The Roof, Late Friday Afternoon

[whenshewasnice]

It was a nice day to be up on the roof. Warm but still not too hot for Natalie's taste. There was nothing weird going on in town, either, from what she could see. It looked almost normal, from up here

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[shestheworst]

Luck would have it that Britta had some new smokes because she figured her employee discount at Turtle & Canary could be five-finger. When she got up to the roof to enjoy her ill-gotten rewards, she was actually glad to see someone else there, because she realized she'd forgotten her lighter.

"Oh, good," she said, spotting Natalie. "I'm not the only one who goes up here for one of these. Got a light?"

[whenshewasnice]

Natalie glanced at Britta, then fished her lighter out of her pocket and held it out for the other girl.

"Here."

Well, she could be nice without being too talkative.

[shestheworst]

"Thanks."

Britta took the lighter, bending over slightly as she took it the cigarette, and then drew in the first inhale before handing it back. She'd been way too long without one since her last pack went empty and she had no money, so she relished in the moment.

"You come up here a lot?" she asked, since she felt it was only polite to be social to the chick lending you her lighter.

[whenshewasnice]

And here Natalie would have done just fine without socializing. Because she could be a borderline hermit like that, sometimes.

"Not really," she said, anyway, even if her tone was a little absent. It was like that often. "Not during the day, anyway."

[shestheworst]

"Yeah, me neither."

And there, a moment or two passed where silent smoking might have seemed possible, but, of course, Britta had to mess that up.

"Do I know you?" she asked, tilting her head thoughtfully because she actually couldn't figure out if she just knew the other girl from being around or a class or something.

[whenshewasnice]

"I don't know," Natalie answered, mildness tinged with just the slightest hint of a drawl, "do you?"

Well, she knew they hadn't had classes together. She was pretty sure she'd seen he other girl around, though.