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[vaccination]

WHO: You, Jesse Pinkman, and some party people.
WHERE: A conveniently located park in Heropa.
WHEN: Saturday.
WHAT: Jesse's birthday! Turning 12. Feel free to tag in wherever or make your own sections.
WARNINGS: God only knows.

NOTE!!! Anyone is welcome to come, whether they replied to Skye's post or not. Stumble into a party, assume they saw the invite, whatever!

[For a last minute thing thrown by a two people who don't have much experience with birthday parties, it's all come together pretty well. Nevermind that they actually didn't have a place to hold the party until not too long ago (minor detail), but hey, that's what public parks are for. Covered seating, a hearty amount of streamers and cheap, brightly colored table cloths, food scattered around the tables--this is probably what a birthday party for a younger kid would look like.

Whatever, it's charming.

There's a man made lake and a few fire pits for cooking nearby, though it looks like meat was probably forgotten in favor of baked goods, chips, dip, pizza, soda, and beer.

If one pays attention, they may catch sight of Ellie and Skye exchanging high fives throughout the party. Well done, ladies.]

Comments

[hackitude]

[Skye gives Stiles an odd look when she spots him on the approach, but then she sees him with Abigail and everything clicks into place. She had mentioned wanting to bring a friend. She waves him over.]

... Hey. Thanks for coming.

[ex_question191]

Noooo problemo.

[ stiles flaps the card at her. ]

Uh, I brought... Card. Giftage.

[hackitude]

Wait, really...? That's-- that's really good of you, thanks. You didn't have to. I mean, you don't even know the guy.

[ex_question191]

I know. But it's still his birthday.

I don't even really know what he looks like, actually.

[ makes gift-giving hard. ]

[hackitude]

... It's still good of you.

[She misjudged him.

Skye then points to the guy with the buzzed hair wearing clothes three sizes too big for him.]

That's him. His name's Jesse. You... may have seen him before? I'm not sure. [She knows he used to work at the youth center, and now he works as the school nurse at the imPort school, so she's used to kids recognising him a lot.]

[ex_question191]

Isn't he like, a teacher?

[ he's never had to go to the nurse, okay, but he's seen jesse around campus and made assumptions. very wrong assumptions. and now he's weirded out that he's at the birthday party for one of his teachers. ]

[hackitude]

[She laughs. Now there's a mental image.]

School nurse. Marginally more cool.

[ex_question191]

I uh, I think you might mean marginally less cool.

[hackitude]

Seriously? Man, you must have lucked out at your school. Nurse's office was always like my number one best go-to place for missing class without being picked up for truancy.

[ex_question191]

Sounds like you're the one who lucked out. The closest thing we had to that was Coach, and he'd always make you run suicides.

[hackitude]

Yeah well, between you and me, I probably could've done with a little less skipping class.

Suicides though. Ouch. Your school must be either really fit or have really good attendance.

[ex_question191]

Maybe a little of both. But now I'm definitely gonna use the nurse's office. Though uh the Academy isn't as totally mind-numbing as normal high school, thank freaking god. But sometimes I miss my friends.

[hackitude]

Yeah, I remember Lydia telling me she didn't want to go to the imPort school. Not having friends and being alone in a new school is rough-- I remember that much vividly. Still. Any possibility of making new friends?

[ex_question191]

Funnily enough, I tend not to give a great first impression.

[ case in point, his first interaction with skye could have gone better. ]

[hackitude]

You changed my mind. You can do it with others.

[ex_question191]

I don't— it was different, with you. I actually had to apologize. Most of the time I just...

[ he trails off, shakes his head. ]

Whatever. Scott and Lydia and Derek are my friends. I don't need new ones.

[hackitude]

No offense, but... it kinda sounds like you do.

[ex_question191]

You know, saying "no offense" before you say something offensive? Doesn't make it any less offensive.

[hackitude]

Yeah, point taken. ... Sorry. But-- even so. Spending your high school career here without making new friends in school is going to be really lonely.

[She'd know.]

[ex_question191]

I live with my friends, that's gotta count for something, right?

[hackitude]

Of course.