Overland Park, KS, Early Tuesday Afternoon

[vanillajello]

Nothing had happened since Tara had downed the first of her new meds on Sunday morning. And they'd all been waiting for something to happen ever since. It had been a weird two days.

Today, finally, Kate had escaped the house to go to the mall, where she promptly ran into her old gang of girlfriends, who were oh my God so excited to see her and

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[bitten_notshy]

After some fiddling with his phone, Jack managed:

You missed the chance to babysit Mitchell -- he was about 8. Be sad, Miss Overland Park.

[vanillajello]

Kate nearly walked into a make-up display while reading that.

omg really? was he adorable? I bet he was adorable.

[bitten_notshy]

Really, Jack wrote. Island went funny again. I fed him pizza. You'd probably call his accent adorable.

He was far too masculine for that. (Stop laughing.)

[vanillajello]

so you got adorable kid mitchell and I got the italian artist guy?

She was never going to get over this.

unfair.

[chose_humanity]

Nothing. Nothing at all.

...Newly back in Bristol, and still smarting from a) Lauren and b) his failed attempt at getting away from it all, Mitchell was not exactly a fountain of positivity right now.

[vanillajello]

Yes, there were practically waves of cheerful vibes coming from that particular message. Really.

not what i heard.

[chose_humanity]

And what stellar tales have they coughed up on you then

... nice, Mitchell. Stay classy.

[vanillajello]

heard you had pizza.

Majorly interesting stuff, of course.

[longislandiceme]

Warren's b-day tomorrow. Also Hannibal & I think you should make us cake. Those 2 things unrelated.

Yes, he was still gonna try and get the cake even though he was no longer five.

[vanillajello]

chocolate & candybars! i heard. u dorks. shopping 4 present right now.

She'd promised Warren a notebook, after all.

[longislandiceme]

Awesome. Party's a surprise so shhh no telling.

[vanillajello]

the secret's safe with me.

[icecoldfrost]

Emma, for her part, was lounging in Central Park, watching a puppy chase people (who all deserved it) when her phone beeped at her.

no clue, she typed back. i've been in nyc since friday, xcept for a quick jaunt back this morning to p/u beka and take her out for some fun. place looked like it was still standing, the 20 min I was there.

[vanillajello]

apparently there was a kid thing again this weekend, Kate saw fit to report back. people turning into kids this time.

[icecoldfrost]

...tell me someone had the foresight to take pictures. any afflicted that we know?

[vanillajello]

bobby and mitchell at least. b left me a voicemail, and jack met m, dunno if he took pictures.

[blondecanary]

karla's b-day tomorrow! b4 Warren's party. Both surprises. BBQ!

Dinah grinned, and added:

getting tatt in sec.

[vanillajello]

obvsly i picked a good day to return.

Other people's birthday was a good day, of course. Parties!

what kind?

[blondecanary]

bird of prey. nrvous! not sure where

She was also looking at the piercings and considering too. maybe xtra piercing? how was KS? Fun Y/N?

[vanillajello]

never fun in kansas. ever. looking forward to coming back.