The Perk, Thursday Afternoon

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There were nine different colleges and universities in the city of Baltimore, and several more in the surrounding county. Kathy had gone to the Baltimore Public Library that afternoon and gotten brochures for all of them, bringing them back to the island to browse through. She didn't know if she was actually going to go to one of these colleges.

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Dante came to the Perk not on a quest for coffee, but for something entirely more important: the daily special.

This was so important that he walked into the Perk without even realizing Kathy was there, marching up to the counter with a - "I want a Strawberry White Hot Chocolate."

"What si--"

"Largest you've got." Beat. "Make it two."

He could afford it now, after all.

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There was no missing him, however. Kathy looked up at his voice, then quickly back down to her brochures, wishing her damned blush would go away. This was stupid. Everything was stupid. Maybe she could just sit here quietly and he wouldn't notice her...?

Wait, no. That was stupid, too. She wasn't the tiny high school sophomore who tried to hide at every given opportunity. Sitting up straighter, she squared her shoulders and called, "Make it three, actually. Though I'll pay for my own, of course."

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... It was a good thing Dante was still facing the barista. Kathy couldn't see his Oh crap face like that.

"Better do what she asks," he said.

To the barista, who was making a 'WTF dude' face of her own. Traitor. (With an awesome pixie cut.)

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Wasn't it? Kathy had complimented her one it earlier. Which might have been why her return expression was so eloquent.

Still, Kathy made no move to go join Dante at the counter or initiate more conversation. Ball was in his court now, he could figure out what came next. She had some very important...circling to do. Yes. Of Loyola's sewage management courses apparently.