is Colette. I hope we can get along! If you ever need any help with anything please feel free to contact me. I'll do my best to help.

Um... though, for everyone who was involved in the Mine collapse -- what have you been telling your families and friends, in regards to your injuries? It's probably not a good idea to tell people who don't know about this network the truth, right? What do you think?

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[angelskills]

[ Thankfully the wii isn't hard to set up, and she steps back and settles down on the bed next to him with the wiimote in her hand. Ahh it's so hard to get the hand to stay on the screen sometimes! She wags it around before it catches and she can finally download netflix. ]

Mhm! There's a lot I want to do before the summer is out. Go to the beach, the festival, maybe even a theme park! Oh, and I love the boardwalk... games there are so fun, or just walking and seeing all the shops. Oh! And a horse and carriage ride, I've always wanted to go on one of those. Or row-boating...

[ She wiggles into the spot next to him, leaning against him a little as she presses the Netflix button that is now downloaded. ]

Fishing sounds fun, too.

[argents]

[ He can't help but start laughing at her sudden laundry list, shifting in place to make sure she's got room enough to stay comfortable. When she settles next to him, it's nearly impossible to keep from smiling. Carefully he reaches to take the controller from her and enter in his email and password. ]

Wow, you've already given this a lot of thought! [ When it connects, several rows of movies cascade forward, and he flicks the remote down to find the comedies. ] You can do a lot of those at once at the summer carnival, since the pier and the boardwalk get involved... they should start setting up for that soon. I like to watch them put the rollercoaster up!

But a horse and carriage ride always seemed like a winter thing to me. Have you actually seen one?

[angelskills]

[ When he laughs she laughs too, the noise being completely contagious. Though her laughter does drift off a little as she studies the screen. Wow, so many movies! And they can watch any of them? That's great. She scans over titles and info bubbles as she tries to decide. ]

I haven't! Wouldn't the horses get cold in the winter?

[argents]

[ Just don't pick Beverly Hills Chihuahua.

Making a short 'hm' sound in his throat, Banagher watches the blurbs go by. ]

Don't they grow winter coats? I have a feeling they're a lot better at getting used to the cold than we are. I need two jackets!

[ Because he hates being cold. ]

Plus I've seen the policemen on horses during the winter before, but I've never been up close to one.

[angelskills]

[ Excuse you, that movie happens to be adorable. ]

I don't really know much about horses... maybe you're right! If they do grow winter coats then they're better off in the winter than we are! I always need a scarf and earmuffs on really chilly days.

[ Oh! How about this movie? ]

How about The Wedding Crashers?

[argents]

I don't even own earmuffs. My grandma sends me scarves all the time though.

[ 'Cause, well. He idly scratches through the tufts of hair sweeping this way and that over his temples and the tips of his ears. When she announces her choice, he presses his shoulders back against the headboard and gives the screen his attention again. ]

You can go for it! I've actually only seen it once?

[angelskills]

[ Briefly, she imagines him in a pair of earmuffs. Wow... that would be so much fluff... really cute... she giggles a little, and then nods her head before selecting the movie. ]

Okay, here we go!

[ She pushes herself back so she can get comfortable, close to him but not too close, still paying attention for the sound of the oven timer going off to let them know the brownies are done. ]

Oh! Before I forget, did you want popcorn?

[ FAT FREE..................... ]

[argents]

[ BUT FAT FREE THOUGH.............

He clears his throat and puts on a convincing smile. ]

I'm fine waiting for brownies! Maybe later we can make some?

[angelskills]

Okay! That sounds good to me.

[ She relaxes more now, curling up against him comfortably. Ah... this is nice. ]

[argents]

I'm looking forward to seeing how they turned out. [ He explains away! ] I'd probably fill up fast on too much popcorn... like at a real movie. I always do that.

[ And as the opening rolls by, it's not difficult to shift naturally into how she curls up near him, just close enough to brush elbows or knees but not much more. He's alright with that. It's quiet, and unassuming, and after the past week, more than welcome. ]

[angelskills]

[ At least she's not alone anymore. In all honesty she doesn't much like it even if she's made herself get used to it. Alone when she was a kid at home, having parents who both work long hours, alone here because Grannie has more of a social life than she does... it's one of the reasons why she takes on so much. Better to work and keep busy than be alone with her thoughts, which can get surprisingly timorous. ]

I do that too! Only with candy instead of popcorn.

[ There's a little laugh from her as she thinks about it. ]

I always feel like I should keep eating through a movie.

[argents]

[ He puffs a quiet laugh, drawn in completely by that wisp of a sixth sense that he's not all together paying attention to at the moment, but lies cognizant in the back of his mind. Like a quiet hum. He's felt this from her before. ]

It's part of the experience, there's no point if you don't go all out.

[angelskills]

Even if you end up with a bad stomach ache.

[ Even if the movie is on she likes talking to him much better, the sound of his voice comforting even now when she's not in distress. ]

It's worth it.

[argents]

Candy stomach aches are the good kind!

[ He'd take a thousand of those over the kinds of aches they'd had to deal with recently. It makes him remember how her fingers had flexed earlier in the kitchen, stiff and halting. Being nearly shoulder-to-shoulder makes it easy for his fingertips to seek out her wrist, pressing up towards her palm. ]

You... really feel okay?

[angelskills]

[ She hesitates for only a second before nodding her head, turning to glance over at him. ]

Yeah. I do now.

[argents]

[ It's not really a sense of frailty about her that drives his concern, it's more the exact opposite. An immense weight he doesn't understand. Though the mm sound he makes is out of agreement, it's noncommittal. ]

If you didn't, would you tell me?

[angelskills]

... I wouldn't want to.

I don't like to make people worry.

[ It's an honest answer, at the very least. ]

[argents]

[ A faint smile quirks at his mouth. ]

It's only human to worry.

[angelskills]

[ Is anyone paying attention to this movie ]

I know. But... [ she's quiet for a moment ] ... You're right. I'm sorry.

[argents]

[ What there's a movie since when ]

It's not something for you to say sorry about. [ Instantly, his tone lightens some. ] So don't feel like you have to.

[ He wants so badly to take things at face value, but it's tough, and it's foreign still with everything that bursts so brightly in his mind's eye that he tries to hold back. So all he does is allow his fingers to spread across her palm and slip between her own, giving them a squeeze. ]

[angelskills]

Heheh... all right. I'm sorry.

[ It's an instinct and she lets the other apology slip without too much of a thought. His hand feels nice against hers, warm and comfortable, comforting. ]

Oops!

[argents]

Free pass this time.

[ Though he can't sound even half as stern as he intends when she doesn't pull away. It's nice, and without pretense, and he doesn't realize just how much comfort it brings by simply being what it is. ]

[angelskills]

[ Why would she want to pull away? Gosh, he's so comfy... he should consider being a profession pillow. ]

Heheh... thanks, Banagher.

You're a really great friend.

[argents]

[ It's enough just to hear that from her, when this was all it took to feel like something was finally in the right place after so much wrong had happened. His response isn't much more than a quiet smile when he finally turns his attention back to the movie, even when his hand shifts contentedly, fingertips laying just so against her knuckles. ]