Hey ...

[macgyver_of_pot]

Perfect. Henry smiles when he pulls away from the kiss and takes Natalie's hand. Sure, she's pre-occupied with things, but the point is that she's here, with him at the dance, and maybe he can help her work things out. At any rate, he'll try to. He grins like a dork as he opens the door for her, but the grin fades when he walks in after

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[kissestospare]

"Hey!" Here's a cheerful philosopher, out reading on the deck and enjoying the sunshine. "Uh -- welcome to the boat, I guess."

[macgyver_of_pot]

Well, that was tactful.

"The boat?" Okay, makes sense. Because he's on a fucking boat when he should be at a stupid high school dance. Getting high. "Explain the boat thing?"

[kissestospare]

"I would if I could, kiddo, but I've been here a long fuckin' time now, and I still can't." He gets up to offer him a hand. "'M Collins."

[macgyver_of_pot]

Okay, fair enough. He'll just go with the flow for now.

"Henry." He shakes the hand.

[alwaysbeenhere]

"... you're fucking me. You're Nat's boyfriend?" Gabe rolls his eyes a little, leaning against the wall and crossing his arms over his chest. "Welcome to the nuthouse, I guess."

[macgyver_of_pot]

Haha, yeah. Yeah, he is Nat's boyfriend. He almost preens, then pauses and looks at the guy. He doesn't know him. At all. But, hey, Natalie had no idea who Henry was despite all the years in the same classes, right?

"Yeah. That's me. Sorry, I don't really ... Know who you are."

[alwaysbeenhere]

"I'm Gabriel. I'm Natalie's brother." He looks away, anticipating the disbelief. The cries of 'but you're dead' or 'you don't exist'. He wishes his mom was here. Or even his dad.

[macgyver_of_pot]

Henry looks at Gabe for a moment, then bursts out laughing.

"Oh, man, I must have done a bad batch earlier." He finishes off his laughing, then wipes his eyes a bit. "Okay, but seriously."

[fckingperfect]

ooc: OMG YAY! :D :D

Natalie, had, to be completely honest, been lonely these past few months. SHe had mostly kept to herself, practicing the piano or just reading, learning new things. She decides, one afternoon, to take a break from her practicing and get outside.

She leans against the deck, lights a cigarette (a bad habit she's picked up), and turns to look at--

No. It can't be. It simply cannot fucking be, she thinks.

"...Henry?"

[macgyver_of_pot]

"Natalie!" With a grin, he turns to her. And then just smiles, confused. "... You got changed pretty fast. Dance was a bad idea then?" He steps over to her, hands in his pocket until he plucks the cigarette from her. "Shit'll do bad stuff to you, you know."

OOC: I couldn't resist. :D

[fckingperfect]

She just stares at him in disbelief for a second before speaking. "Um...dance? Henry, I don't do dances. And um...how did you get here?" She's too confused to hug him, although there's definitely a part of her that's overjoyed.

[macgyver_of_pot]

Henry is quickly joining her in confusion.

"Uh ... You know. The Spring Fling," he does a little jazz hand. "You had decided to go ... But I guess you changed your mind ...? ... And how did I get here? Same as you, right? Right?"